Have Axminster gone mad or am I missing something?

[Tetsuaiga]

Sheet metal wall cupboard for £1,200

http://www.axminster.co.uk/bott-cubio-w ... elf-507470

I know no ones forcing us to buy something but does this seem a bit crazy to anyone else?

 

[NazNomad]

In stock... surprisingly. :-O

 

[woodpig]

If it had Festool on it with a price tag of £4K no one would bat an eyelid. Looks like a nice cupboard.

 

[NazNomad]

Looks like a nice cupboard.

Imagine the first time you scratched it?

 

[deema]

Bott started out making racking systems for vans, good company and good product. You can buy direct still I believe.

 

[skipdiver]

It feeds the cult of the workshop. I'd just knock one up out of mismatched offcuts. Would look terrible but do the same job.

 

[sunnybob]

That ad needs checking. The cupboard is 650 mm deep, but the drawers are only 125mm deep? I think that should be tall.
But at a metre wide and 2 metre tall, its a big cupboard.
The ad also says its delivered direct from manufacturer, so they dont stock it.

 

[lurker]

They supply biggish companies too
That's not much money for them for a secure tool cabinet

 

[Doug B]

That's about the going rate for a Bott cupboard with those specs, they're industrial quality so built to withstand what industry throws at it, though if you shop around I'm sure you could get a better deal.
I got my Bott van racking second hand over 10 years ago & it must have been 5 years old when I got it, I've now fitted the same racking in 2 vans & it's still going strong, in fact it's so good it's one of the reasons I opted for another Transporter as I knew it would fit in it.
Whilst I doubt anyone enjoys paying the price of top quality few regret it in the long run.

 

[Tetsuaiga]

I suppose it must be marketed towards larger companies for whom such expenditure is virtually meaningless.

I imagine the cupboard is great quality, but it's still just a cupboard.

 

[Wizard9999]

Sheet metal wall cupboard for £1,200

http://www.axminster.co.uk/bott-cubio-w ... elf-507470

I know no ones forcing us to buy something but does this seem a bit crazy to anyone else?

Thanks for the heads up, just order a couple for the garage.

Terry.

 

[Wizard9999]

Sheet metal wall cupboard for £1,200

http://www.axminster.co.uk/bott-cubio-w ... elf-507470

I know no ones forcing us to buy something but does this seem a bit crazy to anyone else?

Thanks for the heads up, just order a couple for the garage.

Terry.

I do hope somebody spat their tea out when they read that :lol: :lol: :lol:

Terry.

 

[lurker]

It's not about meaningless
Even the lowest paid techy is costing the company say £25 per hour wasting time hunting for tools has to be costed.

Or some scroat has nicked a particular tool from an insecure place and a mornings production is lost.

 

[YorkshireMartin]

Anyone who thinks thats expensive has obviously never fitted out an office Office furniture is both crap quality and stupidly expensive.

 

[tomatwark]

I don't think it is that bad.

From a company owners point of view, if I needed us to have a cupboard like that and had to buy the materials and also take someone off their production job it would easily cost more than the £900.00 ex vat or so in time and materials.

If you are a weekend warrior who has all the time in the world to build something it is expensive.

In business you have to weigh up the cost of doing something yourself or either buying it in ready made or getting an outside firm to do it.

 

[woodenstx]

That or the price has been "bumped" ready for a "cracking black friday deal" next week :lol:

/cynical

 

[RobinBHM]

Axminster supply businesses, schools, universities etc that would pay that sort of money.

Its only expensive if compared to knocking up something yourself.

 

[woodpig]

Anyone who thinks thats expensive has obviously never fitted out an office Office furniture is both rubbish quality and stupidly expensive.

The same applies to kitchens. Solid wood cupboard doors may be worth the money in some cases but the carcasses come out the factory for peanuts. Chipboard is what it is, crap.

 

[focusonwood]

Perhaps the manufacturer is trying to market themselves as the woodworkers equivalent of Snap-On.

A similar cabinet would cost twice as much.

 

[biskit]

Sheeesh!!!! I think I could just manage a shelf mat. :lol: