The site wholeassistant.co.uk
has been found unreliable by the buyer community, and the reasons are not far
to seek. Here is a list of some of the reasons behind buyer antipathy.
Outdated Database
The site
has not been updated in a long time. Buyers are never sure if the prices listed,
are recent or three years old. The database does not carry the date of last
update, which means that they have been trying to hide its antiquity.
Outdated
databases are absolutely useless. You never know if the information provided is
relevant or not. Where wholesale prices change every week, you cannot depend on
a site that does not update its directory for months, maybe even years.
Copied from Free Lists
Buyers
have been complaining
that wholeassistant does not feature new and relevant information. The
supplier information has been copied from free wholesale lists. Much of the
information can be found through a simple keyword search on the internet.
Naturally, if you are paying £15 for membership, you expect something you will
not find on free wholesale lists.
Expensive Products
The
products are expensive, even though they make it appear as if you are getting a
big discount. The wholesale prices are much higher than what you will find on
better wholesale sites. The product categories are limited as well. If you are
expecting hundreds of products in each category, you are bound for
disappointment.
The
products displayed on the home page are just a few among the extremely limited
inventory. Do not buy into promises of wholesale bargains on hundreds of
products. What is more, if you are serious about specializing in a niche, this
site will not help. The haphazardly selected products will not form a good
inventory for your store.
The site
completely lacks market research, despite its claims. That is why the products
are lackluster and expensive. It looks like the site administrators put no
thought into finding the right products.
Incomplete Supplier Information
Buyers
never know if the supplier information here is legit. Much of the information
has been copied from wholesale lists of doubtful veracity. There is no mention
of any supplier verification and this is one major reason buyers don’t want to
find merchandize through this directory.
Experienced
buyers know that on the internet, you cannot afford to purchase products from
unverified sellers, no matter how good their promises. These promises are meant
to be broken and the buyer usually suffers a big loss in the process — another
reason to stay away from wholeassistant.
Unauthorized Membership Renewals
Unauthorized
renewal of your membership can be a major nuisance if you have used credit
cards to purchase membership. This site renews your membership automatically,
without asking for permission. Sometimes, the only way to stop such unauthorized
renewal of membership is to cancel your credit card altogether, or go through a
lengthy arbitration process later.
The
site’s disadvantages far outweigh the advantages, if any. The expensive,
recurring fees, limited and unaffordable products, and the irrelevant wholesale
database are not the only drawbacks of this company.
