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Today I visited Firework Crazy (20minute drive) and found Mark to be a straight talking guy eager to please his customers with a superb range of fireworks. I was offered tea and biscuits!

I also visited my local 'parachuted in' firework store, essentially a container in a lay-by selling Bulldog pyro. The options to bargin were extraordinary and although I have never used Bulldog these transactions must be either fantastic value or daylight robbery but the guy is there every year and sells truck loads of stuff so can't be too shabby!

In my mind the issue with the large retailers(aside from the quality of course) is the rigid pricing policy that prevents any flexibility or negotiation. Give your local independent firework supplier a try and maybe you will strike lucky if you haggle a bit, beware the negotiated bargin or freebies offered on vendors terms only.

If you walk out of a multi national in a huff because the fireworks don't meet your expectation take a moment to watch the tens of thousands of pounds of shopping walking past you. To bastardise a well used phrase "are they bothered"? Walk out of an independent firework shop disgruntled, however and I feel sure they will be mortified and likely to try and make amends.

I have fired shop(garden centre actually) brought pyro alongside 4" shells and a 144 shot poisonous spider cake and it all worked very well.

We are very lucky to have access to some amazing material from the firework fraternity and they continue to work hard on our behalf to improve both quality and range.