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To: Restorer

When they found out the waste was being reprocessed for profit, the owners of the waste demanded to be paid, and the profitability of the process disappeared.
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People can be amazing, once while enjoying a beer in a freind's backyard I spotted a large black cherry tree. I casually mentioned that I would like to cut it up into boards. Well, came the reply, I have been wanting to get rid of it but the best offer I have had was to cut it down and charge me $400.00. I offered to remove the tree for free and he quickly accepted. As I was hauling the logs off he was curious about just what I intended to do so I explained that I would use the best parts to make cabinet grade boards. He asked if it was worth the trouble and I told him that I expected to end up with at least one thousand dollars worth of cherry boards and he seemed happy that I was getting something for my trouble. Later on he told me that he mentioned this to his wife and she seemed to think that I should have paid them something for the tree which they were only too eager to be rid of. If I had offered to remove it for a hundred dollars and never said it was any good for anything other than firewood she would have been perfectly happpy with that. I recommend that everyone find and read Aesop's "dog in the manger" fable and ponder on it.


39 posted on 07/23/2006 7:32:58 AM PDT by RipSawyer (Does anybody still believe this is a free country?)
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To: RipSawyer
Thanks for the story RipSawyer.

I've known people like that lady.

If both people feel that they got a good deal at the end of the transaction then it was a good one.

Depending on the location and size, straight up pine trees go for $250 - $1,200 around here. I've got about an $900 +/- one 10 feet from the house I'm taking estimates on.
41 posted on 07/23/2006 7:44:01 AM PDT by PeteB570 (Weapons are not toys to play with, they are tools to be used.)
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