Topps Approved Fixer Scheme.

[merlecollins]

Hi all,

Anyone on or been on the Topps Approved list?

If so, whats the pros and cons - is there money to be made - is it more bother than it's worth?

Spoke to the manager of our nearest store today and am going in to see him tomorrow to get the gen on it. He says that they guarantee your work and that they take back left over tiles - does this mean that there is no scope to make anything on the materials?:yikes:

 

[Sean Kelly]

The charge is for the guarantee.
You quote for the job, but you only quote for labour.
The customer pays you direct.
Topps guarantees the work for 1 year.
You are also responsible for pickup/delivery of materials!!
You make £0 on mats because customer pays full wack for them!

 

[DHTiling]

But as a pro tiler, surely you should be guarenteeing your own work...??

 

[Sean Kelly]

But as a pro tiler, surely you should be guarenteeing your own work...??

Yes Dave, you are right. However, the customer gets the guarantee from a well known tile shop, that will hopefully not go bust or disappear overnight. It's peace of mind for the customer. Personally I offer the same guarantee and tell my TAF customers that if they have any problems then come back to me.....not Topps. The reason for this is that if I do muck up on the job and a tile comes lose then I do not want Topps knowing about it because I might get removed from the scheme. I get 80% of my work through Topps. Cheers Sean