The operative word is "nominal." Your 5.5" board ran through the ripsaw at,
or close to 6" in width, green. And so it is charged as a nominal 6" from
there out. He probably paid for it the same way, if he got it from a
wholesaler rather than a kiln.

I prefer shopping at the source, where they jam the boards between the wheel
wells of the pickup, measure the distance, and multiply by layers. Your guy
had to pay a couple of other stages.

When you come to the UP to snowmobile, leave room on the trailer to get your
S&B cherry for ~2.00.

"Larry Bud" wrote in message
om...
Went to a new lumber yard (for me) that quoted me $6.20/bd ft over the
phone for Cherry. I picked out 4 boards, the guy meausured them,
wrote down the sizes which I handed to the clerks. After he gave me
the total, I questioned the total because it didn't quite seem right
to me. He again said $6.20/bd ft. Not having my calculator handy, I
accepted it...

Well, it turned out I was robbed of about $14 on what should have been
$103 order (I paid $117 + tax).

When I got back to work I looked more closely at the receipt, and he
charged me per linear foot, where he rounded the 5.5" widths to 6" and
the 6.75" width to 7", which commanded an even higher price / LF than
the 6" boards. Total turned out to be $3.38/LF for the 6" and
$3.94/LF for the 7".

It's not worth it to me to drive back there for $14 or for a couple of
extra board feet, but is this typical practice or did they just see a
wood novice/sucker?

These guys were still 1/2 price of other ripoff lumber yards in the
Detroit Area (I went to Public Lumber Co on 7-Mile and I-75, FWIW) so
I would probably go back there, unless of course, this was a total con
job.

What would you do and what's typical practice?