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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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26 Oct 2023
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The company is good except they need to look at the courier they use as this reflects badly on their business. Had my delivery experience been better they would have got more than three stars. They need to look at their website as to how they can improve on the address input.
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Answer by Photospecialist.co.uk
27 Oct 2023
Thank you for you honesty! I will take your feedback to the meetings to improve our services.
7 Dec 2023
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Long wait for shipment. Was not aware product was coming from outside UK and needed customs clearance and after that UPS took its time. It was not immediately visible that the product would required international processes, no thanks to Brexit obviously.
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29 Oct 2023
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Did not respond to email - unclear about import duties and taxes to the UK

Did not respond to email. I wanted to cancel the order because on the website it said I would have taxes/duties to pay. They did not reply. Luckily, when the item was delivered, there were no taxes/duties, but this was not clear at all.
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Answer by Photospecialist.co.uk
30 Oct 2023
Hello Phil, I am so sorry about that, when you order with me you NEVER have to pay taxes. If the courier would charge this, you can always contact us, then we will reimburse you for this.
28 Nov 2023
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UK plug not supplied + slow delivery

Despite ordering from a UK site, product was supplied with an EU plug so had to buy an adapter. Delivery was disappointingly slow too (especially considering £9.99 charge!). On the plus side, product price was very good.
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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 these disappointments. I will make sure a plug will send for you, normally this is with your order. The couriers are getting a bit fludded due to Black Friday and Cyber Monday and with the coming holidays, I expect that it will be getting busier with their services. Thank you for you feedback, I will take them into the improvements.
31 Jul 2023
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Cheap but no communication

Item was cheapest around, hence why I went with them. However I had no email correspondence from them, making me think it could have been a scam, then the item arrived a week after ordering it.
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Answer by Photospecialist.co.uk
31 Jul 2023
We are working hard to resolve this issue, you should automatically receive an email of this. Glad your parcel was delivered cleanly. I hope you enjoy it.
26 Jun 2023
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Took longer to arrive than advertised It appears to be a UK company but their goods came from the Netherlands which is not good for returns etc. I bought from them as I liked the package
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Answer by Photospecialist.co.uk
26 Jun 2023
Sorry it took a little longer, I'm glad it arrived well. If an item needs to be returned we will be happy to help you with this. For now, I hope you enjoy your purchases.
11 Jul 2023
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Sent an eu plug to a UK buyer without mentioning it on the ad. I contacted them and was promised an eu to uk adapter which hasn't arrived. Not happy, won't be buying from them again
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31 Jul 2023
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Great customer service, but did not inform me that the item was out of stock when I ordered online. It was only when I queried my order delay that I was informed.
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5 Dec 2023
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Very late delivery, 5 days late for a birthday. no communication from the seller, Percel tracking site useless.
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9 Jul 2023
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Very difficult to get in touch with to determine delivery date. Items arrived and were packed well
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1 Dec 2023
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Gives the impression that they are based in the UK when in fact they are based in the Netherlands.
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5 Aug 2023
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Good price but poor communication and delivery was much slower than expected.
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8 Jun 2023
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Taken two weeks and should be delivered today.very slow dispatch
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3 Sept 2023
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The dispatch to the UK seemed to take forever.
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17 Sept 2023
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Variable delivery performance
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10 Nov 2023
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Not great comun

Not great communication
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Answer by Photospecialist.co.uk
11 Nov 2023
Thank you for your feedback. I am so sorry to read that and your request has been send to the correct deparment. We will send you the 5 year warrenty as soon as possible.
25 Aug 2023
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Unprofessional, uncaring and unknowledgable customer services + poor checkout design

Honestly, one of the poorest online shopping experiences I've had in a long time. Firstly, their website checkout wouldn't accept the delivery address I wanted. I selected it *from their own address database* (which you *have* to do), but the address has a house name, not house number. Their checkout is set so you *have* to include a house number, so it wouldn't accept the address I selected, but also wouldn't allow me to edit the address (if I could have just put the house name into the house number field, there'd have been no problem). So I ordered anyway (it was the only place I could find that had the product I wanted in stock), and got a message saying if I didn't receive a confirmation email in an hour to email customer services. No email arrived, so I emailed, requesting my confirmation email and asking to amend the delivery address. Too late, they'd already created the UPS label, so it couldn't be amended. Also, their system, apparently, isn't sending out confirmation emails, so Eduardo confirming my order is all I'm going to get (which isn't isn't really going to be much use for uploading a purchase receipt to my business accounting software ...). Eduardo told me I'd be able to amend my address directly with UPS. He was wrong - UPS wouldn't allow me to change any details until at least one delivery attempt had been made. Even then, after they did attempt delivery, I couldn't amend the delivery address because they'd left it at a collection point a mile or so down the road! (I was away at the time, hence needing to use a different delivery address.) I had some back-and-forths, saying I wasn't happy with the service and trying to let them know where the problems were with their website. Apologies were cursory and insincere and just felt like they were trying to excuse themselves instead of actually making things right. One of the people in the email conversation actually tried to blame the 'UK market' on their poor website checkout design. At no point did anyone say 'Sorry, things have gone a bit wrong, how can we make this right?' - everything was always someone else's fault, and my problem to sort out - never theirs. And at no point did they even acknowledge the things I said about the problems I'd had with the checkout. Seriously unprofessional attitude coming from customer services. Will *not* be returning at any point.
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Answer by Photospecialist.co.uk
25 Aug 2023
Thank you for leaving this detailed review. I am very sorry to write how this had gone and I can imagine this left a bad feeling with you. However my colleague explained we are a company based in The Netherlands and we are trying to change the website to suit the UK market better. So this would also mean the address you have to fill in on the website. In Holland we use numbers and not house names. That is why my colleague meant and I am sorry that didn't come across correctly. I can imagine that the service you got as it is, isn't up to the level of service you need at that time and I want to offer you my apologies for this. I will contact you via email to make sure you got your item.
16 Oct 2023
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Poor communication

Once my order was placed the dispatch time and customer service contact was not good. I was advised the dispatch timeframe would be 1-4 business days when it actually took 7 business days. Once the dispatch day went out of the 1-4 days I contacted the company to ask for the delivery address to be changed. This was required because no one would be at the delivery address anymore. Someone in CS responded without acknowledging my request to change the address. I wrote back again immediately asking to change the address (the order hadn't been dispatched yet), and yet again the response didn't acknowledge my request. So again I asked for the address to be changed, they responded to ask for the new address which I immediately confirmed. The following day my order was dispatched but to the original address!! No one changed the address even though I had asked for this to happen 3 days before (ample time for the change to happen). I now have to pay to get the order collected from the original address to another. With such high priced items you would think more care would be taken to ensure good attentive customer service.
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Answer by Photospecialist.co.uk
16 Oct 2023
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave this review. I am so sorry that this has gone this way, that was no suppose go this way. And I will contact you about the extra costs.
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.
7 Aug 2023
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My printer was delayed (which isn't their fault) but after it was bought I found out that this was a European version requiring a special plug adapter and when it did finally arrive,all the instructions were in Dutch or aanother language that I don't understand. If this was made clear at point of sale, I would have looked elsewhere. When an Internet company has a "co.uk" domain name it is reasonable to expect them to be in the UK. I have suffered a stroke in the last 2 years and needed this to be a simple transaction and set up ect ....it hasn't been.I still haven't set this up - a giant waste of money Jonathan
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Answer by Photospecialist.co.uk
8 Aug 2023
I am so sorry to read that the item arrived a little late. It is indeed true that our warehouse is in the Netherlands, we have also mentioned this on the website. Annoying that it does not succeed in setting it up, I would like to get in touch with you so that I can help you further.