"Why did the prices for building materials fly into space?" - There is an opinion
I am doing repairs in the house for relatives. The building is old, two rooms and a veranda. Nothing special, floor repair with OSB installation, plasterboard wall cladding, electrician, suspended ceiling, changed windows.
I was making one room more or less for the price, it was the turn of the second, I went to buy the material, and the prices flew into space. Sheet OSB 9 mm took for 1200 rubles, and now OSB 6 mm costs 1600 rubles., there is no nines at all.
The wallpaper is like a painting by Van Gogh. I buy, there is one figure on the price tag, at the checkout the hedgehog is another upward, and they say that even it is outdated, they did not have time to add a new price.
Material prices
See for yourself, I thought that it was only here in Crimea, it was imported, but according to the information of the person who transports the material, the situation is the same on the mainland. And everything suggests that prices for the season will rise several times!
Why is that?
It is believed that the demand in the external market is to blame, due to the pandemic, a shortage of goods has arisen. Naturally, they offer a higher price for it than on the domestic market, but whatever one may say, we have capitalism, everyone wants to get more revenue.
So they drive the goods over the "hillock", and the demand is growing. So they figured out, but why sell them at a cheap price? These are not essential products., so they are pulling prices up to world prices!
What are your thoughts on this?