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Mar 18

Premium SupplierOfer El-hashahar replied to Angus Horticulture's discussion What makes you choose a supplier

"Dear Shona, I was a garden designer and landscaper for about 10 years but for last 5 years a small business retailing, My thought were just like yours that it is very important to know the needs of customers and i looked at it myself , as i supply…"

Mar 2

PRO MemberGraeme @ BGS replied to Angus Horticulture's discussion What makes you choose a supplier

"In no particular order of importance: Customer service Products in stock Competitively priced with genuine trade only prices Fast delivery Additional discount if paying for products using cash or debit cards rather than a 30 day account."

Feb 27

Paul & Megan Dovey replied to Angus Horticulture's discussion What makes you choose a supplier

"I have to add to what Duncan said only in my case it was because Im a woman. I'm in partnership with my husband. some years ago I walked into a well known builder's ready to pay a large sum of money in cash, I was dressed in a business…"

Feb 27

Paul & Megan Dovey replied to Angus Horticulture's discussion What makes you choose a supplier

"Local, we try to only use local but it's got harded to do that, customer service is also important to us, have stopped using some suppliers due to lack of this, would go for the above first then free delivery plus a percentage discount before…"

Feb 27

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What makes you choose a supplier

Hi Everyone,Hope you are all well and enjoying this sunshine. I am doing a bit of market research at the moment on behalf of our company and I am looking for some opinions on this subject. When you are looking to buy a product, be it fertiliser, plants or anything for that matter what is your deciding factor when choosing a supplier? Obviously cost will have a major influence but do you take in to account other factors such as local supplier, customer service etc and would you pay more for a…See More

Feb 27

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Jul 27, 2012

Thermo replied to Angus Horticulture's discussion What makes you choose a supplier

"i forgot tomention i recently stopped using a skip company i had been using since they started up at the same time as me. In fact i was their first account customer. we do about 12-15K in skips each year. They let me down a couple of times and the…"

Jul 26, 2012

Angus Horticulture replied to Angus Horticulture's discussion What makes you choose a supplier

"Thank you all for taking the time to reply, it is interesting to hear your opinions and we will certainly be taking them all on board. We are a small family run business so we pride ourselves on offering the personal service and have great…"

Jul 26, 2012

David Benson replied to Angus Horticulture's discussion What makes you choose a supplier

"as others have said price, quality of product if its not in stock can it be obtained for next day. for me i try and shop local as most employ local people (merry go round syndrome) also look at why your company chooses there suppliers it might give…"

Jul 25, 2012

Premium SupplierSteve London Stone replied to Angus Horticulture's discussion What makes you choose a supplier

"Of course price is important but to build a long term business, you need to have a quality product and offer a better service than any of your competitors. Follow that approach and you will build loyal customers"

Jul 25, 2012

John Cooke replied to Angus Horticulture's discussion What makes you choose a supplier

"Price is important: I want to be able to offer my clients a better price than they can obtain themselves, but still make a margin on the products, albeit, small. There has to be an advantage for the client to use you and there is no point in using…"

Jul 25, 2012

Neil Petrie BSc Landscape Mgt replied to Angus Horticulture's discussion What makes you choose a supplier

"As you are obviously interested in supply of chemicals and fertilisers, this is my experience from the folk I use: Personal service - I have the same guy that phones me up every time, or if I phone them I ask for him by name. He knows my…"

Jul 25, 2012

Thermo replied to Angus Horticulture's discussion What makes you choose a supplier

"depends on what you are selling! I have a small amount of suppliers that i selected because they seemed pretty good when i first encountered them. Some i have moved to after others let me down. reasons i use them as follows:- fencing…"

Jul 25, 2012

PRO MemberDavid Cox replied to Angus Horticulture's discussion What makes you choose a supplier

"Proximity, Quality of services - IE does the guy on the counter know im a regular and therfore take care of me... IE Lawnmower not working at 12:30pm on a wednesday.... get an old banger for the afternoon while the main one is quickly…"

Jul 25, 2012

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