Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
clot wrote:
I was wondering that or perhaps supply contract conditions - i.e.
clauses for discounts changeable on short notice to cover commodity
prices.

I bought miles of wiring from CEF in the past at significantly lower
costs that other outlets.

Plenty of wholesalers sell the common cable as a loss leader - hoping
you'll buy the other bits there at the same time. Indeed TLC sometimes
restricted the number of reels you could buy at any one time.

Are they independent or part of something else these days?

Dunno. Have you looked at their website?

I have now and it would appear that they are still independent.