Go4smoke legal action against AAEC ?

[lynwlt]

There are other trusted vendors here who 'make typos'..
There are forum members who do the same.
Just seems mean to me to take the p-ss out of someone on the basis of their linguistic and writing skills.
And maybe deters people from attempting to post if they have difficulties with reading and writing and spelling..

[Bluefish]

Don't stop them opening an e-cig shop though, if you were that poor at putting finger to keyboard, employ a 10 year old to do it for you.

[Bluefish]

^ The point is that this is not a person that has joined a Forum, it is a shop selling their wares, who cannot comunicate properly, it's not likely to go well.

[Moon]

Nov 18, 2012 16:40:48 GMT lynwlt said:

There are other trusted vendors here who 'make typos'..
There are forum members who do the same.
Just seems mean to me to take the p-ss out of someone on the basis of their linguistic and writing skills.
And maybe deters people from attempting to post if they have difficulties with reading and writing and spelling..

Judging by their posts on UKV, I'd have said that being deterred from posting would have been to their advantage in this instance.

[Roger]

Nov 18, 2012 16:40:48 GMT lynwlt said:

There are other trusted vendors here who 'make typos'..
There are forum members who do the same.
Just seems mean to me to take the p-ss out of someone on the basis of their linguistic and writing skills.
And maybe deters people from attempting to post if they have difficulties with reading and writing and spelling..

They are supposed to be a professional online retailer. They launched an public attack on the founder of this forum on their website. In these days of spell checkers etc, it is not difficult to format that attack in such a way that does not make you look a total tool. They deserve the piss taking.

However, I don't think we have many "spelling police" on this forum and have not noticed much slanging off of members. What is happening is a total different kettle of fish altogether.

[kickit]

There are typos and TYPOS.

Speaking as someone who works with adults with literacy and language problems, one thing I think is really important, particularly if you wish to come across as credible in a business/legal situation - and that's what we're talking about here - is to take a few minutes to check what you have written. Another handy tip is to use a spellchecker. Many are available.

Nobody on here, in my brief involvement with this forum, has EVER ripped the p** out of anyone for their spelling, grammar or punctuation, and there's no reason why anyone should feel bad about posting here just because they can't spell or write very well. However, if you are going to make a very public accusation and draw the attention of a wide audience to that accusation, to the extent of making it the main feature of the home page on your business website, then at the very least it should be coherent, IMO.

And - spelling and grammar aside - if you are going to start bandying about accusations and threats about legal action, it's a good idea to get the name of the alleged "crime" right.


ETA: It appears while I was typing this, it's already been said. Several times.
It's not just me, then....

[Roger]

Just to add that the fact that the OP of the thread on UKV is such an obvious 'sock puppet' opens them to even more ridicule.

[Deleted]

I'd be careful of that Chrissie if I were you, she's a nasty , devious woman that just wants every vendor hung from the nearest tree ............

[Matt Gluggles]

If they have chosen to go down the 'legal' route then they presumably have made sure that they are 100% legally watertight themselves ??

It was only a few days ago that they were posting in the Health & Legal section of UKV that they had received a visit from Trading Standards and that the liquid that they had been selling for the past 9 months was not labelled correctly, and that they were not sure what a 100% legally compliant label looked like.

So if they are going to get 'legal' we can only assume that ALL of their Own Label and Dekang liquids being sent out from today onwards are now all fully re-labeled and up to scratch, and that their products have full Product Liability Insurance, and that their mains/usb chargers are fully compliant.

I hope that people ordering their liquid (or any other product) don't find that it is not fully compliant (including Tactile Warning Label) and find themselves morally obliged to report this to G4S's local Trading Standards office which is based at

Trading Standards Service
County Hall
Pitt Street
Preston
Lancashire
PR1 0LD

and can be telephoned on 01772 533569

or emailed at [e-mail]

[esmecullen]

that is quite worrying if they dont know what a legally compliant label is..............I would be quite wary of buying from a vendor who didnt have that knowledge

[Roger]

Naughty, naughty Gluggler.

[Deleted]

Well if your going to make a ball and bat , out of yourself you may as well get yourself a good audience ... imo

[DiscoDes]

Nov 18, 2012 16:40:48 GMT lynwlt said:

There are other trusted vendors here who 'make typos'..
There are forum members who do the same.
Just seems mean to me to take the p-ss out of someone on the basis of their linguistic and writing skills.
And maybe deters people from attempting to post if they have difficulties with reading and writing and spelling..

Well, first off you are correct, other vendors and forum member do make typos. As mentioned no one here launches into a flaming attack, this is because of context, this is an informal Forum, and I like you would not like to see anyone deterred from posting because they felt like the did not have the best command of English and I am glad to say in my time on this Forum that that has not been the case!

However; in my earlier post I said "Anyone that cannot string a meaningful sentence together and just rants in an almost incoherent manner for me would not instill the confidence in me that would result in me not placing business with them".

I can only judge anyone I have not met personally by the way they communicate and I personally would feel it too risky to me to trust someone who handles money and possibly POISONS (nicotine) if they cannot communicate effectively. Please once again note I am talking generically and not about any particular person or business that reads or uses this forum.

[Matt Gluggles]

The frightening thing is that they are selling 72mg e-liquid, when they have previously admited (screenshots available) that they did not know how to label liquid correctly.

www.goforsmoke.com/30ml-unflavoured-e-liquid---pg-based-72mg-nicotine-1392-p.asp

And, they have posted in the past that they don't have a full grasp of the legal requirements

[alvoram]

My spelling and grammar are beyond awful, but then I'm not the one representing a business here, nor am I the one who is threatening anyone with legal action. My biggest problem is that I am thoroughly in love with the comma, and I use it far too much, in places where perhaps I could have used a full stop. I know it's annoying, it annoys me, but I can't help it. And I always think 'at least there is some punctuation in there to break it up.'

Anyway, the point I was going to make is that nobody has ever made me feel uncomfortable about it, and I haven't seen anyone else made to feel bad about it either, despite there being others who are worse than me. If the written word isn't your strongest point, then fair enough. But I would not give the task of promoting a business, on a forum, to somebody who struggles with writing or typing. It just doesn't make sense to me.