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[–]thefirststone 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

People have been grousing about it for a year. Is there anything in this eight and a half minutes which is new?

Supposedly sawmills wound down expecting lower demand, and demand shot up instead (which was obvious because of insanely low interest rates, so I don't buy the sawmill theory), then they got pinched by government interfering in their business. Also wildfires, though what wood was left of that is now being hauled away to be cut as fast as humanly possible.

[–]Canbot 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

That is what (((they))) claim, but there are lots of people in the industry posting videos of huge stockpiles of wood everywhere. I have never been to a hardware store with an empty shelf. Not a single piece of lumber is sold out. At some point you have to realize that the (((media))) is lying to you.

[–]thefirststone 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Yes. I would like to hear from hardware store purchasing managers and suppliers higher up in the chain, but people like that don't blog about stuff even if they're being blamed for something.

[–]Canbot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Hear what? They literally have the shelves entirely stocked. What are they going to say besides "no, we aren't price gouging you"? You are literally asking the wolf if he plans to eat you instead of looking at his dinner plate with the remains of your neighbor. Employ some critical thinking.

[–]thefirststone 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

All it takes is one hardware store to lower their prices to get all the profits. We can't tell from shelves and stickers who's gouging whom.