Increasing mole damage,but no funds available for control measures !

[logun 91]

id give upmaking my own if the price was [bANNED TEXT],, in fact i even put on hold the planns i have for my new mole trap

[Steve Albano 21]

I wouldn't want you giving up your trap making hobby, logun. You do a great job on those traps you make.

[earth-thrower 493]

I dont think our local council has ever bothered about moles,even though there is mole activity in the odd park,cemetery,playing field,etc.I also seem to remember that they didnt provide mole control for any of their tenants either.In fact, ive had a job last couple of years in a council maintained park/playing field,and its the chap who runs the boys football team who play there,that pays me to trap moles,out of his own pocket!

[R. Docks 154]

Are they really that expensive?

 

Considering the potential revenue from a trap, I don't think £7 is that dear.

 

Lets say that to sell them at a profit, the manufacturer needs to make £3 on each trap. Add on some import duty, (I'm not sure how much that would be) and a decent markup for the retailer (35% isn't unreasonable) and then some VAT at 20%, and suddenly you can see where the cost comes from.

 

I run 150-200 traps at this time of year, and wouldn't charge less than £10 per mole. Good traps are an investment, and like any other tool of the trade, you get what you pay for. I'm sure the chinese could make the traps for a lot less, but would they be as good? I doubt it.

[longnetter 32]

earth-thrower...why should the local council provide a molecatching service for thier tenants ?

[logun 91]

Are they really that expensive?

 

Considering the potential revenue from a trap, I don't think £7 is that dear.

 

Lets say that to sell them at a profit, the manufacturer needs to make £3 on each trap. Add on some import duty, (I'm not sure how much that would be) and a decent markup for the retailer (35% isn't unreasonable) and then some VAT at 20%, and suddenly you can see where the cost comes from.

 

I run 150-200 traps at this time of year, and wouldn't charge less than £10 per mole. Good traps are an investment, and like any other tool of the trade, you get what you pay for. I'm sure the chinese could make the traps for a lot less, but would they be as good? I doubt it.

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less than £10 a mole .?.. mind you, you run a small amount of traps so charge over the odds than a pro trapper would to justify your efforts i guess,

[earth-thrower 493]

Dont matter to me either way ,longnetter.Its just that ive been contacted before,by a couple of council tenants,with a mole in the garden.During the conversations they said they contacted the council pest control dept.THEY seemed surprised that they couldnt help.

[longnetter 32]

Oh right sorry I'm an ex-LA pestie......still a bit touchy

[nod 285]

plenty of moles this way now, was slow to start but now they come with avengance

[3175darren 1,100]

Have you tried pro trapper for steves traps?

£7 each on there darren?Iwasnt aware pro-trapper sold them until you pointed it out,I thought kill-germ had distribution exclusivity in the UK?

No theres another firm but I cant for the life of me remember who it is,I dont think protrapper ad does the trap justice as I use them a fair bit along with the half barrel,I like the nomol trap too that has its uses trouble is there are so many people selling cheap chinese crap

[nod 285]

i think most of the traps imported from the states come from wcs (wildlife control supplies) then they are sent to the magnum trap co

[longnetter 32]

plenty of moles this way now, was slow to start but now they come with avengance

 

Same here...great init