Wickes

Excellent

I ordered two doors for my house from the Wickes website. They arrived the next day and in perfect condition. Highly recommended.

Appliances Direct

Fantastic product and service

I ordered a washing machine from these guys and received a fantastic service. Very good customer service and great prices. Recommended.

Appliances Online

Excellent service

Simply first class in every aspect. Highly recommended.

Fires-Cookers.co.uk

Excellent service

Very impressive service. Helpful staff, great prices. Overall very impressed.

Handles 4 Doors Ltd

Fantastic product and service

I ordered a few items from here recently. They arrived quickly and in great condition. The items themselves look great and were a great price. Highly recommended.

Netflix

Great service, but poor range of titles

The service Netflix provide is great - the site is easy to navigate, the movies stream really fast and the price is great. The only downside is that the range of title available is pretty small. You can work through all the good stuff pretty quickly, unlike Lovefilm which has pretty much everything ever released. A lot of Netflix content are TV shows from Channel 4 (such as the Inbetweeners and Shameless) which are available to watch for free on Channel 4's steaming site, so not sure why you would need a paid for account on Netflix to watch them.

Lovefilm

Great service

I use lovefilm for renting DVDs and computer games on disc, which they are great at. Discs arrive fast and in good condition. Their range of titles is really impressive. There are some they dont have, but not many. Much wider variety than Netflix, although also quite a bit more expensive.

1and1

ok, but not great

Plus points:
- Great control panel site (attractive and easy to navigate)
- Fast site hosting
- Long opening hours for telephone customer service

Negative points:
- Bit pricey
- Doesn't feature a 1-click Wordpress installation (many other hosting sites do). This means you have to do a fidily manual install which is not ideal.
- Their customer service call centre is based overseas, which makes calls a bit of pain as you have to try and understand instruction from a foreigner with poor English.

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123-reg

good, but not great

Plus points:
- great control panel site (attractive and easy to navigate)
- helpful support staff
- Has a great 1-click Wordpress installation

Negative points:
- bit pricey
- my site is sometimes slow to load
- their call centre is only open daytime hours, mon-fri, so not much use if you need help in evenings and weekends

Amazon

Perfect shopping experience

Amazon is a near perfect shopping experience. Their range of products is unrivalled and having multiple sellers on the site keeps everything competative and prices down. Their product reviews are also great and there's loads of them unlike sites such as play.com

Ebay

Great, but pricey to sell

Ebay is a great site, There's a huge range of items and great bargains available. The only downside is it's pricey to sell products on the site. There's the listing fee, the final valuation fee and the paypal fee. It's ok for small things like dvds, but if you're selling something for £400 they will take around £50 out of your profits. Ouch! It's fair enough that there's a fee, but it shouldn't be so large.

Play.com

Great store

Play is a great store. A wide range of items, great prices and good review options. Plus free delivery, which is awesome!

Tsohost

My best hosting experience

I have used a number of hosting companies, including 123Reg and 1&1 but I feel Tsohost are the best I've used. Key reasons they stand out for me include:
- Great prices and great value
- Really helpful UK based customer service team
- Fast UK based servers
- 1 click Wordpress installation

I've had various problems with 123Reg and 1&1 that have made me want to pull my hair out, but I'm pleased to say I have had nothing but great experiences with Tsohost. Overall I would say they are 5*.