The Range, Eastbourne Reviews Summary

Category: Home goods store

Address: Lottbridge Drove, Eastbourne, BN22 7SG, United Kingdom

Phone: +441323645330

Rating: 4.1
based on 180 reviews.

Product Availability

Pros:

  • "Good products when in stock."
  • "Went here for the first time last month, great range of many products, great animal section for foods toys accessories etc."
  • "The store holds a variety of stock."
  • "Has a wide range of products for all your household and garden products also pets and wild birds."
  • "The store has a variety of products recently bought a bathroom cabinet for £45 about £30 cheaper than anywhere else and was good quality, always worth a look."
  • "While not massive there is a good choice here of most things for the home."
  • "Love this shop. Great choice of homeware and household goods. Ideal if looking for a gift with plenty of choice at a really great price! Def worth a visit."

Cons:

  • "Good products when in stock, but I've lost count of the times we've seen a 'new in' item only to be told it's sold out (including on their website)!"
  • "Went looking for large gift boxes. Made do with what I could find although not really big enough."
  • "Good store but some of the staff could do with retraining, asked about a lovely double lantern xmas lamp in store on display, was told they didn't have any in the store room."
  • "They had 3 types all. In boxes which had little to no information on them."
  • "A good variety of goods almost every thing you could possibly want. But, why has the craft area, got less than normal."
  • "Occasional bargain, but nothing I've purchased from there has lasted over a month."
  • "They sale a bit of everything, consequently they won't have the bit that you need."

Store Layout and Cleanliness

Pros:

  • "They have decent collection over both of the floors."
  • "A vast array of household goods from mops to beautiful lighting and soft furnishings all in one place. Clean and tidy with friendly staff and great prices."
  • "The shop has a wide range of home decor for everyone's tastes and the layout colour sections is very helpful for me."
  • "Escalators and lift available. Large store, good range of items."
  • "Recently undergone a interior revamp, seems to be better laid out now, good lighting and looks far smarter."
  • "Staff are always nice and helpful, the layout has wide aisles and always neatly stocked up."
  • "Clean store with helpful and friendly staff."

Cons:

  • "It was middle of day and all isles were littered with pallets that blocked path for customers."
  • "Every time I go it's really hard to get a trolley round, and I really struggle with the buggy with my son because the shop floor is always such a mess with stock piled up all over the place in boxes or just piles of mess."
  • "Very difficult to move along the lanes as there was so much new stock on the shop floor waiting to be shelved."
  • "The layout of the store is confusing, with aisles leading to dead ends and a vast array of health and safety issues such as obstructions in aisles, a leaking roof and just generally a lot of mess everywhere."
  • "It was a mess as soon as you walked in the door!!! Broken flooring and things just crammed in, very chaotic."
  • "Very difficult to get round as stock blocked aisles and shelves where I might've wanted to look."
  • "Store was untidy, half the stuff on shelves was not priced up, hard to find a member of staff."

Staff and Customer Service

Pros:

  • "Lovely staff though on the till."
  • "The staff are extra helpful, I bought some really nice outdoor furniture."
  • "Great for Christmas decorations of all kinds. Good prices on wallpaper."
  • "Staff are always nice and helpful, the layout has wide aisles and always neatly stocked up."
  • "The staff in the shop is very helpful and welcoming."
  • "The staff were very friendly & helpful."
  • "Staff efficient and friendly."

Cons:

  • "And staff members swearing upstairs, which I felt was very unprofessional."
  • "Good store but some of the staff could do with retraining, asked about a lovely double lantern xmas lamp in store on display, was told they didn't have any in the store room."
  • "Staff where rude, price tag was missing from item took 5 members of staff to ignore us to find someone who cared."
  • "Shop.staff were helpful but it looked a bit disorganised in the shop."
  • "Some staff working in this store is discriminative against emotional support animals."
  • "Visited on many occasions. Staff seems to be unhappy... not very enthusiastic when asked for help."
  • "I want to complain about the disgusting staff who publicly accused me of theft after I showed my pockets that there was nothing like that."

Accessibility and Convenience

Pros:

  • "The only thing it does lack is a coffee shop, then I'd stay shopping longer."
  • "Easy to park free of charge."
  • "Disabled friendly has large entrance car park bays and blue badge bays inside store there is a moving stairs and a lift for the 2nd floor upstairs."
  • "It is wheelchair accessible but some of the aisle are a bit tight to manoeuvre."
  • "Shop is wheelchair accessible and they have a lift."
  • "At the front of the store they have electric wide doors all level flooring ideal for elderly and disabled people."
  • "Parking ok and accessibility ok."

Cons:

  • "I sometimes need a wheelchair and there's no way I'd get around this store in the Christmas period as everything would get caught on my chair."
  • "Very difficult to get around in wheelchair owing to cluttered shop floor in all departments."
  • "Lots of improved items and stock in the aisle. Trip hazards everywhere."
  • "Very difficult to get around due to messy aisles filled with stock and fallen stock off shelves that's not been tidied up."
  • "Good range of stock but it's overcrowded and noisy and not enjoyable to shop, impossible to get around with a double buggy and I'd imagine hard for wheelchairs."
  • "The car park is a disaster area. For the same reason. Pallets stacked everywhere, covered with tarpaulins in the pouring rain."
  • "Couldn't move due to restocking during open hours."

Value and Quality

Pros:

  • "Good value for money though if you're prepared to dig in!!"
  • "Just love this shop. I buy my craft supplies here so much cheaper than the craft shops."
  • "I love this chain always find great ideas and items for the home at truly affordable prices."
  • "Reasonable prices and a good selection of stuff."
  • "Generally cheap products for sale."
  • "Prices generally pretty reasonable."
  • "Love the prices and the range ;) of homeware items are really good quality (especially at Xmas time it's like a grotto)."

Cons:

  • "Was disappointed as it looked like the aftermath of a riot along the Christmas decoration aisle's. New glass tree ornaments broken, lights in boxes squashed and damaged, wooden standing decorations missing parts."
  • "High prices, cramped atmosphere despite a large store, stocks a lot of poor quality items that are not reflected by the price."
  • "Daughter brought a min rapid recharge Hoover which barely picked up took it back to ask for a refund the customer service assistant told her several customers had said the same that it doesn't pick up very well."
  • "Not the best quality, but not the worst."
  • "Occasional bargain, but nothing I've purchased from there has lasted over a month."
  • "Some of the stuff is a bit steep for what it is."
  • "Worst place to buy Electrical stuff, be warning!! the electrical policy that this company has is if the staff can connect the item that means the item is working!!!"

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