Price check on steel tube, 3/4", 1" and 2" please!

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Hi folks,I am in Eastern Canada, so prices are no doubt somewhat higher here than in the US, but I thought these prices seems really high - I have not bought new steel for a couple of years.3/4" tube (083 wall, just less than 1/8" thick) - $0.85 / ft1" tube (1/8" thick) - $1.15 / ft2" tube (3/16" thick) - $3.80 or so a ft2" tube (1/4 " thick) almost a buck more  ft, around $4.70Please let me know if these are out of whack, or if I am out of touch!Last edited by Northeaster; 01-05-2012 at 05:53 PM.
Reply:looks about right to me for by the ft new metal. are you going to a steel supplier or a hardwarestore that also supplies metal stock? the latter is the only option I have close at hand so that could be why it doesn't seem to high to me.There are no problems. There are only solutions. It's your duty to determine the right one.Hobart Handler 210Airco 225 Amp MSM Stinger
Reply:I had 2" 3/16 tubing priced a couple weeks ago here in northern Colorado at $3.50/ft.
Reply:That is from a local steel supplier - that is there only business, and they are a reasonable size.  I have bought from them before.  Last time I built a 5 x 10 trailer, for only a few hundred in new steel (+ axles, lights, etc) so maybe it's me, but $40 something bucks for 12 ft of 2" tubing seems awfully high...