Allright, I guess I’ll do the same instead of waiting for official instructions from them. Every US check they have to cash will cost them a few dollars extra. They won’t be happy about that. Myabe their bank will only make one charge for all the checks they get.
they didn’t specifically tell me too add any extra to cover the charge for cashing the check, but someone else had said something about it so I added six bucks. Provided this works and I eventually get my snuff, I still think I made off like a bandit paying what I did for what I got.
I agree wholeheartedly, I made a relatively cheap purchase, less than $20 with the discount, and was still happy to add the extra $6.00 to it for (hopefully) covering the expense of cashing my personal check from the states. It might take awhile for my check to clear, and I’m figuring that they may hold my order until the check clears! So I won’t be excited for the mail for awhile for sure.
@Xander: Fair enough, I guess I was wrong. Good luck in any transatlantic court action that may result from breach of the contract though :o)
@ BradMajors: >:-P ~~~~~~~
@Xander: Contract stuff: I remember chatting about this a while back with my old man. If I am not mistaken a store is not in fact obligated (in the UK at least) to honor any posted price. This is why some stores will put a notice up to the effect the fact that they will honor posted prices, but this is for customer relations not legal reasons. The law recognizes that mistakes can be made and until they take your money they can change the price. Of course this would lose a lot of customers very quickly if it were a regular practice. I think it probably came about in the old days with these little sticky label price gizmos. it would be very easy to put the decimal point in the wrong place. Of course my source is my Dad, so… I found this about laws in the states (varies of course from state to state): Even if there is a contract, the vendor may attempt to claim equitable relief from the contract on the basis that any reasonable consumer would have known (or should have known) that the price reflected an error, or that completion of the sale would result in an unreasonable economic harm to the business. Having said ALL that, there is no doubt in my mind Wilsons will honor the price. This is just a fun mental exercise. Dave
@mr.snuff: “If I am not mistaken a store is not in fact obligated (in the UK at least) to honor any posted price.” Your Dad’s correct there. A store in the U.K. is under no obligation to sell goods at the posted price. If they haven’t taken the money from you they can simply refuse to do business with you and they don’t have to give a reason. There’s an urban myth that if a store mis-prices goods they are obliged to sell them at the advertised price but this isn’t the case.
Yes, well in my case I’ve had a confirmation of my order and a price has been agreed on. No money or merchandise has yet changed hands, but I’d call it a contract.
@Xander: Indeed, I’m not disputing that. Just confirming that mr.snuff’s old man was correct !
Maybe I’m bumping an old thread so forgive me in advance. I recently went to the Wilson’s web site and attempted to order a drum of snuff. While creating my account, I wasn’t given any payment info option due to my US address. I have a Visa card and have used it to purchase snuff from other UK stores just fine. I did receive confirmation e-mail about my order but it mentioned nothing about payment. I tried sending them an e-mail asking about the payment method and mentioning the Visa but my e-mail was returned. I just don’t understand why this has to be so complicated. Mr. Snuff and Nicotine Rush no longer offer the WoS drums for sale and I don’t know where else to purchase them. Toque has no problem handling my orders and my Visa transactions go through just fine. If Wilson’s continues to snub me then I guess Roderick will be my exclusive source of bulk snuff orders from now on.
They will email you with payment information. Did you choose the US option for payment? A lot of answers may be here:Wilson’s 50% Off
YES INDEED, Wilson’s needs to make a change… if they want much business from the states… maybe they don’t!? They have been super (Wilson’s) about giving we the heads up when my personal check arrived, when it cleared and about the order being shipped. Looking forward to receiving that order and another to Toque (I think this order will complete the ‘got em all’).
Sending them a check wasn’t that big of a deal to me. I ordered on 4/18 and received it on 5/18. There was about 4 days delay on my part. I’d say that if would have taken 3 weeks if I would have mailed the check first thing. Not too bad, imho. Even at their full prices, buying directly from WoS is still the cheapest way.
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I caused a two week delay myself on count of not knowing how to address the envelope correctly! Are folks that are ordering today encountering an option to paying with a personal check (or cheque -like wilson’s folks are calling it, and my spellchecker is fussing about right now) but having to pay an extra service charge. I heard mention of the service charge being added on orders on here somewhere and so I sent the before mentioned $6 added to the total. What I SHOULD have done was sent a larger amount and created a reserve balance with them! My large tin of F&T, HDT is down to half and I’m getting nervous. LOL I really am hooked*
I sent a personal check for the exact amount they quoted me after currency conversion. It cleared within two days of them getting it. All very easy, really. A reserve balance is a good idea. I wish I had thought of that before.
Let me re-clarify this. I have not received any correspondence regarding payment and my attempt to contact them resulted in my e-mail being rejected and returned. I would love to establish an account with WoS and buy in bulk from them, even if it involves checks or money orders (tho I fail to see how a Visa/Debit would be unacceptable). To date, I have not been able to even make contact and I fear I may have to terminate my business with them directly. If I buy any WoS snuff it may be in the occasional 25g tin here and there. However, I am noticing that the US suppliers have drastically reduced their variety of WoS snuffs, especially in the larger sized quantities. If this trend continues then I am prepared to forget WoS and rely on the quality snuff I know I can obtain ( namely Toque). Something is awry in the free commerce system we supposedly live by.
Damn spyro, that bites! WoS did indeed provide several hoops to jump through for US customers. I did succeed though, worth it for sure. Odd about the returned emails. Are you using a free e-mail account that might be blocked by Wilsons provider? FWIW, if you haven’t tried this for a contact, carol@sharrowmills.com, do so. I have had good communication and information with Carol. hth
@Spyro Wilsons email direct reply address was a dummy test email address, not the real one in email I got from them. That was/is a bug in their email system.
@Spyro - The US retailers have drastically reduced their supplies because they are moving to England so they can stay in business. It makes no sense for them to keep their supplies fully stocked, and then have to pay to have it all shipped back to England. Give it some time for Mr Snuff and Nicotine Rush to get moved and fully back in business.