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Subject: 
Re: Improved Pick-A-Brick packing
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping
Date: 
Tue, 18 Nov 2003 12:55:39 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Mark & Milissa Millère <MMillere@Knology.net> wrote:

Anybody know what 138 2x4's cost by weight???

~204 2x4's to the pound which is $28.00 at LLCA.................

= 18.95 for 138......

So if my math is correct (and it frequently isn't) it is still less expensive to
simply scoop 100 loose 2x4's into a cup for $12.95 than it is to pay by weight
for the same 100 2x4's.  And the same volume presumably only gets heavier when
filled with smaller parts.  So under this pricing scheme, buying by volume is
always a better deal than by weight, even if you don't take the extra time to
pack the cups.

Interesting...

- Chris.



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: Improved Pick-A-Brick packing
 
(...) I guess in an ideal world I want to buy small parts by volume and large ones by weight,then. :-) (ideal for us I mean) But if you only get 100 2x4s for 13 USD, that's 13 cents a brick. That's way over my threshold for 2x4s, a common part, (...) (20 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
  Re: Improved Pick-A-Brick packing
 
(...) Chris Yes it is, it works out to about $0.14 per 2x4, same as S@H. Weight does work better and better then S@H retail, the smaller the piece is. If someone can tell me how many 1x1 plates fit in the small and large cups, I would like to (...) (20 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)

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  RE: Improved Pick-A-Brick packing
 
(...) ~204 2x4's to the pound which is $28.00 at LLCA......... = 18.95 for 138...... Thanx, Mark (20 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)

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