opinions..shafted or not?

[Spare Tool]

I don't supply tiles anymore either, not because of this scenario, just because there's no profit in it like there used to be, customers seem to be able to walk into tile shops off the street and get 'trade' prices, gone are the day where we could make a few quid before we even got out of bed on a Monday morning.

...and another good reason not to like splashies either 😉

 

[Spare Tool]

You must be dealing with the wrong tile shops.....I can make a good profit on tiles I supply.....got 20m2 floor in a couple of weeks and will make £180 for just picking them up and I got the money off the customer as a deposit....can't loose really.
🙂

Thought I was onto a decent earner on this one, hahaha had £200 profit in materials for kitchen n bathroom but now I'm a day n a half down on labour n £50 in materials...some you win :|

 

[Ian]

...and another good reason not to like splashies either 😉

Lol, yes. Splashies suck, even more so in this instance!

 

[Dan]

You have to be careful you don't hit the VAT threshold buying and selling tiles with vat on and then going over whatever it is turnover (70k?) and 35 of it ends up being tiles and adhesives and now your prices to customers for labour is 20% more expensive than the next man because your price has vat on.

That aside, what a ****.

Email in future or always say can you confirm that via email or text for me so I can stick it in the customers file or something.

 

[Ian]

Think VAT is 81 grand now, I don't supply much at all anymore, no tiles and very little addy/grout, I seem to be working for a small group of bathroom fitters/interior companies that supply the lot, I just turn up with my labour, yes I lose a few quid on materials mark up but, I don't have to go out and quote in the evenings and get a regular income, not going to be a millionaire but, I get to see my kids grow up and am home at half 4 everyday, might change in the future but, right now, it suits me perfectlyly.

 

[Spare Tool]

Think VAT is 81 grand now, I don't supply much at all anymore, no tiles and very little addy/grout, I seem to be working for a small group of bathroom fitters/interior companies that supply the lot, I just turn up with my labour, yes I lose a few quid on materials mark up but, I don't have to go out and quote in the evenings and get a regular income, not going to be a millionaire but, I get to see my kids grow up and am home at half 4 everyday, might change in the future but, right now, it suits me perfectlyly.

Sounds perfect, unless your supplying pallets of adhesive for a job its not worth the running about just for £20 profit on three bags of addy..
Was talking about this with Craig this morning and we're gonna go halves on one..i hammered local shop down to £11 a bag on a 50 pallet of grey standard setaflex, retailing it to individual customers at £20 a bag, which is still cheaper than they can buy it retail, there's £450 to be made on a pallet 🙂

 

[White Room]

Sounds perfect, unless your supplying pallets of adhesive for a job its not worth the running about just for £20 profit on three bags of addy..
Was talking about this with Craig this morning and we're gonna go halves on one..i hammered local shop down to £11 a bag on a 50 pallet of grey standard setaflex, retailing it to individual customers at £20 a bag, which is still cheaper than they can buy it retail, there's £450 to be made on a pallet 🙂

How much would they normally charge for a bag.

 

[Spare Tool]

How much would they normally charge for a bag.

Retail not trade, in tile shop is £23 for grey, £26 for white 😉
Trade is £15 white, n £13 grey

 

[White Room]

Retail not trade, in tile shop is £23 for grey, £26 for white 😉
Trade is £15 white, n £13 grey

I can get white seta flex for £12.50 a bag which doesn't seem a bad price....

 

[John Benton]

Ooh you've been royally shafted there Andy, the joiner's a complete cockwomble! If his memory is that good on the colour of the tiles why did he forget to put the end panels on those wall units 🙄