Drennan hook prices....

[tigger]

I picked a couple of packs of super spades up yesterday and noticed they gone up to £1.50 a pack .
The shop assistant said it's because of brexit, I said what a load of nonsense, drennan don't get their hooks from europe!

Recently I used some Mustad 60006BR wide gape super power long points in 14's and they where spot on, has anyone else used them?

 

[john step]

I picked a couple of packs of super spades up yesterday and noticed they gone up to £1.50 a pack .
The shop assistant said it's because of brexit, I said what a load of nonsense,

Similarly do you remember when we went decimal and it was a glorified excuse to put all the prices up

 

[tigger]

Similarly do you remember when we went decimal and it was a glorified excuse to put all the prices up

I remember the chippies putting the price of cjips up because of the very wet weather and a bad pick, they never dropped the prices the following year when they had a bumper crop!
They'll think of anything to get more coin out of your hands. Only way to hit them back is to go shop elsewhere .

 

[sam vimes]

It may well be a fine excuse to hike prices. However, most imported goods are bought in Dollars and/or Euros. The Sterling exchange rate for either has been impacted negatively by Brexit. UK exported goods become cheaper overseas, anything imported, from the EU or elsewhere, gets more expensive here.

 

[Philip]

I remember when I used to buy those little boxes of Super Specialists...I think you got 50 in a box for something like £3...now its £1.50 for a packet of 10.

Still cheap compared to others but the price keeps creeping up.

 

[tigger]

I remember when I used to buy those little boxes of Super Specialists...I think you got 50 in a box for something like £3...now its £1.50 for a packet of 10.

Still cheap compared to others but the price keeps creeping up.

Agreed, the specialists are still a decent buy. The much smaller and lighter super spades etc are imo priced to high for what they are. Lets face it you can't really re-sharpen them... they're pretty much a throw away hook which is fine so long as they're priced accordingly. I often get through a few in a session as they don't take long to go blunt and sometimes the barb goes to pot.

 

[hawb811]

guru have pushed the prices up by what I think is overcharging for their products, they are dearer than everyone else and when the others see they are paying it the greed sets in

 

[Richox12]

Why is it greed ?? As sam has said, since last June imported goods bought in USD or JPY etc cost much more than they did. Retail price rises are inevitable. I'm actually surprised it's taken well over a year to hit the shops and they are as LOW as they are.

 

[sis the roach]

so whi they take the vat off the prices because when we went in to it thats when they said we were to pay it as you have said the hooks are made in japan

 

[robcourt82]

I've noticed an increase in prices of lots of things recently. One manufacture was selling a pole that had 999 in the name for ironically enough £999 its now on sale for £1099 and another company was selling the "best pole available for under a grand" which now costs 1250 quid.
I'm sure brexit and the economy will be blamed for it but I wonder just how brexit can add a quarter of an item's value to its price.

 

[tigger]

Brexit is just an excuse manufacturers need to add a few extra quid. They'll rely on people blaming the price hikes the UK for leaving the EU....

 

[sam vimes]

Inflation is increasing and the pound is weaker against the Dollar and Euro. Whether we like it or not, and whether the brands add a bit more to increase their profit, is immaterial. Such economic fluctuations do impact on retail prices. Whether all economic influences can be fairly blamed on Brexit is debatable, but the drop in the value of the pound just happened to coincide with the results of the vote.

Every time something causes retail prices to increase, businesses are likely to add a that bit extra to boost profits. It's simply the way of the world. If something causes a wholesaler to add five pence to the cost of an item, it's likely to see a retailer adding closer to fifteen pence. Then you may find that £1.50 item is £1.65 and the retailer may just think that adding another five or ten pence isn't a bad idea (from his point of view).

Ultimately, all you can do, if you don't like it, is take your custom elsewhere.

 

[tigger]

If something causes a wholesaler to add five pence to the cost of an item, it's likely to see a retailer adding closer to fifteen pence. Then you may find that £1.50 item is £1.65 and the retailer may just think that adding another five or ten pence isn't a bad idea (from his point of view).

Ultimately, all you can do, if you don't like it, is take your custom elsewhere.

Exactly, that's one reason a lot of shops crumble....the owners greed gene takes hold, no discounts for anyone, everything at full retail prices etc etc. IMO that's noway to run a thriving business.

That's what I do Chris and those shops I deal with are booming because i'm not the only one who dislikes greedy shop owners. Those shops I use are booming with their shelves packed out, loads of various tackle etc.
The penny pinching shops have sparsely stocked shelves and there's never a que at the counter! The only reason those shops stay open is because they're usually positioned in a good spot and very often people can't be bothered to travel especially if in a rush.

 

[Richox12]

$1.55 to $1.29 is 20%

 

[Peter Jacobs]

I've noticed an increase in prices of lots of things recently. One manufacture was selling a pole that had 999 in the name for ironically enough £999 its now on sale for £1099 and another company was selling the "best pole available for under a grand" which now costs 1250 quid.
I'm sure brexit and the economy will be blamed for it but I wonder just how brexit can add a quarter of an item's value to its price.

Rob, without getting into possible political comments, anything we purchase from outside of the UK will be paid for in foreign currencies.

Since June 2016 we have experienced close to a 20% loss in the value of Sterling, so it follows, logically, that prices will increase accordingly.

For a relatively short period of time the real impacts of this huge loss have been masked by the fact that large users of foreign currencies hedge their risks by buying on the futures market.

In addition, for months now importers, wholesalers and retailers have been absorbing some of these increases, (and suffering lower than expected profits accordingly) but now it is evident that this is not to be a temporary "dip" then we will all see prices increasing drastically in the coming months.

C'est la vie avec Brexit . . . . . . mon ami

 

[browndog]

Of course the price increase should only apply to new stock! no repricing over old price tickets.

 

[Philip]

One thing I did notice when the continent switched over to the Euro was that it gave everyone an opportunity to basically make up new prices for things.

For example 9.99 Euros sounds allot better than 20,000 Lira so vendors just stuck whatever new price they liked on things in the hope that people would be dumb enough to think they were getting a bargain ..."NOW ONLY 19.99 Euros!" mg: