Buying cheap..pay the price!

[Gary C]

Working is customer service as I do I have a certain expectation. That expectation is to know the truth and to be told it in a timely manner. I also realise that not everybody is flush and a bargain may be the only way some can afford to shop, but here are my guidelines for shopping.

1. Support your local shop. This is not meant to be a dig at BAR / JSR or anybody else, but your local guy is the one you can go to for the small items. If he is gone the saving you made on the one ourchase may well soon be lost due to postage in future

2. Internet shop carefully. I will NEVER again buy from a shop without a telephone number and address. I will ALWAYS make a call to ensure that the shop provides good comms. I have always bought my airgun stuff from my local shop and BAR. I'm not saying BAR are the best but I'm sure there are none better, and having had this experience I did my Christmas shopping on the net. This has been a mixture, because where I have gone for the cheapest shop they all have e-mail address only, and that has been a 'mare! Packages not arrived, followed by no replies to my mails.
I will NEVER buy from a shop like this again. No phone, no address, no Cooper business. In future I'll pay the extra.

Just my thoughts.

[peejay]

Spot on Slim.... have you ever tried to find a phone number for Evlibay.....!!

[brian747]

1 agree with you slim, i buy my guns mostly on here now, but everything else from my local shop pellets , cleaning , materials, shotgun cartridges, etc etc, suppport them or lose them .
regards brian

[windowrest]

Aren't on line sellers required by law to provide an address and land line?
It's a good way to spot a proper robber if they don't have contact details, anyway. Lots still try it on.

[mattinlondon]

Spot on Slim.... have you ever tried to find a phone number for Evlibay.....!!

020 8080 2105

[peejay]

Thanks Matt, ,that took less time than trawling throught the multitude of pages on Evilbay.

[fishzx7r]

I have always used fleabay for cheap pellets for my plinking rifles, and have used various seller's to date, I have only had quick exellent service,.............maybe I'm just one of the lucky one's

[MojoCrow]

Aren't on line sellers required by law to provide an address and land line?
It's a good way to spot a proper robber if they don't have contact details, anyway. Lots still try it on.

I believe there was some ammendment to the Companies Act 1985 back in 2007 that required online businesses to have address, phone number, etc. on their website and e-mails.

[uk litehammer]

Working is customer service

Just my thoughts.

I always knew there was a catch to it.

[Meerkat]

Thanks Matt, ,that took less time than trawling throught the multitude of pages on Evilbay.

Shown on the top right of every page

Steve

[Alegazmoz]

Shown on the top right of every page

Steve

Yeah! ............ but Smiffy costs less than the men wiv moustaches.

arf-arf!
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[DJP]

.... 2. Internet shop carefully. I will NEVER again buy from a shop without a telephone number and address. I will ALWAYS make a call to ensure that the shop provides good comms. I have always bought my airgun stuff from my local shop and BAR. I'm not saying BAR are the best but I'm sure there are none better, and having had this experience I did my Christmas shopping on the net. This has been a mixture, because where I have gone for the cheapest shop they all have e-mail address only, and that has been a 'mare! Packages not arrived, followed by no replies to my mails.
I will NEVER buy from a shop like this again. No phone, no address, no Cooper business. In future I'll pay the extra.

Just my thoughts.

Couldn't agree more, Gary.

I'm currently having a 'mare with a fleabay seller who doesn't reply to emails and, although their site does have a phone number, they don't answer that either.

I just wish I'd found that out before I ordered from them.

I'll be sticking to tried and tested E-Sellers or shopping locally in future - even bargains aren't worth the aggro when something goes wrong.

[Silent Sniper]

all scams are based on greed and the old saying if it sounds to good to be true is spot on your own greed for that super deal blinds your common sense and i bet if we were 110% honest we have all fallen for one in our life times if not beware you will

[Cylinders]

all scams are based on greed and the old saying if it sounds to good to be true is spot on your own greed for that super deal blinds your common sense and i bet if we were 110% honest we have all fallen for one in our life

times if not beware you will
Thanks for the head up mate face2face all the way.

[Troubledshooter]

Having used internet shopping facilities for close on 10 years, I have been fortunate in that very few problems have arisen.
I have purchased items online costing from a few £'s to several hundred £'s, and always make sure the seller is contactable before any purchase takes place.
Some items offered for what seem ridiculously cheap prices, are not always too good to be true, but checking before buying is well worth while.
I have recently found 2 items I was considering purchasing, for prices far below the majority of online retailers.
The first item was a genuine bargain, and the second would appear to be the same, although I haven't yet purchased it, as it is being offered by what would appear to be a UK company, but is in fact based in California.
They have told me the Panasonic camera on offer is a US model, therefore presumably shipped from the US, but they say there will be no additional UK taxes to pay.