Shortage in other industry

[Bc'z]

Components for spray in bed liner are in very short supply.
My budy is down to his last 10 buckets, and company has no idea when it will be available.

 

[Sandstorm]

Yup...buckle up...its just the beginning.

I surely hope I am wrong!

Im sad to say I do not think your way off topic here my friend.

 

[Kracken McGraw]

I live right next to a major Interstate Highway. Truck traffic is the heaviest that I have ever seen it, you basically have to stop and wait at an on ramp to pick a open spot to get on. There is a lot of product being moved.

 

[redrockranger]

The $$$$$$$ dollars race to 00000 ZERO.

It worked in Zimbabwe ?

 

[redrockranger]

I live right next to a major Interstate Highway. Truck traffic is the heaviest that I have ever seen it, you basically have to stop and wait at an on ramp to pick a open spot to get on. There is a lot of product being moved.

I grew up in the era of J C Penny , Sears Roebuck and Co , Montgomery Ward. It mite have taken two or three weeks to get your order.

Today we need instant gratification. Instantly.

 

[M-61]

Price a single 2x4

 

[rijndael]

Price a single 2x4

Over $10 if it's pressure treated

 

[JimT]

I seems like you guys just woke up from a 12 month nap. You will find out that the World’s economy has been shut down to varying degrees for the last year. We are just now beginning to get back to normal, hopefully, and demand Is outstripping supply in many industries. It’s going to take time to re-balance.

As an example, wouldn’t it be more valid to compare today’s gas prices to pre-Covid prices? Here you go:

Gas Station Price Charts - Local & National Historical Average Trends - GasBuddy.com

Compare gas and crude oil prices over time for the US Average, Canada Average, and your hometown. View charts for the past month to 10 years.

www.gasbuddy.com

 

[tac284]

My father came out of retirement to build a 5,000 sqft summer home for a guy out of Idaho. Initial cost was to be 1.2M pre Covid, right now they are looking at 2.5-2.7M when finished.

 

[spclark]

Over $10 if it's pressure treated

Good call that....

 

[CarlGeorge]

My son and I are cyclists. He told me just this week he heard from his local shop some parts are a bit scarce (i.e. walk in to buy a chain, shop is out of stock, and says their distributor is behind).

Local Trek store told me, since in some model lines the only real difference between their '20 and '21 models is paint - there's talk of never switching over to the '21 models. The factory is just too busy.

So while cycling component shortages don't seem as severe as primers are for us, the dynamics seem similar: Components going to fulfill demand for complete bikes.....and those wanting parts are finding it tougher to get what they want.

 

[rardoin]

Medical supplies availability has dropped significantly in some items/drugs and costs have risen. Not as bad as powder and primers though.

 

[ronsatspokane]

Auto makers are warehousing vehicles coming off the production line due to a chip shortage for ECU's and sensors.

I paid 51 bucks a piece for 2 sheets of 1/2 CDX earlier this week. I just about soiled myself when the guy told me the price.

 

[rijndael]

My son and I are cyclists. He told me just this week he heard from his local shop some parts are a bit scarce (i.e. walk in to buy a chain, shop is out of stock, and says their distributor is behind).

I am as well. IME, they've been scarce for a long time. You couldn't buy a tube at a local shop around here for months last year. I'm mostly tubeless, so it didn't bother me much. Nicer kids bikes were MIA from June through September.

In September, you could barely find replacement Di2 parts. Shifters were backordered from Shimano for months.

It started last year when everyone realized they were at home (and outside) for a while ... so they bought everything. Then the slow supply chain issue showed up.

 

[22DASHER]

Government should just keep handing out money.... that’ll help.

 

[wedgy]

Lumber prices are up about 300%.

I was in line at home depot and saw OSB 4'x8' plywood on the end display for $48 a sheet and thought that was strange so after checking out I walked back down the lumber isle and could believe the prices !!
A plumbing buddy said ABS has tripled since January if you can get it, something about resin and the texas freeze created problems.
Oh ya... we also have a california surcharge on lumber and paint.... california..."leading the way"

 

[Steve Blair]

Let me say right up front, I am NO economist and prognostications of the future, especially about pricing trends, is not my forte. However, I do have a memory. I remember back in the 1974 "oil embargo" how gas prices jumped and people were very low on "discretionary income". That caused the rest of the economy to "stall". We had back then what became known as "dis-inflation". That's because not enough consumers made enough money to keep up with inflation in just one industry>>gas, which caused the rest of the industries to nearly collapse.
Since that time, according to "government" statistics, REAL income has fallen about 27 percent due to over taxation and over regulation, causing excessive price hikes. My opinion is that this horrible set of "events" is about to hit again, only this time on a grand scale! It won't be one industry that will experience huge price increases, it will be many. Then, since we have NOT kept up with "true" inflation with pay scales, we will see something that will really cause not only "dis-inflation" we may see a wholesale collapse due to the fact nobody will be able to keep up with the REAL inflation rate. T-Rust me, I surely hope I am wrong!

Ben, that was known as stagflation under Carter. When the economy is stagnant but prices keep rising. Worst possible scenario.

 

[JimT]

I live right next to a major Interstate Highway. Truck traffic is the heaviest that I have ever seen it, you basically have to stop and wait at an on ramp to pick a open spot to get on. There is a lot of product being moved.

That’s called the “grandma” way of merging. Much better alternatives.

 

[swd]

The $$$$$$$ dollars race to 00000 ZERO.

It worked in Zimbabwe ?

 

[Louisiana Shooter]

The "perfect storm" is developing...........the government has created it. All of this will not end well. The economy along with the hostile to common working man politics are going to start something that will cost a lot more than just money in the end. Social unrest at minimum, civil war at worst............the future isn't looking good in the natural world at all.