cotton prices
12-22-2010, 05:48 PM
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Do you really think that the prices of fabric would go down if there was a fantastic year for cotton. I am not trying to be a smart allec or be synical. I am just wondering what you all think. It seems like when prices go up they very seldom go down. Like the price of gas and food. I guess along with the price increase in fabric will come the cost increase of clothing. Just wondering what you all are thinking.
12-22-2010, 06:58 PM
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Doubt very much that cotton prices will come back down...best to just hope that prices stay stable for awhile.
I remember the first time I paid over $5.00 a yard for fabric and thought how much that seemed at the time. Seems they stayed $8.00-$8.50 for a long time. I still haven't paid over $10.00 and hope not to...usually wait to buy fabric on sale...and have a large stash to work with.
I remember the first time I paid over $5.00 a yard for fabric and thought how much that seemed at the time. Seems they stayed $8.00-$8.50 for a long time. I still haven't paid over $10.00 and hope not to...usually wait to buy fabric on sale...and have a large stash to work with.
12-22-2010, 07:02 PM
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When oil skyrocketed a couple of years ago, and groceries and other goods increased dramatically due to shipping costs... they never went back down, when the oil prices dropped :wink:
12-22-2010, 07:47 PM
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If capitalism were allowed to function in our nation, the free market would do exactly what you suggest: Big supply? Lower prices ... Short supply, higher prices ... in short, what the market will bear.
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12-22-2010, 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by patchsamkim
Doubt very much that cotton prices will come back down...best to just hope that prices stay stable for awhile.
I remember the first time I paid over $5.00 a yard for fabric and thought how much that seemed at the time. Seems they stayed $8.00-$8.50 for a long time. I still haven't paid over $10.00 and hope not to...usually wait to buy fabric on sale...and have a large stash to work with.
I remember the first time I paid over $5.00 a yard for fabric and thought how much that seemed at the time. Seems they stayed $8.00-$8.50 for a long time. I still haven't paid over $10.00 and hope not to...usually wait to buy fabric on sale...and have a large stash to work with.
12-22-2010, 08:05 PM
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I read on the internet just a few days ago that the price of cotton was going up because of a bad year for the cotton industry and higher prices for labor. I hope it's not true, but that's what the internet said.
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