[modeleng] Re: Prices

Perhaps we should all boycott British suppliers for a while and import our =
needs from the US.  Perhaps that would force the prices down!

I have had quite heavy parcels sent by surface mail and it still works out =
to be reasonably economic.

Dave
The Emerald Isle






> From: Alan Stepney=20
> Subject: [modeleng] Prices
> To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Friday, 28 March, 2008, 9:10 PM
> A pal has just returned from a holiday in the US, and bought
> back a load of catalogues.
> I am astounded at how low prices are in America compares to
> what we have to pay.
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> If you compare Harbor Freight with Machine Mart, for
> products that appear identical, and probably are as so much is made in=20
> China, the US price is between 35% and 50% of the UK price.
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> Looking at Grizzly, most things are half what we pay, some
> much less.
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> Sadly, he only bought back catalogues and not cases full of
> goodies!
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> http://www.alanstepney.info
> Alan Stepney's Model Engineering, steam, and workshop
> pages.=20
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