On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 17:16:23 GMT, Lobster
wrote:

Paul Mc Cann wrote:
In article , davidlobsterpot601
@hotmail.com says...

I understand B&Q do trade discounts, but you have to go to the big
warehouse places or whatever they call them? Is that right? A few q's
for anyone in the know...

Please forgive me, but would it not be easier to ask B&Q ?

If I had copies of statements from a business bank account, letterheaded
notepaper, trade references, and all that sort of stuff then yes it
would, but I don't. Hence I'd like to know what B&Q's criteria are for
giving trade discount before raising my head above the parapet.

David


I haven't bothered with B&Q, but in general it is pretty easy to get
some level of trade discount at most building material and electrical
wholesalers.

Some wholesale organisations still insist on bank details, VAT numbers
etc., but in this sector, it seems to have gone away.
This is probably because a significant proportion of customers are
sole traders who are not VAT registered and they don't want to make it
too hard for them to do business.

Quite a number seemed to have gone to a model of working on the amount
of business you do with them in general or on specific product lines
to determine discount on them. For example, some while ago, I bought
a load of MK wiring accessories at WF Electrical. I was able to
negotiate a pretty substantial discount on the purchase, and now
everything MK that I buy there attracts the same discount, and there
is generally pretty good discount on other stuff as well.

I've found that other places look at business volume on a quarterly
basis or other similar arrangements.

I don't think that I've been asked for headed paper etc. for a very
long time....





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