Satisfactory, or preying on yotties?

[jamie N]

These people believe that they're offering a fair and reasonable price for this.

Of course I didn't buy this, I went to another company who were charging £18.70, which is OK, but then they tried to sting me with with £19 p&p FFS!
Ended up paying £18+£5.95 to get it delivered.
On a positive note, it's good to narrow down the companies that I'll deal with.

 

[RivalRedwing]

buyer beware.....
Raymarine Tiller Pilot Tiller Pin - Standard Threaded - D014

 

[fredrussell]

These people believe that they're offering a fair and reasonable price for this.
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An error Shirley? Or are other of their offerings similarly humorous?

 

[Dellquay13]

These people believe that they're offering a fair and reasonable price for this.
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Of course I didn't buy this, I went to another company who were charging £18.70, which is OK, but then they tried to sting me with with £19 p&p FFS!
Ended up paying £18+£5.95 to get it delivered.
On a positive note, it's good to narrow down the companies that I'll deal with.

If you spend £250 with that company, they offer free shipping. Three of those teeny weeny tiller pins would qualify…

 

[awol]

I didn't realise that my ditty box was so valuable.

 

[veshengro]

A hex head stainless bolt, a couple of nuts and a half hour on a grinder, I imagine would do the trick

 

[ProDave]

A hex head stainless bolt, a couple of nuts and a half hour on a grinder, I imagine would do the trick

I was going to say this is why I have a lathe in my garage.

 

[johnalison]

When I fitted one, in 1988, it didn’t have a thread, just a plain cylinder. I drilled a hole in the tiller to make a snug fit and glued it in place. This looked neat to me and showed no signs of movement after many years.

 

[BobnLesley]

A hex head stainless bolt, a couple of nuts and a half hour on a grinder, I imagine would do the trick

That worked on our Albin Vega one and as I recall it took nearer to ten minutes to grind

 

[NormanS]

A hex head stainless bolt, a couple of nuts and a half hour on a grinder, I imagine would do the trick

Oops. I clicked on "reply" instead of "like". Where has the Practical gone from PBO?

 

[rotrax]

I dont think it is satisfactory, or that it is preying on Yachties.

It is a Pisstake, pure and simple.

 

[jamie N]

Indeed I was going to grind it out from a bolt myself, but just this once I denied myself and thought that I'd 'do it properly'. It then became a mission to 'buy' one at a reasonable cost.
The bracket on the tiller was going to be a snip at £40.95 from Raymarine, but I made a better one in just a few minutes out of stainless, so I'm happy enough. The mounting socket was offered by Raymarine at £39.95. Again I've made a mounting pad containing a 'hole', which was a 10 minute job.
I despair.

 

[ProDave]

I made that brass socket, for the "boat" end of the setup myself on my lathe.

 

[Irish Rover]

I dont think it is satisfactory, or that it is preying on Yachties.

It is a Pisstake, pure and simple.

If you open the website they have an online chat. I wrote on it "There's a lad on the Internet says you're taking the piss". A guy called Dave answered but then it got a phone call so couldn't continue

 

[jamie N]

I made that brass socket, for the "boat" end of the setup myself on my lathe.

I made it up from some aluminium taken from the keel of a well known Sonata, owned by ex-Commodore James! An ally-wood-ally wood sandwich pad, to be epoxyed to the deck, rather than drilling another hole in the cockpit.

 

[Rappey]

Whilst that pin on its own is £83, buy the 3" tiller bracket with the pin on same website and its only £53 ?..

 

[jamie N]

Whilst that pin on its own is £83, buy the 3" tiller bracket with the pin on same website and its only £53 ?..

No, the other items were from Raymarines own web site. I didn't return to the original site, as it would've driven me to drink. (hic)....

 

[Aja]

I made it up from some aluminium taken from the keel of a well known Sonata, owned by ex-Commodore James! An ally-wood-ally wood sandwich pad, to be epoxyed to the deck, rather than drilling another hole in the cockpit.

an aluminium keel?

 

[ProDave]

I made it up from some aluminium taken from the keel of a well known Sonata

Puzzled by ally keel, and in any event does he not need his keel any more?

 

[Daydream believer]

Loads of boat things like this means that a lathe soon pays for itself. My ambassador lookalike cost me £70 compared to a price which i understand is now pushing £600. Takes about 2.5 days tp make. The anodes are purchased as a standard & I machine them myself. That saves another £ 25-00 each. I have made a number of rope cutters for friends.
Bow roller cost a couple of squids. New furler screw 50p instead of £20-00.
That does not include all the other bits that I make. I would be lost without my lathe & mill