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williamwright wrote:
On 05/10/2020 11:42, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
No, unlike like you I'm not a statist/commie. They can sell at whatever
price pleases them and customers can vote with their feet. That's the
free market, an alien concept to the likes of you I think.
You're very wrong there, Bill.

But the idea of boycotting a product you once thought the best

No, it was no better or worse than the competition.

Ah - sorry I thought it was the brand all the trade bought.

So if the trade buys what it fancies on a whim since they are all much of
a much, you can hardly expect a maker to have absolute loyalty to that
trade?

purely because that company does a deal with someone else (without
making a difference to the price you pay) seems very odd to me. Unless
of course you are ashamed of charging a price for it which is now
rather obviously far more than the customer thinks it should be.

The fact is that some customers grossly underestimate labour costs and
overheads. Profit on the materials just lets them carry on living in
la-la land. It makes for a quiet life. It's just the way it is.

Then easier to simply quote a price for the job? No need for a breakdown
of any sort?


Most people can't put up their own external aerials. So just what a
shed may sell them for is neither hear nor there.

Actually the sheds sell ever such a lot of aerials. People find a way:
1. Loft job
2. Window cleaner job
3. Local handyman job
4. Son-in-law job
5. Risky rooftop DIY job
6. Balcony job
7. Under the eaves job.

So not so different as any job round the house.

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