About 1 year ago price of metals about doubled, some trippled like lead now they are almost back where they were so it will take some time before the raw material cost factor catches up to the lower price of the raw metals if it ever will.
Then there was the fuel surcharge for trucking the raw materials and the finished product. tom > [Original Message] > From: Jeff DePolo <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 6/2/2009 12:36:06 PM > Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Sinclair - big price jump? > > > What didn't go way up? > > The number of digits to the left of the decimal point in my checking account > balance hasn't gone up. I'm still waiting for all of that stimulus package > trickle-down money that our new president promised me. > > Jumping in price by 50% over the course of a few years seems kinda steep me. > I can't believe that either labor nor materials jumped by that much over > that timeframe. Maybe it's the drop in the value of a US dollar? I think > US Dollar to Candadian Dollar conversion rate is close to 1:1 now. > > --- Jeff WN3A > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
