QuickSilver 0 Report post Posted July 18, 2008 (edited) At my work I'm in charge of maintaining all our work vehicles, I do light repairs and bigger jobs go to a mechanic, and I often make trips to BNT or Repco or similar shops. It would make sense if I set up a trade account with these shops since I work for a Charitable Trust so that should'nt be a problem should it? How do I go about doing this? Aside from mechanics etc, has anyone else setup a trade account and can offer me any advice? Thanks Alex. Edited July 18, 2008 by QuickSilver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elmarco 56 Report post Posted July 18, 2008 Just as them for an account application.... They normally want guarantees from the directors etc to set an account up - so you normally need the Financial Controller or MD to finish it off. No big deal really! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bravo 35 Report post Posted July 19, 2008 (edited) Yep, just ask them. They will give you some forms to fill out. I have a company for tax reasons, and it has accounts at Placemakers, Mastertrade, Repco, BNT, AutoOne, Mitre10. I don't get any discount at Placemakers or Mitre10, but I get 20% at Mastertrade, 15-20% at AutoOne and BNT, and 10-15% at Repco. So not trade disount, but still better than a kick in the arse. It helped that my dad's company already had accounts at all the above though as I was existing user of his accounts, so each place I'd put something on his account and then just ask the salesperson about opening my own account. As I was already using another account they didn't ask me any questions about my business trading, so they don't know it doesn't actually do anything really related to what they were selling. Edited July 19, 2008 by bravo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QuickSilver 0 Report post Posted July 19, 2008 Cool that sounds promising, the place I work for does not really do anything related to what their selling either (I work with people with intellectual disabilities) But we have alot of cars which need alot of maintaining and often need repairs since they are used ALOT, this wouldn't stop me from being able to open one would it? Surely as long as they get paid etc they shouldn't have a problem with it, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tibbs.james 1 Report post Posted July 19, 2008 I was putting a lot of $ through repco at one stage & got to know all the staff quite well, eventually i asked about getting some stuff through my work account ( i had persmion from work ) and they offered me a trade card application. Has been quite worthwhile i only get 10-15 % on stuff but its still very handy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kiwi535 538 Report post Posted July 20, 2008 (edited) Cool that sounds promising, the place I work for does not really do anything related to what their selling either (I work with people with intellectual disabilities) But we have alot of cars which need alot of maintaining and often need repairs since they are used ALOT, this wouldn't stop me from being able to open one would it? Surely as long as they get paid etc they shouldn't have a problem with it,they dont care what you use it for,the whole idea is they give you a discount in return for volume.When i worked for Placemakers they had about 6 different discount levels related to sales over a year(or projectP Edited July 20, 2008 by kiwi535 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
