but I based my answer - no more than £70 - on what I thought the price would be - I guessed £65 purely from frame manufacturing costs etc etc etc


Yes things are expensive, but people want the moon on a stick for free at times

Ciggies are what - £16 for 20 ?
A pint is £5-£6 in most places
Prices on everything are up

If you expect something like the above for sub £30 you are living in cloud cuckoo land I'm afraid.

Now would I buy one for £70
no
I wouldnt buy one for £5 either
its not my thing

But if it was £20-£30 it would be deemed cheap and nasty anyway

On the flip side - what do people make of the stones around BMD, given they sold over 30,000 you could argue they were priced too cheap.