you have to realize that the company's arent' just guoging people. They couldn't do it. For them to get any kind of metal whether it's aluminum or steel....Will cost them more money. Therefore they need to raise the price to offset this. Just look at farm equipment that has a lot of steel involved. The prices are going up. If you call and get a price it can change in a weeks time.
Not sure if the raw steel price is what affects all this or if that is even true about it being higher or not but... as stated after my last post....the price of scrap has gone up as much as 50%. Product prices will go up.....