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To: Shane M who wrote (2684)	11/16/2000 2:16:34 AM
From: James Clarke	Read Replies (1) of 4690

re: SHW Good to see the Buffetology thread reviving. Sherwin Williams is a great company and very cheap. I don't own it. Probably should. What the market is most worried about is lead lawsuits. There is a big suit in Rhode Island funded by tobacco and asbestos lawyers. Common sense would tell you it has no merit whatsover, but common sense doesn't matter when the sharks smell blood. Benjamin Moore has shown up on virtually every screen I've ever done, but I never bought it because it was a pink sheet stock. Didn't stop Buffett. In a past life I founded a company as a college student - "Jim Clarke's Quality Exterior Painting". Obviously I didn't have a flair for a brand that would roll off your tongue, but I'll tell you - on my flier was "uses only quality Benjamin Moore paint". Their product is great. It cost 50% more than name brands (that's 10 years ago), but paint was probably about 5% of my cost. Labor was 75%. So if it covered in one coat and the competitor's product required two coats, it saved me a huge amount of money to pay up for the better product. Buffett's not dumb. Knowing what I just wrote and not having bought Benjamin Moore stock, I will admit I am.

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