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Originally Posted by Gary1
It also might have to do with the fact that the wholesale price of 316L stainless steel has nearly tripled in less than two years. It's fast becoming a case of buyer beware when you buy anything made of stainless. Take a magnet with you. If it sticks, it ain't 316L (the L is for low carbon) and it will rust. I've seen a lot of the stuff that's showing up that looks like 304 s/s, which is cheaper--and rusts in no time.
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Quite true - and you should see what the price of quality high tensile stainless has done as well! It is also difficult to even procure the stuff in plate form in certain sizes, none of which helps the retail price points.
Anything marine and stainless these days really kicks in the "you get what you pay for" factor. E.g. stainless versions of anchors should be
very significantly more expensive than the galvanized version - or there's a reason why it isn't.