Cartridge prices shock

[Rupert]

The margins on a shell sale are slim for retailers, turnover is key, make a tenner on a thousand,sell half a million a year, soon builds up in the back ground, it quick business too, Folk who want shells dont come in tying up staff trying this and that, Its a thousand of then satsuma castanet turbo nutter super missalots in 12g please bosh heres ya money im off.

Edited April 28, 2017 by Rupert

[Granett]

The unhighlighted bit makes sense, but I am sorry that I don't understand the highlighted bit in relation to the quoted post.

 

Edit:

PS With this subject and with no idea of actual production costs, as ever we'll end up going nowhere and it might just be worth noting that the Op legged it four days and 75 posts ago.

I agree with your post, but I think this thread is predicated on a misunderstanding of basic economics. I doubt there's any massive profit in it all, and the recent increase is just about the 150% cost of lead relative to June last year.

[wymberley]

I agree with your post, but I think this thread is predicated on a misunderstanding of basic economics. I doubt there's any massive profit in it all, and the recent increase is just about the 150% cost of lead relative to June last year.

Cheers.

[TIGHTCHOKE]

But this thread does allow a lot of people to bemoan the imagined excesses of those cartridge manufacturers driving around in their Rangerovers!

[figgy]

If they weren't making money out of them they wouldn't be selling them. The economics are very easy when they're expensive shoot less of them, it's much cheaper that way and you save money

 

When they drop in price or on offer buy more shoot more.

 

Any who don't like the manufacturers running around in expensive motors don't buy that make of carts.

[Jaymo]

In the mid 1980s shells were around £80-90 per thousand. Given the passage of time and inflation, they are still relatively cheap.

Gordon and I don't always agree on things but his statement is oh so very true.

[figgy]

Tv and electrical goods cost a lot more in percentage of your wages too back then. Today's prices with scale of economy and fully automated machines to make all the components and the carts themselves, they should never cost the same today as they did back then.

[Jaymo]

Figgy

Poss supply and demand-- everyone and his dog has a tv or two, but not everyone has a shotgun!

[Wilts#Dave]

The latest increases are hardly gradual though.....overnight my local shop has increased their budget pigeon load (velocity plus) from £199/thousand to £239/thousand. That's some increase and they'd already gone up several times in the last year or two.

[oldypigeonpopper]

The latest increases are hardly gradual though.....overnight my local shop has increased their budget pigeon load (velocity plus) from £199/thousand to £239/thousand. That's some increase and they'd already gone up several times in the last year or two.

hello, where are you in wilts dave?, just carts near abingdon have some classic pigeon 6 in 30g at £200 x 1000/ fibre or fiocci F3 28g 6 plastic £180 x 1000

Edited April 30, 2017 by oldypigeonpopper

[Vince Green]

Its more down to exchange rates than anything else, all the components come from abroad