OT outsmarted my self today on fuel damn it and steel prices

Well my steel posts are currently getting galvanised, the cost of steel - damn, but the cost of zinc is still sh#t - YAYYY ... (unless you had shares on Ozminerals) ...

was just discussing the steel price rises at work yesterday, i thought it was going up 20% at the end of the month, either way get in quick this month if your after some steel cause it just keeps getting more and more expensive.

You know that in June, Iron Ore had a price increase of 85%...... backdated to March.

Unbelievable but true.

I know where your coming from Brian. Mind you I'd be more than happy for fuel at 148c/l!! ;)) Still 186c/l in Nyngan mate.

I just put a deposit down for a $12K shed a couple of weeks ago and the guy said that it would be about 4 weeks to delivery. He said that he can manufacture (cut) the material required for the shed in 1-2 days but it is getting the steel that is the problem.

Basically he said that there is only 1 Steel manufacturer in Oz (of decent size to compete) and that is Bluescope. He said that Bluescope have access to their orders (online) and basically only dishes out enough steel for them as to what they have on order 3-4 weeks in advance. He reckons this is to stop anyone buying up a heap with all the price rises still due to come.

He had a very sarcastic dig about how its a monopoly and that it it's basically price fixing. All the manufacturers (sheds/steel framers)can do is pass it onto the customer.

But yes the fuel one is really getting up my nose too. Every day the oil price went up it was reflected at the bowser the next day. Now that oil is coming way down the changes have been very minor and VERY slow. Arrrrgghhhh.

As usual all us normal folk can do is keep taking it up the clacker!!

Hi Brian, long time no talk.

Try having a wife that is obsessed by gold. Damn stuff has gone up 300% in 12 months or so. Ordered a bracelet for SWMBO and ended up picking up a ring LOL!!!

Give you a call 2morrow
Regards, Trevor.

Buying a handful of bolts the other day, mate tells me all bolts went uo 28% just recently. Getting expensive to shoot my bolt, hang on, it always was.

Got a pricelist of increases on all galvanised products, most will rise by about 30% by November. Going to add a little price rise to new housing. Apparently, it's now cheaper to have a tiled roof. Who'd have thought it.