In article ,
Don Pearce wrote:
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.

It was explained to be that Maplin charge like this to cover the cost of
the assistant walking to the shelf to get your resistor. In which case
they could sell them in packets of 10 at the same price and keep everyone
happy.

--
*Does fuzzy logic tickle? *

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.