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My steel comes in 6.3 metre lengths which I think is the standard.
Just done a quick count and including delivery would have cost me around the £100 mark + vat
Prices do vary a lot though between location and supplier.
Just done a quick count and including delivery would have cost me around the £100 mark + vat
Prices do vary a lot though between location and supplier.
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100*6 flat @ 6.1m £16-95 each
50*25*3 UEA @ 6.1m £8-00 each
Cost me £65 ish, delivered. We use a lot of steel, but your paying double what we do. Sounds a lot when you think they are still making their margin selling to us at those sorts of rates.
50*25*3 UEA @ 6.1m £8-00 each
Cost me £65 ish, delivered. We use a lot of steel, but your paying double what we do. Sounds a lot when you think they are still making their margin selling to us at those sorts of rates.
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I've just paid the same as Paul on the flat bar from my supplier so that would seem to be right.
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cumbriasteve
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Not as good as the margin my Son in Law nearly paid
Was making him a hand rail and ran out of 40mm box, told him to nip and get 3 bits a metre long ( cut to fit in the car)
He phoned 'they want £50', I phoned the boss and asked what was going on, he gave it the old.. oh I did not know who he was and that the steel was for you...lets call it a tenner.
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i got 6 metres of 75x10 flat, 6 metres of 50x6 flat and 7.6metres of 75x50x3mm box today for 80 quid today.
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You honestly need to work clever and keep those costs down on raw materials. Send the quotes out to a few an keep telling them politely "too much, bought it elsewhere" rather than just letting them guess that the job never came off, tell them so they can get keener. my main supplier is about 15-20% cheaper than he was and as a result of this and another had to drop out as he couldn't keep up so I replaced him with a bigger firm.
Always shop about and never rely on one firm, they are in it for the money so make them work for every % they make. Giving high Discount to "get in" then raise costs later is frankly common.
Always shop about and never rely on one firm, they are in it for the money so make them work for every % they make. Giving high Discount to "get in" then raise costs later is frankly common.
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Yeah, that's alright if you are ordering a lot of gear, but, with respect, if you are only ordering odd bars, once it a blue moon, the reps are not going to fall over themselves to give decent (if any) discounts.
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Correct but they do not actually know what you buy elsewhere do they now? give them an odd meaty one to quote
If its important to get prices down that is, another £30 on an odd little hobby thing I couldn't be bothered if they are nice to deal with
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Only works for so long.
I've just shut my account with one of the big national stockholders. Service was terrible with so many problems.
I've just shut my account with one of the big national stockholders. Service was terrible with so many problems.
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I just dropped one their drivers were rubbish and replaced them with a bigger firm now my orer levels are growing, yes it does only work so long unless you actually buy once in a while. I will pay more to keep someone playing. I don't buy that much bout £1500 a month at present but it will grow, in fact I just did but the supplier wanted to split the delivery which worked in my favour at the end of the day. Sometimes it is more than price like I say
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Usually have 3 or 4 working for us, around 20K a month at the moment - some have better credit terms than others, and save the really big orders for a new supplier keen to go in cheap for the first time.
All just a game, but they know the rules!
All just a game, but they know the rules!
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I dont want to do that much steel a month or I should need those credit terms and then the risk v investment goes all to pot
