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jakeus · CaptiveBred Addict! Joined: 16 Jan 2007 Posts: 664

I was just wondering why reptile racking from companies like;
www.pro-racks.com
www.winracks.com
are so expensive?

I know they have to make a profit and the tubs are quite pricey, but why would this cost £313?

I know the tubs cost about £8 each.

8 x 10 = £80
2 heat strips come to about £30

Thats a total of £120. Where does the other £193 go then?

Is making the metal "housing" THAT expensive?

Sorry if i sound stupid....

SteveL · Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 12:52 pm Post subject:

metal is not cheap these days Very Happy

i was thinking the same thing to be honest as im a fabricator by trade
but they have to make some proffit to keep them going

im in the process of hiring a tig welder to build my own alumininm racks Wink

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SteveL · Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 12:56 pm Post subject:

jakeus · CaptiveBred Addict! Joined: 16 Jan 2007 Posts: 664

I'll try that Smile

Cheers

Young_Gun · Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 1:01 pm Post subject:

Because they are providing a service, every other company that provides a service gets paid for it, why shouldn't they?
Obviously the price is ok because of the amount of people that buy them.
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jakeus · CaptiveBred Addict! Joined: 16 Jan 2007 Posts: 664

Young_Gun · Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 1:12 pm Post subject:

jakeus · CaptiveBred Addict! Joined: 16 Jan 2007 Posts: 664

I was thinking about that.

Do you use melamine chipboard?

I was thinking of using that and leaving a tiny gap between the tub and the qwood for vetilation. So no lid?

Does this work well?

toyah · Key Member Joined: 09 Nov 2005 Posts: 228