Christmas tree prices can vary significantly from block to block. Help us get a sense of the discrepancy - and whether you felt you paid a fair price.
stand
56th and 9th Ave, Manhattan
6 Feet
$90-100
Ack! It's a balsam so thought it was really expensive. The Fraziers were $20/ft so a 6 ft would have set me back $240. I always buy from the same stand, part of the Quebec syndicate that runs many of the stands in Manhattan. (although this year the tree guys are from London - go figure). Prices seemed much higher than the past few years. Price of these trees = growing, trucking from Canada, maintaining stand. Would love to go less expensive but hard in midtown Manhattan. Plus the guys (and sometimes women) are always entertaining - they live in their van the month they're here. They buy the trees wholesale from the main guy who trucks them down from Canada and refreshes the stock every few days; they then keep the proceeds. What the hey - Christmas is only once a year.
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5 Feet
$40-50
The statistics in the results are a little shaky. If I paid $50 even, am I going to select $40-$50? Or $50-$60? With the bulk of the results being $40-$60, it's hard to see how they shake out.
And the real story here is that trees are consistently sold at $10/foot in NYC if sold at a stand. That pricing would probably show 90% or more! Less important would be % bought at a stand versus other retail outlets.
Would be interesting to also track this over time and see how many days before Xmas people get their tree.
I like numbers. A lot.
Stand
clinton and montague
8 Feet
$70-80
Uber was offering a 7ft tree to be delivered for 140 from Home Depot. I saw a wonderful tree for $70 near my work at Saint Ann's School and brought it home to BEDSTUY on the train. Organic so i can eat it if i get hungry! It is a beautiful tree. THe ones at Home Depot more bushy
costco
Bridewell Pl, Clifton, NJ
7 Feet
More than $140
it is very expensive but cheaper ones have very poor quality and sold out!!!
stand
4th Ave/38th St., Brooklyn
5 Feet
$20-30
It's what I could afford.
I would've rather bought from the Vermonters outside the Park Slope Food Coop, because they claim they take care of the land.
School fundraiser
187th St and Cabrini Blvd, New York, NY
8 Feet
$80-90
Yes. $80 for a tall tree is cheaper than what you typically pay on the street (~$125). Trees are expensive, but they only can be sold for a limited time during the year, and obviously there is a somewhat inelastic demand -- you might buy a smaller tree if they are overpriced, but you will not go without a tree.
CNS Family Hardware
584 5th Ave Brooklyn, NY 11215
6 Feet
$40-50
The price was definitely fair. It was $46. They cut a couple inches off the bottom without me having to ask. They're close, just a block and a half away from my apartment. The tree was nice and full when I opened it up at home. And the hardware store across the street also sells trees, so I suspect that helps keep prices reasonable.
J&L Landscaping
702 Caton Ave, Brooklyn
9 Feet
$90-100
Yes, it was a fair price. The tree is full, straight, healthy and has great tip to put a star on.
Stand
Franklin Ave, btw. Empire and Sullivan
8 Feet
$70-80
I thought is was okay for a city tree. The guy at the stand was a bit sketchy though: insisting that all of the trees were organic because they were grown on a farm and when asked where the farm was, he responded with 'north'.
Stand
Metropolitan/Bedford Brookyn NY 11249
7 Feet
$80-90
A little expensive - but only 2 blocks from my house. And the sales guys are great. And I walk past them at least 2 times a day for a month.
The tree is from NC and they are from Montreal.
stand
125 5th ave and Sterling place
9 Feet
$100-110
yes, however I also got a description of a canadian migrant who is selling North Carolinian tress that were shipped to him in new york. so i have a bit more knowledge of what it takes to get us that tree.
stand
Broadyway and 112th Street, New York, NY
4 Feet
$30-40
I think we got a fair price. The stand operator said they have coming and working there for 20 years.
Stand
181st street/Ft Washington
5 Feet
$30-40
I think $35 for a 5 ft tree is fair. We counted the rings and found out that it was 6 years old, so considering it has been growing that long, possibly being shaped, plus transport, it's not too much.
Andrea Wood
stand
310 West 43rd Street, New York, NY 10036
5 Feet
$40-50
I thought I paid $40 for a +6ft tree last year, but the guy gives me a discount for being a firefighter. It seems expensive for a big overgrown plant, but there is "shipping" and the convenience. I used to get a tree at Union Square and take it home on the subway. One year I got a tree I cut down on the North Fork of LI, and that was $95 for a 7 ft tree. No idea what the costs are affecting how the industry prices them.
Stand
Leroy Street and Hudson St., New York, NY
5 Feet
$60-70
The tree itself was $60 but I paid a total of $90, which included the stand and the lights - the tree seller convinced me to buy a bigger stand than I needed so I can reuse it if I ever get a bigger tree. I wish I had bargained the price down a bit, but in the end, the tree is perfect so I'm happy to support the tree farmers and the people who travel from all over the country to make this time of year so festive.
stand
Vernon BLVD 48th Street Long Island City
5 Feet
$50-60
It was a quality tree cut the day before brought down from Quebec.
Knights of Columbus
70 East Main St Freehold NJ 07728
7 Feet
$40-50
Yes, fair. Charitable fund raiser.
Stand
Corner of Leroy (St. Luke's Place) and Hudson in Manhattan
2 Feet
$50-60
I am blown away every year by how insane it is to pay that for a tiny tree for my children's. room.
It seems that the costs involve transporting the trees, the labor that they provide and rental for whatever van they sleep in at night. I don't know if they represent their own farms, or if they are buying the trees from someone else.
Home Depot
50-10 Northern Blvd, Long Island City, NY 11101
7 Feet
$20-30
A stand on Vernon Blvd. in LIC wanted $65-$80 for a 6-7' tree. That's crazy! I rather support small businesses than Home Depot, but the big box store had the most reasonable prices for trees, by far.
