Currys Reviews Summary

Category: Electronics store

Address: Unit 7, The Peel Centre, Stockport, Great Portwood St, Stockport SK1 2HD, United Kingdom

Phone: +443445610000

Rating: 3.7
based on 313 reviews.

Customer Service

Pros:

  • "The place is great and the staff were super helpful."
  • "The assistant was very helpful, without being pushy, and I was happy with my purchase."
  • "I went in an hour ago to the repairs section and the man this evening was so helpful, he gave me very good advice and solved my queries I was so stressed before but he was very calm and knowledgeable and helped me-thank you!"
  • "Staff was friendly."
  • "He was personable, friendly and knowledgeable."
  • "Staff were very friendly and helpful."
  • "Currys staff were very friendly and informative."

Cons:

  • "Absolutely disgraceful service, was told and assured that the Oldham shop had lots of Gaming monitors in stock."
  • "The person serving them was very rude and when the customer vented some frustration the employee who turned out to be a manager got right in their face."
  • "Terrible experience. When buying a new TV watch out for so called protection plans they want to push on you without your consent."
  • "There was a time when Currys sales team offered lousy service - and nothing much has changed!"
  • "Horrible customer service."
  • "Curry’s Stockport has rude employees. They are rude to customers and does not care at all."
  • "Customer advisor named Muhammad was extremely rude had poor customer service skills and was not very understanding."

Product Availability and Stock

Pros:

  • "They didn't have the exact model I was after but the display model let me have the touchy feely experience."
  • "Knew exactly what I wanted."
  • "Dealt with Jane who was wonderful throughout and would check online if we needed an item that wasn't in-stock."
  • "They were good and had my laptop back on the date they said."
  • "Recently used DPD drop off at their store, works well and efficiently."
  • "Had the washer dryer that we wanted, at the price we wanted."
  • "A well stocked electrical store. Members of staff are extremely knowledgeable about their products and very friendly and helpful."

Cons:

  • "Not having an item in stock and then asking for it to be shipped at an additional cost is a rude policy."
  • "They didn't have stock of what I wanted."
  • "Staff were very unhelpful and not knowledgeable in what their stock items were."
  • "The staff are quite clueless to the products they sell."
  • "A really poor experience. Went in to hopefully see (and buy!) the Philips OLED806 TV in action... the member of staff said they didn't have it."
  • "Very disappointed I was promised next day collection on 3 occasions when ordering, but item was not delivered to store."
  • "The screen on my phone broke so I went to buy a new Google Pixel. Was advised that they didn't have any in stock."

Pricing and Charges

Pros:

  • "It's an OK store, lots of electronics, some things are priced quite well."
  • "The staff were very friendly and helpful especially the guy that served me, got a fantastic deal & walked away extremely satisfied."
  • "Bought a new tv today. Lad who was serving us said had would throw in a couple of freebies as well."
  • "Found a washing machine online, went in store to see others just to make sure we were getting right one."
  • "Very happy with the store, always go there if I need something techy but want someone to help me to get the right one for me."
  • "Went in to look for a basic microwave."
  • "The guy was first rate but they didn't have stock of what I wanted but the guy checked the stock at ashton for us."

Cons:

  • "Having to pay for parking in a retail park is a bit of a rip off and would drive me to shop elsewhere."
  • "I went to the Stockport store and bought a new TV for £599. Ended up with a £100 fine for parking in their car park."
  • "Returns policy is only 21 days whereas John Lewis is 1 year."
  • "Most special offers and ‘sale’ items were only on sale at the higher price for the legal minimum 28 days - thus giving the impression of discounts."
  • "Very disappointed with the currys PC world Peel centre went currys PC world on 8th of June to buy a fridge freezer and was £1099 after 2 days later went back to buy unfortunately they put the price £1399."
  • "Purchased tv on Saturday from (peel centre, stockport) later we received fine of £60."
  • "Called in for a microwave. What ridiculous prices! Went to Tesco over the road and got one for half the price."

Staff Attitude and Behavior

Pros:

  • "Went into the shop after seeing a laptop online, as soon as we went in we were greeted and asked if we needed any help."
  • "Hannah on after sales was absolutely brilliant, went out of her way to help us out and get us what we needed, couldn't fault her."
  • "Had a great experience here yesterday. Stephen served me and he was polite, calm, helpful, patient and knowledgeable."
  • "Staff is on hand if needed, happy to help with simple questions or stock check."
  • "Everyone was so helpful and it made the experience stress free."
  • "Carmel was fantastic, she was patient and knowledgeable and moved quickly to get the issues sorted and incredibly professional."
  • "Fantastic! The queue was huge on Xmas Eve with last minute shoppers."

Cons:

  • "There are too many staff members in groups talking."
  • "Depressing, the cooker hobs that we went to see were a mess and the staff disinterested."
  • "Staff more interested in chatting amongst themselves than assisting customers."
  • "Staff were clearly too interested in going home as it was near closing time rather than bothering to sort a delivery."
  • "Staff are totally ignorant - waited for almost 20 minutes to speak to someone regarding a camera."
  • "Useless staff who I had to get attention whilst on his phone couldn’t tell me which Apple Watch was which."
  • "Staff don't care whether you buy or not."

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