CTD Vs Topps Vs Others

[tysfoot]

Hi, Im going to topps tomorrow to pick up some supplies and hopefully i can use my trade account for the first time and ive heard the discount is good.

Im just open to offers at this moment and ive heard about CTD, does this company to trade accounts for materials and if so what are the prices like .

If there any other people that use other shops or prefer topps or CTD let me know what you think so i can get a good idea

CTD's brochure looks really good quality

 

[Fred]

Topps and CTD in my area ( Surrey) are probably on par as prices are concerned. Use them, it is a good price, but when passing other tile shops, pop in, have a chat, as I've done that over the years, and now I can get Mapai white flexi rapid at £14 for a 20kg bag!

 

[GazTech]

CTD as with Topps have a very good reputation....a worthy opponent you may say....Topps will price match the same goods and beat it by 5% against a genuine quote.As a tiler you will be,you will choose to buy something from one and another from the other...this depends on your style and custom base...I will help where and when I can....Gaz

 

[Fred]

CTD as with Topps have a very good reputation....a worthy opponent you may say....Topps will price match the same goods and beat it by 5% against a genuine quote.As a tiler you will be,you will choose to buy something from one and another from the other...this depends on your style and custom base...I will help where and when I can....Gaz

Got to say Gaz, Topps where I live have never done that for me, BUT CTD has!

 

[tysfoot]

Cheers, well am off tomoorow to get a few tubs from topps tomoz with my trade account, see what discounts i can get, i might have a ride up to CTD cos ther showroom looks really nice.

Can you get trade accounts from CTD.

 

[GazTech]

Got to say Gaz, Topps where I live have never done that for me, BUT CTD has!

It is company policy Fred ..excercise your right and insist on it.....get them into price war...only 1 winner I think....Gaz
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[DHTiling]

you sure can..

 

[GazTech]

you sure can..

shut up dave..lol..lol.pmsl....Gaz

 

[Fred]

Thanks for that Gaz. Since they've stopped the display board with our cards at my Topps, it seems to be filled with Polish and Hungarian builders! Funny that, their all Polish running the shop. Have not had a job from there in 6 months any way.

 

[tysfoot]

I also need a decent hole cutter for ceramics and porcelin tiles, there are many ones on the market but im looking for budget ones that last, what do you recommend. i seen one in topps that positions the cutter to the tile then the diamonds hole cutters sold sepertly

Im just buying epqipment as i get more jobs, ive nearly got everything but most of the time i buy junk i think will be a good idea to use that i dont end up touching.

I bought an amazing 360 degree laser stand by black and decker other week, what an investment that was

 

[GazTech]

Thanks for that Gaz. Since they've stopped the display board with our cards at my Topps, it seems to be filled with Polish and Hungarian builders! Funny that, their all Polish running the shop. Have not had a job from there in 6 months any way.

Fred.....confused.com....how do you know that the display board is filled with polish and hungarians if the display board has been stopped???...proper confused!!...If it is the shop that is full of them...work for them!...Gaz

 

[Fred]

I also need a decent hole cutter for ceramics and porcelin tiles, there are many ones on the market but im looking for budget ones that last, what do you recommend. i seen one in topps that positions the cutter to the tile then the diamonds hole cutters sold sepertly

Im just buying epqipment as i get more jobs, ive nearly got everything but most of the time i buy junk i think will be a good idea to use that i dont end up touching.

I bought an amazing 360 degree laser stand by black and decker other week, what an investment that was

I was looking for a good porcelain hole cutting kit this summer. I popped into my local Boydens ( Surrey) and they were knocking out the genesis porcelain hole cutting kit for £120, down from £240. Lovely bit of gear. Best investment I've made. Albeit, I still struggle with the sucker gauge.

 

[GazTech]

where the f**k did that come from?

 

[devonmark]

Fred, where do you get your mapei at that price...i get mine for £20 ? Mark.

 

[Fred]

Fred, where do you get your mapei at that price...i get mine for £20 ? Mark.

Mark, these a company called Boydens in Croyden & Epsom. They do deals all the time. I got Mapei grey flexi rapid for £11 two weeks ago. Filled my van up with the stuff.

 

[GazTech]

:censored::rolleyes4::surrender:

 

[devonmark]

Mark, these a company called Boydens in Croyden & Epsom. They do deals all the time. I got Mapei grey flexi rapid for £11 two weeks ago. Filled my van up with the stuff.

i'll bet you did...are they going on e-bay the only supplier of mapei anywhere near me is tile giant..have to search harder for a cheaper supplier.

 

[Matty A]

This one is mainly for Gaz

Is it true that the more you buy from topps the bigger the discount you get?
The reason i ask isi dont shop at topps much but took my uncle to buy his tiles from there he wanted 35m2 of honed and filled trav and 15m2 of anti slip ceramic both 400mm by 300mm i had already sorted the materials out but the d**k behind the counter sold him all the materials as well saying we wouldnt get much dicount if we only bought tiles :furious3: granted the materials are all BAL but i was cheaper and i was supplying webber which i believe are a damn good product.

my beef is he used anouther tilers discount card and not mine and told us the other tiler gets bigger discount cos he buys every week my uncles bill came to £2700 and with discount it was £1700 would it not have been a good jesture to give me same discount as we have just racked the plebs commision....

Sorry im just having a rant :censored: :censored: :censored: :censored:

 

[Perry]

Boydens of croydon ? if its them they are a wholesaler they will be cheaper if they will deal with you they deal with retail units and larger contractors only ? used them for years until i was able distribute myself and obtain direct accounts

 

[versatile nw]

I personally think topps is one of the dearest places around good quality though.,

 

[Rad2474]

We could start a protest to get topps down.:joker:

 

[Perry]

Sorry Gaz but only used topps twice prices were way above SRP

 

[GazTech]

This one is mainly for Gaz

Is it true that the more you buy from topps the bigger the discount you get?
The reason i ask isi dont shop at topps much but took my uncle to buy his tiles from there he wanted 35m2 of honed and filled trav and 15m2 of anti slip ceramic both 400mm by 300mm i had already sorted the materials out but the d**k behind the counter sold him all the materials as well saying we wouldnt get much dicount if we only bought tiles :furious3: granted the materials are all BAL but i was cheaper and i was supplying webber which i believe are a damn good product.

my beef is he used anouther tilers discount card and not mine and told us the other tiler gets bigger discount cos he buys every week my uncles bill came to £2700 and with discount it was £1700 would it not have been a good jesture to give me same discount as we have just racked the plebs commision....

if you dont shop at Topps your discount will decrease and he has done you big favour by discounting travertine which has hardly any discount available.....confused as I don't know of an antislip tile that size....Gaz

 

[Fred]

Boydens of croydon ? if its them they are a wholesaler they will be cheaper if they will deal with you they deal with retail units and larger contractors only ? used them for years until i was able distribute myself and obtain direct accounts

The Epsom branch opeded about 9 months ago, and I got a brochure sent to me. I'm a sole trader, but they do sell to us. I use the shop at least once a week, mainly Mapei gear.

Fred.....confused.com....how do you know that the display board is filled with polish and hungarians if the display board has been stopped???...proper confused!!...If it is the shop that is full of them...work for them!...Gaz

Gaz, sorry, I didn't get back on this one! No, I didn't mean the Pols etc can only post on the board, as it has been taken down for no one to use because of aduse, i.e, builders, tilers, Pols etc taking out other peoples cards etc. You now have to give them your card and they give them out via under the counter.

Thats my point with the branch I used. They are all Pols running it, and as the Pols/Hung's etc are in there all the time, obviously there is 'country mates' going on. Other UK tilers I know have had the same experience since the board was taken down. I don't think it's right. IMO.

 

[Perry]

good on you Fred i think the big shops dont give you guys a good enough deal sometimes i use up to 6 ton a week so i tend to get a good deal but it wasn't so easy when i first started it made a lot of diffenence at the end of the week in your pocket

 

[Fred]

6 ton a week, what you doing, eating the stuff!!!!! Thats some contracts you've got going there. Who's your supplier now?

 

[Perry]

pci still use some bal & ardex i lay large format porcelain most of the time 2 or 3 products pci make better than anything the big guys make basf owns them inc feb,sontex

 

[Fred]

Sounds good pjc.................:hurray:

 

[Perry]

Fred where in surrey i am from high wycombe

 

[Fred]

Just south of Epsom.