www.tifo.it

shelsfan

I just ordered something small on this site and afterwards it said:

"orders of 50 € lira will not be accepted"

This was translated from Italian so I don't know if this is euro or lira.

Anyone know?

PHB

lira doesnt exist anymore, so i'd guess euro.
Also 50 lira is like 0.001 of a cent or somethign mad

shelsfan

So, €50?
Uh-oh...


Also, I meant to say less than 50 € lira

KdjaCL

Why not click on the english site?

GENERAL SALES CONDITIONS

PRICES: The quoted prices do not include V.A.T. and shipping costs. Any possible change will be communicated when we receive your order. If a wrong price is shown on the customer's order form, the order will be considered valid at the current price given on the Internet.

MINIMUM ORDER: if a minimum quantity is not stated, a minimum purchase for € 51,65 is required (VAT not included).

TERMS OF PAYMENT: The confirmation slip, which you will receive on completion of your Internet request for a quote, will outline the various methods of payment. Please be aware that the different payments methods may have different addressees, as some methods require a physical person as recipient. Carefully follow the instructions for the payment method that you choose. Most importantly, with the exception of cash payments, please ensure that you promptly send the copy of the receipt of payment with the copy of the order, so that your order may be prepared for despatch.

CAUSES BEYOND CONTROL: well will not be responsible for accidental events or anything owing to a cause beyond our control such as delays, non-arrivals or deterioration of the goods, and have the right to partially or completely rescind the contact as well as suspending or deferring a dispatch. If the parcel is broken, open or tampered in anyway upon delivery, ask to check the content of the parcel at the presence of the courier's driver. After checking, should there be any problem, do not collect the parcel and ask the driver to fill in a written record of the damages. Only in this case we will be able to claim at least a partial compensation. Should the parcel be collected, no claim will be recognised. In case of bank payments the collection costs, bank commission and interests will be at customer's charge. In case of non-collection of the goods the forwarding expenses out and back will be at customer's charge. The issue of any order, its partial or total payment, imply the integral acceptation of all conditions of sale. Any controversy will be within the jurisdiction of the Court of Turin. The shipping costs for returned goods or delayed deliveries shall be paid by the customer.

VAT: a 20% VAT has to be added to prices for EEC Countries.

LANGUAGE: order forms filled in any language other than italian, english french and spanish are subjet to an axtra cost of € 10,33 for translation. Customers who do not speak Italian are asked to refrain from calling. If you require information or wish to place an order please contact us by e-mail or fax. In this way we will be able to understand your exact requirements.

HOLIDAYS. During holidays, the departments of our company will be closed by turns in order to guarantee a minimum level of service. This means that while articles for prompt delivery can be ordered almost at any time, some production departments may be closed in turns. This could occur in particular during Christmas holidays and in August. Please take into account that the courier in charge of delivering packages above 50 Kg abroad, is closed all August. For this reason, it would be appropriate to schedule orders well ahead.

OUR BOSS: Luckily few people have met our Boss.
He's incredibly anti-social, which should explain why T.I.F.O. is a mail order business and not a franchised chain of shops.
He's got a Molossian dog that weighs 70 kilos and has the same ferocious character as him, which stands guard, ready to attack anyone who dares invade his realm, demanding to collect their goods in person.
He's notoriously out of his mind- we all know he takes psychotropic medication - and he flies into a fury if he can't smoke for half an hour.
He's so egocentric, full of himself and distrustful of everyone that for years now he has insisted on preparing all the packages personally, so as to be sure that the customer will be satisfied with the goods ordered and with the gift placed in every box!
He's got a bad temper, is touchy and takes things personally, is aggressive, impatient, intolerant and despotic.
He can't stand the word 'democracy', as he can't understand how inferior beings could possibly be capable of electing their superiors.
He dreams of a world governed by good and incorruptible kings at the service of their people. This is probably why his religion is "The Lord of the Rings", and his favourite music is Celtic music, and the sport he plays is medieval sword fighting. If you want to become his friend, invite him to fight a losing battle or on the side of the bad-guy - he will stand by your side body and soul.
At any rate, he doesn't believe he has to answer to anyone for his own actions, and if you want to revel in the sight of his face, you can see it in some of the product videos on the website. His personal mobile number is 3482630807, and anyone can call, but be careful as he demands that people only call him exclusively for matters of the utmost urgency and importance.
For our Boss, nothing in this world is urgent or important.
Let us give you some advice on how not to make him angry, otherwise he'll make us lose all our customers and you'll have a guilty conscience for all the families left in the gutter!
The advice is strictly divided by nationality, even though we know that not all people from certain countries are as he claims them to be.
AMERICANS: keep your distance, our Boss hates you with a passion, as he believes that you are the cause of all the world's evils. He's called his son 'Cheyenne' in memory of the brave redskin people exterminated by the Yankees, and calls him 'Che' in honour of Che Guevara, the champion of the anti-capitalist ideal.
Our Boss gives the example of the time when we produced a scarf for an American group and the package was seized by customs. Some time later, a court warning arrived for having used the logo of some small-time college side, like they were Real Madrid!
ISRAELIES: don't ask us to send you fireworks and the like to your country - it's illegal! And then our Boss will start saying how presumptuous you are because you are friends with America, and how you think you can do whatever you want. What's more, he can't stand the fact that you are the only people in the world to say 'thanks a 100' instead of 'thanks a million'!
FRENCH: you're always the ones to order goods and then examine them with a magnifying glass so as to protest the slightest thing and demand a refund. Our Boss says that you learnt to haggle like this when you were a colonial power, and he claims that the proof of this is that all Moroccans speak French!
SWISS: try a bit harder to understand even the simplest of things, otherwise our Boss will start saying that your country is neutral only because you still haven't understood which side to choose!
ITALIANS: try and keep things in order like everyone else does. You can't still be the only people in the world who don't know how to use the Internet. And another thing, read the instructions given on the site. You can't think you can explain the design for a scarf over the phone, place the order on Monday, and demand that you have it by Saturday. If it were not for the Star Wars theme he has on the phones, our Boss would already have had them disconnected!
GREEKS/SPANISH/PORTUGHESE: how about waking up a bit earlier? Why is it that you're always the last in but at the same time have the greatest urgency? Our Boss claims that it comes from your vicinity to Africa!
Our Boss, on the other hand, gets on perfectly well with everyone else. It is probably because he associates northern Europe with the Vikings, or maybe because he does not understood a word of German, or perhaps because he has never met a Japanese person in his life - the people he loves the most!
Help us redeem our Boss, before we all starve to death!
Please understand that he's not in it for the money but for passion. He stays in the office almost uninterrupted from 6 in the morning till midnight, and claims that only when he is at work does he feel himself a free man.
I almost forgot. our Boss is so egocentric and mistrustful of others that he insisted on writing this message himself!!!

kdjac

shelsfan

Well I'll have to cancel the order so. Anyone know any similar sites (maybe based in UK or something).

Bateman

If it's scarves you are after, there are lots of places in England. You'll find some in the classifieds of FourFourTwo. If it's flags, try barmyflags.co.uk