<div dir="ltr">I can see where you'd call it greed, and I am not necessarily disagreeing with you, Bo, but there's a lot of moving parts here.<div><br></div><div>Look at it from the standpoint of the family that owns the local lumber yard. They have bills to pay - maybe the yard still has a mortgage, and there's electricity, payroll, benefits, taxes, etc. They probably do OK when business is normal, say there's a million board feet going out the door at $1/bdft, so they bring in a million dollars. Point is that most of it goes to paying those bills I just mentioned. But what about now? There is a lumber shortage. They can't get lumber as easily any more. They might be able to move only half a million board feet, but those bills are still there, so they need to put the price up to $2/bd ft to bring in a million dollars to pay the bills.</div><div><br></div><div>SO</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 8:59 AM Bo Hinch <<a href="mailto:bohinch@gmail.com">bohinch@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I don't necessarily agree with what the video is representing . In my area ( Sulphur Louisiana ) , lumber prices doubled and sometimes tripled from one week till the next week . It can be blamed on hurricanes , which we went through back to back last year , or forest fires last year but my thoughts are people being greedy and ripping us off and there is NOTHING we can do except pay the price , or , do without . Same thing with the steel building components , prices tripled with-in two weeks . Just my opinion of how we are being taken advantage of .</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 11:36 PM Roger Moffat <<a href="mailto:rogerkiwi@gmail.com" target="_blank">rogerkiwi@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>Saw this on Facebook this evening - seems to sum up the situation<div><br></div><div><img id="gmail-m_1172525704736813746gmail-m_-5848790146589396022175A7529-FE06-4997-8012-F5CF4BF08A6D" width="540" height="543" src="cid:178fec942f05b206ef61"><br><br><blockquote type="cite">On Apr 22, 2021, at 4:42 AM, Stephen Offiler <<a href="mailto:soffiler@gmail.com" target="_blank">soffiler@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>I happened across this video just a few days ago. Several factors, but the central theme boils down to basic supply and demand.<br><br><a href="https://youtu.be/3Ssa7yooX3k" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/3Ssa7yooX3k</a><br><br>SO<br><br><br>On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 11:03 PM John Maddock <<a href="mailto:agtronixjv@bigpond.com" target="_blank">agtronixjv@bigpond.com</a>> wrote:<br>Supply and demand ? Maybe!<br><br><a href="https://www.timberbiz.com.au/us-lumber-prices-soar-demand-is-high-but-stumpage-is-static/" target="_blank">https://www.timberbiz.com.au/us-lumber-prices-soar-demand-is-high-but-stumpage-is-static/</a><br><br>JV<br><br><br><br><br><br>------ Original Message ------<br>From: "Mike M" <<a href="mailto:meulenms@gmx.com" target="_blank">meulenms@gmx.com</a>><br>To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <br><<a href="mailto:at@lists.antique-tractor.com" target="_blank">at@lists.antique-tractor.com</a>><br>Sent: Thursday, 22 Apr, 2021 At 12:18 PM<br>Subject: [AT] Lumber prices<br><br>What the heck is going on with lumber prices? I needed a sheet of OSB<br>which was once $10 a is now $35 a sheet?<br><br><br>Mike M<br><br>--<br>This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.<br><a href="https://www.avast.com/antivirus" target="_blank">https://www.avast.com/antivirus</a><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>AT mailing list<br><a href="mailto:AT@lists.antique-tractor.com" target="_blank">AT@lists.antique-tractor.com</a><br><a href="http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com" target="_blank">http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com</a><br>_______________________________________________<br>AT mailing list<br><a href="mailto:AT@lists.antique-tractor.com" target="_blank">AT@lists.antique-tractor.com</a><br><a href="http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com" target="_blank">http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com</a><br>_______________________________________________<br>AT mailing list<br><a href="mailto:AT@lists.antique-tractor.com" target="_blank">AT@lists.antique-tractor.com</a><br><a href="http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com" target="_blank">http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com</a><br></blockquote><br></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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