My overall experience was not great.
Having bought a bunch of stuff in the sale, I still ended up paying waaay over the odds for all items ordered. Compounded by the customs charges I received as many of the items were sent individually.
Turns out, if I had bought all the goods direct from the makers I would have saved my self $100's.
C'est la vie
Viz
Items were dispatched directly from makers, or allthingsdecentral just sent them individually ? Site acts as items listing & payment handling, without having any inventory?
It depends on the item. When I first started selling my Bitcoin Binary Rounds through the site, I would get all orders and send them out individually (with the retailer getting a %, so of course it is cheaper to buy direct from makers unless they are offering bulk discounts to the retailer). When it became clear that the items were selling a lot and communications/transfers were getting out of hand, they started placing large orders to hold an inventory and send items directly to buyers from their warehouse.
While they probably should do a better job of alerting customers if their items are being sent from a 3rd party, I'm not sure if allthingsdecentral is directly responsible for any missing or delayed shipments. It is more likely that their suppliers/makers are slacking. They do A LOT of business, so I can say with near certainty it isn't a case of someone setting up a scam website. More likely, it's that they are overwhelmed with orders and having problems communicating with their 3rd party suppliers/makers.
It's 100% on allthingsdecentral.com It's a business (they get paid) and if you can't properly communicate with your paying customers in a timely fashion then you're a piss poor company and deserve to fail. They are clearly screwing people over as multiple people have shared. I will never do business with them again.