Objective view wanted on silly situation
Discussion
I went to a farm shop 10 days ago and did some...shopping. Whilst there I enquired as to how much it would cost per loaf if I ordered and bought 50 loaves of gluten free bread from them.
The idea is that I would take this back to France and stick it in the freezer as this gluten free bread is much nicer than that that I can get over there.
They took my phone number and said they'd get back to me with a price.
The week after they still hadn't got back to me so I had a look and found that the baker themselves had a website and they sold direct to the public.
I phone them and we agreed a price per loaf if I buy between 30 and 50 loaves. We agree on a date for production and collection so as to make sure the bread is as fresh as possible when it gets to France to be frozen.
I sent an email this morning to tell them I would pop in to pay and trigger the manufacture of the bread only to be told that the farm shop had ordered 50 loaves in my name which was made yesterday and that basically I would have to accept this order because I had ordered it.
I was staggered when I heard this as I absolutely didn't place an order with the farm shop, I just made an enquiry. I was given no price, no date and made no deposit or other payment to them.
So I'm being coerced into buying this bread which was made yesterday and won't be frozen until we get back to France late on Saturday night, so 50 loaves of 5 day old bread. What's more I did a calculation and I can't get 50 loaves in the car anyway because it's full of other stuff.
I'm feeling like someone's trying to pull a fast one on me. What are your views?
ETA I probably should have phoned the farm shop to tell them I was no longer interested but as they couldn't be bothered to get back to me and as I hadn't actually ordered anything, I thought what's the point?
The idea is that I would take this back to France and stick it in the freezer as this gluten free bread is much nicer than that that I can get over there.
They took my phone number and said they'd get back to me with a price.
The week after they still hadn't got back to me so I had a look and found that the baker themselves had a website and they sold direct to the public.
I phone them and we agreed a price per loaf if I buy between 30 and 50 loaves. We agree on a date for production and collection so as to make sure the bread is as fresh as possible when it gets to France to be frozen.
I sent an email this morning to tell them I would pop in to pay and trigger the manufacture of the bread only to be told that the farm shop had ordered 50 loaves in my name which was made yesterday and that basically I would have to accept this order because I had ordered it.
I was staggered when I heard this as I absolutely didn't place an order with the farm shop, I just made an enquiry. I was given no price, no date and made no deposit or other payment to them.
So I'm being coerced into buying this bread which was made yesterday and won't be frozen until we get back to France late on Saturday night, so 50 loaves of 5 day old bread. What's more I did a calculation and I can't get 50 loaves in the car anyway because it's full of other stuff.
I'm feeling like someone's trying to pull a fast one on me. What are your views?
ETA I probably should have phoned the farm shop to tell them I was no longer interested but as they couldn't be bothered to get back to me and as I hadn't actually ordered anything, I thought what's the point?
Edited by Driller on Wednesday 23 August 15:32
LordGrover said:
Walk away.
From what you've said no commitment was made; perhaps they made an assumption?
Thanks LG, your comment confirms what I was thinking. It's just a shame because I've never tasted anything like their bread but that's life and I'm not going to buy 50 stale loaves to maintain what would be a questionable business relationship.From what you've said no commitment was made; perhaps they made an assumption?
@Chunkeymonkey71's suggestion.Darker grapefruit, very clever
Edited by Driller on Wednesday 23 August 15:49
Some classic replies here, it was worth starting the thread just for them 
Well I went to the farm shop yesterday and spoke to the manager who was very nice about it and fully admitted it was their mistake. They said they tried to phone but even when they couldn't get through they went ahead with production anyway. Seems a bit odd but there you go. Since this bread really is very special, I decided I wanted to keep good relations with everyone so bought all 50 loaves.
Remains to be seen what state they'll be in after living 5 days and then being frozen. Someone mentioned freezing them before taking them to France and refreezing them on arrival but they said they would go all soggy if that was done.
Looking at all 50, they didn't take up half the space I thought they would, so they'll easily fit in the car.
Did I just hear "D'ough!" from the back?
Well I went to the farm shop yesterday and spoke to the manager who was very nice about it and fully admitted it was their mistake. They said they tried to phone but even when they couldn't get through they went ahead with production anyway. Seems a bit odd but there you go. Since this bread really is very special, I decided I wanted to keep good relations with everyone so bought all 50 loaves.
Remains to be seen what state they'll be in after living 5 days and then being frozen. Someone mentioned freezing them before taking them to France and refreezing them on arrival but they said they would go all soggy if that was done.
Looking at all 50, they didn't take up half the space I thought they would, so they'll easily fit in the car.
Did I just hear "D'ough!" from the back?
Rude-boy said:
Silverbullet767 said:
Driller said:
Normally they are £3.70 each, I got 20% off for 50.
Really, no one going to comment? £148 on f
king bread!It's not even artisan bread, it's special bread for special people who can't eat normal bread and even more rarefied and therefore more and be charged
Bad enough not being able to sink your teeth into a nice hot loaf of fresh cooked crusty white that cost you 50p but no these poor gluonites have to pay a freeking fortune to eat something that most of us only ever experienced 15 years ago from the butty van at Pembray on the first day of the season when they are using up the last of last years stock.
Yes, gluten free bread is expensive. Most of it is s
t (very dry and brittle) as stated above and costs even more than the delicious version this bakery makes.Still loving the puns (buns?)
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