Good News for Bottoms

I got an email from cane-iac on Sunday, I've pasted it below:-

A Word About Rattan:

Many of you have noticed that from time to time some of our popular rattan canes are out of stock, we are sorry for this.   The supply of rattan reed continues to be scarce and very limited.   As a result, prices for the reed continues to skyrocket.  Our orders for raw material are shorted and at times some sizes of reed are completely unavailable.  We want you to know that we are committed to keeping items in stock, offering you the best quality products and doing everything we can to keep our prices reasonable and under the competition.

I'd never  thought about raw materials that way before, I mean P occasionally invests in companies which produce raw materials but I bet he's never looked at the rattan market. Maybe he should. But what's intriguing me is why the shortage? Has there been a massive rise in canings? Ouch!

Ronnie
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