Shortages hardware stores (Germany and elsewhere)

They are. More people are home and naturally want to DIY. Add to that lumber mills almost everywhere halved their staff once they had cases, and to keep them distanced during cut-back production.

Woohooo.. Whoever pinned this thread, thank you!

Vancouver, bc

Plywood prices have doubled!

And cannot find 3/8" or 1/2 exterior sheething! Fucking sucks

did you/do you have any food shortages?

Well, I should at least know 1 person/family in my small village then who is building sth, right? I know no one. The ones renovating have companies doing it, who won't buy at the hardware stores the normal person frequents..

I understand but that doesn’t mean what l’ve indicated isn’t true. You don’t have to know the people buying up the stock. Maybe ask the hardware store owners who is buying it or what the reason for the shortage is. They should know. Anything in here is pure speculation ranging all the way up to alarmism.

Still having a pickle shortage here

Sounds like Merkel is building more concentration camps for the non-mislims.

I thought it´s the Plandemic OR war.

Do they need the Plandemic AND war to reset the financial system?

The war on the people I guess...

Just like the first two world wars were brother
wars to reduce the population of Europeans.

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Well won't get any better with what we're seeing at the infection rate on the cheap foreign laborers..

Well.. We had toilet paper and yeast shortage, but that's not the case any more. Everything available atm incl 4 gallon hand sanitizer (before corona just 12oz was max).

"delivery difficulties" is the answer. Not just in one hard ware store

Yeah, do your own treated deck - the most stupid and wasteful use of a board that ever was.

Fuck them. Let them pay triple.

Ok so lets go on strike.

Double it back to them. Just stop building.

Sit back with a beer and see who breaks first.

I agree

Our lumber has doubled in price and so has roofing materials, they have gone through the roof you could say

Greece and Turkey seem to be ready to go for it anytime.
Wonder what as escalated this ?

Landscaping equipment is almost sold out in several area dollar store types, but the high priced stuff is somewhat available. Try to find a low price sledgehammer. 2 lawnmowers at my local depot. 10$ for Clorox bleach. Getting out of hand for sure.

We had a couple of severe hail storms. Homes damaged in June are still waiting for repairs. Roofing materials, windows, siding, eavestroughs, flashing, etc.; All were damaged in thousands of homes, but repairs are lagging. Homeowners are not getting answers for the delays, so is this a supply shortage, a worker shortage, insurance company malingering, or all of the above?

It might have something to do with people investing in their houses and gardens because they know that the money will lose its value in the coming month.

Over here our hardware stores had shortages and when i asked why, they all said that since people arnt going on far-away vacation they are all putting work and money in to making their homes better. and thats been happening since the lockdown/people having to "work" from home.

and tbh im part of those people. ive done loads of chores at home and pretty much everyone i know visits the hardware store at least once a week now. where last year wed go there 2 or 3 times a year lol

There are no shortages. Not in Germany and not in Austria. In the contrary short term you will see oversupply and deflation.
Especially in construction supply.

Then inflation will set in, which will lead to hyper inflation with high probability. Not shortages but you won’t be a now to afford anything.
Shortages will happen after the crisis is over and in booming phase.

I have wondered if covid is a cover for trying to crush china economically by destorying their exports to put internal pressure on them and perhaps collapse the chinese government. The US and Europe buy 100s of billions of dollars of chinese made products a year, if you suddenly stop 90% of that for 6 months it has to be having a massive effect on china.

Since the petrodollar is backed by fed printing, the US can print/helicoptor drop gov handouts for those unemployed and hit by our economic downsturn as a result of the lockdowns, china cant do this the same way as energy is tied directly to oil use, and thus US dollars.

The FED and the EU and UK/Commonwealth banks are all tied together basically anyway.

All these shortages are great. It means manufacturing will spring up OUTSIDE OF CHINA to fill in the demand. FUCK CHINA>

That would be part 2 of my thought process too.

it will take some years, and at what prices?

Love Pickles , plenty down here . Being near Mt.Olive helps .

at what price??

Lets put it this way, I hope you took advantage of the dirt cheap china stuff while it was there.