ace Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 Hey Guys, For a completely off topic project I am looking for a box of 24 rolls of really cheap gaffa tape. Can anyone suggest any suppliers? Many Thanks, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 Markets and "pound shops". but it's really horrible stuff. Don't use it for cables etc. The glue gets everywhere. Your gear will get trashed, and the owners of every venue you visit will beat you with large sticks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ace Posted October 18, 2006 Author Share Posted October 18, 2006 Hiya bruce, this time it is not actually for cables.. It is to reinforce the bumpers on the end of a fleet of canoe polo boats! :-) And these things fall of and have to be replaced regularily and in the water anyway so in this instance, cheaper is better... Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staralike Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 Ticitape - cheap, when purchased in 24 or 36 - think from memory (although might of been special offer) was less than £1.50 a roll (trade). Think Electrovision had an offer on tape, and theirs was about 89p a roll (although this is trade only supplier), and the quality might not be that good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturnx21 Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 Hi All Erm I think Screwfix do cheap gaffa tape!!! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 If you don't mind it being silver, Costco do a 3pack of 3M Duct tape for around £4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ace Posted October 19, 2006 Author Share Posted October 19, 2006 Hey Guys, Many thanks for your thoughts. In the end I found a company on the web that sold me a box of 24 rolls for £42.50 which I didn't think was too bad. It is not bad tape either.. Can highly recomend them - http://www.bluearan.co.uk/menu/index.php?c...conomy%20Gaffer Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Beesley Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 PM Sent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Beech Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 Whilst it seems you're sorted. I noticed on the latest sale cat from CPC which I have just got round to reading a week and a half on they have it at £1.49 a roll (thats an exc vat price) when bought in boxes of 24. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ace Posted October 23, 2006 Author Share Posted October 23, 2006 Bugger! Just think that I have found a good bargain and even better offers come along! Many thanks for your help.. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulears Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 has anybody else had a phone call from a firm trying to sell gaffer at what they call very cheap - which isn't. Odd it came just after this thread started. probably coincidence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Drifting further - did anyone else see a programme on the telly a few nights ago - might have been BBC3 or 4, definitely one of the freeview channels - about LeMark and gaffer tape sales? It was one of those "send in a troubleshooter" shows - the John Harvey-Jones sort of thing - where they sent in some business guru and did a fly-on-the-wall documentary. One of the "tricks" he taught the telesales team was to ask on every call "so, who do you buy your gaffer tape from at present..." - apparently just asking that question put sales through the roof. Or something like that. Anyway - it was gaffer tape, it was LeMark, and it was mildly entertaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew C Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Ticitape - cheap, when purchased in 24 or 36 - think from memoryDon't worry that you've forgotten; "Tracy" will be on the phone once a month, every month, until the poles freeze over again and the ice reaches London. There is no way to stop TickiTape pestering once they have their claws into you. I changed jobs to get away from them... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Snow Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Ticitape are VERY annoying, I cant get rid of them either, They amusing call and when asked who they are from they just say theyre my dealer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itinerant baker Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Well, ask them for some drugs. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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