Anyone buy from pixmania?

Mint Sauce · 09-01-2012 9:29pm #1

Garmin 310xt almost €100 cheaper compared to wiggle.

Have bought bike gear and running shoes a few times from wiggle and find them very good to deal with, but never used pixmania. Anyone buy from them, and how did you find them?

Gringo78 · 09-01-2012 9:37pm

irish-stew wrote: »

Garmin 310xt almost €100 cheaper compared to wiggle.

Have bought bike gear and running shoes a few times from wiggle and find them very good to deal with, but never used pixmania. Anyone buy from them, and how did you find them?

They're pretty well established, owned by PC World as far as I know so legit. Haven't bought from them in year but no issues then.

RoverHogan · 10-01-2012 7:34am

I've bought a hard drive and digital camera from them in the past 4 months. No hassle, prompt delivery... I'd use them again no problem.

Have you checked out amazon.co.uk? They usually have good deals on garmins

JohnnyCrash · 10-01-2012 7:55am

Used them a few months back to get a Garmin 305. Very prompt.I used the UPS delivery option and had it within a few days

the_syco · 10-01-2012 9:15am

As a general rule with pixmania; if it works, great, if it doesn't, prepare for lots of fun :pac:

TFBubendorfer · 10-01-2012 9:23am

I've used them on a couple of occasions, never had any trouble.

Pixie Girl · 10-01-2012 9:51am

Used them just last month to buy a Garmin Forerunner 110 and had no issues, would definitely recommend them.

big mce · 11-01-2012 5:47pm

the_syco wrote: »

As a general rule with pixmania; if it works, great, if it doesn't, prepare for lots of fun :pac:

As syco says: If it works great. If it doesn't just chuck it in the bin. Their after sales is sh1t. Did you try
http://www.handtec.co.uk

seanmacc · 13-01-2012 6:29am

Got a camera and printer off them last month, very well priced and very promptly delivered.

One issue with them I found strange though is that both the camera and printer had European 2 pin plugs on them. The did supply a three pin plug with the order as well but when you get something new you just want to be able to plug it in and get playing with it, not fiddling round with screwdrivers and wires.

lorrfitz · 13-01-2012 5:10pm

if your buying electrical goods off them be sure to check everything as soon as you get them. From experience, if something is wrong they are horrendous to deal with!

sedohre · 18-01-2012 1:02pm

Bought Headphones from them in December 2011.
I just checked on my order. Their next dispatch date is 25/5/2012
5 months Later! F**K Sake!! :mad:

sbsquarepants · 18-01-2012 1:06pm

Got a camera off them about a year ago, no problems.

cork_buoy · 18-01-2012 7:32pm

Pixmania is part of Fotovista, a French company. Customer Service is to Pixmania as juice is to turnip. Great products, prompt delivery and good prices. If the product doesn't give you problems and you don't mind French Instruction manuals you'll be just fine. But if you find yourself in the situation where you will need to call on the services of their aftersales department - be prepared to wait.... and wait... and wait. You'll need to jump through hoops to get some decent service with Pixmania. Mildly obnoxious "mediators" (inadequate resources maybe) on their customer service frontline deal painfully slowly with whatever issues you have. I had to wait several days (>5) for first contact from them... very frustrating if you've just splashed out 100's or even 1000's on product! I'd avoid and buy from elsewhere. This is my personal opinion based on a past experience with Pixmania.

Anyone buy from pixmania?

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