Home Depot Sued: 4x4s Don't Measure 4" by 4"!

[HuckleberryFun]

Yup, someone done discovered that lumber dimensions are fake.
Suing for 5 million dollars for fraud. I guess somebody had to do it.

Home Depot, Menards face lawsuits over lumber size description

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[Jamie6.5]

And people wonder why things like lumber and power tool sales end up restricted to licensed professionals.

SMGDH

 

[Kruel J]

This is just like people suing over hot coffee. The "men" that initiated this need to stay out of Home Depot and leave the work up to the real MEN.

 

[UserNameInUse]

The result of this will be all the labeling having the actual dimensions. And they better not be off.

I wish I could see what life in this country will be like when my kids are my age.

 

[Flymph]

I wish I could be so detestable as to find something like this to sue over. Lmao

 

[308]

What next...2x6(s) not really 2x6?

 

[jbett98]

You might get a sliver with un-planed wood. Can't have that, people would sue you.

 

[IronMonster]

They might be getting sued but they will win and might even get attorney fees awarded.

 

[3MTA3]

Crissakes - dimensional lumber is measured by the rough cut and not the finished cut. The people suing HD should have stupid tattooed on their fore heads. This is just a vehicle for somebody to make money at the expense of everybody else who shops at stores that sell lumber. Home Depot, Lowe's, etc. will simply have to pass the cost of these types of lawsuits along to you and me.

We need tort reform NOW! These aholes are also a BIG part of why medical care is so expensive as well as medicines.

 

[albin25]

Speaking of being ripped off!!...
......What's up with movie theatres? Whenever I order the "large" popcorn they don't give me larger popcorn, just a bag full of the regular size ones!

 

[etrain16]

SMH



Sounds like time for some folks to surrender their man cards - they clearly don't qualify.

 

[ikemay]

SMH

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Sounds like time for some folks to surrender their man cards - they clearly don't qualify.

Agreed.

 

[HB of CJ]

Is this news real? Or is it fake news? What sane lawyer would present the suit? I can see bickering about straightness and dryness but because of dimensional size?

We have rejected whole slid dump loads of studs because they were warped and green. The sheet rock job would have been impossible. But we never sued over it.

This whole think makes me laugh. Sorry. Just me. We recently rejected another batch of "premium grade" bone dry straight Fir 2x4 wall studs because they were NOT. Junk!

 

[66PonyCar]

Hmmm, I see a money making opportunity here from the very same idiots who are suing Home Depot and Menards.

"Why yes those are 16 penny nails. You have a hundred of them. Your total is $16."

 

[IronMonster]

Speaking of being ripped off!!...
......What's up with movie theatres? Whenever I order the "large" popcorn they don't give me larger popcorn, just a bag full of the regular size ones!

Not a good comparison.

Movie theaters don't make anything on ticket sales. All that money goes to the production and marketing company. The ONLY income the movie theater makes is from the sale of concessions. The have a huge building, massive investment in equipment and large staff that has to be paid for by income.

The $12 soda and $20 popcorn is simply the cost of overhead plus a small profit. Out of that $22 you spent on a pop and popcorn probably $2 of is profit, the rest just covers expenses.

I know it's more fun to think "those dirty bastards!" The truth is it's the only business model that works. The alternative is $40-$50/each tickets and reasonable prices on candy and drinks and nobody will go for that. At least this way it is you have an option not to buy snacks

 

[Vendor Hidden]

Not a good comparison.

Movie theaters don't make anything on ticket sales. All that money goes to the production and marketing company. The ONLY income the movie theater makes is from the sale of concessions. The have a huge building, massive investment in equipment and large staff that has to be paid for by income.

The $12 soda and $20 popcorn is simply the cost of overhead plus a small profit. Out of that $22 you spent on a pop and popcorn probably $2 of is profit, the rest just covers expenses.

I know it's more fun to think "those dirty bastards!" The truth is it's the only business model that works. The alternative is $40-$50/each tickets and reasonable prices on candy and drinks and nobody will go for that. At least this way it is you have an option not to buy snacks

How's the weather on Vulcan?

 

[IronMonster]

How's the weather on Vulcan?

Typical, tell someone how the world really works and they think you must be from another planet.

The truth is almost never popular when it goes against a preconceived notion.

 

[v0lcom13sn0w]

thats like me sueing my parents because my .... doesnt measure full dimension

 

[Wayne]

Wait till they measure some plywood. I will admit I wish the makers of dado sets and plywood makers would get on the same page.

 

[filsonhand]

Some people need some common sense SLAPPED into em