"Theo" wrote in message
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williamwright wrote:
On 19/05/2021 15:12, Andrew wrote:

A painter and decorator was working in a house opposite
me. One day a small lorry turned up, signwritten in
the logo and decals of a Paint supplier based 10 miles
away and handed over three tins of paint. I assume the
decorator had a trade account with them so they just
delivered to where the guy was working. Customer just
ends up paying.

It's quite efficient. It's the model used by auto parts suppliers. They
can do a delivery round to a dozen garages and not cover many miles.

It's really useful for garages, because you can have the vehicle in bits
on
the lift, discover you really need a part, and they'll put one on the van
for delivery in time for you to complete the job in time for the customer
pickup at the end of the day.

That's the service the customer is paying for. I presume there's a fleet
of
vans delivering stuff to local garages in early afternoon that was ordered
in the morning.

Pharmaceutical supplies to you local chemist works the same way




Theo

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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In article ,
Tricky Dicky wrote:
This thread has made me feel a lot better about DIYing. The saving on
labour costs has always been an incentive to DIY but I always felt I was
missing out when it came to buying parts and materials at retail prices,
well it looks like I am quids in there as well.

For large one off items (like boilers and rads) you're likely to find them
cheaper on Ebay than a plumber pays locally.

I'm not sure I'd want to trust to eBay for a replacement boiler

In article ,
tim... wrote:


"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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In article ,
Tricky Dicky wrote:
This thread has made me feel a lot better about DIYing. The saving on
labour costs has always been an incentive to DIY but I always felt I was
missing out when it came to buying parts and materials at retail prices,
well it looks like I am quids in there as well.

For large one off items (like boilers and rads) you're likely to find them
cheaper on Ebay than a plumber pays locally.

I'm not sure I'd want to trust to eBay for a replacement boiler

Why? May actually have better protection that way than collecting it
yourself. Many very well respected firms sell on Ebay.

I saved over £300 on my Viessmann buying it from Ebay over the best local
price I could find.



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