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23 of 23 Ciao users found the following review helpful

ginger59

OUT OF THIS WORLD- EMPIREDIRECT 24/02/2005

User recommends the product

Advantages the cheapest for many electrical items, user friendly website, easy to buy things, good range, simple collection method. Easy to find.
Disadvantages could be confused with "Empire stores" (which are not the cheapest) All done over the internet (which might not suit some people)

I first actually used this store when I was looking for a laptop computer. I had known about it (through YOUATWORK, a discount shopping club) but had never actually bothered with it becasue I do generally like to see products before I buy them. However, in this instance I knew what I was looking for because I had trawled round the PC stores looking and had not been impressed by the customer service I was getting. I knew what spec I wanted so I thought it wouldn't hurt to go online and see what EMPIREDIRECT offered. Their website is www.empiredirect.co.uk The opening page is bright and breezy ... more
14 of 14 Ciao users found the following review helpful

KeithBramley

Cheapest by far, worth a look 05/07/2001

User recommends the product

Advantages 30% off RRP, good service, nice site
Disadvantages No order tracking yet

I bought a digital camera from empiredirect just 3 days ago. After a lengthy search around all my usual online/highstreet retailers they were the cheapest by £30 (camera £279. A saving on the the normal price of £80) They promised to deliver the camera within 3-5 days, mine took 1 week however this was because the camera was currently out of stock. I emailed them after the 5 days was up and a got a rapid phone call back from one of their sales staff who informed me that it would be delivered on the coming tuesday.... and much to my surprise it was dlivered 9am on that tuesday, which i was ... more
27 of 27 Ciao users found the following review helpful

andyev

No worries. No really. 05/09/2002

User recommends the product

Advantages Extremely good value for money, prompt delivery
Disadvantages Charge for delivery

I have just moved house. My girlfriend and I have taken the plunge and got a place together. It's a lovely house but completely unfurnished. So we have a cooker, a fridge (legal requirements!) but we didn't have the basic essentials of a washing machine and a Hoover. Enter (stage left) the brilliant EMPIRE DIRECT! Empire Direct have been awarded the coverted "E Trader of the Year 2002" award. Not hard to see why, frankly. A spin off from the Empire Electrical retail brand in Yorkshire (head office is at the Clock Tower in Roundhay, Leeds), Empire is already a familiar name to those in Leeds ... more
41 of 41 Ciao users found the following review helpful

flossy

Great if you are not in a hurry 23/05/2001

User recommends the product

Advantages certainly cheap
Disadvantages could have a long wait!

Empire Direct are a company that specialise in selling brand named electrical equipement at a lower cost than high street stores. On average most things are at 30% cheaper than at the likes of Comet and Currys. Empire have been in business for 18 years and the online side are members of RETRA and Which? Webtrader and have also achieved BS ISO 9002. The site itself is very easy to navigate around. The goods are seperated up into for main sections: home entertainment, domestic appliances, incar entertainment and hifi seperates. Each main section is then divided into sub sections. If this is a ... more
53 of 53 Ciao users found the following review helpful

the_mad_cabbie

Member since 06/12/2000

Reviews written: 678

Cheaper Than Off The Back Of A Lorry 27/06/2001

User recommends the product

Advantages Very good prices. All the main manufacturers.
Disadvantages Problems with deliveries and after sales service??

~ ~ I’m currently on the lookout for a new widescreen TV to get the full benefit of all the movies I now have to watch and re-watch ever since I began to write reviews about them here at Ciao. ~ ~ As lots of you are aware, I am an ex-pat Scotsman living here in Dublin, Ireland. Dublin is a wonderful city, and Ireland a marvellous country to live in, but the plain and simple truth is that it is also a FAR more expensive country than the UK when it comes to purchasing practically anything you care to name, electrical goods being no exception. The exchange rate of the Irish Punt to the ... more