unapalomablanca Posted November 19, 2010 Report Share Posted November 19, 2010 I like many others have always thought that there must be quite a big profit on cartridges and that talk of £5 etc on a thousand carts was bull. Today i worked on the house of a gunshop owner (lovely house) and as they are a nice couple i said that he could pay me the quote price in cartridges instead of money. I was thinking that as i buy them anyway it would save him a few quid due to his wholesale cost and what i would pay retail. He laughed and said he would just pay me by cheque as normal as it wasnt worth the bother of humping them home from the gunshop! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danimal Posted November 19, 2010 Report Share Posted November 19, 2010 there is literally ****** all in them! by the time that you have unloaded 60 thousand plus your lucky to break even if you include your time!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookiemonsterandmerlin. Posted November 19, 2010 Report Share Posted November 19, 2010 I worked for a large agri CO OP in the early 90s and then we use to make roughly 15% which is very low . I use to get 20% discount and found a old ticket I was paying £76 a 1000s they where the days. But on the other foot there must be money in it some where anybody who has been to Charlie bulls house and warehouse AKA just cartridges its not small. Yes he made his money in building but I am sure he would not do it for fun. Cheers OTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted November 20, 2010 Report Share Posted November 20, 2010 If you are able to buy cartridges by the lorry load and sell them by the pallet load you may make a profit. But the small shops simply can't compete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted November 20, 2010 Report Share Posted November 20, 2010 I buy carts cheaper than the clay ground I go to do, carts are expensive to ship due to the weight and regs as they can't store 40k min order they buy 5-8k at a time buying better carts I buy what ever is cheapest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilR Posted November 20, 2010 Report Share Posted November 20, 2010 (edited) It is alleged that when Litt's went bust a couple of years ago they owed big bucks to certain cartridge companies who'd allowed them to run up a lot of credit. I'm sure that the cartridge companies have learned a lesson from that and require payment with order, or a cap on the credit they give. A lot of shops probably don't have a suitable storage area available to make bulk purchasing viable or can't afford to buy in bulk especially if asked for the dosh up front. Edited November 20, 2010 by philr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted November 20, 2010 Report Share Posted November 20, 2010 It is alleged that when Litt's went bust a couple of years ago they owed big bucks to certain cartridge companies who'd allowed them to run up a lot of credit. I'm sure that the cartridge companies have learned a lesson from that and require payment with order, or a cap on the credit they give. A lot of shops probably don't have a suitable storage area available to make bulk purchasing viable or can't afford to buy in bulk especially if asked for the dosh up front. Its not just that most credit is under written by insurance, the real impact of the credit crunch is this insurnace sky rocketed and the underwriters stopped under writing these large debts which has the knock on effect that dealer have to pay cash or have lower credit facilities. THey used to be able to buy and then pay once they had sold the stock... BTW the whole industry was stung by litts the notes of the administrators make interesting reading Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilR Posted November 20, 2010 Report Share Posted November 20, 2010 BTW the whole industry was stung by litts the notes of the administrators make interesting reading Where could they be found? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted November 21, 2010 Report Share Posted November 21, 2010 Where could they be found? It's all public domian stuff will cost you a £1 from companies house "administrators notes" is what you want IIRC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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