blueshift
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| posted on 24/6/04 at 12:48 PM |
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The price of steel
Had two quotes for chassis steel today:
8x 25mm 16g shs erw
2x 19mm 16g shs erw
1x 19mm 16g tube
place in reading that gave resonable quotes before: 190 quid delivered! (40 quid delivery)
local place quoted 105 quid, going with them.
still, I remember the day when it would have been 50-60 quid. that's what we get for not getting our fingers out. :/
[Edited on 24/6/04 by blueshift]
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 24/6/04 at 01:08 PM |
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As was mentioned on a thread recently, the price of steel has rocketed recently (something about high demand in the far east IIRC)
Who knows scrappies may start paying us for our scrap again soon rather than the other way around!
Dave
"In Support of Help the Heroes" - Always
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 24/6/04 at 01:22 PM |
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The people I was with in Thailand last week also confirmed the Chinese steel demand theory.
They buy up whole scrap yards of cars for the steel.
atb
steve
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James
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| posted on 24/6/04 at 02:53 PM |
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I ordered a new bed 10 weeks ago- was meant to be delivered over a month ago. After repeated nagging I ended up talking to the guy at the factory who
makes them who told me the reason they hadn't made them was they couldn't get the steel tubing for it!
James
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Noodle
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| posted on 24/6/04 at 03:08 PM |
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Scrap metal man's just been round blowing his (own) trumpet.
It just confirms the theory!
Mate of mines laughing though, he's a stockholder and bought up loads of supplies before the price rocketed.
Lucky git!
Cheers,
Neil.
Your sort make me sick
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 24/6/04 at 03:12 PM |
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...and it amazes me that National Rail plead poverty, but have many hundreds of thousands of tons of prime steel currently resting between the tracks
(just a few cracks here and there). All they have to do is chop it up and ship it to a steel foundry somewhere - and they have the technology to do
both!
David
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nick205
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| posted on 24/6/04 at 04:23 PM |
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LOL - David,
It certainly wouldn't have any noticeable impact on their services and they might even be able to lower the ticket prices with such a big
windfall.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 24/6/04 at 04:32 PM |
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Er... hang on... I didn't mean the running rails!
I meant the ones they've replaced, and are currently resting (rusting!) between the working tracks.
I must try and explain myself more clearly... 
David
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James
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| posted on 25/6/04 at 12:02 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by James
I ordered a new bed 10 weeks ago- was James
Well, took day off work so bed could be delivered today. Guess what- one extra box of side rails and one less mattress! 
I pointed it out to the TNT delivery guy. He reckons my mattress has gone to Allied carpets in Grimsby! 
Anyone on here from Grimsby planning a trip to Guildford any time soon?
Cheers,
James
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