@DugFreez - it may be a british thing, perhaps we have it wrong, or perhaps I have it wrong. When a customer complains and the manufacturer bites back in this way, it doesn't come off well. You can't please 100% of the people 100% of the time right.
Not having a dig and as I say, I may have it way off the mark and that is just my opinion.
I love the work you do, I also love what the OP is doing too, the cost to import these products is pretty high, so having the UK options works well for me personally, although I don't have a set as of today.
As for the customer service bit....Yeah...I know it doesn't come off well for me. I'm just a guy selling stuff. I'm not Mr. marketing. I try to sell a good product and make sure people are happy with what they are buying.
I thought everything was fine. As I described, he contacted me with the issue. I tried to resolve it. He said he was going to order the needed hardware himself along with some other hardware he was wanting.....and I told him in that case I would refund the amount that it would have cost me to get him the correct hardware that I failed to send with his order. I gave him the refund, he said he was happy with that and latter followed up saying he had got the correct hardware. I don't really know what I could have done any better. As I said, I thought he was happy.
Then I see this about the issue......yet no mention of how I resolved things. Then I get a backhand of " I wasn't completely happy with the product but I didn’t trash talk that either". Just a bit frustrating when you think you have done your best and have a satisfied customer....to then see that.