What happened to the price of plywood?

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daddyjt
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Going to dual subs in my HT has necessitated the need to build a new (smaller) rack for my gear. So I head down to Home Depot to grab a sheet of 3/4” oak plywood. I bought a sheet about a year ago for a different project, and remember paying about $45…

Well - my sheet for this project ran me NINTY-EIGHT DOLLARS…! That’s right, $98. Unbelievable.
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  • VR3
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    Now now now, Iinflation has only been like ten to 15 percent... What is this 100% increase you speak of? blasphemy!
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    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    price gouging after a hurricane...

    I thought about that, but a couple things come to mind -

    1. I’m in Utah,
    2. OSB prices seem to only be up about 20% or so.
    3. Oak plywood is NOT a fast mover - I doubt they sell a unit a month.
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    Don't bet on it...
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    Same up here in Maine. I did a small project for my daughter & it surprised me as well
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    Couldn't imagine building a new house these days. Glad I'm old n settled in
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    Plywood isn't the only wood that's obscenely expensive. I built a new equipment rack last winter and just the unfinished birch butcher block alone was over $800.
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    Kex wrote: »
    There are only a few lumber companies controlling the vast majority of the lumber market.

    For plywood, the largest producer is Georgia-Pacific. Guess where they are based? 😬

    Home Depot’s supplier is Columbia Forest Products. Would you like to venture a guess where they are based?

    Yup… North Carolina.
    Wrong, they are both based in Georgia.
    Key thing to remember...who is the parent company of Georgia-Pacific? Koch Industries...
    Who does Koch Support?


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  • txcoastal1
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    Kex wrote: »
    Don’t want to nit pick, but the corporate headquarters of Columbia FP are in Greensboro, NC.

    They do have multiple production locations for plywood, including NC, VA, and WV. It’s certainly possible that production and transportation from production sites could have been severely disrupted due to Helene.

    As for who they “support”… well everyone can draw their own conclusions. 😬

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    Kex wrote: »
    Sorry, but I don’t know what is meant by that statement… 👆

    Your last line of statement

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    billbillw wrote: »
    Kex wrote: »
    There are only a few lumber companies controlling the vast majority of the lumber market.

    For plywood, the largest producer is Georgia-Pacific. Guess where they are based? 😬

    Home Depot’s supplier is Columbia Forest Products. Would you like to venture a guess where they are based?

    Yup… North Carolina.
    Wrong, they are both based in Georgia.
    Key thing to remember...who is the parent company of Georgia-Pacific? Koch Industries...
    Who does Koch Support?


    The guy that doesn't have the 20% rate of inflation to his name.
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    F1nut wrote: »
    billbillw wrote: »
    Kex wrote: »
    There are only a few lumber companies controlling the vast majority of the lumber market.

    For plywood, the largest producer is Georgia-Pacific. Guess where they are based? 😬

    Home Depot’s supplier is Columbia Forest Products. Would you like to venture a guess where they are based?

    Yup… North Carolina.
    Wrong, they are both based in Georgia.
    Key thing to remember...who is the parent company of Georgia-Pacific? Koch Industries...
    Who does Koch Support?


    The guy that doesn't have the 20% rate of inflation to his name.

    He would if he had actually won in 2020. COVID caused a lot of the issues. It's a global economy and the inflation is higher in most of the world.
    https://gfmag.com/data/economic-data/worlds-highest-lowest-inflation-rates/#:~:text=Will this season of global,will exceed last year's figures.

    President doesn't control the economy or gas prices.
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    billbillw wrote: »
    F1nut wrote: »
    billbillw wrote: »
    Kex wrote: »
    There are only a few lumber companies controlling the vast majority of the lumber market.

    For plywood, the largest producer is Georgia-Pacific. Guess where they are based? 😬

    Home Depot’s supplier is Columbia Forest Products. Would you like to venture a guess where they are based?

    Yup… North Carolina.
    Wrong, they are both based in Georgia.
    Key thing to remember...who is the parent company of Georgia-Pacific? Koch Industries...
    Who does Koch Support?


    The guy that doesn't have the 20% rate of inflation to his name.

    He would if he had actually won in 2020. COVID caused a lot of the issues. It's a global economy and the inflation is higher in most of the world.
    https://gfmag.com/data/economic-data/worlds-highest-lowest-inflation-rates/#:~:text=Will this season of global,will exceed last year's figures.

    President doesn't control the economy or gas prices.

    He certainly didn't make things any better, with the policies he put in place, he made it much worse.
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