Comet (Shop)

Comet (Shop)

... I went over to Mill Hill where there's an Argos Superstore and Comet next to each other. Argos, again, didn't have what I wanted so the only other option was Comet next door. The place is the size of a small airport hangar and all the sales personnel looked very, very bored and harassed. ... Read review

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Comet? More Like Big Ball Of Rubble And Dust!

Advantages: were able to sell me a fax machine
Disadvantages: bored staff, not much choice, still flogging warranties

...there's an Argos Superstore and Comet next to each other. Argos, again, didn't have what I wanted so the only other option was Comet next door.

The place is the size of a small airport hangar and all the sales personnel looked very, very bored and harassed. At least I knew where to call for help if I ever needed some.

The layout of the store didn't look very appealing to me. It was kind of the "stack 'em high, sell ...
...My tip for shopping at Comet - and any other of the electrical superstores - do your homework. Know what you want and need, make a list of everything that is required. Don't bother asking any of the shop assistants, most of them won't even know what you are talking about. Don't fall for the extra insurance trick. If you have a high value good and want to have an extended warrantee, contact the manufacturer direct. Most of the time they will be able ... more

Tempus_Fugit 01.03.2008 (01.03.2008)
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Comet Conmen

Advantages: Price, initially friendly, handy locations, good website
Disadvantages: Rude staff, hidden information...lots and lots more!

...a mini disc player. Comet let us buy now and pay later...what a mistake that turned out to be. We checked the date for the payment to be taken with the date our student loans got paid in, and all seemed fine. Comet decided to take the money out a couple of days early, so we got charged! After much complaining we realised that we were wasting more money by calling them and let them off on this one...rah! Very annoying situation though. The next incident ...
...went on to explain that Comet has such low prices because they buy the service agreements from the manufacturers and do them themselves. So, the Hotpoint man couldn't fix it! So, Comet came out (after two months of waiting!) - do they not realise that teachers cannot leave work early!?! "Oh, I don't think that we'll be able to fix it, as it is just cosmetic damage!" was the response "but I'll see what we can do. I'll log it and be in touch". He ...

vikstar 31.08.2005 · Read full review
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Comet, Hurtling towards destruction

Advantages: Good prices
Disadvantages: bad customer service and shoddy goods.

...service that the electrical chain Comet provides. In general, they sell somewhat shoddy items, which only tend to last as long as you keep the guarantee. I don't know what it is with me a lasers but they never seem to like me! It all started about 2 years ago, I had bought a new Aiwa midi system 2 years previous and was pleased with my system, that was until it started playing up that is. The Aiwa system was one of my best buys until it decided ...
...the repairers, which proves that customer service is not their main priority. As you can tell from this opinion, I do no hold Comet in high regard and although the second Midi system is currently faultless, the customer service communication received the actual products are far from perfect. ...

15091983 21.05.2002 (04.06.2002) · Read full review
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Come to Comet,not in a hurry

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 ...

babajane32 09.08.2002 (14.11.2002) · Read full review
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More rude obnoxious staff wanted

Advantages: It's a good store, wide selection and good value for money! The website is great too.
Disadvantages: The Staff! The Staff! The Staff! I can not emphasise it enough.

...letting a store down, and Comet is no exception. ~ The Plan ~ I wanted a DVD player, no more than £200, and since comet were offering three DVD’s with every DVD player they sell it was obviously the obvious choice. Comet is quite far from where I live, and since I don’t have a car, I looked at Comet’s site on the Internet to see what they had to offer. Now the website is pretty good, great layout, easy to negotiate and quite a wide selection of ...
...in order to get to Comet to find out if they had the product I wanted. ~ In the Shop ~ I think everyone’s been to a Comet, but just incase you haven’t, it is a very large store selling fridge’s, freezers, cookers, computers, TV’s, videos, mobile phones and DVD players of course. The Bedford store had seven sales staff on the shop floor when I got there, there was two customers, one buying a TV and another buying a fridge. This seemed great, as ...

sarahbethy 24.05.2001 · Read full review
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OUT OF THIS WORLD

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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 ...

sue.51 28.03.2002 · Read full review
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