Twin & earth

[evermore]

Hi, has anyone noticed Joe public can buy twin & earth at Screwfix for nearly the same price a skilled part p approved experienced Sparky can at the merchants he been using for 20 years. Doesn't seem right to me.

 

[telectrix]

same with wickes. 100m 1.5rmm from wholesaler £41 inc. vat. wickes £44.

 

[Guest55]

Free market im afraid , the upside is we can buy copper pipe at the same price as plumbers , timber for the same price as carpenters ... ect , ect.

 

[evermore]

Free market your right, but it would be nice to get privledged discounts for all the hard work we put in. Not forgetting all the money with give to our governing bodies.

 

[kenny james]

my local electrical counter didnt believe how much i was buying reels of t&e as it was cheaper then there cost price. they soon believed me when i took the toolstation catalogue to them and showed them.

 

[jimmymac]

I use Toolstation, they're really good

 

[evermore]

It was £45 in electrifix today, £54 in the merchants I always use.

 

[imago]

What have qualifications got to do with prices?

 

[evermore]

Cheers will give tool station a try

 

[ipf]

Hi, has anyone noticed Joe public can buy twin & earth at Screwfix for nearly the same price a skilled part p approved experienced Sparky can at the merchants he been using for 20 years. Doesn't seem right to me.

So can an unskilled, Part P approved, inexperienced Sparky.

 

[Darkwood]

Yes but try buy cable clips at B&Q lol i can get a full box for the price they charge for 20clips so its not all bad.

 

[Knobhead]

So I’m a fully qualified retired electrician. You recon I shouldn’t be able to buy cable at the market price without being a member of scam?

Dream on

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[evermore]

Sorry I just get fed up with customers price checking me and ramming a screwfix catalogue under my nose. I'm just a cynical old Sparky.

 

[Adam W]

So can an unskilled, Part P approved, inexperienced Sparky.

I think the point is that different customers get different prices - you might expect a sparky who goes into a wholesaler almost every day and spends a fortune on their account to get a better price than a DIYer who might spend half an hour in there asking them how to fit their new light/shower, then return it the next week because it wasn't quite what they wanted.

 

[ipf]

Tell them to buy the cable and see how they cope with maybe 50m of unused cable.