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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJust leaving Home Depot the price of copper and copper fittings more than doubled overnight
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dem4decades
(12,957 posts)The Madcap
(1,298 posts)What about good old American pipes?
WarGamer
(17,508 posts)Child labor produced elbows and couplers are 1/3 the price!!!
Brother Buzz
(38,941 posts)Has been for decades.
Hecho en Mexico, often under a US label
Walleye
(41,387 posts)They see just how much we will pay and they leave it there. I noticed the price of fruit in the grocery store has gone up already.
John1956PA
(4,271 posts)The fitting has ears with holes so that I could anchor it to the wall. The cost was about twelve dollars. I am sure that the price has gone up since then.
As an aside, I will mention that I worked a three-month seasonal job at HD last spring. It was okay.
Mosby
(18,793 posts)Just like ball valves, I bought a 1/2 brass shark bite for $23 recently. They used to be about 14-16 dollars a few years ago.
John1956PA
(4,271 posts)The prices at HD and at a regional home improvement chain were about the same, approximately fourteen dollars each.
I am going to make a point of cleaning up some old gasket utility faucets which I pulled out of old work long ago. The only monetary investment will be the price for new gaskets. The cost saved is worth the time required to refurbish the faucets.
LetMyPeopleVote
(166,210 posts)flying rabbit
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Tribetime
(6,707 posts)Three quarter inch copper female adapter went from $3 to $6.50...overnight
The Madcap
(1,298 posts)To T**** Depot. They are supposedly MAGA after all.