Are Poundland "Duracell" batteries fakes?

[The Medway Handyman]

Have you noticed that Pepsi/Coke whatever in 2 litre bottles from your local garage is dearer per litre than petrol?

[b]

I read somewhere that the most expensive liquid on the PLANET, is printer ink.

-B.

[{{{{{Welcome}}}}}]

I don't much fancy drinking that.

[Synapse Syndrome]

Yeah, I read that too. More expensive than scorpion venom, which is the next most expensive.

ss.

[Synapse Syndrome]

Actually, there's a lot on the net about that..

[[ste parker]]

Not according to this

[Synapse Syndrome]

Yes I realised after I posted that. I just remember scorpion venom being in the list of expensive liquids when I read the article, which was in 2004 by the look of it. A Gartner analyst seems to have started the whole debate off.

ss.

[Owain]

Be interesting taking a "sample" to the doctor...

Owain

[Tony Wright]

Lab report: This horse is not fit for work

[tim.....]

The problem with this analysis is that one is not just buying the ink, but having to purchase the complex 'container' that it comes in each time. So this is not really a valid comparison.

tim

[The Medway Handyman]

OK, so what about Coke v Petrol?

Got to cost more to get the oil out of the ground, ship it here, process it, get it to the garage, store it in a very complex container, then dispense it?

[Tony Bryer]

You can do the comparison on HP78 cartridges available in two capacities, otherwise identical. Prices from one supplier DE (19ml): £17.20; AE (38ml): £31.11. Taking the difference, that's £732 per litre

[tim.....]

Eh!

I'm sure that you can make baked beans expensive if you looked at incremental prices.

tim

[Tony Bryer]

No, they're the opposite: you'll often find them at something like

28p for a small tin and 32p for a standard size, with the latter on offer at four for £1.