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Originally Posted by King Bait Co.
I work at a sheetmetal shop. The prices are going out the roof right now it jumped 40% in three weeks. About the only answer we get is blame China they seem to be the one's at fault for oil, wood and metals going up. How true is that I don't know but that is the word right now. Here may be the real reson for lead going up is our hero's in Iraq and Afgan need bullets and bombs and lots of them. If they don't keep the fight their. We'll all be out of buisness if we get hit agian here.
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Aint that the truth, Metal prices have gone through the roof.
Try buying monel, inconell and a few other nickle alloys OMG. Last time I checked it was 98 bucks a pound for monel and while MY cusotmer was willing to pay for it we couldnt find any anywere and havent been able to find any for the last 6 months.
as far as lead I think it also has alot to do with the newer EPA standards and like someone said a controlled substance. The insurance companies from what I heard is hitting the shops that use lead pretty hard with there scrap ( bigger auto repair and tire shops) they arent allowed to give it away any more) Don't know if its true or not, just what I heard.
On a side note lead is in almost every metal that maching shops use in some quanity or another.
copper is obvously as good as gold here in AZ and brass is too.
with metal and gas going up just that alone will raise prices on about every product we use in society today.
