SparksDirect Reviews 

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TrustScore 3.5 out of 5

3.6

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent customer service and great prices. I ordered 26 LED drivers as part of a complete upgrade from 20-year-old halogen spotlights to LED throughout our house. The prices were si... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Ordered 2 400w led dimmers, delivery was really quick, unfortunately the description was not correct on their website. It states 400w led dimmer but it actually only dims 120w. They emailed me saying... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

We only ordered a light switch, but we were constantly appraised of the delivery status via text & email and it arrived at the house at exactly the time we had been told. I've never unwrapped such a w... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Avoid by all means. They didn't want to return unused item a few days after purchase making excuse about not being able to test the gear, which was clearly unused. Beside, their pricing is way too h... See more

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  1. Lighting Store

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Sparks Direct - Lights Electrical Items Dimming Systems Switches and Sockets Fire and Security Heating and Ventilation lights, switches and sockets


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TrustScore 3.5 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent!

Prompt service and easy to use website. Will use again

January 17, 2015
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Reply from SparksDirect

Thank you, Richard. Please do use our website again, and don't forget to recommend it to your friends! It works on the mobile phone also.

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Splendid service and a very good product

I was most impressed with the service and price of my purchase, Alco heat and smoke alarms

January 8, 2015
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Reply from SparksDirect

Thanks, Harvey. We do our best to offer you the most excellent prices and the best customer service.

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

First Purchase

Excellent quality goods and fast efficient service. Will definitely purchase from again. Thank you for an easy transaction.

December 17, 2014
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Reply from SparksDirect

Thank you for purchasing from us at www.sparksdirect.co.uk, and thank you for the lovely review :)

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

inset light covers

Delivery extremely quick.website very efficient and easy to use.all good as far as I am concerned.

December 15, 2014
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Reply from SparksDirect

We are delighted to find our website to be efficient and easy to use. Try it on your mobile phone: it works great!

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Impressive service

Ordered lamp online and it arrived by courier within two days. Impressive and efficient service. Have not used the lamp yet - bought to give as a present. Exactly what I was looking for.

December 12, 2014
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

They don't take enough responsibility for faulty goods

We ordered a bathroom light with shaver socket. It arrived in good time and the packaging for such a fragile item was excellent. However, the item was faulty; the bulb was a poor fit and lost contact and went out when a shaver was plugged in or even if the flap over the socket was gently lifted. We returned the light in all its packaging and it was replaced with one that works fine. However, the return cost us over £12, which I feel the company should reimburse. I have requested this, but have received no reply - which is discourteous. I'm OK with companies not paying return postage if customers just change their minds, but they had failed in their legal obligation to supply goods fit for purpose - they have not quibbled over this - and they really should reimburse the postage costs now they have seen the faulty product.

December 10, 2014
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Reply from SparksDirect

Dear Marion, thank you for your review. We apologize for the delay in our reply; we have been very busy lately with online orders building up the Christmas period. We will send you an email update ASAP, and we hope that this situation will be sorted out to your satisfaction.

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Good product Good service

No problems whatsoever. If I had to find something, maybe the free postage threshold could be brought down from £100 to £50?

December 7, 2014
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Reply from SparksDirect

Thank you, Chris, for the review and the suggestion. We are considering this and it may happen this coming year. Have a great week!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Downlights

Were not in stock but was kept updated by email and were ready to collect earlier than originally quoted

December 6, 2014
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Reply from SparksDirect

Dear Alan, thank you for your favorable review. We do not keep everything in stock but we do our best to get it in as soon as possible.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

FIRST CLASS

Can't praise them highly enough. Goods ordered late afternoon, received the next morning. Will definitely use them again.

December 4, 2014
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Reply from SparksDirect

Thank you, Debbie, for your online order and excellent review. Even though our deadline for receiving the ordered items is 1.00pm, in many cases we send the online orders even later than that. Don't forget to recommend us to your friends and family :)

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Track Lights

Products delivered within a few days - no issues whatsoever.

December 2, 2014
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Reply from SparksDirect

Many thanks for the online order and the review. Regards.

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible customer service

I ordered a number of items that showed 2-3 days delivery. After a couple of days I received an email saying it will be delayed but within 5 working days. As I needed to set a date for the electrician, I called up to find out what was happening.

I found out that there was in fact only a couple of items missing so asked if they could send the majority first but they refused to do this so I had to wait.

After 7 working days with no updates or items I emailed to ask what the status was. A couple of days later I received an email to say, they had decided to cancel my order as the items has not yet arrived. At no point in time did I instruct this. It makes no sense to do this without asking, and especially when they already had most of the items.

This wasted almost 2 weeks delaying building works. I just wished I canceled my order with them right away and bought elsewhere.

I've used many electrical retailers which had higher ratings, including [External Reference], [External Reference], [External Reference]... list goes on. All of which have far better customer service. I really see no good reason to risk using this company if you can get your items elsewhere.

I see a review further down where this seems to have happened - judging by their reply to the review it looks like it could be that they try to cancel your order so you cannot rate them.

November 30, 2014
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Reply from SparksDirect

Dear "Happy", we apologize for this situation - such things our company does NOT do unless previously amicably agreed with the customer.

As a principle, we do not send out "split deliveries" but rather email the customer to notify them of any delays. We also depend on the manufacturers (when it comes to the products) and on the courier company (when it comes to deliveries), and we do our best to send the items ordered online in the shortest period of time possible (see the other reviews).

We would like to sort out this situation to your satisfaction; please contact us either via phone or email concerning this (unfortunately we cannot contact you since you didn't leave any contact details or online order number). Thank you for taking time to review our company!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Delivery bit expensive, but great service :)

Delivery bit expensive, but great service. Thank you :)

November 25, 2014
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Reply from SparksDirect

Dear Louise, thank you for your review. When a customer orders over £100 + VAT, there is NO delivery charge; under £100 + VAT (at least for now), there will be a delivery charge. In your case, the delivery was the very next day, and we hope you are pleased with your order. Have a great day.

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