Price Comparison - Signal Box and Gaugemaster

Here's a small basket I created on Signal Box:

Product Number 	Product Title 	Price 	Quantity 	Total 	Action
R910 	RAILJOINERS (FISHPLATES) - - 	£1.20 		£4.80 	
R8087 	TRACK CLEANING RUBBER - - 	£1.40 		£1.40 	
R638 	"00" ROLL OF FOAM UNDERLAY - - 	£5.65 		£5.65 	
R207 	TRACK FIXING PINS - - 	£1.20 		£3.60 	
R083 	BUFFER STOP - - 	£0.99 		£4.95 	
TOTAL: 	£20.40
UK standard post £4.00

Here's the same list on Gaugemaster:

 R8087  	 HORNBY OO TRACK RUBBER   	 1  	£1.40  	
R207 	HORNBY OO TRACK FIXING PINS 	3 	£1.50 	
R910 	HORNBY OO FISHPLATES 	4 	£1.20 	
R638 	HORNBY OO ROLL OF UNDERLAY 	1 	£6.50 	
R083 	HORNBY OO BUFFER STOP 	5 	£1.00 	
Sub Total: £22.20
Free 2nd class delivery, £1.50 for First Class.

For The Model Centre:

Product Id	Details	Your Price 	Quantity
381	R083 BUFFER STOP	£0.90	
434	R910 FISHPLATES	£1.08	
428	R8087 TRACK RUBBER	£1.26	
382	R207 TRACK PINS	£1.35	
409	R638 ROLL OF UNDERLAY	£5.85	
Total		£19.98
£5 for Citylink delivery.

And for Station Master Direct:

Quantity  Name  Item number  Unit price  Amount  
5  Buffer Stop   R083  £ 0.89 £ 4.45
3  Track Pins   R207  £ 1.25 £ 3.75
1  Roll of Underlay - Save £2.50   R638  £ 4.00 £ 4.00
1  Track Rubber   R8087  £ 1.15 £ 1.15
4  Fishplates - Pack of 12   R910  £ 0.99 £ 3.96
     
  Amount:  £ 17.31  
  Shipping costs:  £ 2.00  
  VAT included (17.5 %):  £ 2.88  
     
  Total:  £ 19.31 

Despite the Model Centre and Signal Box being marginally cheaper, you have to watch out for post charges. Station Master has cheaper prices overall, and only a small shipping charge. On this occasion, Station Master Direct comes out cheaper.

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