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[Spare Tool]

My combi drill just gave up the ghost, was passing so just been in B&Q to see what deals they had in..they got a twin pack Makita 18v 1.3ah, impact driver, drill driver plus 2 batteries for £158, its pensioner day weds where they get 10% off so approached a friendly looking chap and asked him if I gave him the cash would he take it through the till and get me nearly £16 off...no sorry he says they know me here and I only bought a drill driver last week, "why don't you enquire about the trade card he says my mate has one and gets him loads off", so I stand at customer services for 15minutes messing about filling in all my details to get my "lol discount card" picks up the Makita box and head off to the till eagerly awaiting to see how much there gonna knock off when I produce my "gold card"...that'll be £157.20p checkout girl says, so that's a grand total of 80p off. Waste of time that was. Put the box back and rang my dad who came within 10 minutes, back to the till with the Makitas, shows his bus pass and I get the drills for £142.20p, real deal but its all wrong IMHO

 

[Dan]

Is this the trade point thing?

 

[Spare Tool]

Is this the trade point thing?

That's the one Dan, although it should be OA Point if you ask me..waste of time!!

 

[Dan]

Old thread: http://www.tilersforums.com/threads/b-q-tradepoint.40582/

 

[Spare Tool]

Similar experiences on that thread...happy with the eventual deal I got but did I really need to be dragging my 76 year old dad out of the house to get me a discount..

 

[Gazzer]

And is this the drill where the 3amp batteries dont fit ??? Sure that was a reason i didnt get one a while back.

 

[Spare Tool]

Think so, it does say something about some other batteries not fitting on the box, but as this is my first and only battery Makita purchase to date shouldn't make any difference to me..

 

[White Room]

I've got one of the trade cards, absolutely rubbish nearly as bad as Topps.

 

[Spare Tool]

Its such a waste of a promotion, banners, special desks, staff with special tshirts, posters, leaflets, trade point my ***..anyone with a bus pass can get things 10% cheaper than the traders on a Wednesday, no wonder B&Q closing stores down. Hope the MD stumbles across this thread, might open his eyes to what a waste of time, money and effort it really is..

 

[Dan]

Its such a waste of a promotion, banners, special desks, staff with special tshirts, posters, leaflets, trade point my ***..anyone with a bus pass can get things 10% cheaper than the traders on a Wednesday, no wonder B&Q closing stores down. Hope the MD stumbles across this thread, might open his eyes to what a waste of time, money and effort it really is..

They know tradesmen don't go there. They want the ones who are winging it to go there. And the DIYers pretending they're tradesmen. It's all the "you can do it if you B&Q it" lark all over again. Get people in the door.

You're now on another list too. They'll probably sell that. Expect some insurance quotes to come through the door. And some regular leaflets. BBQ offers about now and garden furniture.