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To: Moominoid who wrote (59803)	8/11/2006 8:37:51 PM
From: Think4Yourself	Respond to of 306849

That would make sense except that the reason the Wholesale prices have gone down in the past year is because the builders a. are not buying as much, and b. may be trying to unload contracts they already have for materials they no longer want. HD and Lowes have the stuff sitting in their stores. It's not like they can return it or convert it into other products. They also have to staff the stores. FWIW, HD and Lowes eat the costs for warped, bowed, crook'd lumber, damaged plywood, etc. They have no option to build it in behind walls and under roofs like the builders do.