Brand new old liners

I recently ordered 20 sets of liners.when the box arrived I immediately was drawn to how yellow the stickers were on the box. Turned out they were 8 years old manufactured in 2012. I reordered a new set of liners from an online company in ireland.brand new manufactured in 2020. I subsequently phoned the local supplier to tell him there was a problem with liners and he could pick them up when he comes for a parlour service. He got humped that I didn't give him a chance to exchange liners. I gave him a chance. He sent a very outdated set that could of done untold damage to my cows with no recompense. Hes now a bit backward about doing the parlour service. Would anyone fit 8 year old liners
 

thewalrus

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
Northern Ireland
I recently ordered 20 sets of liners.when the box arrived I immediately was drawn to how yellow the stickers were on the box. Turned out they were 8 years old manufactured in 2012. I reordered a new set of liners from an online company in ireland.brand new manufactured in 2020. I subsequently phoned the local supplier to tell him there was a problem with liners and he could pick them up when he comes for a parlour service. He got humped that I didn't give him a chance to exchange liners. I gave him a chance. He sent a very outdated set that could of done untold damage to my cows with no recompense. Hes now a bit backward about doing the parlour service. Would anyone fit 8 year old liners

Any excuse given as to why you where given 8 year old liners?
 
the man was chancing his arm. They’ll probably end up in someone else’s yard.
Maybe he was, maybe he wasn’t, depends where those liners have been sitting for 8 years.
If they have been sitting at the manufacturers or anywhere in between the dealers they could have arrived at the dealers and he’d have no reason to suspect they were old stock and supplied them in good faith.

The strange thing here is that the op didn’t first contact the dealer , it would certainly have been my first reaction.
The fact that the dealer wasn’t the first point of contact when a problem was found along with the fact that the dealer is now reluctant to do other work would suggest a rather poor buisness relationship between the two, I can’t imagine such a situation arising with the dairy engineer I use, he would have been my first point of contact and I’m completely confident he’d have sorted it out swiftly and wiithout any problems about doing other work
 
Maybe he was, maybe he wasn’t, depends where those liners have been sitting for 8 years.
If they have been sitting at the manufacturers or anywhere in between the dealers they could have arrived at the dealers and he’d have no reason to suspect they were old stock and supplied them in good faith.

The strange thing here is that the op didn’t first contact the dealer , it would certainly have been my first reaction.
The fact that the dealer wasn’t the first point of contact when a problem was found along with the fact that the dealer is now reluctant to do other work would suggest a rather poor buisness relationship between the two, I can’t imagine such a situation arising with the dairy engineer I use, he would have been my first point of contact and I’m completely confident he’d have sorted it out swiftly and wiithout any problems about doing other work
Complete speculation and devoid of fact.
 
Last edited:

jimmer

Member
Location
East Devon
I recently ordered 20 sets of liners.when the box arrived I immediately was drawn to how yellow the stickers were on the box. Turned out they were 8 years old manufactured in 2012. I reordered a new set of liners from an online company in ireland.brand new manufactured in 2020. I subsequently phoned the local supplier to tell him there was a problem with liners and he could pick them up when he comes for a parlour service. He got humped that I didn't give him a chance to exchange liners. I gave him a chance. He sent a very outdated set that could of done untold damage to my cows with no recompense. Hes now a bit backward about doing the parlour service. Would anyone fit 8 year old liners
Yeah I would fit em
 
Tags
dairy

SFI - What % were you taking out of production?

  • 0 %

    Votes: 77 43.0%
  • Up to 25%

    Votes: 62 34.6%
  • 25-50%

    Votes: 30 16.8%
  • 50-75%

    Votes: 3 1.7%
  • 75-100%

    Votes: 3 1.7%
  • 100% I’ve had enough of farming!

    Votes: 4 2.2%

Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

  • 1,286
  • 1
As reported in Independent


quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
Top