You probably don't have demand well beyond supply.
Dynamic pricing has been around for awhile.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_pricing
Price gouging is usually a term that references necessities.
Since most of these things are not necessities... simply not buying them should make the dynamic pricing lead to a decrease in the price.
We saw that in 2x4s in the Spring of 2019... but now the pricing is back to normal.
It wasn't people needed to build, it was they wanted to build.