Hagens Bees

[ericbeaumont]

I love Hagen bee's! Great company

What do you hope to gain by such an unsubstantiated comment? Would help us if you described your sales experience with the company. You know, quality of equipment, rapid service, knowledgeable staff.

get the name right

Must try harder: Hagen's Bees: apostrophe after the N of Hagen, capital B for Bees, no apostrophe after S of Bees, full stop at the end of the last sentence.

 

[Newbeeneil]

Good price on the Formic Pro………..

The prices have always been good. Their (BE) problem was always service!

 

[WoodenBeam]

Good price on the Formic Pro………..

You might even get an additional 5% for a 1st time purchaser by using the code HAGENS*FIVE

I'd looked at the formic pro on a number of devices prior to purchase............an email came through (surprise surprise) advising I'd left something in my basket, would I care to complete purchase with an extra 5% discount.
If I cant use it someone else may as well.

 

[LocalHoney]

I've recently placed an order with Hagen's and I was surprised to see so many BE products and pictures on their website. Was interested to see if anyone on this forum had tried them. Such a shame BE went into liquidation, but glad there is another supplier filling the gap.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

it didn't go into liquidation, it was sold to Hagens.
It seems to be a regular thing.
A moving target is always harder to hit.

 

[Newbeeneil]

it didn't go into liquidation, it was sold to BE.
It seems to be a regular thing.
A moving target is always harder to hit.

I think you will probsbly find Local Honey is a friend of mindyourbeeswax JBM

 

[Swarm]

There have been reliable suppliers filling this imaginary gap since I started beekeeping.

 

[BernardBlack]

Me too. Hagens emailed me today. I bought a couple of ekes from BE over a year ago, and I feel that if Hagens [having done any sort of deal with them BE]it's a grey area. I did not give BE permission to pass my data to any third party [which should include anyone taking their business over and trading under a different name]. Any more emails from Hagens will simply go into Spam. If I don't like a company's business ethics, I suspect their products, too. So I don't trade with them.
If BE, who had my data, were selling out to another trader would it not have been a better advertisement to email all existing customers to give notice and offer customers the option of unsubscribing at that point? Simon the Beekeeper [Caldwell] did just that - so I am happy to hear from the successor trader from Lancashire - who retain the same business name.

Was Simon the beekeeper taken over by another company?

I used to buy a lot of stuff from them on eBay.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Was Simon the beekeeper taken over by another company?

yes

 

[BernardBlack]

yes

What are they called now?

And would you recommend them?

 

[Erichalfbee]

What are they called now?

Simon the beekeeper

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

And would you recommend them?

haven't seen anything on their website I need, and the things I used to buy off Simon are quite a bit pricier.

 

[Jules59]

A cycle ride out to STBK when they were in Stoke Golding was a real joy - nice contryside and a great pint in the George and Dragon. Sadly now long gone.
STBK I mean - the pub is doing fine.

 

[ericbeaumont]

Anyone who has had the email fancy reporting it?

By chance I looked in my email junk folder and discovered that Hagen's Bees have sent me a promotional email every 1.5 days since October the first, so thanks, Sutty, I shall report the company. Once or twice a long time ago I bought from BE as they were at that time the only supplier of Ross Round parts, so I assume my data was sold to Hagen.

 

[JamezF]

By chance I looked in my email junk folder and discovered that Hagen's Bees have sent me a promotional email every 1.5 days since October the first, so thanks, Sutty, I shall report the company. Once or twice a long time ago I bought from BE as they were at that time the only supplier of Ross Round parts, so I assume my data was sold to Hagen.

Clearly the actions of a company that genuinely wants to alienate its customers and destroy whatever small amount of goodwill they had remaining.

James

 

[Erichalfbee]

By chance I looked in my email junk folder

Just block them

 

[ericbeaumont]

Just block them

Too easy; time to let the dogs loose.

 

[JamezF]

Too easy; time to let the dogs loose.

Cry 'Havoc!' And let slip the dogs of war

James

 

[Andy]

I haven't had any emails from them since I hit unsubscribe at the bottom of the email. That was in mid October.