21-04-2022, 10:38 AM
(This post was last modified: 21-04-2022, 01:30 PM by king1.
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Hi, newbie here.
Yesterday I had an amusing situation arise... I had applied for an account with a local timber merchant, part of a national chain some days ago. I did that because of the huge...and I mean huge discounts available to credit account customers that do no apply to cash customers (WTF ???). I'm talking here of decking, premium av at that store for $2.25 plm , as against B*****s for $4.50 ish, and coated screws at $12/200 as against M**** for $28
Hearing nothing I called in and spoke to the manager......
Apparently I have no credit references and no credit rating..
Correct I told him.. that's because I am not a debtor. I explained that for the last two houses we built, I paid cash, and that the only reason I required an account was for the huge discounts available.
Got the account but only at a greatly reduced credit limit!
So now its an advantage to be a debtor apparently .. cash customers need not apply.
Makes me wonder where the economy is heading
The B D I
Yesterday I had an amusing situation arise... I had applied for an account with a local timber merchant, part of a national chain some days ago. I did that because of the huge...and I mean huge discounts available to credit account customers that do no apply to cash customers (WTF ???). I'm talking here of decking, premium av at that store for $2.25 plm , as against B*****s for $4.50 ish, and coated screws at $12/200 as against M**** for $28
Hearing nothing I called in and spoke to the manager......
Apparently I have no credit references and no credit rating..
Correct I told him.. that's because I am not a debtor. I explained that for the last two houses we built, I paid cash, and that the only reason I required an account was for the huge discounts available.
Got the account but only at a greatly reduced credit limit!
So now its an advantage to be a debtor apparently .. cash customers need not apply.
Makes me wonder where the economy is heading
The B D I