Why are torx screws so expensive?
 

On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 21:14:42 -0000, newshound wrote:

On 28/01/2020 20:24, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 14:42:21 -0000, newshound
wrote:

On 27/01/2020 18:42, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Mon, 27 Jan 2020 18:26:35 -0000, newshound
wrote:

On 27/01/2020 14:50, Commander Kinsey wrote:
Pack of PZ2 screws, £10.
Pack of identical screws, but with a torx head, £50.
WTF?

It's a rip-off. Otherwise they would not be so popular on automotive
plastic panels.

Eh? Surely the car companies don't want to buy expensive screws either.

I mean YOU are being ripped off. Car companies are not. (I'm thinking
about their use to hold rigid plastic in place, like dashboard items,
rear lights, etc).

How am I being ripped off? Car company A uses torx everywhere. Car
company B uses Pozi everywhere. Car company B can make their car
cheaper. More people buy their cars.

FFS if you are paying five times the price for Torx you are being ripped
off.

And we are finally back at my initial point. I simply searched on Ebay (which means 1000s of sellers competing) to find some screws. Torx was way more expensive and also very rare.

Why are torx screws so expensive?
 

"Commander Kinsey" wrote in message
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On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 21:14:42 -0000, newshound
wrote:

On 28/01/2020 20:24, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 14:42:21 -0000, newshound
wrote:

On 27/01/2020 18:42, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Mon, 27 Jan 2020 18:26:35 -0000, newshound
wrote:

On 27/01/2020 14:50, Commander Kinsey wrote:
Pack of PZ2 screws, £10.
Pack of identical screws, but with a torx head, £50.
WTF?

It's a rip-off. Otherwise they would not be so popular on automotive
plastic panels.

Eh? Surely the car companies don't want to buy expensive screws
either.

I mean YOU are being ripped off. Car companies are not. (I'm thinking
about their use to hold rigid plastic in place, like dashboard items,
rear lights, etc).

How am I being ripped off? Car company A uses torx everywhere. Car
company B uses Pozi everywhere. Car company B can make their car
cheaper. More people buy their cars.

FFS if you are paying five times the price for Torx you are being ripped
off.

And we are finally back at my initial point. I simply searched on Ebay
(which means 1000s of sellers competing) to find some screws. Torx was
way more expensive and also very rare.

Heaps of them for the same price
and very common on aliexpress.