|=20 | Dave Fawthrop wrote: | > On Mon, 9 Jan 2006 16:56:13 +0000 (UTC), Frank Erskine | > wrote: | >
| > | On Mon, 9 Jan 2006 13:11:55 +0000, freddyuk | > | wrote: | > | | > | >
| > | >I have been shopping for tile edge trim and had to pay =A35.99 per= length | > | >in Homebase (to get a match) | > | >Is this the biggest rip off mark up or are these lengths of = plastic | > | >engineered to fine tolerance?? | > | | > | They cost that much because people are prepared to pay that! | > | | > | >A whole box of tiles cost less than that!! | > | | > | People shop about for tiles, so there's more competition. | >
| > Yep its called a Free Market which the Conservatives say makes = things | > cheaper for the consu^h^h^h^hmugs. |=20 | You're free not to buy it.
That has *nothing* to do with my post :-(
--=20 Dave Fawthrop
17,000 free e-books at Project Gutenberg!
formatting link
Yorkshire Dialect go to
formatting link