As a matter of fact I have bought once from Invertual Realities, my carpet came from him.
I have no complaints about the quality of the I purchased although it was only 1 thing (I still have my carpet, 18 months later) or the service, with one little ... tiny ... exception. This is a hobby business for him (at least it was back then, ... he had just taken over the site from a friend, the site had actually gone out of business for at least a year before that). His RealJob(tm) is somehow in the trades (carpenter, cabinet maker, something like that, can't remember exactly) and at least back then when I bought this carpet he was HOPPING busy. So as such, I had to wait incredible amounts of time to get replies to my emails (and I mean, weeks in some cases), and since there's no phone number on the site (or at least, there wasn't back then) that was the only means of communicating.
So bottom line, as long as you can get ahold of the guy, things ought to be fine. But be prepared to be patient, and don't take it personally if he doesn't reply in a timely manner ... he's not ignoring you he's likely just working 16-18 hour days and not checking his email. (It's for this reason I'm a bit surprised he's still operating the site ... if I had to work like that all day and run a shop on top of that ... I couldn't do it.)
With that all said, though ... I should mention that I actually deal with
SaltwaterConnection.com as my first place to get things ... I have bought from there at least 10 times now over the last 2 or 3 years and will continue to do so ... prices are actually quite decent. I have yet to purchase anything from J&L, but I have talked them on the phone and I certainly wouldn't tell anyone to stay away from there... your mileage may vary of course.
[ 12 December 2001: Message edited by: delphinus ]
[ 12 December 2001: Message edited by: delphinus ]
12-13-2001, 02:31 AM
Anybody in Calgary want to start a club?
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