Delivery was excellent, delivered right into our garage. Driver was most helpful and courteous. However with regard to cost, I would have assumed that buying in bulk would have been more cost effective than buying individual bags. However, after comparing the weight of the half crate to that off bags bought in local discount store there is no saving! The advantage is that wood is delivered in one load as opposed to having to go and buy bags but buying say 5 or 10 bags at a time means not having to find somewhere to store half a crate. As I said, I would have presumed buying in bulk would have been cheaper.