can charge less than the bigger outlet, I thought it was the other way round?
Two local decorater shops are selling 10 litres johnsons trade matt white for 13.99GBP and 12.99GBP and the sheds are selling it for 16.99GBP
Most odd.
Just because the bigger outlet may be able to purchase them cheaper than the smaller outlet, it doesn't mean they don't want to make more profit...
The reason the big places are so profitable is that people think they are cheaper because they are bigger....
My local independant plumbers merchant is much, much cheaper that Wickes or B&Q - and they know what they are talking about!
Why? You're falsely assuming the price charged to you bears any particular correlation with the price they've paid. Both outlets will sell it for what they can.
Mathew
The message from "The3rd Earl Of Derby" contains these words:
Gouging, innit. The prices charged by retailers, particularly the sheds are just plucked from the air according to the perceived value of the product and nothing to do with the cost.
For example, my nephew works for a shipping firm who deliver for a well known leather sofa firm. When accidents happen they only pay the leathershed for the supply cost of the item - rarely more than £50 for a sofa, often under £30.
The message from Mike Harrison contains these words:
eBay - people often pay more for something than they could buy it in the highstreet for.
Time to hatch a plot - how do we got =A350 sofas?
NT
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Import zillions of them from China like the big leatherbarns do.
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