To explain the teslin shortage post.

Most vendors get all their materials from 3 or 4 makers in china. Now because of that big raid China as been more active in finding the companies that supply these types of products. So in the last few weeks , the main places that most vendors buy their teslin from shut down and went out of business. So at this stage Vendors will have to pay retail prices for teslin from none China companies. So about 5/6 times more for a single sheet. So Vendors won't be stopping making them, they will continue but will have to raise prices. Now this could last a few weeks, months or years until someone finds a new place that can supply so much volume at a good price. Until then vendors will have to pay retail.

Now before you say well its just paper so that shouldnt make the prices of ids go up that much. Well you need to look at the bigger picture here let me explain.

I will give you examples of what it looks like on the backside of this. These prices are not real I'm just making them for the example.

Say before teslin was $1 a sheet and now it's $5 a sheet , you say hey thats just 4 dollars thats cool, well it's not just $4

Say a vendor like ois, fyd or idking which make the ids in China. Well now they have to ship it from the us to china so thats a few more dollars a sheet, then pay duty getting them into china so a few more dollars . So your up to say $9 a sheet. Well keep in mind that we waste a bunch of sheets daily from miss printing, not alighning , lines, scratches, etc so now waste overal all becomes a few more dollars , so now your say up to $13 dollars a sheet . Then the exchange from china money to usa money to buy them is a few more dollars. So your up to now $17 dollars .

Now here is a main issue, buying in china , they could by 10,000 sheets an no one would care or notice. Buying retail they will now need a group of people to buy it , not to flag anything or even to get that many sheets at a time. Your now paying more people to buy and handle the sheets so add more money so we are now over $20 a sheet from something that was a simple $1 last week.

As I said the prices are not real they are just put there for the example to point out what it's like in the backend.

I hope you all understand what I said and now understand it more.