SM Garden Buildings log cabin no show

silver_haired_mod

Thought i would put my two penneth in, my father and i were taken in by these scumbags . £2.000 was paid by my father by debit card. Wasn't untill i got home and checked the company out that i found what devious people thy are. I phoned my father to try and stop the payment but was to late . my father is a pensioner and was buying the log cabin for the village bowls club. phoned/emailed all we got was the run around and sarcastic comments from them .The fraud office at the bank are dealing with it but say that these people get the benefit of doubt until late january, When the payment was made in october . I too would like to take a trip upto cumbria and give them the benefit of doubt the old fashioned way!!!!!!!!
would be willing to supply all correspondence we have had with these lowlifes.

Ramey48

I am also a victim of this scam. I bought in August '12 a cabin for £1400 and paid half on a credit card and the balance on a bank transfer.Hindsight I should have taken everything on a credit card.

Catalin promised delivery within 4 weeks. My last conversation I had with Catalin was on the 9 November and since then I have not been able to get in touch with the company by phone nor email.

Has anybody checked if they got any CCJ's? If they got then the chances are that they will just liquidate the company which they have done in the past.

They used to operate from a virtual office in Battersea but changed registered office to Wokington, Cumbria which yet again could just be a virtual office. They could be operating from abroad then of course the chances to get any money back. Besides the names Catalin and Dana Collins could also be false names?

I have reported this to Action Fraud and Trading Standard Office, but that will not help in getting the money back.

colinpuds

managed to get money back via the bank today with the chargeback scheme , the scumbags are going to get whats coming to them soon, i hope each and every one of you manage to get you money back from them some how...all the best

andyroselli

Just curious and tried to access the website today. It would have appeared to have gone. Gone for good or just shut down over xmas who knows?

mannotbeast

Sorry not been on for a while !
I have photos address all details
Of the scammers at Sm buildings etc
And Facebook accounts for them etc
please email me for details dean at crcmail.co.uk
Just replace @

Ramey48

Have anybody paid by online bank transfer from your current account directly into their bank account which was one of their options for payment? Have you had any luck in getting money back from your bank?
I paid 50% with my credit card via PayPal and the balance directly from my current account because I did not want to disclose my debit card or credit card numbers. I have managed to get the 50% from the credit card company.

Looking forward for your replies. You can also email me on rame448@gmail.com
Ramey48

PG_Surrey

Hi all,
I have pretty much the same tale to tell as everyone else here.

Catalin are from Romania and this log cabin are manufacure in Romania to 100% i had one of his log cabin seat in my garden for nearly 6months and no body can help me to put this shi...t together paid 3k and waiting for delivery 3 months i hope one day i will meet him face to face

Ramey48

UPDATES RELATING TO SM GARDEN BUILDINGS

I noticed today that SM Garden Buildings after their own website was shut down, are oprating in a smaller scale with Amazon.co.uk providing the hosting.

I have informed Action Fraud who updated the information I gave them.

I also informed Amazon about the issue and told them to look at this blog which is self-explanatory.

davidbotham

Paul-southampton wrote: »

Hi All, We thought it is worth sharing this ebay message we got from one other unhappy customer who bought from them and had problem with delivery of their product. Brendon is happy for us to post it on his behalf. Here it goes:

We bought the kennel with a winning bid of £150 and the guy was obviously unhappy at the price and put an extra £50 on the delivery charge because we live in Wales. I did explain that we are in fact just 4 miles into Wales and much nearer to him than Cornwall, Lancashire, Yorkshire and so but he would't budge. I offered to meet him over the border to save myself £50 but he would;t do that either. He very obviously wanted the extra money. Even with the additional charge it still looked a good buy so we proceeded.

When the kennel eventually arrived I cut the packing ties that held the panels to the pallet and it was like a watching a Transformer toy. All the panels buckled and twisted into hopelessly contorted shapes. The wood was of a very poor grade, obviously hadn't been allowed to dry out and the tantalising treatment wiped clean off. I did try to assemble it but the panels were just too twisted and the design was so poor that there wasn't actually any way for it to go together with nothing to screw or nail into. I left it in a big heap for a few days and when I went back the grass around it had died, I assume from the tantalising compound that had washed off in the rain.

It was obviously rubbish. I emailed him and he didn't reply so I posted negative feedback. Within minutes of doing so a very angry Catalin phoned me and told me just how cross he was with me. Several times over. In words I wouldn't repeat. I explained all of the problems that I'd had, the problem with the tantalising treatment seemed to grab his attention and he immediately offered me a refund which I obviously accepted. The money appeared in my account while I was on the phone. He then asked me to retract the negative feedback. I didn't because although I'd gotten a refund the goods he sold were still rubbish and possibly dangerous.

Sorry you got caught out, let me know if there's anything I can do to help.

Thanks

Brendon

Thanks for sharing the useful infornmation.

T. Sutcliffe & Co Ltd.:j