Wessex Teak - Am I mad to buy from them? (Planning to buy large teak garden table...)
ship
I am thinking of buying some teak furniture from Wessex Teak.
They clearly have a terrible reputation for taking your money and
delivering very late (etc).
HOWEVER, what is the quality of their stuff like?
I you turn up with cash and pick up the stuff yourself is there any
problem?
I am thinking about buying a large teak extendible garden table from
them (2.0m - 3.0m x 1.2m wide)(probably plus a few chairs)...
The thing is that they are SO much cheaper than anyone else. (About
half price or less)
And if their product is of reasonable quality itself... what can go
wrong?
Am I mad?
Ship
Shiperton Henethe
dpyd...@hotmail.com
I guess you've seen these links
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=978687
http://reviews.ebay.co.uk/Wessex-Teak-Customers-Beware_W0QQugidZ10000000007951215
I wouldn't go near them, but if you do, pay by credit card - it will
be much easier to get your money back from the credit card provider
than it will from Wessex teak.
Mark
> Hi
>
> I am thinking of buying some teak furniture from Wessex Teak.
>
> They clearly have a terrible reputation for taking your money and
> delivering very late (etc).
>
> HOWEVER, what is the quality of their stuff like?
> I you turn up with cash and pick up the stuff yourself is there any
> problem?
a customer in my pub has used them from ebay.
the quality of the products are fine, all made in�Asia�somewhere.
the firm themselves are worse then useless,they do not answer phone or email
contact, if you can collect yourself they are good value for money.�
Airsource Ltd
The product is fine. The firm is dire. Took me about two months to get
mine, with three changed delivery dates - the first delivery date was
45 days out, when their ad clearly stated 28 days, and so on from
there. Got the stuff eventually, with a parasol thrown in, at a good
price. Might order again if I knew six months in advance what I
wanted,,,,
Andy Champ
> Hi
>
> I am thinking of buying some teak furniture
<snip>
I hope you'll check where the teak comes from (FSC logo is a good enough
recommendation).
They don't seem to mention it, which might mean that their teak is
obtained by clear-felling rain forests. In the process most of the
wildlife is destroyed, the unusable small branches burned (adding to
global warming) and the earth left in a state where it produces a few
good crops - then washes out to sea,leaving a wet desert useless for
anything, neither the environment nor the local residents.
Andy
ship
Hi Andy
FSC - is a good question!
They do talk about "sustainable sources"
http://www.wessexteak.com/product.asp?v06VQ=FKI
> All made from the finest plantation teak imported from sustainable forestry sources ...
There again words are cheap!
I'll email them for better proof.
Ship
Shiperton Henethe