I stopped in at the "big orange" store a couple of days ago and was also quite stunned at the hike (YEEEEOUCH!). Is the hike due to the escalating fuel costs for transport, or other factors? I thought the skyrocketing oil prices were due to the fact that it's an election year here [Linked Image] but COPPER prices?

It's a head-scratcher to me.

No wire bias here- I'm standing on neutral ground.