"John" wrote in message
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"Ron Lowe" ronATlowe-famlyDOTmeDOTukSPURIOUS wrote in message
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"John" wrote in message
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Bought a new electric kettle at ASDA - only £3.

It made me think - how much would a 13 amp plug cost if we still had to
buy one when we bought an appliance? I recall they used to be about
£1:50 in the good old days (for a white one)





Do you not wonder what kind of exploitation is going on to provide you
with a £3 kettle?

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Ron

Possibly the same that provides a £20 kettle which has had an 'acceptable
/ known' transfer stuck on it to give the retailer a bigger profit. The
far eastern factory probably sells them for £1 to whoever will take them -
and will stick a name on to suit.

Possibly more expensive devices do simply represent a bigger mark-up, with
equal exploitation at the actual manufacturing stage. I don't know.

And how can a far eastern factory produce something like that for £1 ?
Once agin, the question is: what kind of exploitation is going on to provide
you with a kettle at that price?

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Ron