Shortages of stuff you wouldn't think of....

A lot of people work because they need a place to live. The tenants in my rent house is a man who works in sales and the wife is a doctor in psychology with her own business. They didn't pay rent for months and I went to court to evict them and the judge told us to go the the CARES table in the hallway. The people at the table ask me how much back rent my tenant owed and I told them $5,500.00 and they said they would give me a check for $8,440 to pay them ahead a few months and I could pick up the check Tuesday. That was last December and I just got an email from CARES that it is fully funded again for this year and I don't even need to file for eviction if a tenant is behind on rent. It's now much easier to get the money.
 
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This past week, I bought a 2021 RAM 3500 Chassis Cab truck. No box on it. 10,000lb. GVWR package. This thing is so HEAVY DUTY, it beeps when you back it up! :) I got employee pricing since my dad was a Chrysler retiree. There was also a $1,000 rebate. Plus, they gave me $33,000 on trade for my 2017 RAM 2500. How could I say no? I planned on purchasing a commercially manufactured flat-bed and having it installed. Guess what? I'm looking at four to six months to get one if I order now. Guess who's going to be welding up his own new flat-bed? :)
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If you have to make your own, may as well make it a dump bed. Makes it easy to unload. Even a flat bed can be a dump bed for lumber, dirt, etc.
 
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A lot of people work because they need a place to live. The tenants in my rent house is a man who works in sales and the wife is a doctor in psychology with her own business. They didn't pay rent for months and I went to court to evict them and the judge told us to go the the CARES table in the hallway. The people at the table ask me how much back rent my tenant owed and I told them $5,500.00 and they said well will give me a check for $8,440 to pay them ahead a few months and I could pick up the check Tuesday. That was last December and I just got an email from CARES that it is fully funded again for this year and I don't even need to file for eviction if a tenant is behind on rent. It's now much easier to get the money.
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My brother and I sold our apartment complex in 8/2006. and the last of the Executive Rental Houses in 2014. In talking to friends that still have rentals, absolutely no one is paying their own rent! Some do bother to get assistance but with the moratorium on Ohio evictions, most don't bother to try for assistance!

This is NOT the foundation for a stable civilization!

Ivan
 
Housing market going nuts with low interest loans and a housing shortage. Add,

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A weak dollar and inflation.

I fear the correction is gonna hurt a whole bunch.
 
arjay said:
I dunno,if unemployment pays better than the job,the job definitely sucks ��
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Come to Idaho.
Some Red state. Here if you are a below average under achiever, any age, any education level and you know what you are doing you can rake in well over $30K + a year for doing nothing and that does not include the Federal disincentive of $300 weekly for unemployment.
Don't know about other states, but here unskilled labor does not pay anywhere near that much.
 
I am not the least surprised by the lead time for the OP's Flat bed.
Mrs. chukar works for a large metal fab shop. All metal prices are skyrocketing now. Supplies are iffy at best. Certain sheet metal gauges are all but impossible to acquire at any price.
Concrete is also hard to get around here right now. You cannot call and get a load delivered with a day or two notice. I am told 2-3 weeks. I am thinking that is stalling more construction than the lumber prices are.
A good friend works for a company that is now paying their in state truck drivers almost $40 an hour with full benefits and cannot keep them on staff.
I bought a new pickup last fall and was told then that the wait time for a camper shell was 12 weeks. I checked the other day and it has not improved at all. Guess I will just order and wait.
 
Stihl Power Products. Was looking at battery powered trimmer and blower. One place was out of model I wanted. Went to another dealer. They had both in stock. Bought them as they told me that they were having a difficult time getting shipments and if I waited I may not be able to find the ones I wanted. Pleased with them. Having arthritis in hands and my gas powered units were hurting hands. Battery ones much lighter.
 
Why do you think only people "working for slave wages" are affected by this. My dentist definitely doesn't work for slave wages, nor does his staff. He has had practically no turnover in 20 years.

Last year he had to close is practice for several months. All of his staff went on unemployment plus got $600.00/week on top of that.

When he was finally able to re open, he called his staff back. All but one eagerly returned to work. That one told him that she was going to stay on unemployment because with the $600.00 a week bonus she was taking home more money.

He told her that was great, but when that ran out in a few months, there would be no job for her because he needed to fill every position due to the pent up demand.

I've known him literally all of his life and so I know more than a typical patient would. I know how well he treats his staff, including taking them to conferences as a group and things like that. They earn their money, but it's not "slave wages" by any normal definition.

I think you're making a lot of bad assumptions here.

Also, jobs at fast food places are starter jobs, not meant to be careers.

arjay said:
Why is it that so many Americans have a problem with the poor and those who have to work for slave wages??
I really don't get it. Would you rather be in their shoes?
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VaTom said:
Stihl Power Products. Was looking at battery powered trimmer and blower. One place was out of model I wanted. Went to another dealer. They had both in stock. Bought them as they told me that they were having a difficult time getting shipments and if I waited I may not be able to find the ones I wanted. Pleased with them. Having arthritis in hands and my gas powered units were hurting hands. Battery ones much lighter.
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Heard the same thing up here...................... got the last electric pressure washer...... a month ago... dealer has no idea when he will get more of "anything"
 
There is a small firearms manufacturing plant not to far from where I live. They build higher end target shotguns. I was over there a couple weeks ago and when talking to the plant manager found out they cannot get the steel they need to produce any guns at all. They took all there in-stock steel and made small parts and trigger groups but now they are completely out of material.
When asked he said that they have no idea when they will be able to get the steel they need.
 
The lack of drivers in the logistics chain is a major pain. Look on the Lowe's or Home Depot website for a lot of things and it has to be ordered in. I cannot get my preferred lawn bug treatment in town any more. Both companies report having tons of the stuff, but none of it is here.
 
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