lolol. Suppose you don't get questions on that product everyday!

Eeeek ! .....Well I did ask the question. : -- (

For fear of sounding depressing I didn't mention it before :) , but it's actually a headstone. This company is a stone masons which seems to hand make nice pieces, better than I can find in the UK.

http://www.stylish-memorial-headstones.co.uk/

Hi -- The "Büergel Wirtschaftsinformationen" is the German equivalent of our companies house, click the link then the Union jack flag to get contact details in English.

http://www.buergel.de/index.php

Your other precautionary measure should be to pay for the item using a credit card if at all possible, you even have protection for the full amount where you have paid a deposit as long as the deposit is over £100 up to £30k. This protection applies and extends to overseas purchases, under the consumer credit act 1974 in the same manner as an item bought in the UK, in the event no delivery or refund is made or the firm went bankrupt.

I am intrigued as to what you're intending to buy, if you feel like disclosing. ?

Hi,

I was wondering if there is a way of confirming if a foreign company is genuine. I would like to order something from a company based in Germany, however the purchase would be several thousand pounds and I don't want to find myself conned. I'm pretty sure it's genuine, but I'd like to be 100% sure. I don't have any payment protection on any of my accounts that I am aware of to cover any problems. I have a had a quick look on google for reviews and can't find any though not too surprised because of the nature of the product.

Cheers!

Nathalie