Greatest markup ever?

[Guy King]

The message from Paul G contains these words:

IIRC some councils do provide for battery recycling from their doorstep collections.

[Helen Deborah Vecht]

Guy King typed

Brent, my London Borough, does.

[The Natural Philosopher]

The quid covers the time taken to get one from stores, wrap it round the cable, pull it tight and clip the ends off.

It avoids having 'labour bills' at £60 an hour..instead the parts are marked up instead.

[The Natural Philosopher]

Laed acid yes, silver whatever, yes, mercury wahetever, yes..Lithium? Not really.

[The3rd Earl Of Derby]

I think you'll find his profits come from kids sweets ie something that sells for 2p and he sells for 3p so say you have 250 MoJo's in a box thats

5GBP and 2.50GBP profit add that to all the other sweets and total it up at the end of the weeks that some profit.

I know this because I used to own 2 mobile shops. :-)

[Dave Plowman (News)]

God knows what your blood pressure is like with all that caffeine. ;-)

[Guy King]

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Avoids? You've not had a car serviced in the Home Counties recently, have you!

[Dave Plowman (News)]

I don't think they are recycled but disposed of 'safely' whatever that means.

Car batteries contain lots of expensive lead and are worth re-cycling.

[snod]

Once a copper always a copper eh Alex ;-)

[Dr Zoidberg]

Nope , I'd have quite happily reported them before I joined the police. It was having that sort of attitude to things that made me want to give it a go.

[Chris Bacon]

I can't think why you'd want to. Water is much nicer, and cheaper.

[DB.]

250ml and typically costs around 5p. Just as with the shop, you're paying for the convenience.

...paying for the convenience - whether or not you use it.

[dennis]

The Istin takes care of that. 8-)

[Michael A. Terrell]

Too late! Someone already did, and he's running loose on another usenet newsgroup. :(

[Michael A. Terrell]

"nightjar

Recycling is not equal to remanufacturing.

The county where I live in recycles computers. The collect them twice a year and send tractor trailer loads of them to a prison to be parted out for the various metals. Nothing working comes out of the program.

I remanufacture them by replacing any defective parts and correcting any software problems, then they are given to the disabled in my area who need a computer, but can't afford to buy one. What is left over is then recycled. The county gets the sheet metal, I sell the aluminum, and the scrap PC boards are sent to a county program that teaches people to solder to practice solder rework. I am still looking for someone to take the plastic from the cases and old keyboards.

[steeler]

err no, I pay for a taxi. Although if someone does go out with us and they agree to be the driver we pay for their soft drinks - the ones that can cost twice as much as the alcohol.

You should try this ... if you ever find any friends.

[Sanddancer]

I'm in the north (Tyneside) and most bars round here charge more for Coke than they do for lager. I've stopped buying the draught Coke as it's bloody horrible stuff.

[Anton Gijsen]

I was thinking the other day about the markup they must make on that "spray-on mud" stuff they sell to twathead 4x4 drivers.

[John]

"Anton Gijsen" wrote in message news:444e3fd1$0$33908$ [e-mail]...

This is a wind up surely?

I'll get my coat!!

John

[Anton Gijsen]

I wish it was.

I'll get my coat!!

I'll open the door.