GDFB.co.uk -- myArmoury.com

Reinier van Noort · Posted: Tue 04 Dec, 2007 1:53 am Post subject: GDFB.co.uk

Yeah, sorry, another customer-seller problem.

Does anybody here know how to reach GDFB.co.uk?
I placed an order for my group in June or early July and we still have only received part of the order (a small part of the order). Everything was sent initially (it was all in stock), but according to GDFB the parcel got misdirected in the mail. We needed part of the order in somewhat of a hurry (there was already a delay because they were moving to a new location), so a replacement for that was sent immediately. The rest was supposed to follow. Since August I have been trying to get the rest of our order, and occasionally had contact but the last two or more months I haven't had any reaction at all. I tried phoning (answering machine), emailling to two or three addresses that I had, emailling via the gdfb.co.uk website; everything, but no reaction. The last emails I sent I asked for a return of our money, as I felt that I had been more than patient enough, but that got me no reaction either.

Does anybody here have a good idea on how to reach gdfb (other than cross the Channel), or perhaps another suggestion for a course of action to take? It really was quite a large order compared to the wealth of our group, so it is somewhat of a problem...

Cheers/Thanks,

Reinier

Stirling Matheson · Posted: Tue 04 Dec, 2007 8:14 am Post subject:

CAS Hanwei has aquired them, check www.cashanwei.com

B. Pogue · Industry Professional

Reinier van Noort · Posted: Tue 04 Dec, 2007 11:33 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the replies, and thanks also for the PM I received.

I tried replying to the PM, but it won't go due to a problem getting the mail server response codes, whatever that may mean.

Reinier van Noort · Posted: Tue 11 Dec, 2007 12:39 pm Post subject:

Current status;

2 days after posting here I got a new message from GDFB. Apparently they had email problems in the past, and S. Brown, upon making up the balance over the last year, just found out that our order wasn't properly handled yet. We agreed that I was going to get a refund. I was going to post that here, but I wanted to wait until I had received my refund before replying here and informing you all. Just now I got a email from GDFB threatening me with legal action over the posts I made here (misquoting me), and the fact that I did not mention new contact yet.

I should get a refund tomorrow. After that I will not have any further dealings with GDFB. They might have nice and cheap items but it's just not worth it.

I will let you know when I really get the refund. And I will let you know if I don't.

R

Reinier van Noort · Posted: Thu 13 Dec, 2007 12:11 am Post subject:

Well, GDFB mailed me a receipt for a refund, so I guess that will all be OK now.
We were also offered something extra to make up for the problems experienced.
As far as I'm concerned, this goes a long way towards reconciling things.

Jonathan Blair · Posted: Thu 13 Dec, 2007 4:40 am Post subject:

George Davidson · Posted: Thu 13 Dec, 2007 6:15 am Post subject:

got admit I'm with Jonathan.
We were sorting out an order of £500+ for placement in Jan. Thats now been binned as massive delays, screwups and then threats are something we can do without.

Reinier van Noort · Posted: Thu 13 Dec, 2007 7:43 am Post subject:

Well, all seems to be (almost) handled now.
Also, the reactions from people in the UK I got on Armourarchive.org were generally positive on GDFB. It seems that mainly international orders go wrong. But if I need to get anything from GDFB in the future, I will get it through a retailer.

Dan P · Posted: Thu 13 Dec, 2007 8:42 am Post subject:

I want one of their bucklers but generally I've not had good luck getting stuff from overseas in the mail (from other people, not GDFB).
So its just going to be a wait for Hanwei to start selling their stuff in the US.

Mike Arledge · Posted: Thu 13 Dec, 2007 8:58 am Post subject:

I won't name names, but this is by no means the first time I have heard of GDFB threatening to sue someone who dared post about their experience. I have known people have orders in the hundreds of dollars only see results once they posted something like this. A darn shame too, because their products seem pretty nice.

Nick B. · Posted: Thu 13 Dec, 2007 10:02 am Post subject: GDFB

Thanks for posting this, I was just about to order two helms from them. I'm going to think about it now.
The power of communication.

Michael R. Black · Posted: Thu 13 Dec, 2007 11:20 am Post subject:

I ordered some items from them a while ago (2005), and had no problems. this thread does cause me to reconsider future purchases, though.