"Sacha" wrote in message ...

On 2014-07-11 13:21:19 +0000, stuart noble said:

On 11/07/2014 14:01, Sacha wrote:
On 2014-07-11 10:44:04 +0000, News said:
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I've been buying online for many years and have only ever had an
unsolved problem with one company - coincidentally gardening related -
and that was Ideal World's gardening offshoot. Needless to say, I
haven't done business with them again.

You've just demonstrated why people offering mail order have to send out
good quality or lose cutomers. Word of mouth is a powerful tool!
snipTrying to palm off shoddy goods by mail order
is a quick way to lose business or fail altogether.

Which is why the EBay feedback system generally works very well. Nobody
wants to risk negative comments

Yes, it does. Someone once tried it on with me and I said so. She spat
tacks but it wasn't the first time she'd done it to others and a month
or two later she was dropped as an eBay seller.
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Sacha
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eBay is a different ball game BECAUSE of the feedback system. I have had
some wonderful transactions on eBay to the extent of making friendships, but
'Mail Order' is something different and you are dealing with those
businesses who "SOMETIMES" want to off load rubbish. They are not bothered
about the odd customer who is not satisfied because they, like me, will
understand that they have been ripped off and learn by their mistake :-( and
not bother to either complain or come back.

Mike

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