Thank you Quattro, Yes Winns have them and I have no doubt they are fit for purpose but at £80 each , I want 2 that’s £160 for 2 ball joints . Am I wrong in thinking that is a bit excessive ?
I suppose there are two ways of looking at it.
From a person struggling to keep a classic car on the road: -
Compared to when Rover purchased them by the thousand and offered them as spares they are a bit pricey.
From a business perspective: -
I would assume these to be small manufacturing runs and would cost a lot of money to produce pro rata, possibly with bespoke tooling which is also a cost. Geoff is only getting £59.00 for them, the rest is postage, packing and 20% to the dear HMG. He needs to buy the joints and keep them in stock (so an investment). From what is left, he needs to pay rent, rates, wages, tax, other expenses and also - make a profit.
To be able to keep people like him and the others, making new parts we need to maintain our cars, we need to support him and the associated costs he needs to make, and pass on to us.
I'm biased as I run a business and do make some bespoke stuff for customers