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[mama2toddles]

Not a good company to deal with. :(

[IrishBaby]

Oh well... too bad they are an extremely unethical company to deal with. *Sigh.*

[meritodd1221]

how so IrishBaby? I'm not familiar with the company...

[IrishBaby]

In a nutshell... they reneged on a purchase agreement and owe a lot of people a lot of money. Despite constant contact and promises, they have not refunded the money (it's now been six months). I know several people here (myself included) are out money... some several hundred dollars.

Their yarn is lovely, but I just cannot in good conscience do business with them or recommend them to others. Even if one person's transaction is perfect (and I have had other transactions with them go well), it would bother me to know that they did this to other people and don't seem to care.

[meritodd1221]

thanks for the explanation. I definitely wouldn't want to purchase from someone who had been dishonest. That's just wrong.

[twouglyducks]

I thought it was malabrigo that did that? I get so confused with this yarn. are hpy and malabrigo the same exact company, not just the same yarn? I know a couple of ebay stores sell the same yarn, but are dif. people. Honestly, I am just confused here... not trying to argue at all. :pink

[mama2toddles]

:crud: That really sucks. I wish I had done a little research before I got all excited and placed my order. :( I'm sorry that you are dealing with that IrishBaby.

[pmcgary]

I thought it was malabrigo that did that? I get so confused with this yarn. are hpy and malabrigo the same exact company, not just the same yarn? I know a couple of ebay stores sell the same yarn, but are dif. people. Honestly, I am just confused here... not trying to argue at all. :pink

Count me as confused as I thought when this came up before it was a co-op gone bad -- and the woman running the co=op was the one being blamed...

It is all very confusing to me......

[pmcgary]

For those of us who have been confused here is the link to the thread from before...
http://woolywonder.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5957&highlight=malabrigo

I am posting it here - knowing it got heated before----b/c I think all that can be said on the subject has been said.

[memiles]

Malabrigo and HPY are two divisions of the same company. HPY sells online, Malabrigo sells to stores. When the co-op was going on, we were told we could order colors from either site.

Hope this clears up some confusion. I'm mourning the loss of my HPY, I just realized I don't have any left to make something for my own kid!