Everbuild D4

[Phil Pascoe]

Brilliant stuff, but if you buy it check the dates. I've just bought a litre, the use by date is specified as being six months from the date of manufacture. Mine was manufactured 10/23. Through Amazon, I'll get it replaced or refunded.

 

[Fitzroy]

I find it super quick to setup though with less open time than the other PVAs I use. I’m hot summer days it’s almost unusable.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Strangely, the supplier wants it returned. The only conceivable reason for that is so they can sell it again.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

I find it super quick to setup though with less open time than the other PVAs I use. I’m hot summer days it’s almost unusable.

Yes, I use 502 as well for inside work.

 

[Sideways]

This was all widely reported several years ago and I have no idea if anything was ever done about it, but:
Amazon were notorious for not having proper control of their stock. Marketplace sellers supply goods to the amazon warehouses where amazon just dumped all identical product sold on behalf of and supplied to them by different sellers, into one uncontrolled batch. You the consumer buy a litre of D4 from marketplace seller A and you might be sent a litre of D4 that marketplace seller B had bought short dated on the cheap and consigned to Amazon where it got mixed in with the D4 sent to warehouse by everyone else.
Nightmare for the consumer as you can't learn which sellers have good product.
Nightmare for the dilligent sellers because they get blamed for substandard product sourced by other sellers.
Of course looser stock control is easier and cheaper to manage for Amazon. Amazon marketplace sellers affected are the little guys who are ten a penny to amazon and can just be ignored :-(
So if this came from someone's shop on Amazon, don't assume the worst about your vendor, they may need it as proof in case Amazon is still up to their old tricks.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

This was sold through Amazon not by Amazon. I can't quite understand why they didn't just ask for a photo of the date - the only conceivable reason for wanting it back is to sell it again. I've had the stuff last for eight or nine months before, but it was very fresh when I bought it.