I was wondering if I was doing something wrong figuring board feet or not. I take the thickness X width X length (in inches) divided by 144 = board feet. Reason I am asking is I was told, oh buy your wood off ebay it is a really good deal. Well if my figuring is right a lot and I won't say all but a lot of it is very expensive. I figured some red oak up at 5.1 board feet and he wanted $52 for it. That is $10.19 a board foot. Another one has 4 boards 57" long. One is 9 1/4" wide and 3 are 7 1/4" wide. They are all 13/16" thick. I used 1" on thickness for ease of figuring. I figured 6.53 board feet at $52. That is $7.96 a board foot. That is almost $8 a board foot for red oak. Am I doing something wrong in my figuring or is this some awful expensive wood? Our lumber yard has oak at $3.59 a board foot.


Bernie