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Last week my wife bought a Yucca plant at a local garden centre for £6.99. We went to the same grden centre yesterday and Yukka's of the same size were £10.99 is this because Easter is a traditional time for buying plants and garden centres being able to charge more? Has anyone else found this problem?
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Stephen G wrote:
Last week my wife bought a Yucca plant at a local garden centre for £6.99. We went to the same grden centre yesterday and Yukka's of the same size were £10.99 is this because Easter is a traditional time for buying plants and garden centres being able to charge more? Has anyone else found this problem? Why is it a problem? Your wife bought the plant at a cheaper price!-) I ususally avoid garden centres at Easter.. coupla weeks before, coupla weeks after.. much nicer-) // J |
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"Stephen G" wrote in message s.com... Last week my wife bought a Yucca plant at a local garden centre for £6.99. We went to the same grden centre yesterday and Yukka's of the same size were £10.99 is this because Easter is a traditional time for buying plants and garden centres being able to charge more? Has anyone else found this problem? Might be for any one of a number of legitimate reasons: Clearing old stock ready for the new Easter stock, larger pot size for the higher priced plant (even tho' plant might be same height), different type (50% difference in ex nursery trade price from my usual sources) Or it might just be responding to higher seasonal demand. pk |
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Stephen G scribbled:
Last week my wife bought a Yucca plant at a local garden centre for £6.99. We went to the same grden centre yesterday and Yukka's of the same size were £10.99 is this because Easter is a traditional time for buying plants and garden centres being able to charge more? Has anyone else found this problem? Stephen G http://tinyurl.com/9wga Yuo might try writing to your local TSO. Don't know what they can do but would be interested to find out. |
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I remember when we opened to the public we would get customers quibbling
over a plant priced at £2.25, yet these same people would go down to Wyevale and pay £6.00 for the same thing and not bat an eyelid. It's a strange thing. you go to a Supermarket and expect to find things cheaper than in the small shop down the road, yet you go to a Garden centre and are happy to pay 3 times the price of the same thing in the small Nursery down the road. -- David Hill Abacus Nurseries www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk |
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from Stephen G contains these words: Drat a Gardening forum and I can not spell garden sorry I will take 100 lines. "Yukka is a yucky way to spell yucca", perhaps. ;~} Janet. |
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david wrote:
I remember when we opened to the public we would get customers quibbling over a plant priced at £2.25, yet these same people would go down to Wyevale and pay £6.00 for the same thing and not bat an eyelid. It's a strange thing. you go to a Supermarket and expect to find things cheaper than in the small shop down the road ... Then the 'you' in this example is a fool. -- William Tasso |
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William,
a little harsh, don't you think? Supermarkets generally charge less than small shops - in many cases they charge less than the price a small shopkeeper can get stock from the cash and carry. So the 'you' expecting to find things cheaper in a supermarket is clearly not a fool. The difference in the relationship of small retailers to garden centres and supermarkets, I think, is that many small nurseries grow their own plants, and thus are able to supply directly to the public without involving a chain of wholesalers and retailers and can undercut their large rivals and still make a profit. Small nurseries also tend to be in cheap locations out of town, not in the high street paying town centre business rates and rents. So shop at your small nurseries when you can - you get better plants cheaper most of the time. Cheers Dave R "William Tasso" wrote in message ... david wrote: I remember when we opened to the public we would get customers quibbling over a plant priced at £2.25, yet these same people would go down to Wyevale and pay £6.00 for the same thing and not bat an eyelid. It's a strange thing. you go to a Supermarket and expect to find things cheaper than in the small shop down the road ... Then the 'you' in this example is a fool. -- William Tasso |
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