Originally Posted by
Jim Matthews
+1 on this.
I said the same when I heard the price.
I pay more than $2 bf for Poplar.
It would be very easy to sell genuine teak for, say, $10/bd ft. If someone is willing to take less than $2/bd ft I'd be very suspicious. It's either not teak or it's "hot" (either stolen or brought into country without proper certification).
Most teak producing countries have an export tariff on raw teak to encourage production of products made from teak in their country. Around here, you can buy solid teak flooring cheaper per board foot than standard teak lumber. And teak furniture is cheaper than what you'd pay for raw wood to build it.
Mike
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