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Subject Topic: Alchemist on ebay
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23/4/2012 at 9:12pm
 Location: Aston Clinton
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I think its pretty fair at least go are allowing their faulty returns onto the market and not skipping them, at least you got your 3 bargain tents. I bought a canopy, chair and tent bag so ive used up my 3 bargains

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23/4/2012 at 10:20pm
 Location: Hull
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Fair point - we have got three bargains!! I am sure we will enjoy them

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24/4/2012 at 12:05am
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Imagine if Tesco's only allowed you to visit 3 times, they would soon run out of customers. I am afraid the same will happen to this seller. There are only a finate amount of campers in the UK. Should at least be 3 per month but you should be allowed to buy what you want as long as you have the money. Its put me off GO outdoors . Shame Alchemy has to live with crazy rules.


24/4/2012 at 11:42am
 Location: Barnsley
 Outfit: Robens Klondike (and many small tents)
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GO are using Alchemistic as a partner to sell through tent returns effectively (surely this is better than filling tips & land fill sites with unwanted canvass?)

What GO as a company must take in mind is this - every tent that is sold through Alchemistic is a potential lost sale in their stores - this is good business sense!

Unfortunately its a case of you`re damned if you do and you`re damned if you don't?

Dave

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24/4/2012 at 6:46pm
 Location: Hull
 Outfit: Elddis Rambler 550 Frinton 4 Classic
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Dave - glad you have made a comment on this subject. I do understand where Go are coming from. I would not have bought 3 more tents at full price but were Go have benefited is I have bought canopies,carpets and footprints at full price to go with the 3 cheaper tents. I think Go customer service is outstanding as you know but I think Alchemist have taken it a step too far by blocking me from buying non camping items from them.

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25/4/2012 at 11:03am
 Location: Barnsley
 Outfit: Robens Klondike (and many small tents)
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I take your point Tony

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10/11/2013 at 4:24pm
 Location: yorkshire
 Outfit: Raclet Globetrotter
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Quote: Originally posted by tonyb21 on 24/4/2012
Dave - glad you have made a comment on this subject. I do understand where Go are coming from. I would not have bought 3 more tents at full price but were Go have benefited is I have bought canopies,carpets and footprints at full price to go with the 3 cheaper tents. I think Go customer service is outstanding as you know but I think Alchemist have taken it a step too far by blocking me from buying non camping items from them.










Your right Tony     

I used to get items from Alchemistic Ltd too i'd get all the items sorted, put the tents up for photos and resale them     all the things that Alchemistic Ltd did not do     they happy to sell tents to anybody until they saw that the guys doing all the hard work of sorting and taking all the photos were doing better than were doing then they moved the goal posts     the service was bad, the items got worse and the prices went up (shill bidding)

when i went back to return a very bad item, Alistair tried to fob me off with a rubber cheque claiming that he never ever carried money,
     

I stood my ground and he called the police, they turned up very quickly (think he claimed that i'd beat him up)

they were not fooled (think that he had tried that one before)     they had a private chat with him and guess what, i got my money, in cash, must have been magic      


after that he changed the rules again and told buyers the could not re-sell any items and that they could only buy 3 items


Since then there have been loads of complaints about his business practices

recently his ebay shop has vanished and Alchemistic Ltd was declared Insolvent and wound up August 3, 2013.

       


11/11/2013 at 12:02am
 Location: Lancashire
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11/11/2013 at 8:57am
 Location: wirral
 Outfit: Outwell Nevada m Vango sigma 300
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Just imagine if Go Outdoors only allowed people to buy 3 items on their card.    Lol

Imagine that people would buy their stuff on e-bay,they would lose custom in main shop

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17/11/2013 at 6:27pm
 Location: Leeds
 Outfit: 5m bell 4m Touareg lots of Quechua
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Many shops restrict heavily reduced items to 3 or 6


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17/11/2013 at 9:54pm
 Location: Dewsbury West Yorks
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Aye but they can`t stop you going back in again for more


19/11/2013 at 7:34am
 Location: Yorkshire
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I work in retail and your right heavily reduced stock is limited to 6 per customer, to protect availability and allow everyone a bargain. No we can't stop customers coming back in but if we recongnise them and know they have had their limit we do stop them purchasing more!
Why should only a select few benefit????

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30/12/2013 at 5:35pm
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I've bought some GO tents from these guys if it helps - they seem ok and will sell you whatever you want.

Linky: http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/campingresources

Just need a good sleeping bag and I'm sorted ;-)



30/12/2013 at 9:26pm
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