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Inert RANT!

Ok, so stopped passed Reece Plumbing in Scoresby

Asked for 2x 3" (80mm) copper joiners.....

The guys eyes lit up like fireworks when I said I didn't have an account.

"That will be $42 mate......"

I looked at him, turned around and left.

Went to Plumbers Co-op (http://www.pscoop.com.au/newweb/Branch.php

Very different attitude, said no problem if you dont have an account.

$22 for the same 2 joiners I wanted.



I really feel like wasting some of their time at reece next week.... REVENGE!
...End rant

That is no different to any electrical or auto wholesaler in australia. They run on a tight margin and your prices are based on the amount of bussiness you give them.

I hear ya mate!, they wanted $38 for a 2"elbow and reducer :shock: . Thanks for the link, theres one just up the road :).


Cheers

$50 for a 2" & 3" cap, theiving cunts...... Get both for under $14 elsewhere :handgestures-thumbupleft:

4 x 2 copper reducer is $65 here in the states. 4 x 4 x 1.5 Tee is $114

LWTCS wrote:4 x 2 copper reducer is $65 here in the states. 4 x 4 x 1.5 Tee is $114

I can supply at much better prices than that, but our pipe sizes are different 8-}

Just open yourself a cash account at Reece, you don't need to be a plumber, they will do it for anyone, (they did it for me) you still pay by cash like a normal sale but you get trade prices. :-D :-D :-D


OD

olddog wrote:Just open yourself a cash account at Reece, you don't need to be a plumber, they will do it for anyone, (they did it for me) you still pay by cash like a normal sale but you get trade prices. :-D :-D :-D


OD

Walk in prices elsewhere are still better then Reece trade prices, and why should you need to give out your personal details just to get ripped off anyway? :)) :)) :))

I shop at reece because i know i pay a premium for service.

The local guys at my store are streets ahead of the competition as far as stock and service. They will also match prices if you ask them. ;-)

Well rang around for prices today for 2" copper, only places that sell by the meter is reece and eagles.

Eagles : $66.97pm
Reece: $47.52pm
co-op: $120 for 3m (only sell 3 or 6m)

all none trade but plumber mate has a account at eagles and we have a account at reece at work so might see if I can use there account and pay cash.

went to the scrap yard they had 3", 2.5" but was thin walled and a bit of 1.5 and heaps of 1" so not really what I want but prob could run 1" for condenser but it will prob be a waste.

Reece- 2" tube per metre= $124 :shock:
Western plumbing supplies= $36
Reece- 3"-2" reducer = $21 :shock:
Mcmanns plumbing supplies = $9.50

rip off cunts!!.

I can get 2" tube from Reece for $36 a meter or $176 a length......

I just bought 2m of 2" Copper pipe from Reece's Malaga for $47 a meter! (which i thought was pretty good!)

The 2" Cap was $25 tho :(

2" cap at parkwood is about $4 :laughing-rolling:

McStill wrote:2" cap at parkwood is about $4 :laughing-rolling:

Far canal think I paid something like $25, that's ok anyone can be robbed once but only a muppet lets it happen twice

Got a quote from tradelink plumbing for 2" the other day $125 a metre. Ended up getting it nearly next door at port melbourne scrap dealer for $20 for a metre and a half. Just needed to go in a few times to find a bit the right length.

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I've found Samios Plumbing supplies in Osborne Park are good too - been there a few times and they have given the normal retail price straight up each time - to me walking in in office clothes looking exactly opposite to a plumber.
But i don't think you can go in and wander round like Parkwood hardware.

Reece or tradelink guys look up the price and you can see in their faces immediately doubling it.

eagles are not to bad. the co op didnt have any 80mm joiners rang reece they hung up on me :angry-banghead: then rang tradelink $20 but have to order them.

went to eagles as its near me $13.50 :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Just got 100mm (4") pipe from Reece , guy said he gave me a bit over a metre, must have been last of the length
got home and measured -> its 1.74m :handgestures-thumbupleft:
Got 2m in some other sizes, no where near the rip off prices posted previously in this thread.

As I just mentioned in another thread, I learnt this lesson the hard way when I first started building over a year ago.

I bought pipe and a lot of fittings there, as I was unaware of where else to obtain the gear.

I remember particularly getting 2x 3" 90 degree bends for something like $80 each, and yes I paid it because I didn't know any better... :angry-banghead:

I remember looking up the Plumbers' Supplies Co-op and it said about having to become a member, so I figured it was just for plumbers. However someone said on this thread that they will sell to non-members, so i'll be giving them a go next time I build.

The best part about these forums is the dissemination of information :handgestures-thumbupleft: