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Originally Posted by Robert_Brewster
Mark, it took you a few months to give some on 5k worth of stock, i saw this thread and it put me off, i couldnt risk it to be honest, i was going to be £500 worth, but i simply couldnt just sit back and wait months if something went wrong
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You've got the wrong end of the stick. Sure, the idea of being parted with that much money for so long is enough to make you vomit, but I think even you can agree that Mark has handled it as best he can.
Tell me, what would you have done in his shoes? Have you dealt with stock and cashflow problems on that scale before?
If anything this should be an incentive to trust people like Mark. This sub-forum is marked 'Bad Supplier Experiences' --> Take a read through some of the horror stories of how
actual scammers handle people. Let's establish some facts here - Mark has:
* Ensured flowing correspondence with effected clients
* Ditto with suppliers
* Relayed updates to this thread
* Sourced alternative stock (perhaps something that could have gone smoother, but it's a lesson learnt no?)
* Kept his cool
* Taken the liberty to act as a consultant for you (or anyone else) without charging a dime
Also take note of his astonishingly high iTrader feedback rating and the support of some of the forums biggest traders.
Businesses do experience hiccups. If a business goes under because of something such as this, then you can put it down to not planning for a 'worst case scenario'. Every transaction bares risk; this one has gone off the rails, but in every case plan a Plan B.
Robert, by all means go with any supplier but if you're not prepared and planned enough to take risk then consider how you're going to go about it. Why publisize the fact that you're not going to buy either?