Jim Gregory wrote:
"Chris Bacon" wrote...
[ dishonesty in returning tools ]

Just as dishonest, IMO, as universally quoting £42 for a consumable (not
ex-stock) that was once an integral part of a £40 deal.

You don't *have* to buy the parts, as indeed you didn't...

They lost a former customer, and possibly that decision may influence
other potential buyers reading this....

Yup.


Why are any spares and consumables so transparently exhorbitantly priced?

a) It's a way of making money;
b) Costs are greater, per item, than for the original tool.


All this stuff that's said about buying expensive tools "because you
can get spares/service" is nonsense when the spare/service costs the
same as a whole new tool.