"Matt O'Toole" wrote ...
Joe Bleau wrote:

Teak has become so hard to find and so outrageously expensive when it
is found

So where's all this inexpensive teak patio furniture coming from? Keep in
mind
it has to go through a couple of layers of markup before being sold at
Home
Depot...

Likely it's plantation-grown teak from Indonesia. It's teak, just from not
very old trees. If you're buying it (as furniture or as boards), you need to
be selective. And you might get a warm glow from knowing that it's not from
one of the very few trees left in forest.

Cheers

Bil