why the high price of copper,steel,oil ect.

[toolaholic]

Newsweek july 08 Lets shoot the speculators Ain't them Ahuge global boom since 2008 led by China,India,and other developing countries, has boosted raw material prices.

Between 2002 and 2008 some price jumps Copper 360% Nickel 452% oil 177% steel 117%

Just ordered 1 ton of steel for a welding project fri $1900 + tax. I will mark this up 20% tool

[Plumbus]

Domestic or import?

[Plumbus]

"Just ordered 1 ton of steel for a welding project fri"
Domestic or import?

[toolaholic]

Local supplier N. Ca., Been buying from them about 20 years

[neels]

Dear Tool
Governments print money and in doing so they reduce the value of the fiat money currency-- It is the only way they can lay their hand on your savings and cause high inflation.
Please read on Google Allen Greenspan artical +- !968 before he started to work for the Fed Reserve Bank Then you will understand
Regards from the other side of the world
Neels

[toolaholic]

Thanks Neels, Ihave soo much stock at My const. yard ,Ifeel rich

[row]

Tried to order steel and mj soil pipe and it was hard to come by due to the plants in Bejing shutting down/ slowing down to try to reduce emissions for the Olympics.... crappy deal

[toolaholic]

It gets worse,try to get a Dog burger over there these days!

[row]

or ginger fried cat..... its tough:D