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Ty Gwyn

Joined: 22 Sep 2010
Posts: 4566
Location: Lampeter

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 13 10:00 am Post subject:
Could the difference in price be a different grade of sheet?

vegplot

Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 21301
Location: Bethesda, Gwynedd

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 13 10:01 am Post subject:
Loyalty is rewarded with higher profits for the vendor not better deals for the buyer. Shop around each and every time.

Bodger

Joined: 23 May 2006
Posts: 13524

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 13 10:17 am Post subject:

I'll have to and as for the company making money? They aren't going to make money for long if they are losing long standing customers. Inspiteof the position of monopoly they hold, they're losing quite a few customers in the area through their policies. I already buy all my smaller items from away and still save a lot of money even though I have to pay carriage. I also know of a number of farmers who have started doing the same, who for example buy big loads of fertilizers from out of the area merchants and save money on identical products.

I'm going to make enquiries about alternative sources for the goods that I need and will be considering whether or not to close my account. I'd rather pay a little more and know that what I'm paying is the best price that the vendor can offer.

vegplot

Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 21301
Location: Bethesda, Gwynedd

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 13 10:19 am Post subject:
Wynnstay have always been at the higher end of the price range.

earthyvirgo

Joined: 24 Aug 2007
Posts: 7972
Location: creating prints in the loft, Gerlan

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 13 11:35 am Post subject:
We found our local builder's suppliers C L Jones very competitive. And they often deliver for free if we're on their day's route. I think you have a CL in Nefyn don't you Bodger? ETA - Mynytho, just checked. EV

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 13 11:52 am Post subject:
Independents (such as www.rosewoodfarms.co.uk ) often are cheaper, the big names are good at giving the impression they are competitive.

Bodger

Joined: 23 May 2006
Posts: 13524

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 13 12:01 pm Post subject:
You never miss a chance Rob. I don't blame you.

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 13 12:07 pm Post subject:
The hardest part of this game is to keep reminding people that you're there

perlogalism

Joined: 27 Nov 2009
Posts: 440
Location: Near Welshpool

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 13 4:01 pm Post subject:
It's not just Wynnstays. We have long had an account with Travis Perkins but still have to point out that better prices can sometimes be had elsewhere. Trouble with most of the big suppliers now is that they don't look at you as an individual, just an account number.

Ty Gwyn

Joined: 22 Sep 2010
Posts: 4566
Location: Lampeter

Posted: Thu Aug 01, 13 3:56 pm Post subject:
Mount Trading at Aberystwyth sell 2m Onduline sheets for 9.85 +vat So they make a profit, I doubt they would deliver to you,but might know of a nearer stockist.

Bodger

Joined: 23 May 2006
Posts: 13524

Posted: Thu Aug 01, 13 6:08 pm Post subject:
I've had them for a tenner plus vat delivered by Huws Grey, a local builders merchant. I ordered them this morning and they were delivered the same day.

maxie

Joined: 23 Jun 2012
Posts: 31
Location: cumbria

Posted: Fri Aug 02, 13 12:11 am Post subject:

Travis perkins are the only builders suppliers in my town,i wanted a bag of postcrete off them and when i was charged for it i was that gobsmacked at the price i paid it!
I work with a couple of lads who have accounts with them and they get on the managers case all the time for discount,ones a builder the other a joiner,they never pay full price but they have to ask for a deal every time,one of them told me this week they quoted him £33 for something,the final price he got it for was £9

.Sadly loyalty means nothing,only that firms can rip you off nowadays,i bet if you were on their case every tme things would be a lot cheaper.

Dogwalker

Joined: 20 Mar 2007
Posts: 1231
Location: Mid Wales

Posted: Fri Aug 02, 13 6:41 am Post subject:

Bodger wrote:

I've had them for a tenner plus vat delivered by Huws Grey, a local builders merchant. I ordered them this morning and they were delivered the same day.

Huws Grey have recently bought out our local, family run, builders supplies and bought up, refurbed and moved to the building next door, doubled in size and upset alot of the people working there. The new frontage looks like it should be on a big industrial estate not in a small town. So not always the good guys and not just local to you.

Bodger

Joined: 23 May 2006
Posts: 13524

Posted: Fri Aug 02, 13 6:45 am Post subject:
They aren't but they were certainly the cheapest on this occasion.

vegplot

Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 21301
Location: Bethesda, Gwynedd

Posted: Sat Aug 03, 13 8:32 am Post subject:

Bodger wrote:

I've had them for a tenner plus vat delivered by Huws Grey, a local builders merchant. I ordered them this morning and they were delivered the same day.

There's a CL Jones near you. They tend to be cheaper than Huws Gray.

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