Shopping Around!
Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 7:07 pm
I was in need of about 30 four foot long 2x6’sfor a project I am working on. New eight footers are about five bucks each so it would cost around $75.00 for 15 boards to do my job. Since used lumber would do the job I turned to my good friend, Craigslist to see if anybody had cut off pieces listed.
It took several days but finally this morning there was an ad for 15-20 12’ 2x6’s. They were listed as “used once to form concrete. Some still have nails”. The concrete and nails would not bother me one bit. The ad said the seller was asking $60.00 or OBO for all. Well, because of the distance, it was going to add another $25.00 just for fuel so the overall cost would jump to $85.00, about ten bucks more than new. There was more than enough boards there figuring I would only need ten 12-footers to get my thirty boards, so I gave it a shot and called.
The guy said the boards were all straight and none were broke. He said there were also six or seven four footers along with them. Since the ad said “OBO” I asked what his best price would be. He said because of the distance I had to travel and the fact he wanted them gone, he would take $40.00 for all. I told him I would be there in about an hour to get them.
When I got there it was obvious there were a few more than he listed but he said they were all part of the deal. I just unloaded the truck. In all there were actually;
28 - five footers
12 – twelve footers
12 – fourteen footers.
The five footers will handle my project easy enough. Now I need to find another project for all those long fellas.
It took several days but finally this morning there was an ad for 15-20 12’ 2x6’s. They were listed as “used once to form concrete. Some still have nails”. The concrete and nails would not bother me one bit. The ad said the seller was asking $60.00 or OBO for all. Well, because of the distance, it was going to add another $25.00 just for fuel so the overall cost would jump to $85.00, about ten bucks more than new. There was more than enough boards there figuring I would only need ten 12-footers to get my thirty boards, so I gave it a shot and called.
The guy said the boards were all straight and none were broke. He said there were also six or seven four footers along with them. Since the ad said “OBO” I asked what his best price would be. He said because of the distance I had to travel and the fact he wanted them gone, he would take $40.00 for all. I told him I would be there in about an hour to get them.
When I got there it was obvious there were a few more than he listed but he said they were all part of the deal. I just unloaded the truck. In all there were actually;
28 - five footers
12 – twelve footers
12 – fourteen footers.
The five footers will handle my project easy enough. Now I need to find another project for all those long fellas.