The things of the past

I refer to the editorial Consumers Being Taken For A Ride (February 3), the contents of which are grossly wrong. In today’s free market economy competitive prices are being offered on the market. It is the consumer that is not being well informed.

The services that the local business offers are in direct competition with Sicily and the internet. The framework in which business is operating is very expensive and, as The Times mentioned, freight charges are surely high (sea freight, Freeport Malta and inland transport).

What about goods that are being bought from Sicily without the fiscal document? What is lacking and who stands to gain? Or did The Times come across Sicilians who come over to Malta with their own car filled with goods selling tools, cutlery, soft furnishings, silverware? Malta should be working on building a large market place in view of the strategic position in the Mediterranean and Sicily would be a thing of the past.