froggy
Well-known member
Decided to buy a welder to do the repairs to my Bay resto. Saw a link on VZI about a place offering cheap tools (welder, drills etc).
Had a look on the site and the prices were to good to be tru so i bought a Wolf 105 Turbo GAS mig.
Rung up and ordered it, just to make sure it was what it said it was, and paid. Was asked if i wanted express delivery for an extra £** and said no, was told it would be here in a maximum of 10 working days (2 weeks) and 2 weeks later (the maximum time) it turned up.
Great, time to make a real start so i unpacked it all only to find, the Gas bottle, the Regulator and the spool of wire that was all included (and one of the reasons i choose this welder) were all missing.
Rang up the helpline and after being put on hold for about 10 - 15mins eventually got through to someone who then had to pass me onto someone else, who then siad that they would get the parts to me within 5 working days.
Couldn't really wait so went to Halfords and bought a gas bottle (or 2) a regulator and some wire so i could make a start on the bodywork.
Set all the equipment up and nothing, the wire was feeding into the lance but not feeding out of the nozzle , you could see the wire folding itself up inside the lance!
Another phone call (and another gods knows how long on hold) to get through to the Tech dept' who then starts describing a completely different machine, so i tell him what machine it is and he asks me (Off the record) if i knew what the fault was! :x So i told him if i knew what was wrong i wouldn't be wasting my time talking to him. Was offered the chance to return it to them so they could repiar it and then send it me back but i would have to pay the postage! :evil: Told him to forget it i wanted a full refund only to be told he would have to hand me over to someone else :evil: .
This guy had it both barrels and told him to arrange a courier to come and collect it and give me a full refund.
Courier came the very next day (10 days to deliver 1 day to collect) so i'm now looking for another welder, using a mates Clarke 130 at the moment and its the dogs danglies.
Rant over
Had a look on the site and the prices were to good to be tru so i bought a Wolf 105 Turbo GAS mig.
Rung up and ordered it, just to make sure it was what it said it was, and paid. Was asked if i wanted express delivery for an extra £** and said no, was told it would be here in a maximum of 10 working days (2 weeks) and 2 weeks later (the maximum time) it turned up.
Great, time to make a real start so i unpacked it all only to find, the Gas bottle, the Regulator and the spool of wire that was all included (and one of the reasons i choose this welder) were all missing.
Rang up the helpline and after being put on hold for about 10 - 15mins eventually got through to someone who then had to pass me onto someone else, who then siad that they would get the parts to me within 5 working days.
Couldn't really wait so went to Halfords and bought a gas bottle (or 2) a regulator and some wire so i could make a start on the bodywork.
Set all the equipment up and nothing, the wire was feeding into the lance but not feeding out of the nozzle , you could see the wire folding itself up inside the lance!
Another phone call (and another gods knows how long on hold) to get through to the Tech dept' who then starts describing a completely different machine, so i tell him what machine it is and he asks me (Off the record) if i knew what the fault was! :x So i told him if i knew what was wrong i wouldn't be wasting my time talking to him. Was offered the chance to return it to them so they could repiar it and then send it me back but i would have to pay the postage! :evil: Told him to forget it i wanted a full refund only to be told he would have to hand me over to someone else :evil: .
This guy had it both barrels and told him to arrange a courier to come and collect it and give me a full refund.
Courier came the very next day (10 days to deliver 1 day to collect) so i'm now looking for another welder, using a mates Clarke 130 at the moment and its the dogs danglies.
Rant over
