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Old 03-11-2012, 14:21   #30
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Re: Foreign Office's antique anaconda cost £10,000 to re-stuff

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Originally Posted by nomadking View Post
It sounds like they may have been legally obliged to restore it. Did they know what the full cost was going to be, before going ahead? They might have assumed that the cost would have been low as it's not exactly a complicated shape or pose.
That's correct ,as a gift to the nation they have a legal obligation to maintain it ,but as with most government jobs it costs 4 times as much as any other because no-one bothers to get quotes or question the price .A snake i assume would be priced per inch which according to this is around $3 per inch
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