price of soltron in UK !!

[andyball]

Having now got a boat with a diesel....thought I'd try some. (claims for it seem fantastic, but a fair few forumites swear by it, so,give it a go)

Price in UK for 500ml :£25.50 'ish (+ vat)

Price from US: $14.95 (full retail price from soltron-gtr)....unless the exchange rated has dropped like a stone, that sounds like about £8 ? or less than 1/3rd the price of here.

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[Deleted User YDKXO]

The difference is DepSol's profit margin. Now we know how he can afford a new boat every year!
Joking apart, difference probably due to shipping costs, customs duties and dealer margin unless we get the full-on max strength stuff here and the Americans selling only watered down version (Soltron Lite?)

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[PGD]

Try this site for stockets, I don't remember paying anything like that for it, nearer 15 quid I think

<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.soltron.co.uk/page2.html?view=0&get_the_categories=now&chosen_category=+Retail+Stockists>Click here</A>

Peter

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[robind]

Forget the price its worth every penny, I just paid £29-00 Be grateful that you can now get it in the UK, after all its a once only item ish ))

Rob

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[DepSol]

Yes it does seem a litle high especially the dollar - pound is so good. The formula you get over here is much stronger than that in the States.

Considering the price of Soltron has not gone up in 5 years in comparison to fuel I think as a costing per litre of fuel its not that expensive.


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[longjohnsilver]

So where is your solly manufactured and imported from Dom?

Just curious.

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[capsco]

Reepsol !!

First argument sounds like Volvo,defending their parts prices,
Second one is stretching it a bit, as Gordons cut is responsible for most of the increase.

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[jimg]

Time to come clean? Excuse the pun, but where does it come from? UK, USA or where? Why is it 'made' differently in different countries?

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[rich]

Come on Dom, lets here your side????

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[oldgit]

And that Lear jet to get to his estate in Tuscany cannot be cheap to run........

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[DepSol]

It comes from Japan where the pofessor in enzyme technology who developed it has his factory.

It can be tailored to have differen enzymes in, the blend we have made is to suit all needs and contains the most enzymes.

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[duncan]

if we can have it tailored to taste can I request a little more lime - goes better with the rum

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[DepSol]

be careful Mercury last year is where you ended up getting the dreadedd lurgy!

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[MainlySteam]

Is that the same Japanese stuff that costs $2/litre most places /forums/images/icons/smile.gif.

John

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[M_Fischer]

Is this the same professor/doctor who gets involved in the peace treatys you said about the Xbee product?

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[hlb]

Soltron is a bastardisation and modernised version of the name Sabden. The mine owner thought it would be a better marketing name for the twenty first century.

It is made from a derivitive of the ore mined in the Sabden Treacle mines and extracted by a special and secret prossess known only by a specialy selected and trusted few.

Sabden is located just below Pendal hill which is famed for it's witches. The witches discovered the potential and wonderous properties of STJ as it was known then, in 1508 and in various guises the mine has been producing it ever since.


You can read more about these famous mines here.

http://www.treaclemine.freeserve.co.uk/Treacle Pie.htm

But the link dont work.......so........

'TREACLE MINERS'
A SECRET UNDERGROUND ARMY
1903-1920

A story of 'Treacle P.I.E.'
(Political Intelligence Executive)
'H'
Secret Agent
Head of 'P.I.E.'
7OOt 7IJdV
TREACLE
P.I.E.

(Political Intelligence Executive)



Here is the untold story of the legend of the Treacle Mines of England and of a secret army created by the Political Intelligence Executive, nick named "Treacle P.I.E." - which was active at the turn of the century in the preparation of defence of this country. The P.I.E. agents, known as the Treacle Miners, used the legend of the ancient treacle miners to establish a net work of defences that would act offensively following an invasion of England. As the enemy occupied an area the Treacle Miners would emerge from their underground 'mines' and carry out as much sabotage as they could to hamper the enemy's movements.



The Treacle Miners of England were recruited by Tom Holland the newly appointed head of P.I.E. who formed this underground army before the First World War. Treacle P.I.E. was established on the 17th October 1903, six years before the M.I.5.



In line with the 'open government initiative', papers held at the Public Record Office in Kew, West London, were to have been released, but for reasons unknown these yellowing papers remain stuck to the shelves! However, other papers have come to light; on a discarded chip wrapper picked up in Blackpool, this old newspaper reported that Tom Holland was charged with the task of creating an underground resistance movement in case of invasion from an enemy.



On further investigation it would seem that Tom Holland took up his appointment early in 1899. "Bluff was the only game to play", he was told by the P.M.



So, Tom arrived in London wearing a false beard and a monocle. Inside his bowler hat was a small revolver. He went to the reception desk at the Beckers Hotel in Finsbury Park, where the young lady behind the desk asked "Have you got a reservation?" To this he promptly replied - "Do you think I'm a Red Indian!" That was Tom Holland.



He had a great sense of humour, but he recognised the seriousness of his new appointment. The threat of invasion was always there, even the newspapers were urging caution and advised people to refuse being served by German waiters. "If a waiter says he is a Swiss, you should ask to see his passport" - was the advice given.



In the early 1900's, England was a patriotic nation; it had a great Empire and its values were different from today's. Everyone, not just the Boy Scouts, were doing their best and duty for God, King and Country.



When Tom Holland reported to the Prime Minister, he was given the code name 'H'. After his initial training with Section 5 of the Civil Intelligence Section (C.I.5) - 'H' recruited his team.



His family knew very little of what he was doing. Working on his own, he devised systems and networks based on the Treacle Mining communities throughout England. In the villages he selected, his 'Treacle Miners' would operate underground and prepare for any possible invasion.



In his headquarters at Sabden Hall, on the side of Pendle Hill near Burnley, Lancashire; there was a wall map marked with tiny flags showing all the 'active' treacle mines. He worked eighteen hours a day. He suffered deafness, but was adept at lip reading. He had a mischievous streak which was an asset when he tested out his agents! He would write instructions in invisible ink; he invented a language that could be understood only by his recruited team of treacle miners. His private secretary - Maud Challener and the other women in his team, played a vital role in the Treacle Mines. Maud made the invisible ink, that 'H' used, so well, that often 'H' could not find it!



Maud used boiled starch or strong bleach to make the ink. The 'starch' ink messages had to be ironed to reveal the writing, whilst bleach writing had to be soaked in water. Boxes of matches were used to pass on messages. These were written on the back of a match box label, which was then stuck back in its original place on the box.



The treacle miners had their own method of passing messages to each other; by tradition they wore bowler hats and when rendezvousing with other agents, in restaurants or public houses, would pass on notes by exchanging hats left on the pegs, all communications having been placed in the inside band of the hat.



All the agents recruited by Tom Holland was done by him alone, he would place his hand on the shoulder of a potential recruit and say "Follow me".



And so it was that in the years between 1900 and 1920, that the treacle mine stories began to circulate throughout the country. It was all part of the "great bluff". Many thought it was all a gentle hoax or even a joke, or at least something not to be taken seriously. In this way the treacle miners were able to carry out their tasks until the war, that was to end all wars, reached an armistice at 11 o'clock on the 11th November 1918.



On that day, with no invasion of our shores, each treacle miner received an uncoded message, simply saying - "Congratulations".



One group of Treacle miners, sadly never received the message of congratulations, they died on active service. Little is known of the cause of the disaster, but a song sung by a local folk-singer, tells us of :-

THE TADLEY MINING DISASTER

'Twas on the third day of July

And twelve strong men were about to die

At the Tadley Treacle Mines

They were working fast without a care

When a tunnel collapsed and trapped them there

At the Tadley treacle mines

No noise was heard above the ground

When evening came they couldn't be found

At the Tadley Treacle Mines

They searched it here, they searched it there

But could not find them anywhere

At the Tadley Treacle Mines

Then one man came from underground

And told them everything he found

At the Tadley Treacle Mines

I saw a tunnel blocked with clay

But it was open yesterday

At the Tadley Treacle Mines

Then all the men went down the pit

And tried to clear the earth a bit

At the Tadley Treacle Mines

They dug all night, they dug all day

And finally cleared the earth away

At the Tadley Treacle Mines

They found twelve men a-lying there

Upon the ground so cold and bare

At the Tadley Treacle Mines

They carried them to the light

So all could see the ghastly sight

At the Tadley Treacle Mines

They buried them there that very day

And to this day their bodies lay

At the Tadley Treacle Mines

So gentlemen take heed I pray

And do not go to work today

At the Tadley Treacle Mines







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[lyc]

Treacle Mines\'

I got one close to me!

Caister-On-Sea
also known as Caister-by-Yarmouth, Norfolk.



On Good Fridays many families walked to the 'Caister Treacle Mines'. In was one of those activities that families enjoyed doing the first half of the 20th Century, when before television had established itself as a major pastime - families often went walking together. What better than a stroll through country lane to the 'Caister Treacle Mines'. There were flowers to pick, birds to see, and if the sun was shining and it always seemed to be, walking in the countryside was most enjoyable. There was always the chances that someone had set up and ice-cream stall near the 'mines'. Then, just north of Caister there was California, another favourite area to walk along the coast.



Going to the 'Treacle Mines' or California was something to do on school holidays. It was something to look forward to; at Caister there was an old rusting heap of iron taken from a disused pumping station, it had been there for years, some used to say it was placed over the entrance to the mine and was infact a "treacle extractor". It was also claimed that this 'mine' was mentioned in the Domesday Book - records almost indecipherable on "yellowing pages suffering from molassian lamination".



But, what a surprise when two boys found a tunnel linking Caister to California. They wrote a song about their discovery :-

California here we come

From Caister where we started from

Here treacle miners work was done

Discovered by Crane and Brian Williamson



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[hlb]

You can buy Soltron or STJ from the Mucky Farter marketing organisation.

29 squid for the economy pack.

MF boat removing elixiour also availabe.

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[BarryH]

Talkingof flags. Does your flag man run to a big one. Sort of 4/5 times the size of a normal one?


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[hlb]

Normal fags are about twice as big as they were at first. Would think flags could be any size, but embroidery is limited to ???? 6 inch ??????

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