Part of my back fence has been slowly rotting away. I decided I had to do something about before I find myself out in the snow in he winter.
I thought is should be fairly easy to do. I needed two cross pieces and 8 vertical boards. I also had to figure out how to get this material home as I don't have a truck.
So here's where the Micro Manager gets in on the action. She has to phone half of the lumber yards in town to get detailed prices. I needed the 12 ft boards cut in the middle at an angle. So after all this research she made a choice of where to buy the material. We have often dealt with this business. When we got out in the yard to load the material we found that it was in such poor condition we wouldn't take it. After telling us they'd cut on an angle the wouldn't So we got our money back.
So we went to the next place and we thought we're smarter so we looked at the material first. The material was of excellent quality but they wouldn't cut on an angle after somebody said they would.
We finally went to a third business. They would cut on an angle. But before we got to the cutting stage I found boards that were already cut.
So it was disappointing with all the micro managers research that we had such bad luck.
Glad you eventually found what you needed!
ReplyDeleteBummer that someone tried to sell bad wood. Sounds like a Republican who moved to Canada. Linda in Kansas
ReplyDeleteYou got the runaround.
ReplyDeleteThe best laid plans of mice and men...
ReplyDeleteWell, it's good you didn't give up and found what you needed eventually!
ReplyDeleteBut in the end, thank goodness you got what you wanted. Good thing you had several places where you could look for what you wanted.
ReplyDeleteIt can be so frustrating these days to buy what we need.
ReplyDeleteSometimes all the research in the world doesn't guarantee a good outcome! As Ed said, the best laid plans of mice and men...
ReplyDeleteIt shouldn't be so hard to get what you want. But it often is.
ReplyDeleteSorry you had such a hard time!
ReplyDeleteTake care, enjoy your day!
teamwork and perseverance won the day..but yes, it shouldn't be so hard...and people shouldn't try and fob you off with shoddy goods
ReplyDeleteWe have also had the runaround over the years. Glad you got it all sorted out eventually.
ReplyDeleteThe Micro Manager searched with care,
ReplyDeleteFor perfect boards from here to there.
Three lumber yards ... and what a chore,
But Red came home with fence once more!
i think Micro manager did excellent job on her side .it happens that sometimes our research is not needed at the end dear Red
ReplyDeletethank goodness you found cut pieces of board eventually
What a pain. There is always something.
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