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Can someone please tell me why a heavy duty plastic petrol can from Halfords is £14, and one of similar capacity shaped so you can use it as a lambretta petrol tank is £190?
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One of them comes with stainless steel straps (possibly half an inch too long). And one doesn't.
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Economy of scale I would think
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one seller makes a reasonable profit and the other makes a large profit.

one doesn't leak and the other probably will eventually. :D

one aims its target audience at a group that doesn't like being ripped off, the other targets a group that just accepts it. :shock:

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a.j wrote:Can someone please tell me why a heavy duty plastic petrol can from Halfords is £14, and one of similar capacity shaped so you can use it as a lambretta petrol tank is £190?
I would imagine that it's because if you go to the Wun-Hung-Lo Plastic manufacturing Company and say, "I'd like a million of your standard plastic fuel cans please." they'll cost you 5p each. If you say "could you set up an injection molding process because I want a slightly different shape from standard and by the way I only want a couple of hundred." the price will be rather different.
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ArmandTanzarian wrote:
a.j wrote:Can someone please tell me why a heavy duty plastic petrol can from Halfords is £14, and one of similar capacity shaped so you can use it as a lambretta petrol tank is £190?
I would imagine that it's because if you go to the Wun-Hung-Lo Plastic manufacturing Company and say, "I'd like a million of your standard plastic fuel cans please." they'll cost you 5p each. If you say "could you set up an injection molding process because I want a slightly different shape from standard and by the way I only want a couple of hundred." the price will be rather different.
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10 inch Terror wrote:
ArmandTanzarian wrote:
a.j wrote:Can someone please tell me why a heavy duty plastic petrol can from Halfords is £14, and one of similar capacity shaped so you can use it as a lambretta petrol tank is £190?
I would imagine that it's because if you go to the Wun-Hung-Lo Plastic manufacturing Company and say, "I'd like a million of your standard plastic fuel cans please." they'll cost you 5p each. If you say "could you set up an injection molding process because I want a slightly different shape from standard and by the way I only want a couple of hundred." the price will be rather different.
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+1 but Bristol Mod has a point and there will be an element of 'charging what the market can bare' as there with anything.
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I daresay there may be more paperwork and testing on a petrol tank compared to a petrol can.......EU legislation and all that
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Manufacturing costs plus the effects of supply and demand.
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mick1 wrote:I daresay there may be more paperwork and testing on a petrol tank compared to a petrol can.......EU legislation and all that
for a lambretta, i doubt it.
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