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Posted on 2/10/16 at 8:52 am to Alt26
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Presumably, yes. However that's only looking at it from the supply side. If demand remains extremely high, there's no need to go down on the price very much.
When I was a kid (20+ years ago) you didn't even think about crawfish until March. Now there is demand as early as December. As long as people are willing to pay, prices will remain high
I don't think anyone's arguing that the prices are falsely inflated. They are still selling at this price. I think people are more referring to how stupid the quote in the OP is. More fisherman is not a cause of higher prices.
I now see the quote you referred to about price collusion. There is no such thing as collusion on luxury items in my opinion.
Posted on 2/10/16 at 8:52 am to More beer please
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hen who does?
Buyers, not the general public buyers but the seafood distributors.
Basically, Troy Landry
Posted on 2/10/16 at 8:55 am to Klark Kent
Posted on 2/10/16 at 8:55 am to KG6
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I don't think anyone's arguing that the prices are falsely inflated.
This is proven false by this.
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They are still selling at this price.
Posted on 2/10/16 at 8:57 am to More beer please
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For the millionth time, farmers do not set the prices!!!!
Then who does?
My Dad farmed crawfish on the side for the last decade or so. He never set a price. They generally bring them to a "place" that buys from the local farmers at a certain price.
Posted on 2/10/16 at 9:00 am to CadesCove
How is that proven false? The price is NOT falsely inflated if buyers are still purchasing at that price. The good thing about crawfish is that it's not a commodity that can be withheld to increase demand, because they die if they aren't sold. So you can't falsely keep the prices high or you're left with a cooler full of dead crawfish. People are buying them at this price(as shown by sellers being sold out). Only way the price would be "falsely" high is if there was a surplus building up and them not budging on pricing. This is not the case.
Posted on 2/10/16 at 9:03 am to Crawdaddy
Hey has your electric bill or grocery bill gone down with this cheap oil? huh huh huh?
Posted on 2/10/16 at 9:08 am to Placebeaux
Crawfish are like gasoline. Doesnt matter how much they costs, you're still going to buy them.
Posted on 2/10/16 at 9:41 am to Alt26
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Presumably, yes. However that's only looking at it from the supply side. If demand remains extremely high, there's no need to go down on the price very much.
Definitely yes looking at it from the statement that was given. The statement that was given only mentioned the supply side. It is dumb as hell.
Sure there are reasons that prices could remain high. Price momentum. High national demand. Whatever. But that liar/moron in the article, only looked at the supply side, and claimed that an increase in competition and supply would lead directly to high prices. It's mind bogglingly stupid.
Posted on 2/10/16 at 10:01 am to Peazey
most just mock the reasons they come out with keeping the prices where they are instead of just saying "that's what people are paying, so that's the price." Until people around here stop viewing crawfish as some fricking delicacy they have no reason to drop their prices. Do we ask any other business to sell their product at a cheaper price just because?
Posted on 2/10/16 at 10:21 am to CoachChappy
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As long as the folks in Texas are willing to pay silly prices for crawfish, the price will not drop.
It's not just the market in Texas, it's the market all over the USA. The demand for La. seafood is NOTHING like it was back in our Grandpaw's day -- the demand increase is exponential.
Back in 1950 or 1960, did people all over the USA eat La. crawfish, La. shrimp and La. oysters? La. Redfish? La. Speckled Trout? Heck no. Back then, people from outside of south La. considered that to be "poor people's food" and they wouldn't touch it.
It's just like escargot in France -- hundreds of years ago snails that lived in wine vinyards were poor people's food that nobody would go to a restaurant to find. Then escargot became a delicacy.
That's what happened to La. seafood -- it's now highly desired delicacy food that the well-to-do expect to find at the best restaurants.
Posted on 2/10/16 at 10:32 am to Crawdaddy
They have their set in stone customer base that'll always buy it at those retarded prices. Maybe they decided it is more profitable keeping those people than trying to sell more for less, which is idiotic. I know plenty of people who would boil more if the prices were lower.
They should come out every year and say, "The prices are still gonna be high because I said so"
They should come out every year and say, "The prices are still gonna be high because I said so"
Posted on 2/10/16 at 10:36 am to Crawdaddy
The unseasonably not cold weather, along with the unexpected precipitous drop in oil prices, and aggravated by the lack of expected precipitation have all combined to keep upward pressure on crawfish prices for the coming months.
Posted on 2/10/16 at 10:38 am to Hammertime
Where are all these extra crawfish going to come from? You think dropping the price would encourage more people to start farming crawfish?
Posted on 2/10/16 at 10:41 am to yellowfin
Every fricking year with these people.
Posted on 2/10/16 at 10:43 am to yellowfin
The OP said the supply would be higher this year 
Posted on 2/10/16 at 10:47 am to MightyYat
You don't understand the vagaries of the market forces, vis-à-vis the unexpected climatic differential.
It can't possibly be explained on an open forum such as this.
It can't possibly be explained on an open forum such as this.
Posted on 2/10/16 at 10:51 am to Hammertime
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The OP said the supply would be higher this year
which is already factored into today's price
you're wanting to cut prices significantly which is going to take a huge increase in supply. Thousands of acres of new farm land. Boats, tractors, traps, Mexicans, etc
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