The biggest problem was moisture content. Do you remember how heavy the oak was that I purchased and which you kindly helped me to load into my car? How long ago was that? I can't remember if it was last year or the year before. Anyway, I left it in sticker properly protected and when a friend with a moisture meter tested it earlier this year, it was as if the wood had been left outside in the open elements. Completely sodden. Despite sealing the endgrain and stacking it flat with space for the air to circulate, the boards had split and warped. Yet boards I'd purchased elsewhere and which had been stored in the same manner were perfectly fine.
It's not the first time I've had to throw out wood purchased from Pugh's but it will be the last.
Gill