How Wholesaleassistant.co.uk Cons And Scams - A Personal Experience

I’m pretty angry guy right now for being taken in by a con job like wholeassistant.co.uk. I’m also disappointed that this scam is still out there, calling itself a product and supplier sourcing service. I’m no big-shot retailer but I’ve been around the block long enough to know a con job when I see one. I guess a part of me was saying that this whole thing was a dirty little trap and I should stay away from it. I went ahead nonetheless and got conned.

So how did a guy like me get swindled by this no-good site? Well it started with me getting frustrated with the way my product sourcing was going. I deal in novelty items and my peak buyer season was just around the corner. I have a pretty good set of merchandize but I wanted to find something different. I’m used to looking through bunches of catalogues and making a lot of phone calls but wholesaleassistant.co.uk seemed to be offering great product deals with one “amazing” tool.

Wholesaleassistant.co.uk said that they would show me everything I’d need to know about the product - I’m talking RRPs, profit margins, what the competition was pricing it at and how much the supplier was selling for. It was basically all the stuff I look for but without the hours of hard work! Frankly, I found the offer just too tempting. I was also tired and frustrated and I needed to get some merchandize in for the buying season.

I had to fork over more money than I care to admit, to look at this shoddy excuse for a sourcing service. I’m usually obsessive about updating my supplier contact information and keeping everything current. So, imagine how angry I was to find out that wholesaleassistant.co.uk hardly ever gets updated! I guess that’s when my common sense kicked in and I started checking out some of the supplier names.

Sure enough, most of these suppliers’ contact info was right there online, for free. I could have just Googled and got the same result. If that wasn’t bad enough, I discovered that I could have got cheaper rates outside of wholesaleassistant.co.uk! The more I dug, the more information I found that made it clear that I had been conned. The site mainly deals in confiscated or lost property but how do you even know that the stuff is legal? When you can’t even get the right contact information of the supplier, how can you be sure he isn’t dropping fake goods on you?

What really got me fuming is that this completely useless membership automatically renewed itself for £14.99! I cancelled this as soon as I could but not before I ended up paying for a bunch of stuff that was outdated and useless. Don’t get taken in by this scam! Wholesaleassistant.co.uk is an outright fraud if I ever saw one. I just wish I had listened to my gut instinct and stayed away from this site.

How Much Faith Should You Put In Wholesaleassistant.co.uk?

Wholesaleassistance.co.uk is another lesser-known wholesale site. According to their website, the site was established in 2008, with the goal of helping buyers find wholesale deals and suppliers. How far they have moved toward this goal remains to be seen.

Not an Original Idea

First, the site concept is very similar to another wholesale site, with the exception being that the other site is known for its authentic deals and also happens to be popular with a number of eBay power sellers. Wholesaleassistant.co.uk, on the other hand, is neither well known nor does it have the credibility to draw the more experienced buyers. It depends on the inexperience of buyers to sell itself. Inexperienced buyers are more likely to be lured by the promises and less likely to research the site before signing up.

The concept has been copied from elsewhere, right down to the features and the way deals are profiled. For example, the deals are mentioned along with the RRP and profit margin. They site also claims to provide e-books and case studies. There is some doubt about the relevance and quality of these products, but you can be certain of one fact: Even the idea of helping buyers with case studies and info products has been copied from another site.

Unverified Suppliers

The quality of products on this site may also be a cause for concern. Usually, less-known directories do not have access to high-profile, legitimate suppliers. Therefore, they use information recycled from other directories. A lot of this information is misleading. Add to it the fact that probably the suppliers have not been verified, and you begin to see why buyers are wary of using such sites.

A shady supplier offers poor-quality products. They will not give you the discounts required to make your business a success. Another reason to mistrust this site is the type of items on sale. Most of the items here are confiscated property or secondhand stock. That might sell in some markets, but if you are an ordinary eBay trader, you will not find too many customers for such products.

Plus, there is no telling where the products are actually coming from. Have they been legally released into the supplier’s custody for sale? Are they dangerous or banned items?  If you cannot trust the supplier, then naturally, you will be a little wary of these products. That is why experienced buyers do not look to wholesaleassistant.co.uk to find supplies.

The products on this site seem to have been randomly selected. There is no way by which the buyer can locate products in a particular category. If you are lucky, you might find a product in your niche. But this could be a once-in-a-blue-moon type of occurrence. Usually, you can find anything from a camera to baby supplies here, but there is no telling which type of product you will find on this site on a given day. If your business depends on regular stock upgrades, you will find that wholesaleassistant.co.uk may not work for you.

If you are really serious about making a splash in the world of e=commerce, you will have to start by stepping around sites such as wholesaleassistant.co.uk and finding more usable alternatives.