So, determined to do my floor tiles properly, and needing some
flexible tile adhesive, I tracked down an Ardurit dealer on the web,
drove over there on Saturday and...they were closed (must be the
holidays). On the way back, as Plan B, I stopped in Topps Tiles who,
as it happened, had just the thing I was after, albeit their own
brand.
"How much is that then?" (pointing at a 20 kg bag of flexible rapid
set with no price on it)
"Err...*tap tap*...£53"
"What's so special about it....How much is your regular rapid set?"
"Err...*tap tap*...£53...How much have you been paying for that?"
"About £10...... So you're just ridiculously expensive then"
"Err...well, I could do it for you for £20"

Is this a 'marketing' approach? Sell the tiles cheap (I presume, I
never stopped to look at their prices) and crank up the profit with
ridiculous costs for the other bits and pieces. Caveat emptor, I
guess.

I wonder what I could have got it for if I had haggled. As it was, I
shoved him a 20 and scooted before he decided he'd made a mistake and
changed his mind.......