Browse Forums General Discussion Re: What discount do the trades usually get on supplies 3Nov 08, 2011 6:28 am Some people apparently have nothing better to do than comment on other people's sigs. Re: What discount do the trades usually get on supplies 16Nov 09, 2011 7:50 am With regard to builders getting good discounts it will mainly be the large well known builders you get big discounts and incentives to use there products. The smaller builders don't usually spend enough time in negotiating pricing. When I ob I was able to source many things cheaper. However labor is one thing that can be harder to get good pricing on. People seem to forget that as an owner builder you are still buying things in bulk. Whether its floor tiles or timber. You will be buying a lot. People seem to forgot this. Re: What discount do the trades usually get on supplies 17Nov 09, 2011 11:44 am the real benifit of a trade account for the diy is convinience, i have one at bunnies while the discount is rubish i can assign each invoice to a different job so i can figure out what goes where, i get time to pay for it and at the end of the month i get one summary. At the moment we are renovating 3 places the amount of those small receipts is floating around in my car was getting stupid. Re: What discount do the trades usually get on supplies 18Jan 04, 2014 2:12 pm I'm a builder, trade account means a line of credit for us, the standard are 5% off the retail price. You can normally find things cheaper online, which we always do. I also negotiate with the seller reps to get better prices when buying quantities. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Using Tapatalk Re: What discount do the trades usually get on supplies 19Oct 03, 2014 12:13 pm Most tradies get around 5-10% discount it all depends on the quantises purchased over time and that has bearing on the amount of discount achieved by the trade. Re: What discount do the trades usually get on supplies 20Oct 03, 2014 12:46 pm If I was you I would be putting on my tradie clothes and work boots and walking in to suppliers and asking for trade price usually 5 - 10% at a minimum. Tell them you are a new builder in the area and happy to pay cash for this first supply. You'll probably do as we'll as any other trade person could buy for. The motto is to shop around and know your base prices. Always get multiple quotes, no matter how reasonable/cheap you think it is. I remember getting a few quotes for a pool fence, roughly around the same price, thinking the… 5 9984 "Losers" "humanity" "off time" "your" "top notch" "love symbol" Sounds like ponzo is done using other people's toilets 36 25226 Depends how much direct sun it gets. Is there any shading (eaves or trees)? If the sun hits a window directly it doesn't matter too much if it's double or single… 1 13061 |