puns said:I have noticed this , dunno if others have , that all these vendors call up some place to enquire about the prices if they dont have the stuff . its a 4 digit number . is there some central place or they call each other up or ?
After having shopped at Lamington ROad for some years I have come to the conclusion that there are only a few dealers who actually stock the main hardware and the balance of the shops are like fronts for these stockists.
They have an intercom exchange of their own amongst the Lamington dealers and they even have their own Phone book When you move from shop to shop asking for prices for the same hardware every dealer calls the same source and this guy knows were you have enquired and he adjusts the price knowing what you may have been quoted at the last place you asked.