Remotely related, I dragged out all our tarps and measured each and Sharpied each one's size onto each corner of it so that next time I need one it'll be obvious at a glance.

Stephen

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> On Apr 17, 2015, at 11:06 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
>  I recently bought a plastic tarp from one of the local Big Box junk
> stores... I'm re-doing the roof shelter on a pair of chain link dog
> kennels...
> 
>  So the space I wanted to shade and shelter is 12' x 8'...and it is quite
> windy around here.   I measured carefully and exactly, planning to use the
> doubled-edges and perimeter grommets of the tarp to help keep it mounted to
> some 2 x 4 'rafters'...   I finished the framing and unfold the tarp, brand
> new out of the package, the tarp that was branded " !2' x 8' "  only to
> see, in a few seconds, that the tarp is NOT actually 12 x 8'....it is
> actually 11'6" x 7'6".....then I see on the label in the package, way down
> on the last line, in small print..."not actual finished size".....
> 
>   My father called people who engaged in these kinds of sleazy business
> practices "Chislers"....The world seems to accept this type of behavior
> with the simple shrugging off of the basic principal of honesty..."It's
> just Business" seems to be totally acceptable as an excuse to screw over
> everyone else....I really hate that phrase.
> 
>   So if you go buy a plastic tarp, make certain you aren't getting screwed
> out of a couple of inches all around...I guess the DOW chemical company, or
> whoever makes those tarps, figured that by cheating everyone who buys all
> those they would make a few million more $, world-wide, by lying about the
> size....
> 
>   Chislers....My Dad hated them...and so do I..