The dealers here are constantly out of stock, even with high prices they are having a hard time keeping inventory of any new pins, most of the inventory around is just used machines at this point as they quickly sell any new arrivals. The pins are selling and the cost to ship and produce anything right now is going up. PB just raised prices big time, 1UP is doing crazy prices increases too, and it's not going to stop. The other companies are gonna be forced to raise prices too no doubt, some are selling at high premiums already but some are gonna feel the pinch and raise prices as right now most industries are expecting prices to keep going up on raw materials as there is no end in site right now to manufacturing woes and demand.

Folks are buying pins, costs of manufacturing going up, yea prices are gonna keep raising and this isn't gonna be stern exclusive.

Its still higher than average. It's not just wood, but almost all manufacturing parts have gone up in prices. The other big factor that is affecting everyone is cost of freight. Even if the item has barely raised in cost, the freight costs for shipping have in the past year almost tripled in many instances. Chips for electronics also have all gone up in cost, anything coming from overseas part wise costs more. There is steel shortages happening in many areas too.

Heck I just got an email today that two main components used in my warehouse for manufacturing at the family business have gone up in price starting next month. This is going to be the third price increase on raw materials in the past 12 months and word is that there is no end in site and we might see more.

Theres not a single piece of raw material we use in our factory that hasn't gone up in price for base cost. Now ontop of that you toss on increased freight costs. A pallet of goods from NJ used to run me 100 or so bucks, now it's 260. Companies that used to deliver for free are all now tacking on full freight costs too.

And with the reopening of many things, the demand for labor is at all time high, to retain factory workers especially is forcing companies to increase wages and offer more benefits.