O U C H !!!

[Aja]

....got to be havin'a larf. I wus charged £33. Yup Thirty-three Pounds Sterling for a 1" MG Duff shaft anode from a weel kent chandlery not a million miles from where I stay.

Day light robbery. I kept on looking around for the t.v. cameras......

If it wasn't for the price of my Gori prop........

Donald

[Arghiro]

Dare I say, you agreed to pay it?

Try your local boat jumble, or on-line, next time & keep one in the shed.

[Mark]

....got to be havin'a larf. I wus charged £33. Yup Thirty-three Pounds Sterling for a 1" MG Duff shaft anode from a weel kent chandlery not a million miles from where I stay.

Day light robbery. I kept on looking around for the t.v. cameras......

If it wasn't for the price of my Gori prop........

Donald

I know a bloke who makes his own. Buys zinc granules for a model shop, melts them with a blowlamp and pours the lot into a mould. I don't think it's really worth it for him but it is for a buddy with a Steel yacht with 12 anodes.

[Greyfisherman]

Hallo - new to forum - try www.zincsmart.com

They have most types - hope it helps.

[sahona]

I needed silicone grease for the upmast electrics. The local chandler is charging £11.45 for a tube of radiospares-made stuff selling at £4.75 online. Good markup eh?
I'm all for keeping the local shop open and available, but not at that differential.

[Arghiro]

That's the point isn't it? You don't mind paying a premium to have the stuff available when you want it & on the doorstep. You know they have to carry large stocks, with low turn over, so margins need to be reasonable. But even if they were paying the retail price themselves a 200% markup is a step too far.

Are the Chandler's suppliers taking the pee from them too, I wonder?

[FullCircle]

I always order mine from John at Zincsmart.com
Very helpful chap and good service, excellent prices. I buy mine for 3 years at a time, because it saves on the postage.

CMX-03 . . . 1" (25.4mm). . . £10.84
. . Wt. 440g.

Made by Reliance in Canada.

[fjarvis]

Another for ZincSmart from me - great service and seems to be a good quality product. I had the bonus that I just found a couple of sets in the garage that I ordered a couple of years ago - so they are going on before launch tomorrow

[Aja]

Hallo - new to forum - try http://www.zincsmart.com

They have most types - hope it helps.

Thanks for that ! Bit too late for this year. Will bookmark it for future ref. I assume that we are all comparing like for like here?

Are all shaft anodes created equal?

Regards

Stung of Kames

[Piperatsea]

All anodes are not created equal.
MG Duff use Milspec zinc-no idea what else is in them.
I tried to buy Aluminium anodes for a boat kept in brackish water (sea loch) all the chandlery bods looked at me like i was mental- some had clearly never heard of ally anodes. Ordered them from Anodes Direct on line. Pleasant surprise to see they were cheaper than zinc.

£33 for a shaft anode seems a bit steep but I saw stainless anode bolts priced at £30! Each! I bough Zn coated ones still£5 but at least the same material as the anode backing plate.

[Silkie]

Apologies for the delay in aprroving you Piper but I'm having computer troubles at the moment and have also been away all week. Don't know what Nick's excuse is.

[Booby Trapper]

Definite rip off, £13.25 for a MG duff 1" shaft anode at Duncans. .