Daryle, the market price is reflected the retail price, Aluminum is a like gold or grain or whatever, that's life in a capitalist country.... Why hasn't Weld Wheels raised their prices accordingly? CR
Daryle Redlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 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" To: 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 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. > > > > --------------------------------- > Don't get soaked. Take a quick peek at the forecast > with theYahoo! Search weather shortcut. --------------------------------- We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list. ________________________________ FormulaCar Magazine - A Proud Supporter of Formula 500 The Official Publication of Junior Formula Car Racing Subscribe Today! www.formulacarmag.com or 519-624-2003 _________________________________ _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! ***
