Simple question, what does "trade less xx percent" mean?

[D1on]

Making an order out of a catalogue and i get "trade less 25%"
I know its a simple question but what does that mean?

[droopsnoot]

It suggests to me that your price is 75% of trade price, so if trade price is £100, you'll pay £75, i.e. multiply trade price by 0.75 for your price.

Or it might be a really badly-worded way of saying you get trade price, which is RRP less 25%.

[Adeyfisher]

I used to run a timber supplies company, we had catalogues for trade which were priced Ex. VAT, and retail Inc. VAT.

Trade price was -X% plus VAT. Any retail discounts were deducted after VAT.

Your discount may be 25% off then add VAT?

[Countdown]

droopsnoot said:

It suggests to me that your price is 75% of trade price, so if trade price is £100, you'll pay £75, i.e. multiply trade price by 0.75 for your price.

Or it might be a really badly-worded way of saying you get trade price, which is RRP less 25%.

Probably the latter. (The former would mean that "Trade" would be paying more and the retailer would be trying to incentivise Trade customers rather than putting them off)

Or, to put it another way, surely any trademan would pretend to be Joe Public/buying for personal use if that meant he got a cheaper price?

[eltawater]

It means that if you're in a trade loosely related to the products being sold (e.g. a tiler buying grout) that you can expect an automatic 25% discount on prices published.

It avoids the endless trail of "Wot price mate for trade?" calls to the supplier.

[JM]

It may also mean other trade customers get less than your 25% discount, and others may get more.
Probably depending on your turnover with that supplier.

[singlecoil]

To me it suggests the necessity of contacting the writer and asking him "English, motherfker, do you write it?"

[droopsnoot]

Countdown said:

droopsnoot said:

It suggests to me that your price is 75% of trade price, so if trade price is £100, you'll pay £75, i.e. multiply trade price by 0.75 for your price.

Or it might be a really badly-worded way of saying you get trade price, which is RRP less 25%.

Probably the latter. (The former would mean that "Trade" would be paying more and the retailer would be trying to incentivise Trade customers rather than putting them off)

Or, to put it another way, surely any trademan would pretend to be Joe Public/buying for personal use if that meant he got a cheaper price?

Yes, but we don't know what kind of customer the OP is - they might legitimately get a better discount than trade for some reason, they may not just be Joe Public.

But also yes, the best person to ask would be whoever wrote it that way.

[WindyCommon]

I think some posters are over-complicating this. I read it as follows:

If you are a trade buyer (ie buying for use in/by your business) you will qualify for a 25% discount.

If you are a retail customer you’ll pay the full price.