Vendor Comparison Site in the UK

How far back do you go when you're checking post history? I've been scrolling a few months but honestly can't tell where the cutoff should be

What made me stop trusting the listings was seeing a name still on there weeks after the shipping threads had gone quiet about it. Do you check post dates before anything else or just search the recent stuff cold?

Do any of those directories at least show a last-updated date? That's the one thing I'd want before trusting a listing, otherwise you're guessing whether it's months old.

Which comparison site were you looking at? I gave up on the one I found after spotting a pharmacy listed that had shut months earlier, so now I just check the recent shipping threads here instead.

The one directory I tried still had a vendor listed that had shut up shop months back. Now I just read the newest posts in the shipping threads and see who people are actually vouching for that week.

How often do you check the vouches though, a fortnight feels like a long window when a vendor can go quiet in a week. I got caught out once trusting a thread that hadn't been touched in a month.

idk, i gave up on comparison sites entirely after one listed a vendor that had shut up shop months earlier. Now I just bookmark the shipping threads and check the newest posts whenever I need to reorder.

I'm in Tucson so no UK help either, but the stale listing thing rings true. I stopped trusting any directory and just look at when the last real vouch came in

Do you mean a proper side-by-side site or just a directory of sellers? I gave up on the fancy ones and only bother with threads that have posts from the last week or so.

Which UK comparison site were you looking at? Curious if it's one I've already written off.

Do you actually cross check a vendor across more than one of those directories, or just go off whichever thread happens to be busiest that week? I ask because i've been burned by one glowing review before

Do you actually need a directory though? I gave up on them and just check the last few pages of a vendor's thread for anyone with a long post history still posting.