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Posted by Trish Brown on July 15, 2008, 1:03 am
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>> 0tterbot wrote:
>>> Just
>>>> as an example: a garden fork costing $39 at Bunnings was $72 at the
>>>> nursery! Same brand, same size, same everything. Vastly different price!
>>> that really only means the fork is worth $72 but you got it cheaper. by
>>> this point everyone knows that bunnings (and so forth) do that. bringing
>>> down the public's expectations of what things are actually "worth" is
>>> part of the problem.
>>>
>>> if i want cheap tools, i buy second-hand anyway. my forks were a few
>>> dollars each :-) (probably that's all they're "worth", too <g>)
>>> kylie
>> ROTFLMAO! Let me tell you, I had no problem at all paying $39 instead of
>> $72!
>>
>> Yes, I understand the supermarket mentality as well as anyone, however I'm
>> not silly enough to stand on ceremony and fork out (Hee! I did a pun!)
>> almost double the amount of money for an item.
>>
>> It has been my experience that things are 'worth' what the market will
>> bear.
>
> no. that's just one way (of several) of setting a sale price; generally used
> in conjunction with other factors. it's no reflection of "worth". bunnings
> advertising insinuates they're actually performing some sort of public
> service.
>
> For example, I started working in the computer industry 'way back
>> when it was a pretty rarified atmosphere and needed consultants such as my
>> good self to ease people into their first computer purchase. We used to
>> make 32% in retail sales. When I left the industry in the mid-1990s, all
>> we could make was a bare 8% and struggled to earn extra with value-added
>> services. Today, I shudder to think what small businesses make compared to
>> the huge buying power of the chain stores. But we, the consumer, want
>> cheaper prices and ease of access and one-stop shopping.
>
> well i'm a citizen & human being, not a "consumer", so apparently i don't
> :-)
>
>> We certainly do get what we pay for, I find.
>
> yes and no. further to my second-hand fork experience, i have two
> second-hand ones (several dollars each) and a new one dh bought. the first
> thing i did to my new fork was bent one of the tines on a hidden rock. i
> suppose now it's only worth as much as its two fellow forks, isn't it?
> seeing as i have no preference for any of them over the others, they are all
> "worth" the same anyway, notwithstanding bent tines or not. in 5 years'
> time, i'll have used the old ones as much as the newer one with the same
> result (forked ground, one hopes, not bent tines!), therefore there can be
> no drop in "worth" in any of them unless they become unusable.
>
> so i would say, if you don't think a fork is "worth" wholesale cost plus
> ordinary retail markup (i.e. $72), by all means don't pay it - get a second
> hand one for $5. that's more clever than giving $39 to a company whose
> policy is to drive out all competition (up to and including coffee & cakes,
> for heaven's sake), thus enabling themselves to sell $39 forks to people who
> are currently unemployed because their workplace folded under the pressure
> of bunnings existence. :-)
> kylie
>
>
>
Geez, Otterbot, did you have a punnet of Bunnings seedlings die on you
or something? You sure don't like 'em! ;-D
By all means, go ahead and choke Bunnings out of the marketplace by
purchasing your forks for $5! Until you succeed, however, I'll be a
happy customer and purchase mine for $39. The one I've got seems to be
quite stout and it'll be a while till I need to replace it.
Just for my info, where *does* one get a good second-hand garden fork?
I've never seen one! The only ones I've seen second-hand have had bent
tines or needed their handles replacing (these can be had from Bunnings
for a few dollars...)
I don't quite get your point in this discussion. You seem to be offended
by my shopping at a chain store. If I'm satisfied by my purchases, then
- erm - what are you trying to get across?
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Trish Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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