Greatest markup ever?

[dennis]

I can drink pint for pint Pepsi Max with a beer drinker. And I don't get drunk and smash the place up either.

Its just profitering, nothing to do with increased costs.

[Dr Zoidberg]

Tandy used to sell speaker cable at £2.99 which had a store cost of about 6p a metre which wasn't bad margin at all.

[Dr Zoidberg]

Same here. I find myself going to the loo just as often as well.

It does annoy me to be charged more for coke than beer though. Perhaps if pubs sold some soft drinks at more reasonable prices they would get more people acting as designated drivers.

[Doki]

Farmers pay for the seed or plant. Most commercial varieties are owned by someone and you have to pay them for it.

[Doki]

Mmm. Nothing like a nice bit of seepage. Sprays and fertiliser :D.

[Christian McArdle]

Yes, but most people don't.

Christian.

[Christian McArdle]

The idea that you have the right to go around killing people on a drink driving bender because Coke costs 2 quid a pop is ridiculous.

It isn't the responsibility of the bar to ensure you don't drink drive. It is the responsibility of the bar to continue trading and making profits.

People should take responsibility for their own actions.

Christian.

[Peter Parry]

Original manufacturers ink for an inkjet printer

[John Rumm]

Ever looked at the price of a USB lead in PC world?

[Mary Fisher]

You're making assumptions.

I didn't. I SAW it.

[Dr Zoidberg]

Feel free to point out when I claimed that?

I regularly drive to the pub and drink soft drinks , but I frequently hear other people in the pub making comments about how they aren't going to pay more for orange juice than lager and am sure that if soft drinks were a cheaper alternative many of them would be under the limit instead of over it. That doesn't mean I approve , but it certainly happens.

And before anyone asks , yes I have reported people to the police when I know they are pissed and planning to drive home (and I know what car they are driving)

[Christian McArdle]

You didn't. It's the people complaining about the price of orange juice and thinking it gives them a right to 3 Stellas and their car keys I object to.

Christian.

[Mindwipe]

ok cant be arsed to read them all but here you go garage i worked at (main dealer) used to buy bags of cable ties at £6 for a bag of 6000 ties they were booked out at £1 each (when issued to jobs) thats £6000 a bag therefore £5994 profit

[Tim Williams]

High end tube amps. Or any audio in that bracket, for that matter. Think $30k apiece.

Tim

[nightjar]

If it was, indeed the same product, it will have been bought from somewhere that specialises in bankrupt and surplus stock sales, so the selling price is no indication of the original trade sale price. However, pound shops also sell remanufactured button cells, often in packs that look a lot like manufacturers' original packs, which do not have the life of new cells.

Colin Bignell

[Guy King]

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Though to be fair, they do actually work. The A>B I bought from Poundland the other day didn't. But then so did the one I bought from the market for £1.50 which is about 1/10th of PCW's price.

[Guy King]

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Bet they didn't miss the chance to charge half an hour's labour to fit it, either.

[meow2222]

packs of screws in Robert Dyas. I forget exactly, it was =A31 or =A31.50 for 4 6 or 8 screws. Either way, kinda high.

NT

[Rob Walker]

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

yikes what pubs charge £2.50 for a coke?? They wouldn't dare charge that up 'ere int' north.... In fact I don't even pay that for a pint :-)

[Rob Walker]

they effin should do for £15! :-)