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Found an old invoice from my first year installing, the prices are wild
I was cleaning out my truck and found a receipt from 2004 for a glue-down vinyl job in Cincinnati. The total material cost for 800 square feet was under $300. I looked up the same product today and it's over $1,200. I knew stuff got more expensive, but seeing the actual numbers from back then was a shock. What's the biggest price jump you guys have seen on a material you use all the time?
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claire645mo ago
The plywood story reminds me of something my husband dealt with at the hardware store last spring. He went to get a sheet of something basic for a shelf project and came home grumbling. I didn't think much of it until I saw the receipt later - over sixty dollars for a single sheet of plywood that used to be maybe thirty bucks back when we redid the kitchen counters in 2016. He still talks about that receipt like it's a crime scene photo. Just wild how fast those numbers climb without you really noticing until you see the old prices.
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wesley1396mo ago
Heard a buddy talking about his lumber bill last week. He showed me the receipt for a basic 2x4 that cost him over eight bucks now. I remember helping him build a shed years ago when those were under three dollars.
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