At the beginning of December I had a phone call from Vardis telling me how wonderful it would be to get my business printed on their calendars for only £100 or so. I thought: "fantastic! that covers printing costs, and delivery costs of a marketing strategy! Why not?"
Turns out that my name "MR S GILBERTSON" is easily construed as "MS S GIBSON"...
Not only that, the "artwork" they've sent me through the post is a rip of my logo from my site, watered down with a completely different colour-scheme, and crappy text in a shi*ty horrible font next to it about my business.
I'm sorry, but a nine year old could have come up with something better!
I've just checked BLAGGER.COM for their name, and I'm glad I did! Vardis do not seem to be the most reputable of UK organisations at this moment in time.
I phoned up just now to cancel my order, but was told because it's over 7 days since it was placed, I have to be referred to the Manager - fair enough, but don't think they'll be speaking to Ms S Gibson!
I've also taken the liberty to draft a formal notice to them about cancelling the order immediately and then confirming that it has indeed been cancelled - will send it Recorded Delivery tomorrow morning.
Just thought I'd start a thread here before other people fall into their trap.
sh!t...i got a letter thro this morning saying 'confirmation of order'.
I told them on the fone I'm interested and they said I have 14 days to cancel...but there is no process to cancel.
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It's refreshing to have found a forum whoere you can name and shame. There are to many people waiting to rip you off online (and everywhere) and they should all be outed!
sh!t...i got a letter thro this morning saying 'confirmation of order'.
I told them on the fone I'm interested and they said I have 14 days to cancel...but there is no process to cancel.
Send them a letter via Recorded Delivery to confirm you want to cancel.
I just phoned and demanded to speak to a Manager. At 16.32 I was transferred to a Mark Andrews (who apparently is the Manager) and he has confirmed that my order has been cancelled.
I asked him to also send me confirmation of this through the post. I await.
I will also still send my letter via Recorded Delivery - You can't be too sure with the telephone you see, and it wont hold up in court. Better to be safe than sorry in my books!
Send a letter Recorded Delivery, keep the receipt and staple it to a copy of the letter you sent
Job done!
P.S. if all else fails and they're having none of it, just do Vardis for copyright infringement
cheers....they don't have a leg to stand on under the distance selling rights act...just can't be bothered with some scouser hassling me down the fone!
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Aged scam im sorry to inform you,same people behind it.
Previous names include mckenzie campbell,Barrington house publishing
Plus Hamilton Forbes plus Price Chamberlain Limited and many more always selling advertising space on calenders for sick children and the others are:
Police crime prevention books
fire brigade
ambulance service.
Also they claim to sell advertising on screens in doctors and postoffices etc.
They have been shut down by the dti in the past so do report this company to the DTI and im sure you will find they know of them already.
Steve, after seeing you had replied to my thread, I quickly opened up the Internet browser in the hope of some sensible words of advice from your great self.
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