when does daves tool sale start.

Now there's an idea.

Dave......Fill in the blanks


"Sale At TradeTiler" Starting _ _ _ _ _

I think you will find David offers the best prices all year round and if you can find it cheaper then he will Price Match.

Originally Posted by Sir Ramic

I think you will find David offers the best prices all year round and if you can find it cheaper then he will Price Match.

so does comet, currys, john lewis, etc etc.......

Do comet etc sell Rubi?

Originally Posted by Sir Ramic

Do comet etc sell Rubi?

you must be a shareholder not wanting a sale.

I don't think anybody could complain about Dave's service tho'!!

Originally Posted by doug boardley

I don't think anybody could complain about Dave's service tho'!!

certainly agree with that.
but it must show that the tiling industry unlike the high st must be doing ok if he doesnt have to have a sale.

Originally Posted by oldgit

certainly agree with that.
but it must show that the tiling industry unlike the high st must be doing ok if he doesnt have to have a sale.

Not necessarily, it might simply be a case of he has built a sufficiently good business to not to have to push items out of the door. In the passed these January "sales" were there to clear out the rest of the old stock that had accumulated during the previous year (and surplus xmas stock not sold) and was now "past season". Dave's business is not a high street business and he obviously doesn't have a huge amount of surplus stock tying up his money.

I do recall at various time in the passed year that there has been the occasional specific item or two being sold at a discount to move them on.

I don't think that the fact that Dave is not having a "sale" is a reflection of the tiling industry as a whole. We all know it is struggling, along with the rest of the building industry.

or if tiling industry was thriving, we'd all be making pots of money and not need a sale anyway?(I think?!)

no the tiling ind is not thriving it is bad out there,but maybe not as bad as other areas.

the thread was a bit tongue in cheek..........i have some xmas money and next week birthday money to spend,so i was hoping to urge dave into a sale.

the thing is do i buy tools and then maybe look at them for the next 12 months,this year will certainly be slower,and if it is tool and adhesive sales etc will drop in a big way,so does ie:dave etc drop prices now or wait untill no one will buy.
this is not really about dave but the whole industry.

if industry's slowing down tilers ain't gonna be fixing,new/replacement tools aren't gonna be needed, so tradetiler's gonna be another link in the chain, this is gonna be a sign of the times I'm afraid. I would have to think long and hard about dropping my rates as I'm sure David would as well

I am not sure of this, but I believe Rubi doen't give a very good % to their clients, which would mean that the sellers, like Dave, would be giving Rubi tooling away for next to nothing if he did do a sale.

A high street expert was on Sky news a few days ago. He said along the lines that the shops are doing these 50-60-70% sales BUT with the original purchase price they buy for, and their % mark up, they are only prologing the same as that of MFI etc.........

All traders on-line or not are going to be feeling the pinch this year........or at least the first part of this year........I for one will not be splashing out on tools " IF" I can make do with wot I have.

Dave does have a good selection of tools and he like others will be no doubt be getting a little windy.

This year is definatly going to be survival of the fittest, and many are going to go.........not just in our trade.

So, keep busy lads & lasses, and good luck.

If you ring dave @TT direct and mention you are a tilersfourms.co.uk tilers arms member then you get discount anyway.......

the thing is everyone wants this or that cheaper we as tilers cant go below a certain level,so unless bal,rubi and ctd just examples knock there prices to the floor at least for this year then recovery wont happen.
i dont understand all these big stores making out there doing us a favour with ie:laptops with £100 off,well the laptop aint worth the now £400 its worth £300 so why dont they clear the decks get some cash in then they have bargaining power when they buy there wares,if they dont they will go bust.
if we are to drop our prices it has to start from the top and the same in every industry.
the only problem if they do this and people still wont buy as they keep waiting for even lower prices you could then get a depression,maybe thats what we really need and it all starts from scratch.

I for one am struggling. I have one job in the new year, and unless the phone starts ringing, I'm off to the dole office.

Originally Posted by Fred

I for one am struggling. I have one job in the new year, and unless the phone starts ringing, I'm off to the dole office.

sorry to hear that Fred, hope the phone starts ringing for you

I tend to buy tools when I need them at the moment, unless someone offers me a great deal, like that little used Belle Mini Tile 230 for 100 notes!

It was a bit OTT for what I needed at the time but now it's come into its own. Not even the Rubi T60 Plus could cope with that wetroom former tiling I did, without wasting half the tile.

As for struggling tilers at the moment, it's probably time for us to start diversifying.

Each and everyone of us needs to have a good think about what else we can do to earn a living. There are loads of jobs that still earn good money for those willing to do them.

Originally Posted by cornish_crofter

As for struggling tilers at the moment, it's probably time for us to start diversifying.

Each and everyone of us needs to have a good think about what else we can do to earn a living. There are loads of jobs that still earn good money for those willing to do them.

CC, I've been bouncing my Police career CV to insurance companies and the like. I'm on a retired police web site, and there are jobs on there for the likes of me such as insurance statements, sample taking in high risk jobs etc. I don't really want to go back to that life, but I have to pay the bills,mortgage etc.

Originally Posted by cornish_crofter

As for struggling tilers at the moment, it's probably time for us to start diversifying.

Each and everyone of us needs to have a good think about what else we can do to earn a living. There are loads of jobs that still earn good money for those willing to do them.

Like what Cornish?

Originally Posted by graham31

Like what Cornish?

Well in Fred's case he's got skills picked up when he worked for the Police.

In my case I have experience working in the manufacturing sector, which will also be shrinking but I've got a lot of transferable skills that I could take to another job.

Alternitively I could diversify and do a range of jobs around the house.

Originally Posted by cornish_crofter

Well in Fred's case he's got skills picked up when he worked for the Police.

In my case I have experience working in the manufacturing sector, which will also be shrinking but I've got a lot of transferable skills that I could take to another job.

Alternitively I could diversify and do a range of jobs around the house.

House keeping lol

LOL

No, I can fit bathrooms, can do other repairs around customer's homes, fit fascias/soffits etc.

As I say, each of us has other skills that we can use. They will be different for each of us but we all have them