Screwfix Direct Trade Counter Canterbury

nikiyoung

Hi to all.
Sorry if wrong place but a quick question.
There is a new screw fix direct trade counter opening in Canterbury and I want to know if you have to be trade to buy from them. I know I have ordered before on the web site but face to face do they want a member of the trade??
Confused
Niki

tigergold

No need to be a memeber, u can just walk in and buy, you put your numbers on an order form, hand it in and they bring the stuff out, (silimar to argos)
they even have a free coffee machine while you wait.

nikiyoung

Great :-)
Saves on postage!!

jap200

nikiyoung wrote:

Hi to all.
Sorry if wrong place but a quick question.
There is a new screw fix direct trade counter opening in Canterbury and I want to know if you have to be trade to buy from them. I know I have ordered before on the web site but face to face do they want a member of the trade??
Confused
Niki

Please can you tell me where this is - I live near Canterbury and have only ever ordered online from Screwfix. It would be great to be able to pick stuff up instead.

Also - are the trade prices lower than online/catalogue?

nikiyoung

jap200 wrote:

Please can you tell me where this is - I live near Canterbury and have only ever ordered online from Screwfix. It would be great to be able to pick stuff up instead. quote]

Hi
it's not open yet (next week i think) but it's down cotton road in wincheap trading estate.
I dont know about prices but it's going to be more convenient for me!
Hope this helps
Niki

sooz

I go to my local one quite often, and you do have to register as trade - but i just filled in the form as self-employed. next time you go, you do just fill in the order form as at argos, but you need to give them your house no and postcode to find your membership number on the screen.

prices are normally the same - except that they don't stock the sale items that the screwfix catalogue offers.

nikiyoung

ta sooz
niki

BobProperty

sooz wrote:

I go to my local one quite often, and you do have to register as trade - but i just filled in the form as self-employed. next time you go, you do just fill in the order form as at argos, but you need to give them your house no and postcode to find your membership number on the screen.

prices are normally the same - except that they don't stock the sale items that the screwfix catalogue offers.

No you don't. They just keep a record to allocate you a customer number which they re-use when you return. You probably get sent a catalogue when each new one comes out.
Main advantage is no minimum order, so you avoid the postage costs, opening hours comparable to the "Sheds", and free coffee machine. Disadvantage is the queue when it's busy and yes it's like the builders merchant equivalent of Argos.

nikiyoung

Thanks Bob
we get the catalogue sent to us so i'll look at the customer number.
thanks
Niki