I drove 700+ miles last weekend to pick up 3-8lb containers and 4-1lb containers...
Ouch! That's dedication!
Just like the diamond trade.This is how they keep demand and prices high. If they flooded the market with supply, perceived value, and subsequently prices would fall.
Exactly! I saw a show about that. It was really eye-opening how diamonds aren't really that rare at all and how they have underground storage vaults with millions of tons of them and they only let them out a little at a time to keep prices highJust like the diamond trade.