Comet (Shop)

Advantages: low prices,wide selection
Disadvantages: service,stock and service again

...Range of goods: Comet stock a good range of items,and each item is stocked in a variety of makes and models to suit just about all budgets and requirements.I don't think there has ever been an appliance I have been unable to find in their stores yet. -------------------- Availability of goods: This is where Comet start to have problems.Whilst smaller items kettles,fryers,videos etc are almost always in stock..nearly all larger items,washers and ...
...The highest point of Comet stores is their pricing,and just about without exception you will struggle to find a more competative price for any of their goods.The only store I have ever found as competative being Currys, which still does not always compare on prices.But please not this does not nescessarily mean value for money..read on and make your own mind up on that point! -------------------- Service: Oh my gosh,I do hate to be so negative,but ... Read review

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COMET claim these days that they don't have sales, just permanently low prices and state on TV that they price check around 34,000 prices every week (or some silly such figure) and are deemed to be one of the cheapest and best large electrical dealers around - having said all this, with the exception of Currys, alternative choice these days seems to be limited to small local companies who provide the personal touch, but charge the earth, or mainly ...
...I would never shop in Comet again. Well, they do say never is a long time. STORE CARD Despite being reluctant to give me credit, a couple of weeks later I received a Comet store card giving me £x,xxx credit; The TIME card can be used in Woolworths, MVC, Comet, NEXT, B&Q and Superdrug, and operates on the same basis as a credit card, allowing you up to a maximum of 7 weeks interest free credit, a minimum payment (which is actually set at 5% of your ... Read review

Advantages: Vast range
Disadvantages: Where do I begin? See op...

...Shopping » Electrical Shops » Comet (Shop) I’ve thought long and hard about writing this opinion. I try to ensure that all of my opinions are balanced and show both good and bad sides of whatever it is that I am reviewing. Having stumbled across this category when looking for something to write on, it occurred to me that I really should write about an experience I had with Comet last year when I bought a new cooker. Firstly, let me give you a little ...
...many years before. However, Comet were in the process of moving from their existing site, at the end of an Industrial Estate, to a bigger site based at the entrance of the same estate. This meant that they were running down the stock in their current store, which in turn meant that there were several goods available at knockdown prices. Bearing in mind that by this stage Mel was expecting any day, and we had a 21 month old who was quite happy to ... Read review

Advantages: Exchanged faulty product, price promise works!
Disadvantages: Some staff lacking expertise, finance deals

...really explain why I chose Comet for some recent large electrical purchases - probably convenience, lack of available time to go checking prices elsewhere and a lower than average IQ. My first big purchase, at the end of last year, was a JVC television, video, DVD package which came with a half priced offer on a digibox. The whole package was on a special offer so I felt reasonably happy with the price that I paid. I had to wait awhile until a knowledgeable ...
...I took it back to Comet expecting to have to wait a few weeks while they sent it off for repair. I nearly fainted in surprise when they offered to exchange it for a new one on the spot. It was absolutely beyond belief when finding that a replacement was out of stock they gave me another in the same make but with a much higher specification. This replacement digibox was actually worth £100 more the my original one. Clutching my replacement I headed ... Read review

Advantages: None
Disadvantages: Apalling service, delivery and accuracy

...at 1.00pm - I ring Comet customer services to be told they will call me back. No call back. I ring again. Told to await a call. No call back. Ring work to inform them I will not be able to return. Call Comet - now 2.20pm. Informed they have no record of my delivery. Angry conversation follows. Phone put down in anger. Call back, (in calmer tones!) Told they had made a mistake and the items would have to be delivered on another day, involving a further ...
...delivered - they are missing the printer. They have to return to the store and get one. When I set up the computer, the printer does not work properly. I have to return to the store and argue with a 20-year old manager before I am given a replacement. (He initially tried to offer me the same printer supposedly 'repaired'). To end the story of my computer purchase, I exchanged several phone calls and letters of complaint with Comet, only to receive ... Read review