Has anyone ordered from ML Performance?

Are they genuine?

I have not seen them before. A little concerned that their registered address is a mushroom farm in Surrey.

https://www.mlperformance.co.uk/

If you've used them what was your experience.

No idea, but they have Bricks not just Clicks in this vid from 2 months ago.

 

 

Not sure if that makes me more confident or not, that video doesn't provide any info, aswell as the matrix garage is based in West Yorkshire 200 miles away from the registered address, although as far as I understand it's just somewhere where you can get your purchased parts fitted if you want.

I suppose it's a bit like the black circles website situation.

Although I nearly did place an order today.

Edited 14 December, 20232 yr by R_U_AFA

A registered office is in most cases not the trading premises of the company, often it will be their accountants address.

 

Many farms are now small business centres, there will be lots of accountants working from converted agricultural buildings.

 

You are right to be looking for info but perhaps barking up the wrong tree.

A Mail Order only company had to work out of somewhere, a unit or industrial site or whatever, even someones house or shed / garage.

Many farm addresses are long since anything to do with working farms. 

 

You can just use Trust Pilot and Social Media posts etc.  But then Marketing & Sales knows how to make things look bigger than the might, but then when you can visit places

you can see for yourself.

Use a Credit Card and have the protection that gives you more than the low amount a Debit Card does.

Edited 15 December, 20232 yr by Rooted

I can translate all the Linkedin techno speak into 5 words "I am a drop shipper"

 

"Direct factory to consumer model"

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.394609,-0.542973,3a,30y,316.91h,91.97t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1ss1xBQOioBRb5UYF3yvnayA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu

Just placed order, I'll update when/if it arrives.

1 month later and still waiting for parts to arrive!

4 hours ago, R_U_AFA said:

1 month later and still waiting for parts to arrive!

 

I hadn't seen this before but I fear @J.R.is correct. There's been a proliferation of drof shippers in the past few years. Largely based in China supplying inferior goods for cheap prices with no specific delivery date.

One of the biggest, and worst, is Temu who offer billionaires lifestyles. 

Avoid them at all costs 

Install the Temu app at your peril. 

Avoid drop shippers 

I hope you've learned a lesson but I'm sorry it's been at your cost. 

 

When I saw that you had ordered I tried to make an acronym from your username like "are U out of your F'ing mind" 🤣

 

It may come, larger articles do take a long time and you will probably get shafted for customs duty and VAT.

 

@@Lee

 

I used Temu quite a lot recently but from the computer, I did not want to load the app, they didn't offer me a billionaires lifetyle but then they wont have been able to track any of my preferences from social media.

 

I was very happy with them as an alternative to Ali-Express, their website was light years better than Ali which is still crap for me (example I have to reduce zoom to 67% to use the menus and find things like "my orders") and also all products included delivery which was always in less than 10 days, they are an E-commerce platform like Ali and not drop shippers although I'm sure the drop shipping parasites on social media use them to fulfill their orders from the mug punters.

 

I'm pretty sure that the Temu algorithm makes everything much cheaper for the first couple of orders, I filled my boots but recently use Ali just as much as they have responded with quicker deliveries and more transparent pricing with most being free delivery (I know nothing really is free!)

 

What was your bad experience with Temu so that myself and others can be wise before the event?

@J.R. I've never used Temu nor will I ever use Temu.
Cheap Chinese ****e IMO and I do all I can to avoid giving the Chinese Government any of my data. 

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/money-mentor/consumer-rights/what-is-temu-and-is-it-legit#:~:text=The opportunity to bag a,are made using forced labour.

 

https://time.com/6243738/temu-app-complaints/

Edited 22 January, 20242 yr by @Lee

Unbelievable, here's the email I received today.

I think it would be an understatement to say that ML Performance are unreliable, can't be trusted, and are not to be used.

I've finally managed to get a refund.

On 22/01/2024 at 13:00, @Lee said:

I've never used Temu nor will I ever use Temu.
Cheap Chinese ****e IMO

 

Most of the stuff I bought was OK but one that I had great hopes for turned out to be a chocolate teapot.

 

It was a set of bolt/stud extractors with a 1/4" hex shank for use in a cordless drill/driver, one end a drill bit the other end an expanding type mole (think Thunderbirds) tapering left hand spiral, great video demonstration and I know thet the real McCoy works really well but costs a load of money.

 

First time I needed to use one I drilled the pilot hole forgetting there was the drill bit on one end, the tapered extractor would not bite so I thought open up my hole with the correct drill which appeared more like a tapered slot drill for a milling machine.

 

That would not remove any metal and seemed suspiciously soft, it had the supposed titanium coating which seemed to be gold paint, I tested the hardness with a file and within a couple of stroke had removed the entire (not) drilling end.

 

Soft as sh1te mild steel, not the HSS stamped on the side which they will say probably means something else like the CE marking meaning China Engineering 🥴

1 hour ago, J.R. said:

 

Most of the stuff I bought was OK but one that I had great hopes for turned out to be a chocolate teapot.

 

It was a set of bolt/stud extractors with a 1/4" hex shank for use in a cordless drill/driver, one end a drill bit the other end an expanding type mole (think Thunderbirds) tapering left hand spiral, great video demonstration and I know thet the real McCoy works really well but costs a load of money.

 

First time I needed to use one I drilled the pilot hole forgetting there was the drill bit on one end, the tapered extractor would not bite so I thought open up my hole with the correct drill which appeared more like a tapered slot drill for a milling machine.

 

That would not remove any metal and seemed suspiciously soft, it had the supposed titanium coating which seemed to be gold paint, I tested the hardness with a file and within a couple of stroke had removed the entire (not) drilling end.

 

Soft as sh1te mild steel, not the HSS stamped on the side which they will say probably means something else like the CE marking meaning China Engineering 🥴

 

It's also the fact they harvest your data, no doubt for the CCP, have shoddy workers rights if any, load apps with malware and steal intellectual property. 

CE is 'China Export' and is no doubt deliberately made to look like the EUs CE mark. 

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temu_(marketplace)

 

 

https://starfishmedical.com/blog/conformite-europeenne-mark-vs-a-china-export-mark/#:~:text=The China Export Mark means,used arbitrarily by Chinese manufacturers.

 

Edited 22 February, 20242 yr by @Lee