Would you buy salt in sacks instead of buckets?

[BillyLongPocketsShortArms]

IME, the Red Sea buckets aren't massively air-tight once opened. Nor were the D&D ones for that matter IMO.

I used to batch-mix my salt RO, so would only dig into a bucket every month and a half or so, mixing up enough water in one go to last that time. Both Red Sea and D&D had a nice solid layer on the top of the salt in the sealed bag in the sealed bucket after this time when I was using those salts....

Maybe it was just me and the way I seal stuff up though

If you bought a bag and refilled the bag inside the bucket it would be exactly the same as buying a new bucket full tho.

[littlejacob]

well thats it then....general public ripped off again!!!!!!

[cdurkin100]

well thats it then....general public ripped off again!!!!!!

No it's called running a business with overheads and distributor agreements ;-)

Plus we don't know what shops pay

[Inklinkerman]

id suspect around the low forties mark. dependent on volume. a total guess though.

[littlejacob]

exactley, so why cheapen your product just because of a package.they would have done it ages ago.prob because demand is,nt high enough??not viable??if a company can keep its prices high they will,only a decrease in sales will it get people thinking..

[doug_amanda]

Would much prefer sacks, them salt tubs are a nightmare, worse than sweets tins,, just sitting around in case they might come in useful sometime.

[littlejacob]

yrs ago a lfs now gone, called animal house, used to buy salt for £12.50 a bucket and sell it for £45...

[BillyLongPocketsShortArms]

exactley, so why cheapen your product just because of a package.they would have done it ages ago.prob because demand is,nt high enough??not viable??if a company can keep its prices high they will,only a decrease in sales will it get people thinking..

Commercial packs may also be a lower grade. Due to the amount they go through and the time the stock is in there it wont matter as much.

[BillyLongPocketsShortArms]

yrs ago a lfs now gone, called animal house, used to buy salt for £12.50 a bucket and sell it for £45...

Thats normal.. If you buy a used caravan from a dealer the warranty sold to you for £300 costs the seller a tenth of that. Same for car warrantys too, dont get it from the dealer go to the warranty supplier direct.. Thats how people stay in business.

[cdurkin100]

yrs ago a lfs now gone, called animal house, used to buy salt for £12.50 a bucket and sell it for £45...

Thats why they've gone pmsl