In article ,
Brian Gaff \(Sofa\) wrote:
However that sort of thing is not just on disability items, is it? Look
at spare parts for cars from the manufacturer, indeed most things tend
to have a huge mark up. Somebody commented that if you had to build a
car from the bits it would cost quarter of a million quid.
Brian

one of the problems with spares is they need to be stored,. Storage costs
money and tehre is an investment involved, too. Dennis, the fire engine
people, went bust because of the money they had tied up in spares.

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