Re: Clipsal C-Bus Control System

["Rob Iles" <rob.iles@xxxxxxxxx>]

Mod parent down. [sorry, spending too much time on /.] ;)

As the saying goes, "if you don't ask, you don't get"; thus, push
for
discounts whenever possible - especially on expensive / high end stuff!

No offence intended - just offering an alternative point of view.

Have a good weekend folks,

Rob



On 05/04/2008, Kenneth Watt <kwatt@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Gareth,
>
> I've worked in trade sales in my industry and, it's this simple...
>
> If you are a genuinely trade customer you'll get discount off SRP.
>
> If you buy a reasonable amount regularly you'll get a discount off
SRP.
>
> The less hassle you give asking stupid questions the more discount you
> get.
>
> The more you buy, the more discount you get.
>
> If you pay your account (if you have one) on time you'll get more
> discount.
>
> The more of the above criteria you fulfil the better the rate you get.
>
> I'm sure that most companies that deal with "trade sales"
operate the
> same way and that you have to build a relationship with your supplier
> over time, you don't just get all the benefits or the best possible
> terms from the get-go. To think otherwise is, frankly, a bit naive at
> best but probably bordering on terminal stupidity. As Li says, IBM,
> Microsoft, Ebuyer and a host of other "trade" suppliers from
Dell to
> Screwfix will offer better discounts, to better customers. If you
> choose not to be a better customer expect to get hit with the full SRP
> and rightly so IMO.
>
> If you choose to be a normal public buyer then expect the full SRP and
> if you get anything better than that then well done, you won. Just
> don't expect trade prices when you're not trade as anyone that asks me
> for that when they aren't trade get told effectively to go away with
> two words, the latter one being "off" normally followed by a
> completion of the remark or sentence involving the word
"chancer".
>
> As for who's on the desk, well just as important is, who's the punter
> asking and do you consider them worthy of wasting your time on?
>
> K.
>
>
> On 3 Apr 2008, at 08:38, Gareth Cook wrote:
>
> > Prob depends on who's at the desk at the time.
> >
> > Certainly when pricing CBUS gear you have to sweet talk to get
the
> > 35% off
> > the quoted price of some of these so called expert retailers.
> >
> > I've always wondered about cef...
> >
> > Slightly off topic but I'm lucky enough to be near a TLC and
> > QVSDIRECT.
> > I don't understand cef's pricing:
> > TLC 6242Y 1mm t+e cable (lighting to you or me) 19.90 per 100m
> > CEF (Doncaster Cable page 34/36 of their PDF catalog) 1,213.00
per
> > 100m
> >
> > How? It's a shame as they have a wide network and some attractive
bits
> > but how does the pricing really work?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Simon
> >
> > In message
> > <OF8299A020.D4F3C337-ON8025741F.0073E502-8025741F.
> > 0074016D@xxxxxxx>,
> > Gareth Cook <g@xxxxxxx> writes
> > >
> > >Any local Electrical wholesaler can get you Clipsal/CBUS
gear.
> > >
> > >ie GFE, CEF, etc. They have branches all over the country.
> > gfe.co.uk or
> > >cef.co.uk for example.
> > >
> > >G.
> > >
> > >Good Evening.
> > >Could you please address me to your favorite wholesaler for
clipsal's
> > >C-Bus products?
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