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Old 2008-04-04, 9:50am
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The thing is, the market won't tolerate it. When prices are too high... what do you do yourself? You likely do the same thing I do... don't buy.

And... people are complaining on this thread about glass costs... what's happening in the real glass market? People aren't buying... so there are huge sales... which makes people buy...

If the sales aren't deep enough, or people don't perceive value... their behavior changes (don't buy) and companies fail on the manufacturing and retail levels. Wasn't that what started this thread? And what is going on right now?

Apparently, the market perceives of prices right now as too high. When the retailers get hit, they don't reorder from the manufacturers who get hit... and they drop prices because they have bills to pay, or they go under.

The market does regulate itself, or a big player steps in and does the regulating for them by driving all greedy small businesses under. Business everywhere is tough, and the economy is not helping. But a flicker of hope... the stock market may be rounding it's curve... which generally predicts the economy 6 months out.
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