Eli, It's a case of sleight of hand. boise-cascade can pay an extra .03 for a 2x, and then raise the price %30. Now home depot can raise it another 30 and the news media will blame the entire thing on Trump.
Eli, It's a case of sleight of hand. boise-cascade can pay an extra .03 for a 2x, and then raise the price %30. Now home depot can raise it another 30 and the news media will blame the entire thing on Trump.
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2x4x8 $3.57 Needed a couple today and that was the price. And plus sales tax of course 5.1%. Even managed to pick a couple from the bunk that did not look like bananas.
Using 2x4x12 on this one, 10' plate height + block = 11.33 ft = $7.30. Was $2.25 6 mos ago. I think your $3.57 2x4 was about $1.50 then.Originally Posted by ordmm
Here's the link- HD isnt much higher thanLumberyard. I use the private yards for the main orders, then send guys for pick-up orders to fill in.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/2-in-x-4...4x12/206804061
And that's just #2-btr- the "prime" in the ad is "prime bs"- like Ord says, good for rocking chair use.
Then to add insult to injury sales tax here this week is I believe 9.75%
'scuse me- just checked- 9.5%
Last edited by Bob W; 06-24-2018 at 02:10 PM.
Eli, you're in construction too so you know the hard and fast supply/demand issues that used to rule economics in a mildly predictable manner have eroded to almost complete fabrication. Like OPEC shortages. Hell, every time you guys get over 1/4" of rain down there they call it a tropical storm threatening to become a hurricane and plywood doubles out here.
Example; If Canada slows production by only 10% then in anticipation like Punch said the next stop jacks 20% and so on and it compounds like interest. Criminal, yes, but evidently not actionable. I think they should be tried for Racketeering, not Anti-Trust.
Ah. 12 foot, there you go. Yeah about the same price here. You need to be VERY specific--am a 2x4 illiterate. Probably from too many 2x4 blows to the head.
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