Over the last year and a bit, Miyuki has charged a surcharge on beads which contain gold. This means not just gold-plated beads, but any bead which has gold in the glass-making process. Gold is extra expensive right now, and the additional fee is to cover the materials cost for making those beads. The surcharge is currently hovering about 85% and has been in that vicinity for about a year.
Until now we have dragged our feet on re-ordering these items because the cost is almost doubled, but we've decided to simply re-price them because the cost doesn't seem to be going down. If it does go down, we'll redo our prices on these beads and you'll be the first to know!
Here is the long list of items that are affected:
Delica Beads (all sizes)
DB12, DB22, DB22L, DB23, DB24, DB25, DB27, DB31, DB31L, DB33, DB34, DB103, DB105, DB115, DB116, DB230, DB312, DB322, DB324, DB331, DB334, DB371, DB373, DB376, DB378, DB380, DB501, DB505, DB506, DB507, DB508, DB1051, DB2521, DB2522, DB2523, DB2524 and DB2525
Other Seed Beads (all sizes and shapes)
191, 191L, 191F, 193, 193F, 195, 196, 199, 301, 302, 303, 307, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 313SF, 314, 315, 316, 318, 421, 457, 457B, 457L, 457L-F, 459, 460, 461, 461L, 462, 462L, 465, 466, 467, 468, 469, 512, 588, 590, 594, 597, 599, 600, 601, 952, 953, 954, 955, 982, 1865, 1880, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1981, 1983,1984,1985, 1986, 2005, 2005L, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2027, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035, 2037, 2038, 2040, 2061, 2062, 2064, 2065, 2067, 2068, 2069, 2292, 2301, 2303, 2304, 2312, 2318, 2331, 2333, 2336, 2441, 2444, 2449, 2470, 2591, 2592, 2593, 2597, 4693, 4695, 4696, 4697, 4698, 4700 and 4705