Written on: 17/05/2013 by Mand4325 (1 review written)
I had my passport photos took at the Merry Hill store a few weeks ago. The store has moved from a shop to a rather inadequate kiosk inside Eat Central. The girl who took the photos, though pleasant, was extremely rushed as they were very busy. I've just taken my passport form and photos to the Post Office to use their check and send service. My photos were rejected immediately - apparently my fringe covered one of my eyebrows and there was a shadow over the photograph. The Post office... (read more)
Written on: 10/05/2013
I wanted 3 copies of wedding video vhs to dvd it took 2 weeks they only sent 2 back so had to take 1 copy home other copy had to be sent back so they could do a 3rd more waiting not impressed (read more)
Written on: 09/05/2013
We use the Beverley outlet quite often to update great grandma with photos. We can never remember the sequence to go through to print our requirements and always find that the staff are there willing to help without making us feel like dinosaurs, for not knowing the technology. They are a real pleasure to deal with and always on the ball. The only problem we have come across is that the shop fills up very quickly so we sometimes don't bother to wait we just go back another day, this is not a... (read more)
Written on: 11/04/2013
I went to purchase a bulk amount of frames, and print off pictures accordingly, but one member of staff working on her own I decided to go back when there was two. No joy as there is always one now. they've also decided to treat the frames like cigarettes, and put them behind the counter and cut the choice down by half. Trouble is the counter is that busy you can't see the frames, so I just walked out with my £300 budget. (read more)
Written on: 18/03/2013
I had photos taken of my child for her new passport, I questioned them at the time as her hair slightly covered her face and she had a slight smile. The assistant assured me that she has vast experience and they would be fine. Needless to say the post office said they were not up to standard. I returned to the Merry Hill branch to have them retaken - which they agreed to do. The lady who redid them was rude and impatient, we are not happy with the photos but she made out like she was doing... (read more)
Written on: 21/02/2013 by angela raphael (2 reviews written)
It's interesting trying to figure out which are fake reviews - both complimentary and uncomplimentary - some people earn a living from writing them you know!!! Anyway here is my review, quite genuine - i gave max Spielmann's online service a go because they will not crop your photos unless you want them to - this means you get photos which are enlargements with white borders but you can cut these off(I mean I have a fancy Fellowes cutter). I am a keen amateur photographer - I actually have... (read more)
Written on: 08/12/2012 by RubysMummy (1 review written)
Recently used the Ilkeston branch to have some xmas pics done of my baby and toddler for Xmas cards and gifts to family. Very impressed with how helpful the staff were and how accommodating they were to my wishes and ideas. Beautiful pics and lovely prints. In a photo shoot you will usually get a few really really special pics that you won't be able to stop looking at. So impressed that I went back yesterday for another shoot with a friend and her toddler as a treat for xmas. They didn't... (read more)
Written on: 08/12/2012
That should read pushchairs not push hairs, lol. Predicted text strikes again!
Written on: 05/12/2012 by hassen
Have been into the newcastle upon tyne store at greys monument today. The service which i recieved from an assistant called Liz was second to none. Nothing was to much trouble and she was extremley busy, she help every customer that was in store and apologised to every customer for their wait. It was very nice to come across such a helpful and knowledgeable assistant. Well done Liz and thankyou very much. michelle lourimi. (read more)
Written on: 03/12/2012 by edainimperial (1 review written)
Took a roll of 35mm film to Max Spielman in Bridlington recently. They lost my film. Then found it. Took another 2 weeks to deliver back to their shop in Bridlington. Paid nine pounds for standard prints and cd. Prints were sketchily developed, marked in places, and my negatives were not present. On top of that the cd jpegs are of very small, unusable size, between 300 and 450 kilobytes instead of the 4-6 megabytes I was expecting. Must take extreme practise to get it THIS wrong I... (read more)
Written on: 06/10/2012 by CVA1970
We had a fairly expensive trip to Iceland, and were impatient to get the photographs back as soon as possible. Got to their branch in Leeds centre, 10 films in total, mostly 24x36 and one roll film, asking for developing, prints and scans on CD. The negatives came back badly scratched, covered in fingerprints, splatters of something like oil or paper glue. Worse still, they managed to develop Kodak Ektar in such a way that the support is very dark and all colours are ruined. They could not... (read more)
Written on: 12/06/2012 by melloj
Took a picture of my dog with a Cannon 7D, a professional camera, took it to Max spielman for print. The picture came out dreadful, the colour was wrong and the picture was blurred. Glad it only cost 69p but wasn't offered any options. (read more)
Written on: 01/06/2012 by flipflopTia
I always go to the 1 in Bittern Southampton.I cannot rate them highly enough.Pictures are exellant quality and the 2 ladies are more than helpful.Had a prob with a pic i took in to made into a canvas they continued to go through all options until they solved the problem.I now have a lovely canvas on my wall thanks to them.More than happy with service and staff Would not go anywhere else now for ant photos or photo gifts (read more)
Written on: 12/05/2012
I visited this shop with my husband and 2 year old son to get passport pictures. The lady who had approached us was very helpful and friendly. after our pictures printed out the same lady kindly measured them and cut them. She was very complimentary about how well behaved our son was and suggested we got a photo shoot done in the shop and said she would be more than happy to do it straight away. We were amazed how professional this lady was she was amazing and our son really enjoyed himself,... (read more)
Written on: 10/04/2012
I visited the maxspeilmann in barrow not long ago. Iv never had better service as i got from here the two shop assistants (shirley and paul) were exellent the atmosphier in the shop was fantastic, made my day to see how two people can enjoy a days work as much as they seemed to. Im abit of a technofobe but they made me feel at ease and showed me every step of the way how to get my photos printed, i now feel conifdent enough to do it my self and have done many times.. I would recomend this... (read more)
Written on: 07/04/2012
I was looking to get a couple of my photos enlarged to 12x8 and thought that 'Max Spielmann is the UK's most experienced photo lab specialists' was a good enough statement to get me in there. Obviously the grammar wasn't a consideration. The guy behind the counter looked a little like I had interrupted his busy schedule of 'staring into the middle distance' and wasn't overly helpful. I asked what paper was available and was told gloss was the only option (they were printed on matt). I left... (read more)
Written on: 07/03/2012 by DRachelD
I have had expensive 'professional' photos taken at studios and never had such good results as from Max Spielman in Hillsborough, Sheffield. The manager there, Chiara, is absolutely lovely and really engaging. I have two toddlers and she has got brilliant photos of them both. I am so amazed by how cheaply they do these packages and have always been really happy with the service. I would tell anyone in Sheffield wanting some lovely photos of their children to go here and ask for Chiara (read more)
Written on: 03/03/2012
went into high st branch, to have a photo shoot with my 6 month old,the man who took the pictures rushed the job and didnt seem bothered, the photos was badly taken with my some of my sons head cut off, he huffed when i decided on buying the lowest package and shouted in a loud voice to throw the rest of the photos he had printed out to show me and to top it off i got home and looked at the picture s , there was bit of his head cut off at the top! it was a horrible experience, il never use... (read more)
Written on: 13/02/2012
I went to luton branch to have my family portrait photos taken the salesman who treated me very badly he rushed very single photo taken i was not happy the way he handled things. He told me to come back to collect my photos I went back 3 times in total in the end I got so fed I had taken my 3 children with me my baby crying a lot was hungry the sales man steven said photos not ready. I mean how long do you make a customer wait? I felt very disturbed by my shopping at this shop. (read more)
Written on: 11/01/2012 by dfb21 (1 review written)
My wife sent some pics to be printed online three weeks before Christmas. She got her confirmation of order email with the quantity & sizes she wanted + cost though straight away. Her account was also charged straight away. On the week before Christmas no photos had arrived so she called them and they said they could see there had been an order but they couldn't see anything on their systems as to where it had gone & that they would call her back after some investigation. A day later and no... (read more)
Written on: 28/11/2011 by rocky999
my mother left the store the other day crying as a direct result of the manager. she went in to get some keyrings and pictures done. the manager messed up the pictures was rude and very patronising...... my mother has had and spent alot of money in this store and normally recieves good service. a friend made a complaint and my mother returnred to the store a few days later to recive yrt agin this awful service (read more)
Written on: 01/08/2011
I was very suprised at Max Spielman's policy that a minimum of 6 photo's had to be purchased when I only required 2 and that I was told it was Max Spielman policy that I had to purchase a CD for £1 when I did not even require one. £10.99 seems excessive when I only needed 2 photo's The assistant (Kelly) was very abrupt in her manner when serving both myself and other people in the shop especially a chinese gentleman who seemed perplexed by her lack of explanation that she could not do... (read more)
Written on: 26/11/2011
I have exaxactly the same thing happen to me in thr Oswestry branch today, November 26. I asked for help from the male assistant who was very abrupt , rude & patronising throughout. In the end I walked out & went to Boots where the assistant was both helpful & polite. Whatever happened to customer service? I wont be shopping at Max Spielman again !
Written on: 23/07/2011 by Sheena1001 (1 review written)
I used the passport booth in Tesco to get pics for passport renewal but they were failed when I sent them in. Not to worry I thought, I would try again but this time a booth in ASDA. Sent everything off and after a couple of weeks, back came my application failed again because of the poor quality pictures. I was now getting worried and thought I better go to the passport office this time as I had little time and after calling the premium phone line number on the second booth, the advisor... (read more)
Written on: 20/05/2011
I am absolutly disgusted with max spielmann i bout a kodak camera (kodak m320) in march 2010, by july the camera kept turning it's self off which i read now happens alot so took it back to max spielmann for there engenier to have a look was told it wasnt a problem n that they had sent it back to kodak and to wait about 2 weeks most for it to be fixed.it is now may 2011 and i still havnt got my money or camera back.to which i have now contacted trading standards as neither kodak or max... (read more)
Written on: 18/05/2011 by Lancashire Warrior (1 review written)
I got some passport photographs for my son, they have been rejected. In order to make my holiday did not have time to go back into town and pay for parking and get more. Used Tesco photo booth instead. No problems. Staff don't know what they are doing and actually had taken a few times to even get what I got at Max Speilman. Can't remember the exact cost now at MS or the Tesco booth but the Tesco booth was much better. Forget the MS guarantee use the Tesco booth. It will save you a lot of time. (read more)
Written on: 26/09/2011
this isn't a review for max spielmann. it's a review for tesco.
Written on: 08/05/2011
My husband and son needed their passport photographs taking, we considered a booth since they are cheaper but decided to use the service at the shop. I was very satisfied with the service and speed. The photographer seemed to know exactly what she was doing and the photographs were perfect. I would definitely recommend Max Spielman @ Castleford. (read more)
Written on: 03/04/2011
Went with my daughter lilly for a portrait shoot and it was rushed to say the least. The manager was not so helpful,she was working on her own and wanted to serve other customers making me feel very unwanted and just an inconvienience to her.
The end results were 1 good shot and a load of rubbish! I asked if she could take a few more and she told me it she had to do figures for her boss so could not spare any more time.
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Written on: 15/03/2011 by Camuserman (1 review written)
I have been using Max Spielman for quick tests of old film cameras, by having a film developed and scanned to CD. The quality has now deteriorated to a level that can only be described as total cr@p. The shop staff do not take care of the film (it is allowed to drag on the floor); the development is often done with stale chemicals; light leaks across the film are common; scanning is very low resolution (nominally about 1.5megapixels); the image/file compression smears all details; the scan... (read more)
Written on: 26/09/2011
'light leaks across the film' would surely occur if the film was opened, which they don't do in max spielmann. maybe accidents occur but i've been using them for years for 35mm film developing and much more and never had a problem.
Written on: 01/03/2011 by nickyb76 (1 review written)
I went in the shop to have my portraits done of my daughter an intended on the £20 pack that would give me 4 poses and all the pics taken on a cd for me to do with what i liked, the young girl - samantha was extremley helpful and took lots of shots of my child, being very profesional yet keeping my daughter entertained (shes only 3)... when they got put on screen for me to view they were amazin, so much i wanted them all, samantha explained how i could have them made into canvas with added... (read more)
Written on: 20/01/2011
Young girl who worked there was very helpful and brilliant with my daughter. She moved to Derby westfield which was a shame for me because i would deffo go back to her for another set of pictures, i regret i cannot remember her name but she was a young girl doing a photography degree also. Would deffo recommend this service the pictures were brill and the girl even did me a keyring of my daughter for her daddys birthday. great customer service. (read more)
Written on: 20/11/2010
I visited the new max spielmann branch in september 2010 whilst shopping in mansfield at the four season shopping centre. I was with my husband and our 4 year old grandson. We noticed the photo shoot available at £5.99 which was a fantastic price, so decided to give it a go with our grandson Liam as a surprise for his mum.
Apart from the store being incredibly busy, small and cluttered; and the young gentleman working there (name badge said the branch manager, Lee) trying (and succeeding) to...
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Written on: 26/09/2010
I had heard and picked up a few leaflets from several max spielmann stores. my local being Doncaster. However i had the kids in Asda at Carcroft and decided to just go for it. in i went and was served by a lady who had plenty of time for me and my kids. she was tremendous with them and after five minutes had snapped plenty of pictures. sure there were a couple that werent great (lighting perhaps??) but the majority were fantastic. i went for a £14.99 package which inluded a lot of pictures... (read more)
Written on: 28/07/2010
whent into your shop in prescot merseyside to put some photos in your sales girl to busy talking to a friend we walked out got tescos around corner we went there w r davis mside (read more)
Written on: 12/07/2010
Appalling after sales service. I purchased 2 photo packages from the Clydebank branch for my 2 year grandsons birthday. One of the pictures taken by a member of staff left a mark on his mouth which I thought might have been a reflection from the flash. When I returned to the shop to ask if they could remove this by airbrushing I was told they did not have this facility. I was told that in their opinion it was saliva. I then asked if I could choose another picture. The Manageress of the... (read more)
Written on: 10/07/2010
Got some pictures taken off my little girl yesterday at the local Max Spielman branch in Birkenhead and was delighted at the service, price and results. I ended up buying a 30x20 poster of the shot and they printed it on some new high speed high quality printer while I waited, it only took 5 minutes and looks brilliant!
I will be back next week to Max for a frame for it as the whole family love the poster and it will take pride of place in our living room.
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Written on: 20/07/2010
I found this review very helpful because... I wend and got a poster fo my exams and they did a great jom in 10mins!
Written on: 16/04/2010
very friendly staff, high standards of customer care and great quality prints. Staff really tried hard to provide the service that was required with speed and efficiency. I am now a frequent customer to their premises in Kings Heath and Northfield, South Birmingham (read more)
Written on: 02/04/2010
Armature portrait service trying to copy mothercare, when I took my two little boys last week, staff did not know how to use a camera properly just auto setting giving poor depth of field followed by very hard sell to expensive package when only worth £5.99 Staff dismissive of my comments as chasing sales targets and instant prints not professional quality. (read more)
Written on: 01/04/2010
Poor Quality Prints. Cheap stock sold for more than its worth. Aggressive selling techniques, if i want something ill ask for it i don't need to be bombarded with questions & suggestions. 5 Year ago their 6x4 instant prints were 19p each now they're 38p each. Much cheaper alternatives available elsewhere. Their Digital Camera's weren't up to much poor brand names Pratika, Vivitar, GE, Rolliei
Wouldn't send my worst enemy to one of their shops.
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Written on: 09/01/2010
i am disappointent with the way that your tamworth was treating us we only want a set of 8 by 6 of wedding photos and ended up with half of them blown up too much and with head cut offs, im not happy with the service and therefore complaining to the right people and i wont be going there again. (read more)
Written on: 29/12/2009
I recently went in to my local Max Spielmann store in Carcroft, which is situated within an Asda. On first glance you would imagine it to be an asda photo kiosk. I usually use Asda's printing facilities however the young chap within the store asked if i needed any help i was about to say no and leave but i saw the prices and saw the quality of service and the prints i will always remain loyal to Max from now on... i even purchased a loyalty card that gurantees 10% off for a whole... (read more)
Written on: 12/12/2009
Just got a canvas print from Birkenhead Max Spielman shop and was amazed at the quality and speed that they provided. I had been to Tesco but they could not promise it back in time for Xmas, Spielman use there own production apparently and are taking orders up to 16th December. The staff were very helpful, they explained that one photo I had would not be suitable as my little boys head was to close to the edge and would be wrapped around the frame. Makes a change for a store to tell you... (read more)
Written on: 01/08/2009
Poor value Poor quality Poor service all from Max Spielmann branch in Manchester. Never again, thought they went bust, sure they will soon with this level of service.Some of our wedding photos that were on a SD media card all got wiped by the machine and after 8 weeks with promise of fixing the issue they finally attempted fobbbed us off with a free print voucher! (read more)
Written on: 15/04/2009
i took my wedding photos to max spielmans in halifax, was gutted when we got them back, 5 films in all. the majority, on all 5 rolls, has a blue tint to them!! absolutely terrible.....
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Written on: 25/09/2008
I took a cd there with a picture that I needed printing to a poster. The first attempt resulted in black dots printed every square inch. They agreed to reprint it, but the second time it had a white line down the poster. They agreed to print it again... and I am still waiting for them to call me to say that it is done.
The print quality is awful, and the customer service is the same. The staff are nice enough, but I have been waiting for this poster to be fixed for about a month now. I...
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Written on: 10/09/2008 by Stewart Family (1 review written)
We took 20 video tapes to be made into DVD's into our local Max Speilman (rugby) in November 2007 which were supposed to be a Christmas/50th Birthday present for my Dad. We waited approx. 3 months and no response, after much chasing on our part they came to the conclusion that they were lost. Needless to say they are all absolutely irreplaceable and a huge part of our family history (spanning 16 years) has been lost forever.
Its now September 2008 and they are still missing, and we are...
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Written on: 16/01/2011
Never use a shop like Max Spielman or Jessops who send your video tapes away to be processed. Orion do everything in store which means there is no chance of your tapes being lost. Try oriondvd.co.uk next time.
Written on: 26/07/2008
To much stock in shop no room to move if more than a couple of customers. Staff were very helpful (read more)
Written on: 30/05/2008
I went to max spielman to buy disposable cameras for my wedding. i asked the shop assistants advice on which ones to get, she handed me a pack of own with coupons for processing, happy i left (having calculated £20 for the cameras - £35 for the processing with the coupons - not bad) i then looked at the coupons when i got home and to my horror they were out of date, so i went baack and was told not to worry, the coupons had simply been short dated, the cameras were fine and my discount... (read more)
Written on: 29/05/2009
Wow! will not be going to MS as I also am looking for Disposable Cameras for a wedding!
Written on: 26/02/2008
A week and a half ago I purchased a Pentax digital camera from my local Max Spielmann store. Before purchasing the product I inquired of their refund/exchange policy in which the accociate replied "Let me just ask someone else, I'm not sure". She came back to tell me that I had "28 days to return the product as long as you have all of the original packaging and the receipt". I proceeded with the transaction. Within a few camera shots around my home I became dissatisfied with the camera... (read more)
Written on: 22/02/2008
Got some photographs back this morning. Some prints have lines down, but the general quality is poor. Under magnification, there is very coarse grain, which is not the fault of the film (Kodak) or the excellent Fuji camera, which has always given top class results before. I wonder if they're printed using some sort of computer printer instead of whatever optical process was formerly used. Cost for 36 exposure film was £6.79, which seems a bit stiff. We'll certainly never darken their... (read more)
Written on: 03/01/2008 by michael carey (1 review written)
Seven shops in this area( Nottingham ) all with same telephone number. No answer after ringing five times. Staff informed a lady her film was not there, and might ( probably ) be in Arnold. Quicker response from the Kremlin if asking for asylum status. Come on M.S. Your customers deserve better or don't you care if we go to Boots instead? (read more)
Written on: 27/11/2007 by franky89
I went into my local Max Spielmann in Solihull to get some prints done for my mother.
I was on my lunch break, so I wanted to get them ASAP.
I walked into the shop and it seemed very busy (it was lunch time after all), There was a queue at the counter, but a staff member came up to me and asked if they could help me. I explained that I needed my film processed ASAP, and the staff member said that they could have the film done in 20 minutes. He even offered to put the prints onto a CD for...
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Written on: 20/04/2013
I agree, i find the Max Spielman site one of the most easy to use and the uploading of images is much faster than photo box who I used to use. Delivery is also fast so I give them 10/10 and I don't often give anyone that score!