kobblers Posted December 5, 2005 Report Share Posted December 5, 2005 hi folks, we've just decided to start stocking maglite torches as we get asked quite a lot for them. does anyone know of a good supplier for them? they have some in the birch gift catalogue but they're almost as cheap to buy from screwfix direct which tells me they're not the cheapest around!!!!! cheers, rick. ps, drinks are on me in the cobbler's arms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenB Posted December 6, 2005 Report Share Posted December 6, 2005 I get my maglites from Healy's. I think they're as cheap as anywhere, unless anyone out there can let me know otherwise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kobblers Posted December 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2005 thanks steve. we don't deal with healy's though cos robin healy in his infinite (wisdom?) decided that they wouldn't deal with us because the PRIOR owner of our business ran up a massive debt and despite the fact that we have a near impeccable credit history talk about blacklisting by proxy huh? merry xmas rick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh-Candoit (ENG) Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 Healy's used to run a cash & collect, dont know if they still do but why not offer cash on delivery? (if you want their goods that is) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironplanet uk900 Posted July 6, 2006 Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 hi folks,we've just decided to start stocking maglite torches as we get asked quite a lot for them. does anyone know of a good supplier for them? they have some in the birch gift catalogue but they're almost as cheap to buy from screwfix direct which tells me they're not the cheapest around!!!!! cheers, rick. ps, drinks are on me in the cobbler's arms There aint much of a markup on maglites. Burton & Mc Call main supplier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auto Key Wizard Posted July 6, 2006 Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 You'll find that Cyba-lite by RING Automotive is a far better product to stock, Their website is HERE TO CLICK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh-Candoit (ENG) Posted July 7, 2006 Report Share Posted July 7, 2006 I would have thought that the well known branded product of Maglight would have sold better as every refers to them as maglights, is this not the case then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted July 8, 2006 Report Share Posted July 8, 2006 Hover - Dyson????? You dont go out to buy a vacum cleaner, you go out to get a hover, but may come home with a Dyson! As long as you offer a good alternative you may get the sale! Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh-Candoit (ENG) Posted July 8, 2006 Report Share Posted July 8, 2006 Hover - Dyson????? You dont go out to buy a vacum cleaner, you go out to get a hover, but may come home with a Dyson! As long as you offer a good alternative you may get the sale! Lee Do you get asked for "Tuxan" or some unknown renovating polish!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted July 8, 2006 Report Share Posted July 8, 2006 I had a look round my work shop, and retail area before I posted that but couldn't spot anything! good old Tuxan, or should that be Kiwi Select, smooth Leather renovating polish.......... who came up with that! Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenB Posted July 10, 2006 Report Share Posted July 10, 2006 I now stock LED Lenser LED torches- much better than maglites (I say that as an owner of 4 different maglites & a longterm fan of them). They aren't all cheap, but you get what you pay for! http://www.ledco.co.uk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironplanet uk900 Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 I had a look round my work shop, and retail area before I posted that but couldn't spot anything! good old Tuxan, or should that be Kiwi Select, smooth Leather renovating polish.......... who came up with that! Lee I think meltonian products are labled terribly. Half the time I don't know what the stuff is myself, especially the spray's.. I started to stock punch instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh-Candoit (ENG) Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 We dont really have much say in brand names as the UK companies are taken over by multi national conglomerates. They decide what will sell here, they decide on the brand colour and design. So we end up with a universal product that everone in the country can spot and they change the name, change the colour of the tin/bottle/can to blend in with the rest of the bland brand. The Silver can brigade are taking over the world. How many different product can be identified without going and getting the magnifying glass out to read the small print that tells you it cleans suede etc. Bring back the colour coded can, or at least different colour tops so we can spot them amongst the shelf full off identical cans. The Chinese Terracotta army has nothing on these bloody silver cans marching through all retail shops, where will it end? There is not impact words that sell the product anymore, you have to search through the Silver Army to find what it does. Renovating Polish renovates. Big words on the can to say renovating polish, hardly rocket science is it? We need self selling products, we dont want to have to stand there for 10 minutes explaining the vertues of a non descript and then have the customer say "what happened to Padawax I always liked that, I didnt get my hands dirty". Then you have to tell them about this new product that has a new name, in a different container, has an abundance of special additives that make you glow in the dark if swallowed and you can recycle the container at your nearest ecological centre. Customer says " so it's the same as padawax" YES. Can I have your 1 pound 3 shillings and sixpence please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenB Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 One pound, three ?what? and six pence???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh-Candoit (ENG) Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 Shillings Steven, some folk would sell their Granny for a Shilling, pre-decimalisation of course. now they just sell her for whatever they can get to support cravings of a inhaled nature. Once upon a time in the land of not so plenty, lived a Ruler of a country surrounded by crystal clear water. One day the ruler decided to got war with the occupants of another country because he did not like them for they picked their noses and farted in public places. None of the royal subjects wanted to fight these snot covered foul smelling folk so th Royal equery offered to pay each man a "Shilling" if he would go to Sea and fight the enemy. No one took up the offer so the Royals ordered gangs of sailors to scour the drinking dens of Northampton and drag unsuspecting cobblers out to carriages to take them to the Ships. The Cobblers became aware of this nocturnal activity and at the George in Sheep Street Kettering so they cut out the bottoms of their tankards and glued glass in the bottom, so when they lifted the glass to drink they could see the tits of the serving wenches and the strangers who had come to take them away singing "they're coming to take me away ha ha, they're coming to take me away". and so it became known throught the land of Green Ginger and even in places as far away as Castle Douglas that it was all a load of Cobblers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petercoulson Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 blimey hugh be do, history lessons as well.. all that just to get blackbeard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironplanet uk900 Posted July 30, 2006 Report Share Posted July 30, 2006 I think Hugh-be-do is right about brand names. The only trouble is with brand names nowadays is, Theres just not the mark-up. The manufacturers seem to wanna make most of the profit. A small maglite retail £10.95 cost about £6/£7 to buy in! I think they are well over priced. If you stock a full range, you've got a lot of money's worth sitting on the shelf for something that doesn't exactly fly out in my experience. I think it is good to stock a good quality alternative, as 9/10 the mark-up is much better and the Item is just as good if not better. By the way I stock maglites & other brands, I sell more of the other brands because I push them, More profit for me and it's just as good quality for my punter. Just my opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh-Candoit (ENG) Posted July 30, 2006 Report Share Posted July 30, 2006 My point was that the Manufacturers had lost the plot in Corporate Imagery. The customers cant tell what does bloody what!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironplanet uk900 Posted July 30, 2006 Report Share Posted July 30, 2006 And that aswell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kobblers Posted July 31, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2006 oh, don't get me started on the amount of different languages on the the bloody tinned stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironplanet uk900 Posted July 31, 2006 Report Share Posted July 31, 2006 29, take a chill pill, or you'll bust ya computer agen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh-Candoit (ENG) Posted July 31, 2006 Report Share Posted July 31, 2006 oh, don't get me started on the amount of different languages on the the bloody tinned stuff So that's where you've been, reading bloody Cans!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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