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I've ordered a few bits from here recently and saved a fortune over merchants prices.
An example is this fitting at £1.06 + VAT, I bought this recently from my local merchants for £7.45 inc VAT, I feel robbed now.
Surely you plumbers can't buy basic stock cheaper at the merchants?
Don't get me wrong I know local merchants cant compete with these internet companies (less overheads) and I would rarther spend my money localy but it was a recent thread on this site about that pressure equalising valve that got me thinking, in Kevs links BES were cheaper by a mile on the same valve.
What I also hate are those hefty restocking charges at the merchants as well.
An example is this fitting at £1.06 + VAT, I bought this recently from my local merchants for £7.45 inc VAT, I feel robbed now.
Surely you plumbers can't buy basic stock cheaper at the merchants?
Don't get me wrong I know local merchants cant compete with these internet companies (less overheads) and I would rarther spend my money localy but it was a recent thread on this site about that pressure equalising valve that got me thinking, in Kevs links BES were cheaper by a mile on the same valve.
What I also hate are those hefty restocking charges at the merchants as well.