Why the cost increase?


I went to buy materials for a speaker project. I also priced some T-111 siding on 8" centers, 5/8 thick, Ship lap.
I hadn’t picked up any sheets or anything in over 18 months.

48" x 96 x 5/8 wood siding was 19-26.00 and on sale 15-20.00 per sheet, NOW 74-84.00 per sheet.

MDF 3/4" 48 x 96" if you can find it. 45-55.00 per sheet it was 22.00 to 27.00 per sheet.

2x4x8 DF stud grade 1.99-3.00 per. Now 4-6.00 per stud,

There is no shortage but there sure is a LOT of price gouging. NOTHING changed. Just the price..

The quality is worse. The workers aren’t paid worth a crap...Why the increase?

I’m getting ready to finish my home out. WOW.. I might have to rethink this a bit..

The price all most tripled in 12-18 months.. This kind of stuff is NOT cool at ALL.

Just my opinion of course. Any projects you’re doing get put on hold or STOPED?

YES I’m very frugal. Money never came easy, and it leaves the same way..

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I guess this D Variant is more contagious but not a debilitating as the original strain.


@oldhvymec.Supply and demand.

Companies have labor/manpower shortages and it is systemic across the globe. Transportation costs have quadrupled at a minimum in the last year.

In this country we need to cut the unemployment and COVID funds so people get back to work.

Most of this is not the rich getting richer it is truly that our costs are skyrocketing in the life during COVID.

I think it will get worse before it get better. Talking Carter Era inflation.  
Clearly you are angry and I understand it.

Facts are facts. 
Tree gets cut down a TRUCK that the freight company owns and charges 4 to 16 times to haul it to a mill.

The Mill has to cut that into boards and they have to pay a guy greater than the current unemployment/COVID government cheese rate to make toothpicks out of those logs (Walmart is paying $17.59 an hour for stockers who is paying for that? YOU and Me) 

The boards now have to get to the Lumber Yard and the go back on a truck at 16 times higher freight rate and land at 84 Lumber. That has to pay a guy $17.50 an hour to offload the boards and put them in the rack. 
COGS have skyrocketed and who pays?

You and Me.

please pick up few business rags and read them. Supply chain and labor are a mess globally and we are going to pay for it.

The world cannot afford anymore shutdowns and the welfare has to stop. 
Now look, no Admin step in. WHY? We all stayed civil and voiced an opinion that affect us all..
@oldhevymec +1
I have been vaccinated and every one in my family has.
However I am going to respect a persons right to not vaccinate. Your body your right!
Just saying.
Do not kill me and hit with a bunch of political crap cause many on the left were not going to get vaccinated because of their opinions of the Administration in power, that was responsible for getting this vaccination pushed through.
But once their guy one they embraced the whole thing.
I do not care I did not vote for Trump or Biden.

@nonoise WHATEVER!
Not playing.
We all know where you stand. And frankly could careless.
@nonoise how about this All Noise?
The vice presidential candidates’ debate was Harris’s highest-profile appearance of the campaign. She took the opportunity to explain that she would not get a vaccine pushed by Trump. That is what got the habitually placid Pence’s dander up. He turned to Harris and memorably admonished, “Stop playing politics with people’s lives.”
@nonoise you are a legend well I guess that's what those Stewart Smalley tapes tell you to keep saying and thinking.
@nonoise I did not play the race card some one made a post, not me.

Also could care less about your liberal agenda and quotes from the Chronically Liberal Houston COVID Journal.

But since you like to lie supporting your Tyrannical agenda.

Stats are stats and per capital TX is way behind NY. Also TX is 6 times bigger than NY and has close to 9M more people (not including the 1M illegals that crossed into the Laredo District since January of 2021 a 400% increase over 2020.

https://abc7ny.com/texas-coronavirus-covid-new-york-jersey/6348516/

Also with Joe letting all those infected people invading the southern borders in, it will get worse as they are relocated all over the US.

I am all for immigration as we are all immigrants but come through the front door like our for fathers did.

Mr Noise again you are wonderful and the smartest guy in your house. (Bet you are alone too)

And as Stewart Smalley said. Man Leeann is sleeping …..

https://abcnews.go.com/US/sen-al-frankens-accusers-accusations-made/story?id=51406862

I am going to leave you and your audience of 2 and move on to less divisive topics. Like about audio and that’s an area you seem to never contribute much to.

Good day kind sir.

Mr @nonoise you are a doing such a wonderful job of disinformation and being such a wonderful job as a propagandist for the Xi-Biden Administrations.

So when Joe is catching and releasing how are 90% how would the know that 90% are vaccinated and screened when CBP is not screening them because they crossed illegally? (Rhetorical) Could care less what your lying answer is.  

Thought you would like just a little truth and facts to sprinkle in your lies and propaganda. Mr All Noise

https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/cbp-announces-june-2021-operational-update

https://www.texastribune.org/2021/07/16/us-mexico-border-apprehensions-how-many/

https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/rising-border-encounters-in-2021

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-07-21/illegal-border-crossings-are-surging-along-wit...

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-07-21/illegal-border-crossings-are-surging-along-wit...

And I am using DATA from your lovely propaganda agencies in the MSM.

Now I am done with your BS @nonoise.


Hay Mr Moderator may want to kill this thread as me@nonoise is done now.
@oldhvymec. Was sarcasm, dude you are wound a bit tight. Cranky old bird.
@thecarpathian you are obsessed with making my son into me.

you really need a therapist.
Such a great life you lead having to dig up my dead son.

Such a p_ick.

@nonoise GOT YOU!
You started this noise Chief.One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest eh Chief?
Going back to page one you started up on MC and kept it going.Only child is you pal and no I no nothing about social media never have never will.Later ALL NOISE. err sorry Chief!

You are owned.

@millercarbon I enjoy tossing grenades. Loved it in the Army love it here.
@mr_m Never said that @oldhevymec was a Jack A.
Mr @nonoise you bet!
And you I will cal Mr_Butinski.
Have a great night I have been sent to bed by Mr oldhevymec without desert. Tricks on him I am a fitness nut and never eat desert anyway.
Nice chatting with you Mr @mr_m hope we can meet when you are not defending an agent for Chairman Xi.