Joint Buildhub Trade account discounts

[Patrick]

Picking up on @SteamyTea

s idea in another topic:

How about getting trade accounts for Buildhub members. Just a simple cash account in order to take advantage of discounts at various BMs, nothing to do with a credit line or direct debits.

Account details can be posted on here or cards can be ordered for members that are interested.

Don't know how practical that would be as e.g. B&q operates a min. Credit line of 500£for their accounts as far as I can see . Which would obviously not be possible with a joint Buildhub account.

Is there any (online) BMs that do a discount card for  trades according to turnover made with the account in question?

Delivery to various addresses shouldn't be an issue as companies ordering through trade accounts also not necessarily order to company address but directly to site.

Difficulty would be claiming VAT as the receipt would maybe say "Buildhub" instead of the individual Members name.

But maybe still worth it specially for non zero vat projects.

 

[MikeSharp01]

We have looked at this but it soon spiralled into quite a complex admin system. Given that each of us, 4000 members, is spending a couple of hundred K we are a big market.

[SteamyTea]

I think it is a case of talk to the suppliers.

Pointing out that we have 3000 member (or whatever it is) may help.

Shopping clubs are nothing out of the ordinary snd I am sure the VAT issue can be sorted out at each branch.

[SteamyTea]

4 minutes ago, MikeSharp01 said:

spiralled into quite a complex admin system

How come.

I have often seen an easy job made difficult.

There are companies that do this for a living, I had a gift card that I could spend in many ladies clothes shops, and TopShop.

was by 4all or something like that. https://www.one4all.com/

 

Edited December 23, 2019 by SteamyTea

[MikeSharp01]

11 minutes ago, SteamyTea said:

How come.

We were concerned about commercial matters getting mixed up with the not for profit forum. I will dig out the thread and see what we said. 

[SteamyTea]

It only becomes commercial if the forum starts to take money, which I personally do not have a problem with.

Did anyone actually seriously speak to any companies?

[Patrick]

@MikeSharp01

Yes please, if you could find this. I do understand that there are a few issues that may arise with it. Specially commercialising this forum and promoting 1-2  suppliers over others because they giving discounts. But even though I believe the admin group does a great job in keeping this forum non-commercial and banning any advertising, there is a massive tendency towards praising a few large suppliers on here. I don't think giving the option for a discount in one forum section (without promoting it on the site prominently) is too much of a problem. It s already done in the discount thread, just bit less organised.