On Mon, 30 Nov 2015 21:52:08 +0000, Chris J Dixon
wrote:

Don Pearce wrote:

On Mon, 30 Nov 2015 20:11:16 +0000, Chris J Dixon
wrote:

Don Pearce wrote:

On Mon, 30 Nov 2015 10:51:05 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

Noticed that Maplin charge 36p for one resistor that I pay 1.20 for 100
elsewhere. ;-)

Our factory buys resistors at 0.01 cents (one hundredth of a cent, for
clarity).

And what is the average annual value of your orders from that
supplier?

Upwards of a million

'nuf said. ;-)


I know, but clearly they are still making a profit at that price.
There can't be so many middle men between them and Maplin. Someone
somewhere is getting very rich.

d

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