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mmattockx:
--- Quote from: tradcraftsman on May 26, 2021, 12:28:31 pm ---Don't shoot, but I thought is wasn't so much gouging as excessive demand and short supply
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Yep. There is no such thing as gouging, just markets at work balancing supply and demand.
We are in the middle of building a house at the moment. On April 1 when we finalized the contract 2x6x9ft studs were $16 each. Last week they were $23. Last summer I bought 3/4" spruce construction grade plywood for $46/sheet. It is currently $102 and there are quantity limits on buying at the local Home Depot. Crazy times we live in.
Mark
HH~:
Yep, yankees movin in here too. Flush with cash from left coast and NE home sales. They were crushing old homes but now the old lumber is so pricey they scabbing it out! Stud, rafters , joices! Worth 10$ for a wall stud for good stuff if you yank nails. Not hard as they were put in with a hammer. Use to trac how them down throw in dumpster. Not anymore, worth it to pay 3 mexicani’s to tear it out and demail it. Seasoned wood, good.
HH~
aznboi3644:
The supply is no short at all. The main lumber suppliers are price gouging and holding warehouses full of stock piled to the ceilings. It’s all BS. There is no shortage. The suppliers are all in it together to raise prices because they know the demand for construction is up. They should be prosecuted for price gouging.
Digital Caveman:
--- Quote ---holding warehouses full of stock piled to the ceilings
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That's a pretty serious claim to be making without giving any evidence. Competitive markets just don't work like that, you can't coordinate every lumber supplier in the country, if what you said was true any one supplier could make a huge profit by selling it all at slightly below market price, so all of them would try that and the price would drop.
Pappy:
Not sure where this is going but don’t look to be heading in a good direction, the thread I am talking about, so please don’t let this get out of hand 😉 Thanks Pappy
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