Choice catalogue

Advantages: good stock availability on clothing, easy returns, free delivery
Disadvantages: customer service not great, don't communicate well

...Choice I have held an account with Choice for about four years now and have found them pretty good up until a recent bad experience. This catalogue is part of the littlewoods group and includes kays, great universal and additions. As with most catalogues they give you a credit limit and send a monthly statement requesting a minimum payment. You can pay by direct debit, credit/debit card, at the post office or bank counter by cheque or by online/tele-banking. They often have three and six months interest free promotions on and also frequent buy now pay later offers running throughout the year. For me personally I have mainly used Choice for clothing, footware and small houshold items. They sell a wide rang of clothing, furniture, electricals, appliances, toys and gifts. Unless I have been shopping for sale items about 80...

charlotte_thomas 02.02.2009 · Read review
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Review of Choice

My Last Choice

Advantages: Fantastic resort and value for money
Disadvantages: Customer service, Weddings Department

...he could sleep. Maybe this is standard to long haul flights but the presence of someone bringing drinks every so often would not have gone amiss. If we were to fly with First Choice again I might contemplate upgrading to Premium Star Class for an extra £199 per person just for the better service, more selection of the TV (although you can upgrade to this for £10 per person in Star Class), free drinks and a more relaxed environment. THE HOLIDAY REPS As soon as we had collected our bags in Cuba we were greeted by a Cuban First Choice rep who showed us to our coach. She was only a young lady and somewhat reminded me of an over excited Butlins red coat. Some of the other passengers were finding any excuse to moan about things and I thought she dealt with them fantastically and more or less told them to be quiet and enjoy the sights...

spoilt_little_br 24.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of First Choice

Oh, What a Choice

Advantages: The price is great for what you get
Disadvantages: Layout is a little hard to read

...TV Choice Oh, What a Choice I usually buy the television guide that comes within the Sun newspaper though after getting up early with my daughter on a Saturday I decided that I would rather buy it a day earlier to try to save me from early morning children?s television for once. I knew I could just simply look through the sky guide on the television though that doesn?t have what women love ? the soap write ups! Let me begin by saying that this is a general review on the magazine, so don?t worry ? there wont be any spoilers for anything you haven?t watched yet!! THE MAGAZINE TV Choice began in 1999 and is one of the biggest selling television guides around, possibly one reason being the price (see below). Many television magazines have masses of stories both about average everyday people and also stories about celebrities which...

elfbwillow 18.09.2009 · Read review
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Charges with Choice Catalogue

Advantages: You are able to pay for goods over a period if money is not at hand to buy right out.
Disadvantages: I feel we pay over the odds for the above priviledge but to add charges on top is wrong.

...In my opinnion the charges that Choice are now adding to my account are a disgrace. Although I am way ahead in my payments I am charged £12 for not paying my monies on the day they specify!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have never come across the likes and shall be taking my business elsewhere. Apart from this rediculous charge I have always been really happy but will not accept being penalised when indeed my account is well and truly up to date. This has marred my whole outlook and feel in my opinnion that Choice is not looking after my best interests as a good and loyal customer. I am told that the balances are done every 28days yet I had a charge of £12 twice in one month, the beginning and the end of August, and when I emailed regarding same did not receive an explanation for this or even indeed an answer. In my opinnion Choice will make...

plookyskin 19.09.2009 · Read review
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A personal choice is not a challenge

Advantages: See op
Disadvantages: See op

...?Meat eater and proud of it?? That was the original name of this category, and I felt compelled to write in it. Why? Well, I?m neither. I don?t eat meat, or fish, or anything that comes directly from an animal, such as rennet or gelatine, but I?m not proud of it, ashamed by it, or anything else. It?s a personal choice, I?m not making any kind of stand or statement for anyone else?s benefit. So, why write in this category? Well, after seeing it appear on Ciao in its original guise, I was somewhat riled as it replicated a situation I often face in my daily life. I was pleased to see that the name of the category later got changed to give a more balanced and less confrontational viewpoint. In many social and work situations where food is on the agenda it will come out that I am a vegetarian. I don?t broadcast the fact unless...

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CHOICE...OR NO CHOICE?.....

Advantages: Convenience of shopping delivered to your door
Disadvantages: Customer service terrible, Products often out of stock.

...I have been a Choice customer for around 8 years now and I would of said that their service was satisfactory. I have never used any other catalogue so I don?t have anything to compare it to but I was happy enough, I?d place an order, it came on time then I?d receive a statement and I?d pay it. Simple. Good enough for me. That was until about a year ago? ~~~~~~~~~~~WHAT THEY OFFER~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - Home shopping delivered free to your door - 14 day approval - Free returns - Extended service plan - Furniture protection - Shopping insurance - Home contents insurance - Pet insurance - Car insurance - Personal Loans £1,000 to £25,000 - RAC breakdown cover - Next day flowers online Sounds great hey! Well after you have read this you might not think so? ~~~~~~~~~~~~THE CATALOGUE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The catalogue is...

jomarley2 12.08.2007 · Read review
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STAY CLEAR OF CHOICE CATALOGUE

Advantages: None
Disadvantages: Terrible customer servive

...I was highly recommended by a friend of mine to register with Choice Catalogue and at the time it seemed a great idea. I decided to go ahead with it and so i phoned them up and answered all the necessary questions that was needed to register with Choice. Ten days later i recieved a Choice catalogue with a covering letter explaining how my account is active and i can start to benefit from offers and bargains in their Summer Catalogue.At a glance,the catalogue looked promising but at the time i received it i was very busy to browse the catalogue in detail and so i left it on the side. Two weeks after that i recieve a letter from Choice.I open it and enclosed was a statement for an outstanding balance of 298..00 pounds.I was shocked simply because i had not placed an order for 1.00 pound let alone 298.00. Fuming at what happened i...

Versatile 25.07.2001 · Read review
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Review of Choice

More Choice for me

Advantages: see op
Disadvantages: see op

...Xmas is coming, and I am spending more and more money. My bank account and catalogue bill are now having arguments each month over how much one should pay the other. Actually I'm not that bad, but nearly. I love shopping by catalogue because I know whether something is in stock before traipsing into town and queuing in a shop for half an hour (ooh I do love to exagerate). Also it cheers me up to get a parcel delivered, expecially if the parcel is for me. Choice is part of the GUS group. (Kays, Great Universal, Choice). Upon opening an account you will normally get 15% off your first order. Also if you are clever enough to recomend someone to get an account, you also get a discount when they have placed and paid for their first order. They are always sending me "Buy now, pay later" options which I really shouldn...

yukkibear 30.11.2001 · Read review
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Review of Choice

choice catalogue

Advantages: interest free credit, quick delivery
Disadvantages: busy customer services line

...i found a advertisement in a magazine to get a choice catalogue, so i decided to get one to see what it was like. I've now been an agent for about 3 years now. I have other catalogues as well as choice like freemans and look again. I think all the catalogues i have are expensive really. When you place your first order with choice they give you a introductory offer which is £15 to spend in your catalogue or 15% off your first order, which i thought was a good deal really. Your order usually comes withing 2 - 3 working days, especially if you ring up with your order. If you send your order by post it usually takes a while longer. The good thing about choice is that you do not have to pay for the catalogue like you do qwith next catalogue and also when you order things its interest free credit whereas a lot of catalogues aren't. Thye...

tabyorky 17.08.2001 · Read review
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Review of Choice

IT'S YOUR CHOICE NOT THE SALES PERSON'S CHOICE

Advantages: Thinking about what is on offer
Disadvantages: Buying too soon

...I started university 2 years ago doing a degree in Information Systems, which envolves using computers. I decided that if I was to do well in my course it would be useful to have my own PC at home. I had saved up about £1000 and I expected to use this to buy the PC and hopefully get a bit of change back. Before I came to university I knew little about computers and I think this was probably the only reason why my choice looking back now, turned out to be a wrong one. I am just dreading mentioning the company I bought my PC off and that was PC (cough cough) World. This just happend to be the closest computer store to me and it was quite big, so the choice of PCs would have been good. I came into the store knowing I had money to spend and I was eager to come away with a PC on that very visit. This is obviously the biggest...

mdstone 14.10.2001 (01.10.2003) · Read review
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