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Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 1:17 pm
by GB_Groundworks
Anyone buying it cheaper than 9.80 a ton inc vat in or around manchester? thats from travis bulk aggregates. best i can find.
need 310 tons of the stuff and lost my guy who used to do it for £100 per 20 ton load.
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 1:53 pm
by Dave_L
£9.80/ton delivered inc VAT in 20t loads?????
That's bloody cheap, very cheap actually.
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 5:15 pm
by Wills gardens
wow wish i could get it that cheap, as i only do small jobs down south here im paying between £25 and £40 a bag 
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 5:27 pm
by Bob_A
Yes £30 a tonne is about how much it costs in the south east.
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 5:34 pm
by mickg
thats cheaper than cheap actually at £ 8.34 + vat
I've had 20 ton loads for £10 plus vat but it also depends where the job is located and the radius from the quarry, I had two jobs last year about a mile apart and was charged 2 different prices, one job was inside the radius and the other came under a different radius hence the price difference
so I can't see how they can have a fixed price for anywhere in the Manchester area, but hey come Monday morning I will be on the phone to the 2 managers I know at TP to see what this cheap and cheerful hardcore is all about
thanks for letting me know 
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 5:38 pm
by Wills gardens
boo the south You have much work on Bob?
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 5:40 pm
by flowjoe
Thats a good price Giles especially for T.P, you could try these guys Vernon Aggregates, we use them a bit on large orders and they supply bagged and loose to TP
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 6:22 pm
by lutonlagerlout
£200 + VAT for 20 tonne delivered in luton
LLL
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 6:38 pm
by Bob_A
Wills gardens wrote:boo the south You have much work on Bob?
I'm not in the trade, I'm hear to learn so that I can do some projects at home.
http://ext.pavingexpert.com/cgi-bin....;t=5481
http://ext.pavingexpert.com/cgi-bin....;t=6917
In the summer I hope to be doing my drive.
Waste removal, materials, tool hire and labour are all expensive down sarf.
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 7:29 pm
by GB_Groundworks
mickg wrote:thats cheaper than cheap actually at £ 8.34 + vat
I've had 20 ton loads for £10 plus vat but it also depends where the job is located and the radius from the quarry, I had two jobs last year about a mile apart and was charged 2 different prices, one job was inside the radius and the other came under a different radius hence the price difference
so I can't see how they can have a fixed price for anywhere in the Manchester area, but hey come Monday morning I will be on the phone to the 2 managers I know at TP to see what this cheap and cheerful hardcore is all about
thanks for letting me know
get it through the depot at maccessfield direct order, we have a "special customer arrangement" with them on everything. every year we get a 5 page list of the discounts timber half price, underground drainage at 80% less than retail.
but we are south manchester near the peak district so all the big quarries within 10 miles hence cheaper price. plus we do 300k+ with travis a year with my dads company so i get it through his account.
ok i'll stick with that next best price from local independent aggregate dealer was 10.90 + vat. but he'll do me crusher run for sub layer at 4.50 + vat a ton
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 8:16 pm
by mickg
TP at Macclesfield on a direct order ?
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 11:08 pm
by lutonlagerlout
IME travis perkins are robbin barstewards
LLL
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 11:15 pm
by Bob_A
Travis Perkins bought out a couple of nearby independant builders Merchants.
Shame cos one was cheap and the other used to stock some hard to get stuff.
In my limited experience if you haven't got an account with TP don't bother as they are overpriced pisstakers.
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 11:35 pm
by mickg
under normal circumstances your right as they are not the cheapest merchants out there but it does depends on the amount of stuff your buying, all the branches are under immense pressure theses days to hit targets and when they do reach their monthly target the goal posts are moved so the branch managers do need the business
anyway what i am coming to is if you want a lot of a particular item they are allowed to give a larger discount and this additional discount is claimed back from the supplier who product your buying, its not official but the branch managers are allowed to do it
obviously if your just buying one item or a few then they will charge you the normal robin barsteward screen prices
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 11:51 pm
by Bob_A
Yes I can understand that and as I'm not trade I don't expect to get it as cheap as those that are.
All I ask is whatever I buy is fairly priced and not over twice as much as B&Q, and that's not an exageration in many cases!
What gets up my nose is when they buy out your friendly independant merchants and monopolise your area with a bunch of chavs.
Rant over. I'm going for a lie down :laugh: