I know this is a bit of a trivial matter, but I Would like to know what other people would do. Here's the issue...
I am into my sewing and needlework, but needed a good range of embroidery threads so naturally looked online for a good deal. Saw a listing "200 Anchor Embroidery/Cross Stitch Threads" with a picture. There was a very good range of colours. They were £10.99 plus £4.99 postage from China. Seemed good value as Anchor threads are usually about £1 each in the shops.
They arrived about a week later and the parcel had come from somewhere near London, not China. I opened it and the threads were not by Anchor at all, they didn't have any brand name on them. The quality seemed ok but I wanted Anchor threads and felt they should have sent what they advertised.
So I sent a message basically saying I wanted to send them back to the uk address they had come from and get a refund. They messaged back saying I'd have to send them to China at my own expense. I said I wasn't prepared to do that as it was their fault. So then they said they would do a partial refund of £10.99 and I could keep the threads. I accepted this and have now been refunded.
The problem is they're asking for positive feedback and I don't feel they deserve it. They advertised something falsely, you can't say something is by a certain brand when it obviously isn't. Err!
What would you do? Would you leave negative feedback anyway?