Arfa Daily wrote:
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I've never looked into the ins and outs of it, but do B&Q not have
trade counters at their bigger superstores ? We have two in our area,
and I know at least one of them has a trade counter. Surely, this
would imply that tradesmen other than yourselves, *are* prepared to
use them as a supplier, and presumably, if they are going to offer
such a service as a special counter for bona fide trade only, they
must be offering some sort of discount over the shop floor retail
price ? If that is the case, then the customer can pick what they
want at the retail price, and you can get your markup on the parts,
by buying at the B&Q trade rate.

They have a Trade door & checkout, but thats about it, no discounts as
such. They have a B&Q Trade Credit Card and have just introduced a trade
discount card, which only works like a Tesc Clubcard.


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Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk