Pets at home (the shop)

Advantages: Cheaper than other places for pet supplies
Disadvantages: Seems to be run by people who know nothing about the pets they are selling

...This review is based soley on my own experience. Back in august 2006 after much nagging from my 7 year old son i agreed he could have a pet rabbit. We went along to out local pets at home (Brentford) to choose a rabbit. It was the first time i had visited the store, it was clean and tidy and the pets looked well looked after. The male and female rabbits were ,in seperate enclosures which were clearly marked male and female. In the male side there were 2 lop eared rabbits, my son had chosen the one he wanted but as they were both cuddled up together i couldnt bear to seperate them so ended up buying them both. I paid £35 for the 2 plus £99 for a hutch and another £40 for all the bits and pieces we needed and away we came with Milo and Jake (blame my son) On the 19th dec 2006 i went out to feed the rabbits to find Milo dead in his...

connorsmum 22.01.2007 (12.02.2007) · Read review
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  Bargains For Your Home

Advantages: Can save you money on your normal shop
Disadvantages: You pick things up you wouldn't normally. Items change regularly.

...I've done a number of reviews on items that I've picked up cheaply from Home Bargains, so I thought why not do a review on the shop itself? Home Bargains is owned by a company called TJ Morris Ltd and the stores are currently popping up all over the country. I am lucky to have 2 different stores nearby which stock some of the same stuff and some different, so it does go to show that some different products are available at different stores. What things do they sell? You can pick up loads of different things off of your main shopping list in Home Bargains. It is not like a pound shop, which are normally just full of tat and the odd bargain. Home Bargains sell products that you would find in your local supermarket, just at a much lower price. Health and Beauty In my most local store, the first aisle that...

lizngaz 11.08.2008 · Read review
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The Body Shop at Home

Advantages: Try before your buy in the comfort of your own home
Disadvantages: NONE

...The Body Shop at Home is exactly what it says it is, it is self employed indivduals who come to your house do make overs and pamper sessions with the body shop products. They sell the body shop products to you in the comfort of your own home. The Body Shop at5 Home Consultants offer a range of different parties, including flawless facial, make me fabulous and pure pamper, each one done in the comfort of your own home around friends and fabulous, you can shop without having to venture out in to the cold this winter. Many consultants do vaious parties including hen nights, birthdays, fundraising actiovities at local churches, schools etc. For hosting a party with the Body Shop at Home you can expect to learn about their beauty secrets, tricks and tips to share, and whilst all this is going on you can just sit back relax...

lawjlove 30.10.2007 · Read review
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Pets at Home (shop)

Advantages: Wide range of products, staff usually friendly, competively priced
Disadvantages: sells livestock

...I generally make a trip to pets at home (Ayr branch) every second month to stock up on a few pet essentials and for a general browse. Pets at home stock a wide variety of products for most pets, and most products look of a reasonable to good quality. Products are priced competively, and in some cases are cheaper than buying online, if you consider that you would also have to pay delivery charges. The shop layout is good, and everything is easy to find. Some items are placed fairly high and as a person of small height, I sometimes have to ask for assitance in reaching items, although this generally isn't a problem-the staff have usually been very helpful. However, on the occasions I have been in pets at home, I have come away feeling less than happy at the condition the 'livestock' are kept in. In fairness, some of these points...

RocketRat 05.08.2007 · Read review
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Home Bargains! Home James, with the bargains!

Advantages: Bargains for the home. Lots of them
Disadvantages: None, really

...Home Bargains. Very rarely has a name for a shop proved so apposite! It is filled with bargains for the home. So, go there and buy them. That's the review then! Oh. You want more? Very well, I will continue! I first came across my nearest branch of Home Bargains whilst visiting Pets at Home for a large sack of wood-based cat litter and some cockatiel food. (Actually, Pets at Home... isn't that a rather strange name for a shop? I mean, where else would you have pets, other than at home? But I digress. "Home Bargains?" I said to my wife. "I didn't know a new shop had opened. Let's pop in and see what they have." The shop is well laid out, bright and clean. And it is filled with large amounts of bargains for the home. Stationery, books, gardening 'stuff' (I am NOT the family gardener, as you will probably gather fromm that...

Martinscholes 18.09.2005 · Read review
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Take home a bargain today!

Advantages: lots of bargains to be had!
Disadvantages: stuff sells out quickly

...About a year ago yet another cheap shop seemed to spring up from out of nowhere in my home town of Kettering. As ususal I thought they would probably selling a load of old rubbish and would probably close down within a few months but I was wrong. It wasn't really on my list of places to visit until my friends started telling me the stuff she had picked up in there and I will admit it sounded fantastic! I usually visit the Kettering store which is located in the shopping centre but I have visited other stores located on the high street and even on retail parks. Yes I have even visited different stores on the same day! The stores I have visited are all layed out basically the same but obviously vary in size. They all look clean and while busy usually look surprisingly uncrowded. I believe this is due to the very wide aisles...

little_miss_sunshine1982 09.11.2005 · Read review
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Get A Bargain For Your Home!

Advantages: Quite A Few Good Bargains
Disadvantages: Quick Turn Around Of Stock, Long Checkout Queues

...When it comes to shopping I am the first to admit that I am not a very loyal shopper but there are a couple of Shops that I do like to try to make a point of visiting and one of these is Home Bargains. There has been a Home Bargains Store in Sheffield where I live for a couple of years now, but it is only recently when the subject came up during a conversation with my Auntie in Blackpool that I realised they were part of a nation-wide chain. THE BACKGROUND The UK's first Home Bargains Store was opened at Old Street in Liverpool in the early 1970's. This Store was the dream of a local man called Tom Morris. The Morris family was however already a well-known and respected family in the World of Retail at this time and they had run several Shops in the Liverpool area for two generations. From this original Store in Liverpool...

micksheff 29.03.2006 · Read review
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Earn Extra Cash With The Body Shop..........

Advantages: earn money, socialise with others and have fun
Disadvantages: you will need to work evenings.....

...I have really been struggling for money recently so I was looking at ways to earn some extra cash, I looked at the Avon, Virgin Cosmetics and the body Shop brands. I needed something that I could do around my other commitments, and the one that stood out by far was the Body Shop at home Group. I went online and emailed the head office to find out further details. BECOMING A CONSULTANT Within 7 days a Body Shop area manager came to my home to explain how things worked, they showed me the products, talked about the body shops history and what I could earn. The area manger left me with all the information books and details and went away to let me think about it I was not at all pressured, I felt very relaxed with the rep and she put me at ease so this was completely my decision, I was not at all committed. After two day...

mythdata 31.10.2008 · Read review
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Take me Home.......Bargains!!

Advantages: Some good bargains
Disadvantages: not always guaranteed to come back with what you went in for.

...As pay day arrived yesterday it was time for me to stock up on cleaning products as we needed some odds and ends after our mass cleaning project last weekend. My first stop??? Home Bargains of course! *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Who are Home Bargains??? A discount store offering branded products at the lowest prices, in my opinion they are a very close competitor to the likes of Savers, B+M and Wilkinson. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Where did they come from??? Tom Morris was the founder of TJ Morris Ltd 30 years ago and he opened his first store in Old Swan, Liverpool so it is no suprise that the majority of the stores are located in the North of England, Wales and the Midlands unfortunately there do not appear...

KELLYLOUJ 16.08.2006 · Read review
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Tchibo Home Shopping Service

Advantages: Seem reasonably priced items
Disadvantages: Poor customer service, do not uplift returns when arranged

...I placed an order at Tchibo Home Shopping Service, on their web site, I then received by email their news letter which stated that as a new customer, I could receive free packaging and postage if I entered this number when I placed my order . As I had already placed my order I could not enter the number to obtain the free P&P. So I emailed Tchibo twice to try and get this issue resolved, but did not receive any replies to my emails . I then sent another email asking for Tchibo to arrange collection of the order as I felt disappointed having not received the free P&P, but did not receive a reply to this email either. I then arranged collection of the order on the Tchibo web site, and received a confirmation email that the parcel would be collected on Friday 30 December 2005 between 8 am and 8 pm. I waited in all day...

billyandbenny 06.01.2006 (17.03.2006) · Read review
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