On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 15:23:30 +0100, John Cartmell
wrote:

In article ,
Andy wrote:
His total markup is in the thousands of percent.

Unless you know that he purchased the item from the same source as the pound
shop you cannot make that assumption. Pound shops generally do not provide the
continuity of products that is essential for trade. Comparing any other
business with them is unacceptable unless you also accept the possibility of
your retailers saying to you that the cells you require for essential
equipment can no longer be supplied - and you should have bought them last
week when they were dirt cheap.

The cheap batteries may be of poorer quality. I've bought batteries
from discount stores on occasions and have found a much higher rate of
dead ones.

I think they buy up stock with a short lifespan at a knock down price
too. If you buy a battery from a 'good' store it will have a "use-by"
date several years in the future. Batteries from discount stores
often have a date only a few months in the future.

Mark