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manicscousers
Hectare
Posts: 16,474
www.golborne-allotments.co.uk
Re: DON'T buy this compost
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Reply #20 on:
September 29, 2008, 09:19:03 »
the pile of muck is twice as high now, we're still not at the bottom of the bag :-X
I'm giving them 'til wednesday then they will get an e mail about trading standards and trading standards will get the pics ;D
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Kea
Hectare
Posts: 2,609
Re: DON'T buy this compost
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Reply #21 on:
September 29, 2008, 10:26:10 »
Last year I got a bad of Levington's john Innes 1 from local garden centre that looked like that with big pieces of bark in it I suppose i should have taken it back but I just used it as mulch on the border and never buy that brand anymore. There was no way it was seedling compost more coarse bark mulch.
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cornykev
Hectare
Posts: 9,893
Sunny Cheshunt just outside North London
Re: DON'T buy this compost
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Reply #22 on:
September 29, 2008, 18:37:28 »
Just caught up with this Scousers :o , if they haven't replied by now it would be no more mister nice guy, gloves off and good luck. ;D ;D ;D
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manicscousers
Hectare
Posts: 16,474
www.golborne-allotments.co.uk
Re: DON'T buy this compost
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Reply #23 on:
October 01, 2008, 15:42:58 »
e mails sent to them again, plus the trading standards, just wish someone would answer, somewhere ::)
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kitty
Hectare
Posts: 1,325
its what i do.
Re: DON'T buy this compost
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Reply #24 on:
October 01, 2008, 16:54:51 »
won't ever bother with lidls £1.49 a bag compost either-i did a trial with another sore(3 bags for a tenenr from our local cheapie shop)and the leeks i put in to 'bring on' just squatted there-as far as i can see there is no 'goodness' in the lidle stuff....not quite as bad as manics woodland seection bag tho....
kitty
xx
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cornykev
Hectare
Posts: 9,893
Sunny Cheshunt just outside North London
Re: DON'T buy this compost
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Reply #25 on:
October 14, 2008, 19:35:07 »
Any update on this Scousers. ??? ;D ;D ;D
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manicscousers
Hectare
Posts: 16,474
www.golborne-allotments.co.uk
Re: DON'T buy this compost
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Reply #26 on:
October 14, 2008, 21:04:07 »
effing mad, ck..can't get the parent company to answer, trading standards are a waste of time..I've e mailed head office of richmoor, friday, I'll give them 'til the end of the week..don't want to ring them, it'll cost me but if i have to, I will ;D
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brian4951
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Posts: 29
Re: DON'T buy this compost
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Reply #27 on:
October 14, 2008, 21:13:01 »
Hi, I'm not going to name the product concerned, but the company I work for (an international toiletries company) found them selling counterfeit products of ours. Trading Standards and Fraud Squad were involved.
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STEVEB
Acre
Posts: 429
Re: DON'T buy this compost
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Reply #28 on:
October 14, 2008, 21:31:39 »
the plot deepens...fetch my deerstalker watson!!! ::)
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manicscousers
Hectare
Posts: 16,474
www.golborne-allotments.co.uk
Re: DON'T buy this compost
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Reply #29 on:
October 14, 2008, 22:14:47 »
thanks, brian4951..by the way, welcome to the site ;D
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manicscousers
Hectare
Posts: 16,474
www.golborne-allotments.co.uk
Re: DON'T buy this compost
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Reply #30 on:
October 20, 2008, 18:11:17 »
well, trading standards e mailed me back, at last..she wanted some more pictures and details and is looking into it ::)
I've almost forgotten why I complained in the first place ;D
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manicscousers
Hectare
Posts: 16,474
www.golborne-allotments.co.uk
Re: DON'T buy this compost
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Reply #31 on:
November 14, 2008, 20:12:45 »
RESULT!!!!
after getting in touch with trading standards, they decided they couldn't do anything as mine was the only complaint :(
BUT they rang the company who said they had had difficulties with the e mail address for customer complaints ::) not sure if this was a cop out
anyhoo, trading standards gave me another e mail addie..sent it off 2 days ago, heard today, they're sending me vouchers, very sorry, isolated incidence, could I please send the bag back so's they can trace it from the batch number, I can't find it so they can try..I'll let you know what I get, shan't be buying compost with it, though ;D
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tricia
Hectare
Posts: 2,224
Torbay, Devon
Re: DON'T buy this compost
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Reply #32 on:
November 14, 2008, 21:49:52 »
Glad to hear your perseverance paid off Manics. Too many people just shrug their shoulders and complain to all and sundry - but not to the manufacturer of the substandard product!
Well done you!
Tricia
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ceres
Global Moderator
Hectare
Posts: 3,140
Re: DON'T buy this compost
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Reply #33 on:
November 14, 2008, 21:51:20 »
Well done! Persistence pays.
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manicscousers
Hectare
Posts: 16,474
www.golborne-allotments.co.uk
Re: DON'T buy this compost
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Reply #34 on:
November 17, 2008, 19:27:20 »
well, got a £5.00 voucher, going to the garden centre at the weekend, they've got all the christmas goodies out ;D
not a fortune but we'll get something, not compost ;D
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cambourne7
Hectare
Posts: 6,134
Growing in the back garden having lost lotty
Re: DON'T buy this compost
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Reply #35 on:
November 17, 2008, 19:47:36 »
sounds like a result :)
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cornykev
Hectare
Posts: 9,893
Sunny Cheshunt just outside North London
Re: DON'T buy this compost
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Reply #36 on:
November 18, 2008, 18:33:02 »
Nice one Scousers. ;D ;D ;D
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