Threats with police by company I was purchasing from

Raikiri · 23 Oct 2019 at 17:02

andicole0 said:
I don't think *** *** have a UK base?

"It's worth noting before ordering, however, that *** *** has no direct UK logistical presence; items ordered through *** *** Global will be shipped from the US to the buyer's country, with the company's checkout system estimating the tax and other fees to be paid during customs clearance."
Andi.

I assumed not UK based due to this: "I purchased a motherboard and knew fine they took a while to ship items which I was fine with as I was away from home for two weeks."

Granted I haven't really read the thread.

michty_me · 23 Oct 2019 at 17:15

Raikiri said:
I assumed not UK based due to this: "I purchased a motherboard and knew fine they took a while to ship items which I was fine with as I was away from home for two weeks."

Granted I haven't really read the thread.

They are base din Ireland but I believe their stock is held somewhere in the EU.

andicole0 · 23 Oct 2019 at 17:17

michty_me said:
They are base din Ireland but I believe their stock is held somewhere in the EU.

Ireland is in the EU

Andi.

michty_me · 23 Oct 2019 at 17:20

andicole0 said:
Ireland is in the EU
Andi.

Yes, Sorry I meant elsewhere abroad (I'm sure I read Germany or Netherlands)

b00merang69 · 23 Oct 2019 at 18:50

TheVoice said:
That lease time is for your local IP between your PC and the router, not your external IP provided by the ISP.

All I know it was that way then VM changed to 1 week for a while and it reflected in there and since then they have went back to 24 hours so unless MS changed something then changed back I do not know but at the end of the day not many home user have static IP's by default so they are talking nonsense to the OP.

Diagro · 23 Oct 2019 at 19:49

Is the site oldegg?

michty_me · 23 Oct 2019 at 19:55

Diagro said:
Is the site oldegg?

Nope. Post 24 is the first world of their name.

Illuminist · 23 Oct 2019 at 20:10

Raikiri said:
There is another company based out of the UK, what's the opposite of an old chicken?

Young cockrel ?

Nasher · 23 Oct 2019 at 20:41

b00merang69 said:
All I know it was that way then VM changed to 1 week for a while and it reflected in there and since then they have went back to 24 hours so unless MS changed something then changed back I do not know but at the end of the day not many home user have static IP's by default so they are talking nonsense to the OP.

Sometimes you can set a static IP and hog it, but most ISPs don't let you. Virgin dont at least

Threepwood · 24 Oct 2019 at 00:45

Why can't we name and shame again?

A2Z · 24 Oct 2019 at 09:45

Threepwood said:
Why can't we name and shame again?

The company is post #24 and 'gaming'. Worst clues ever posted previously lol... never even heard of this site.. would never order from there looking at it.. not surprised this has all happened.

Hades · 24 Oct 2019 at 10:42

I found the retailer and the reviews on Trustpilot are shocking. There is no way I'd have bought from them.

Threepwood · 24 Oct 2019 at 11:26

A2Z said:
The company is post #24 and 'gaming'. Worst clues ever posted previously lol... never even heard of this site.. would never order from there looking at it.. not surprised this has all happened.

Yes, but... Why can't we simply name and shame again? What is the rule?

Hades · 24 Oct 2019 at 11:38

Threepwood said:
Yes, but... Why can't we simply name and shame again? What is the rule?

Because OcUK pay for these forums. They don't want to pay to advertise another company. I agree in this instance it would seem advantageous to name and shame. But then it becomes tricky in future to judge where the line is. So it's just easier to put a blanket ban in place.

Nasher · 24 Oct 2019 at 11:45

I looked up the company and it seems really confused. They are based in Ireland, but ship their good from elsewhere in Europe, they say they dont ship to the UK for some reason (way to cripple your business), but keep accepting UK customers and payment. Then getting bad reviews when goods dont turn up lol

bainbridge · 24 Oct 2019 at 11:53

FloppyPoppy said:
They can't do anything. But you can post this publicly on their social medias ( if they have them ) call them out in front of people....... It's a free country after all.

+1

I would definitely use social media to publicise their intimidation tactics

michty_me · 24 Oct 2019 at 11:54

I initially found a motherboard that was cheaper than everywhere else but about £50-£60. I did realise they had poor reviews but thought why not take a punt and have a Paypal backup.

Liquidfox · 24 Oct 2019 at 12:45

b00merang69 said:
Since when do most home users have a static IP, they are mostly dynamic but sticky in that you will keep it for a long time unless you unplug your router at time the lease runs out and only then loose it if another customer needs one.

You're confusing public and private addresses there in your image. Virgin's dynamic IPs are indeed very sticky, but you wouldn't see that looking at your local adapter when connecting to a SuperHub as your internal network would always be DHCP unless you start changing things yourself.

Kelt · 24 Oct 2019 at 13:03

Nasher said:
I looked up the company and it seems really confused. They are based in Ireland, but ship their good from elsewhere in Europe, they say they dont ship to the UK for some reason (way to cripple your business), but keep accepting UK customers and payment. Then getting bad reviews when goods dont turn up lol

Sounds just like the kind of company I would steer well clear of.

LOAM · 24 Oct 2019 at 19:42

Poo in a jiffy bag and post it with no stamps