RE: Sparkies

["Phil Harris" <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>]

Before we get too mercenary over the prices here perhaps one or more of the
sparkies that contribute to this group would like to make comment.

Regarding prices for cable etc. ... we (as confirmed DIYers) are quite
happy
to try several different places to secure a better price however
electricians have their dealers with whom they have credit terms etc. and
hence they don't tend to shop around on a day-to-day basis for the best
prices for the customer - they look for the best terms for them. After all,
they are well aware that the customer is going to sit on their invoice for
as long as possible before paying up and the last thing they want to do is
shell out "x" amount of money straight away when they might not
get paid for
a couple of months! If a supplier gives them a month to settle an account
then that's a month less that they're out of pocket - if they're more
expensive then the cost just gets passed through to the customer anyway.

I'm not saying that this cost is correct - it does seem high to me too -
but
I'm just saying that there's other reasons apart from being a
money-grabbing-basket for prices to be higher.

As an example ... an electrician friend put me onto CEF recently for some
parts, even offered to let me get them on his trade account if I needed to
and settle up with him on the billing date. For some of the stuff that I
got
they were dirt cheap - 305m of CAT5e for about £29 IIRC but for other stuff
they were quite horrendously expensive, CAT5 outlets and wall plates were
scary prices!

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: james.2.winspear@xxxxxxx [mailto:james.2.winspear@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 03 September 2001 17:36
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Sparkies
>
>
> Definitely heard the cash till going there !
>   You can definitely get the cable costs to less than 1000 Pounds (Off
the
> top of my head), which then only leaves the Hourly Rate.  I live in
the
> South of England, and yet can still get a sparkie at about 10 Pounds
per
> hour.  If installed during 1st fix of a well designed/managed build,
it
> should be relatively quick (days not weeks, for cabling, terminations
> excluded).
>   I'd suggest pointing out exactly what cable-types you want, and use
some
> of the specific options emailed here, and ask them again to
> provide several
> sparkies quotes.
>
> James
>
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