wonderer99
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OK so probably opening a can of worms here and will get some grief but after needing a few odds and sods it rammed home just how expensive equipment can be and just how little competition there is out there on a lot of stuff which keeps prices high.
This isn't directed at any one retailer and I wont mention names but it seems that to purchase anything now seems to be excruciatingly expensive unless you can buy the same from Amazon or Ebay, a lot of which you cant. Just now for example I went to buy a new TDS meter. £42 plus delivery charge. The same exact thing can be had for £4.99 including free delivery on Amazon. Its crazy. If I want a few rubber washers, a bit of pole hose and a couple of clips for my poles it turns into a £50+ purchase.
I can stomach it ( to a degree) when your buying large or long life items like new poles or gutter vacs etc but its the small everyday spares and repair stuff that seems so ridiculous. A single Univalve is between 40 and 50 quid depending on where you get it. Great items and I wouldn't use anything else but come on, for what it is!
Like I say, I don't like to criticize and I have dealt with every major supplier of kit and have nothing but positive experiences but there is little denying we are taken for a bit of a ride with the markup of some stuff.
This isn't directed at any one retailer and I wont mention names but it seems that to purchase anything now seems to be excruciatingly expensive unless you can buy the same from Amazon or Ebay, a lot of which you cant. Just now for example I went to buy a new TDS meter. £42 plus delivery charge. The same exact thing can be had for £4.99 including free delivery on Amazon. Its crazy. If I want a few rubber washers, a bit of pole hose and a couple of clips for my poles it turns into a £50+ purchase.
I can stomach it ( to a degree) when your buying large or long life items like new poles or gutter vacs etc but its the small everyday spares and repair stuff that seems so ridiculous. A single Univalve is between 40 and 50 quid depending on where you get it. Great items and I wouldn't use anything else but come on, for what it is!
Like I say, I don't like to criticize and I have dealt with every major supplier of kit and have nothing but positive experiences but there is little denying we are taken for a bit of a ride with the markup of some stuff.