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110Ah deep discharge battery sold through some disability industry
outlets: £149.95. Exact same battery sold for golf buggy: £60 Flightsafe device: £30. This is a three pin XLR plug with pins 1 and 2 shorted, in red plastic. This inhibits the scooter operation. Cost of manufacture will be about £1. 115mm rubber tyred jockey wheel, 20mm bo Disability shops: £18. Various other places: about £10. Various scooter keys: Shoprider on/off switch £10. This is standard plastic body toggle switch: £1 from CPC etc. Some old types of scooter uses a standard 1/4" jack plug, shorted out internally, as a key. These are sold for £5 to £12 in disability shops. Some other keys are on standard blanks and my local cobbler with turn them out at £5 each, but if you buy from a disability shop they are likely to be £12 to £15. Bill |
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On 24/09/2015 19:40, Bill Wright wrote:
110Ah deep discharge battery sold through some disability industry outlets: £149.95. Exact same battery sold for golf buggy: £60 Flightsafe device: £30. This is a three pin XLR plug with pins 1 and 2 shorted, in red plastic. This inhibits the scooter operation. Cost of manufacture will be about £1. 115mm rubber tyred jockey wheel, 20mm bo Disability shops: £18. Various other places: about £10. Various scooter keys: Shoprider on/off switch £10. This is standard plastic body toggle switch: £1 from CPC etc. Some old types of scooter uses a standard 1/4" jack plug, shorted out internally, as a key. These are sold for £5 to £12 in disability shops. Some other keys are on standard blanks and my local cobbler with turn them out at £5 each, but if you buy from a disability shop they are likely to be £12 to £15. Very annoying! To some extent, this is just the same as any spare parts operation - for a car, for example. There is a cost involved in stocking *many* spare parts and only selling small numbers of each item, and that's bound to be reflected in the price. Somebody worked out that building a car from spare parts would cost several times the cost of a finished car. I have no idea why your batteries are more expensive than for golf buggies. Are you comparing with manufacturer's specific parts for named brand buggies, or generic batteries? |
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"GB" wrote in message
... On 24/09/2015 19:40, Bill Wright wrote: 110Ah deep discharge battery sold through some disability industry outlets: £149.95. Exact same battery sold for golf buggy: £60 Flightsafe device: £30. This is a three pin XLR plug with pins 1 and 2 shorted, in red plastic. This inhibits the scooter operation. Cost of manufacture will be about £1. 115mm rubber tyred jockey wheel, 20mm bo Disability shops: £18. Various other places: about £10. Various scooter keys: Shoprider on/off switch £10. This is standard plastic body toggle switch: £1 from CPC etc. Some old types of scooter uses a standard 1/4" jack plug, shorted out internally, as a key. These are sold for £5 to £12 in disability shops. Some other keys are on standard blanks and my local cobbler with turn them out at £5 each, but if you buy from a disability shop they are likely to be £12 to £15. Very annoying! To some extent, this is just the same as any spare parts operation - for a car, for example. There is a cost involved in stocking *many* spare parts and only selling small numbers of each item, and that's bound to be reflected in the price. Somebody worked out that building a car from spare parts would cost several times the cost of a finished car. That was Johnny Cash AICMFP. -- Adam |
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On 24/09/2015 20:04, ARW wrote:
Somebody worked out that building a car from spare parts would cost several times the cost of a finished car. That was Johnny Cash AICMFP. My favourite country and Johnny Cash record https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWHniL8MyMM -- Mark Please replace invalid and invalid with gmx and net to reply. |
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GB wrote:
Very annoying! To some extent, this is just the same as any spare parts operation - for a car, for example. There is a cost involved in stocking *many* spare parts and only selling small numbers of each item, and that's bound to be reflected in the price. Somebody worked out that building a car from spare parts would cost several times the cost of a finished car. Not comparable. I have no idea why your batteries are more expensive than for golf buggies. Are you comparing with manufacturer's specific parts for named brand buggies, or generic batteries? Same batteries, same make, same capacity, same everything. Different retailer. Bill |
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On Thu, 24 Sep 2015 20:04:35 +0100, ARW wrote:
"GB" wrote in message ... On 24/09/2015 19:40, Bill Wright wrote: 110Ah deep discharge battery sold through some disability industry outlets: £149.95. Exact same battery sold for golf buggy: £60 Flightsafe device: £30. This is a three pin XLR plug with pins 1 and 2 shorted, in red plastic. This inhibits the scooter operation. Cost of manufacture will be about £1. 115mm rubber tyred jockey wheel, 20mm bo Disability shops: £18. Various other places: about £10. Various scooter keys: Shoprider on/off switch £10. This is standard plastic body toggle switch: £1 from CPC etc. Some old types of scooter uses a standard 1/4" jack plug, shorted out internally, as a key. These are sold for £5 to £12 in disability shops. Some other keys are on standard blanks and my local cobbler with turn them out at £5 each, but if you buy from a disability shop they are likely to be £12 to £15. Very annoying! To some extent, this is just the same as any spare parts operation - for a car, for example. There is a cost involved in stocking *many* spare parts and only selling small numbers of each item, and that's bound to be reflected in the price. Somebody worked out that building a car from spare parts would cost several times the cost of a finished car. That was Johnny Cash AICMFP. Well, the parts cost home nothing in the song! |
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Mark Carver wrote:
That was Johnny Cash AICMFP. My favourite country and Johnny Cash record https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWHniL8MyMM Better call at the Grand Ol Opry if ever you're in the USA. You might get to like other C & W tracks like I Flushed You From The Toilets Of My Heart, Get Your Tongue Outta My Mouth 'Cause I'm Kissing You Goodbye, My John Deere Was Breaking Your Field While Your Dear John Was Breaking My Heart, You Can't Have Your Kate And Edith Too, If You Don't Believe I Love You Just Ask My Wife, and so on . . . Bill |
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![]() "GB" wrote in message ... On 24/09/2015 19:40, Bill Wright wrote: 110Ah deep discharge battery sold through some disability industry outlets: £149.95. Exact same battery sold for golf buggy: £60 Flightsafe device: £30. This is a three pin XLR plug with pins 1 and 2 shorted, in red plastic. This inhibits the scooter operation. Cost of manufacture will be about £1. 115mm rubber tyred jockey wheel, 20mm bo Disability shops: £18. Various other places: about £10. Various scooter keys: Shoprider on/off switch £10. This is standard plastic body toggle switch: £1 from CPC etc. Some old types of scooter uses a standard 1/4" jack plug, shorted out internally, as a key. These are sold for £5 to £12 in disability shops. Some other keys are on standard blanks and my local cobbler with turn them out at £5 each, but if you buy from a disability shop they are likely to be £12 to £15. Very annoying! To some extent, this is just the same as any spare parts operation - for a car, for example. But that doesn't explain why the same battery is available for a golf buggy for 40% of the price. Or the toggle switch which is widely available elsewhere at 1/10th of the price. Or the keys which cost three times as much in a disabilty shop as in a key cutting kiosk. michael adams .... |
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On Thu, 24 Sep 2015 21:07:08 +0100, Bill Wright
wrote: Mark Carver wrote: That was Johnny Cash AICMFP. My favourite country and Johnny Cash record https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWHniL8MyMM Better call at the Grand Ol Opry if ever you're in the USA. You might get to like other C & W tracks like I Flushed You From The Toilets Of My Heart, Get Your Tongue Outta My Mouth 'Cause I'm Kissing You Goodbye, My John Deere Was Breaking Your Field While Your Dear John Was Breaking My Heart, You Can't Have Your Kate And Edith Too, If You Don't Believe I Love You Just Ask My Wife, and so on . . . Bill I expect you'll have met Dolly Parton at a library near Rother Ham? -- Graham. %Profound_observation% |
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Graham. wrote:
I expect you'll have met Dolly Parton at a library near Rother Ham? No, I missed her! Bill |
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