"Martin Angove" wrote
| So, assuming that the £399 "retail" is really a tactic to get you to buy
| the £299 treatment, and that even at £99 they're not actually making a
| loss, that's a heck of a markup. I suspect that most of the cost will be
| labour, but a lackey at £5 or less an hour isn't going to take all day
| to polish the car, hoover and wipe down, is he?

Depends on whether the lacky is paid per hour or per car :-)

Owain