Cool Components Reviews 24

TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

4.3

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Absolutely over the moon with this company! Quick and clear communication and they made sure to send my order as soon as the back-ordered part was available. Everything arrived neatly packed and thei... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Not even worth one star. I agreed refund with seller for faulty item. I posted item back but refund has never been processed by seller. I had to ciam that with Paypal. Avoid! Updated Paypal has de... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Ordered a Teensy 4.1 at 5pm on Wednesday. Couldn't get them from my usual place (RS Components and Digi-Key) so was expecting a price hike from any UK suppliers. In fact, Cool Components were cheape... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great customer service. They went the extra mile to help me split/refund/reorder and then refunded any excess postage etc. Really good will definitely use them again. Email responses were minutes apar... See more

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Cool Components sells Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Adafruit, Sparkfun, and loads more. We're the ideal place for makers, students, engineers and anyone inventive.


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4.3

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Absolutely over the moon with this…

Absolutely over the moon with this company! Quick and clear communication and they made sure to send my order as soon as the back-ordered part was available. Everything arrived neatly packed and their prices could not be beaten. I will definitely order again in the future.
Thank you!

September 10, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

No support, at all

I bought a RPI4 in july 2022 and it worked well.
Two weeks ago it stopped working (solid red, no green light, no 3.3v, dead)
I wrote them asking for assistance, no reply.
I wrote them again, no reply.
I wrote them a third email, no reply.

I understand that getting a RPI4 replacement would be a loss due to the shortage, but I would have loved a courtesy reply at least.

I will never by from them again.

edit 13/3/2023: you only have sales at coolcomponents.co.uk and I wrote you as reply to confirmation, then I wrote a completely new email twice to such address as you only have that address referenced in your website, so?

February 22, 2023
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Reply from Cool Components

Hi Marco,

Thanks for your review and feedback. We've checked our email system and can see you replied to a noreply email which is why you have not yet received a response from us.

We will look into your issue and reach out to you shortly for more informaiton.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Ordered Pi4 kit but they sent the wrong…

Ordered Pi4 kit but they sent the wrong power supply, Have tried to contact over form, email, and even phone but no response as yet. Its a shame as was sent really quickly but not sure why ignoring my comms.

January 5, 2023
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Reply from Cool Components

Thanks for leaving a review Robert.
We're very sorry to hear you received the wrong item. We pick and pack all our orders by hand so on rare occasions mistakes do happen.

We'll look into your email and see why you've not received a reply. In the meantime, we'll reach out to you via email to resolve the issue as soon as possible. Apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused.

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Coolcomponents were just EXCEPTIONAL

Coolcomponents were just EXCEPTIONAL in their communication, after sales service( when I had a slight technical issue ) which they resolved with great speed and efficiency. I cannot recommend them more highly. Well done to the team!

December 22, 2021
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great supplier

Was umming and ahhing about a raspberry pi zero 2 w and when I decided to buy, obviously no one had any - bar cool components.
I thought it might be a scam at first, having not dealt with these guys before and the fact no-one else had any and these guys had hundreds, but no. Fully legit and I have my raspberry pi zero w 2 in hand.
I often need stupid things for projects and will be using cool components more in future.

Thanks chaps!

November 9, 2021
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

First order was excellent

First order was excellent. Extremely quick.

Second order was slower and is still yet to arrive, but responded promptly when I asked them where the order is. (but given that the country has driver shortages I suspect it’s out of their control.)

October 4, 2021
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Brilliant customer service!

I have previously purchased from Cool Components from online marketplaces, and more recently directly on their website. Every time, orders arrive quickly and the products are of high quality.
The customer service is very helpful. My most recent order contained a component that I was unable to get working. I worked with customer services to trouble-shoot the problem and try to fix it, but concluded that it was a faulty item and sent a new one.
Top marks for customer service! I'll definitely continue to purchase from Cool Components through their website, as well as their Amazon and eBay stores.

February 25, 2021
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Good price. Fast delivery.

Ordered a Teensy 4.1 at 5pm on Wednesday. Couldn't get them from my usual place (RS Components and Digi-Key) so was expecting a price hike from any UK suppliers. In fact, Cool Components were cheaper and the item arrived the following morning.
Also got an email from the owner saying thanks for the business. I know it is probably automated, but it's still a nice touch.
I will definitely add Cool Components to the top of my suppliers list for future purchases.

October 8, 2020
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

A great alternative to Amazon

Great products at fair prices, enthusiastic staff, and no problems whatsoever so far. I've not had any reason to return anything, so I can't give my opinion on their customer service.

August 1, 2020
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

An excellent company to deal with

An excellent company to deal with; I've used them a few times in the past (more frequently recently) and cannot fault their service. Their checkout process is easy and dispatch/delivery is reliably fast and affordable.

Probably the only reason they aren't my go-to supplier for ALL my project parts (which is currently RS) is because they don't offer the same free next-day delivery on all orders; which I realise is probably impractical for the smaller company to implement.

Still; they stock the more esoteric items (Arduino-compatibles, Pololu boards, etc), which RS do not; and at a reasonable price.

Highly recommended.

March 12, 2020
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Reply from Cool Components

Thank you for your review George! Much appreciated.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Not even worth one star

Not even worth one star. I agreed refund with seller for faulty item. I posted item back but refund has never been processed by seller. I had to ciam that with Paypal. Avoid!

Updated
Paypal has decided case in sellers's favour because seller provided different adress of return in paypal case to the adress provided to me on messenger. According to paypal case has been closed in seller's favour automaticly for that reason... Furthemore this address has been provided to paypal after I had already shipped the item, as instructed by seller. This has been clarified with paypal support and case has been decieided in my favour in the end. There was no broken parts but there was missing parts which I did point out to the seller when contacted their support as well. Defienietely would not use coolcomponents again.

February 19, 2020
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Reply from Cool Components

Hi Sebastian. Sorry you feel that way. However, when we received the item back we tested the servos and they all worked as expected. You said there was an acrylic part missing and when we received the return it arrived with a broken acrylic part (although this may have happened in transit). PayPal actually found the case you opened in our favour and it remains as decided in our favour (there has been no change by PayPal and we are not aware of any difference in addresses provided for return). Despite that we still tried to fully refund you some time ago, but for some reason PayPal didn't process it (possibly because they found the case in our favour). We have now manually processed a full refund. If you still doubt our commitment to customer service and satisfaction despite these details we are sorry we couldn't do more to convince you.

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great customer service - Real people to talk to!!! Awesome!!!

Great customer service. They went the extra mile to help me split/refund/reorder and then refunded any excess postage etc. Really good will definitely use them again. Email responses were minutes apart and definitely a person, not a robot answering me. Oh, and they have a great range of parts.

April 12, 2019
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent

Great customer service, parts arrived quickly. Nice follow up email thanking me for custom. My first stop when looking for electronic components.

January 29, 2019
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