asheebeans Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 I was just using up my last case of Joywax (that used to sell for around $55) and noted it was time to re-order. I went to the site today to price out wax and nearly fell over!! The same wax is now almost $68 for one case!! Wow, if this continues my prices will be going up too!! :undecided Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scented Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Gas prices driving the industry and it bites big time. I wonder if the price of fuel ever goes down if wax prices will too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tootie04 Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Yep, Its a good idea to keep tabs on your supplier and keep an eye on prices.I dont think fuel prices or any other prices are going to go down any time soon. Once they are up they will stay up.tootie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizbizzyb Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Gas prices driving the industry and it bites big time. I wonder if the price of fuel ever goes down if wax prices will too.No...wax will stay the same...bummers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissMary Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Di posted a good article in this thread:http://www.craftserver.com/forums/showthread.php?t=70438 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredron Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Too many farmers age growing corn now, instead of soybeans, because of the stupid conversion to ethanol, which does nothing but raise gasoline prices, and as a second benefit, raises all other prices. I can hardly wait to see what our government will do for us next!Fredron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Di_in_AZ Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Too many farmers age growing corn now, instead of soybeans, because of the stupid conversion to ethanol, which does nothing but raise gasoline prices, and as a second benefit, raises all other prices. I can hardly wait to see what our government will do for us next!FredronWell it can't be both ways, people slam the government and say they are not green enough, then when they start implementing green and it adversely impacts prices--same people blame government again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SliverOfWax Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Too many farmers age growing corn now, instead of soybeans, because of the stupid conversion to ethanol, which does nothing but raise gasoline prices, and as a second benefit, raises all other prices. I can hardly wait to see what our government will do for us next!Fredronlol, oil companies are private enterprises. What would you expect the government to do? If the government put a cap on gasoline prices, would you also expect them to put a cap on what you can ask for your candles? If you had stock in an oil company, you would be quite happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinipela Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Too many farmers age growing corn now, instead of soybeans, because of the stupid conversion to ethanol, which does nothing but raise gasoline prices, and as a second benefit, raises all other prices. The switch to corn for ethanol has also raised hay prices and feed prices for livestock. I'm being hit from all directions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NattyCat Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 lol, oil companies are private enterprises. What would you expect the government to do? If the government put a cap on gasoline prices, would you also expect them to put a cap on what you can ask for your candles? If you had stock in an oil company, you would be quite happy. oh yes indeedy! our stocks have gone through the ROOF! Although perhaps I shouldn't say that, cos technically we're making money from other people suffering! But still - woo hoo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindy5140 Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 WOW, I just checked my wax and it went up $10 boy is that going to hurt. I used to be able to beat the competition with my prices but now everything is going to have to go UP, UP, UP.Mindy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scented Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Same with your competition or they're going to be gone, gone, gone lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holly Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 I know what you mean. My soy went from $58.00 to $80.00!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scenicdriver Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 I know what you mean. My soy went from $58.00 to $80.00!!!!I feel your pain, Holly. My CB went up 20.00 a case, not to mention my jars went up .40 a piece. This may become a hobby for me. It's still cheaper to make these for myself, but I may have to give my biz. I live out in the middle of nowhere and shipping is a MAJOR factor as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredron Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 OK, green is good. Nobody wants to live in a dirty planet, myself included. But intellignt green is better. Ethanol is a joke. It takes 1 gallon of gasloline to make 1.3 gallons of ethanol, but ethanol doesn't burn as well as gasoline, so 1.3 gallons of ethanol gives you the same mileage as 1 gallon of gasoline. The gasoline is still burning with the ethanol, so where is the green? Also the refineries have to close for 3 weeks twice a year to make the conversion, and your prices go up. So where's the advantage?That is what happens when you get a bunch of know nothing politicians making laws they don't understand 'cause we're too stupid to watch what they're doing.OK, I'm off the soap box.Fredron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scenicdriver Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Has anyone heard of the fungus or mold or whatever that is, that they are looking into? Apparently this grows anywhere, like in a desert or in a moist and humid place. They can turn this into gasoline somehow . Anyway I'm sure if they figure this out the price of fungus will go sky high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7 Pawz Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 I feel your pain, Holly. My CB went up 20.00 a case, not to mention my jars went up .40 a piece. This may become a hobby for me. It's still cheaper to make these for myself, but I may have to give my biz. I live out in the middle of nowhere and shipping is a MAJOR factor as well.I live in the middle of no where too:laugh2: and I did give up candles as a small business when my j223 wax went up to $84/case! shipping is expensive here--even if I order from a supplier in alabama, closest supplier to me in MS, it is ridiculous! I have found that if order from TX, shipping is cheaper? sometimes:confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Di_in_AZ Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 The whole green thing really has me thinking. Here you have all the people lobbying for the US to go green, they say it is cheaper and will save the world! So the US is converting to green and now the "green" is extremely expensive and it jacked up the cost of everything else to boot. Where is all the money going to and why if this is such "cheap" stuff, is it costing us and raising everything else? Logically if we switched off the not "green" commodities, demand should be down and the prices should have gone down. Now we're doubly screwed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladydragon Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Thank lucky stars it's not the prices we're paying in the UK which are steadily increasing at a ridiculous rate...They are beyond a joke and then some... A 50lb box of Eco Soy CB135 for example would be around the £60 mark - that's close on $120 per box... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darbla Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 What would you expect the government to do?Quit taxing us to death, for one thing. The tax burden on us now is many times greater than the tax that led to the Boston Tea Party and started the American Revolution. The government does not want us off oil. They help themselves to too much money from it to give it up.http://frontpage.americandaughter.com/?p=409I aboslutely *h*a*t*e* the American government more than I can ever expound on here, partly for treating us like permanently indentured servants. We mean nothing to them until we quit sending in tax money, or if they think you owe them even more than you've already paid. Then they'll come looking for you.Darbla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredron Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 You think your taxes are high now? Wait til Hillarybama get to be president. Both have said we don't pay enough taxes. The new tax form will read: How much did you earn? Send it in.Fredron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazerina Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 DH was telling me that we are now IMPORTING wheat. No one wants to grow it because corn is in demand and pays more. What happened to 'Amber fields of grain'? He also said that it takes enough corn to make that one gallon of ethanol as it does to feed a man for an entire year. And I just wonder.. do the tractors they use to plow all these corn fields come in ethanol burning versions? It's great in theory, and it's nice to be able to say we have that choice... but it really doesn't make any sense on the whole. There's got to be a better way. Locally we are extremely green and hippified. Tons of bike traffic. They are moving an entire bike/pedestrian bridge ONE BLOCK to make it easier for them to get where they need to go. If those 'green' bikers and walkers don't pitch a fit then they are all hypocrites. Off my soapbox now too, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debk Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 I sell my soy wax candles for $7.50 for an 8 oz. mason jar. NOw that the price of soy has really jumped, wondering how much I should sell them for now. I realize I could try to figure this up but thought I would ask what you guys are selling yours for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tootie04 Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 You really need to know your costs. What someone gets in GA will be way different than what someone sells the SAME candle for in CA.I just got done figuring my prices for my 6oz tins. They will be $7.00 each 3/20.00tootie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TraciS Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 My best sellers used to be my 16oz apoths. I will be raising prices over the summer and I wonder if that will still be the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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