Johnnyboxer
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Argos and Currys have a 30 day 'no quibble' returns policy for a full refund [emoji854]
Why is Ag different ?
Anything brand new and original condition should be fine
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Sending products back ? Or discounts for next year ?
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Argos and Currys have a 30 day 'no quibble' returns policy for a full refund [emoji854]
Why is Ag different ?
Anything brand new and original condition should be fine
beaten down on price ! You do know just how much distribution margin there is don’t you ?
there are no small distributors - it’s all controlled by 5 big ones
the smaller “man and van” sellers and buying groups all live of their scraps, special deals when they over buy and a bit of parallel importing when exchange rates are right mostly
Not sure chems are much different to fertiliser, you order in good faith, even if it is the previous July, you take it and pay. Seems to be how it works.
Perhaps in future, we should produce our own terms of business, saying something to the effect that orders made in good faith are subject to cancellation if no crop gets planted.
Perhaps in future, we should produce our own terms of business, saying something to the effect that orders made in good faith are subject to cancellation if no crop gets planted.
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Has anyone tried the reverse, and rung the supplier and told them you want a 20 percent rebate or they can have it all back?
Its probably a conversation a lot of folk ought also be having with their independent agronomist re crop walking fees for non existent crops. Imagine being an indy in mid lincs with zero planted or surviving crops.
In both cases I'd rather not be writing a cheque when I could pay nothing.
Retention of title clauses mean exactly that - the buyer does not own the goods until paid for. The notion of good faith is funny - let's see how the grain market works if we all put a "subject safe harvest" clause on all forward sold grain.
Its probably a conversation a lot of folk ought also be having with their independent agronomist re crop walking fees for non existent crops. Imagine being an indy in mid lincs with zero planted or surviving crops.
In both cases I'd rather not be writing a cheque when I could pay nothing.
Retention of title clauses mean exactly that - the buyer does not own the goods until paid for. The notion of good faith is funny - let's see how the grain market works if we all put a "subject safe harvest" clause on all forward sold grain.
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- Lincolnshire
Chemicals seem to be OK and the norm to send back, why not seed?
farmerm
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- Shropshire
its been more than 30 days... I regularly send cans back during the season...
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- South Wales UK
Their'll find something ,rules regs hse etc etc.
Whats different to sending stock ,crops,produce back if they change their minds too?
ollie989898
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No idea but if you fudge people about why would they worry about after sales service?
people in low margin businesses don't usually make it onto the Times rich list! Distributors are not beaten down on price that's for sure
distributors will be pushing manufacturers to take product back and welching out of forward buying commitments so don't feel guilty when you ask them to do the same !
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Steevo
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Good point, agronomy on most spring crops can be done with you’re eyes closed.
Isn’t a certain Hutchinson on the rich list? As Ollie said so where else we have pushed chemical farming so hard in the U.K. they now don’t work, pretty obvious who has won in this one!
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Might also find that if you do your figures on all spring crops for turnover you can get a rebate for your business insurance too. And much reduced overdraft requirements.
exactly what I'm suggesting - just what discount is 10 months storage and money upfront worth to a distributor ? if they say nothing them send it back
they will be pushing manufacturers exactly the same
I’ve got a decent amount of pre-em in stock but it was bought at a decent price and I wouldn’t expect them to take it back without a handling charge. I ordered it so why should they take it back? I don’t expect grain buyers to send stuff back. Anyway I can’t see them dropping prices next autumn so probably worth keeping for that alone.