Consider This...

Saw it last week. It does make for some interesting reading. In building supplies, I have taken notice that a lot of SPF Studs from Klausner are from Lithuania. Really, Lithuania, now how can they do that. They are thought of as a superior product to the domestic brands too. Competition form imports isn't always a bad thing, sometimes if it forces the domestic producers to step up their game. For instance,
It pisses me off that I intentionally purchased domestic plywood to buy Made in USA and protect the jobs of the domestic producers when the import plywood from South America was flooding into the States, only to have the domestic mills ram it up my arse with the price just as soon as the import plywood stopped coming in.
Georgia Pacific closed two plywood mills laying off 1500 workers. Plywood took a huge jump in price which allowed them to make a better margin clearing out their floor stock and then the price went back to normal. Now that we are near the holidays and while the northern states are gearing up for winter, plywood is on the march up again. Absolutely no rhyme or reason for it IMO. But what do I know, I have only been doing this for 15 years.
 
RidgeRunner said:
Saw it last week. It does make for some interesting reading. In building supplies, I have taken notice that a lot of SPF Studs from Klausner are from Lithuania. Really, Lithuania, now how can they do that. They are thought of as a superior product to the domestic brands too. Competition form imports isn't always a bad thing, sometimes if it forces the domestic producers to step up their game. For instance,
It pisses me off that I intentionally purchased domestic plywood to buy Made in USA and protect the jobs of the domestic producers when the import plywood from South America was flooding into the States, only to have the domestic mills ram it up my arse with the price just as soon as the import plywood stopped coming in.
Georgia Pacific closed two plywood mills laying off 1500 workers. Plywood took a huge jump in price which allowed them to make a better margin clearing out their floor stock and then the price went back to normal. Now that we are near the holidays and while the northern states are gearing up for winter, plywood is on the march up again. Absolutely no rhyme or reason for it IMO. But what do I know, I have only been doing this for 15 years.
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You've been around long enough to know when big business is operating out of sheer greed...do they not think anybody notices when they pull crap like that...
 
Most people have no idea. Very few people check building material prices. They just get the number$ from the builder. Besides if you look at box store pricing, it doesn't change all that much. When the market is moving up fast, I can walk into a Lowe's store and buy a sheet of 1/2" plywood cheaper than I can buy a semi-load directly from the mill. They buy on huge contracts and do major leage advertising so they are covered but they can't react fast enough to drastic market shifts. 1/2" 4-ply has increased $1.28/sheet in the past two weeks, and it ain't due to strong demand or a shortage of product. Must be greed Reel. I can't see how gouging a guy with price today translates into repeat business down the road.
BTW the MAZE nails are the best I have ever come across. They may cost a bit more than the Chinese material and I don't always find what I need (because the dealers don't carry it all) but they have always been better.
Sorry for the derail, Still a great concept to buy all made in the USA products. Insist on GREEN and there are some nice tax breaks too.
 
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