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akk0 15 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Let's make quality the norm again

For my household I built my own cartoonishly big 200×80×4cm oak desk. The oak was €350 at the hardware store and only needed finishing. The height adjustable legs add some extra cost, but the whole was maybe €700 tops and a day of work.

justonceokay 14 days ago [–]

That’s very nice but that isn’t the price you would sell it for, especially if you were trying to make it your livelihood

nomorewords 13 days ago | [–]

That wouldn't be the price of the raw materials if it were livelihood either

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