How to source John Lewis re-branded carpets???

Uffuffa

It seems John Lewis might use the same technique as CarpetRight - bring in a carpet and re-brand it so that it's a nightmare trying to find the same one elsewhere for a better price.

Anyone know how I can find out the "real" name of a carpet that JL stocks (and sells for a pretty steep price)?

The range I'm looking at is the Rusland Twist 45. The colour is Parsnip and the product code is "4M NBELPARS4S" or "5M NBELPARS5S". It's also available as a 55 weight. It's made of 80% pure new wool, 10% nylon and 10% tuftbond. I think the current offer price is 18.50 per square meter for product alone.

Paul_the_Painter

It's a 45 or 55 oz/sqyard 80/20 twist on a hessian backing (i.e. not woven through like Brintons Bell Twist - which is great carpet, but too few people buy it because it looks expensive for the weight, even though it will last twice a long as a standard 80/20)

Compare prices on that basis, don't get too wrapped up in who makes it.

If you're getting comparison prices, so that you can go back to them with a lower quote, they will either accept a quote based on 40/45/50/55/60 (depending which one you are looking at, or they will say, sorry the carpet is different, and then tell you what it is

buzzers

John Lewis doesn't normally overcook their prices on relabelled products because they know that people like myself know what they really are. This particular product is made by Cormar Carpets and the range is called Natural berber Twist and is available in 3 qualities, the 45 oz. per sq.yd. middle quality (Elite) I sell for £18.25 sq.m. inc. vat. It's a single ply mid-range carpet and has a limited colour palette, but is good value for money.