This is why I hate buying things..
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fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Same here recently. Awning suction mount arrived with a suction cup mount missing. Ended up with a refund and kept the unit and bought replacement parts. Brand new air bed, very expensive. One way valve wasn't one way. Had to contact company as nearly 60 days since purchase but hadn't been out of the bag (its repair not replace at this age). I said I suspected it wasn't assembled correctly at factory. That's been repaired and sent back to me with a new valve (it was damaged on assembly). At least the postage was refunded.
Jameshow
Veteran
On of the rear stays has just snapped and put the boot glass through!
I doesn't rain it pours!
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Pottery table lamp from John Lewis.
£110.
It arrived smashed, we informed them the packaging was inadequate.
Replacement sent - arrived smashed.
They sent a third and...
... it arrived smashed.
We gave up!
£110.
It arrived smashed, we informed them the packaging was inadequate.
Replacement sent - arrived smashed.
They sent a third and...
... it arrived smashed.
We gave up!
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Blimey. How old ? Where was it from before you got it (Scotland/North East)
Fastpedaller
Ãœber Member
We have 1960's 'picture windows' and hence need low and log radiators in some rooms. Only one major Co in UK had the required sizes, and we ordered them. The next week they came strapped onto pallets - One was strapped with such force that the brackets on the rear of the rad were bent, so back it went. The replacement arrived the following week, and the brackets were ok, but it had a scratch across the front near the top. I called the Co and asked what they would do....... it was a choice of yet another (presumably a large cost to them), so I seized my opportunity and took a £50 refund and got the paint pot out! Each rad was over £200 (this was 15 years ago) and had 2p worth of packaging for protection.
Contrast that with the rad we got from Screwfix which came double-boxed with extra padding - the packaging alone must have been £3 worth! and it was only a £40 rad.
Contrast that with the rad we got from Screwfix which came double-boxed with extra padding - the packaging alone must have been £3 worth! and it was only a £40 rad.
