£30 for a 1L tin of Zinsser BIN from Leyland Specialist Decorators Merchant. WTF?

[opps]

Working in west London today. I needed some shellac based stain blocker. From memory, I last paid £18 for the Smith and Rogers Blockade in my local Leyland SDM back in 2020. It was about 20% cheaper than the Zinsser BIN. Today, I needed more. LSDM now no longer sells Blockade and are phasing out BIN (according to the guy in store), but only selling the BIN in the meantime. I had to pay £30 for 1L of BIN.

I feel like I have been mugged off. Screwfix is £23 for 1L of BIN.

There is something very wrong when your decorators' merchant of choice is more expensive than a company of the likes of Kingfisher group (Screwfix, B&Q, etc).

Sorry about the rant---- nah, not sorry.... ever since LSDM went from being independant to being owned by the (Irish)
Grafton group, the same people that own Selco, the prices seem to have creeped/ramped up. (BTW, my mum is Irish).

I will keep my trade account- primarily for tax/receipt purposes, but I need to become more proactive and preorder products online from other more reasonably priced companies.

/end of rant.

Ohh.. maybe not... Last week I purchased 3.5L of 2K filler. It was discounted down to a reasonable price, but the store omitted to mention that it was past/nearing end of life.

Hey Leyland SDM, if you want to keep your regular customers, treat them with respect. I understand you charging massive premiums for things like plumbing fittings, you are a one stop shop, but when your paint prices exceed DIY sheds, I will turn to those DIY sheds, and the cheaper companies online.

 

[Wayners]

Most decs are buying online now or using places like Screwfix.
Merchants will adjust prices if you ask rep but you need to keep spending at a level.

Walkings are profitable

 

[michealangelo]

Screwfix , wickes for me

I find most decorators merchants think the customer is stupid , you don't want to be using that sort of attitude

Last time I went in the local one the owner was standing there talking shop with a rep for 5 minutes whilst I stood around like a spare part

He could have served me super quick and I would have been on my way

I am sure there are plenty of good ones out there , this is my experience

 

[michealangelo]

Working in west London today. I needed some shellac based stain blocker. From memory, I last paid £18 for the Smith and Rogers Blockade in my local Leyland SDM back in 2020. It was about 20% cheaper than the Zinsser BIN. Today, I needed more. LSDM now no longer sells Blockade and are phasing out BIN (according to the guy in store), but only selling the BIN in the meantime. I had to pay £30 for 1L of BIN.

I feel like I have been mugged off. Screwfix is £23 for 1L of BIN.

There is something very wrong when your decorators' merchant of choice is more expensive than a company of the likes of Kingfisher group (Screwfix, B&Q, etc).

Sorry about the rant---- nah, not sorry.... ever since LSDM went from being independant to being owned by the (Irish)
Grafton group, the same people that own Selco, the prices seem to have creeped/ramped up. (BTW, my mum is Irish).

I will keep my trade account- primarily for tax/receipt purposes, but I need to become more proactive and preorder products online from other more reasonably priced companies.

/end of rant.

Ohh.. maybe not... Last week I purchased 3.5L of 2K filler. It was discounted down to a reasonable price, but the store omitted to mention that it was past/nearing end of life.

Hey Leyland SDM, if you want to keep your regular customers, treat them with respect. I understand you charging massive premiums for things like plumbing fittings, you are a one stop shop, but when your paint prices exceed DIY sheds, I will turn to those DIY sheds, and the cheaper companies online.

The big boys can buy in bulk

If you have a decent local merchants it's worth sticking with them for the sake of a few quid I suppose

In the old days one by me would mix up say 50 litres of a dulux or sandtex masonry paint in berger and save me , the customer etc but they are long gone

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Paint seems to really vary in price wherever you buy it and when you need to buy it, but over the years I've found invariably it will come down to my local Brewers, Screwfix or Amazon, one of those will be the cheapest. I've tried all the local suppliers, the local builders merchant who can't tell you the price until you actually get to the till (WTF is that about these days) but those three always win through. Though occasionally there are other online suppliers who may be a bit cheaper but the hassle of ordering from those is not worth it.

 

[michealangelo]

Toolstation are OK

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Most decs are buying online now or using places like Screwfix.
Merchants will adjust prices if you ask rep but you need to keep spending at a level.

Walkings are profitable

That is true of all trade outlets, it give them scope for discount to the regulars, and keeps the DIY'ers out.