Jeff Mohr
08-13-2010, 7:57 PM
Found this little rant on craigslist and found it amusing...
greenville.craigslist.org
just my observation of c/l posting of items for sale, do people really believe that pine wood is REAL CHERRY WOOD just because its stained red? or did the slick salesman just whisper that in your wifes ear, or that pressboard w/a 3/32" sheet of oak veinner is solid oak table, have you ever turned it upside down and looked! and why would anyone pay 1000s of dollars for a rug, and expect some to pay you 900 for it, just a little stain here and there, and its really never been used (buts its 30 years old). asia is now pushing a wood called fruit wood,actually flooding the market with it because its very cheap, that is stained cherry stain, walnut stain etc, ( its actually a BEAUTIFUL grained very soft wood and very easy to work, its natural color is blond, but its being sold as oak, cherry, maple etc, and people actually believe it is solid cherry wood etc, next time your at a lumber yard ask the salsman how much is walnut a board foot? if he even has it you couldnt afford it, around 35 a board foot, and last but not least, "it was bought at pier one" for such and such, it came from etc, etc, like that makes it better, folks pressboard is pressboard. do they not teach shop in school any more?
greenville.craigslist.org
just my observation of c/l posting of items for sale, do people really believe that pine wood is REAL CHERRY WOOD just because its stained red? or did the slick salesman just whisper that in your wifes ear, or that pressboard w/a 3/32" sheet of oak veinner is solid oak table, have you ever turned it upside down and looked! and why would anyone pay 1000s of dollars for a rug, and expect some to pay you 900 for it, just a little stain here and there, and its really never been used (buts its 30 years old). asia is now pushing a wood called fruit wood,actually flooding the market with it because its very cheap, that is stained cherry stain, walnut stain etc, ( its actually a BEAUTIFUL grained very soft wood and very easy to work, its natural color is blond, but its being sold as oak, cherry, maple etc, and people actually believe it is solid cherry wood etc, next time your at a lumber yard ask the salsman how much is walnut a board foot? if he even has it you couldnt afford it, around 35 a board foot, and last but not least, "it was bought at pier one" for such and such, it came from etc, etc, like that makes it better, folks pressboard is pressboard. do they not teach shop in school any more?