29 Comments

1. 

   ZombieFrenchKisser on October 6, 2022 at 9:23 am

   Because retailers have paid the elevated prices in advance for goods and now they’re sitting on excess inventory. They don’t want to sell for a loss yet but you’ll start seeing a lot of products going on sale. Hopefully this year’s BF deals are good.

   That said, I’ve lost a good chunk of money on ZIM so I’ve been watching the rates and they definitely have been collapsing since the beginning of the year. Rates have been dropping because demand has been falling off a cliff.

   https://fbx.freightos.com/

2. 

   applesauceorelse on October 6, 2022 at 9:23 am

   Prices won’t come down without severe recessionary pressure. The goal is to slow price growth.

3. 

   bojackhoreman on October 6, 2022 at 9:23 am

   Buying shipping container or **shipping** a shipping container?

4. 

   RexieSquad on October 6, 2022 at 9:23 am

   Where are they 3900 ??

5. 

   Crispycritter23 on October 6, 2022 at 9:23 am

   So shipping container homes back on the market?

6. 

   therusticusabides on October 6, 2022 at 9:23 am

   As a business owner that ships a lot from Taiwan to CA/NY via ocean and air, and ships internally via UPS, shippers are gouging the fuck out of both businesses and consumers. It won’t stop until politicians step in, and they won’t because they’re corrupt fucks (probably with calls on UPS etc…)

7. 

   havek23 on October 6, 2022 at 9:23 am

   And even with inflation making the dollar weaker against the past dollar, it’s gotten stronger against almost all other currencies so won’t businesses prefer to sell things to us in the US and get our dollars?

8. 

   Picker-Rick on October 6, 2022 at 9:23 am

   Because people were buying shipping containers to make crappy houses out of it.

   All you need to do is cut all the holes, install all the support bracing, install all the doors and windows, install insulation, install the outside of the house, wiring, plumbing, furnishing… With just a lot of work you can live in a piece of garbage that would have been easier and cheaper to build from scratch.

   BULLISH!

9. 

   Bradidea on October 6, 2022 at 9:23 am

   Just like stonks, the only way is up.

10. 

    Comedian_Recent on October 6, 2022 at 9:23 am

    It was this price pre pandemic

11. 

    DarkHumourFoundHere on October 6, 2022 at 9:23 am

    But still higher than pre covid levels.

12. 

    Igot1forya on October 6, 2022 at 9:23 am

    Shipping container homes will be booming soon!

13. 

    thatguy201717 on October 6, 2022 at 9:23 am

    Capitalism baby – f you poor people

14. 

    imunfair on October 6, 2022 at 9:23 am

    >Prices will go down right?

    Nope, because while the supply chain issues were healing, our president declared an economic war and sanctioned a very large commodity supplying country, which completely fucked the world’s supply and demand ratios in the process – sending prices through the roof for anything that requires energy or commodities to create… which is everything.

15. 

    Thisisjimmi on October 6, 2022 at 9:23 am

    i can tell you that shipping containers were not 19k last year, maybe select high class ones or something. I was looking at good ol shipping container homes since the pandemic started. They havent been above 8k.

16. 

    not_a_nazi_actually on October 6, 2022 at 9:23 am

    as a regard, i do not understand this at all

17. 

    newWallstreet on October 6, 2022 at 9:23 am

    You literally copied another meme and made a new one. Meme-ception?

18. 

    Hot_Novel_1026 on October 6, 2022 at 9:23 am

    So will prices go down?

19. 

    comradeTJH on October 6, 2022 at 9:23 am

    And then the front fell off.

20. 

    provider14 on October 6, 2022 at 9:23 am

    That’s all very well, but the mortgage is fucking 6% and the property taxes will kill you.

21. 

    1200poundgorilla on October 6, 2022 at 9:23 am

    The inflation narrative will allow businesses to get some really sick margins while cost of good declines, before they themselves are affected by any significant demand destruction.

22. 

    Frankfurter_i81U812 on October 6, 2022 at 9:23 am

    This shit is soooo strange to me.

    I own containers for storage.

    I also Import compressed gas Cylinders with (DOT) ratings…mainly from Brasil to Port Newark. (Cuz our main facilities are in Newark)

    My prices have….Barely fluctuated over the last 18 months outside of fuel surcharges. And shits on time, every time.

    WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ?

23. 

    downonthesecond on October 6, 2022 at 9:23 am

    A Target near me has had at least two dozen shipping containers in its parking lot for almost a year. I can’t imagine what they have in them, I know there is no remodeling going on.

24. 

    Affectionate-Egg1963 on October 6, 2022 at 9:23 am

    Will prices go down?

25. 

    ArmadilloWinter on October 6, 2022 at 9:23 am

    Not in this crisis. We got to keep our noses off Ukraine and Russia.

26. 

    Tfear_Marathonus on October 6, 2022 at 9:23 am

    Over stocked inventory from last years inventory, no new orders because people stopped buying because of inflation.

27. 

    Is_It_Time_To_Shout on October 6, 2022 at 9:23 am

    They build houses put of them now….. seems like a good investment

28. 

    am-well on October 6, 2022 at 9:23 am

    This is where people find out (or come up with new ways to stay in denial) that the “supply chain” and Putin didn’t cause the price hikes.

29. 

    mvfsullivan on October 6, 2022 at 9:23 am

    Is that James Franco?