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21 Aug 2023
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The order I made was despatched quickly and collected by the couriers you use and it arrived in the UK alright but everything has gone wrong from there. UPS the UK side of the delivery are totally useless. They have not delivered the package yet and it has been in their hands since 08/08/2023. They are blaming a Customs hold up in the release of my delivery. They have so far sent me 14 stupid messages telling me that the package will be delivered the next day but nothing happens. It appears that the UPS staff in the UK and their computer system are totally useless. Do not use UPS UK for anything. I have made 2 phone calls to them and the staff in the UPS office just keep telling me that the package needs Customs clearance for a £14 lens hood!

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10 Aug 2023
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Absolutely disgraceful customer service. Firstly our first order with the company does not show in our account, having been assured it would be fixed straight away, it still does not show. The items arrived and so far seem ok, so we made another purchase giving them the benefit of the doubt. BIG MISTAKE. Having identified our email address had been added incorrectly and not being able to update it via the website, we were told they would fix it straight away, we are now locked out of our account. The second order we made got stuck in customs, it was very clear from the UPS tracker this had happened, having contacted Photospecialist the first day it did not arrive we were told they would fix it straight away. The next day the same thing happened, it was clear the item was still stuck in customs. We contacted their support again and after around half an hour wasted time found out not only had the previous support agent not even bothered to contact UPS, they were refusing to speak to us and refusing to give UPS a telephone call. The person responsible was hiding behind one of the girls who was speaking to me (Who we thank for trying her best) they were literally refusing to speak to us and sending messages to and from via this poor girl who was landed in the middle of all this. Our emails regarding this subject were all ignored and we received no written response regarding the issue. We were told we would be called back in two hours with a solution, when that call happened we were told they still had not contacted UPS. We went back and forth for over an hour trying to get the person dealing with this speak to us, who continued to refuse, and trying to get them to agree to pick up the phone and contact UPS. We were continually told it was impossible for them to call UPS, a straight out lie. I informed them multiple times all they need to do is pick up the phone and call them, they continued to refuse to do that, and the person responsible continued to refuse to speak to me. Bearing in mind this is how they treat customers that have spent nearly 1000 GBP with them in the last 3 weeks. We contacted UPS ourselves, and within 5 minutes had found out the item was indeed stuck at customs, and that it should be arriving tomorrow. Instead of Photospecialist picking up the phone to try and resolve this, it took two days of being messed around before we finally got the answer ourselves. Photospecialist gained and lost a customer within the space of 3 weeks due to their pathetic customer service (Aside from the girl we spoke to). Do not buy with this company, their company, website and customer support is an absolute joke.
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19 Dec 2023
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Good prices but slow shipping of order. Order didn't ship from their stores for about 2 weeks after ordering despite 1-4 business day promise. Delivery took even longer to UK from Germany but that's down to poor choice of UPS as delivery partner.
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Answer by Photospecialist.co.uk
20 Dec 2023
Thank you for taking the time to leave this review. I am so sorry it takes longer then expected. Your package was wrongly scanned with the courier and was hold up at customs. We have sovled this issue and it will be delivered soon.
19 Dec 2023
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You can send me what I ordered,to date I've had nothing.UPS said that the item was being delivered and changed their mind to say that they are waiting for information from yourselves to enable delivery.Either send the item or give me a refund.
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20 Dec 2023
Thank you for taking the time to leave this review. I am so sorry it takes longer then expected. Your package was wrongly scanned with the courier and was hold up at customs. We have sovled this issue and it will be delivered soon.
19 Dec 2023
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Very poor service..avoid!

I have no idea when my item will be delivered. No communications other than to say it is stuck in customer with UPS. No response to my queries. This organisation advertises that it is a UK company and I never knew my item would be coming from abroad - I would never have ordered if I knew that. Very disappointed as I feel you have taken my money and left me with nothing.
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Answer by Photospecialist.co.uk
19 Dec 2023
The package has been sent only it is currently stuck with UPS. We are working hard to resolve this. Unfortunately, we have not yet received an update from UPS on the status. Sorry about this.
18 Dec 2023
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Send my order
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Answer by Photospecialist.co.uk
19 Dec 2023
We have shipped your parcel, there are some delays at UPS which we are working hard to resolve. Sorry for the inconvenience.
18 Dec 2023
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Missing items I've bought Ricoh GR III Street Edition with two batteries but just received one battery. Ask their customer service for help, said to request a new battery for me but one week passed without any updates and Emails.
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Answer by Photospecialist.co.uk
19 Dec 2023
Thanks for the review, we have emailed you with that we are going to send another battery, due to busyness my colleagues have not gotten around to it yet. Sorry about this. I will put urgency behind it.
18 Dec 2023
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Its been 3 weeks since my order and they haven't sent the item. Further more, they haven't got back to any emails regarding this and the phone number doesn't seem to ring? This telescope was supposed to be a Christmas present for my son and therefore I have had to make a second order elsewhere. I'm currently trying to contact them to cancel this order but they aren't replying to my emails and again, the phone option seems pointless. If I could give them 0 stars I would. Absolute joke company.
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Answer by Photospecialist.co.uk
19 Dec 2023
Sorry to read that it went the way it did. I see that we did request the delivery time, but with the mail to you it didn't go quite right which meant you never got a message from us, Sorry about this!!! I see the order has been cancelled. You will get a refund soon.
16 Dec 2023
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Still waiting for delivery of a bag I ordered two weeks ago. Customer Services do not answer the phone and you are cut off after waiting 10 minutes. Live Chat not working and two emails have gone unanswered. Not impressed.
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15 Dec 2023
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Item ordered 2 weeks ago from what appeared to be a uk shop. Been stuck in customs waiting for you to clear it for nearly a week. Very unimpressed
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Answer by Photospecialist.co.uk
18 Dec 2023
Thank you for taking the time to leave this review. I am so sorry to read that it has been stuck. I will contact UPS to see what is going on. We are a store located in the Netherlands, this also state on our website. I am sorry that you didn't see this.
12 Dec 2023
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Better packaging
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Answer by Photospecialist.co.uk
13 Dec 2023
Thank you for taking the time to leave this feedback. I will let the correct people know.
9 Dec 2023
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Order arrived late, charged £25 for return.

Made an order that was dispatched quickly but then due to inadequacies with the sellers courier of choice, was delayed for multiple days, missing the delivery window quoted at the time of purchase. As a result of the courier delaying the item and also giving incorrect information on when it would be delivered, I had to find the product elsewhere. I returned the late running order to Photospecialist but I am now being charged a £25 return fee as the item is not at fault, even though the reason for the return is their courier errors, not mine. Questioned why I was being charged for a return in this circumstance but yet to receive a response
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Answer by Photospecialist.co.uk
11 Dec 2023
I am sorry to read that the courier took so long, we are not going to charge the £25. I will send you a message so we can resolve this nicely. Sorry for this inconvenience.
8 Dec 2023
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They are a disaster. No words.
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Answer by Photospecialist.co.uk
8 Dec 2023
Thank you for taking the time to leave this review. I see that you ordered the Powershot. Sadly due to a chipshortage these are hard to come by. Every supplier has trouble with this issue. I am so sorry we can't deliver this for you.
7 Dec 2023
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I received a bad camera, feedback was ignored.
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Answer by Photospecialist.co.uk
7 Dec 2023
Thanks for your review, what a shame to read! We certainly don't want to ignore you, but unfortunately we haven't received an email from you. I have contacted you so that I can help you further.
4 Dec 2023
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Answer by Photospecialist.co.uk
5 Dec 2023
It is unfortunate that you are not satisfied, should you wish to clarify please contact us at reviews@kamera-express.nl
30 Nov 2023
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Quickly to blame courier and all the usual excuses why there is a delay in my items never will buy again
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Answer by Photospecialist.co.uk
3 Dec 2023
Thanks for your review, I can indeed see that your package took a few more days to deliver. I see that the parcel spent 3 days in customs before it was allowed to enter the country, sorry about this. I am happy to read that it has now been delivered. I hope you enjoy it a lot.
28 Nov 2023
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Orders have been delayed. Customer service is unclear (although all of your reps have been wonderfully helpful) and often the people on the phone don’t have the facts they need.
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Answer by Photospecialist.co.uk
29 Nov 2023
Thank you for taking the time to leave this review. I am so sorry to read that the delivery was delayed, I can see that it was held up at customs and that is has been delivered. However, you are correct, when there is a delay, we need to investigate with UPS what is going on. For we see the same information as you do on the website. We are working to get this process faster, however you weren't helped with that at the moment. I am happy to read that you were happy with my colleagues as they do always work hard to provide as much information as they can.
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18 Nov 2023
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Really bad customer service on returns

Bought an Orca bag and they sent the wrong one. Emailed 3 times and heard absolutely nothing in over a week. Had to return the bag and that cost me £40 still heard nothing from them. Very very poor customer service and very disappointing as a loyal customer. Not sure it takes a lot to reply to an email these days so why over a week to respond. Hoping they will refund for the bag and the postage and make an apology .......fingers crossed.
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Answer by Photospecialist.co.uk
19 Nov 2023
Thanks for the review, I am afraid you missed emails from us, you received a return label from us early last week. Has this one arrived ? I will contact you!
17 Nov 2023
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Parts missing, slow resolution

I ordered a item and when it arrived there were parts missing. After a week of chasing I was told they were checking if it was lost in the warehouse. No one returned any calls. After a month I finally managed to get a refund, and a new product delivered. And I had the same issue, the battery was missing. Eventually I had a replacement part sent out, but not after a lot of phone calls and emails to sort the whole issue out.
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Answer by Photospecialist.co.uk
19 Nov 2023
I'm sorry to read, I'm afraid things didn't go quite right with our supplier then. I will start looking into this and get in touch with you to further resolve this nicely with you.
9 Nov 2023
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Still waiting

I had to e mail them to enquire if my order had been shipped as i hadn't heard anything. They replied saying they were out of stock and would ship as soon as they get it.im still waiting.and no updates from them.
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Answer by Photospecialist.co.uk
10 Nov 2023
Thank you for taking the time to leave this review. I am so sorry about this and I see it has been delivered yesterday. Normaly you get an email with the tracking code, but I take it you didn't recieve this. And I will contact you via email.
4 Nov 2023
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Order never went through and I never found out until 3 Days later
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Answer by Photospecialist.co.uk
5 Nov 2023
I'm sorry to read that the order did not go through properly, unfortunately we do not get notifications of this because you can also reserve with us and pay in shop. Because this works together with 1 system, we do not receive notifications of this. Sorry for the inconvenience.
1 Nov 2023
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Ensure the item is delivered to the customer and not a collection point where the customer has to travel to go and collect. No one dealt with my complaint. This I will buy from another company in the future.
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Answer by Photospecialist.co.uk
1 Nov 2023
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave this review. I am sorry that they didn't deliver to your home address, because this is where they should deliver. I see that there was no one home at the time and that is the reason they send it to a collection point. Sadly this is out of our hands. But I will contact you via email.