Stork_III
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Bainbridge are mainly importers/suppliers to chandlers. Should be safe to buy from, but do they do retail online?
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Bainbridge are mainly importers/suppliers to chandlers. Should be safe to buy from, but do they do retail online?
charles_reed
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Seajet
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I have used Bainbridge Marine in the past and they are a fine upstanding outfit !
Slightly unusual in that they don't deal direct, so one just nominates a chandlery which is handy to collect from and they sort it out; at least that was how it was a few years ago, all went quickly and smoothly.
Slightly unusual in that they don't deal direct, so one just nominates a chandlery which is handy to collect from and they sort it out; at least that was how it was a few years ago, all went quickly and smoothly.
vyv_cox
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Possibly the biggest importer of marine chain from China. When I tested a dozen or so samples collected from chandleries around North Wales almost half of them were supplied by Bainbridge. And the Chinese stuff was the best on test.
single
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Is it only me then? When ordering anything from building stuff to boat stuff i always give myself a company name to get good discount.
Jabs
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I didn't think they could charge before the item was about to ship?
Can a legal bod comment?
Tony
single
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I might do but then its another month waiting for the ones from Bainbridge.
FishyInverness
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Why not? I ordered a bunch of DIY items from B&Q in February, they're not going to be delivered until 17th April - I still had to pay at the counter for the order....
Dipper
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When I had a small on-line business, those were the conditions the bank insisted on before I could accept credit and debit cards.
Aardee
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I'm fairly sure mail-order comes under Distance Selling regulations, which differ from "traditional" retail.
prv
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They do, although I don't remember anything about not charging until shipped.
Possibly it's a rule made by the card companies, rather than law?
Pete
FishyInverness
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Not that i've ever found....
If you purchase something from an online retailer via Ebay, you still make your paypal payment first before the order goes through....other than the "shell" company providing the interface, that's no different.
On one quick trawl, we find one of the largest Electronics suppliers will take payment upfront before shipping:
http://store.apple.com/uk/help/payments/prepayment
Although by Credit/Debit card, they do what most online retailers do:
http://store.apple.com/uk/help/payments
Essentially "shadowing" the value in your account, so it is pseudo-withdrawn, but not actually taking it until despatched
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single
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And what about a company called 'be' (boat electricals)? Funny time for a email reply at 0545 this morning and they are talking about back orders too!
sailinstructor
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Hiow was your experience al least with MMD?
I'm waiting for an item to be dispatched
They do not answer to my emails
Riccardo
I'm waiting for an item to be dispatched
They do not answer to my emails
Riccardo