I have been reading this thread on and off for a while and I feel that I have got to post on it because there is far too much rubbish being stated as fact!

Most people want a solid good quality table set at a good price, this constant spouting of drivel about how if you buy a teak table set for less than £1000 then it will fall apart and only last a month is absolute rubbish and you know it!

Grade A/B/C? is only someone's opinion, there are no certificates or guarantees that will state a grade because its a system done by human eye. I know of one teak retailer in the UK who describe all of the furniture that they sell as Grade A but if you look underneath the table / chair/ bench its full of filler/knots etc and is poorly put together with brass screws and bolts.

I think what you (Naomi and your pseudonym's) have posted is correct people are "learning" but not in the way you think 99% realise that its not worth paying £2000 to £4000 for a table and chairs that will stay outside in the garden and weather in the sun and rain. Regardless of what sort of garden table set you buy and what its made from it is only for eating your lunch and dinner from!

Let me liken it to plasma TV's , a lot of people want a new TV most people will spend £400 to £1000 for a 42" to 50" TV and be very happy with it, it does the job they need, its well made and its the size they needed for the house. Every so often there will be one person in 100 (or even one in a 1000) that want to pay more, they will convince themselves (and the salesman will convince them as well) that they have to spend £5000 on the latest Panasonic 3D 50" tv to get a good picture.

This is just like the argument that has been playing out on this thread with teak furniture, is a £5000 Panasonic 3D tv better than a £500 Samsung?

yes it probably is ....

is it worth paying the extra for the slightly better picture and for the specialist Panasonic television delivery van that arrives at your house so all your neighbours can see?

probably not.........




and to the poster "Naomi" I do know who you are!