konastab01-
This is a ‘who is it hurting’ Q though right? As long as there isn’t some sort of VAT evasion that goes with it. It’s up to e.g. Howdens if they choose only to deal with some customers and they interpret that strictly (or not)
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Got a call from them this morning and have a trade account.
There were zero fucks given, she just asked for a drivers license.
Won't be using it now in any event as I panicked at dates.
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Why? Other than just 'because trade'
It's just stuff. You can buy all the parts to put a PC together despite that not being your day job. Likewise bikes, likewise just about anything else. I'm not asking them for their expertise and they're putting no more time into selling to me than they would someone in the trade.
You'll get better prices if you buy lots, but that's separate to having an account with them, and I wouldn't expect I'd get preferential rates if I'm buying small volumes.
But when I was boarding out my loft for example then it was cheaper for me to get Selco to deliver than for me to go to B&Q. Sod paying extra for the same pieces of chipboard just because it comes from a B&Q warehouse instead of a Selco one.
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andyfallsoff
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duncs
I used my 1 man IT Contractor Ltd to open a couple of 'trade' accounts.
Then just bought stuff with my own card.