colinvansmith
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Hi all i was a member of this forum for a long time but hadn't used it for a year or so. I had over 500 posts to my name and i feel i helped a lot people out and gave the best advive i could. The reason this forum worked was that unlike window cleaning resources etc this forum encouraged indeoendence and free speech etc which is why i think it worked so well, i'm sure Gav will agree.
However i was shocked to find when i tried to log in that i was no longer a memeber and had to join again, anyways i posted a topic about gardiner poles being rubbish as i've had three and had nothing but grief from them with the coating coming away in my hands rendering them useless.
I was looking for that post so i could update it after speaking with gardiner today only to find my post had been deleted i'm assuming by gav for what reason i do not know as nothing i said in the post wasn't a fact and i thought rather than find other window cleaners spending hundreds only to find their pole doesnt last a year i would give my opinion so people can make an informed choice but there you go.
Anyways the reason i was trying to update it was because after dealing with gardiner i cannot sing there praises enough, firstly they paid to have my pole returned to them and within 24hours they had called me back agreed that my pole was faulty and shouldn't have worn like it did (i'm not sure it was faulty i think the coatings on them are designed badly but anyway) they gave me a refund of £508 which i paid for the pole with no fuss. So the bottom line is i'm not sure gardiner poles are robust enough for a professional window cleaner however you cannot fault them on their customer service which is second to none.
The only reason i can think of as to why gav removed my post is that this site is no longer independant and has affiliations with gardiner and other window cleaning equipment suppliers which defeats the purpose of why gav started this forum in the first place, i think that is the beginning of the end for this forum as sooner or later a new independant forum will pop up that people will start to use instead
Rant over, i now wonder how many people will actually see this post before its moderated and deleted.
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However i was shocked to find when i tried to log in that i was no longer a memeber and had to join again, anyways i posted a topic about gardiner poles being rubbish as i've had three and had nothing but grief from them with the coating coming away in my hands rendering them useless.
I was looking for that post so i could update it after speaking with gardiner today only to find my post had been deleted i'm assuming by gav for what reason i do not know as nothing i said in the post wasn't a fact and i thought rather than find other window cleaners spending hundreds only to find their pole doesnt last a year i would give my opinion so people can make an informed choice but there you go.
Anyways the reason i was trying to update it was because after dealing with gardiner i cannot sing there praises enough, firstly they paid to have my pole returned to them and within 24hours they had called me back agreed that my pole was faulty and shouldn't have worn like it did (i'm not sure it was faulty i think the coatings on them are designed badly but anyway) they gave me a refund of £508 which i paid for the pole with no fuss. So the bottom line is i'm not sure gardiner poles are robust enough for a professional window cleaner however you cannot fault them on their customer service which is second to none.
The only reason i can think of as to why gav removed my post is that this site is no longer independant and has affiliations with gardiner and other window cleaning equipment suppliers which defeats the purpose of why gav started this forum in the first place, i think that is the beginning of the end for this forum as sooner or later a new independant forum will pop up that people will start to use instead
Rant over, i now wonder how many people will actually see this post before its moderated and deleted.
col /emoticons/wink.png