S4S 4/4 flat sawn is 3.75 bd/ft on my latest price sheet from the
Charlotte Hardwood Center in Charlotte, NC. They must be adding labor
charges to size your lumber order to the sizes that you gave them plus any
waste resulting from the added cutting. Learn a bit more about how to
specify what you want and then try a few other sources before paying that
much for it. That's well over twice what I would consider to be acceptable.
Being in Canada you should be closer to the source of native hardwoods than
I am so transportation costs should be lower too.

--
Charley


"Jimbo" wrote in message
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I'm kind of price-shocked this morning. I requested pricing yesterday
for some finished (thickness planed) and for 70.3 bd. feet of white
oak was quoted CA$825 approx US$750. Are these prices outrageous or
is it just me? I'm located in Toronto, Canada.