Parts Cost Inflation at Spruce

[Mark Dickens]

I bought a pack of 50 K1000-08 plate nuts last year for .41/ea...now Aircraft Spruce's price for a pack of 50 is 1.71/ea, an increase of 317%...anyone else notice these increases? If you need these plate nuts, surprisingly, they're cheaper at Vans (currently $0.54/ea). Git em while you can. They will be going up, I'm sure.

To be fair to Spruce, Wicks price is $2.28 each...

 

[gasman]

I bought a pack of 50 K1000-08 plate nuts last year for .41/ea...now Aircraft Spruce's price for a pack of 50 is 1.71/ea, an increase of 317%...anyone else notice these increases? If you need these plate nuts, surprisingly, they're cheaper at Vans (currently $0.54/ea). Git em while you can. They will be going up, I'm sure.

To be fair to Spruce, Wicks price is $2.28 each...

That's what they said about Van's kits a few years ago.... I hope Van's is not paying 85 cents and selling for 54 cents...

 

[bjdecker]

Figure out the Mil.Spec. or NAS number(s) for the part you need then do a little web sleuthing. As an example MS21047's (K1000-08) are available from Pegasus Autoracing for $0.91ea (>10), $0.88ea (>150)

 

[Bavafa]

I bought a pack of 50 K1000-08 plate nuts last year for .41/ea...now Aircraft Spruce's price for a pack of 50 is 1.71/ea, an increase of 317%...anyone else notice these increases? If you need these plate nuts, surprisingly, they're cheaper at Vans (currently $0.54/ea). Git em while you can. They will be going up, I'm sure.

To be fair to Spruce, Wicks price is $2.28 each...

Inflation is real and painful, I buy things from Amazon and has a good order history. It is painful to see what the same item was just six months earlier.

 

[esco]

Inflation is real and painful...

yep, and shopping (for price, availability, quantity, shipping, delivery date...) is taking more and more time.

 

[Mark Dickens]

I don't know where the plate nuts are manufactured, (U.S. I hope and assume), but most things on Amazon are probably made overseas and the impact of tariffs and higher transportation costs has definitely driven up prices...just basic econ 101. About the only thing you can do is find an alternative (rivnuts?) or simply not buy and let the market work its will