Poor Plasterers
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Vincey
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I flirt between 3 different merchants all year round , said it before they all try to rip me off each time I go in , but like Rossi says if you are on it like a car bonnet with them you can get good prices even as a pay as you go account , I’d bet Gordon a new mt supaflex that next year wickes and b and q will be at least 20-30 % more expensive than merchants on all plaster products maybe even 40%
Why would they do that?
The only reason we use them and load our own trolleys up etc is because there cheaper than merchants!!!
I’m not absorbing anything I am charging my labour plus costs plus materials lol. Not entirely sure what you boys are struggling with lol
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Says the man who said uni is a game changer, says the man who championed the bg scheme all failures.
Vincey
Private Member
Tbh I don’t know why , I’m only small fry in terms of buying materials but I’m always on it keeping note of cost of basics , it’s happened already and the penny has dropped for me , tbh my op I was saying to my cousin what’s the big deal but then when I checked all cost comparisons that’s when it became clear , multi is just an example £5.50 merchants £6.20 b and q
Beads 50p to £1 merchants, £2 b and q
Dry wall £7.50 merchants, £10 b and q
Scrimtape £3/4 merchants £7 b and q
Never mind mf, soundblock , fireline, acoustic roll and insulation, pir boards, even a bag of magnetic is near on £100 at b and q and £66 at merchants
DON'T BUY FROM BQ!!!!!!!!!
They have been off the price for years buy from wickes with your trade card!!!
They piss on merchants and just buy your beads/scrim off Google!
Vincey
Private Member
I never do shop at b and q mate
I don’t absorb the cost of materials. If it’s asked for I’m happy to provide this information to the client.
Vincey
Private Member
Was just a general thread post mate as I know loads of spreads do go , including my cousin and plasterers I know
More fool them then pal!
irish_spread
Private Member
I haven't been on here for a while but I see gps is still making a fool of himself with the sh1te he comes out with
vfr12
MOTORC*NT
He is brilliant at this. Always finds a way.
Irish John
Active Member
Amen to that
Topspread16
Well-Known Member
All the more reason to throw snips, tapes and knifes between bags. They rob us, we rob back.
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Deleted member 23452
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I use EH Smith for most gear now because they treat me pretty well. That said, I built up a relationship with them over time that started during the down-turn. I was spending money when they weren't shifting much gear so the reps/managers recognise that.
Out of interest I'll get a price off of them tomorrow for a bag of multi delivered and see what the difference is between what I pay and the sheds. I know for a fact that the timber prices I get from them are way cheaper than the sheds and jewsons etc.
zolco
Private Member
They're my go to merchants too funny enough. On my last week's order they knocked near 300 off of their quote after being on par with ccf.
They really good on timber.
I bought some 7.2m rafters from them not long ago, their price was half of TP and 150 less than local independent, delivered.
They always say we can't do this or that, because of the margin, then I just walk and get the stuff elsewhere, but as you say, they have good customer service.
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Deleted member 23452
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Depending on how you look at it, I'm getting lazier or using my time better because I just can't be 4rsed with ringing/running around for prices. I pretty much use Smiths for everything except the odd bits that they haven't got and consumables which I get from Screwfix.
essexandy
The Lake Governor
I'm pretty much the same.
Found a merchant that gives me good prices on the majority of items and looks after me.
I do price check regularly thought.
Danny
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I still think plastering is the cheapest way to make money (trade wise)
Plaster is cheap and just adding water can earn..... plumbers need to buy copper or plastic or boilers
chippies need timber.... and a s**t tonne more tools than a plasterer does...
With a few tools and couple of bags of finish a plasterer can earn
Plaster is cheap and just adding water can earn..... plumbers need to buy copper or plastic or boilers
chippies need timber.... and a s**t tonne more tools than a plasterer does...
With a few tools and couple of bags of finish a plasterer can earn
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Deleted member 23452
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I still think plastering is the cheapest way to make money (trade wise)
Plaster is cheap and just adding water can earn..... plumbers need to buy copper or plastic or boilers
chippies need timber.... and a s**t tonne more tools than a plasterer does...
With a few tools and couple of bags of finish a plasterer can earn
and joking apart, you can start out with a hatchback or estate car.
Ah but plumbers I know take chunks from scrap copper, lead, emertion tanks. You can easily get a couple a grand a year tax free from it plus the mark up on new boilers etc, same with sparks adding money to fixings etc.I still think plastering is the cheapest way to make money (trade wise)
Plaster is cheap and just adding water can earn..... plumbers need to buy copper or plastic or boilers
chippies need timber.... and a s**t tonne more tools than a plasterer does...
With a few tools and couple of bags of finish a plasterer can earn
Plasters can add bugger all really to bags of finish.we add a margin to render but not as much % as these boys.
Stevieo
Royal Spin Doctor
My quotes are spot on like that. I said earlier that I do day rate plus materiels plus 20%, then it is what it is.
In fact, I know people who just add a random amount to their price - 2 days @£150 plus £60 materiels (which is invariably a rounded up gestimate) plus a random drink, say £22. Price, £382.
The theory is that it looks more like a proper price and doesn't look like you've just rounded everything up to suit yourself. Whether it does or not is another matter. Mine would be £402 because I wouldn't round the materiels up to £60. The 20% covers that.
Agree,
It's building up a good relationship with your supplier over the years, and they'll look after you, I always go round the week before Christmas with a few bottles of whiskey for them(tax deductible of course, plus I claim the vat back) only problem with buying plaster is its a cartel and they own the market.
essexandy
The Lake Governor
And I did. A Metro!
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The plumber I use left his swag on site earlier in the year so that he could add to it and take it all in his trailer at the end of the job. I asked him to shift it, he didn't and it was all where the shower room was going. Chucked the fcuking lot of it in the skip. When he was next there he asked where it was and I told him I'd skipped it. He huffed a bit and said it was his scrap, so I replied that I could have saved it and charged him £100 a day to store it and keep shifting it out of the way.
He wasn't happy, but learned his lesson about leaving sh1te on sites.
I hate working in mess.
Stevieo
Royal Spin Doctor
The plumber I use left his swag on site earlier in the year so that he could add to it and take it all in his trailer at the end of the job. I asked him to shift it, he didn't and it was all where the shower room was going. Chucked the fcuking lot of it in the skip. When he was next there he asked where it was and I told him I'd skipped it. He huffed a bit and said it was his scrap, so I replied that I could have saved it and charged him £100 a day to store it and keep shifting it out of the way.
He wasn't happy, but learned his lesson about leaving sh1te on sites.
Or you could have weighed it in yourself and told him you skipped it.
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