Address of website? Can you help?

Sallys_Savings

We are looking to buy flue pipes for our chimney etc when we fit our woodburning stove.
We have found some cheaper pipes on this website....https://www.fluefactory.co.uk
Is there anyway of finding out if they are genuine...i.e. the website registry address or something? ...sorry not very technical minded.
We cant find an address on the website at all.

Also is there anyway of finding out how long a company has been up and running?

Many thanks

aabinitio

Domain name:
fluefactory.co.uk

Registrant:
Derek Grainger

Registrant type:
UK Individual

Registrant's address:
The registrant is a non-trading individual who has opted to have their
address omitted from the WHOIS service.

Registrar:
Pipex Communications UK Ltd t/a 123-Reg.co.uk [Tag = 123-REG]
URL: http://www.123-reg.co.uk

Relevant dates:
Registered on: 23-Apr-2007
Renewal date: 23-Apr-2009

Registration status:
Registered until renewal date.

Name servers:
ns.123-reg.co.uk
ns2.123-reg.co.uk

WHOIS lookup made at 15:05:01 20-Dec-2007

pchelpman

Sallys_Savings wrote: »

Also is there anyway of finding out how long a company has been up and running?

Sort of.

If you can find the company's correct full name or, better still, its UK registration number (it should be displayed on all their publications including the website and letterheads) you can go to Companies House webcheck service .......

http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk/a7b7eda9e27f5d46afaf5243fa17ae06/wcframe?name=accessCompanyInfo

That will give you some basic details for free. You can get more if you pay for it.

As to their reliability etc. see if you can find other customers and what they have to say.

Also put "fluefactory review" into Google and see what comes up.


Hope it helps.


PCH

superscaper

Few warning flags, no physical address, bog standard website "from a can", not an incorporated company. Nothing necessarily wrong, could just be a one man band business working from his garage quite legitimately. I have no problem in using reliable one man businesses but there should at the very least be a physical address.

superscaper

Slightly worrying the registrant name for the .com is different but at least there's an address.

Whois info for, fluefactory.com:


Registrant:
N/A
12 Senate Place
Motherwell, ML1 3GE
GB

Domain name: FLUEFACTORY.COM

Administrative Contact:
Crosswell, Bob bob@fluefactory.com
12 Senate Place
Motherwell, ML1 3GE
GB
+44 1698-261 211
Technical Contact:
Crosswell, Bob bob@fluefactory.com
12 Senate Place
Motherwell, ML1 3GE
GB
+44 1698-261 211


Registration Service Provider:
PIPEX Communications Uk Ltd, services@123-reg.co.uk
+44.115-917-0000
http://www.123-reg.co.uk/
This company may be contacted for domain login/passwords,
DNS/Nameserver changes, and general domain support questions.


Registrar of Record: TUCOWS, INC.
Record last updated on 19-Oct-2007.
Record expires on 23-Apr-2011.
Record created on 23-Apr-2007.

Registrar Domain Name Help Center:
http://domainhelp.tucows.com

Domain servers in listed order:
NS.123-REG.CO.UK
NS2.123-REG.CO.UK

superscaper

That address is also the address for Cross Technical Services Ltd which is an architect firm. So either fake address or same person doing the flue as a sideline.

BillScarab

aabinitio wrote: »

Domain name:
fluefactory.co.uk

Registrant:
Derek Grainger

Registrant type:
UK Individual

Registrant's address:
The registrant is a non-trading individual who has opted to have their
address omitted from the WHOIS service.

Registrar:
Pipex Communications UK Ltd t/a 123-Reg.co.uk [Tag = 123-REG]
URL: http://www.123-reg.co.uk

Relevant dates:
Registered on: 23-Apr-2007
Renewal date: 23-Apr-2009

Registration status:
Registered until renewal date.

Name servers:
ns.123-reg.co.uk
ns2.123-reg.co.uk

WHOIS lookup made at 15:05:01 20-Dec-2007

welcome to the site but for info no links of any type are allowed in sigs http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/faq.html?faq=affiliate_links#faq_signature_referrals

superscaper

BillScarab wrote: »

welcome to the site but for info no links of any type are allowed in sigs http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/faq.html?faq=affiliate_links#faq_signature_referrals

Hadn't even spotted that, too busy looking at the posts.

spakkker

Hi Sallys savings, I bought some stainless flue liner from a scrapyard, it was 5/6 years ago, but they only charged a fiver-must have been 30 feet of 6 inch stuff.