Common cheating schemes that can be encountered when buying boards and how to avoid it.

It is hard to imagine construction work without boards.

The need for them arises already at the stage of building the foundation and does not end before the completion of the work.

Therefore, sooner or later, many have to deal with the purchase of lumber.

It would seem that it could be easier. I paid the money, got the material.

But, not having proper experience in this matter, you can easily fall prey to deception.

Unscrupulous sellers usually profit from buyers through several fraudulent schemes.

The most common of them, we will consider below.

Scheme # 1: "Cheating with volume".

This method of deception can be found all the time, when unscrupulous sellers round the numbers in their favor when calculating.

Usually the seller says, for example, that in a cubic meter of an inch board of 25 × 150 × 6000 mm, 44 boards come out.

In fact, if you make a calculation, it turns out:

The volume of one board 25X150X6000 mm = 0.0225 (m3)

Volume of one cube = 1 / 0.0225 = 44.4 (boards)

After simple calculations, it is clear that the seller discarded 0.4 boards in his favor.

How can you avoid being cheated?

Before the purchase on my own make a mathematical calculation or refer to ready-made tables, which indicate exactly how many boards or timber in 1 m³.

Scheme # 2: "Deception with size".

It is also a fairly common method of deception, when unscrupulous sellers pass off material of lesser thickness as thicker.

For example, under the guise of an inch, in which the standard thickness is 25 mm (25 × 150 × 6000 mm), material is sold with a thickness of only 22 mm (22 × 150 × 6000 mm).

The volume of one board 25X150X6000 mm = 0.0225 (m3)

The volume of one board is 22X150X6000 mm = 0,0198 (m3)

The difference is 12%.

That is how much the buyer overpays to the seller. If you take several boards, then the deception can be overlooked.

But with a large volume of board purchases, the losses will be significant.

How can you avoid being cheated?

You just need to go to buy boards to take a tape measure with you and measure the boards to make sure that the stated parameters are consistent.

Scheme # 3: “They show good material. They ship substandard. "

This kind of deception can be easily encountered.

For example, an unscrupulous seller shows good quality boards hiding illiquid assets among them. The goods are paid for.

And after shipment, boards with a defect or damaged by a fungus are revealed.

How can you avoid being cheated? You need to carefully monitor the shipment and check which boards were brought to you.