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Old 07-19-2018, 10:17 AM
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Originally Posted by HunterDave View Post
I experienced the same thing a couple of months ago with wire mesh that I use to make colony and submarine traps......the price more than doubled in one year. The steel futures have doubled in a year and a half. The manger at the depot told me that fabricators/industries have been stockpiling steel for the past year in anticipation of higher prices. I’m sure that the price of footholds, etc will soon cost more as well. This is without Trump’s tariffs on steel so it may get worse yet imo.
The tariffs we pay on steel are not Trumps. These are tariffs put on by the Canadian govt on steel imports.
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