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Is the price o.k. though?

I think we'll have to reach a common definition for "ok", I may be (actually I am) cheap but 115 UK pounds for a small wooden box?

https://www.johnlewis.com/lego-4020-wooden-2x2-desk-drawer/p...

I understand that is a steal if compared to the 90 UK pounds for 3 (three) wooden pegs:

https://www.johnlewis.com/lego-4016-wooden-1x1-wall-hanger-s...

The only adjective that comes to my mind is "outrageous".

And it's butt jointed. There's no engineering excellence unlike the lego pieces themselves. It's really not hard to do better even just with cncing dovetails. Outrageous indeed.

It's solid oak. Just the material would retail for around £20-30.

The price is outrageous compared to something from Jysk (Danish version of Ikea), and I wouldn't buy it, but it is within the general price range of Danish designer furniture.

Example, £200 for a 150cm oak shelf: https://www.bolia.com/da-dk/produkter/04-008-11_15934774/

>It's solid oak. Just the material would retail for around £20-30.

I would not be that sure, the description talks of "solid oak & veneer", but given that it is all solid oak (the drawer is most probably veneer), it is anyway an industrial product.

Dimensions: H11.3 x W15.8 x D15.8cm

Using approximate measures an 1.5 cm for thickness to consider waste, I get:

Back+back of drawer+front of drawer=3x0.12x0.16x0.015=0.000864

Bottom+Top+bottom of drawer=3x0.16x0.16x0.015=0.001152

sides+sides of drawer=4x0.16x0.12x0.015=0.001152

wooden pegs=4xPix0.02x0.02x0.03=0.000151

total 0.003319 m3, let's add some 20% more, 0,004

20/0.004=5,000pounds/m3

30/0.004=7,500 pounds/m3

I think a very fine european oak should sell retail for 2,000 pounds/m3 or less.

Definitely not.

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