Silk plants for vivariums - save £££

[AlienSnail]

The following is an eBay shop I found, so much cheaper (really by a huge amount) than buying silk plants from reptile shops.
This seller will combine postage but that's not apparent, but requesting a total for the entire purchase will show the discount, all in all making the purchase FAR cheaper than from a dedicated reptile store.
I bought loads for my new snake viv.

Here's a link to the part of the store selling silk foliage (most of which have wires inside the plastic stems, making the plants poseable).
stores.ebay.co.uk/HOMENSTYLE/FOLIAGE-GREENERY-/_i.html?_fsub=369310819&_sid=999255119&_trksid=p4634.c0.m322

And a link to the entire store
stores.ebay.co.uk/HOMENSTYLE

[stixandsnailsyork]

Oct 26, 2010 11:31:48 GMT AlienSnail said:

The following is an eBay shop I found, so much cheaper (really by a huge amount) than buying silk plants from reptile shops.
This seller will combine postage but that's not apparent, but requesting a total for the entire purchase will show the discount, all in all making the purchase FAR cheaper than from a dedicated reptile store.
I bought loads for my new snake viv.

Here's a link to the part of the store selling silk foliage (most of which have wires inside the plastic stems, making the plants poseable).
stores.ebay.co.uk/HOMENSTYLE/FOLIAGE-GREENERY-/_i.html?_fsub=369310819&_sid=999255119&_trksid=p4634.c0.m322

And a link to the entire store
stores.ebay.co.uk/HOMENSTYLE

Thanks for that Ness i have just been on and bough 10 items so i can make the adult snakes vivs look pretty.

[stixandsnailsyork]

I have received my bits i ordered today they are great and real value for money, The seller only charged me what it cost to post the items so a real bargain, i would recommend these to any one.

Thanks again Ness for posting, I was going to buy them at the reptile shop and 1 grape vine would have cost what i bought 10 for off ebay. xx

[AlienSnail]

Received mine today too, well chuffed. There's loads of foliage for the new viv

Received the viv today too. That's another blooming story though but hey, the plants are great

[feebix]

Problems?

[AlienSnail]

Yeah the company (Ark Pets Online) lied to me, or so it seems, just to save themselves £4 and have ignored my emails for an explanation since.
It's not the £4 that bothers me, it's misleading me that annoys me.
They have a price promise on their website to try to match or beat any other price for the same product. I found one £4 cheaper (actually £10 cheaper as that other company had a further discount for new customers).
Ark pets told me they couldn't reduce their price at all due to them using their own delivery people, as they "wouldn't trust a currier with something as large and fragile as a vivarium".
I thought fair enough, and being as this delivery service looks better than a currier service (on the website it advertises how communicative the service is, with a quick delivery and the promise of letting customoers know an approximate time of delivery so that customers don't have to wait in all day).

So I placed the order. Heard nothing for two days, phoned them. The viv was out of stock.
I ordered the same viv in a different shade of wood. I was told that they'd send it out via CURRIER and it would PROBABLY arrive next day.
It did, but without the sealant I ordered to go with it.
They rectified that with an apology. Fair enough

BUT it annoyed me that I was misinformed by them, in order for them to save themselves £4, by telling me they'd use their super-duper communicative delivery service as they wouldn't trust a currier, and then they sent the darned thing by currier!

It's a little thing. It's £4 no big deal.
But it's being treated like a fool and being lied to that's like a red-rag to a bull with me. I'm awaiting their explanation. Yes my handbag is out, with a brick in it.