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I'm sure when Ideal and skate clothing companies can afford to buy stock in as huge quantities as handm and prime ark, and can sell as fast to as large a market, they will be selling poor quality T-shirts from Bangladesh for £3 too. Or not.
But in the meantime the rules of supply and demand will apply and stuff from skate shops and similar places will seem expensive to the average person.
Although having said that, I am guilty of not supporting my local skate shop by buying trainers from tea kay maximus... the logic being there's no point spending £60 on trainers that are going to be used as brakes and will get shredded by DMR V8 pedals.