I reckon these may be a rort.
Have just been drawing up the next three months' budget for my fleet (exceeds current forecast earnings by 20% - whoops ) and boggling at the cost of ordinary old brake fluid.
Really, is there any reason known other than "because they can" for why manufacturers of glycol type fluids price them as they do? It's hardly new technology, so not as if there are R&D costs to wear off.
DOT3/4: So Darned Expensive!
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Re: DOT3/4: So Darned Expensive!
I never buy the stuff - oh the joy of hydraulic Citroens
I really do believe they just charge what they can get away with. After all (nearly) everybody needs it so they have a captive audience...
Take inkjet printer ink cartridges as an example. The ink is one of the costliest substances on the planet and a great moneyspinner for the makers.
LHM is not exactly cheap either these days...
I really do believe they just charge what they can get away with. After all (nearly) everybody needs it so they have a captive audience...
Take inkjet printer ink cartridges as an example. The ink is one of the costliest substances on the planet and a great moneyspinner for the makers.
LHM is not exactly cheap either these days...
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Re: DOT3/4: So Darned Expensive!
what do you call expencive Adam
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regards malcolm
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Re: DOT3/4: So Darned Expensive!
Its a case of the good old "what the market is prepared to pay".
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Re: DOT3/4: So Darned Expensive!
18quid for 5 litres at unipart last week.
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French Mistresses gone.
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French Mistresses gone.
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Re: DOT3/4: So Darned Expensive!
Well, the filled cartridges are certainly expensive, but bulk ink isn't.Take inkjet printer ink cartridges as an example. The ink is one of the costliest substances on the planet and a great moneyspinner for the makers.
If you buy a continuous ink system, ink costs become insignificant, and you don't have the hassle of changing carts.
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Re: DOT3/4: So Darned Expensive!
I bought a photosmart HP for that very reason dnsey, it's almost free to print photos/anything else!