Not quite.
The specialty items are priced accordingly.
What happens is the factories would run at about 80% capacity, so the specialty items would occupy that slack 20%.
The slack is normally built in to deal with maintenance and labor issues.
Currently, the demand is so high that the basic items represent more than 100% of the capacity.
From a consumer standpoint, the timeline is changing.
For instance, if you came to me to order a Mathews Brothers vinyl window - high efficiency is built into their product at all levels - but wanted a basic white no bells and whistles last March then ordered the same exact window in October, you would see the same price. The lead time would move from four week to six weeks.
Now, if you ordered Black on Black, as compared to that white window you would see a higher cost for the extra work, and an extended lead time for the extra work to be done.
If you tried to order that Black on Black in June, you would find that they shut down that option for a time due to supply lines of the materials needed to manufacture the Black on Black option.
Certain options that use to have lead times of six to eight weeks, now have those lead times in months. If you need more, it takes months to get that; and if you have extra it is non-returnable.
That adds significantly to cost for the people that want the specialty items.
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