Baz Juniper <[email protected]> wrote: >On 25 Feb 2010, at 16:50, Adrian Stott wrote: > >> "roger_millin" <[email protected]> >> wrote: > >>> Now that looks identical to the tiles that I was looking for as >>> far as I can tell from a picture alone. If it is then it is superb >>> value if you want black. > >> But do you really think so? How can a simple plastic extrusion lie >> this rate a price of £4? > >Well, there's a bit of precision engineering, relatively small >volumes of product are involved and oil, presumably a principal >component of the plastic, is drifting back up towards USD80/barrel.
Sure. But look at all the other plastic doodads you can buy for a quid or less. >However, it strikes me that this is a prime example of pricing at the >level the market can bear. Deck tiles are largely going to be bought >by owners of decks, and these have a tendency to be attached to >expensive bits of real estate or leisure vessels. I imagine that >purchasers are therefore going to be less inclined to be put off by >higher prices. But then I'm no economist. I agree. For me, the offered price is above the level I find acceptable. So I won't be buying. Of course the pricing wouldn't be cost-plus. But the margin the current pricing suggests does suggest an opportunity for more competition. It's interesting that the much-lower-priced Homebase product was marketed as useful in gardens. Adrian Adrian Stott 07956-299966
