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Some big wholesalers are limiting customers to a certain amount of drums of cable per purchase.I have no immediate need for much cable, but part of me is wondering if I should buy enough for any jobs I might want to do in the next year (usual 2.5mm/6mm T&E for sockets/cooker and some 1mm T&E + 3&E for lights).
Scrap copper etc is sky high so it's not all just profiteering.Wickes have 2.5T&E for £71.50, if you have trade account with them it's £64.
I've recken prices will stabilise in the next 6 months or so. All this is just manufacturers try to get some profit back that has been lost because of the covid
Some big wholesalers are limiting customers to a certain amount of drums of cable per purchase.
I know some big boy contractors who would buy cable by the pallet from the wholesalers but it sounds like they aren't being allowed to do this at the moment due to price volatility
My brother-in-law is a landscaper and he told me timber products are up about 20% on 2021Talking to one of the wholesalers reps recently and there is a whole load of prices in the pipeline over the next 2 - 3 months on a lot of materials
£100 for a roll of 2.5 will become the norm soonThe price increases I've heard of coming through in the next few months range from 6% upto 20%, and cable is expected to be one of the biggest
It was mentioned£100 for a roll of 2.5 will become the norm soon
I was chatting to a manager of one of the big wholesalers are he reckons last year it cost $3000 to ship a container of cable to the UK , that shipping cost has now gone up to $12,000It was mentioned
One of my customers works in international shipping and he says prices are all over the place depending on what route you are shipping on add to this the shortage of containers not helped by empty containers being in the wrong place.I was chatting to a manager of one of the big wholesalers are he reckons last year it cost $3000 to ship a container of cable to the UK , that shipping cost has now gone up to $12,000
Its only a matter of time before that 4 fold increase is passed on the customer
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