parts supplers

[rbno22]

hmmm now when i started in business years ago i couldnt get an account for toffee or a credit card or nowt...you have no credit rating etc etc etc...so im used to the way i do it and i swore would never have any of the above...why would i want help when i dont need it ????? if i couldnt be helped when i did??? you call it what you like i call it a matter of principle or whatever ...dinosaur maybe fool maybe ...but a man of damn principle for sure.......now as an end to this discussion and for all your information have received a message from a pts manager that they are starting a new cash card with terms agreed when you sign up....without a track record or any of the other bull people put up with.........so an answer at last lol phew thats my moan of the week over lol ....next

 

[Ray Stafford]

Why wouldn't you want better discount and 30 days to pay??

there's old school and not been to school.

just get an account, get discount .

There aren't many people who don't want lower prices, but there are lots of reasons and lots of people who prefer to pay-as-they-go.

Sometimes its because they have had problems with credit in the past, sometimes its because they er...cough...prefer not to leave a paper trail, sometimes they just prefer the simplicity and security that this brings.

When the banking crisis happened back in 2008/9 there was a sudden and sharp increase in cash transactions, which has never gone away.

 

[TBServices]

Tbh my accounts always get the better of me. I just buy and buy and buy without keeping check on my spending and they always bite me in the bum.

 

[Ermintrude]

You should have paid better attention in business management and cash flow seminars!

 

[lame plumber]

You should have paid better attention in business management and cash flow seminars!

Dont believe they bothered to teach cash handling and accounting at plumbing college, it might have helped a few potential tradesmen stay in business.

 

[Ray Stafford]

Dont believe they bothered to teach cash handling and accounting at plumbing college, it might have helped a few potential tradesmen stay in business.

Good point Jon. People start up businesses all the time, without even a 6 week fast track course in business management! I sometimes go on the UK Business forum, and I am staggered at the inexperience and naivety of some of the postings.

Its no wonder that the failure rate of new businesses is so high. Perhaps we should insist on a city and guilds or NVQ in running a business?

 

[rbno22]

i think im gonna open my own parts shop and get direct lol

 

[rbno22]

but i think you all miss the point ...nevermind........

 

[Centralheatking]

I also think that paying cash keeps me in touch with prices - like the yoyo price of
copper - if I find a good deal somewhere I will buy all I can afford.

last xmas our builders merchant was asking a low price by the bundle so we bought a few
thousand quids worth - should have seen his face when he came to re-stock ! CHK

 

[happyflyer]

You should have paid better attention in business management and cash flow seminars!

Takes plumbers all their time to learn plumbing :mad2:, don't go into overload with accounts, leave that to the receiver :86: