Well... kind of

[dgdrls]

Local chain Home center had these out,  :


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[Old Greenhorn]

A free pith with every 'slab'. :D

[Southside]

At least they matched the grain for the glue up.... can't hardly see the lines. :D

[firefighter ontheside]

I took this same picture several weeks ago.  It's three 2x10 glued together poorly with a bark edge left on one of the boards.  No doubt they are selling some of them.

[Old Greenhorn]

Dude, clean your glasses. If you don't wear glasses, perhaps you should? Or perhaps, you just looked at it from the other side of the room?
 I like the ad, it says "MAKE A STATEMENT" I have so many ideas on what the 'statement' might be. Something like 'this should look cool, but I don't know what I am doing'? Or perhaps "I don't know anything about wood, so I bought this"?

 I see a new business opportunity for some nextgen colloge kid "GlueUPS Ain't Us!"

 No doubt they are selling some. My local home center is supposed to have them in stock, but I never have seen one.

[customsawyer]

Those are down about 20 bucks a piece from when I first received the picture. Had a customer send the picture to me a while back and they were close to 100 bucks each. 

[kantuckid]

More box store junky wood?  :D 
Like said, most every piece has a bad joint, that's making a statement for sure. 

I gave an 82 yr old guy who builds birdhouses better wood than that last week for free and helped him load it. 

[petefrom bearswamp]

How times have changed regarding low grade lumber.
Im sure everyone here would be ashamed to try to market such a product as that pictured.
In 1970 I was building my first set of kitchen cabinets out of cherry.
I wanted some White pine for shelves etc.
Grossmans lumber, now rebranded as an el cheapo outlet had White pine shelf boards, 1x12 for a cheap price.
I sorted thru the pile a little ways and found a good number of absolutely clear boards.
I bought all I needed and several extra.
As an aside, back then my shop machinery consisted of a combination delta 8" table saw and 4" jointer which my dad gave me.
For surfacing, i went to a local millwork shop.
The KD cherry 4/4 cost about $.50 per bd ft.

[bigblockyeti]

Well, written on the display is "Make a Statement" and that they do.  It might not necessarily be a good statement, but a statement nonetheless.

[boonesyard]

wow,,,,,just,,,,,,wow. 

[Southside]

When shiplap was the rage a couple of years ago the end caps had a display with almost the same quality product.

[moodnacreek]

When I started and for the first 20 years everything had to be edged. Defected hardwood boards did not sell.  Now I can saw walnut through and through and no edging required. The dumber the better.

[Cedarman]

Who would have thought you could sell mega amounts of water in a grocery store.
Pecky cypress anyone?
People buy all kinds of weird stuff.  Go to Wal-Mart.  No quality required.

[Don P]

5 possible 2x4's for $79... they still need to drop a bit to snag me  :D

[moodnacreek]

Pecky cypress ? clear pine? rift and quartered? FAS?  Nobody today grew up with these terms.

[Ron Wenrich]

Wormy maple is now called Ambrosia maple.  Wormy maple was always 2 Com or pallet on the commercial market.  Then there was a spurt of denim pine...pine with blue stain.  In the '50s, the craze was knotty pine.  They used them in cabinets, but before that time, it wasn't used for show.

[dustyhat]

Dont forget Rainbow poplar, we used to call it almost rotten :D Im still looking for that nitch market for blue stained red oak, that would make purple oak right. a real exotic.