That's the best thing I've read!Dear mr ????
We are writing to tell you your order 12345678 is being refunded back to you because some Pratt turned up to work half cut and realigned the prices of the dormer taps with the staples and paperclips.
We cannot possibly send you your order for the poor amount of cash you paid because you’ll be doing us out of a boat load of cash. We’ve already sent £600 worth out to a mr potter for a score and as a result my children’s milk money has had to be put on hold for the rest of the year to claw back the massive loss on that order.
We are now processing 1097556 refunds and I’ve got the bad news of telling the director at dormer he will have to cancel his month long holiday he booked to the Bahamas when he thought he had hit the jackpot on Tuesday night as all the stock was suddenly claimed in an hour.
We do sincerely apologise for this.
Kind regards
Cromwell.
next time we need to be a bit more under the radar, couple of sets each along with another cheap item.14 Red boxes filled with hss
Not gonna happen. There will be too many people trying to wipe the shelves clean at 70p a piece despite a mutual agreement. I’m still not convinced it was a balls up. Not many people just ordered the taps. There was a good few items tagged on to the orders. The taps were refunded and Cromwell got sales that probably wouldn’t of got placed.Wonder how they noticed the price was wrong
next time we need to be a bit more under the radar, couple of sets each along with another cheap item.
Does it need explaining?
It’s pretty obvious why we are being refunded
Not gonna happen. There will be too many people trying to wipe the shelves clean at 70p a piece despite a mutual agreement. I’m still not convinced it was a balls up. Not many people just ordered the taps. There was a good few items tagged on to the orders. The taps were refunded and Cromwell got sales that probably wouldn’t of got placed.
So the first couple of orders got through but that’s probably not a massive loss if all the others bagged a bottle of Rocol and a set of Kennedy spanner’s
Deceptive yes but a very clever way to boost some sales
It's great that the forum members share any potential savings to be had with others .
I would not bother they wont be shippjng any mistakes....even if they are deliberate as a sneaky way of advertising.Not happy i missed this but I did use my £4 winch and 4p ratchet spanner the other day which put a smile on my face.
I will keep my fingers crossed for the next cromwell price mishap.
Thats as maybe Richard but an email is the least they could send. It is their error not ours.Does it need explaining?
It’s pretty obvious why we are being refunded
If they are sensibly priced I’ll take set of 20/24 off you. It’s the two sizes along with m14 I was most excited about getting. The others I’ve got plenty of duplicatesAgree with you there @Screwdriver. Might of let a few more through if they hadn't been alerted.
Well if anyone is ever desperate for some m20 and 24 taps you'l know where to come knocking.
Got my refund now. Can't say I am surprised. Glad to see alhp got his taps. It was clearly an error in the listing so we all knew it was a gamble. Have to say, it was a bit daft to start pestering Cromwell asking where the order had got to. Keeping quiet about it was always the best option.
as above bettter we all kept shut if no one had been alerted they might have got a few more through