not sure how i managed the steal of the decade, over $20000 worth of wood for $100, pure luck i guess. i even got it delivered for free as well so that's a fantastic start to my new project at mission control. i started sanding, staining just before the rain, it takes about two days to dry and i'm now half completed. so far the huge heavy planks look great, as though i'm building an olde skool  long ship in the garden. carrying these planks is a challenging task but fortunately my training has increased my strength so i can do it alone. 
once i complete this, the interior of mission control will begin to come decluttered as i will have storage. 

unfortunately things with amazon didn't work out, i have to review my options. amazon seemed to be far to big a corporation to actually care enough about a sole trader and they offer no comprehensible support. the support i received was from a man with a foreign accent whom spoke very little english and communication was impossible. after that i just received several e mails that i couldn't reply to. a totally stupid system, a company which is great if you are a consumer but to be a seller is pointless. 

there are options, e bay, face book marketplace and physical markets.

i'm halfway through an interesting book, 'psalms from the end of the world' by cole holden which is very reminiscence of something david mitchel would write, ghostwritten, slightly more brutal. looking forwards to seeing where it concludes as the many diverse threads are so unconnected at the moment.