Daft Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 Play are awesome. They sent me Killzone 2 a day early and it was only £29.99.
Tales Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 I don't like buying from Play. It's too slow, even Amazon.com and VG+ are faster, and half of the stuff arrives damaged. The customer service is a pain in the as well. Once they wrote 33 punds instead of 12 and I ended up with about 20 punds in taxes.
danny Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 i have never ever been disapointed with Play and i buy loads off them.
Happenstance Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 I prefer Amazon but ive had no problems with Play at all, if they are cheaper and im not in a rush then i'll use them
Platty Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 I agree play.com are great. I've been using them since they were called play247.com. Delivery times back then were a lot better but im guessing less customers? or cheaper? But anyway I'm not fussed about delivery times as its free and I dont normally wait much longer than 3 or 4 days. Over the years I've had some free stuff and some odd things sent to me like the other month I ordered the dark knight and ended up being sent Lego Batman for the wii. :s Thanks play!
Raining_again Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 I agree play.com are great. I've been using them since they were called play247.com. Delivery times back then were a lot better but im guessing less customers? or cheaper? But anyway I'm not fussed about delivery times as its free and I dont normally wait much longer than 3 or 4 days. Over the years I've had some free stuff and some odd things sent to me like the other month I ordered the dark knight and ended up being sent Lego Batman for the wii. :s Thanks play! Back in the day Amazon's delivery service was uber. Its still good now but i've definitely noticed a change over here. Maybe cause they have both grown in popularity. I've never used play...heard a few bad things about the delivery so I stuck with what I know. Amazon all the way, baby! \o/
Ike Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 Play.com are pretty bad for pre-orders I find, but excellent for any other time.
welsh_gamer Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 Play.com are my personal favourite - done over 500 orders with them and only had 1 problem, where they failed to deliver a printer, but it wasn't a big deal. All my pre-orders have arrived a day before or on release date, apart from a small handful (Chrono Trigger DS, extra Nunchunk and Wind Waker) but it happens sometimes. Angers me when people say "ugh I'm never shopping with them again" after one tiny incident like that. HMV are becoming very good lately. Some great DVD deals.
ReZourceman Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 The way I see it is, their delivery isn't super quick, so its a problem if you're pre-ordering....but if not...theres no reason to go elsewhere. Their sale prices are simply ridiculous.
Eenuh Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 I've used Play.com and am pretty happy with them really. They're not fast at all, especially compared to Amazon, but they're pretty much the only UK online store I've found that will deliver stuff for free to Europe. Plus they're usually the cheapest. Though they did cancel my last order as apparently my credit card details are wrong. Not sure what is wrong. =(
Daft Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 I always found delivery speeds for Play were awesome. Everything I've ordered has come straight away. One item they sent didn't arrive, I reported it and they refunded me the money. I'm quite surprised that everyone seems to have given them bad rep on delivery speed.
Happenstance Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 Well Plays delivery is usually 3 days because they are based in Jersey
Eenuh Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 It's usually a bit over a week for me I think, sometimes longer. But yeah, I'm in Europe so that's why I guess. Though Amazon is able to deliver in a couple of days. Just too bad about their extra fees (VAT and postage). =(
Tellyn Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 My Chrono Trigger arrived two weeks after the release date, and I preordered it a month before it came out.
Ashley Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 Wondered into Waterstones and it was DOTW for £4 so figured why not? I do have a 12 hour plane ride coming up ^_^
BeerMonkey Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 test drived - getting one in the summer cant wait
Jon Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 I've used Play a few times and try to avoid them whenever possible, had a few bad experiences with them. You can't go wrong with Amazon, ordered hundreds of things over the years and never had one problem.
Pantsu Man! Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 Back in the day Amazon's delivery service was uber. Its still good now but i've definitely noticed a change over here. Maybe cause they have both grown in popularity. I've never used play...heard a few bad things about the delivery so I stuck with what I know. Amazon all the way, baby! \o/ Seriously. Amazon? Amazon's free delivery service is the worst delivery ever and totally puts me off ordering from them. I order something in stock and I have to wait 2 or 3 weeks to get it. What's the point in that? play.com's delivery is the best delivery of any online store I've bought from. Bar shopto. Shopto are Gods when it comes to deliveries.
Paj! Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 In the relatively short time I've ordered stuff online, Amazon have only let me down once. I ordered Heartburn on DVD for Mother's Day, but it arrived about a week and a bit after that. However, it was basically an out of print DVD, so I wasnt too fussed.
Cube Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 In recent experience, I'd say that Amazon's free service is better than Play's delivery. I bought all my DSi stuff online on Easter Sunday. From Amazon I got my DSi and Phantom Hourglass. Both arrived on the Wednesday. From Play I got an SD card (arrived Thursday), Chinatown Wars (arrived Friday) and a SD card reader (arrived Saturday).
Kirkatronics Posted April 23, 2009 Posted April 23, 2009 Never had a problem with play, ordered a few things and they came on time. I think my memory cards came a day eaerlier.
Will Posted April 23, 2009 Posted April 23, 2009 *squeals* sexy car Very nice, what spec did you get?
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