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Companies will also charge what people are prepared to pay.
A UK example: CarpetRight wanted to charge me about £2.20 per meter for carpet grippers. Sourced on Tinternet I bought them in bulk for about 20p per meter. Naturally, I told 'em no thanks.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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Thanks, that makes sense.
Biscuits of similar quality are available here for around Rs. 100/- or less, whereas normal biscuits like marie are sold for Rs. 15 or so.
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
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Carpet grippers and underlay are to CarpetRight what USB Leads are to PC World...
They compete on the price on the main item, then make up the profit with the extras.
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SeptimusHedgehog 151576 wrote: A UK example: CarpetRight wanted to charge me about £2.20 per meter for carpet grippers.
Should have bought it per metre, would've been cheaper than that imported meter shite.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Exactly.
I ended up going to a shop and paying EUR 50 for a laptop display inverter, because I couldn't wait two weeks for the same item to be delivered to my door for EUR 20.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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There is no tax on food in Australia. It's called price gouging and if you look at most items sold internationally the price varies e.g. Big Mac. Some markets therefore have a bigger markup (unit profit) than others.
Peter Wasser
Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.
Frank Zappa
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Supply and demand. Nothing has a real price.
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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An account manager from the Aussie office brought us in some Tim Tams (to the UK office) and told us that people use them as a straw to drink hot drinks. Bite a corner off either side, dip it in your drink and suck. Of course those of us brave enough to try this ingenius mix or tea and biscuit found ourself sticky rather quickly, with the Tim Tam melting with the influx of warm liquid. At the very least it was a good laugh.
We have penguins in the UK, pretty much a Tim Tam without all the flavouring, they also include the cheesest jokes on the planet.
Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer)
www.simonshugar.co.uk
"If something goes by a false name, would it mean that thing is fake? False by nature?" By Gilbert Durandil
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I though that it was only me who failed see the difference (joke aside) between Tim Tams and Penguins, do Tim Tams in there native state have a wrapper and can be purchased individually?
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Yeah, we did that with a cup of hot coffee and it melted away before we could finish the drink. The amalgam of chocolate coating and the coffee was nice to drink though. 
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
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You also have to take costs for the employees and warehouses doing distribution and storing. Also having a contract with local stores to sell them might make a difference varying by country.
Besides when you CAN sell them with a high profit margin, why shouldn't you? (e.g. Apple also has very high profit margins on the products they sell and people are buying them).
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Nicholas Marty wrote: Besides when you CAN sell them with a high profit margin, why shouldn't you? (e.g. Apple also has very high profit margins on the products they sell and people are buying them).
That's very correct.
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
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The cost of running a store in Bangalore is probably just a little bit cheaper than running one in Sydney. In this case it apparently is working out as a larger savings than the import costs.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Loved it!
On about car parking, I picked Mrs. Wife up at 'eefrow airport Term'nal 5 last Sundee morn'n. Never tell whoever owns it they ain't makin' dosh by the barrer load. I was there 2hrs 15mins and the exit cost was £12.70. Bloody 'ell, they know how to milk yer wallet, dun't they?
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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That's costly!
In the USA at the same cost, you can park for couple of days in airport long-term parking lot.
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In India, you could get your car get serviced for that kinda money. 
OK, I may be exaggerating a little, but you get the point.
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
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My dad picked us up from Manchester airport earlier in the year, £15 they charged him for parking whilst waiting (just over 2 hours).
It took an age for our luggage to come through, although it was late at night and no other plane coming in that I could see.
I suspect they add in delays at various stages just to make more from car parking.
“I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck.” Bill Hicks
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See my answer, they game you and you game them.
speramus in juniperus
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Young Padwa you have much to learn.
Never EVER enter an airport car park until the very last minute. I would recommend for all of Heathrow landing + 45 minutes if there's no baggage or baggage in hall + 30 otherwise. If you've both got mobiles, the bestest bet is to meet at the passenger drop off as it is free [or was a month ago].
speramus in juniperus
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Luton [Gateway to Paradise] also charges to drop people off, but it's cheaper IIRC than the short term car park.
speramus in juniperus
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East Mids has been doing it for years, but if you spend more than ten minutes there you get £100 fine.
“I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck.” Bill Hicks
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: Luton [Gateway to Paradise] also charges to drop people off
... But everyone is happy to pay to get out of there.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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