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
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