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Fluffy Sheep
Discworld
1228 Posts |
 Posted - 18/09/2007 : 21:31:48
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Some shops really deserve some positive feedback. Here`s my list of Excellence:
Jessops - reasonable prices, very helpful staff.
Staples - likewise. Several trips there with my son in last 12 months, and all their staff know what they`re doing, what they`re selling. They are pleasant, friendly and non-pushy, and whether you`re spending £1 or £100 +, their attitude doesn`t change.
Wilkinsons (Wilco) - Value for money, staff who go out of their way to be helpful, and never see a miserable face on the tills.
Asda - good value, and helpful staff, AND great shopping bags to wean folks off the plastic carrier bags...whatever LTNS thinks of `em, I rate `em high!
Lidl - bargains, variety, and, again, pleasant staff.
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Ian
Alagaësía
70 Posts |
Posted - 18/09/2007 : 21:36:05
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| Specsavers, for same reasons as Fluffy gave for Staples. |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6333 Posts |
Posted - 18/09/2007 : 21:38:40
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| I'm with you Fluffy on ASDA and Lidl' ... don't have any experience of Jessops, Staples or Wilkinsons. Agree with Ian re Specsavers and must add Maplin's for the same reasons ... |
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Daveb
Earthsea
2521 Posts |
Posted - 18/09/2007 : 23:13:45
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Disagree about ASDA (Marina) service.
Could hardly get a grunt out of an assistant there, to busy chatting with her chum.
Maybe a one off.
Have to say, I do avoid shopping if at all possible.
Staples are good.
PC World, try to find an assistant!
Then try to believe what they say.
They do however take things back without a quibble should they be faulty.
Comet, be wary of add ons.
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We're all doomed!
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NAZZ
Barsoom
United Kingdom
180 Posts |
Posted - 19/09/2007 : 01:57:02
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Sainsbury's,gyratory,miserable bunch of buggers work there.(only go there to do me muvvers shopping)
Jesops prety good,although their used ranges seem somewhat pricey.
Lidls ilike,bought a blloody good battery drill from there 5/6 years ago ,still going strong.Foodstuff good to.
Tescos,holmbushcoldishplace,but a nice variety in fruity things&veggies. |
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Fluffy Sheep
Discworld
1228 Posts |
Posted - 19/09/2007 : 21:12:17
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| I agree some Sainsbury staff give a negative attitude. And PC World don`t have a clue! (Neither do I, but I`m not selling PC`s etc., and they are! I went in there a couple of times with my son, who knows what to ask, and he wouldn`t touch them with a bargepole. I just noted their blank looks in response to (apparently) simple questions. Daft, that they spend so much on advertising and don`t employ folks who are into the products - Staples takes the opposite course. |
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Horseman7
Barsoom
United Kingdom
175 Posts |
Posted - 26/09/2007 : 03:06:28
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Excellent customer service from Asda (Hollingbury) and Gatwick Group (err ... Gatwick).
Happy shopping.
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thedelboy
Discworld
United Kingdom
1465 Posts |
Posted - 26/09/2007 : 10:06:17
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| completely disagree on specsavers,brighton branch are terrible,glasses fall apart after 2/3 months when taken back you are told there is no 12 month gaurantee on specs??so you end up paying them for shoddy repair work.15 years ago specsavers in coventry were fantastic,they helped you choose your specs everything even told you if a cheaper pair suited you better;Brighton only try to get you to buy expensive stuff or all the extras that go with specs.I have a new optician (ok its more expensive but the specs I am wearing today I have had them for 3 years with no problems) |
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Ian
Alagaësía
70 Posts |
Posted - 26/09/2007 : 11:06:30
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Originally posted by thedelboy
completely disagree on specsavers,brighton branch are terrible,glasses fall apart after 2/3 months when taken back you are told there is no 12 month gaurantee on specs??so you end up paying them for shoddy repair work.15 years ago specsavers in coventry were fantastic,they helped you choose your specs everything even told you if a cheaper pair suited you better;Brighton only try to get you to buy expensive stuff or all the extras that go with specs.I have a new optician (ok its more expensive but the specs I am wearing today I have had them for 3 years with no problems)
I've only used a branch in London for eye tests and getting prescriptions made up (it's close to my work place), and although I've not been there for a while (I ought to go and get retested), I've always found them very professional and the workmanship seems fine. I do occasionally nip in to the Brighton branch for accessories and I always get good service, along with two further branches in other places. |
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Horseman7
Barsoom
United Kingdom
175 Posts |
Posted - 27/09/2007 : 17:24:26
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Yay, Asda are now delivering in Lewes.
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Dingo
Barsoom
United Kingdom
297 Posts |
Posted - 27/09/2007 : 18:45:45
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Fluffy Sheep
Discworld
1228 Posts |
Posted - 29/09/2007 : 21:09:57
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Both Tesco and Asda deliver in our area now. I`ve considered this option - and rejected it, as I do actually enjoy shopping at both stores (though I hate parking and trudging round the town shops) and I like to browse and see what they`ve got on the day. I`ll backtrack between the meat isles and the veg isles, seeing and selecting an item in one can be a bit of inspiration to seek something in the other.
Specsaver - I really rate them highly, had my specs from their Wrexham branch 3 years ago,(varifocals, and a free pair in with the deal). Two days after I`d had them, I pulled a jumper off over my head and the `hanger-loops` caught in my specs and flung them to the tiled bathroom floor with a real clatter. How the lenses weren`t damaged I don`t know, but the frames were really buckled. I put on the spare pair, and took the damaged ones back, not very hopeful that they `d be fixable. Well, they fixed them, and these (copper-coloured frames, the others are gold-coloured) are the ones I wear all the time, I fall asleep in them and wake up with them crookedly stuck to my face, etc, they`ve withstood 3 years heavy wear since then. I`m due an eye-test now, and I`ll stick with Specsavers again! |
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Horseman7
Barsoom
United Kingdom
175 Posts |
Posted - 10/10/2007 : 00:51:25
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I had my first delivery from Asda yesterday.
A shiny van arrived at the appointed hour and out hopped a smiling, friendly, courteous, well spoken young man, looking clean and tidy in a smart uniform. He remained cheerful as he unloaded my wares in a torrential downpour.
He proceeded to deliver everything I'd ordered, bar the horseradish sauce (Asda's own, 64p), which was substituted with a bigger, posher pot of Colman's at the Asda price.
Well done Asda, I'll be using you again.
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Fluffy Sheep
Discworld
1228 Posts |
Posted - 11/10/2007 : 21:48:20
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| Fair Do`s then! |
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Daveb
Earthsea
2521 Posts |
Posted - 13/10/2007 : 19:17:43
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BT
A while back BT enigineers put a fault on mt line in the box 600m from home.
I rang BT who lost the report.
Rang again and the old me the fault was in my house.
Disconnected everything and eventually an engineer turn up and found that work had been carried out in the BT box and the fault put on by their engineers.
Complained and was offered the £1 a day.
Kept complaining and eventually received a message on my mobile from overseas which I could not understand.
Many e-mails, computer generated replies and complaints a human who could speak Engish offered a good will gesture of a months broadband and line rental refund.
It is worth battling against automated responses and recorded messages on the phone.
I also learnt that if you are being passed from option to option on the phone you can reach a human by pressing 9, apparently, (not proven). |
We're all doomed!
Head for the hills before they start heading for you! |
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Fluffy Sheep
Discworld
1228 Posts |
Posted - 18/10/2007 : 00:28:42
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| I had loads of rubbish with BT. For a while I only put up with them (for line rental only)due to my own inertia and in consideration of my then internet arrangement which wasn`t BT but was through the BT landline. Eventually my son, and a chap from Talktalk, got through to me and I DUMPED my inertia and BT. I ended up getting a refund cheque from BT (£8.31p)which I kept for many weeks. I considered framing it and putting it on the wall, or flogging it on E-bay as a rarity...but I put it into my current account, thought that was the best way to forget them. |
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Fluffy Sheep
Discworld
1228 Posts |
Posted - 19/10/2007 : 23:06:21
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| I hit the local (EIGHT miles and not on a bus route) Farm Shop this afternoon, took my daughter and her littlies, Harry (5) and Deli (3). We bought runner beans (Deli loves them raw, ate a few on the way home) big dirty carrots, dirty beetroots, spuds, spring cabbage, leeks and baby cauliflowers, tomatoes that were still on the point of ripening, and Cheshire farm cheese and farm butter (imported from just over the border - the only things that weren`t produced on the premises where we bought them.) My daughter took the kids to see where the tomatoes came from, as the greenhouses are right beside the farm shop, the other stuff is from the fields beyond. They saw the cheese, before our pieces were cut from it, and they thought it was cake. They know cheese as a square yummy lump that comes from the big shop, sealed in plastic. Young Harry got very serious on the way home, asking where and how our food comes from, then we called in Tesco - on our route home - and he was allowed to choose the bread. He went for the Tiger bread, which was still warm - no, HOT, actually. He said he picked it because it was HOT and it must be fresh. Not daft, our Harry. |
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No Expert
Barsoom
455 Posts |
Posted - 21/10/2007 : 21:03:09
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I concur on specsavers. If your glasses need a screw or something you just waltz in, the fix them, clean them and hand them back. All for nout.
After they did that I bought my new ones there. |
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Fluffy Sheep
Discworld
1228 Posts |
Posted - 10/11/2007 : 19:46:16
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I`m now a convert to the `Small & Mighty` laundry liquid, the concentrated stuff. I`m not very susceptible to adverts, but I saw some on special offer and decided to try it. (I`ve so far tried all the Persil ones and all the Surf ones, as and when they`ve been on special offers.)
Leaves a lot more space under the sink. |
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Talking Shop