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Burl bottle stoppers with glued in dowels

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Neal DeVore

Neal DeVore

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Trying to clean out inventory. Burl bottle stopper blanks with 3/8" dowels glued in. Species include buckeye with grey color, maple, redwood, walnut and other burl. Sizes are 1 1/2 to 2" x 1 1/2. I have supplied major napa winery for years, but getting out of business. All you need is to provide the drilled out cork.
Send check for $33 for a box of 50 blanks to Neal DeVore, 876 Wildomar Lane, Lincoln, Ca 95648 and notify me of your shipping address and out will go a USPS priority box. I won't wait til check arrives. For CC call 916 253 7208 and add $4 for extra charge.
 

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Neal, Just curious why got out of the bottle stopper business because you have the best place for it. Was it due to lack of sales or too little profit?
 
I was supplying a major winery in Napa and they switched their buyer and I lost the business. I still make stoppers, but a lot less and I have over 500 setups. Cost of dowels and corks are negligible, and my burl scraps come my n/e bowls and salad bowl offcuts
 
Neal, the box of bottle stopper blanks arrived today and I must admit, it is not what we expected. Most of the blanks are less than 1-1/2", many are 1" and some are just 1" cubes. The dowels are in crooked so by the time the some of the blanks would be roughed it would only be a half inch diameter. Not what we were expecting on our end. I would guess that less than half are usable at best.
 
Damon McLaughlin said:
Neal, the box of bottle stopper blanks arrived today and I must admit, it is not what we expected. Most of the blanks are less than 1-1/2", many are 1" and some are just 1" cubes. The dowels are in crooked so by the time the some of the blanks would be roughed it would only be a half inch diameter. Not what we were expecting on our end. I would guess that less than half are usable at best.
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This is the reason why we highly encourage a picture of exactly what you are selling. Neil, please start another thread if you have any of this left to sell. Provide a clear picture of what you are selling. One box at the time. This thread will be close in 2 days. @Bill Boehme
 
I'll have to admit that a picture of a cardboard box would be a discouragement for me because I like to see the actual product. I support what Emiliano says ... A separate ad for each box AND one or more photos showing all of the actual pieces WITHOUT the cardboard box.
 
I don't know if it matters or not but I would be happy to post a picture of what was actually received. I'm out of town taking care of my grandmother but have a friend bringing me the box on Thursday, can take pictures then. If its even necessary.
 
Damon McLaughlin said:
I don't know if it matters or not but I would be happy to post a picture of what was actually received. I'm out of town taking care of my grandmother but have a friend bringing me the box on Thursday, can take pictures then. If its even necessary.
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I don't think that's necessary at this point. It's a good example of why it's important for the buyer and seller to make sure that they're on the same page.
 
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