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Post by saL on Nov 30, 2012 10:30:40 GMT -8
sorry to hear some of you are not having luck with Laminate... I ordered few things from them, and everything arrived as expected.. waiting time might be longer in some cases (but they usually say that in advance), but everything arrived as described.. just received my Doze Green print I ordered from them, and I must say it's looking great.. I dare saying bargain of the year:
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Post by baduizt on Jul 16, 2013 15:00:27 GMT -8
I've still not been paid for the writing I've done for the mag. Since February, I've been writing profiles and interviews, and only the first few invoices were paid.
John has been poor at responding. I'm not exactly thrilled and am considering reporting it to my local chapter of the National Union of Journalists so no one else falls into the same trap.
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Post by ksn on Jul 17, 2013 14:48:41 GMT -8
I have not received something I paid for roughly an year ago. Something Handiedan related, I've already forgotten exactly what it is I purchased. Postcards or prints or something.
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Post by wenters on Jul 18, 2013 9:35:50 GMT -8
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Post by baduizt on Jul 19, 2013 2:08:01 GMT -8
ksn, wenters: Thanks for sharing your stories. I think the guy's a conman. I'm so disappointed. I wonder if the artists Laminate works with are aware of this? If not, they should be. I am inclined to contact the ones I've interviewed and let them know.
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Post by wenters on Dec 11, 2013 6:21:35 GMT -8
Dear All,
I'm posting this everywhere that the Laminate Media name appears so apologies if you keep seeing it.
I've been having issues with Laminate for the best part of a year and should have know they were trouble when it took forever to get the signed Geddes & Josh Keyes magazines etc before this order. I paid for 3 x Faile Special Editions back in early December 2012…….long story short after numerous delays and promises of shipping dates etc a package arrived yesterday over a year since my order. Inside the package was 1x magazine in a badly printed unsigned Faile box….and that's it….I paid £141 all in for that. So I kicked off (again) and I also emailed Geddes, Josh Keyes and Faile copying in Laminate so everything was transparent – I explained the situation and so far Geddes & JK have very kindly replied and without going into too much detail I'm sure both of them will not be working with Laminate again……we also know that there were issues with the Sandra Chevrier release. I have not heard from Faile yet.
Overnight I received a refund for £94 which covers 2 of my missing orders – I have asked for a refund of the remaining £47 + £10 to send the one I have received back to him in Hull. As yet he hasn't refunded this amount.
Anybody thinking of ordering from this company needs to think twice – as do any artist thinking about working with him – they are going to be exploited for his financial gain.
I've posted on his FaceBook but he just deletes the comments……and yesterday he had to turn off the 'comments' part of his whole FaceBook as I bombarded him and he couldn't keep up!
For anybody else having issues I have his new postal address in Hull which I will forward – there was a mobile phone number but no surprise that it's unrecognised.
BUYER BEWARE
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Post by Qstom on Dec 12, 2013 2:47:24 GMT -8
So sad to see so many negative experiences.. I feel lucky to have received mine! I've ordered 2 of the signed Chris Berens covers as well a one of Marco Mazzoni. It took forever to arrive, I had even forgotten about it! I can't stand the font they use tho, it does ruins the covers!. Thanks for reporting! I won't use them again
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Post by baduizt on Aug 6, 2015 3:03:36 GMT -8
I'm owed £130 + statutory interest and compensation from £130. DO NOT WORK WITH LAMINATE. John Oke is a crook.
His business address, BTW, if you want to take any further action against him, is:
Drakun London Ltd T/A Laminate Media John Oke Apartment 7, Theatre Gardens 1-3 Sykes Street Hull, Humberside HU2 8AZ United Kingdom laminatemedia@gmail.com
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