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Review about: Travis Perkins
Various
I would give less stars if I could! Travis Perkins have conned us out of nearly £3k through either incompetence or negligence. Items that we PURCHASED were continually invoiced for hire. When our office picked this up and brought it Travis Perkins attention it took them 8 months to look into - during which time they continued to generate further invoices for said items, sent threatening messages for payment, and eventually froze our account. They have not offered any refund and have now closed the inquiry. We are a small family business and this has cost us dearly in an already difficult time.
If you choose to use them please make sure you are handed paperwork for your order and check it is correct before you leave! Conveniently for Travis Perkins we were not given paperwork for our transaction - only the person who off hired the items for purchase to us knows why. We have been left with no proof, nothing we can take to court. This is not the first time mistakes have happened. Regularly hired items have been over hired - invoicing us for longer than we have had the items. I hate to think how many times these have slipped through the net and not been picked up.
I would avoid at all costs. We certainly won't be using them ever again!Review about: Evans Clothing
Clothes
Awful customer service - not contactable at all. Well over a week just to dispatch my order - now it’s been almost two weeks since I sent my returns and haven’t even had confirmation of receipt. Sent an email enquiry and got the same automated reply other reviewers have complained about - ‘high volume of emails’… yada yada. They still manage to bombard me with spam emails at least once a day though!
I used to order from evans all the time but the service levels have clearly dropped drastically.
UPDATE - several weeks have passed, still no reply to my emails and they still haven’t processed my return items - have had to claim my money back through the credit card company.
Sham company - will never, ever order from them again.Review about: Only Oak Furniture
Paris Lounge Garden Set
Great service from the team at Only Oak, 5* all round. We bought our garden set in the height of lockdown and although there was a delay they kept us informed throughout. The set itself is of great quality and I'm sure it will last us for years to come! Thanks for all of your hard work.
Review about: KVD Vegan Beauty
Quality Products
Nice selection on Kat Von D Beauty for skincare and cosmetics. I bought some of their skincare and cosmetics. Kat Von D Beauty offer skin care products for customers exceptional quality beauty. Ever since I've been using Bellapierre products for my skin and body, it has really made a difference to my skin, I feel clean and healthy now.
If you are looking for the perfect skincare products for you, one of the companies you might want to patronize is Kat Von D Beauty. They focus on helping people to rewrite the future look of their skin. They put in a lot of effort and hard work to produce products that would make the skin of their customers to look young.
Aside from the basic “sort by” function, beauty websites are now, more than ever, equipped with shade-matching tools, detailed product descriptions, and the option to return or refund easily, making shopping online more tempting than ever. One popular store that you purchase beauty and makeup products from is Kat Von D Beauty.Review about: Baby-Boutique
Anex baby pram and adapters
I brought the Anex pram with car seat adapters. To my surprise the adapters were not included in the box with the pram. When I emailed I was told they were forgotten. Two weeks later they then had an issue with delivery from Anex. I asked for a refund and was sent a PayPal refund, I don’t have PayPal so not sure why I was sent it in that form. I was then told to call to get a card machine refund. I have been calling since January and no one seems to now answer the phone. No response to emails either. With a new baby I don’t have time to constantly call everyday. Now I’m out of pocket for adapters I did not receive. If you want hassle free avoid purchasing.
Review about: OnBuy
It's funneh plush
Highly recommend! A new site to me but one I'll use again. I ordered the plush as a present off my eldest to youngest daughter for Christmas and it was exactly what she was after for her so it made her so happy! She can't wait to give it to her on Christmas day. We were able to pay through PayPal too. It arrived on the expected delivery date and it was cheaper than everywhere else she looked.
Review about: Winebuyers
albarino white wine
Easy to use website. I like that you can purchase wines from companies in europe that you can't find elsewhere. Found winebuyers.com in june, I have ordered twice and wine has been excellent and well packaged. It would be good to have a bit more information about the wines on some of the pages.
Review about: Give Me Cosmetics
Shampoo, conditioner and hair mask
I recieved mine 2 weeks ago, came the next day which was great. I couldn’t wait to use it after seeing all these fab reviews. First time used I didn’t really think much of it, no smell to it really and my hair didn’t feel any different to bed head ive been using previously. I thought miracles don’t happen overnight so tried another couple of washes through the week, the bottle crushed so you could t get it out. At that price and small bottles I would definitely not recommend or buy this again. I will stick to bed head, smells beautiful and much bigger bottles than the price of give me cosmetics.
Review about: Meet Hugo
Quarterly
KPIs when setting up are false, communication is poor, service is terrible. Do not waste your money
Review about: loveholidays
Holiday package to Turkey
Do not expect to get your refund in full or in time! My flights were cancelled due to covid and they made me wait 3 months to only get a partial refund which only covered my accommodation. I was literally chasing them everyday for a refund for my flights (which was over £1200) and they kept telling me that they are waiting for this amount from the airlines even though the airlines confirmed to me that they are not responsible for this so they kept lying to me. I have to wait hours just to get through to someone who can never give me an answer. I am still waiting for this amount!
Hi Tayef, just wondered if you have got anywhere with your refund from Love Holidays? My situation is almost exactly the same as yours. We were due to fly to Cuba in April. Paid an initial deposit of about £250 and then an instalment of over £1200 and two days later received an email saying our holiday will not be going ahead. For almost 6 months I have been told I can't get my refund back until the airline (Air Europa) refund them. I spoke to Advisor a few days ago who said the airline are no longer giving refunds and I can only get a credit note. I called the bank to see if they could help but because it's been over 120 days since the holiday was cancelled there is nothing they can do to help. I have also written a complaint to ABTA, that was over a month ago and I've had no response.
I would be interested to see how you are getting or anyone else reading this post. If anyone can help or give advice it would be highly appreciated.Review about: Handtec
Terrible Service and Theft
Terrible service......offered £60 less than the online offer (despite completing all of the questions regarding condition).
Handtec also removed the protective glass and shock-proof cover that was worth £30 and returned the item with no protective wear.
Effectively theft as the items were mine and not returned.Review about: Shaw Academy
Photoshop & Digital Marketing
I have taken a ton of online courses, both for marketing my the business my husband and I have start
, for college and for high school. I have completed my 2nd course on Module 1 in PhotoShop and the 1st course in Digital Marketing in Module 1. So far I have been very impressed. Although I could do with a **whole lot less** marketing texts and e-mail selling me to sign up for a plan as well as purchase the toolkit and/or the e-certificate. However, I really, really appreciate all the texts and emails reminding me my course will start in 24-hours, 1 hours and is starting now.
I think most of us realize these are not "live" courses, but have been pre-recorded. However ... 1.) the pre-recording is done so well you feel as if it is live and 2.) The way they actually ask you to schedule you course time in advance and then all the reminders really, really help to motivate me to sit down and work the courses, or the review of the previous lesson everyday! Courses without this kind of accountability ... well, I seldom finish them!
As far as the costs and the advertising. As I said I could do without the continual repetitive sales pitches via text and email. Seriously, it does get old. And then you get pop-up everytime you get on to the site selling you the very same thing! Thank God they are easy to x-out of and move on with whatever you need to do.
That being said ... I was trying to go through and listen to the recordings any day I was not taking a class and screen print all the information I needed to keep and dump those into a PowerPoint like program. I decided my time was worth more than this and went ahead and purchased the toolkit. At that point I was shocked to see we will have to purchase both a toolkit and the e-certificate / final challenge for EACH MODULE of the class? REALLY?? I would have been glad to pay for this once per class, For an 8 module course that is 40x2x8 = $640 per course if you are going to take this course seriously and go all the way through it. That is IN ADDITION to the $70 or so they are going to charge you per month. By the way, you have to purchase their 3-month, 6-month or 12-month plans in advance (pay in full). I am suspicious their "you can cancel at anytime" will work like this ... "Sure. we would be glad to cancel that for you ... but you purchased the X number of months plan, so we will have to keep your account active until that period of time is complete. You will have access to the courses until that date, and then we will cancel your plan." In other words, you can cancel ... but you will not receive a refund for the time you are not planning to use.. Again ... this is my suspicion, based on some other pay-in-advance for your per month services. An 8 module course, based on their 2 lessons per week scheduling requirements, with 4 lesson per module will take you approximately 32 months. That means you will really be paying $640 + between $1568 ($49/32 months) and $2208 ($69/month). That's somewhere between $2208 and $2248 for your first course. If you are able to take 2 courses at 2 lessons per week, then it, of course, becomes less expensive per course. Having costs all this out ... I am thinking a course at an online community college might be cheaper.
That being said, I really do like the instruction in the two courses I am taking.
For those looking to obtain the certification to put on their resume or to show to a current or perspective employer in order to get a job or a raise, I worry about is whether the professional certificate will hold water?? I can't find anywhere that says anything in depth about that. I know if I received a certificate directly for Adobe or a college or even a community college it would hold some weight. But what will a certificate from "Shaw Academy" get you?
Again, I love the courses so far, I really love the scheduling and the reminders ... which serve as an accountability factor for me. But ... the ads and the cost of the toolkits and certificate per module makes this INCREDIBLY expensive!!
I am glad I wrote this review ... I may have to think about how far I go with these courses after my free trial period runs out!I am satisfied with the quality, professionalism, information content of digital marketing training on Shaw Academy. Useful, interesting, fully packed with knowledge.
The chatwall "robot" during classes is quite new, so the robot is still learning, can not really give answers for all your questions.Cheri - get ready for some deceptive and unethical practices when you try to cancel. If you are already tired of the constant sales pitch you ain't seen nothing yet. There is a lot of feedback that they are taking money that they are not entitled to after you believe you successfully jumped through their ridiculous hoops to cancel. The cancellation phone call alone requires 6 mins of your time responding to not questions like "press 2 to give up on your hopes and dreams". Good luck, and to everyone else I say avoid.
I know absolutely nothing about trading but the First lesson gave me an education and I was hooked. Detailed and delivered at a pace you will be able to follow.
Not a bad start today. Easy to use and log into. Could be better if I could start later in the programme as i have a working knowledge of excel already
The webinar was very good, simple and to the point which suits my needs perfectly. What I do not appreciate is that you have to pay extra for slides and content. For someone like me, struggling at the moment, and for loads of others in this crisis I think this isn't kind or helpful. There should have been more thought into this.
Shaw Academy are being widely accused of deceptive and fraudulent behaviour with regard to unauthorized taking of payments for cancelled accounts. It is recommended to cancel your bank card if they have your details.
Just enrolled with Shaw Academy and have thoroughly enjoyed my first lesson in Photoshop. The teaching is very clear and easy to follow. Watching the video back really helps consolidate the lesson.
On a website where many big brands only have one or two reviews there are over 1300 for Shaw Academy. It doesn't add up. It stinks of a cover up and a scam.
I attended my first webinar today and it was passively educative. It was delivered with first class expertise.
Thanks Shaw Academy.The Idowu comment above, this is what I mean. Watching a pre-recorded video masquerading as live doesn't realistically inspire people to write this nonsense. From what I've seen and heard, it screams SCAM
I am a senior who works from home and need to squeeze in some new learning regarding our digital world. I started my career on a manual typewriter. Would like to access the lesson more that once and I don't see an option for that! Help!
This is well structured and a great form of learning if you are looking for a solid course. Covered all the basics and then once foundation was set moved onto more advanced concepts. Great little course I did
This is so good. Content, explanation and method is great. It makes me interested.
Its ok so far
Another 100 great reviews for Shaw in just one day. I really don't trust any of it. Some interesting reviews on the last pages (from March and before). They have very different ratings. I repeat, this screams SCAM. Others say cancel your card if they have your details, that sounds sensible.
Yes its very helfpful courses fr me and i am satisfied with lessons , all the teachers are amazing. They helps me and answer my questions so i like this
Just started on the Photoshop course and I am absolutely loving it. Very clear instructions and having the video of the lesson to view in your own time is brilliant. Can't wait for the next lessons. Really make using Photoshop a pleasure. Carry on the great work, I will be recommending Shaw Academy to friends. Thanks.
It was a great first class. The content was just the right amount in balance to take in a single class.
The first lesson was a great intro to the next sessions. It was positioned well with terminology and basics to go deeper. I look forward to the upcoming sessions.
I am satisfied with the quality
I'm perplexed by your service. Quite user friendly, convenient and no excuse for one not to upgrade his/her self.
A great platform for self development and it's so much interactive. This is unique and it's one the very best I've seen and experiencedSuper good service! but too much spam on my mail from shawacademy
fully recommended!Nice work on the Project Management Lessons. I get to learn a great deal
I don't understand all the extra cost shouldn't the tool kits come with the class and if they are webinar recording can we take courses at our own pace around our schedule. Then when we finish RECEIVE ECertificate. Due to only 2 classes a week makes this very expensive for me low income. I can handle full time classes. 5 classes a day!!!
I sincerely appreciate my instructor, he was clear and taking the course step by step. it's actually my first time of going through a training with Shaw academy. It was interesting and I love the fact that the time is flexible and trainings recorded for revision purposes.
Great Job!At first when I saw the online program at Shaw Academy I was reluctant due some experience I had over the years with online study of which I never thought I could go through an online program any longer. But this is different I felt at home as if I was with the audience. I can assure you that I was smiling all through and didn't even know when my time ends. The topics on Management and Leadership are clearly delt with without holding back, nice tutorial and sound knowledge. I am excited and promised to introduce many friends to the platform. The follow up on students, sending reminder, mails, infact this institution pampered her students so much. I felt a huge sense of belonging. It's a wonderful experience I must confess. Please keep the good work. My recommendation is to review the modules payment app to MasterCard and visa.
Shaw Academy are desperate to cover up the bad reviews, by keeping adding false ones. Now over 1500 on this obscure review site. Go to the earliest pages to see the real picture. BritainReviews is complicit in this fraud, a check on the IP addresses behind each post would uncover the extent. A similar problem exists on more reputable TrustPilot, but there are higher hopes that they will investigate
As a new, also elder, not savvy in technology.... [ brain is too rusty?!, ], it's very challenging. Just give you a ideas so I mention name; Udemy formats is/was friendly on schedules, no hidden purchases pop up, I have freedom+, to control etc., ....whatever it is I choose w/ no fears....etc. [ I see very good for younger ones who have lots of futures to keep up, & savvy on media....., highly recommendable..].
Gosh! I enjoyed my class project management. Being in the financial world and recently added my own business, renovations and industrial cleaning I feel more confident about facing it. I've taken other online courses MBA but I feel more relaxed here and listen to the lectures easily.
And I like Morpheus the chatwall robot who honestly says he may not know it all. I hope the experience just gets better as I upscale and add to my skills.I started my first class today and I am excited to return tomorrow. I also chose to enroll in numerous classes as it seems that it would really give me the knowledge that I need. Thank you for the opportunity, I have also recommended a few of my friends to enroll.
The classes are decent, but I learned from the good folks in this comment section that its difficult to desubscribe, and that they are shady and will charge you even after you cancel. good thing i used a fake payment source. f*ck this abusive shit
Great job from Shaw Academy. The lessons are great and the materials insightful. Highly recommendable for anyone interested in starting a career in Project Management. Keep up the wonderful work guys... Huge thumbs up!
The sound and video quality and the fact that you can go back to watch records are somethings out of many i love about shawacademy
First time to study about graphic design and the lecturers way of teaching is clear and easy to understand.
It is good learning experience with Shaw academy content and information given is good , just few system error needs to be fixed , like regular reminders on dashboard tab for subscription packs and rescadule of lessons are not working well.
Thanks,
Amit KumarThe information is well laid out... However, technically, it's not live but a playback of a recording.
There is not enough time to make a response when asked for one. Prob coz they're recorded playback lessons.Hi, I'm James Egan, founder of Shaw Academy. We take great pride in scamming thousands of people per day. Covid-19 was a lottery win for us. My wonderful staff in Dublin and Bangalore create hundreds of new reviews every day on this and other review platforms. Each as fake as the next to mislead potential victims, kudos to them, its appreciated. It's amazing to think that we're still getting away with it
I'm only on the 2nd lesson. I do like the format teaching format, but it is pretty slow. I don't like only being able to take 2 lessons a week, especially the initial super basic lessons. I was hoping to consume the content much faster since my business is shut down, once it reopens, I'll likely not have time to spend learning and should instead be able to implement. I'm not a complete newbie.
The classes are absolutely great! I have learnt interesting topics within the lessons. It gives a lot of knowledge and I would highly recommend for everyone to join Shaw Academy
So far, so good. I knew a lot about PS, but have learned a few new things. Only 3 lessons in, so I am hoping to learn even more as the course progresses.
LOVE the dud's accent!I have always wanted to take a photography class and now have some extra time. So far, the first two classes were excellent.
I have watched two lessons so far and I am pleased. Pricing is decent as well .
The topics are very suitable for the needs of our learners and as well as the educator. With the pandemic that we're facing right now this would be a great help. It made me appreciate and understand the design. I am looking forward for more knowledge that I could acquire on this lessons.
I thought the first class was well organised,in terms of presentation.The only downside i felt,was that the pace of the lecture was a bit too fast,being the first lecture i could have done with a little mellow approach to be up to speed with the course.
Web Development course:- I have just completed 2 lectures of this course and got knew very new things like CSS and I alredy knew about HTML but after those 2 lectures I learned more about it. Teacher for Web Development couser is also very good I understand everything,every point that he wanted to tell....
So till nice experience to the class....I started learning yesterday and It was a great experience
So far the lessons have been good with the free trial
Good. Slide simple, clear and understand
Learning with shaw has been amazing, the step by step procedure and the simplicity in them has been a totally whole new experience for online classes for me. Lol the voice over is great too, thought its pre recorded, yet it's so interactive.
Great job at shaw academyQuestion - do you need to purchase the ecertificate to go to the next module or can you do all four modules and just buy the final diploma?
really good very understanding and also... point to point... everything give the information.
As I joined my very first lesson about photography, I gained a lots of inputs regarding to the field of photography, lots of tips to make my photograph more realistic and catchy. Thanks to this site i know that this will help me a lot.
Its my first time for any online course and I am very much impressed with shaw academy. Shaw academy is providing a great quality of online courses. I suggest to everyone to use your free time with shaw academy to build your future.
I attended my first class.Basing on what I was taught, it sounded so relevant and awesome to me.
I was so satisfied with the first course, that I also started another one. I love the way lessons are divided for better explanation, as well as the tasks after every second lesson that trigger us to practice even more. I would definitely recommend to everyone willing to save time, and study from home in the free time. It's amazing how you can schedule your classes as you like. The only "bad" side is the pricing. However, I come from poor country where the average salary is 400€, so I guess the courses' price is totally acceptable for countries with higher standards.
shawacademy help me a lot. Great experience
The course was very useful ,and knowledgeable...thanku
Interesting. Simple and great experience
It was my first lesson on shaw academy today. The class was well organized, slides was simple and easy to understand. The question and answer portion was pretty good.
The first class was well organized and clear to understand. Great job from Shaw Academy
This one is a great experience for me. So grateful!
I have recently start my classes and I really am happy and grateful for the help that I have been getting I would buy all that shaw academy offer but I don't have the money at this time however I would recommend to anyone who is able to make purchase of these offer to go ahead a do so because these opportunity only come once in a life time the you regret the big mistake of not taking the life changing opportunity great job shaw academy keep up the good work I anticipate all my classes to come I really look forward to them these are my few words
I have recently start my classes and I really am happy and grateful for the help that I have been getting I would buy all that shaw academy offer but I don't have the money at this time however I would recommend to anyone who is able to make purchase of these offer to go ahead a do so because these opportunity only come once in a life time the you regret the big mistake of not taking the life changing opportunity great job shaw academy keep up the good work I anticipate all my classes to come I really look forward to them these are my few words
Hi, I'm Carmela in South Carolina. I am taking the Leadership Diploma class. The class is well structured and taught. I do not like the constant up selling of the support materials and tool kits. I have been laid off since March and will not be returning to my job. Unemployment benefits does not pay all of the bills.
Its my first time doing online course. I felt the class was effective and everything was just fine .
Excellent teaching methods
Horrendous marketing schemes.
Do not provide payment details to them.
You will find yourself in a hole.The online Project management course ourse is very interesting but I must say it is not properly structured. It is better you clear everyone from the beginning that there are charges attached the course than indirectly introducing charges at every stage of the training. We are learning project management but I assure you a lot people will drop off at one stage of the course or the other meaning that it will become an ABANDON PROJECT because of poor project planning. Please review your program for each course and tell intending participants how much a course will cost with all materials, tool kits, certificate etc inclusive so whoever that is interested and financially ready to enroll will start the course. Again, why restricting the training only twice a week and just for 1hrs,? My second lesson wasn't even up to 40mins?? Why not incorporate everything into a package and then allow each student to choose how he or she wants the classes. Some of us will like to have 2 - 4hrs a day for 5days and get the program completed ASAP. Please Shaw academy management look into these complaints and improve on your course management. Thanks.
It’s been a great privilege and a life-changing experience. I’m grateful to the Academy for providing an affordable and user-friendly platform for individuals to launch projects and be heard in this way.
-As with many, ended up buying an e- certificate by clicking. That is a practice that no reputable educator would adopt.
I am 2 lessons into a course so will stick with it for another couple, but having studied similar topics, the course is poor. There is nothing new original so far that you couldn't get yourself online. Reed.co.uk are advertising free online courses and they are much better (if not great).Rudimentary at best for an aged student (61) but it’s a trial in Nutrition so I can’t expect much to start...too much pressure to “Buy in extras!”
I am doing online course first time. I felt the class was effective and everything was just fine .
I agree 100% with the comments on the abundant false positive reviews, lots & lots of 1/2 sentence reviews, just to get their rating up & hide the negative reviews of the past few days - very deceitful
Well seeing all these reviews about shaw academy is quite different from what I expected. I was really super excited and still really excited that I'm among this academy because with the lesson I've gotten soo far, I would say they're rather smooth and very educative. My educator made classes really comprehensive which to me was never a bore.
Thank you shaw academy for giving people like me with little income the platform to pursue my dreamsShaw Academy online training is next to none in term of lesson simplicity and style of presentation.
Their flexibility of lesson schedule makes it more friendly to one that has a busy schedule and their arrangements on reschedule missed lessons also make it easy for me to follow up the lessons. This is a very commendable landmark for Shaw Academy when looking at other Academies that offer similar training to people. KudosThis is my first day on Digital Marketing free trial. I've learned so much in Lesson 1. Can't wait to finish them all. Thank you so much Shaw Academy.
TOTAL SCAM. One and a half months after CANCELLATION, they have taken 50 Euros from my account for no reason. Even though I had no access to the platform or any communication AT ALL, they have unlawfully charged me and are now refusing a refund.
Their initial claim was that I did not cancel, then they said that the cancellation was "not complete" despite having no access to the platform, having a member of their team gathering feedback about the cancellation and not having any payments as the trial period expired or the month afterwards. They have RANDOMLY AND UNLAWFULLY taken money from my account for a service that was not provided, based on an absolute and non-sensical lie (that I did not cancel, despite the overwhelming evidence).
Shaw Academy is nothing but a collection of pre-recorded and fairly poor musings about different subjects that acts as a front SCAM OPERATION, that even as you follow their procedures still has the nerve to illegally take money from your bank account.Review about: Envirofone
This could be a Better option
Sometimes I think ,such shopping centers are indirectly connected with mobile manufacturing company??
In every six months I change my mobile for just less then half price without knowing why I am getting such small money when my mobile set is almost new.
Three times I have exchanged from here because they paying good in comparison of others at least what I know.
So my niece arrives in Turkey and the hotel is closed. Rep at the airport doesn't help and three hotels later no one is expecting them. I try to call and the lines are closed. I go on the chat and speak to someone called 'Charity' who doesn't even let me finish trying to find out what is going on before cutting me off. No wonder the reviews on here are so bad. How can they fly you to your destination and then desert you! Awful customer service!