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[pandos]

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Has anyone any experience of this company... seems to be all things to all men... but would be good to hear if they are as good as their website suggests...

I am thinking about coppercoat €137 per unit... is that the cheapest delivered to Ireland...

 

[HissyFit]

It looks like a form of Chinese auction: they price you see is not the price you pay, only a bid. Look at the ads, they have a count of the days left. They are not an online shop, but an ad agency for their partners. IMHO, I'd avoid.

 

[pandos]

It looks like a form of Chinese auction: they price you see is not the price you pay, only a bid. Look at the ads, they have a count of the days left. They are not an online shop, but an ad agency for their partners. IMHO, I'd avoid.

yes he seems to be using Donedeal as a shop front, (Donedeal is a really good site here for buying/selling cars and household stuff, that site is not at all dodgy)

 

[Dino]

I’ve heard that he likes to take big deposits for stuff and it takes ages to get your stuff and the price may change.

 

[pandos]

I’ve heard that he likes to take big deposits for stuff and it takes ages to get your stuff and the price may change.

That's not good,,,,

 

[LoneHort]

I got my cc direct from the makers delivered to Dingle, also got the rollers from them, 7in very good ones

 

[pandos]

I got my cc direct from the makers delivered to Dingle, also got the rollers from them, 7in very good ones

Pm sent

 

[Inspirido]

That's not good,,,,

Evening, all. Am actually using this company right now. Contacted them first week of September about getting a repair to my 20 year old volvo penta gearbox - it'll go forward and reverse but not into neutral from either - . I dropped down the gearbox and the company said they would ship it to the U.K. for a repair. A week later I was told the gearbox was 'broken beyond repair' which I know is not the case having opened and examined it myself when we took it off the engine. However I was promised that other avenues would be explored to solve my problem - maybe source a replacement..

From about 10 days ago, my calls to the company were not being answered or returned. However I did get through calling from a different number. Status as of last Wednesday 7th Oct ( one month after dropping it off) is that I told them I wanted my gearbox back immediately and was told that they would have it returned by courier from the U.K. ......

It has been a most disappointing experience using this company. The most I can expect right now is to get my gearbox back - my gearbox will have gone forward and reverse to the U.K. while I am now finding it very hard to remain neutral about the matter!

I will, of course, revert with the final result on the matter - hopefully by the end of this week - I've had heavier items delivered in just 48 hours from the U.K.

Here's hoping...

 

[Spirit (of Glenans)]

It looks like a form of Chinese auction: they price you see is not the price you pay, only a bid. Look at the ads, they have a count of the days left. They are not an online shop, but an ad agency for their partners. IMHO, I'd avoid.

No, on the contrary, this a marketplace-type site, similar to Gumtree in the UK, and like Gumtree it shows how long the ad has been placed. It's used nationwide by trade and private users to sell just about anything, new and secondhand. In Ireland, generally, selling on eBay just doesn't work.
What is going on, as far as I can see, is that this is a small business with a few agency deals using this inexpensive ad site to market their wares, as an alternative to going to the expense of building a website with a webshop facility. Whatever you order will have to be ordered by them from their suppliers. I have found that this has now become the business model of my local chandelry in North County Dublin, where they stock the most popular items, but if you need something a little more esoteric, it must be ordered from the UK, Italy, Denmark etc., from where it will be mailed direct.

 

[HissyFit]

No, on the contrary, this a marketplace-type site, similar to Gumtree in the UK, and like Gumtree it shows how long the ad has been placed. It's used nationwide by trade and private users to sell just about anything, new and secondhand. In Ireland, generally, selling on eBay just doesn't work.
What is going on, as far as I can see, is that this is a small business with a few agency deals using this inexpensive ad site to market their wares, as an alternative to going to the expense of building a website with a webshop facility. Whatever you order will have to be ordered by them from their suppliers. I have found that this has now become the business model of my local chandelry in North County Dublin, where they stock the most popular items, but if you need something a little more esoteric, it must be ordered from the UK, Italy, Denmark etc., from where it will be mailed direct.

I'm not familiar with Gumtree. I don't see a benefit in seeing how long an offer has been running, unless the offer price is going to drop/rise as time goes on. I'm familiar with the eBay auction format or the fixed price sales of eBay or Amazon. Any other format will seem strange.

 

[Dino]

I once rang Yacht Agencies asking for propeller prices. They had listed all available sizes and their prices on their Donedeal ad. But when I enquired the prices were totally different. They started adding machining costs, VAT, etc, etc. I bought a used prop instead

 

[pandos]

I once rang Yacht Agencies asking for propeller prices. They had listed all available sizes and their prices on their Donedeal ad. But when I enquired the prices were totally different. They started adding machining costs, VAT, etc, etc. I bought a used prop instead

I think I am beginning to get the message,,, so far nothing good has been said about them.... I understand how the Donedeal element looks odd to uk based people but there is nothing at all bad about Donedeal or advertising on it...It just seemed odd that someplace that I never heard of could offer such a wide variety of services and goods...

Inspirido's post is interesting in that it seems the transmission was sent off to the uk...yet in his ads on Donedeal he shows a photo of a workshop in a manner suggestive of him actually doing the work in house...lets wait and see what happens there....

 

[Spirit (of Glenans)]

I'm not familiar with Gumtree. I don't see a benefit in seeing how long an offer has been running, unless the offer price is going to drop/rise as time goes on. I'm familiar with the eBay auction format or the fixed price sales of eBay or Amazon. Any other format will seem strange.

See post #3 for a commendation of Donedeal.
If, for instance you googled "cars for sale UK" you would find Gumtree about 10 places down in the results. If you then clicked on the the first or second ads, during business hours, you would find that the most recent ads had been placed within the previous 2-3 minutes.
It's an advantage for the buyer, a, to respond quickly to the freshest ad, or, b, on seeing that an item has been unsold for some time that there might be some possibility of bargaining for a lower price by sending a PM. Also the longevity of the ad might indicate something is wrong with the goods.
You can find goods advertised for sale on many more ad websites besides Amazon and eBay, Facebook Marketplace for instance.