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[Colour Republic]

can i not ask why 365 don't supply tradetiler:dizzy2:

 

[DHTiling]

can i not ask why 365 don't supply tradetiler:dizzy2:

Pass...maybe you can ask TT or 365,,?

 

[Colour Republic]

Pass...maybe you can ask TT or 365,,?

Ok you guys, I refuse to buy the 365 drills unless i can purchase them from tradetiler... hows that for a start?

I've now got Marvin Gaye - 'lets get it on' playing in my head

 

[Alan.P]

Ok you guys, I refuse to buy the 365 drills unless i can purchase them from tradetiler... hows that for a start?

Erm, surely that's putting a middle man into the equation, and a middle man has to earn a living as well, end result, dearer product .......maybe ?

 

[Colour Republic]

Erm, surely that's putting a middle man into the equation, and a middle man has to earn a living as well, end result, dearer product .......maybe ?

of course not, As a retailer will buy in bulk or at least place a bulk order, the retailer gets the product for cheaper, makes his mark up and sells for the same price... it's how the world works.

Some companys even put a set price on products, Festool for instance have a set price and if any of the people they supply sell it cheaper then they stop supplying them

The only down side I can see is 365 lose a couple of sales from this site but the extra sales tradetiler would make outside of forum members would more than make up for it - I'm sure 365 already supply retailers but it will go through their distributor who is already taking a fee

 

[Deleted member 1779]

I've spoken to Dave at TT a number of times about stocking 365Drills. In fact I saw TT as an excellent way to deal with the online sales side of things if we ever get sorted with retail.

Comments back to me from retail are that they DONT seeing manufacturers selling direct. It competes against them.

TT would be a great way to sooth that issue, and continue to sell online and thus avoid upsetting the likes of Corgi, Wolsey group, BSS group, Etc.

I'm off to Corby on Tuesday so I might drop in on Dave at TT to see what his views are.


In the mean time we still offer the same great value for money at the website.

 

[Colour Republic]

you mentioned Corgi in your other thread, now they have lost government backing and all members are now moving to the new 'Gas Safe' organisation, have you tried them? I don't even know if they sell tools to their members but they are only just setting up so you've already got creditability because you supply 'Corgi' so it may be easier to get your product with them

 

[Deleted member 1779]

Yes we have a number of online retailers already selling (and growing by the week).

Mainly (but not limited to) CORGI - BuyBrandTools - Landmarc - Black Country - Basec - Tradecounterdirect dot com - porcelain-tiles dot co uk - Utopia - MYM - Light London

Please note the list above has not linked to any site from this forum as the forum does have deals in place to promote other companies. Thats why I have put in the words dot com etc rather than the actual links. And I have also kept the naming brief.

If you take CORGI for instance well yes despite their devalued status they still have a database of 100,000 installers and a catalogue. And they have promoted us to their client base. Thats a huge target audience.

But as I said I will go see Dave at TT and see if there is any movement. Its his business so he has the right to make choices. Let me put it another way... He hasn't said "no" !!!!!

 

[Colour Republic]

Good luck! By the way I wasn't suggesting you drop corgi an any way (that would be mad) just using them as a lever with gas safe, unless it would upset Corgi of course

 

[Dan]

Don't mind me while I bump up some of the old threads. I wont be doing this much more. Just the last few in the Tile Drilling forum - How to Drill Porcelain Tiles. Just one of the many tiling advice forums.