Buying any product at trade prices means there is some sort of discount that allows professional people to make a reasonable mark-up.
But the fact is that many people are savvy enough when they enter a hardware store or bulk food outlet to automatically ask for trade prices even though they are not tradespeople.
The introduction of Value Added Tax made getting away with this scam a little more difficult because it became necessary to reveal your VAT number and it had to relate to the purchase.
For instance, if you were a one-man business with a VAT number related to your company as a painter and decorator it would become difficult to claim you were a shopkeeper looking to get discounted bulk food.
In the plumbing business all professionals are likely to be able to get trade radiators along with boilers and all other central heating equipment.
Perhaps this is a good thing if only to discourage amateurs from fitting it all themselves. But as it happens, it’s also not legal to fit gas boilers unless registered as a gas safe engineer.
Today the range of radiators available means the end user and not necessarily the plumbing professional should pick the radiators. There are such a huge number of designer radiators that just settling for the standard white panel ones shows a lack of imagination.
With all the different shapes and finishes from polished steel, chrome, brass and aluminium not to mention graphite and mirror, it’s now possible to make different statements in every room in the house.
Once an individual selects their various choices there will be no need to remind their central heating engineer to ask for trade prices. He or she will automatically do that and possibly they will have an account with the supplier already set-up.
Meanwhile, as an individual member of the public it doesn’t do any harm to ask for trade prices whenever you enter a hardware store. The big chains may not be flexible in their prices but privately owned stores may offer some discount.
But the fact is that many people are savvy enough when they enter a hardware store or bulk food outlet to automatically ask for trade prices even though they are not tradespeople.
The introduction of Value Added Tax made getting away with this scam a little more difficult because it became necessary to reveal your VAT number and it had to relate to the purchase.
For instance, if you were a one-man business with a VAT number related to your company as a painter and decorator it would become difficult to claim you were a shopkeeper looking to get discounted bulk food.
In the plumbing business all professionals are likely to be able to get trade radiators along with boilers and all other central heating equipment.
Perhaps this is a good thing if only to discourage amateurs from fitting it all themselves. But as it happens, it’s also not legal to fit gas boilers unless registered as a gas safe engineer.
Today the range of radiators available means the end user and not necessarily the plumbing professional should pick the radiators. There are such a huge number of designer radiators that just settling for the standard white panel ones shows a lack of imagination.
With all the different shapes and finishes from polished steel, chrome, brass and aluminium not to mention graphite and mirror, it’s now possible to make different statements in every room in the house.
Once an individual selects their various choices there will be no need to remind their central heating engineer to ask for trade prices. He or she will automatically do that and possibly they will have an account with the supplier already set-up.
Meanwhile, as an individual member of the public it doesn’t do any harm to ask for trade prices whenever you enter a hardware store. The big chains may not be flexible in their prices but privately owned stores may offer some discount.
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