Positive polarity from Magnet if you stick with my tips

Advantages: Reasonable kitchen, helpful installers willing to fix all snag issues
Disadvantages: Expensive, poor communication at times, work overran slightly, chasing up required

...say is that no job of this nature will be without issues during installation and the key is to stay calm, don't take it personally, don't annoy the installers and be polite yet firm with Magnet. THE DECISION To make sure I was getting a decent price on this, I got three separate quotes, from Magnet, Homebase and Moben. Homebase was cheapest, but I'd heard things about our local Homebase that put me off, and the salesman from Moben treated me like a fool, trying the hard sell from the off, so I didn't trust them. Instinct told me that the more expensive Magnet would provide the best service, and so I plumped for them. THE SOFTISH SELL As the local showroom is near work, I went in one day and arranged an appointment with a "designer" (or, more accurately, "salesman"). I was given a sheet of squared paper and asked to take...

larsbaby 15.02.2009 · Read review
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Death magnetic

Advantages: great album
Disadvantages: few tracks that are dislikeable

...Metallica Death Magnetic: 11 Tracks Heavy Metal Released 12/09/2008 In my honest oppinion this is an amazing album, ive not been a fan long but i have heard all of their albums they are simply an amazing band. When i first listened to this album i wasnt so sure how i felt but it grew on me now i listen to it quite a few times a day. The tracks are 5 mins+ That was just your life: For the first Track i have to say what a brilliant opening to the album, Great guitar rhythm that really gets you going...imagine being in a mosh pit with that playing :D The end of the Line: This one didnt get my attention straight away. I think it has one of those beats that gets me all hyped up but once it gets further into it i get kinda bored. Broken, Beat and scarred: I love the Start of this track it gets my feet going to...

rockchick2k7 19.11.2008 · Read review
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Fluid Rower No Slip and No Slack for this indoor water rower

Advantages: well made, great water sound, no slip or slack, great seat hight, very solid
Disadvantages: Interactive monitor not as advanced as concept 2,

...Why choose a Fluid Indoor Rower when you could have a concept2 ? I spend most of my life training in the gym, which up until now has been dominated by the Concept 2 indoor rower, that is until now !!!! Compare the concept 2 and its air system and the initial resistance is poor you almost get a few inches of stroke before the concept 2 rower starts to bite, then once you over come that initial force it then peaks and almost turns using its own force, almost free wheeling the large fan wheel. The stroke on the fluid Rower is there no wait, no slip and no slack, just constant force, when you stop your stroke the fluid rower stops. Im a big guy at 6ft 3" the Fluid Rower is rock steady and even giving the machine a real pounding, it doesnt budge and the seat doesnt lift and rock and roll. The Fluid Rower seat has got to be the most comfy...

biggreyhorse 04.06.2009 · Read review
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Magnetic Magic!

Advantages: Good chunky magnets, entertaining, loads of fun
Disadvantages: None!

...Two days ago was Harry's 2nd birthday. He's been a very lucky boy and has been given some wonderful gifts by his family, each of which has made him a very happy little man! We had a little party for him yesterday, and one of the presents from his aunt and uncle was this Fireman Sam Magnet Book. When he ripped off the paper, Harry's face lit up and he sat reading it for ages, it clearly eclipsed his other presents for a while! My Fireman Sam Magnet Book is a relatively new book in the Fireman Sam franchise made for toddlers and older children. This book is a lovely hardback, with its top half in bright red, just like the Fire Engine Jupiter, with a big picture of Fireman Sam and Jupiter on the bottom half of the book. It's lovely and bright, really eye-catching and very inviting for children. My first impressions of the book were...

mummy2harry 19.03.2008 · Read review
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My Little Man is Stuck on These Magnets

Advantages: Provides a number of different educational skills for your child
Disadvantages: The inner tray is a bit on the flimsy side

..., which I would say is about right. The Playcentre comes complete with: ? Magnetic play centre case ? 40 Upper case letters ? 40 Lower case letters ? 10 Numbers ? 7 Signs ? Box of 3 chalks ? White drawing paper ? Storage tube ? Eraser So you are getting everything you need to provide hours of fun with many educational aspects. The play centre is a portable desk which looks a bit like a brief case, it has a double sided lid, one side is magnetic and the reverse side is a chalk board. There is a tube for storing paper or pictures in which slides out from the hinge. The desk comes complete with a retractable carry handle making it easy to carry about, and the base of the desk has rubber feet so it can be used on any surface so it won?t slide about. The removable board is fairly easy to take off and turn over and my 26 month old son is...

Autarkis 15.01.2010 (07.02.2010) · Read review
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Beware Magnet Kitchens

Advantages: Glossy Brochure With Pretty Pictures
Disadvantages: Criminal Issue, Against Building Regulations, Fire, Safety & Health Hazard.

...My experience of having a kitchen installed by Magnet is still on going and has not yet been resolved since September 2007. Workmanship is shoddy and the installation is dangerous and against building regulations. I have recently had an independent builders' report which confirms my concerns, which Magnet are starting to dispute seven months after my initial complaints. The kitchen poses Health, Safety and Fire risks. I have found Magnet to be irresponsible, uncooperative and unhelpful. I have also found the kitchen fitters rude, after them calling me a liar. I would not recommend Magnet for anything and know that they would certainly not put a photograph of my kitchen installation in one of their brochures. The independent builder said 'It looks like children have installed this kitchen!' There are lots of issues...

Suziwann 25.04.2008 · Read review
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magnetic catflap

Advantages: hole in the door for your cat
Disadvantages: that any other cats can use

...We bought this catflap because we have a big problem with the cat next door. it comes in the house attacks our cat, wakes up the baby and eats our cats food. The evil cats favourite trick is to whack the cat flap with it's paw, this it did so much one night that it broke the old cat flap. So we decided to get one of these flaps to stop it coming in. Our cat (precious and we wonder why she's a wimp!) had considerable trouble getting in the flapat first then sorted it out. For those of you that don't know the mechanism is a small bit of plastic that pokes out in the way of the flap opening inward. The magnet that you attach to your cat's collar releases this to leave the flap unobstructed. Sounds like a great idea or so we thought. However after a couple of weeks next doors cat just whacks the flap until it opens. So a complete...

sim_simian 13.03.2008 · Read review
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Magic magnets can ease various ailments

Advantages: No drugs, no side effects, easy to apply, available in varied forms
Disadvantages: May not work for you

...aspect I have been looking into is magnetic therapy. Although the benefits of magnetic therapy are often challenged by traditional medics, it is used to treat joint pains, sports injuries, backache, muscle soreness, period pain and many other disorders. Magnetic therapy is a popular treatment in modern alternative medicine. Famous people who have tried it successfully include Cherie Blair, Bill Clinton and Sir Anthony Hopkins, the actor. It is not known exactly how magnets work. Users believe they improve circulation and, in doing so, increase the supply of oxygen to the injury. In recent years the medical profession has started doing some serious research into the possible benefits and NHS accountants are so impressed by the cost-effectiveness of a "magnetic leg wrap" called 4UlcerCare that since February 2006 doctors have been allowed...

laramax 21.11.2006 · Read review
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Our Dreadful Experience of Magnet Kitchens

Advantages: None
Disadvantages: Dreadful service and poor quality units

...Last year we were fortunate enough to be able to build a new extension to our home and incorporate our dream kitchen. Unfortunately we chose Magnet and that dream turned into a nightmare. The problems began the day we first arranged to see a kitchen designer. Our appointment was for 10am but Magnet rang to say we were double booked and asked us if we could come at 11am instead. We said OK, but when we got there no one was expecting us at all. How we wish we'd walked out there and then. We were made to feel very unwelcome and this was borne out when we received the order for checking after our kitchen had been 'designed by an expert'. It was very wrong. It took another two attempts just to get the order right. The kitchen was delivered with the wrong oven housing, the wrong fridge/freezer housing (to fit the fridge/freezer supplied...

Farside 15.02.2001 · Read review
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magnets are a problem

Advantages: keeps cats with non-magnetic collars out
Disadvantages: Cat sticks to anything metallic and has trouble with the flap.

...I bought the staywell magnetic cat flap for my 6 month old cat who had not yet learned to use a cat flap. I found this to be a big mistake as it is much too complicated for her. The first problem is that the magnet has to touch the base of cat flap and this doesn't always happen when it's hanging off her collar, thus confusing her. Second and most worrying is that the magnetic ball that hangs off her collar is attracted to anything metallic. She is a normal, curious cat who sniffs at everything and therefore gets stuck to lamps, keys, heaters, etc. I finally had to take it off her collar when she got stuck to a pair of scissors I had left on the table. This seems very dangerous!...

slclark 24.02.2009 · Read review
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