Thread: How to buy Nuts and bolts

Would probably be a little bit advanced for Bunnings or the unions here would say someone would lose their job and the s##t would hit the fan.

Collier and Miller Engineering here in Griffith do a very similar thing, with the exception of the weighing. You just go to the counter with your bag and they sort out the bill. Its quicker if you know the codes and how many of what you bought, but its not a requirement. Self serve is indeed nice though, there are quite a few blokes in there at times, verniers in hand thinking about what will fit where.

Only trouble I find with self serve type places is the dickheads that say want a 6X30 so grab ten of them, then decide they do not want them and do not care less where they put them back say in the 6X20 box.. Then you have all these boxes with mixed lots in them..

Pretty much anything beats the bubble pack system.

I also like the old school personal approach at Searles Fasteners in Willeton here in Perth.
Firstly they know what they have so there is no hunting around
Then they know where everything is so they find it quickly.
They used to be very cheap ( the old timer owner used to often give one-ofs away for nicks) but recently they added scanners to their cash registers and so the prices have gone up but it is still my fave fastener shop in Perth.

Great set up. I dont enjoy going into the loacl bolt shop for 5 of this and 7 of those. I do try and have "stock" but there are so many bolts out there I cant have 50 of each. But then I'm also lazy when it comes to cutting bolts down so a lot of the time I'm buy them in 3 lengths, the one I think I need and one shorter and one longer lol.

Originally Posted by .RC.

do not care less where they put them back

Oh I dont know............. I've witnessed the staff!! doing that at Bunnings. In fact while I was looking for the right fixture to put a plumbing fitting in the staff member took it off me and just tossed it in the closest box. What hope is there?
I've also made the trip back to Bunnings after checking in the box to see it was what I needed and then grabbing 5 more without checking .... hopefully thats something I'll only do once.



Stuart

I will also vouch for Searles. I have been a small time customer for 25 years.

BT

Originally Posted by Stustoys

Oh I dont know............. I've witnessed the staff!! doing that at Bunnings. In fact while I was looking for the right fixture to put a plumbing fitting in the staff member took it off me and just tossed it in the closest box. What hope is there?
I've also made the trip back to Bunnings after checking in the box to see it was what I needed and then grabbing 5 more without checking .... hopefully thats something I'll only do once.



Stuart

I bought two double flouro lights from bunnings, They were stacked in the same place...

Get home and see one was a double and one a single... Looked at my docket, and they billed me for two singles, scanned the same packet twice, so even they stuffed up like me...

A few years ago the local field days used to have specially priced ''cockies bag'' assortment of g5 nuts and bolts. 1/4 5/16 3/8 used to get used and were left with lots of orphan sizes in the larger sizes.Any one remember?
Years ago I used to have a middle aged man of european origin call on me with a van had, bagged assortments of fasteners told me they were the sweepings off floors of ford gmh and mitsubishi car factories.His wife and kids used to sort and bag them.They were great value and still have many left.
The old workshop dog here,was called Engineer,you kicked him in the nuts and he made a bolt for the door .Cheers all.

I don't know if the rest of you have noticed ,but it appears to me Bunnings are moving more and more to bagged or blister packed units of hardware.
Invariably when that occurs ,the cost per individual unit climbs abruptly.

All of the fastener houses I have frequented locally use this weighing system as described in the original post.

I don't see Bunnings going to this system anytime soon.

Grahame

Its a great system, but i think if bunnies did it here they would loose money on them big time. How many guys would be weighing and labeling and then adding more to the bag? The who cares attitude seems to be taking over here.

Cheers,
Ew

I find the big green shed has a limited number of fasteners. What I want is usually out of stock or not the right length, I now shop at local nuts n bolts individually owned shop.

Originally Posted by forp

I now shop at local nuts n bolts individually owned shop.

Totally agree, my local nuts & bolts is the place to shop. Quantity, quality and choice are all there along with people who can help. I notice that my local tool king still has bins of various timber and roofing fasteners that you scoop into a paper bag and take to the front counter to be weighed as they are sold by weight. Limited choice of types.

Originally Posted by Ueee

Its a great system, but i think if bunnies did it here they would loose money on them big time. How many guys would be weighing and labeling and then adding more to the bag? The who cares attitude seems to be taking over here.

Cheers,
Ew

Plumbing wholesaler a couple decades ago - maybe still, used to have you step on scales on arrival, then again prior to paying with your goods in hand to stop any trickery.

Ace Gutters at Mortdale, I remember them well.

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