Leverage Contractor Pricing and Programs

the Idaho Peter come check it out so John why don't you talk about um and we were talking about just comparing prices and stuff and I know we buy a lot from sure Williams just because it's a really the only major local store that can supply our needs but there's a Home Depot's and Lowe's and stuff like that I know you've done some price comparisons and bounty right yeah and that's the big thing is if you've got things especially if you're a professional painting contractor and you have things that you're regularly buying of these paint suppliers I know it can be a pain but sometimes you just got to go around and shop it out and look at your local hardware store so get some of the box stores a lot of times those places if you kind of look kind of from the side in some ways like you can find things like respirator filters for almost half the cost that you would get them out of paint suppliers yeah because they're just buying more and so they can get a better price yeah just don't assume just because you're a contractor and you're going to a predominantly contractor paint store well like sir Williams or Benjamin Moore or some of those stores Kelly Moore don't assume you're just getting a better better price and I used to assume this Home Depot is always going to be more expensive but I did hear we did a live show here just recently and some people told me that Home Depot will give you an automatic 20% off if you're a contractor if you go in there and ask for it and I think you gotta fill out some paperwork and I never knew that I always assumed Home Depot did not cater towards contractors and didn't give you a discount but a whole bunch of people said they do and 20% is quite a bit of savings yeah and I think it's the same thing if you go somewhere like Lowe's they've got their pro contractor deals and typically if you're a contractor if you're just starting out a new business you're gonna walk into your local paint store and you're gonna fill out an application to you'll buy paint on credit and they're gonna give you what they call contractor pricing and and they're gonna give you kind of like this you know a flat you know discount rate on all your products but I'd have a lot of experience with getting the prices lower and so of you so don't everybody typically has a wrap don't they and have you talked to the rep and get your lower prices you can you can talk to the wrap you can figure out if there's any room to go lower especially in products that you buy…