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Layout & Design	Good
Navigation	Satisfactory
How fast is this website?	Fast
Quality of the Content	Average
Range of Services / Products	Good selection

Advantages:	Many items are excellent value for money
Disadvantages:	the additional costs take the edge off your bargain

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

I am not too happy with some of the happenings of these channels. The fact you can only buy one item at a time (or pay P&P and call cost) on another phone. They boast a money back guarantee but they fail to say it doesn't include your P&P. I recently had to return a very cheap item because they sent the wrong size, even their invoice confirmed the size it should have been, but the label on the garment was a size smaller. I called and said I expected a full refund as it was not my mistake - to date I only have the cost of the item, so they have their wrong sized goods back to sell to someone else and I'm out of pocket by £15:00 as I had to pay to return the goods as well - not such a bargain after all. The speed auction is also questionable because they seldom have a clock to show how much time is left - I have seen the auction go on for several seconds after the presenter has said time was up - this leaves it open to higher bidders to snatch the items technically after the auction has closed. The first time I tried it I made it on to the leader board and when it was declared time up I still didn't get the item even though my bid was what the item eventually sold for!!! Having said all that I have had some good buys from both the channels, and I have to admit what they sell is generally of excellent quality -I bought a travel cot for my new grandchild for less than half what the same item was selling for on e-Bay,
If they made the P&P fairer (other shopping channels allow you to buy more than one item at a time and if you do you only pay P&P once.
-after all the delivery driver only comes to you home once no matter how many packages they bring - The presenters go on about having to go into town, park you car, drag around shops etc to justify the extra cost. Howver, if you buy several items over a couple of days the P&P and calls account for a sizable chunk of the total cost. I once had £38 in a month on my phone bill just to these shopping channels? Happy Shopping from Tattylashes