MISSION STATEMENT
Scams, rip-offs and frauds are becoming more and more commonplace. In Australia, state government Fair Trading agencies are becoming more and more impotent in tackling these matters, it appears some would rather put more effort into finding excuses not to tackle the matters, than actually tackling them, which in fact serves to assist the scammers by granting them impunity. Fair-Trading.com.au is about addressing the situation.
AVON partners up with Ready Flowers RIP-OFF |
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AVON has partnered up with the Ready Flowers
rip-off merchant to assist in the promotion of its "In Bloom"
fragrance
SEE MORE HERE : THE AVON / REESE WITHERSPOON / READY FLOWERS PROMOTION • Ready Flowers rip-off merchant is capitalising on this partnership SEE MORE HERE : THE READY FLOWERS / AVON PROMOTION • This appears to be : A THOMAS HEGARTY (self appointed entrepreneur) PROJECT |
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Ready Flowers is not a real florist as it does
not provide the flowers order.
Using pictures of fake silk flowers as bait, Ready Flowers hi-jacks orders that would normally go to a real florist, fraudulently devalues the orders and then sells the orders back to a real florist whilst retaining a margin of up to 80%. This is : "THE READY FLOWERS DIFFERENCE" 
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Using the data from the
factual illustration below i.e, "THE
READY FLOWERS DIFFERENCE"
a Ready Flowers order for say an Avon-In-Bloom  arrangement
@ $90-00 (plus delivery) would go something like this : |
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CONSUMER ORDERS $90-00
ARRANGEMENT
& PAYS READY
FLOWERS : |
$90-00
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photo is of FAKE silk flowers, NOT real flowers, "...they looked so much bigger and fuller than the real thing" |
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UNKNOWN TO THE CONSUMER, READY FLOWERS DEVALUES
THE ORDER BY :
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$21-00 (a
fraud on the consumer)
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Sub-total :
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$69-00
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$69-00 |
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THEN READY FLOWERS TAKES A COMMISSION (approx
47% of $69-00) :
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$32-00
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TOTAL TO SUPPLIER FLORIST TO PROVIDE THE
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$37-00 | |
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TOTAL TO READY FLOWERS :
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$53-00 | |
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Considering that Ready Flowers is also offering
a FREE AVON Bonus Product to the consumer with this purchase (i.e.
In Bloom Fragrance), the resultant $37-00 total to the
supplier florist may even be lower in order to maintain the profit
margin of the Ready Flowers obscene rip-off.
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The above calculation is further substantiated and corroborated by 2008/2009 factual data contained in approximately 350 original Ready Flowers orders to supplier florists. Some of that data is published HERE and at READY FLOWERS REVIEW. All the original documents are in the possession of Fair-Trading.com.au and are to be filed in the COURT.
• Since January 2009 READY
FLOWERS have consistently refused to explain this conduct both in
and out of COURT,
by various means sought to discredit Fair-Trading.com.au and its publisher,
together lawyers Archibald
& Brown joining with their client directors of Ready Flowers in
unsuccessfully suing the publisher for defamation. It is now obvious that
this legal action is a vexatious SLAPP
suit designed to intimidate the publisher, see APPLICATION
FOR INJUNCTION DISMISSED / APPLICANTS DEFY COURT ORDER TO FILE STATEMENT
OF CLAIM WITHIN 14 DAYS.
COMMENTS / FEEDBACK / RIGHT
OF REPLY
| Comment - 29 November 2009 "Thomas Hegarty - self appointed entrepreneur"!!! Oh dear.... Publish your comment: YES Publish your name: NO |
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| Comment by Pete - 29 November
2009 RE : Ready Flowers AVON promo - Purple Disbud Chrysanthemums @ http://www.readyflowers.com.au/Flowers/Avon-In-Bloom/Charming/ I am a wholsale flower merchant and get around the flower markets & growers a lot. I don't recall seeing these purple disbuds. How are Ready Flowers supplier florists all around Australia supposed to source these flowers? Publish your comment: YES Publish your name: YES |
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| Comment - 1 December 2009 Pete, if the flowers are fake to start with, it's my guess that Ready Flowers (not being a real florist) is blissfully out of touch and unaware that they are not available. I guess they can make whatever misrepresentions they like considering the following published substitution policy:
Publish your comment: YES Publish your name: NO |
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| Comment by Concerned Florist
Melbourne - 2 December 2009 Obviously, this is an attempt to cleanse the Ready Flowers image. If AVON go along with it, AVON is no better than the Ready Flowers ripoff merchant. Publish your comment: YES Publish your name: NO |
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