by Dollstudio » Sun Dec 23, 2018 4:06 pm
Hi,
our dog is still breathing. Some days are good, others are tough. She has still appetite and shows no signs of suffering, but it's hard for her to get up without help. We split the day into dog care around the clock; when she barks we bring her water or put her onto the litter box, or we try a short walk. Everything is pretty ambivalent. We hand-feed her with mashed food, but sometimes she still chews small bones. Sometimes she just sleeps peacefully, but sometimes she is alert and quite demanding. The vet says that this dog does not yet want to move on - but we could put her down anytime now. Playing destiny without urgent need is a recurring struggle every day. So far we have decided against taking her life. But it's not easy to figure out what is the right thing to do.
Her kennel name is Christmas Comet. There is no way to foretell when this white comet will go out.
@mandos: Yes, you are right. It is confusing what is about dog or doll. Both topics are intermingled, and some things I jot down about our dog somehow apply to the doll issue as well. The situation we are facing here on TDF is similarily ambivalent.
On one hand, we have verbal pledges and a set of rules and guidelines. This applies, for example,
to obligations for manufacturer to bear the risk of shipping losses and shipping damages;
to the promised B2B arbitration;
to the promised toleration of manufacturer suspensions.
On the other hand, we have actions which deviate antithetically from these verbal pledges, rules and guidelines. The manufacturer obligations are de facto not enforced, and my posts about violations are still unpublished; my requested B2B arbitrations has not been re-opened, and my aforementioned suspension posts are still not visible for the public (or myself). But other vendors have posted supensions, and other vendors are still allowed to promote non TDF-accredited manufacturers.
So what we are facing is some kind of a two-rule regime where rules and guidelines are applied to some parties but not to others; where some privileged parties receive protection which seems to overrule some of the guidelines which are applied to other parties.
Phrased differently, there are significant inconsistencies about what is enforced and what is tolerated.
For me, the situation is like so.
I have an obligation toward my customers. Of course. This is unchanged.
My TDF-accredited suppliers do not have an obligation towards me.
That is new.
I have no means anymore to enforce my TDF-accredited suppliers to deliver the item I ordered.
That is new as well.
For non-TDF sales, I can handle a non-delivery differently. E.g. I can offer a replacement from another manufacturer.
But on TDF, I am required to deliver the ordered item, no matter if my supplier delivers or not.
Suppliers can now enforce any absurd terms of trade by taking orders hostage.
No matter what has been verbally promised, my posts which document issues like this have been removed and are not being restored. So de facto I do not have any leverage anymore.
What happened repeatedly is that certain TDF-accredited suppliers did not deliver the items I ordered. There was a shipping loss, several SNAD dolls, and several DOA deliveries. The normal procedure would be that the shipper sends a replacement. That's international trade law. Their shipping agent, their responsibility. This has now changed as well.
Typically, Chinese suppliers want you to pay for a replacement in full. Sometimes they offer a modest discount of something like $80 on a $2,000 purchase. That has always been inacceptable. If you have good relations with a certain supplier, he 'only' wants you to pay freight costs for the replacement. Thats around $350-$450 when using their shipping agents. Really good suppliers comply with international trade law and regulate compensation with their shipper instead of charging their customers. All sellers on TDF should be really good suppliers, but they just ain't.
Suppliers have an interest in good packacking and carefull freight carriers, as long as shipping is their risk.
If it's not a risk for them, they have no motivation for proper packaging or careful freight carriers anymore.
Actually, if they don't bear the risk of shipping losses or damages, their motivation changed into the opposite.
They get a new sale.
The new formula for supplier will be: Shipping losses and shipping damages are good as it doubles the turnover.
This can not be desirable.
The bitchy part in all this madness is that TDF-accredited vendors can now be blackmailed at will.
Suppliers can now charge whatever they want as TDF-accredited vendors have an obligation fo fulfill the order toward their customers.
The balance is lost.
I have no idea yet how to deal with that.
The only thing which is now quite clear that it can not go on for me on TDF as it was before.
Sandro
Hi,
our dog is still breathing. Some days are good, others are tough. She has still appetite and shows no signs of suffering, but it's hard for her to get up without help. We split the day into dog care around the clock; when she barks we bring her water or put her onto the litter box, or we try a short walk. Everything is pretty ambivalent. We hand-feed her with mashed food, but sometimes she still chews small bones. Sometimes she just sleeps peacefully, but sometimes she is alert and quite demanding. The vet says that this dog does not yet want to move on - but we could put her down anytime now. Playing destiny without urgent need is a recurring struggle every day. So far we have decided against taking her life. But it's not easy to figure out what is the right thing to do.
Her kennel name is [i]Christmas Comet[/i]. There is no way to foretell when this white comet will go out.
@mandos: Yes, you are right. It is confusing what is about dog or doll. Both topics are intermingled, and some things I jot down about our dog somehow apply to the doll issue as well. The situation we are facing here on TDF is similarily ambivalent.
[i]On one hand[/i], we have verbal pledges and a set of rules and guidelines. This applies, for example,
to obligations for manufacturer to bear the risk of shipping losses and shipping damages;
to the promised B2B arbitration;
to the promised toleration of manufacturer suspensions.
[i]On the other hand[/i], we have actions which deviate antithetically from these verbal pledges, rules and guidelines. The manufacturer obligations are de facto [i]not[/i] enforced, and my posts about violations are still unpublished; my requested B2B arbitrations has [i]not[/i] been re-opened, and my aforementioned suspension posts are still [i]not[/i] visible for the public (or myself). But [i]other[/i] vendors have posted supensions, and [i]other[/i] vendors are still allowed to promote non TDF-accredited manufacturers.
So what we are facing is some kind of a [i]two-rule regime[/i] where rules and guidelines are applied to some parties but not to others; where some privileged parties receive protection which seems to overrule some of the guidelines which are applied to other parties.
Phrased differently, there are significant [i]inconsistencies[/i] about what is enforced and what is tolerated.
For me, the situation is like so.
I have an obligation toward my customers. Of course. This is [i]unchanged[/i].
My TDF-accredited suppliers do not have an obligation towards me.
That is [i]new[/i].
I have no means anymore to enforce my TDF-accredited suppliers to deliver the item I ordered.
That is [i]new[/i] as well.
For non-TDF sales, I can handle a non-delivery differently. E.g. I can offer a replacement from another manufacturer.
But on TDF, I am required to deliver the ordered item, no matter if my supplier delivers or not.
Suppliers can now enforce any absurd terms of trade by taking orders hostage.
No matter what has been verbally promised, my posts which document issues like this have been removed and are not being restored. So [i]de facto[/i] I do not have any leverage anymore.
What happened repeatedly is that certain TDF-accredited suppliers did [i]not[/i] deliver the items I ordered. There was a shipping loss, several SNAD dolls, and several DOA deliveries. The normal procedure would be that the shipper sends a replacement. That's international trade law. Their shipping agent, their responsibility. This has now [i]changed[/i] as well.
Typically, Chinese suppliers want you to pay for a replacement in full. Sometimes they offer a modest discount of something like $80 on a $2,000 purchase. That has always been inacceptable. If you have good relations with a certain supplier, he 'only' wants you to pay freight costs for the replacement. Thats around $350-$450 when using their shipping agents. Really good suppliers comply with international trade law and regulate compensation with their shipper instead of charging their customers. All sellers on TDF should be really good suppliers, but they just ain't.
Suppliers have an interest in good packacking and carefull freight carriers, [i]as long[/i] as shipping is their risk.
If it's not a risk for them, they have [i]no motivation for proper packaging or careful freight carriers[/i] anymore.
Actually, if they don't bear the risk of shipping losses or damages, their motivation changed into the opposite.
They get a new sale.
The new formula for supplier will be: [i]Shipping losses and shipping damages are good as it doubles the turnover[/i].
This can not be desirable.
The bitchy part in all this madness is that TDF-accredited vendors can now be blackmailed at will.
Suppliers can now charge whatever they want as TDF-accredited vendors have an obligation fo fulfill the order toward their customers.
[i]The balance is lost[/i].
I have no idea yet how to deal with that.
The only thing which is now quite clear that it can not go on for me on TDF as it was before.
Sandro