HeyBub wrote:



Did you complain about the boards you used for the other projects being
too long? Or not being pre-nailed?

First of all Dude, I'm a master carpenter and furniture builder and I know
how to cut a board!


Sometimes "ready-to-install" items are not and must be adjusted, tuned,
shaped, re-worked, twisted, sanded, or even, god forbid, "some assembly
required."

And your point is?


Ever buy a toilet that came with a wax ring? Or a "pre-hung" door that had
a tube of caulk in the kit?

Why would you need a tube of caulk for a door? Obviously you have never
installed one. The only time I use caulk, painted crown molding edge
treatment.

A lot of what you buy you don't even know where's it's made. Lot of what you
buy from China has hidden defects. Defects that you would not think would
fail. Bottom line, China makes crap and they know it. The companies that
sell the crap know it to. Profit and volume is the only thing that drives
these companies not quality.

It's finally starting to hit some of the American public and they're
starting to take notice. Some of my high end customers are asking me to
build them the furniture they want. Why? They know China builds crap and
try to find furniture made in US. It does not exist, except in high end
studios and specialty shops on line.

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