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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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Order still not arrived after 2 weeks Photospecialist.co.uk processed my order in good time and I got a notification from UPS that they had collected my items. Two week's later and the items are still stuck at the UPS depot awaiting clearance information. The UPS update is "UPS initiated contact with the sender to obtain clearance information." so why hasn't Photospecialist provided the requested information?
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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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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.
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Mike A.
St Albans
18 Dec 2023
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Great service and good customer support. Only gripe is £25 return fee which is a bit eyewatering
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Answer by Photospecialist.co.uk
18 Dec 2023
Thank you so much! I can imagine that would be very sad if needed.
16 Dec 2023
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Arrived on time at a reasonable price. Waiting for Christmas to open the present before I am sure it works. And I have no issues
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15 Dec 2023
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Delivery was not very prompt, continuos delays/postponements.
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13 Dec 2023
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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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The first thing I noticed was no memory card, if I lived away from shops I would have been very disappointed but luckily we always have a spare card, and the parcel took longer than I thought it would (not you're fault) haven't had time to try the camera out but what I've seen so far I'm very pleased. Regards Mike Evans.
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Answer by Photospecialist.co.uk
9 Dec 2023
Thank you for your feedback Mike. There was not memory card in the order, so that explained why it was not with your order. Thank you for your understanding that the parcel delivery is out of our control. I am happy that in spit of these issues, you are satisfied with us. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.
8 Dec 2023
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In spite of a few negative reviews, the price was just too good to ignore. The item was showing out of stock but I was still able to place the order. I received the invoice on an email, and received the package after about 10 days. My only criticism is that I didn’t receive any communication that the item was dispatched, but it arrived well packaged and was exactly as described.
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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
1 Dec 2023
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30 Nov 2023
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Glad to find the camera I wanted as they are few and far between. It wasn’t until checkout that I realised it was coming from Germany. On arrival all the instruction manuals were obviously in German. Panasonic uk assisted with links to the English version.
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30 Nov 2023
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Rechargeable 9v battery.

A good delivery time for my purchase, but a bit on the pricey side for the batteries. I will be using this company again.
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Scottie S.
Benfleet
29 Nov 2023
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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.
28 Nov 2023
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26 Nov 2023
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17 Nov 2023
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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.