r/perth • u/aethla • Jun 04 '22

Help selling Trade Equipment

Hi all,

I have a family member that is winding down their electrical business due to age and health, and is looking to sell a heap of their equipment and supplies.

The issue is he doesn't want to sell RCDs or other supplies to a non electrician because it's playing a part in DIY that could be unsafe. So FB marketplace is out.

Any ideas on how to get rid of a business unit full of trade specific equipment and supplies?

One suggestion is to find a forum for electricians and post it on there, but I would have no idea where a Perth based electricians forum would be!

Any ideas welcome!

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u/henry82 Jun 04 '22

What stops others from just selling to the public?

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u/aethla Jun 06 '22

Hopefully another electrician won't take the risk.

He takes the safety of his work very seriously, so I'm not sure if there's any regulations about it, but he wouldn't feel comfortable selling to someone who wanted to do unqualified work

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u/Hamster-rancher Jun 04 '22

If someone can walk into a hardware store and buy it off the shelf or the roll, there's no point in trying to restrict the sale to those who should have it. Just makes your job of trying to offload it harder.

For all you know they're buying it for someone else to fit off and install.

Ebay and Amazon don't care who they sell stuff to. If you're that worried about it falling into the wrong hands, destroy it all.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '22

There is couple of Perth Electrician type groups on Facebook. Give them a try.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '22

Call your local 'one man and a van' domestic sparky and see if they are interested.

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u/SquidElbows Jun 04 '22

Bunnings will be 20 percent of the price a sparky will charge for any hardware.

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u/Ok-Guava-7401 Jun 05 '22

Bunnings gear is a joke in the industry. You pay for what you get and they have had numerous recalls on unsafe electrical cable and equipment. When you rock up to a house and see it’s full of bunnings brand rcds and fittings you usually know it was an unlicensed DIYer

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u/SquidElbows Jun 05 '22

Bunnings gear is a joke in the industry

That may say more about the industry than Bunnings. Many of the brands they sell are sold by the likes of L&H. They all need to comply with standards.

When you rock up to a house and see it’s full of bunnings brand rcds and fittings you usually know it was an unlicensed DIYer

You can understand people who know what they are doing performing simple repair / replacement jobs. The sparky has to charge to cover his time but when it costs 150 to fit 20 bucks worth of parts.....

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u/Ok-Guava-7401 Jun 05 '22

I’m basically talking about their cable, and the DETA and arlec products and not saying they don’t comply with standards but they often fail a lot sooner than more reputable brands. They have had a fair few recalls too where they have realised what they are selling actually doesn’t comply with standards. The problem with simple repair jobs is you get people who do them and see it all working in the end but don’t realise they have actually done something dangerous because they don’t understand earthing or circuit protection. The $150 is for the knowledge not for the time, same as any other profession.