How a building materials exchange works:

Hmm, the link just gets me to a generic home page. Is this the article you're referring to? Unfortunately, it's no longer free (if it is). Do you recall the particulars? I'm always looking for home improvement bargains.

Thanks! :-D

Jespah
Jes, sorry about that. The list of exchange sites must not be constant. That's the problem with only posting a link instead of the full article. Many links are only temporary and the content is lost if someone wants to read it some time after the original post.

I know a link is better than the full article but I've found problems later, which is why I tend to post full articles.

I found a Google site with lots of building materials exchanges:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=building+material+exchanges&btnG=Google+Search

---BumbleBeeBoogie

Ah, fantastic! Thanks, dolling!