Sad reflection on the state of the British economy, aka Homebase is at it again!

agulesin

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Hello All,

Don't know if you've noticed them in your local Homebase store: Sheets and rolls of rusty steel, imported all the way from wonderful China... Even flame-shape laser cut standy-up rusty things to make you feel.... well, anyone know?

https://whitesgroup.com.au/resources/brands/oxy-shield.html

As if we haven't got enough rusty metal lying around with nothing better to do.

The description made me smile: "designed to impart a decorative rust-look without the inherent degradation of regular steel." - try taking yours back after it's disintegrated 10 years after you bought it! :p

Comments (and flames!) welcome!
 
What is the actual issue sorry? (Meant in a nice way)

Worth bearing in mind that the EU proposed increasing the tariffs to counteract the Chinese dumping cheap steel, but this was vetoed by...the UK government!
 
ray.birch said:
What is the actual issue sorry? (Meant in a nice way)
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"Why do we (have to) import rusty bits of (scrap) all the way from there?"

Point about tariffs noted! Roll on BREXIT (now that'll open a can of worms I'm sure!)
 
Tariffs would have reduced the amount of Chinese steel flooding the market - it was the UK government that vetoed this.

Simply put in absolute terms, it's cheaper to import than produce here if these trade practices are not regulated.
 
It's probably corten - a special steel that rusts quickly and evely by design! Bridge builders and sculptors like it

Nozzle
 
It is not rusty scrap it is a treated corten equivalent.

A rant based on something fundamentally misunderstood..... On the internet..... Never.
 
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