Ouch !!!! and a quiz

[John Stevenson 1Participant @johnstevenson1]

No pie and a pint for a bit.

This got delivered this morning.

PB1 Phossy bronze, 2" OD, 7/8" Id, 30" long

So the quiz, forget the carriage and VAT, how much ?

[John Stevenson 1Participant @johnstevenson1]

[Frances IoMParticipant @francesiom58905]

?250-?300?

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

50 squid

[SpurryParticipant @spurry]

Not sure if you had to pay extra for the hole, I reckon I would have cost me over 300 squids. But I guess you could pay about 200.

The reason for mentioning the hole was because I was looking for some tube 63.5 OD x 45mm bore, and was quoted £75 per metre. Solid bright was £40 per metre… so it seems holes in metal are Very expensive.

Pete

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Did Martin Connelly's contact buy the bit from the middle ?

**LINK**

MichaelG.

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Oops, no … his was PB102 

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 07/01/2016 14:41:07

[Gray62Participant @gray62]

'bout £120 I'd guess without the VAT and del

Edited By Graeme W on 07/01/2016 14:39:21

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Knowing John he swapped it for a rusty bit of EN1A down the pub

Neil

[Michael BriggsParticipant @michaelbriggs82422]

My guestimate is £320, is the hole for a security chain ?

Michael

[Chris Evans 6Participant @chrisevans6]

£345 I have just scrounged a foot of 1 3/4" from where I used to work, the old boss was feeling generous !

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Took in in lue of the £2 Ketan owes you

[ASFParticipant @asf]

about £140, or more, or less

[jason udallParticipant @jasonudall57142]

2″ with 7/8″..contiuous cast
Well thats about a kilo
Last I looked about ? 15/kg for 1000 kg

[David Clark 13Participant @davidclark13]

£540?

[mechman48Participant @mechman48]

£126 ?

[KettrinboyParticipant @kettrinboy]

At Metals 4U a metre of 2" x 1 " bore PB1 bronze tube is £253 so using that as a guide I reckon that bit would be say 210 quid.

[Gray62Participant @gray62]

just noticed the typo in my price, more like £220

Edited By Graeme W on 07/01/2016 18:26:56

[Steve WithnellParticipant @stevewithnell34426]

50p – you persuaded some poor sod that it was a reject sash weight because it had a hole in it

Steve

[Johnboy25Participant @johnboy25]

Two shillings and six pence?

[Rik ShawParticipant @rikshaw]

"Ouch" – is his remark indicating that the purchase price hurt. I gather from the remarks about the OP from people who seem to know him is that he is possibly a bit of a cheapskate (a bit like me!). Which leads me to ask myself what would make me go "ouch" faced with a similar purchase. I would say somewhere between £12-£17.

Rik

[Split PinParticipant @splitpin]

I paid £227 for 36" of 2 1/4" X 1 1/4" PB1 in June 2014 so should be between £225/250,
Scrap price for bronze/ copper has dropped over the last twelve months so the price for new shouldn't have increased much

Steve

[Flying FiferParticipant @flyingfifer]

It didn`t cost him anything. He used his favourite windup phrase "it`s not rocket science" once too often & Gert whopped him with it !!

That`s where the "Ouch" comes from!!

[ASFParticipant @asf]

we may never find out

[John Stevenson 1Participant @johnstevenson1]

How remiss of me.

 

£68 before delivery and VAT from Leeds Bronze at believe it or not, Leeds.

 

This isn't a trade price, if you need bronze, solid or cored then give them a ring.

 

No connection but it may help others. They will cut off exactly what you want but they do have a minimum £30 order charge.

I rang up the other week for some 1" solid and said I wanted 24" and the very nice lady said because we have the £30 minimum into play now you can certainly have 24" if you want.

Or you can have 30" for the same price. No brainer wasn't it.?

Edited By John Stevenson on 02/02/2016 13:54:14

[ASFParticipant @asf]

Thanks for the update Good price indeed.

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