shaun4860 Posted October 15, 2016 Report Share Posted October 15, 2016 Our dealer as well as Bywell Shooting Ground has told me of massive increase in prices as of Monday, Eley RC To start with and you can guarantee others will follow, Eley have been holding stocks back so can release when prices go up, They have also stopped making Imperial (dirt cheap cartridges) as it's taking away sales from there other budget cartridges..... Worrying times ahead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaymo Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 Well if components are sourced overseas and with the falling pound due to Brexit concerns then was inevitable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt1980 Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 Was talking bout the same thing a couple of days ago, picked up some carts for a few mates and they'd all seemed to gone up a bit, not much but they usually just creep them up a pound or 2 a slap. Cheap clay stuff is now £39-£40 and fibre game is £60+ for anything now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun4860 Posted October 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 Figures mentioned were 20% of one source and around £20 per thousand off another, Seems very steep but will have to wait and see If either are anywhere close then it's bad news, These were clay cartridge prices by the way but I can't see them doing one and not the other Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt1980 Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 Used to able to get clay loads for about £35, so £20/1000 increase is about right to what they've already gone up by. Express English Sporter are cheapest I think at the minute, I can check trade price list tomorrow 😉 RC have never been cheap, not quite Gamebore money tho, bet they're hoping they don't have to push prices up!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matone Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 Last big jump was the lead price,strangely they didn`t come down when lead prices fell...................... There was a substantial overnight increase about 6 wks ago too on Justcarts ,Bywell & other websites but no one seemed to pick up on it as it was well before most peoples game season started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 im paying now for rc2 28grams 6 shot, £45 for 250. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norfolk dumpling Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 Heard it was cost of lead - Chinese again buying up huge quantities - coupled with value of pound and possibly manufacturers capitalising on the rumours to add a few quid too. We may see a lot of this where we are dependant upon a) foreign suppliers and b) Remain supporters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masmiffy Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 bend over and prepare to get reamed!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 hello, shame about the imperials i like using those, might see if any one selling some old stock or pre price hike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbird Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 bend over and prepare to get reamed!!!! Not only on cartridges every thing is going to rocket over next few months thanks to the folks that voted out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triumphant59 Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 For all that voted out, thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilksy II Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 I'll pay a bit more for carts if it means we're free from Europe, imagine how much strawberrys are going to be next year when they have to pay Brits to pick them! Nightmare! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 Not being a clay shooter this wont have a massive effect on me to be honest, but I can see how it would on competitive clay shooters. As John Humphreys was often keen to point out; as a percentage of the weekly wage cartridges are as cheap as chips compared to 60 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElvisThePelvis Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 Most manufacturers and distributors for all industries will use this as an opportunity to grab more cash, their costs go up by 10% and pass on 17.5% to us, no one complains. Many manufacturers feel U.K. Has had it too good for too long, racketeering... Don't forget all of these companies will have a currency strategy to cope with much of this downside so their real cost increase may be less than 2-3% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElvisThePelvis Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 (edited) oops duplication Edited October 16, 2016 by ElvisThePelvis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastdevon Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 It not just cartridges that are going up in price, look around and you will see pretty much everything is going up in price - for example fuel prices! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 Tell me how much is a packet of fags or a pint of beer these days ? I get far more pleasure out of 25 cartridges Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay_Russell Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 I tried a couple of boxes of RC Sipe 32g fibre yesterday, and I've never shot so well I paid 6.60 a box.. a slab is 66 quid. I'm hoping when I go back to pic up a slab they havnt gone up, really liked the cartridge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnytheboy Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 I think it's time to support UK manufacturing, Hull and Proper are the only UK owned manufacturers, as we know others such as Eley and Gamebore assemble in the U.K. but they are foreign owned! Proper do an exact copy of the RC Sipe much cheaper! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevo Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 just because bywell is putting there prices up it does not mean everyone else will , bywell is pretty cheep compared to a lot places , maybe there just putting up prices in line with others and now trying to justify it to its regular shooters , just cartridges have over the past month have infact dropped the price on a couple of well know shells , the two local rfds to me know nothing of " massive price increases " so the answers simple, buy from elsewhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sishyplops Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 For all that voted out, thank you! You're welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbrowning2 Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 Most manufacturers and distributors for all industries will use this as an opportunity to grab more cash, their costs go up by 10% and pass on 17.5% to us, no one complains. Many manufacturers feel U.K. Has had it too good for too long, racketeering... Don't forget all of these companies will have a currency strategy to cope with much of this downside so their real cost increase may be less than 2-3% I think the real pain is not with the large manufactures or distributors who are quick to pass the increases on to the retailer, but the retailer who is then struggling to pass the increases on to the customers. The retailer is at the sharp end and face a daily struggle to stay in business. Shooting is for most a recreational hobby which if times get tuff you can chose to do less or buy that new gun next year so ever increasing prices are a threat to the retailers. One supplier I was recently speaking to was taking a hit on the price of new stock by not passing on the price increases in the fear that by doing so would result in less sales and the hope that better times will soon return and the pound increase in value and normal profit be restored how long they can do that for remains to be seen and it may not be long. I think it's time to support UK manufacturing, Hull and Proper are the only UK owned manufacturers, as we know others such as Eley and Gamebore assemble in the U.K. but they are foreign owned! Proper do an exact copy of the RC Sipe much cheaper! I think express are uk owned also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 You're welcome +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie&bezza Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 Tell me how much is a packet of fags or a pint of beer these days ? I get far more pleasure out of 25 cartridges A pint of Guinness and a pint of pale ale came to over £8 down my local. Thank god I don't go drinking much. Ridiculous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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