Re: [Harp-L] Hohner Price Increase

[fjm <bad_hat@xxxxxxxx>]

Anything metal is a lot more expensive than it used to be.  Steel used 
to scrap at 2 cents per hundred weight now it's about 20 cents a pound. 
 Copper is hovering between 3 and 4 dollars a pound scrap.  Zinc makes 
pennies worth more than their face value.  The recent spike in energy 
prices hasn't helped and the dollar is very weak against world 
currencies.  I'm not sure what Hohner's supposed to do.  Sell harmonicas 
for under cost and make up the difference in volume?  fjm