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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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5 Jun 2023
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NOT IN STOCK

These people promote products in stock but in fact they are not, delivery takes days or even weeks!
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Answer by Photospecialist.co.uk
5 Jun 2023
Thank you for taking the time to write this review. It does happen that some one buys something before you do and the system does not update in time to let you know. However we always inform you if that happens, as we have done in your case. My apologies for this. When is it not in our warehouse, we have to request it from one of our other stores. This can be Holland, Germany, Belgium and even France. So we still have in stock, just not in our warehouse. I will send you an email to make sure everything else will go smoothly.
3 Oct 2023
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Beware customers need to leave reviews here to claim additional warranty

While they use a .co.uk website, delivery is from Europe so slow. It's likely returns are difficult but luckily I didn't need to try. Claiming 5 year warranty is painful at every step - and there a lot of them. These reviews are needed to claim the warranty so may be excessively favourable. I RECOMMEND GO ELSEWHERE. My review voluntarily increased to 2 stars after finally claimed warranty.
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Answer by Photospecialist.co.uk
16 Oct 2023
Hello David, Thank you for taking the time to leave this review. For the 5 year warrenty you do need a leave a review, but I think that is not a bad deal for 3 extra years. However there shouldn't be any hoops to jump through to do so. So I am sorry that this has happened.
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.
23 Dec 2023
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Terrible communication,no stock

Tried to order different cameras on 2 different occasions, both times showing in stock, both times I had to phone to find out they weren’t available. In the run up to Christmas this left me £900 out of pocket with no camera , waiting on a refund( 5-7 working days) totally frustrated and will be sure to let anyone looking for a camera to stay away from you.
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Answer by Photospecialist.co.uk
27 Dec 2023
Thank you for taking the time to leave this review. I am so sorry to read this. When you made the order, the stock was already sold out, but something went wrong and you didn't recieve an email from my colleague's. I can imagine that this is very frustrating during the holidays. I see it was cancelled 15th of december, so the money was back in your account before the holidays.
22 Dec 2023
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No ENGLISH instruction manual.

I requested an instruction manual with this camera ------PRINTED in ENGLISH. I was informed that I could download a copy, which would benefit the environment. Only to find out that it ran to a LOT of pages, how does that help the environment?????
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27 Dec 2023
Thank you for leaving this review. It only helps if you do not print it and keep a copy on your laptop/desktop. Due to the environment the factories decided not to put in manuels any more. This is disappear more and more in the years to come.
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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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.
21 Dec 2023
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Camera ordered discontinued

Camera ordered proved to be out of stock and actually discontinued. Learnt this after contacting Photospecialist no word on delivery after over a week. They did then arrange a refund but wonder when this would have happened if I hadn't phoned?
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Answer by Photospecialist.co.uk
21 Dec 2023
What a shame to read, sometimes we don't always get this information through. Normally we do see this but due to busyness it may not have come through before. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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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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.
18 Oct 2023
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Product never arrived After 8 days they haven's even shipped the products, a pair of cables, so I cancelled the order as my need was urgent. Bought on Amazon with another vendor and got it in the next day. The refund took another week.
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Answer by Photospecialist.co.uk
20 Oct 2023
Thank you for taking the time to leave this review. I am so sorry that this has gone so long. We are working on improving our services, so I will take your order into these meetings.
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.
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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27 Dec 2023
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Paid £10 for 2-3 day delivery. Took over a week for item to arrive. Had to call up to check it had actually been dispatched as I didn't recieve a tracking email. Person on the phone seemed uninterested with my problem.
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27 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 I see it has been delivered.
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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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.
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.
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.
20 Dec 2023
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disappointing...

After 3 weeks I have placed my order I have not received any confirmation that delivery was sent. Up to now I did 't get answer for my email to resolve this issue.
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Answer by Photospecialist.co.uk
21 Dec 2023
Sorry to read, we see the item must have come from our supplier. I also see that you have been in touch with my colleague today. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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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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.
19 Aug 2023
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A feels have gone by and no delivery

I haven’t been waiting for my order to come for a few weeks now and it still hasn’t. The delivery date changes every day when I go to check it
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Answer by Photospecialist.co.uk
23 Aug 2023
Thank you for taking the time to leave this review. I am so sorry to hear you haven't recieved it yet. UPS is having difficulties with customs. Of course we are doing our best to get this solved ASAP. I will contact you via email about this issue
15 Sept 2023
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Not impressed at paying a premium for an item advertised on their website, and being supplied with an underpowered “copy” with no recompense.
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Answer by Photospecialist.co.uk
16 Sept 2023
Thank you for taking the time to leave this review. I am so sorry about this and I am glad you reached out to us. The items were switched on the location, so of course you will get the premium and I will send you an email and returnlabel to do so. Again my sincere apology.
6 Oct 2023
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Priority delivered after 5 days..

Product as described-no issues there but paid for a premium 2day delivery and got it in 5.. had to hire the kit for the job in the end.
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Answer by Photospecialist.co.uk
7 Oct 2023
Thanks for the review, sorry to read that the package got delayed. We welcome this feedback so we can work on this. I would be happy to get in touch with you so we can discuss this.