"Eigenvector" wrote in message

So let's say you have 1 foot of that on an 8 foot board - would you
attempt to talk them out of making you pay for that 1 foot of useless wood
Here's a pic of what I mean - http://images.lowes.com/general/s/split.jpg

There's no such thing as a perfect board ... and what's perfect today may
not be tomorrow. You make your money when you learn to deal with a medium
that is never in a static state.

The lesson here is that you can often make a good deal more profit on a
project by buying right and resisting being too picky.

Dropping down a grade, and overbuying at a cheaper price, may be more
profitable than picking and choosing at a higher ... not every board in a
project needs to be a "perfect" piece of wood, but, perfect or not, there is
usually a piece that's "perfect" for the job it needs to do.

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