Being threatened!

[ash_smith123]

Been in the firewood game for a few years now and as all of you do work my bollocks off to get anywhere. I have never been threatened before for putting an add up on ebay! Not sure what this guys issue is but its bang out of order! first email:

 

looking at the pics the builders bag doesnt look alot smaller than a cubis metre bag!! try putting them on the same size pallet aswell, im in the firewood game myself and just seems your slagging us and others off aswell selling in the builder bags, a builders bag is 0.8 cube. so if you want to play them games in slagging us off im going to do cubic metre bags for £70 free delivery and take all your custom, think about it before you write it, ps youll have no work for your new machine if you want to play that game,

 

Second:

fact a builders bag is 750x750x750 and that doesnt make 0.55 cubic metre in my eyes!!!! so you can stop slagging us off, the builders bag in your photo doesnt look half the size of the other one, ill give you a couple of days to sort this or ill make sure you dont get to use your new machine often thanks

 

On my add on ebay i have put a picture of a cubic metre bag and a builders bag next to each other, and it does look pretty much half the size. Just to show people the difference. Not trying to slag anyone off but the amount of phone calls i have to explain to people ours isnt a "ton bag" and what a cubic metre is i just thought it might save myself some hassle.

Now this guys cheaper than me, thats fair enough he can charge what he likes but to email someone threatening them with doing something to my machine that iv worked extremely hard to get is beyond me!

[Andy Collins]

It's easy to threaten someone from the safety of the armchair, behind a keyboard. Record the details, everything is traceable, if you do get a "visit" then it may be some sort of evidence.

[Graham]

inform the police. That's threatening behaviour.

[skyhuck]

I'm not sure he's threatening to damage your machine, I think he's saying he'll cut his prices and take your sales, meaning your won't be cutting, because your not selling.

 

I would message him back telling him to go boil his head and get a life.

[WorcsWuss]

He's a bell end who is presumably struggling for business, massively insecure and no doubt has a small tinkle to make things even worse for him.

I'd personally just ignore him. Was it a direct email or through eBay? If through eBay report him to them.

What a dickweed!

[Pete Hart]

I got a very unpleasant phonecall from another local company about 3 years ago.

I was on holiday in the scily isles at the time. It knocked me for six and ruined my week away.

The only thing i can say is rise above it. This person who is threatening you clearly lacks intellegence and any form of tact, regardless of the situation (undercutting or not, making his bags look smaller or not!) if they think the best way to approach you is to send a threatening email.

 

In my humble opinion showing pictures for comparison sounds like a perfectly acceptable practice. Ignore and crack on - best of luck.

 

P.s Make sure your kit is well locked away

[Joy Yeomans]

id contact ebay and complain about him giving you abuse. and tell him youll forward to police if he doesnt leave you alone.

 

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[TimberCutterDartmoor]

inform the police. That's threatening behaviour.

 

id contact ebay and complain about him giving you abuse. and tell him youll forward to police if he doesnt leave you alone.

 

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Ditto.

[morten]

Been in the firewood game for a few years now and as all of you do work my bollocks off to get anywhere. I have never been threatened before for putting an add up on ebay! Not sure what this guys issue is but its bang out of order! first email:

 

looking at the pics the builders bag doesnt look alot smaller than a cubis metre bag!! try putting them on the same size pallet aswell, im in the firewood game myself and just seems your slagging us and others off aswell selling in the builder bags, a builders bag is 0.8 cube. so if you want to play them games in slagging us off im going to do cubic metre bags for £70 free delivery and take all your custom, think about it before you write it, ps youll have no work for your new machine if you want to play that game,

 

Second:

fact a builders bag is 750x750x750 and that doesnt make 0.55 cubic metre in my eyes!!!! so you can stop slagging us off, the builders bag in your photo doesnt look half the size of the other one, ill give you a couple of days to sort this or ill make sure you dont get to use your new machine often thanks

 

On my add on ebay i have put a picture of a cubic metre bag and a builders bag next to each other, and it does look pretty much half the size. Just to show people the difference. Not trying to slag anyone off but the amount of phone calls i have to explain to people ours isnt a "ton bag" and what a cubic metre is i just thought it might save myself some hassle.

Now this guys cheaper than me, thats fair enough he can charge what he likes but to email someone threatening them with doing something to my machine that iv worked extremely hard to get is beyond me!

 

Strictly speaking, he is not threatening to do anything to your machine. He says you won't have any work for it. The only thing he is "threatening" to do, is taking away your customers, which in my book is called "competition". But I agree that he is out of order, and sounds like a right a... h...

 

And for the record: A 0.75 x 0.75 x 0.75 m bag will hold exactly 0.422 m³

[ash_smith123]

Yea i based it off a 800x800x800 bag and thought i would round it up a little to 0.55 but still. He doesnt seem too good at maths or using google to find out answers to things before sending a complaint email to someone. Maybe after reading it a few times he might not mean come and damage my machines but i was raging reading it the first time. If hes scared of abit of competition hes in the wrong game! We should all be sending narky emails to the very big supplier in hereford for "taking our customers"

;-p