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The Five Star Buying Group works as an international network of painters. This network creates the buying power to get all of its member’s huge discounts from major vendors. The larger the network gets, the more power the Five Star Group has to negotiate discounts with some of the biggest names in the industry. By coupling with ICI Connections the Five Star Buying group can get you amazing discounts on ICI Painting products as well as over 30 other vendors including Staples, Dell, Sprint, RSC and Berlitz just to name a few! to view the list of vendors click here.

The Benefits

Five Star Buying Group provides profitable solutions:

• Convenience - One place to find suppliers to fill your needs
• Time Savings - No need to shop around, the savings are there
• Reduced Costs - Save money on reoccurring business expenses
• Improved Productivity - By saving time you have more time to dedicate to productive activities
• Greater Profit Retention - Every dollar in savings goes straight to the bottom line. That's more money in your pocket!

Five Star Buying Group’s customers benefit by gaining access to services and pricing not commonly available to the typical business! Reduce the cost of doing business and add hundreds in profit!

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An Example

Lets look at one quick example. Through the buying group a member could receive the following discounts.

If this member spent $40,000 in painting and sundries purchases a year they would have an average of 15% savings which translates into $6000 of savings a year. When you add the savings from the other vendors they could save an additional $2000. ICI has found a way for you to save money on the day to day costs of living and Five Star has found a way to save you money when buying paint and sundries. Together, the two will save you a considerable amount of money.

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Paint Savings

Now let’s look more closely at the discounts that members receive on the most important product for a painter…paint.

INTERIOR PAINT

	QUALITY	PRODUCT	RETAIL	CONTRACTOR	100K		FSBG SINGLES	FSBG FIVES
	Best	DULUX ULTRA FLAT	26.89	23.45	18.85		15.18	73.60 (14.88)
	Better	DULUX PROFESSIONAL FLAT	31.89	27.85	20.20		11.00	52.50 (10.50)
	Good	ULTRA-HIDE FLAT	22.59	19.75	14.35		9.89	47.15 (9.53)
	Production	SPEEDWALL FLAT	19.49	15.95	12.78		8.80	41.50 (8.30)

 

EXTERIOR PAINT

	QUALITY	PRODUCT	RETAIL	CONTRACTOR	100K		FSBG SINGLES	FSBG FIVES
	Best	FORTIS FLAT	36.79	32.15	27.37		22.00	107.50 (21.50)
	Better	DULUX PROFESSIONAL FLAT	31.55	27.40	21.89		15.00	72.50 (14.50)
	Good	ULTRA-HIDE FLAT	28.20	24.50	16.77		13.41	64.80 (12.96)
	Production	SPEEDWALL FLAT	24.59	20.15	14.95		11.00	52.50 (10.50)

Please keep in mind that these examples feature the more popular paints, but our pricing structure surrounds almost all of ICI’s paint line.

And the ICI Paint discounts don’t stop at paint. They include sundries as well.

SUNDRIES

	PRODUCT	RETAIL	CONTRACTOR		FSBG
	3M 1” Tape	1.68	1.39		.99
	3M 1 1/2” Tape	3.73	2.95		1.49
	9” Paper	2.10	1.69		.99
	12” Paper	1.95	1.71		1.09
	Wooster Sherlock Frame	13.39	11.58		6.78

 

How many price increases did you have with your account last year? Well with Five Star, we lock in our prices a year at a time. That means if there are price increases due to raw material costs rising or whatever the reason may be, we will not be affected – Our prices are under contract for the year. Please call us to find out when this year’s contract is up. But our goal is to have an increasing amount of painters in the FSBG so that at the end of each year, we will have the buying power to negotiate with ICI to have the absolute minimal increase, if any increase at all

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Special Bonus : Free sprayer or power washer!

On top of everything else we’ll put a pump in your trunk!  ICI Paints along with the Five Star Buying Group will give you a sprayer or power washer. 

Level 1

If you purchase over 200 gallons of ICI Paints with a 6 month commitment you can receive any of these products.

Level 2

If you purchase 400 gallons with a 6 month commitment you can receive any of these products.

Level 3

And, with a 600 gallon purchase and a 6 month commitment you can receive any of these products.

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Memership Levels

So now you’re wondering what the catch is. What does it cost to be a part of such a beneficial group? Almost nothing!

There are 3 membership levels.