Birdhunter1
Veteran Member
Re: Sometimes it\'s better to think outside the box!
I use to work in a lumber yard in high school. It is actuallyone of the largest locally owned lumberyards in a 100 mile radius. I went with someone else to get Lumber at Lowes for a project ( iwas haulign it for him) and neither of us were impressed at all with the service we got from the know-nothing know-it-alls that worked there.
First they told me the stuff woudln't fit on the trailer, then they told me it woudln't all fit, then they said my truck wouldn't haul all of it. At this point I was more than ready to leave. What it came down to is the coudln't load it entirely with a forklift and some had to be handloaded, and most of it I did myself while they watched. If an experience like that would have happened where I worked in high school the employee who did it would have been out of a job.
Later i looked at teh bill for all the stuff and saw that a local place haad alot of the same stuff cheaper. Yes there is alot of truth to the scam of everythgin is cheaper at the big stores.
Also the quality of the lumber was not that great, one fence panel was split aprt and busted and they guys wanted to laod it on my trailer without us seeing it and kowing that it was busted apart.
I use to work in a lumber yard in high school. It is actuallyone of the largest locally owned lumberyards in a 100 mile radius. I went with someone else to get Lumber at Lowes for a project ( iwas haulign it for him) and neither of us were impressed at all with the service we got from the know-nothing know-it-alls that worked there.
First they told me the stuff woudln't fit on the trailer, then they told me it woudln't all fit, then they said my truck wouldn't haul all of it. At this point I was more than ready to leave. What it came down to is the coudln't load it entirely with a forklift and some had to be handloaded, and most of it I did myself while they watched. If an experience like that would have happened where I worked in high school the employee who did it would have been out of a job.
Later i looked at teh bill for all the stuff and saw that a local place haad alot of the same stuff cheaper. Yes there is alot of truth to the scam of everythgin is cheaper at the big stores.
Also the quality of the lumber was not that great, one fence panel was split aprt and busted and they guys wanted to laod it on my trailer without us seeing it and kowing that it was busted apart.
