On Thursday, 24 September 2015 21:33:02 UTC+1, Bob Eager wrote:
On Thu, 24 Sep 2015 21:12:29 +0100, Chris French wrote:
In message , Bill Wright
writes
nt wrote:

due to low sales. So buy elsewhere. Anything you want to buy you can
pay ott for.
NT

No it isn't. It's because the market is relatively captive. Many
disabled and old people don't shop around. They just go back to the shop
where they bought the scooter (which probably cost them twice the price
the shop paid.)

To be fair, a 50% markup in a shop is pretty normal

Of course. But if shop A charges £100, and shop B charges £40, something
is wrong.

It happens all the time. People routinely trade cost for convenience.


NT