The cost of EVERYTHING is jumping through the roof... Look at the price of the base metals..
Today's copper is at $3.91 down from a high of $4.50 just last week, and Lead is at $1.05, down from $1.33 just last week. He COMEX dropped after the Bin Laden deal, not sure if that is the cause, but the market is certainly tied to world events, but it is creeping back up.. Oil dropped, but is coming back up as well..
It generally takes about 60 to 90 days for prices to come down after an "adjustment".. but they will go up almost over night.. all of our suppliers are hitting us with cost increases every week or so...
I've seen the change... and I don't like it... !!!!!