Browse Forums Bathrooms and Laundry 1 Jul 04, 2011 11:08 am Hi, Found the basins that we want to buy, but they are exclusive to Reece Plumbing. Unfortunately all the reece plumbing outlets I have tried have told me they dont do any discount - to anyone - owner builders, builders, plumbers etc.... I have always tried to negotiate a discount when owner building and bulk buying, but cant get this one over the line. They say that the product is made by adp and they dont do bulk buy... I cannot find another basin I really like - so do I "grin and bear it..."? any comments anyone..... have you found a reece outlet that may do a discount.. I want 5 basins in all............. Re: reece plumbing dont give any discount?? 2Jul 04, 2011 11:28 am Why don't you post a picture of it. Who knows someone may have seen it somewhere else. Reece are funny like that. The charge so much even for things that are not exclusive. If you can find things from bunnings you will pay less than half. Re: reece plumbing dont give any discount?? 3Jul 04, 2011 11:35 am I got my vanities from ADP and no, they don't do discounts because they custom make them when ordered, and I could imagine Reece wouldn't bulk order their basins due to the price. I think ADP are exclusive to Reece, so do what I did, bite the bullet and get what you love I also had to buy an exclusive brand basin from Eagles that I loved, no discount but had to have it Re: reece plumbing dont give any discount?? 4Jul 04, 2011 11:52 am Tell me about it. Out of all the taps, the OH chose the Phoenix Kubus range, exclusive to reece (you can buy Phoenix tapware elsewhere, just not Kubus). Then again, I picked the white kado lure freestanding bath tub. I found a 2 piece by marble trend which is very similar. What are you chasing exactly. I might be able to suggest some cheaper alternatives. Re: reece plumbing dont give any discount?? 5Jul 04, 2011 12:19 pm Check to see if there is a reece outlet in brisbane somewhere. It may be that there is one at there main trade warehouse. We discovered the one in melbourne by accident and it has been a goldmine. We bagged a Kado Lure bath mentioned earlier for $300..... no I'm not kidding. We bought 3 basins from them 2 ifo brands and a Sonia for $700 all up. The list goes on. Grays auctions can also have some bargains, but its better to go to the live auctions sometimes. Good luck, and NEVER pay full price. Re: reece plumbing dont give any discount?? 6Jul 04, 2011 12:32 pm !! Screen7 Can you pretty please send the the address of the outlet??
Im getting my sink and tap sent over from Qld. Still managed to save $300 even with shipping and insurance! Im sure shipping from melb wouldnt be too bad. Re: reece plumbing dont give any discount?? 8Jul 04, 2011 1:13 pm alt0160 !! Screen7 Can you pretty please send the the address of the outlet?? Im getting my sink and tap sent over from Qld. Still managed to save $300 even with shipping and insurance! Im sure shipping from melb wouldnt be too bad. I'd be happy to but it is unfortuately the kind of place that you have to visit yourself. They are a purely come get it yourself kinda place and dont take orders etc, we went there every day they were open for a month to jag the stuff we did. We missed out on a metal freestanding bath by 2 minutes, it sold for $700 with a rrp of almost 4k. I will get there again this week and ask if there is a similar outlet in perth. Re: reece plumbing dont give any discount?? 9Jul 04, 2011 1:23 pm alt0160 Tell me about it. Out of all the taps, the OH chose the Phoenix Kubus range, exclusive to reece (you can buy Phoenix tapware elsewhere, just not Kubus). Then again, I picked the white kado lure freestanding bath tub. I found a 2 piece by marble trend which is very similar. What are you chasing exactly. I might be able to suggest some cheaper alternatives. yes you can, except its not sold under the name of Phoenix or Kubus. Re: reece plumbing dont give any discount?? 10Jul 04, 2011 1:29 pm Hi sceen7,can you please send me address of outlet,need to buy lots of plumbing stuff Re: reece plumbing dont give any discount?? 11Jul 04, 2011 1:52 pm sceen7 I'd be happy to but it is unfortuately the kind of place that you have to visit yourself. They are a purely come get it yourself kinda place and dont take orders etc, we went there every day they were open for a month to jag the stuff we did. We missed out on a metal freestanding bath by 2 minutes, it sold for $700 with a rrp of almost 4k. I will get there again this week and ask if there is a similar outlet in perth. Aww bugger. Would be awesome if you could ask, thankyou. Had a google and came up blank. Re: reece plumbing dont give any discount?? 12Jul 05, 2011 9:09 am We went to Reece and got a quote for what we wanted and it was going to cost us about $8k to fit out our ensuite with basics. Our plumber friend said we could use his account with Reece to get a discount and they revised the prices but there wasn't much of a discount, maybe $100 or so. I went to Tradelink and they could do it about $1k cheaper. We ended up going to Highgrove Bathrooms (we went to the one at Bundall) and got everything for $3k...even upgraded to spa bath, double vanity. Sure they don't have brand names on the taps like Dorf etc but they are the same look. Another place to look if you are in Bris or GC is www.xsstock.com.au Check out our renovation in progress at http://www.ourdiydream.com Follow us on facebook http://www.facebook.com/ourdiydream Check out what we are 'pinning' http://pinterest.com/ourdiydream/ Re: reece plumbing dont give any discount?? 13Jul 10, 2011 2:08 am reece love there plumbers. they will look after them with pricing. had a client get a 40k quote from them for their 5 bathrooms!! job was a cost plus contract and it turned out the plumber paid reece 32k for the order. this of course meant my client paid 32k for the order. best part of a cost plus contract is you see all the invoices. worst part is you dont know what they will add up to until the end!! if you know a plumber who can help you out he might save you 20%. Re: reece plumbing dont give any discount?? 14Jul 15, 2011 6:53 pm what are you looking for? i will get a price here and see if my mate can get it for same price up there. i get good discounts at plumbing places. i have the Kubus stuff in my house Re: reece plumbing dont give any discount?? 15Oct 03, 2011 6:31 pm If you love it, why not buy it? Just because you don't get a discount doesn't you shouldn't buy it. Hell, most thing you buy everyday you don't get a discount. Don't be tight, pay the extra few bucks and don't compromise! Re: reece plumbing dont give any discount?? 16Oct 09, 2011 7:28 pm Why should they ???? you are a one off buy, where we buy all the time just talk too your builder/plumber and i am sure that they will help you out i know i do that.I just bought 3 bathrooms all the pc's for a mate in vic he saved alot of money !!!So at the end of the day have a good rapport with your builder,plumber,lecky,etc it will go along way Fitzy Re: reece plumbing dont give any discount?? 17Oct 09, 2011 7:33 pm On the clearance centre only in Melb if you want contact details i can post let me know BUT you must go there they dont send items and 99% of the stuff is good Fitzy Re: reece plumbing dont give any discount?? 18Oct 10, 2011 11:16 am Fitzyplumber Why should they ???? you are a one off buy, where we buy all the time just talk too your builder/plumber and i am sure that they will help you out i know i do that. Reece asked my builder whether they would loan us their discount. They said no. It seems odd, that they wont play ball on an entire house worth of stuff, when other stores will litterally throw discounts at you, even when you are only interested in a single item. Re: reece plumbing dont give any discount?? 19Oct 10, 2011 8:02 pm Hey alt0610 thats ur builder if its a project home it won't happen i know when i need to buy pc's for jobs, friends i just tell them too put it under my ac they ring me and i tell them too price it but u are in perth it will be more $$$$ fitzy Re: reece plumbing dont give any discount?? 20Oct 14, 2011 6:07 pm Nothing new here. Reece are pricing themselves out of the market. I am a plumber and I can get a cheaper price for pipe and fittings through Tradelink as a "Joe Bloggs" off of the street than I can with Reece with a Trade account. I say shop around and you will usually find a better price than with Reece 5 4033 1 4274 Thats fine, but he still needs to provide an account of the wroks. otherwise you could judt demand whatever for whatever. Im ptetty sure his lawyer will not progress if… 6 8184 |