Do people on here realise that you can buy these polishing pads and discs direct from China?
Cut out the middle man. I just checked the prices compared to UK based companies and there’s a huge difference in price. It all comes from China.
Most (but not all) of these products come from China.
You are of course absolutely correct. There's nothing to stop anyone buying directly from China. However knowing where to buy and what you're buying is the more important factor.
Also there's a hierarchy of access to the better manufacturers that's only allowed with volume/scale. We buy a great deal from China and it's taken a long time to get into to some of the best suppliers for blades and polishing pads.
In fact a number of our customers have bought direct, then returned back to us after a while due to quality control issues. Some continue to buy some products direct from China but others from us. It's the joy of a global market, e commerce is the future and it's destroying traditional businesses as we see daily on the news. It's why we chose to go that route.
However, as noted above, we can deliver next day from stock with a VAT invoice and provide a money back guarantee/replacement should anything untoward occur. We also have product liability insurance should any of our products fail and injure you/ your customer or anyone else for that matter.