Originally Posted by TrickyDicky
stu
i agree with what your saying about trade and retail prices but you cant moan about your overheads compared to "bedroom" trader- thats your choice by size of unit etc, if someone can earn good wages from his bedroom then good luck to 'em. i rent many units for storage and go months on end without opening doors - techniclly costing me money but in reality i still pay the rent with ease by choosing the right cars to store till i get round to fixing them and selling them.
your overheads are immaterial to joe bloggs on the street- he just wants cheapest he can get!
Tricky
Whilst i do agree with what you are saying, the fact remains that in this business i need to have premises to do what i do correctly. Im not arguing about Phils prices, i was essentially trying to illustrate WHY a retail/trade structure does in fact exist in the first place before someone pops up and says:
"If Phil can be happy with £1 profit, why arent you Stu? Stop being greedy!" 
I was also hoping to illustrate again to Phil, that the main person he hurts by draggingf the market price down too far is HIMSELF... you retail customers dont lose out as your still buying cheaper than ever before...