Dinghy development: rope pricing- taking the mick?

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rope pricing- taking the mick?

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Topic: rope pricing- taking the mick?

Posted By: yellowwelly
Subject: rope pricing- taking the mick?
Date Posted: 23 Jul 13 at 11:16am

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

http://4boards.co.uk/Windsurf/Accessories/Marlow_4mm_Dyneema_Downhaul_Rope" rel="nofollow - http://4boards.co.uk/Windsurf/Accessories/Marlow_4mm_Dyneema_Downhaul_Rope

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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Posted By: iGRF
Date Posted: 23 Jul 13 at 11:41am

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 https://www.kingofwatersports.com" rel="nofollow - KOW get any traction in sailing, I see there's a summer sail going on now...

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Posted By: Thunder Road
Date Posted: 23 Jul 13 at 12:30pm

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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Finn GBR16 Thunder Road.

Posted By: L123456
Date Posted: 23 Jul 13 at 12:42pm

Originally posted by iGRF

I see there's a summer sail going on now...

Great ... but when is the sale?

Posted By: iGRF
Date Posted: 23 Jul 13 at 1:13pm

Originally posted by L123456

Originally posted by iGRF

I see there's a summer sail going on now...

Great ... but when is the sale?

doh.

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Posted By: Ruscoe
Date Posted: 23 Jul 13 at 1:52pm

Originally posted by yellowwelly

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

http://4boards.co.uk/Windsurf/Accessories/Marlow_4mm_Dyneema_Downhaul_Rope" rel="nofollow - http://4boards.co.uk/Windsurf/Accessories/Marlow_4mm_Dyneema_Downhaul_Rope

Sailboats wants £2.11 per metre, P&B are slightly cheaper at £2.07 per metre.

Dinghy Sailor = MUG!

Got to pay for the developmetn of Fireball sails somehow!

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Posted By: winging it
Date Posted: 23 Jul 13 at 2:42pm

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...

Posted By: Jamesd
Date Posted: 24 Jul 13 at 9:37am

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