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yellowwelly 
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 Topic: rope pricing- taking the mick?Posted: 23 Jul 13 at 11:16am |
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I've just seen this advertised via a windsurf forum for nearly 30% off the retail price from sailboats.co.uk:
Marlow Excel Racing 4mm - £1.50 per metre This isn't a special offer, or a discount end reel- it's the normal price from what I can only imagine is an outlet with a lot lower volume throughput compared to a dinghy specific chandlery. (It's sold for one function, downhaul rope on a mast extension - not reels of the stuff for continuous spliced control lines) Sailboats wants £2.11 per metre, P&B are slightly cheaper at £2.07 per metre. Dinghy Sailor = MUG!
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iGRF
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Posted: 23 Jul 13 at 11:41am |
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you didn't believe it from me, I told you that we (the dinghy we) are being had over right royally in that post dinghy show offcuts con thread..
Just wait and see what happens if KOW get any traction in sailing, I see there's a summer sail going on now... Edited by iGRF - 23 Jul 13 at 11:43am |
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Thunder Road
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Posted: 23 Jul 13 at 12:30pm |
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I was on a break in Italy and wandered into a boat shop, looked at the rope prices and bought all I might needfor the next 6 months, it was so cheap, around a 40% saving even with the exchange rate!
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L123456
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Posted: 23 Jul 13 at 12:42pm |
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Great ... but when is the sale?
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iGRF
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Posted: 23 Jul 13 at 1:13pm |
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Ruscoe
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Posted: 23 Jul 13 at 1:52pm |
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winging it
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Posted: 23 Jul 13 at 2:42pm |
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I got a price for some reels for club and sailability boats from Dinghy Rope. The price of the reels was more than I could pay per metre from other outlets. Crazy.
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the same, but different...
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Jamesd
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Posted: 24 Jul 13 at 9:37am |
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try spencer rigging in cowes.
There website is awful, but if you ring up, ask to speak to a rigger they literally have every rope under the sun and because they have all that rope they have huge buying power over marlow mafioli liros etc so can sell it cheap. 4mm Excel is cheaper than that
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