Margaritamama Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 I've been away from candlemaking for a while, and finally the urge became too strong and I had to get back to it. But boy, was I surprised to see how the prices of wax and FO's have risen! What did I expect, huh? Everything else has gone up...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darbla Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Just curious, but when did you last buy any and how much was it then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margaritamama Posted July 29, 2008 Author Share Posted July 29, 2008 Sometime in 2006. I paid $50 for 4045H and the shipping was around $16. I ordered yesterday and paid $63 for wax and $26 for shipping.The FO's I usually order have gone up about $3/lb.....I suppose it's not that much in the grand scheme of things, but I was surprised! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebcandles Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 3.00 is nothing compared to my 6.00 increase for Peppermint FO. This was done is one month time period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margaritamama Posted July 29, 2008 Author Share Posted July 29, 2008 WOW! That would make me very unhappy!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momtohaley2004 Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Wax is on the constant increase it seems. I bought IGI 6006 in Feb for 64.00 or so for 60 pounds. On June 8th it was $80.40 per 60 lb case and now it's 84.60 per 60 pound case. I don't know if it keeps going up if I will even be able to stay in business as everyone is slowing their buying habits on candles now including my wholesale accounts........sigh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scented Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 And wouldn't you know it ... gas is finally on a decrease, but the price of wax won't be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgirl Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 3.00 is nothing compared to my 6.00 increase for Peppermint FO. This was done is one month time period.Two of my oils increased $20.00+ more per lb. :tiptoe: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love2Scent Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 And wouldn't you know it ... gas is finally on a decrease, but the price of wax won't be.Isn't that the truth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candlelady Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 1 month ago paid $77.40 for my 6006, today it's $81.40. I buy 10 cases at a time and pick it up....Yea, gas is going down.....wax is going up......still.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brenda (OH) Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Just last week I stocked up on wax. My supplier was kind enough to warn their customers of the latest price increase. I bought 12 cases before a $18.00 per case increase. I hope it lasts me thru Christmas, I will cringe when I gotta get my next batch :tiptoe: Lucky for me I can drive a couple hours to save on the shipping costs. We may not eat until then but I got wax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgirl Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 I bought 12 cases before a $18.00 per case increase. What wax do you use?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brenda (OH) Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 What wax do you use??I use the parasoy container wax from Southern Scentsations. I have heard that it is similar if not the same as KY parasoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissMary Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 I seen a lot of these threads, and I was curious about the 4630. I order from Peaks. I ordered something like 6 cases of it last year, and a few cases each of pillar/votive wax, etc.I was going over my spreadsheets. This is my order from last year.Single Pour Container Wax-4630A-CASE $61.48 That was the first price for my testing.The same thing now... $81.57A more than 20 dollar increase in just over a year. Most of it coming it seems within the last 3 months. Thank god I can pick it up if I need to. (Still got 2 cases left though, pshew.)(Not blaming Peaks of course, but since they are who I used, that's the only figures I had from last year.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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