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m0unt41n06 Nov 2016
I was looking for a couple of items but then over the last week noticed how some can double or treble in price (in £1,000s) or end at stupid prices. 1.8m Book case below is MDF with "Walnut finish" which I guess means printed for £2,700 https://www.wayfair.co.uk/183-cm-Bookcase-CP1110-AGEL1119.html
There is a couple of things I like at a cheap prices but it all seems completely untrustworthy.
Is the site a scam or if not then why the crazy prices?
Walnut is an expensive wood. I have a solid walnut desk from Heals which from memory wasn't cheap but your example of MDF with walnut vanneer does seem expensive. Wonder if your example is for a 'designer' product? Quality t-shirt £40, Armani t-shirt £120..... sort of thing
It's probably a walnut veneer rather than a print but the price is still taking the piss.
But people obviously buy it otherwise they wouldn't be selling it at that price.
Isn't it just so the company can have a mega sale?
By law the goods have to actually been for sale at the higher price over a certain period. You've obviously just found a couple of items in this standstill period, with no intention of being sold.
being a pro cabinet maker, that price is a complete joke on any level-design, materials, construction, finish-should retail
at about 600 quid tops (and that is taking the piss somewhat, too)
> At £2,700 in MDF it is a joke particular as the "walnut" is printed paper
We have a Smallbone kitchen which includes some MDF. Can't break down the kitchen cost into individual cabinets but knowing how much it cost in its entirety £270 wouldn't have paid for a single kitchen cabinate door.
> Again can't comment on this companies pricing policies but you definitely have some sort of issue with MDF..... maybe you'd like to explain?
I seem to recall reading that during the original manufacturing process and subsequently working with the product, the particles created, if inhaled, are very bad for you. I think its use is banned in the US for this reason.
MDF is most certainly NOT banned in the US..... I'm guessing that as you link to a story that's 10 years old that maybe a problem was found that has now been addressed. Bit like BPA in water bottles.
Sorry not an expert or marketing man for MDF so have no idea how it's made but the reason it's used even in top end furniture is that it's very stable. Wood tends over time to dry out and shrink or suck in moisture and expand or both.
No problem, I like using the stuff myself! You're right about it NOT being banned, that story seems to have been no more than an urban myth so my apologies for perpetuating it! There's still the whole urea formaldehyde issue I suppose, but that seems to be covered now by limiting reduced amounts in manufacture. But does mdf not warp badly when it becomes wet?
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