On A small scale like me a increase is a hurt that is hard to take im building machines I had a increase of 30% in 30 days that hurts and try telling you customers they need to pay more not easy . Bowie ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 7:20 PM Subject: [TheForge] steel price going up