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Post by simplyloco on Nov 15, 2022 11:49:23 GMT
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Post by ettingtonliam on Nov 15, 2022 12:18:54 GMT
Yes, absolutely everything has gone up, about 50 % in the last 6 months it seems to me when I'm sent to the supermarket.
As a matter of interest, how much was the rotary table when you bought it, in undropped condition?
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Post by uuu on Nov 15, 2022 12:28:27 GMT
I have a 2001 Rotagrip catalogue, listing the Vertex 4" rotary table HV4 at £92 + VAT
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Post by simplyloco on Nov 15, 2022 12:29:00 GMT
Yes, absolutely everything has gone up, about 50 % in the last 6 months it seems to me when I'm sent to the supermarket. As a matter of interest, how much was the rotary table when you bought it, in undropped condition? IIRC about £120. It was a long time ago...! |
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Post by John Baguley on Nov 15, 2022 14:51:43 GMT
Personally, I think a lot of it is to do with suppliers and retailers etc. jumping on the Covid/Ukraine bandwagon and using it as an excuse to hike up prices! Just my opinion of course 
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Post by SteveW on Nov 15, 2022 19:02:50 GMT
Personally, I think a lot of it is to do with suppliers and retailers etc. jumping on the Covid/Ukraine bandwagon and using it as an excuse to hike up prices! Just my opinion of course John
Not forgetting the pound has been in the toilet for ages. Another interesting one is the cost of shipping and containers has rocketed making anything from the far side of the Suez Canal eye wateringly expensive. Does anyone still remember when this stuff was made here and was affordable? Me neither. |
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Post by simplyloco on Nov 15, 2022 19:45:26 GMT
Personally, I think a lot of it is to do with suppliers and retailers etc. jumping on the Covid/Ukraine bandwagon and using it as an excuse to hike up prices! Just my opinion of course John
Not forgetting the pound has been in the toilet for ages. Another interesting one is the cost of shipping and containers has rocketed making anything from the far side of the Suez Canal eye wateringly expensive. Does anyone still remember when this stuff was made here and was affordable? Me neither. I well remember when engineering stuff was made here, and it was not affordable...  |
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Post by jon38r80 on Nov 15, 2022 19:53:06 GMT
I dreamt of owning a lathe etc when I was young and it was completely unaffordable, not so now with Taiwanese, Korean, Chinese and Indian made stuff. The quality is sometimes questionable but things are usually useable with a bit of fettling , minor modification or adaption.
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Post by uuu on Nov 15, 2022 19:53:51 GMT
I'm reminded when I was into cameras many, many years ago, an Olympus camera that retailed at £100 was £20 at the UK docks. So 80% of the price was handling, markup and tax within the UK.
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Post by springcrocus on Nov 16, 2022 8:06:57 GMT
I'm reminded when I was into cameras many, many years ago, an Olympus camera that retailed at £100 was £20 at the UK docks. So 80% of the price was handling, markup and tax within the UK. Wilf Or, possibly, fell off the back of a lorry as it exited said docks. 
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Post by Tony K on Nov 25, 2022 9:23:47 GMT
I'm reminded when I was into cameras many, many years ago, an Olympus camera that retailed at £100 was £20 at the UK docks. So 80% of the price was handling, markup and tax within the UK. Wilf Wilf, maybe it was an OM10? A big leap for me in bringing a good auto SLR within my grasp at a price I could afford. Not a Leica but good enough for me. |
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Post by uuu on Nov 25, 2022 10:39:07 GMT
I had an OM-1, then an OM-2. Then my wife was a Canon user (until she got really serious). I never got into rangefinder cameras - although I bought a Reid (Leica copy), which I should have kept as they're now worth a fortune.
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Post by simplyloco on Nov 25, 2022 16:02:33 GMT
I had an OM-1, then an OM-2. Then my wife was a Canon user (until she got really serious). I never got into rangefinder cameras - although I bought a Reid (Leica copy), which I should have kept as they're now worth a fortune. Wilf I had an OM-10 in 1981, which froze up on me when in Leningrad on holiday - it was darkest February!- so I bought an OM-2 with a five FPS motor drive and I never looked back. I sold it to a camera dealer for good money, just before the advent of cheap digital cameras... |
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Post by johnhale on Dec 20, 2022 8:05:28 GMT
I may be priced out of the hobby soon!
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