What most Americans don't know is that the US currency is in the toilet. I
run a Canadian company which has 99% of its income in US dollars. Our
revenue is up but when converted to Canadian dollars it becomes less than
years before. I used to get $1.60 Canadian for every one US dollar, now I
only get $1.08 per US dollar and the experts say that the two currencies
will be par by year end.

This means that whatever you bought a couple of years ago that was imported,
now it is going to cost you almost 50% more today because the other
currencies in the world have not dropped as much as the US dollar.

Home Depot, Wal-Mart and many others compensate by buying even cheaper crap
so that the price doesn't go up, that is why the plywood is now pure junk.


"Swingman" wrote in message
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You know, as a sidebar to this, Home Depot sold quality plywood a few
years ago. (5?- 7?) It was the same stuff I got at my hardwoods guy,
even the same stamps sometimes. It was just a about 20% less.

You're right ... last time I got good Oak 3/4" ply from HD was around
2002.
IIRC, it was around $42/sheet, which was a pretty good price at the time,
void free, relatively thick veneer compared to the higher wood boutique
prices, and much heavier than what they sell as plywood at any BORG today.

I just got a quote from my hardwood dealer yesterday for 3/4"x4x8 A1 rift
sawn red oak - $115.95/sheet; up $11/sheet since I bought the last load
just
about one year ago.

Inflation? ... what inflation?

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