Cheapest & Best Vivs in UK

[sandfly]

Bump!

Too interested to let sleep

[karlos79]

i agree, i'm lookin at those vivs too. its the free delivery that swings it as my front door is up 3 flights of stairs too! and i always make them carry stuff up! (get ya moneys worth!)

and im hoping i'm gonna order one of there 4x2x21" wit fingers crossed they haven't got and have the free upgrade!
i have a smaller 3ft one for 2 years and has got quite wet in its time (due to a leaking waterfall) and has stood the damp without fault!

[darloLee]

karlos79. loving the seat leon mate lol

[volly]

Originally Posted by sandfly

This thread's really heating up. Cool

Just wondering a few things here and I think it's only fair to ask.

Do the local viv builders pay VAT? not at the moment but when i need to register for v.a.t. i will do

Tax at all? yep - income tax is a legal requirement in the UK by anybody who earns money ( over £86 per week i think )
Use brand new materials not seconds? seconds??? how very dare you?? ha ha, yes everything used is brand new

Supply insurance (where's there's blame there's a claim; well only if they're legit!). This has got to be a must surely! £2,000,000 public liability covered 100%

Deliver FOC any where in the UK? Most are £££ per mile and only if you're local. ok, so you got me on this one - local delivery is free but there is a charge for further away. flat rate on my viv runs is £20 and if you need a courier it's £32 flat rate.

Seems a bit like the big DVD forgery debate. Legit companies paying all the extras and the man from a van getting cash in hand. not at all

For me, I'd rather buy from Swell, Value, 888 Reptiles, Homes4Reptiles, The Net Pet Shop or any of the other companies that actually are fully covered. Not the geazer that takes cash in hand or a quick buck! not sure where you have got your info from about the viv builders on this forum but you're way off mark - at least in my case anyway


Do you even care???

Any more questions, please feel free to ask

Cheers,
Volly

[sandfly]

Originally Posted by volly

Any more questions, please feel free to ask

Cheers,
Volly

Kind of knew that'd be a sore point! Good for you! You're one of the legal professionals.

You must admit most don't supply any of these requirements???

[Lotus Nut]

Originally Posted by sandfly

This thread's really heating up. Cool

Just wondering a few things here and I think it's only fair to ask.

Do the local viv builders pay VAT?
Tax at all?
Use brand new materials not seconds?
Supply insurance (where's there's blame there's a claim; well only if they're legit!). This has got to be a must surely!
Deliver FOC any where in the UK? Most are £££ per mile and only if you're local.

Seems a bit like the big DVD forgery debate. Legit companies paying all the extras and the man from a van getting cash in hand.

For me, I'd rather buy from Swell, Value, 888 Reptiles, Homes4Reptiles, The Net Pet Shop or any of the other companies that actually are fully covered. Not the geazer that takes cash in hand or a quick buck!

Do you even care???

Looks like some one has a flee up their rear about viv builders for some reason!!!!, could it be because sandfly has a interest in vivexotic or the internet companies selling them seeing most of their posts are priasiing them!.

Dont get me wrong there is nothing wrong with vivexotic vivs - they are the mainstay of vivs here - mainly due to no competition in mass market vivs though.
Only recently have they started adding hard/solid backs - vivbuilders have been doing this for ages and making large vivs, vivexotic only recently started making 55" vivs which is their maximum current size.
Their MFC is very basic quality - a bit like the cheapest MFI kitchen untis they made years ago plus the melamine finish is not that good either - ok for most things but doubt its as good a quality as viv builders use.

But as long as you happy to pay £60-£70 for a 4ft viv which costs about £5 to mass produce thats fine.

So where do you buy a 6ftx3ftx3ft viv with a cherry finish or a 3ft w x 1ft h x 18" d online?????????

[Meko]

Originally Posted by sandfly

Kind of knew that'd be a sore point! Good for you! You're one of the legal professionals.

You must admit most don't supply any of these requirements???

most probably don't need to. It's the same as buying a kitchen from MFI (RIP) or having a local joiner do you one. They're kitchen cupboards and units (or vivs in this case) As long as they do what they're supposed to, then why is there a problem with a man with a van doing what a company with a warehouse can do?

[Meko]

Originally Posted by karlos79

i agree, i'm lookin at those vivs too. its the free delivery that swings it as my front door is up 3 flights of stairs too! and i always make them carry stuff up! (get ya moneys worth!)

check the delivery terms, a lot of delivery places only deliver to the address and not into the house.

[kemist]

Pay ya money make ya choice. Mine was a vivexotic ordered through a pet shop for convenience i have no problem with the quality its a low humidity beardy viv but would consider carefully what i bought for a high humidity viv the moisture is killing my other viv as it runs at 80%+ humidity.

[sandfly]

Originally Posted by Lotus Nut

Looks like some one has a flee up their rear about viv builders for some reason!!!!, could it be because sandfly has a interest in vivexotic or the internet companies selling them seeing most of their posts are priasiing them!.

Dont get me wrong there is nothing wrong with vivexotic vivs - they are the mainstay of vivs here - mainly due to no competition in mass market vivs though.
Only recently have they started adding hard/solid backs - vivbuilders have been doing this for ages and making large vivs, vivexotic only recently started making 55" vivs which is their maximum current size.
Their MFC is very basic quality - a bit like the cheapest MFI kitchen untis they made years ago plus the melamine finish is not that good either - ok for most things but doubt its as good a quality as viv builders use.

But as long as you happy to pay £60-£70 for a 4ft viv which costs about £5 to mass produce thats fine.

So where do you buy a 6ftx3ftx3ft viv with a cherry finish or a 3ft w x 1ft h x 18" d online?????????

Wow! Look who's got a flea up their ass! Just asked some down to earth questions. Volly's got the right idea doing things legit. Just can't stand all the cr*p about who's doing what for less when it's cash in hand.

Hope you pay yours!