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14 minutes ago, fredk said:

Not just in starting out. Last year, just before Tandy Manchester closed, to top up an order, they offered me about 8sq ft of belly leather cheap-ish. I got it, and got taken. It was bits about 6 ft long varying from 1/2 inch wide to 2 inches wide. Covered in clamp marks and scars. 10 strips of useless is what I got.

 

PS: where ya bin LD2?

Working hard, trying not to catch any ‘lurgies’, and hugging trees.:innocent:   Although I have been lurking on and off.

By your post, I see Tandy has an interesting concept of 8ft2 (bless their little cotton socks).   Might explain why they closed down.:lol:

 

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Feel for you that was crap leather offcuts and not a good advert for the company, If I received that I would send in a complaint, you dont expect perfect leather but you should expect to be able to use what they supply

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2 minutes ago, chrisash said:

Feel for you that was crap leather offcuts and not a good advert for the company, If I received that I would send in a complaint, you dont expect perfect leather but you should expect to be able to use what they supply

If you're referring to me: I was in the process of complaining, trying to return said waste and get money back when Manchester closed. Texas brushed it off saying it was a branch matter, take it up with them. . . . !

To describe what I got was; you know when you get a hide and cut off an edge so you have a nice straight edge to work on? I got that bit that was cut off. I was assured that what I was going to get was usable even though it was an odd shape, supposed to be one piece as well. afair about £2.50 sqft. = £20.

I've never been done badly by Le Prevo.

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Sorry Fred

Not you but poor @TestTube who got that pile of crap leather in his picture

 

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6 hours ago, fredk said:

If you're referring to me: I was in the process of complaining, trying to return said waste and get money back when Manchester closed. Texas brushed it off saying it was a branch matter, take it up with them. . . . !

To describe what I got was; you know when you get a hide and cut off an edge so you have a nice straight edge to work on? I got that bit that was cut off. I was assured that what I was going to get was usable even though it was an odd shape, supposed to be one piece as well. afair about £2.50 sqft. = £20.

I've never been done badly by Le Prevo.

I second  Le Provo, they are stars, and quick to call if there is a problem.

I just wish they weren’t so far away from me, as I’d love to have a good rummage in their bargain corner.

 

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On 4/18/2020 at 4:59 AM, Retswerb said:

Hey @TonySFLDLTHR, care to chime in on the pic above? Definitely not what I’d have expected to receive either.

Thanks for asking me to comment and @TestTube thank you for send a picture of what you got. 

Compared to the picture that is on the web...I don't know how I would have felt either and reached out to the community like this. What I also like to see is people giving their honest feelings about what they have seen and not just throwing shade. With that being said I am going to send this to Rusty and let him see this. While these scraps are going to be cut offs...this seems to be quite aggressive in the other mark ups.

I would expect pieces like this in a bag...but not sure that it should just all be in one bag. So let me pass this on and see what I can make happen.

***Like another asked and for my own thoughts. Was the 2lb weight at least correct?***

We also did a video some pretty bit up leather and I will post it in a reply...It however is not dented up like this.

 

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A little update: So @TonySFLDLTHR had sent me a message a few days ago telling me Springfield wanted to send me a replacement for the order. I have it here now and it's night and day better. I'm trying to upload a picture but my phone isn't being very "user friendly" at the moment.

Anyways, thank you Tony, Springfield, and whoever else was involved. It means a lot to me that a company is willing to do that unprompted and I couldn't have asked for it to be handled any better.

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I'm glad to see this. 

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