On 2009-08-29 13:35:28 +0100, Martin said:

On Sat, 29 Aug 2009 13:30:41 +0100, Stan The Man wrote:

On 2009-08-29 00:04:41 +0100, Martin said:

Johnny Foreigners, AKA Gardena, guns don't fall apart :-)

Your milege may vary but I have owned two Gardena guns which have
"fallen apart" in the past couple of years -- and two Hozelock guns
which haven't!

)


Gardena are German of course but "Johnny Foreigner" covers a multitude
of other sins including products of highly dubious quality which have
arrived here as cheap imports from the Far East. Apart from their
quality, or lack of it, you don't get much/anything in the way of
service and support.... which is why I was pleased to see a British
company taking interest and responsibility here.

Peter thinks it is an employee of a British company, rather than the company
itself. He could be right.

There's no doubt that she works for Hozelock -- see
http://www.hozelock.com/your-gardens.html -- and I don't draw any
distinction between "the company" and an employee. A company cannot
post here, only an individual can. Nor should it make any difference
whether she is posting in her own time or in company time -- she is
clearly posting as the company or on behalf of it, and if she gets the
job done, what is there to be so negative about? Rejoice instead.