$.36/pound

I would just love to find where to buy steel at $.30/lb in AZ. I'm listening :-)

I just checked on some I-beam that was quoted at $.55/lb, angle at $.75/lb, plate at $.85/lb where two years ago I was paying $.50/lb no matter what the shape was. Pipe has really taken a huge jump here. All prices quoted for a 1000lb quanity.

If I could find $.30/lb steel I would buy 5000lbs for my future upcoming projects. Any suggestions?

T_Bone

There is a huge steel yard there, one of the majors, that would lets us buy there when steel times were tuff and not selling.

Now that the ecomony has picked up the bast*** won't talk with the little guy and wants you to buy thru there dealer network AGAIN.

Easy in and easy out warehouse tho. They could load 6 semi's "inside" there loading bay really easy.

T_Bone

T_Bone

I really don't mind the minimum quanity buying as I have to agree it's a PITA to handle small orders but 5000lbs is really not all that small and no special cut sizes either. They would have to put the same order together if I bought direct or thru the supplier. Buying direct means less loading/unloading for me, a huge benefit too me as I would only have to handle the material once at my place.

The other really pet peive is the multiple pricing for different shapes of common shapes. I've never ran into this on common sizing of steel so it makes be wonder if my supplier is in the rip off mode as he's getting close too retirement and will probably close up shop when he retires as his land alone is worth more (several million) than the biz.

He states SS has doubled! That's $2.60/lb. I call BS on this one.

T_Bone