Blackout@kbin.run to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world · 6 months ago2x2 lumber at Home Depot is now 1.28x1.28. Nominal size is supposed to be 1.5kbin.runimagemessage-square253fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1image2x2 lumber at Home Depot is now 1.28x1.28. Nominal size is supposed to be 1.5kbin.runBlackout@kbin.run to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square253fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSam_Bass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoNothing is immune to shrinkflation aka merchant gouging
minus-squarerefalo@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoWhat is your definition of gouging
minus-squareSam_Bass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoIncreasing prices just to fill corporate pockets, or keeping prices elevated far beyond the market necessity
minus-squaremodifier@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoHighly relevant when topically adjacent to woodworking.
minus-squareshitescalates@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoThis has nothing to do with shrinkflation. Just an oddity of the US lumber sizing.
Nothing is immune to shrinkflation aka merchant gouging
What is your definition of gouging
Increasing prices just to fill corporate pockets, or keeping prices elevated far beyond the market necessity
Highly relevant when topically adjacent to woodworking.
This has nothing to do with shrinkflation. Just an oddity of the US lumber sizing.