Was in Halfords earlier (yes I know).

Muc off disc brake cleaner – 400ml £6.99 – http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_249510_langId_-1_categoryId_210154

Muc off motorbike disc brake cleaner – 400ml £5.79 – http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_263397_langId_-1_categoryId_165742#dtab

Any difference?

£1.20 ?

Well seeing as the RRP is £5.99 they are doing well. Muc Off is sold there for £8.99 so they can ‘reduce’ to normal RRP in a sale, all perfectly legal as long as it has been sold at that price for 6 weeks IIRC.

Common practice with all large retailers, to add percieved value.

the bike one is £13.98 for 1200ml which equates to £1.165 per 100ml, whereas the motorbike one works out at £1.447 per litre. Ergo MTB disc brake cleaner is currently cheaper from Halfords.

EPIC FAIL!

a mathematician as well as a hottie? :swoons to the max:

woop i have a new lover 8) 😆

Yeah but only if you pay for 2, the OP was talking about singles 🙂

not “simples”

the bike one is £13.98 for 1200ml which equates to £1.165 per 100ml, whereas the motorbike one works out at £1.447 per litre. Ergo MTB disc brake cleaner is currently cheaper from Halfords.

EPIC FAIL!

There was no 3 for 2 on the bike ones in my local Halfords, and I was talking about a 400ml can not three of them.

Obviously £1.20 is not a huge amount of money but its a fairly hefty percentage of the total cost. If the extra mark up on bike accessories is similar on more expensive stuff…

Ziggy I don’t think they even have to sell it for 6 weeks at the original price, just ‘a reasonable amount of time’, whatever they decide that is.

Grumm – quit while you are behind. You aren’t a pseudonym “tom (taka)” are you?

lollerskates

Huh? Are you trying to be a cock or does it just come naturally to you? 😐

Comes naturally to me cheers, always has done. 8)
Trouble is i am near to Manchester and as united are on TV it is of no interest to me and i am overtired and bored!!!

Ah you’re one of them – explains a lot. 😉

What a northern lad with no interest in the red devils – sure am!! Hate dirty Leeds too, and Liverpool, don’t get me started!!

How about this for a rip off?

£9.99 for eight tablets at Wiggle

£1.32 for 64 tablets from Boots

Yup that’s a pretty impressive rip-off!

No such thing as a rip off. you know the price before you buy, you make your choice. good luck to them

No such thing as a rip off. you know the price before you buy, you make your choice. good luck to them

OK, but why is it that an identical product costs 20% more with a picture of a bike on it rather than a motorbike?

economies of scale, i would guess

just use the motorbike one