That's useful to know.
However the cheaper pack price is probably based on the fact that most customers will simply buy the bundled pack without sorting them out and will accept a certain percentage of rubbish. That's only guessing but Wickes own sales and returns statistics for the various product codes probably guide their pricing policy.
Strapping timber together is certainly one way of disguising bowed timber. Which might then be "straightened" as a last resort by a customer, by simply nailing them to something else, a wall etc.
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