I have been doing some changes in my system recently (basically going balanced) and as a result buying/selling some stuff. I guess it is no news for anyone that prices are somehow crazy. Devices that were launched one or two years ago are now more significantly more expensive that when they where the newest models....
I work in the chemical industry, a couple of steps back in the supply chain, but still very much connected, and i can tell you that we are giving for a fact that 2022 is going to be worse, if not much worse, than 2021, and we will be lucky if 2023 gets any batter...(the products i know more about go for intance in paints - think speakers - , composites - think electronics - , adhesives - think anything - but the situation is, as you know, much broader).
On the other hand, it also has some positive consequences. When getting rid of a few things that i won't use anymore, wow, i could sell almost anything, in a matter of hours, for almost the same price that i paid one or two years ago. Call me stupid, i don't feel good selling something for more than i paid, but these days i could certainly do that. All these electronics that used to become landfill after two years are becoming gold.
So guys, is it time to empty the drawers? Chances like this don't show up often...
I work in the chemical industry, a couple of steps back in the supply chain, but still very much connected, and i can tell you that we are giving for a fact that 2022 is going to be worse, if not much worse, than 2021, and we will be lucky if 2023 gets any batter...(the products i know more about go for intance in paints - think speakers - , composites - think electronics - , adhesives - think anything - but the situation is, as you know, much broader).
On the other hand, it also has some positive consequences. When getting rid of a few things that i won't use anymore, wow, i could sell almost anything, in a matter of hours, for almost the same price that i paid one or two years ago. Call me stupid, i don't feel good selling something for more than i paid, but these days i could certainly do that. All these electronics that used to become landfill after two years are becoming gold.
So guys, is it time to empty the drawers? Chances like this don't show up often...