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Tony Foster

United Kingdom

Reviews

Review of Joules


Rated 5 out of 5 stars

My parcel didn't arrive so I called Joules

I was told that my parcel had arrived at the local Parcel Shop in the High St. Post Office. Despite a 20 minute search the PO clerk couldn't find it. I rang Joules and Jody handled my call with politeness, understanding and efficiency. After a few minutes all was sorted to my satisfaction. Amazing service. TVM Jody!

4 February 2026
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Reply from Joules

Hi Tony

Thank you for taking the time to share your experience. We’re sorry for the confusion at the Parcel Shop, but we’re so pleased to hear that Jody was able to resolve everything quickly and efficiently for you. We’ll be sure to pass on your kind words to her.

The Joules Team

Review of Chards Coin and Bullion Dealer


Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Highly recommend and trusted bullion and coin dealer

Once again Chards process my two recent orders without a problem. Excellent communications, simple payment process and wonderfully safe packaged parcel added up to no hassle business.
I trust and highly recommend this bullion and coin dealer.

12 November 2025
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Reply from Chards Coin and Bullion Dealer

Thank you for your positive feedback! It's great to hear that you orders had no problems and you received excellent communication. We truly appreciate your recommendation.

Many thanks,
Chards Coin and Bullion dealer

Review of first direct


Rated 5 out of 5 stars

A great on-line banking experience

Although I bank with FD primarily on-line I just have to say how great it is to be able to easily speak to a a very nice real person when I do phone them!
I find their on-line apps, on both a desktop iMac and iPhone, to be very easy to use. I can't really think of anything I would want to add or change.

11 April 2025
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Reply from first direct

Hi Tony, this is amazing to hear! Don't forget we're available 24/7 through our chat in the App and Online Banking as well as on the phone if you need help with anything at all. We're really glad to hear your comments about our Mobile App and Online Banking, we hope this makes your day to day banking nice and simple. We appreciate the 5 stars! -Stuart

Review of Bromleys Art Supplies


Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Highly recommended

As usual, my order was very well packaged and delivered promptly. They always give good attention to packaging ensuring boards etc. are delivered undamaged. Competitive pricing too. An excellent supplier of all things arty!

30 November 2024
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Review of Crawleycoins


Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great coin dealer

Competitive price for a new coin and excellent comms. Coin was promptly sign-for delivered and extremely well packed. Highly recommended dealer.

12 November 2024
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Review of Brewers Decorator Centres


Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great on-line shopping!

I ordered on-line just a small tub of Sadolin Woodfiller. For starters, the price was reasonable - in fact better than most elsewhere. Then I discovered, amazingly, delivery was free - for something less than £10. Then, almost unbelievably, FedEx delivered the tub (in a very well packed parcel marked 'Fragile", the very next day! What more can I say - fantastic on-line service and highly recommended.

4 September 2024
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Reply from Brewers Decorator Centres

Thank you for this lovely review!

Review of DecoratingWarehouse


Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Impressive service

A 5L can of Barrettine fence paint was very promptly delivered and packed in secure packing that ensured the container wasn't dented. Impressive service, very reasonable price so the company is highly recommended.

4 March 2024
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Review of Dimplex UK

Review of first direct


Rated 5 out of 5 stars

A first class bank where it is easy to speak with real people

I've been with First Direct since day one. Firsr rate service - and I always get to speak with real people if I phone and there are no phone menus to plough through. On line, I find both the mobile app and the Mac app both work great. Intuitive and not over fussy. I highly recommend the bank.

16 January 2024
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Reply from first direct

Hi Tony, it is so nice you have banked with us since day 1 and stuck with us through our journey! We absolutely love that you would recommend us and that you have found both the app and online banking great too. - Georgie

Review of Chards Coin and Bullion Dealer


Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent service as usual!

As I have come to expect from Chards my order was fulfilled with absolutely no problems. Highly recommended company.

29 November 2023

Reply from Chards Coin and Bullion Dealer

Dear Tony,

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a fantastic 5-star review!

It's always our goal to fulfill orders smoothly and without any hiccups, and we're delighted to hear that your expectations were met once again.

If you ever have any more orders or questions in the future, please don't hesitate to reach out. We're here to assist you.

Review of Chards Coin and Bullion Dealer


Rated 5 out of 5 stars

First class service - as usual!

My preferred bullion dealer. Never failed me and very nice people to speak with. Highly recommended.

2 July 2023

Reply from Chards Coin and Bullion Dealer

We are thrilled to hear that we have become your preferred bullion dealer and that we have consistently met your expectations. Providing excellent service and creating a positive customer experience is our top priority, and we're glad to know that we have never let you down.

Our team takes great pride in being helpful and friendly, and we appreciate your kind words about our staff. We strive to provide personalised assistance and make sure your needs are met. Your recommendation means a lot to us, and we will continue to work hard to maintain the high level of service that you have come to expect from us.

If you have any further questions or require any assistance in the future, please don't hesitate to reach out. We value your continued support and look forward to serving you again.

Review of TUI

Review of Chards Coin and Bullion Dealer


Rated 5 out of 5 stars

First rate experience!

As I have come to expect from Chards, excellent communication, item exactly as described, well managed delivery and a competitive price. ...and very nice people to chat with. If you want to deal with coins or bullion these are the people to go for. Nothing else to add really!

24 January 2023

Reply from Chards Coin and Bullion Dealer

Hi Tony, we are delighted to hear that we have met your expectations. Thank you for your kind words and for choosing Chards as your go-to coin and bullion dealer. We appreciate your business and look forward to serving you again in the future.

Kind regards,
The Chard Team.

Review of Sykes Holiday Cottages


Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Everything worked fine for the holiday in a super lodge

Everything worked fine for the holiday. The on-line account with Sykes was easy to manage. The lodge listing was accurate. When the owner of the lodge contacted us shortly before our arrival he was incredibly helpful and this made it all so easy.
Only small gripe is about the number of emails sent to me by Sykes. Since the date of booking there must have been hundreds of them - literally! I didn't want to opt out in case there was something important to see about the holiday. A holiday booking shouldn't give the agency the right to continuously bombard the customer almost on a daily basis with other holiday suggestions. ...alernartively, make it far more obvious how to opt out without missing necessary stuff.
Still 5 stars though!

22 July 2022

Review of Katch It


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Either scammers or ceased trading

Same here! I ordered a trap on 8th May and still waiting. A company check seems to indicate that they are no longer trading - however the website is active and will even auto-remind if you leave something in the basket and then leave the website.
Strongly advise do not touch this company with a barge pole!

29 May 2022
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Review of Shawbrook


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Something seems to be going wrong at Shawbrook!

My wife and I have had accounts with Shawbrook on and off for years. Sadly things appear to have gone downhill. My wife has a maturing a/c and the roll-over offerings when she logs on were not as good as everyone else is offered via their website! However, she found a workaround to this and Shawbrook have acknowledged that they now have the maturity instructions. ...but when she logs in to her accounts Shawbrook still remind her that she has an a/c requiring maturity instructions. Also, and this is really annoying, when logged in if she opens any message in the 'Messages' section she has no way of returning to her logged in session. The file opens and leaves her with no back buttons. The browser back button obviously doesn't work. (Our browser hasn't changed.)
Repeated statements of "We are very busy at the moment" are about as much use as a chocolate teapot! This is no way to handle people's money.
A poor, deteriorating service with what appears to be worrying mismanagement and online advice.

28 April 2022
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Reply from Shawbrook

Hi Tony,

Thank you for your review, we are sorry to hear of your wife's experience.

We would like to look into this further and have therefore sent an email via Trustpilot to request more information. If you can please reply to the email with the information it will allow us to escalate this to a member of our Savings team and ask that they make contact with you to discuss this further.

Kind regards,
Shawbrook

Review of Chards Coin and Bullion Dealer


Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent service - as usual!

Easy ordering on line followed by email updates then by a Special Delivery of a very well wrapped parcel to keep the coins safe. Love the friendly phone call to check that the proposed delivery date was good for me - nice touch.

19 November 2021
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Reply from Chards Coin and Bullion Dealer

Hi Tony,

Thank you so much for your review. I will let our customer service team know.

Review of The APC


Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Absolutely perfect delivery

Lots of pre-delivery advices by text and email. Friendly driver and an undamaged parcel. Perfect!

26 February 2021
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Reply from The APC

Hi Tony

Its great to hear of your perfect delivery and thank you for mentioning our driver!

Sharnamay

Review of Eufy


Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Solid build, works well - but a few shortcomings

I have 3 x EufyCam 2 cameras, 4 x EufyCam 2C cameras, 1 x Battery Doorbell (but hard wired) and 4 x Homebase 2. Everything works quite well but the major disappointments/failings are:
1) Geofencing does not work well. The Eufy app needs to be running for geofencing to work. I.e. geofencing does not work in the background when the Eufy app has not been launched. This needs fixing soon.
2) The recording delay between detected movement and the recording starting is too long. Surely it could be less than the 3 seconds or so...
3) If a camera is sited parallel to a wall the infrared at night does not work well. White flare will show along the wall. A solution would be great.
4) The firmware update request feature in the Eufy app does not appear to work. Firmware appears to be only updated when pushed by Eufy. If you are near the bottom of the push list you could wait a long time for an update!

On the plus side:
a) The unit build is good - solid cameras, homebases and the excellent packing and presentation of the boxed item is very like Apple products.
b) Camera images are quite good.
c) Battery life is good provided you don't have a very high number of detections and notifications.
d) Eufy folk are nice to contact!

Big items on the wishlist:
i) Connectivity between Homebases. it would be verfy useful to be able to have an automation across two Homebases on the same local network.
ii) I need the ability to temporarily shut down my whole system with just one or two clicks. At the moment it is far too complicated.
iii) Provide a decent app for Mac OSX. The current Eufy app for OSX is useless. it only allows downloading of recorded events. Nothing else! Furthermore it does not support the battery doorbell (it just shows as 'not support') - even though it is connected to a Homebase 2. This needs fixing and soon. We need an app for Apple Mac laptops and desktops running OSX that works just like the mobile Eufy app with all of the features. This has now been made possible with Mac Catalyst so no excuses Eufy - just get it done please!

I have had to purchase some different mounting brackets for some of my cameras as those provided by Eufy could not be sufficiently adjusted.

Despite the gripes, I still like Eufy and find that mostly it works well for me.
BUT PLEASE, PLEASE PROVIDE A SENSIBLE APP FOR MAC OSX!

17 November 2020

Review of Eufy


Rated 5 out of 5 stars

2c Security cameras - easy to set up

Very quick delivery of a 2c security camera package. Everything working fine. Just a pity that the the app for Mac OSX doesn't work the same as the app for IOS and Android. It is just a way of downloading captured video to a PC.

22 September 2020