Home Depot's buying power for lumber and panels must be much, much greater than ECOB's given the volume. wouldn't it make sense for HD to buy the wood at the best price and have ECOB coat it for them? otherwise, ECOB could not buy wood as cheap as HD, which would make it difficult to compete without significant markups.
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