Halfords v Scooter dealer.

[a.j]

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?

[Muttley McLadd]

One of them comes with stainless steel straps (possibly half an inch too long). And one doesn't.

[jason frost]

Economy of scale I would think

[bristolmod]

one seller makes a reasonable profit and the other makes a large profit.

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

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

Chris

[ArmandTanzarian]

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.

[10 inch Terror]

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.

Bingo!

[coaster]

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.

Bingo!

+1 but Bristol Mod has a point and there will be an element of 'charging what the market can bare' as there with anything.

[mick1]

I daresay there may be more paperwork and testing on a petrol tank compared to a petrol can.......EU legislation and all that

[Jxmiddle]

Manufacturing costs plus the effects of supply and demand.

[dutch]

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.