Re: Clipsal C-Bus Control System

[Mark McCall <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ok. I think we've had all the opinions we need on this subject. If you
want to  discuss it any more each other please do so off list.

Thread closed.

M




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On 5 Apr 2008, at 04:25, "Rob Iles" <rob.iles@xxxxxxx>
wrote:

> 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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