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UKS2000

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Location
Kent
Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Insulin
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Dishonesty

Why it is that nobody seems to stock t- shirts up to 3XL (XXXL). I recently received an email advertising the Powered by Insulin t-shirts; I thought what a great idea. On investigation I discovered that they do not do anything bigger than 2XL (XXL) Rather disappointing I thought. When attending my local medical centre for my diabetes I note that 55% or more of fellow sufferers would be classed as of the larger size. I have tried writing to Diabetes.co.uk on more than one occasion on this subject but to no avail, never once have they bothered to reply. So technically a whole cross section of the diabetic community is denied the shirts just because we don’t fall into a certain category.. Sad really!!
 
I never did get that free wrist band I selected when I signed up to the site. It was a great idea and is very high profile, but if it's simply a "sign up" gimmick you need to pull it and act responsibly and with integrity.

Anybody else had a similar experience?


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It makes you wonder doesn't it, also the wrist bands. The lack of customer care you received is quite frankly dreadful.
I bought my own wrist band for under £6.00.
 
Hi, can't comment on the wristbands, or the sizes (although I have noticed that large sized t shirts are generally very hard to come by), but I DID want to say that I LOVE your avatar pic @UKS2000
 
I signed up for my wristband too when I joined this site in Jan this year,never received mine either. Sometimes when I sign into this site there is a message on screen < Your order is on its way > what is going on? its been on its way for 6 months. Where they sending it from think its gone round the world a few times.
 
Yup never got the wristband either ... but, I look upon the free advice and support received here as priceless so I can probably live without a wristband
 
No, no wristband for me neither. I've got a different complaint now about clothing, you can't seem to get medium T-shirts that are long enough or 30W/34L trousers anywhere. I'm not gloating, honest.
 
PenfoldAPD said:
Yup never got the wristband either ... but, I look upon the free advice and support received here as priceless so I can probably live without a wristband
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Good point with which I totally agree

@Administrator, please sort this out for us your loyal and committed community....something in the system has slipped


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ChrisSamsDad said:
No, no wristband for me neither. I've got a different complaint now about clothing, you can't seem to get medium T-shirts that are long enough or 30W/34L trousers anywhere. I'm not gloating, honest.
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Ha ha I bought trousers in the January sales that are now too big - one nice side effect of my diabetes diagnosis
 
PenfoldAPD said:
Ha ha I bought trousers in the January sales that are now too big - one nice side effect of my diabetes diagnosis
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What is LCHD? as per your signature. Please elaborate/
 
ChrisSamsDad said:
No, no wristband for me neither. I've got a different complaint now about clothing, you can't seem to get medium T-shirts that are long enough or 30W/34L trousers anywhere. I'm not gloating, honest.
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I went to local supermart to get a new pair of 32" jeans to replace the size 36" I had grown out of due to LC diet, and the smallest waistband they had in the store was 42". No kidding. They have restocked now.

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Ah, but that might mean they over-estimated the number of people wanting the bigger ones? Like the time I went to the Doc Martens factory outlet and they had whole shelves of very cheap shoes and boots, but only in size 9.

BTW, hate the word 'Frankenfood' - basically all of food sources aren't 'natural' anymore. Thankfully so in most cases, or you'd spend your entire life trying to grub together enough to eat.
 
I would just like to see more suppliers offering 3XL (XXXL) as a choice. Do they think that we larger people don’t want to be part of it? I would have liked one of the t-shirts, as would have fellow diabetic friends. I really thought we were moving away from the stereotypical body shape these days, but it seems not. I know that inside every large person is a small one battling to get out, some win the war, others have to compromise, and the rest of us, put up the white flag!
 
ChrisSamsDad said:
No, no wristband for me neither. I've got a different complaint now about clothing, you can't seem to get medium T-shirts that are long enough or 30W/34L trousers anywhere. I'm not gloating, honest.
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I cant get anything much for 30in waist and stumpy legs, years ago I used to buy Farah, stopped as the weight went on as they really show the bumps. Farah now only offer trousers 32 - 64
Going to browse in Mothercare at the weekend
 
PenfoldAPD said:
Ha ha I bought trousers in the January sales that are now too big - one nice side effect of my diabetes diagnosis
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Haha...my new 30" jeans are getting slack...probs time to up the fat for me now


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No response from the top team about the questionable marketing ....anybody


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Kevin - There is a thread on this already, but I'll tag @Giverny and @Administrator and hopefully they can help resolve you issue at least.
 
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