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Wow!! What an auction haul!!!

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Wow!! What an auction haul!!!

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Wow!! What an auction haul!!!

Mike Rubes, Apex, NC

>Hi all,

Last week I won a benefit auction here for a nice hunk of quilted maple bowl blank. The blank arrived today all the way from Longview, WA and it looks even better in person than in the pics. It is 8x5 and I am thinking hollow form, ala Wally with it. We shall see. Anyway, in addition to the maple, there were lots of surprises in the box!! Dave had mentioned he would stick a piece of ironwood in there and true to his word, there's about a 4x7x1/2 chunk in there. Perfect for a few collars of hollow forms. But it didn't stop there!! There was also, in no particular order, a finished bottle stopper of big leaf maple, a mulberry keychain, some big leaf maple pieces, purple heart, apple, cocobolo, english walnut, madrone, vine maple, holly and AG filbert!!!! It's like Christmas in April. There's some great pens in there just waiting to come out and some really nice collar material as well.

Thanks Dave, this was way more than I expected :)

Mike

Feeling very lucky and like I got the MUCH better end of the deal in Apex, NC!!!

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RevDoug

>Know what you mean. I purchased a piece of apple crotch. He emailed back to let me know that it was in the mail with several other pieces filling up the gaps in the box. I thought the apple was at a great price, but then he goes and adds other goodies to sweeten the deal. Thanks a lot Dave.

Turn 'em round,

RevDoug

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#3

Ouch, Mike...

Clem Wixted, Jonesboro, AR

>...please don't rub it in! :-)

Clem

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#4

Dave is the best!!

Dave Peebles Lyons, Ohio!

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#5

Apple crotch????

Dave Smith, Longview, WA

>Hi Rev Doug,

The notification I got was for package FR3 which is not an apple crotch. There are two nice pieces of apple and some other stuff coming your way. If you had wanted a different package let me know. That package might be a bigger surprise than you thought.

Dave Smith

Finally sell some wood and send the wrong package, it is tough trying to make a buck in Longview, WA.

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Jim Rutten

>Dave,

Didn't you mention a couple of days ago that you have a website for selling this wood? How about a URL?

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#7

My web site, feedback welcome  *LINK*

Dave Smith, Longview, WA

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Wood n Heart

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RevDoug

>I may very well may have mis-spoken. But it is a very nice collection of wood. Came in today's mail and I am so excited about it. As you said, it is a great surprise. Thank you so much. Worth every penny and more. You are a gentleman and a scholar, and true to your word. Again, thanks for your generosity.

Turn 'em round,

RevDoug

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#9

Dave, Upon Further Review...

RevDoug

>Dave, I must have clicked on the wrong package. I am very happy with the package I got, so much so that I just ordered the crotch piece that I thought I had ordered Monday.

Thanks again

Turn 'em round,

RevDoug

Another satisfied customer, again.

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#10

Thanks for the wood sale plug.

Dave Smith, Longview, WA

>Hi Rev Doug,

I was just getting ready to email you when I received the notification that you bought an other package. I will get the package in the mail on my way out of town for the weekend. Any later and the package would have had to wait until Monday. Gotta love the flat rate Priority Mail box for shipping wood. Now I have to check the burn pile to see what I can add to this box.

Dave Smith

Free advertising is alway welcome in Longview, WA.

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#11

Sounds like a set-up.....

KurtK in Indy

>Careful, Mike...I see a set up in the making. Before you know it, you'll get a call that a certain turner from WA is in town and wants to "play" at your shop...

Take full advantage if in fact this happens!! Dave is a great guy and congrats on the haul!!

Kurt

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