Did they see me coming

[N-TY4C]

Six weeks ago I went to Olney and ordered myself a "bespoke" table out of "200 year old" reclaimed pine. I have emailed the shop 3 times now requesting the history of the pine on their headed paper with no response to date. I collected the table on Friday and now feel that maybe they saw me coming.

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Edited by N-TY4C on Sunday 11th December 08:26

[j80jpw]

How would they ever be able to prove it was 200 year old pine, putting it on letter headed paper seems pretty irrelevant?

[ICallCustard]

What are you going to do with the header paper note if they reply ?

[Jimmy Recard]

j80jpw said:

How would they ever be able to prove it was 200 year old pine, putting it on letter headed paper seems pretty irrelevant?

There are a lot of ways to look for clues that'll give you a rough idea. It depends on the wood, how it was processed, fixed and subsequently kept. Far too much for me to write right now

[Jimmy Recard]

OP - what exactly bothers you about it? Or are you just wondering if you've been conned although you've no real reason?

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

If you like the way it looks & you can eat your beans off it then happy days?

[Monkeylegend]

That looks like pine from the Blue Ridge mountains of Virginia.

[Johnnytheboy]

If they do reply, have it framed and hung near the table.

If they don't, here's a question: do you like it?

[thebraketester]

Dare I ask..... how much?

[FredAstaire]

j80jpw said:

How would they ever be able to prove it was 200 year old pine

Count the rings.

[stitched]

I put a fireplace in a chaps house, he had just sold a succesful business and was building a lovely place.
His missus fancied a 'distressed' pine kitchen and had found a company who sourced genuinely aged pine, apparently from old stables and such.
Heard him yelling down the phone to the supplier.
"I ordered a distressed pine kitchen, this ones in the latter stages of fking panic"
Made me chuckle.

[hyphen]

ICallCustard said:

What are you going to do with the header paper note if they reply ?

+1

[wolfracesonic]

Has it got 'Graded C16' stamped in black on the underside?

[klmhcp]

Does it really matter? You liked it enough to buy it and presumably aren't shallow enough that you only really wanted it because it was 200 years old.

Life really is too short to be emailing people insisting on letter headed confirmation of table's wood age.

[stitched]

klmhcp said:

Does it really matter? You liked it enough to buy it and presumably aren't shallow enough that you only really wanted it because it was 200 years old.

Life really is too short to be emailing people insisting on letter headed confirmation of table's wood age.

So if you pay for an antique chair you would be perfectly happy to learn it had been made in China last year and artificially aged.
Even if said chair was available for £50 and you had paid £500 antique value?

[klmhcp]

stitched said:

klmhcp said:

Does it really matter? You liked it enough to buy it and presumably aren't shallow enough that you only really wanted it because it was 200 years old.

Life really is too short to be emailing people insisting on letter headed confirmation of table's wood age.

So if you pay for an antique chair you would be perfectly happy to learn it had been made in China last year and artificially aged.
Even if said chair was available for £50 and you had paid £500 antique value?

Of course not but that's nothing like what's happened here, from either the item description POV or the value.

The OP hasn't bought an antique at all. What a bizarre analogy.

[Speed addicted]

N-TY4C said:

I collected the table on Friday and now feel that maybe they saw me coming.

That excited? About a table?

Just close the curtains next time.

[stitched]

klmhcp said:

stitched said:

klmhcp said:

Does it really matter? You liked it enough to buy it and presumably aren't shallow enough that you only really wanted it because it was 200 years old.

Life really is too short to be emailing people insisting on letter headed confirmation of table's wood age.

So if you pay for an antique chair you would be perfectly happy to learn it had been made in China last year and artificially aged.
Even if said chair was available for £50 and you had paid £500 antique value?

Of course not but that's nothing like what's happened here, from either the item description POV or the value.

The OP hasn't bought an antique at all. What a bizarre analogy.

Item description clearly stated 200 year old pine. the fact he bought it suggests the aged wood described was part of the attraction. I do not know why that was the case, i would prefer new wood, but it should match its sales description.

[Einion Yrth]

Dendrochronology is the only real way of getting any kind of real dating if you don't trust the vendor. 200 years is really too soon for C14 dating to be of any use.

It'd probably wind up costing more than the table, mind.

[gooner1]

To the op.

You ordered this table six weeks ago.
You emailed the shop 3 times, with no reply,before collecting the table.
You collected the table this Friday.
Did you not ask your questions whilst collecting the table?