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From: Rob Cookson <rob_cookson_at_mindspring.com>
subject: [Paddlewise] vcp hatch pricing
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 16:54:15 -0700
I guess I'm not surprised by the pricing.  I think this Web site
http://www.knoydart-kayaking.co.uk/ quotes 11.60 pounds (unless I mis-read
it) which is around $18.00.  The Importer marks it up, then the retailer
marks it up, and off the shelf it goes for about $33.00.

Dunno what 1 at a time shipping from the UK would run...

Cheers

--
Rob Cookson
"I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the
Atmosphere." Thomas Jefferson in a letter to Abigail Adams, February 22,
1787.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net
> [mailto:owner-paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net]On Behalf Of Bob Denton
> Sent: Monday, July 31, 2000 11:21 AM
>
>
> "We are not amused!"
>
> Having owned boats with strap on hatches I would never own another boat
> without a  VCP hatch. My boat is always bone dry and the convenience of
> opening and closing a hatch in seconds is worth and minor
> problems with the
> materials. Based on our member from the UK, the problem isn't the hatch,
> it's the replacement cost. In the UK it's a fraction of the US price.

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