Scammed me, then tried bribery!
Update on this absolute saga: On 01-09-2026, having decided not to reply to Buddha Stones response to my original review (see below), I received an email promising to give me a full refund if, and after, I had withdrawn my one star review. Whilst tempting, this is brazen bribery - not to mention that I wouldn’t trust this company to stay true to their word. My original review (with a minor addition) stands as follows: I was scammed. When the goods arrived I didn’t like the quality. It took several emails back-and-forth to get an address where I could send them back to, despite being told that returns were free and easy within 30 days. They said everything they could to try and dissuade me. I persisted, and eventually got an address in a Chinese industrial estate. Evri tracked the parcel most efficiently, until Chinese customs, where it was held for several weeks and then became untraceable. After a year the parcel has been returned to me, having now crossed the world three times! I’ve since learned on Radio 4’s “You and Yours” program that I’m entitled to a refund because the goods clearly didn’t originate from a small artist in Tibet, as advertised. This is a classic drop-shipping scam of cheap tat from China. Whatever you do, don’t buy from them. I’m £90 down but a lot wiser. Looking back at the Buddha Stones website now, when you drill down about three layers, you start to see slightly imperfect English, non- working buttons labelled eg “contact us” and ridiculous claims about helping poor deprived rural children in Tibet. I should’ve looked deeper at the time but needed a gift in a hurry. Well, I know better now, and hope that sharing my experience will stop anyone else being deceived like this.