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mmattockx:
--- Quote from: willie on May 31, 2021, 03:13:01 pm ---consider also, the open market includes some speculators
https://www.thebalance.com/the-pros-and-cons-of-speculation-in-commodity-futures-808944
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It sure does and they can cause some wild price swings over the short term. Still not gouging, however.
Mark
Stoker:
Being in construction for 40 years I've seen stuff go up and down. Always a reason. Plant burnt down, Ice storm, supply chain, markets and my favorite Tariffs. No different than gasoline. I was going to rebuild my deck and put up a new fence this year. Guessing it's only the fence.
Thanks Leroy
Hawkdancer:
--- Quote from: PaulN/KS on May 31, 2021, 01:47:01 pm ---Last year at the end of April I applied and got hired at a big home improvement store. The hot item for people was privacy fencing material. Treated posts and planks were "unobtanium" at any cost for a while and people were not happy about that.
Same store one year later, materials are in stock and people are unhappy about the cost.
If ya want to flaunt your wealth, shoot a box of 9mm shells into a plywood target... ;)
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Not when someone is asking $24 for a 100 ct package of small pistol primers! >:D >:D. That is gouging. Big time!
Hawkdancer
BowEd:
I went to an estate sale of items from a retired person going into nursing home facility.Some very well kept items there.Lots of guns,reloading supplys and eqipument,and ammo too.The fella was pretty well armed.Bullets were outrageously priced.Guns went for a premium also.Glad my supply is in good shape and like Paul I don't shoot my ammo indescriminately.Not like when I was a kid.
At least with a bow and arrow most times you can retrieve your arrow....ha ha.
A used stand up freezer went for over $1000.00.It seems because new ones are'nt available or way too expensive.[I've never checked out buying a new one though].
I bought am 8' aluminum step ladder for $50.00.
Went to a chain saw supplier and they can't get bars for chain saws.
What does all this mean?A combination of a lot of things like scp said.People are scared.Hoarding amoondo.People are'nt working.Supplys are indeed down in some areas.Business's are being opportunistic even with supplys available.These are all facts.
Speculators or paper shufflers as I call them have been around for half a century and all through my farming career.These middlemen are indeed price gouging or manipulating the market.Same with meat processing plants.These people trim the fat off of all commodity items.It's legal yes,but is it right?You'd have to be in the business of raising commodities to really understand.
As for me I'll hunker down and be as independent and self doing as I've always been.Glad I'm retired though.
Digital Caveman:
--- Quote ---Not when someone is asking $24 for a 100 ct package of small pistol primers! >:D >:D.
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Just how much are spent 9mm shells running for these days? I got a few last year for arrowheads, but if they are worth more than judos now I may do some swapping...
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