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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.
duncs-
So for example, the said trade has to make some money on the materials. If they give "trade" accounts to every tom dick and harry you can then see prices that the said trade is getting haven't they got to make any mark up for all the hassle and kickback and a labour only price depending on what trade you do isn't always only about only.
You cant setup a trade account from any bike wholesalers unless you've got a shop, so it not just stuff in your opinion.
konastab01
Shouldn’t be able to open trade accounts when your not a trade.