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Telescopic ladders advice

Hi all
I am intending to buy a set of these and have seen them on ebuyer for £46 for 3.8m. I seem to remember seeing some advertised over the last few days for about £41. I'm not concerned about the £5 but I am worried about the quality (I'm 16+st). I think (looking at the model number) that the ebuyer ones are possibly made in China.

any advice gratefully received.

Comments

  • ormus
    ormus Posts: 42,714 Forumite
    all steps and ladders sold in the uk have to meet strict BSI/ISO standards.
    check which standard they meet before you buy.
    ie
    http://www.ladders-999.co.uk/bskitemarks.htm
    Get some gorm.
  • Ebe_Scrooge
    Ebe_Scrooge Posts: 7,320 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Hmm, resurrecting a 3 year old thread to advertise a website ? Smells a bit fishy, or should that be porky, to me.

    Spam reported.
  • :spam:Yep me thinks so too.......
  • rowney
    rowney Posts: 2 Newbie
    How do you know how old a thread is and why would you be looking at old posts?
  • leveller2911
    leveller2911 Posts: 8,061 Forumite
    edited 7 April 2011 at 9:05PM
    rowney wrote: »
    How do you know how old a thread is and why would you be looking at old posts?

    If you look at the 1st post it has a date on, in this case 2008....Most people who want to post their own website on a post (ie spam) will search for threads containing the subject they are interested in or wanting to post a comment along with their website....The post containing the spam website has been removed, they don't tend to stay up for long..Its a big no-no for newbies to post web addresses as they tend to be connected in some way to the website they post..

    Welcome to the forum Jay, only 2 posts in 3 years and one of those was a website...tut-tut... Are you gonna post a website with fantastic deals on telescopic ladders and say how we shouldn't miss out as the deals are limited??...
  • ROY47
    ROY47 Posts: 578 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    The first post is 2008 and the 2nd one is 2008
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