Candlelady4ever Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 :( Just talked to a supplier yesterday to order some jars and he said they were going out of business!!! He said jars, wax and FO was going to take a big jump in prices in the next few weeks!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire and Ice Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 I would think this might be true due to gas cost. Shipping and freight will be very high and hobby chandlers will be discontinuing their hobby.I know my local supplier said everything was going up yet again! They just raised all of their prices 2 months ago and saw a huge drop off in customers buying candles supplies.:undecided Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MommaD Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 COnsidering that gas just hit three dollars a gallon here, then I would say that it will go up considerably. Everything will. Shipping, the supplies. :upset Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glowlite Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 My wax went up in July and I just called in an order and the guy told me it will go up again in october. He said last year he would order 1 semi a month of wax so far this year he has only order 2 for whole year!!! business is bad all around!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxie Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 On the plus side....at least that means there won't be 20 chandlers trying to do one show. I suggest if you DO have other local chandlers to combine your orders to save everyone on shipping. I have been doing that with another lady for a few years now. She actually lives in another state, but we live about 1.5 hours from each other. we meet halfway and split our loot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyle Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 Gas will be 3.20 a gallon by monday for the low grade. Time to dust off the bike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ShellyRobyn Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 I suggest if you DO have other local chandlers to combine your orders to save everyone on shipping. I have been doing that with another lady for a few years now. She actually lives in another state, but we live about 1.5 hours from each other. we meet halfway and split our loot.I would love to find someone to do this with. I just ordered 4 cases and shipping was over $70! Yikes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyle Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 The economic backlash will be felt for a long time. The companies that were just making it. Will be out of business. Wich in turn will mean less competiton. Then will in turn lead to higher prices. I hope I am wrong. However it looks like were experiencing this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanaE Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 We had a price increase very recently, and I've no doubt we'll have another soon. In fact, the supplier that I used to get my wax from stopped carrying that wax because of the increase. I assume it'll keep going up for a while. I'm just watching for sales at the suppliers sites to get my wax cheaper (My supplier just had a sale- $29 and change per case of wax! I bought 4 cases and may buy more before the sale ends in a couple of days).I'm lucky to have a supplier very close by to get one of my waxes from; at least the shipping is very cheap. People just starting or who are barely making a profit may end up getting out of the business, which would be a shame. And I'm sure we'll all have to go up on prices, which will make it harder to sell candles. In the end, it's something I love and I'd probably do it even if it cost $200 a case! (just maybe only for myself though *G*).DanaE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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