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Anyone use these guys? If so, where on earth do I get a price list from?!

No prices on their website and they don't do a physical catalogue! Even the stuff they have instore doesn't have price labels!
 
You have to ask them there and then, they will give you a printed quote. It is most annoying, I have an account and wish the website would tell me the prices once I've logged in...
 
Thanks guys, just getting myself set up so been looking at alternative specialist wholesalers (only been using Screwfix, Tradepoint etc up to now)

I'll go elsewhere. Anyone know of a good place in the Chelmsford area?
 
you have to have an account and login and add select the items you are interested in and then u get the prices, it is a pain though.
 
I think that after a short time of using CEF, you'll decide to use someone else.
There are quite a few wholesalers out there, Neweys, Edmundsons, WF.
Some are better than others, all are better than CEF.
That's my opinion anyway.
 
We buy from City quite alot, There prices are quite steep, But theyr'e just down the road from us and it's sometimes the only option We mainly use Electric Center or ERD though.
 
It seems to depend on who serves me as to what the price is and on the bill I always seem to have 95% discount (and even after that it's still expensive!!). To be honest we don't really use them unless we need something urgently.
 
Didn't someone once suggest that CEF stood for cheating electrical duckers? Dunno if there's any truth in that :confused5: :confused5:
 
Closest wholesaler to me and I don't use them if I can help it. TLC or Wilts are much better on prices (and service!). Did pop in a couple of weeks ago for some new insulated gloves (Class 00) and was offered some dewalt fingerless gloves as an alternative ?? :D
 
They are ok if you are familiar to staff but they do product ranges that are cheap and tacky, Avoid tamlite fittings like the plague, the endcaps can fail after a few years on the flourescents and the other tamlite gear is poorly designed to say the least.
 
Used CEF for three purchases and that was enough and now promise myself I will never go back to them, not worth the hassles.

There is a Denmans and a Neweys in Braintree that would be worth a go.
 
Anyone use these guys? If so, where on earth do I get a price list from?!

No prices on their website and they don't do a physical catalogue! Even the stuff they have instore doesn't have price labels!

If you dont have an account it is think of a number time I have used them once for a Protius RCBO. Also its mentioned in an earlir post they got stung for £300k well they deserve that nice to know they are not getting away with it
 
try calling your local branch with a list and ask for there best price dont forget to mention there is 2 other wholesalers pricing the same list for you.
 
I'll tell you a little story about my last visit to CEF.....

Saturday morning , got commercial submains job to finish off so call into CEF as my usual wholesalers no-longer opens
on a sat.
All i need to finish job is 4mtr of brown 25mm tails & 2 mtr blue 25mm tails , couldnt be simpler eh ?
So give order to the monkey behind counter , pay , walk out with cable and drive to job.
Midway through wiring main switchfuse , which involved turning off power to the whole building , realised he'd given me only 3 mtr of brown , not enough to complete the job ! effing to$$er !! even worse was he charged me for 4mtr on the invioce , so he never misheard me either , just blatantly ripped me off.
Every CEF in the land can burn to the ground if i had my way.
As for prices , screwfix will beat them hands down all day long.
 
I'll tell you a little story about my last visit to CEF.....

Saturday morning , got commercial submains job to finish off so call into CEF as my usual wholesalers no-longer opens
on a sat.
All i need to finish job is 4mtr of brown 25mm tails & 2 mtr blue 25mm tails , couldnt be simpler eh ?
So give order to the monkey behind counter , pay , walk out with cable and drive to job.
Midway through wiring main switchfuse , which involved turning off power to the whole building , realised he'd given me only 3 mtr of brown , not enough to complete the job ! effing to$$er !! even worse was he charged me for 4mtr on the invioce , so he never misheard me either , just blatantly ripped me off.
Every CEF in the land can burn to the ground if i had my way.
As for prices , screwfix will beat them hands down all day long.

You could have went to Screwfix 5 metres of 25mm Double Insulated £17.39 83735
 

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