The Entertainer Reviews
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★☆☆☆☆
“Appalling delivery service and pathetic customer service”
Written on: 18/02/2013
Bought toys for my girls on 5/12/12 on standard delivery for 3-5 working days delivery. Plenty of time for christmas you would think. After phoning yesterday I was told they didn't know where my order was and was put on hold twice so the customer service person woud check with various managers. They don't seem to know what they are doing! Finally my order arrived today by express delivery through city link. One item is missing and the box it came in was soaked so the good are soiled. I... (read more)
★☆☆☆☆
“Not So Express Delivery”
Written on: 18/02/2013
Ordered present online, paid £4.99 for Express Delivery as per there website the delivery is described as follows: Next day delivery •Order by 1pm Monday to Thursday for next day delivery. •Orders placed at other times will take 1-2 working days to arrive. 2 days later order not received, called to be first told that Express Delivery usually takes 3-5 days, which is very different than what is advertised and that my order had been mistakingly sent via Royal Mail and would take up to... (read more)
★☆☆☆☆
“Awful, spend ya your hard earned money somewhere reputable”
Written on: 15/02/2013
Missed the next day delivery I paid for by 5 days and the staff are just rude on the telephone.. AVOID them and go elsewhere (read more)
★★★★★
“You are The Best”
Written on: 15/02/2013
I'm Rather shocked by some low ratings as I Really Had A Wonderful Experience With This Online Store, What Lovely Service! I Ordered Many Toys 2 Days Ago For My Neice & Nephews All The Items Came Together , Unlike Some Other Stores That Dispatch One At A Time , I Thought Certain items Were Priced Amazingly And Their Price Drops Were Like 70% Off They Arrived In A Huge Box Protected With Little Air Bags And Best Of All No Emails Saying Your Items were Out Of Stock They Emailed Me Telling Me... (read more)
★☆☆☆☆
“AWFUL-AVOID AT ALL COST”
Written on: 19/12/2012
Awful service received from The The Entertainer! Placed my order on 27th november for a baby born dolly for my daughter for christmas. paid £20 plus £2.99 p&p....oh god how i wish i hadnt....on 1st december i received a web shooting spiderman instead of the dolly. So i rang at 9:45am, pretty much straight after i received the order, and spoke to douglas..explained if poss i would collect from the store in chelmsford..yep not a problem...then i had car problems, wasnt able to get there so... (read more)
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“Order cancelled-no warning”
Written on: 19/12/2012
i bought a childs cot and other item and were told 3/4 days for delivery.After 10 days and having emailed several times, now told it was cancelled, no explanation.With 56 days till Christmas this is absolutely rubbish-Do not go near this company (read more)
★☆☆☆☆
“Awful, spend ya your hard earned money somewhere reputable”
Written on: 07/12/2012 by GAZZMIC
Paid for my order and for next day delivery, parcel has never arrived and im having to fight for a refund after 7 days. staff are just rude on the telephone.. AVOID them and go elsewhere (read more)
★☆☆☆☆
“Check your payment for overcharging!”
Written on: 05/11/2012 by lloydster72
Be very weary about using their on-line service as I placed an order last week and they took twice the amount from my account! Only when I checked did I notice this and I have no doubt they would not have infomed me.. I just called them to rectify it and now have to wait 3-5 days for a refund! Their explaination was that it was my fault for pressing the submit button twice when I placed the order, although I only received the goods once and not twice. They had the cheek to suggest it was my... (read more)
★★★★☆
“Got what I ordered and quickly”
Written on: 30/10/2012 by Andrea75 (2 reviews written)
I have used this website a few times now. My son wanted a lightsaber which glowed and made noises, in Argos nad most other places £40, on their website £25. I also found some Dr Who stuff I knew he would like. I found the same things sold by the same company but on Amazon for the same price but post and package was more expensive. As I'd ordered stuff from them before I was happy to order again. Place my order on 19/10/12 and received an email to confirm this, the following day received an... (read more)
★☆☆☆☆
“the entertainer wiped my whole account!”
Written on: 22/10/2012 by jasminebates
i ordered £44.93 worth of things online tuesday 16th october 2012, on wednesday i noticed that nearly £230 had been taken from my account. i went to my bank and made them tell me where it had gone, they told me that the entertainer aka the toy shop had taken the amount 5 times! when i rang them (because had no response from e mail straight away) they promised me that my money would be in my account within 48hours max! well, i waited but it never come, i told them that i am heavily pregnant... (read more)
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★★★★★
“One Word.... Fantastic!!”
Written on: 12/07/2012 by Willy02005
This place has had a few bad reviews i have seen. I think this is totaly unfair. I ordered my item which were very cheap compaired to every where else. They turned up very fast, well packed. Will be dealing with them again for the rest of the kids birthdays. Plus they have voucher code that work! (read more)
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“Avoid at all costs or you'll be sorry!!”
Written on: 23/12/2011 by SusanneDeumig (1 review written)
My 7-year old son has been asking for this toy for ages, so I promised to get it for him for Christmas. I purchase a lot of goods through Amazon, but I now wish I had never clamped my eyes on this company. I ordered the toy on the 15th December 2011 with express delivery, to ensure it would arrive well in advance of Christmas. It took 4 days for the toy to be despatched and I expected delivery on the 20th December 2011. No delivery on the 20th or 21st December 2011. I then e-mailed the... (read more)
Susannedeumig's Response to SusanneDeumig's Review
Written on: 24/12/2011
For some reason the review was cut off.
Update: Christmas Eve and still no toy. Thank you, The Entertainer, aka The Toy Shop, for ruining my little boys Christmas. I'm very upset I was so badly let down.
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★☆☆☆☆
“WONT BE ORDERING ONLINE FROM THEM AGAIN”
Written on: 29/11/2011
Ordered 3 products for collection paid and site said was rejected so ordered again. Took 2 lots of £104 from my account phoned them they said i had to talk to bank, phoned bank they said it was upto them, did this 6 times. One woman said it had been sorted phoned bank she said had not. phoned back entertainer, guy said payment hadnt been sent back yet and might take 3 days to get back to me!? They were quick enough to take the money and issue my bank auth. codes to say they had although... (read more)
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“I ordered 2 items from this company, one through their...”
Written on: 01/01/2011
I ordered 2 items from this company, one through their online shop and the other through Playtrade in early November.Both christmas presents for my sons. I recieved the item I ordered from the online store without any problems. However the item I ordered via Playtrade was somehow mixed up with my other order and I recieved two of the same item. I sent one back explaining this. I recieved no ackowledgement of reciept. At the beginning of december I emailed to see what was going on to be told... (read more)
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“Absolutely shocking customer service for a major...”
Written on: 24/12/2010 by CaptainInsano (9 reviews written)
Absolutely shocking customer service for a major retailer. They do not care about you or your order. The buying process itself is very easy with an excellent range of presents at competetive prices. However, once they have your money they switch off as they have what they want.
I placed my order on December 6th with an expected delivery of December 10-14. Despite numerous emails & calls no one from The Entertainer has replied to any of my requests for information on expected delivery when it...
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★☆☆☆☆
“Like previous reviewers - I placed my order on 07 Dec...”
Written on: 20/12/2010
Like previous reviewers - I placed my order on 07 Dec and have syill (20 Dec) not received it. I have phoned the customer service centre on several occasions and they say they don't know who the courier is!!!!! I have asked for a parcel ref to be told they don't know that either. Apparently my order was despatched on 15 Dec but there is no way of tracking it. THe customer services people just seem to tell you what you want to hear with bo facts or substance. I will definitely not be... (read more)
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“Goods ordered on 10th of December offering free...”
Written on: 16/12/2010
Goods ordered on 10th of December offering free delivery if you spent more than £30. Have phoned daily as goods still not received and website has shown statement "Ordered being Processed" since the order was placed, and a new banner has appeared today (16th Dec) stating that the last date for orders to be delivered before Christmas using free delivery is 9th December. On entering the telephone system you are first provided with a message stating that their are currently no delays in the... (read more)
★☆☆☆☆
“absolute nightmare - will let you place your order but...”
Written on: 13/12/2010
absolute nightmare - will let you place your order but leave it 2 weeks before they inform you it is out of stock and cancel your order - call centre not aware whats going on in front of them - tell you order is fine, sat in the warehouse even after the cancellation email has come. No body any help at all and just seem to try and get away with telling you what they think you want to hear (read more)
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“not giving me any cupcake this is a very poor shop...”
Written on: 17/08/2010
not giving me any cupcake this is a very poor shop because the cupcake mixture bag was ripped open and empty and im not going there again (read more)
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“ordered items for guaranteed xmas delivery received...”
Written on: 24/01/2010
ordered items for guaranteed xmas delivery received the badge maker on xmas eve with a small slip of paper advising they couldn't supply fluffy go walkies and that I hadn't been charged. Received my statement and I have been charged and still no refund, no reply to e-mail. Very poor service would never use again. (read more)
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★☆☆☆☆
“Ordered an item via amazon from The Entertainer for my...”
Written on: 05/01/2010
Ordered an item via amazon from The Entertainer for my daughters birthday. Was told delivery by 4th Jan. Not recieved so sent an e-mail and got automated response back. Next day e-mail from amazon saying seller had cancelled my order but no reason why!!
Not impressed. Rubbish customer service. Would not recommend at all.
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“BEWARE!! Shoddy company, rubbish service, take your...”
Written on: 21/12/2009
BEWARE!! Shoddy company, rubbish service, take your money and DON'T DELIVER
I ordered two items from The Entertainer (via their Amazon shop) on the 6th December. As of the 21st December they have not arrived.
They have charged my credit card - but I have my doubts as to whether the items have actually been despatched at all.
I am absolutely disgusted with the service, the lack of delivery and lack of response to my emails. I just know (from other feedback left on amazon) that it is going...
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“I have ordered a pressie for my little one from The...”
Written on: 06/07/2009 by ur670
I have ordered a pressie for my little one from The Entertainer to receive in time for her birthday. When the order arrived, two items were missing. I called the same day and have been assured that this will be sent out royal mail. When I call again for an update I am told that the items will be sent out directly by supplier and could be delivered before the b-day. This did not happen and when I chased again over a week later I have been told the items are not included and I can return the... (read more)
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“I ordered a xmas present from The Entertainer for my 6...”
Written on: 19/12/2008 by cmp260 (1 review written)
I ordered a xmas present from The Entertainer for my 6 year old on Dec 10th
was promised delivery by 18th at latest. it is the 19th and I have still not received it and we are going away tomorrow so he will have no xmas present.
When I phoned them to chase and see if it had been delivered to neighbours already they couldnt give me a tracking number. The rep kept saying things like 'unfortunately we don't get tracing numbers with royal mail'. I feel that this is not unfortunate it is incompetent.
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“Ordered a Biscuit real fur dog on November 29th -...”
Written on: 18/12/2008
Ordered a Biscuit real fur dog on November 29th - guaranteed delivery by Dec 8th at the latest. Heard nothing by Dec 13th, had to ring 3 times to be told 'need to refer this to head office', 'its in the delivery cycle' and associated apparent excuses.
They have called today (17th) to be told that its gone missing and they'll refund me.
Gee thanks!
Doesn't really help the week before Xmas.
Never use this supplier again
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★★★★☆
“I've bought from The Entertainer a few times and...”
Written on: 08/07/2008 by Hal9000 (7 reviews written)
I've bought from The Entertainer a few times and they've always shipped quickly and the products arrive in great condition, which is important for collectors. (read more)
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Mzabirs's Response to lloydster72's Review
Written on: 05/11/2012
I also had the same problem however when i contacted their office i spoke to a manager called kevin who was extremely apologetic and was really helpful, he explained why the error could have occurred and was extremely pleasant