Hey Chris,
I will buy all the 6061 aluminum you have for 1.25lb. The raw commodity
price is not what you pay from the suppliers. Get real. If you think it is
so easy to build these wheels and that our prices are two high, go ahead and
buy all the equipment needed to make them and supply the market. Weld is a
huge company and cannot be compared to a small custom builder. Go and ask
Weld how much it would cost to get a set of custom f500 wheels made. They
probably wont even do it and if they don't, then ask how much it would cost
to have them special order some. I bet it will be plenty more than we have
ever charged.
Daryle
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Reinhardt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 2:56 PM
Subject: Re: [F500] Kodiak Prices
Just an FYI, I looked at the NYMEX exchange, the lowest Aluminum has been
in the last couple of years is about .80, and the highest it's been is
1.25. I guess all that quality control has raised the prices way up.....
Guess I'll stay with those ugly Douglas's...
CR
Daryle Redlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Just to add my two cents.
The exchange rate two years ago was 1.57 to the US dollar. The exchange
rate
today is 1.14 to the US dollar. That means that the US buying power went
down
by roughly 40%. At the same time the cost of aluminum went from $1.85/lb
to
about $4.00/lb. Sorry about the increase but we only react to the market.
Daryle
Kodiak Motorsports Inc.
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