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How the disabled are ripped off
110Ah deep discharge battery sold through some disability industry
outlets: £149.95. Exact same battery sold for golf buggy: £60 Flightsafe device: £30. This is a three pin XLR plug with pins 1 and 2 shorted, in red plastic. This inhibits the scooter operation. Cost of manufacture will be about £1. 115mm rubber tyred jockey wheel, 20mm bo Disability shops: £18. Various other places: about £10. Various scooter keys: Shoprider on/off switch £10. This is standard plastic body toggle switch: £1 from CPC etc. Some old types of scooter uses a standard 1/4" jack plug, shorted out internally, as a key. These are sold for £5 to £12 in disability shops. Some other keys are on standard blanks and my local cobbler with turn them out at £5 each, but if you buy from a disability shop they are likely to be £12 to £15. Bill |
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On 24/09/2015 19:40, Bill Wright wrote:
110Ah deep discharge battery sold through some disability industry outlets: £149.95. Exact same battery sold for golf buggy: £60 Flightsafe device: £30. This is a three pin XLR plug with pins 1 and 2 shorted, in red plastic. This inhibits the scooter operation. Cost of manufacture will be about £1. 115mm rubber tyred jockey wheel, 20mm bo Disability shops: £18. Various other places: about £10. Various scooter keys: Shoprider on/off switch £10. This is standard plastic body toggle switch: £1 from CPC etc. Some old types of scooter uses a standard 1/4" jack plug, shorted out internally, as a key. These are sold for £5 to £12 in disability shops. Some other keys are on standard blanks and my local cobbler with turn them out at £5 each, but if you buy from a disability shop they are likely to be £12 to £15. Very annoying! To some extent, this is just the same as any spare parts operation - for a car, for example. There is a cost involved in stocking *many* spare parts and only selling small numbers of each item, and that's bound to be reflected in the price. Somebody worked out that building a car from spare parts would cost several times the cost of a finished car. I have no idea why your batteries are more expensive than for golf buggies. Are you comparing with manufacturer's specific parts for named brand buggies, or generic batteries? |
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"GB" wrote in message
... On 24/09/2015 19:40, Bill Wright wrote: 110Ah deep discharge battery sold through some disability industry outlets: £149.95. Exact same battery sold for golf buggy: £60 Flightsafe device: £30. This is a three pin XLR plug with pins 1 and 2 shorted, in red plastic. This inhibits the scooter operation. Cost of manufacture will be about £1. 115mm rubber tyred jockey wheel, 20mm bo Disability shops: £18. Various other places: about £10. Various scooter keys: Shoprider on/off switch £10. This is standard plastic body toggle switch: £1 from CPC etc. Some old types of scooter uses a standard 1/4" jack plug, shorted out internally, as a key. These are sold for £5 to £12 in disability shops. Some other keys are on standard blanks and my local cobbler with turn them out at £5 each, but if you buy from a disability shop they are likely to be £12 to £15. Very annoying! To some extent, this is just the same as any spare parts operation - for a car, for example. There is a cost involved in stocking *many* spare parts and only selling small numbers of each item, and that's bound to be reflected in the price. Somebody worked out that building a car from spare parts would cost several times the cost of a finished car. That was Johnny Cash AICMFP. -- Adam |
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On 24/09/2015 20:04, ARW wrote:
Somebody worked out that building a car from spare parts would cost several times the cost of a finished car. That was Johnny Cash AICMFP. My favourite country and Johnny Cash record https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWHniL8MyMM -- Mark Please replace invalid and invalid with gmx and net to reply. |
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On Thursday, 24 September 2015 19:41:01 UTC+1, Bill Wright wrote:
110Ah deep discharge battery sold through some disability industry outlets: £149.95. Exact same battery sold for golf buggy: £60 Flightsafe device: £30. This is a three pin XLR plug with pins 1 and 2 shorted, in red plastic. This inhibits the scooter operation. Cost of manufacture will be about £1. 115mm rubber tyred jockey wheel, 20mm bo Disability shops: £18. Various other places: about £10. Various scooter keys: Shoprider on/off switch £10. This is standard plastic body toggle switch: £1 from CPC etc. Some old types of scooter uses a standard 1/4" jack plug, shorted out internally, as a key. These are sold for £5 to £12 in disability shops. Some other keys are on standard blanks and my local cobbler with turn them out at £5 each, but if you buy from a disability shop they are likely to be £12 to £15. due to low sales. So buy elsewhere. Anything you want to buy you can pay ott for. NT |
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GB wrote:
Very annoying! To some extent, this is just the same as any spare parts operation - for a car, for example. There is a cost involved in stocking *many* spare parts and only selling small numbers of each item, and that's bound to be reflected in the price. Somebody worked out that building a car from spare parts would cost several times the cost of a finished car. Not comparable. I have no idea why your batteries are more expensive than for golf buggies. Are you comparing with manufacturer's specific parts for named brand buggies, or generic batteries? Same batteries, same make, same capacity, same everything. Different retailer. Bill |
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On Thu, 24 Sep 2015 20:04:35 +0100, ARW wrote:
"GB" wrote in message ... On 24/09/2015 19:40, Bill Wright wrote: 110Ah deep discharge battery sold through some disability industry outlets: £149.95. Exact same battery sold for golf buggy: £60 Flightsafe device: £30. This is a three pin XLR plug with pins 1 and 2 shorted, in red plastic. This inhibits the scooter operation. Cost of manufacture will be about £1. 115mm rubber tyred jockey wheel, 20mm bo Disability shops: £18. Various other places: about £10. Various scooter keys: Shoprider on/off switch £10. This is standard plastic body toggle switch: £1 from CPC etc. Some old types of scooter uses a standard 1/4" jack plug, shorted out internally, as a key. These are sold for £5 to £12 in disability shops. Some other keys are on standard blanks and my local cobbler with turn them out at £5 each, but if you buy from a disability shop they are likely to be £12 to £15. Very annoying! To some extent, this is just the same as any spare parts operation - for a car, for example. There is a cost involved in stocking *many* spare parts and only selling small numbers of each item, and that's bound to be reflected in the price. Somebody worked out that building a car from spare parts would cost several times the cost of a finished car. That was Johnny Cash AICMFP. Well, the parts cost home nothing in the song! |
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Mark Carver wrote:
That was Johnny Cash AICMFP. My favourite country and Johnny Cash record https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWHniL8MyMM Better call at the Grand Ol Opry if ever you're in the USA. You might get to like other C & W tracks like I Flushed You From The Toilets Of My Heart, Get Your Tongue Outta My Mouth 'Cause I'm Kissing You Goodbye, My John Deere Was Breaking Your Field While Your Dear John Was Breaking My Heart, You Can't Have Your Kate And Edith Too, If You Don't Believe I Love You Just Ask My Wife, and so on . . . Bill |
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"GB" wrote in message ... On 24/09/2015 19:40, Bill Wright wrote: 110Ah deep discharge battery sold through some disability industry outlets: £149.95. Exact same battery sold for golf buggy: £60 Flightsafe device: £30. This is a three pin XLR plug with pins 1 and 2 shorted, in red plastic. This inhibits the scooter operation. Cost of manufacture will be about £1. 115mm rubber tyred jockey wheel, 20mm bo Disability shops: £18. Various other places: about £10. Various scooter keys: Shoprider on/off switch £10. This is standard plastic body toggle switch: £1 from CPC etc. Some old types of scooter uses a standard 1/4" jack plug, shorted out internally, as a key. These are sold for £5 to £12 in disability shops. Some other keys are on standard blanks and my local cobbler with turn them out at £5 each, but if you buy from a disability shop they are likely to be £12 to £15. Very annoying! To some extent, this is just the same as any spare parts operation - for a car, for example. But that doesn't explain why the same battery is available for a golf buggy for 40% of the price. Or the toggle switch which is widely available elsewhere at 1/10th of the price. Or the keys which cost three times as much in a disabilty shop as in a key cutting kiosk. michael adams .... |
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In message , Bill Wright
writes 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 -- Chris French |
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On Thu, 24 Sep 2015 21:12:29 +0100, Chris French wrote:
In message , Bill Wright writes 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. The markup must be higher in shop A. |
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On Thu, 24 Sep 2015 21:07:08 +0100, Bill Wright
wrote: Mark Carver wrote: That was Johnny Cash AICMFP. My favourite country and Johnny Cash record https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWHniL8MyMM Better call at the Grand Ol Opry if ever you're in the USA. You might get to like other C & W tracks like I Flushed You From The Toilets Of My Heart, Get Your Tongue Outta My Mouth 'Cause I'm Kissing You Goodbye, My John Deere Was Breaking Your Field While Your Dear John Was Breaking My Heart, You Can't Have Your Kate And Edith Too, If You Don't Believe I Love You Just Ask My Wife, and so on . . . Bill I expect you'll have met Dolly Parton at a library near Rother Ham? -- Graham. %Profound_observation% |
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Graham. wrote:
I expect you'll have met Dolly Parton at a library near Rother Ham? No, I missed her! Bill |
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On Thursday, 24 September 2015 21:01:38 UTC+1, Bill Wright wrote:
nt wrote: due to low sales. So buy elsewhere. Anything you want to buy you can pay ott for. No it isn't. It's because the market is relatively captive. Many peple are free to buy elsewhere 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.) that's their choice, they're not forced to. Overpriced goods aren't hard to find in any sector. NT |
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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 |
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"Bill Wright" wrote in message ... GB wrote: Very annoying! To some extent, this is just the same as any spare parts operation - for a car, for example. There is a cost involved in stocking *many* spare parts and only selling small numbers of each item, and that's bound to be reflected in the price. Somebody worked out that building a car from spare parts would cost several times the cost of a finished car. Not comparable. I have no idea why your batteries are more expensive than for golf buggies. Are you comparing with manufacturer's specific parts for named brand buggies, or generic batteries? Same batteries, same make, same capacity, same everything. Different retailer. Bill Prices adjusted for NHS |
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On Thursday, 24 September 2015 19:41:01 UTC+1, Bill Wright wrote:
110Ah deep discharge battery sold through some disability industry outlets: £149.95. Exact same battery sold for golf buggy: £60 Flightsafe device: £30. This is a three pin XLR plug with pins 1 and 2 shorted, in red plastic. This inhibits the scooter operation. Cost of manufacture will be about £1. 115mm rubber tyred jockey wheel, 20mm bo Disability shops: £18. Various other places: about £10. Various scooter keys: Shoprider on/off switch £10. This is standard plastic body toggle switch: £1 from CPC etc. Some old types of scooter uses a standard 1/4" jack plug, shorted out internally, as a key. These are sold for £5 to £12 in disability shops. Some other keys are on standard blanks and my local cobbler with turn them out at £5 each, but if you buy from a disability shop they are likely to be £12 to £15. Bill There are too many parasites making a good living in this country. From bankers to solicitors to retailers. |
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/There are too many parasites making a good living in this country.
From bankers to solicitors to retailers. /Q Tongue in cheek shurely? Jim K |
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"harry" wrote in message ... On Thursday, 24 September 2015 19:41:01 UTC+1, Bill Wright wrote: 110Ah deep discharge battery sold through some disability industry outlets: £149.95. Exact same battery sold for golf buggy: £60 Flightsafe device: £30. This is a three pin XLR plug with pins 1 and 2 shorted, in red plastic. This inhibits the scooter operation. Cost of manufacture will be about £1. 115mm rubber tyred jockey wheel, 20mm bo Disability shops: £18. Various other places: about £10. Various scooter keys: Shoprider on/off switch £10. This is standard plastic body toggle switch: £1 from CPC etc. Some old types of scooter uses a standard 1/4" jack plug, shorted out internally, as a key. These are sold for £5 to £12 in disability shops. Some other keys are on standard blanks and my local cobbler with turn them out at £5 each, but if you buy from a disability shop they are likely to be £12 to £15. There are too many parasites making a good living in this country. From bankers to solicitors to retailers. And arseholes like you that get everyone else to pay higher prices for the electricity they use to pay for your utterly obscene scam. |
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Yes that is correct. Most companies in the low vision world tend to have
huge mark ups. Most the the cctv systems use pretty standard cameras and other bits. The only different bit is the box they are put in. Since some of them have been manufactured for years, one wonders how it is that prices can be over 2000 quid for 20 quids worth of bits. I know tooling cost a are quite hi, but... Do you remember when wee were all told that spectacle frames were a racket and now you can get them anywhere, but they are still a racket, just slightly less of one than before. I bet they are churned out by the truck load. Don't even get me started on blind persons computers. I always suggest a computer built by a competent small shop or similar and shove some public domain software on it and more than halve the cost even of the so called special offers through the disability companies. Brian -- From the Sofa of Brian Gaff Reply address is active Remember, if you don't like where I post or what I say, you don't have to read my posts! :-) "Bill Wright" wrote in message ... 110Ah deep discharge battery sold through some disability industry outlets: £149.95. Exact same battery sold for golf buggy: £60 Flightsafe device: £30. This is a three pin XLR plug with pins 1 and 2 shorted, in red plastic. This inhibits the scooter operation. Cost of manufacture will be about £1. 115mm rubber tyred jockey wheel, 20mm bo Disability shops: £18. Various other places: about £10. Various scooter keys: Shoprider on/off switch £10. This is standard plastic body toggle switch: £1 from CPC etc. Some old types of scooter uses a standard 1/4" jack plug, shorted out internally, as a key. These are sold for £5 to £12 in disability shops. Some other keys are on standard blanks and my local cobbler with turn them out at £5 each, but if you buy from a disability shop they are likely to be £12 to £15. Bill |
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On 24/09/2015 22:47, Jonno wrote:
Bill Wright scribbled 110Ah deep discharge battery sold through some disability industry outlets: £149.95. Exact same battery sold for golf buggy: £60 Flightsafe device: £30. This is a three pin XLR plug with pins 1 and 2 shorted, in red plastic. This inhibits the scooter operation. Cost of manufacture will be about £1. 115mm rubber tyred jockey wheel, 20mm bo Disability shops: £18. Various other places: about £10. Various scooter keys: Shoprider on/off switch £10. This is standard plastic body toggle switch: £1 from CPC etc. Some old types of scooter uses a standard 1/4" jack plug, shorted out internally, as a key. These are sold for £5 to £12 in disability shops. Some other keys are on standard blanks and my local cobbler with turn them out at £5 each, but if you buy from a disability shop they are likely to be £12 to £15. The rip off starts with the cost of the scooters. It is the old rule of caveat emptor, translated let the buyer beware. Shopping around is the first rule for any purchase these days. For example I recently bought a GO-GO Elite scooter for £485 delivered. Two local disabled equipment shops wanted more than £1,600. A total scandal that I am amazed no TV company has investigated or perhaps I blinked. -- Peter Crosland Reply address is valid |
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On 25/09/15 09:17, brightside S9 wrote:
You realise that the rip off is worse than you percieve. Products from the 'disabled shop' are VAT free, not from the 'golf shop'. They shouldn't be selling a battery VAT free. The exemption is only supposed to apply to equipment that has no significant non-disabled use, and is being sold to an individual end user. |
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On 24/09/2015 19:40, Bill Wright wrote:
110Ah deep discharge battery sold through some disability industry outlets: £149.95. Exact same battery sold for golf buggy: £60 Where can you get a truly deep discharge 110AH battery for £65? |
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On 25/09/2015 09:51, David Woolley wrote:
On 25/09/15 09:17, brightside S9 wrote: You realise that the rip off is worse than you percieve. Products from the 'disabled shop' are VAT free, not from the 'golf shop'. They shouldn't be selling a battery VAT free. The exemption is only supposed to apply to equipment that has no significant non-disabled use, and is being sold to an individual end user. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.g...HMCE_CL_000184 Says, "If the batteries were solely designed to operate within the eligible item however, they would be eligible for relief." It's the design that matters. One wonders if putting a label on the battery "Designed for Mobility use only" would be sufficient? Especially if there is another label saying "May damage battery or non-mobility equipment where fitted" which is quite true. The batteries are generally traction/deep discharge rated, so are designed for this type of use. |
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In uk.d-i-y Fredxxx wrote:
On 24/09/2015 19:40, Bill Wright wrote: 110Ah deep discharge battery sold through some disability industry outlets: £149.95. Exact same battery sold for golf buggy: £60 Where can you get a truly deep discharge 110AH battery for £65? Yes, I was wondering that too! :-) Something over £100 is nearer the mark for such a battery and the really posh ones can be considerably more than that. I bought three Leoch 12 volt 100Ah deep cycle batteries a bit over a year ago and they were £109 each. I felt that was a very good price too. -- Chris Green · |
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On 24/09/2015 20:52, Bill Wright wrote:
GB wrote: Very annoying! To some extent, this is just the same as any spare parts operation - for a car, for example. There is a cost involved in stocking *many* spare parts and only selling small numbers of each item, and that's bound to be reflected in the price. Somebody worked out that building a car from spare parts would cost several times the cost of a finished car. Not comparable. Would you care to say why? I have no idea why your batteries are more expensive than for golf buggies. Are you comparing with manufacturer's specific parts for named brand buggies, or generic batteries? Same batteries, same make, same capacity, same everything. Different retailer. I don't know much about golf buggies, but you can't compare generic with manufacturer's spares. Even if they are the same product. That's because they haven't got to have the same wide inventory for generic. So, if you buy a battery for a top brand golf buggy from one of their dealers, how much does that cost? Otherwise, as you say, it's not comparable. Bill |
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On 24/09/2015 21:09, michael adams wrote:
"GB" wrote in message ... On 24/09/2015 19:40, Bill Wright wrote: 110Ah deep discharge battery sold through some disability industry outlets: £149.95. Exact same battery sold for golf buggy: £60 Flightsafe device: £30. This is a three pin XLR plug with pins 1 and 2 shorted, in red plastic. This inhibits the scooter operation. Cost of manufacture will be about £1. 115mm rubber tyred jockey wheel, 20mm bo Disability shops: £18. Various other places: about £10. Various scooter keys: Shoprider on/off switch £10. This is standard plastic body toggle switch: £1 from CPC etc. Some old types of scooter uses a standard 1/4" jack plug, shorted out internally, as a key. These are sold for £5 to £12 in disability shops. Some other keys are on standard blanks and my local cobbler with turn them out at £5 each, but if you buy from a disability shop they are likely to be £12 to £15. Very annoying! To some extent, this is just the same as any spare parts operation - for a car, for example. But that doesn't explain why the same battery is available for a golf buggy for 40% of the price. Or the toggle switch which is widely available elsewhere at 1/10th of the price. Or the keys which cost three times as much in a disabilty shop as in a key cutting kiosk. One possibility is that the disability shop orders the keys in from the manufacturer. Clearly, that's not the same process as the key cutting kiosk. For a start, you need to have the key to begin with to use the kiosk. You'd be the first to complain if the manufacturers of the scooter were unable to supply a key just from the ID number of the scooter. |
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Jonno wrote:
Bill Wright scribbled 110Ah deep discharge battery sold through some disability industry outlets: £149.95. Exact same battery sold for golf buggy: £60 Flightsafe device: £30. This is a three pin XLR plug with pins 1 and 2 shorted, in red plastic. This inhibits the scooter operation. Cost of manufacture will be about £1. 115mm rubber tyred jockey wheel, 20mm bo Disability shops: £18. Various other places: about £10. Various scooter keys: Shoprider on/off switch £10. This is standard plastic body toggle switch: £1 from CPC etc. Some old types of scooter uses a standard 1/4" jack plug, shorted out internally, as a key. These are sold for £5 to £12 in disability shops. Some other keys are on standard blanks and my local cobbler with turn them out at £5 each, but if you buy from a disability shop they are likely to be £12 to £15. The rip off starts with the cost of the scooters. In a shop near here Hil's 'Baby Bug is £1,850. We bought if off the internet for £780. The after sales service was fine. In a shop near here Hil's 'Big Bug is £4,999. We bought if off the internet for £2,100. The after sales service was fine. Bill |
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On 24/09/2015 21:01, Bill Wright wrote:
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.) The market is not captive. The disabled have the SAME option as anyone else to shop elsewhere. This is no different to many uniformed people using the DIY sheds where the price is often twice+ that most of us reading this group would pay. -- mailto: news {at} admac {dot] myzen {dot} co {dot} uk |
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David Woolley wrote:
On 25/09/15 09:17, brightside S9 wrote: You realise that the rip off is worse than you percieve. Products from the 'disabled shop' are VAT free, not from the 'golf shop'. They shouldn't be selling a battery VAT free. The exemption is only supposed to apply to equipment that has no significant non-disabled use, and is being sold to an individual end user. I'm well aware of the VAT situation. You are wrong. The exemption applies to batteries for scooters. Bill |
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Fredxxx wrote:
On 25/09/2015 09:51, David Woolley wrote: On 25/09/15 09:17, brightside S9 wrote: You realise that the rip off is worse than you percieve. Products from the 'disabled shop' are VAT free, not from the 'golf shop'. They shouldn't be selling a battery VAT free. The exemption is only supposed to apply to equipment that has no significant non-disabled use, and is being sold to an individual end user. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.g...HMCE_CL_000184 Says, "If the batteries were solely designed to operate within the eligible item however, they would be eligible for relief." It's the design that matters. One wonders if putting a label on the battery "Designed for Mobility use only" would be sufficient? Especially if there is another label saying "May damage battery or non-mobility equipment where fitted" which is quite true. The batteries are generally traction/deep discharge rated, so are designed for this type of use. The reality is that if you buy from a retailer selling mostly disability kit and if you sign the declaration you don't pay the VAT. Done it loads of times. Bill |
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On 25/09/2015 12:25, Jethro_uk wrote:
IIRC there were 3 possible heights, across 6 wards for the ignition. 5 wards for the doors. This was up to 1983/4. Ah, in the days when you had a different key for the ignition, each door and the boot (and the petrol cap!) |
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On Fri, 25 Sep 2015 12:58:14 +0100, alan_m wrote:
On 24/09/2015 21:01, Bill Wright wrote: 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.) The market is not captive. The disabled have the SAME option as anyone else to shop elsewhere. This is no different to many uniformed people using the DIY sheds where the price is often twice+ that most of us reading this group would pay. That's the military, police and fire service for you! :-) |
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On 24/09/2015 21:07, Bill Wright wrote:
Better call at the Grand Ol Opry if ever you're in the USA. You might get to like other C& W tracks like I Flushed You From The Toilets Of My Heart, Get Your Tongue Outta My Mouth 'Cause I'm Kissing You Goodbye, My John Deere Was Breaking Your Field While Your Dear John Was Breaking My Heart, You Can't Have Your Kate And Edith Too, If You Don't Believe I Love You Just Ask My Wife, and so on . . . There are some quite outrageous songs on youtube too This one from Donovan is about space travel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCpnwJQhoYY This one by David Downing is about contentment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a972Xk3rAxU Enjoy! Jim |
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On 25/09/2015 13:36, Richard Conway wrote:
Ah, in the days when you had a different key for the ignition, each door and the boot (and the petrol cap!) I have nearly got that, except that the same key fits the boot and ignition. It wasn't like that when I bought it, there was a different key for the boot, but it wasn't a good fit, I had to wiggle it a bit to unlock it. I dismantled the boot lock and found that stamped on the barrel was a number which when I checked was the number on the ignition key. Why the person who sold me the car had a different key for the boot, I have no idea. Jim |
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On Thursday, 24 September 2015 19:41:01 UTC+1, Bill Wright wrote:
110Ah deep discharge battery sold through some disability industry outlets: £149.95. Exact same battery sold for golf buggy: £60 could you give the URL as proof please. Havign just brought (2 months ago) 2 55Ah mobility scooter batts and noting the spec differnies between golf buggy battereis short term discharge and mobility scooter batteries are NOT the exact same when I looked 3 months ago. Yes I know things are more expensive at dedicated outlets but that's usually because of the relaively small scale they are and perhaps providing a service. The Kirby vacuum cleaner 'shop' near me closed down a few weeks ago. Bill |
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Bob Eager wrote: 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. The markup must be higher in shop A. Depends on lots of things like overheads etc. Look at a Sainsbury local etc. You don't get the same prices or choice you get in a larger one. They generally stick to the higher profit items. Or a Starbuck's coffee compared to one from a backstreet cafe. It's likely to be even more so with something like a 'disability shop' on the high street, who aren't going to have volume sales. They need to cover the high rates etc. -- *What happens if you get scared half to death twice? * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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