Rapid Online Reviews

Name: Rapid Online
Address: Rapid Electronics Limited, Severalls Lane, Colchester, Essex
Rating: 4.79

4.8 Rating 11,615 Reviews

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“Got what I wanted - and next day - marvellous”

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Posted 11 years ago

“In urgent need of a couple of DMX 10 metre extension cables before a Christmas Concert, I was pleasantly surprised to receive them, on standard delivery terms, the following lunchtime. Well done, crisis averted!”

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Posted 11 years ago

“Delivered next day. Exactly as ordered. Excellent.”

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Posted 11 years ago

“Have ordered twice from this company in last month and everything turned up as it should and the staff could not be more helpful they are now on the top of my list of suppliers”

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Posted 11 years ago

“Rapid have been a reliable supplier to my company for many years. They have a very high stock availability and picking errors are very rare. Prices are usually very competitive. Customer service is excellent and any queries are dealt with efficiently and politely.”

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Posted 11 years ago

“Rapid by Name and RAPID by Nature.Free delivery arrived the next morning.”

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Posted 11 years ago

“turn around of order is very quick with next day delivery. Single side copper clad pcb low quality in my opinion and doesn't etch at all well compared with Farnell and Maplin boards. Everything else; relays, switches, knobs, connectors etc superb value and quality”

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Posted 11 years ago

“Good price and rapid delivery”

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Posted 11 years ago

“Quick and fast!!!”

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Posted 11 years ago

“Quick, a decent price and a product I really struggled to find elsewhere.”

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Posted 11 years ago

“As a web programmer there is a lot that Rapid can do to make their website more responsive. From my experience, nothing is cached locally on the customer's device so every page has to be redownloaded from scratch including the header and navigation bar which don't change. It is pretty annoying to have to wait a few seconds for the header to download then the rest of the page be instant. It is also obvious that Rapid are using a CMS (Content Management System) for their website as some items aren't (arguably) in the correct category and the 'from' label below products simply gets the cheapest item in that category - which makes sense, except Rapid put related items in the category too, a soldering irons tip in a soldering irons page so it shows up as 'from £2' for example. I also find the navigation bar to be annoying as it is so large when it opens a customer's cursor has to go around the bar, and when they do want to use it, it closes if the cursor goes out by a single pixel, this could be avoided with simple css transitions. The target audience isn't really clear from the website, I don't know if they target hobbyists or businesses, from the way it remembers past orders and has invoices I guess the latter. The company itself however is really responsive, getting back to my questions in only a few hours in some cases. Orders arrive fast, prices are good and the free delivery on orders over £30 is great. If Rapid are targeting hobbyists, optimizing the website and having more hobby friendly products like ICs would help a lot.”

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Posted 11 years ago

“Rapid has a great selection of components and the website is easy to use. Most impressive was the delivery . . . not only was the day specified but the carrier let me know what time they would arrive, and arrived on time! Great service, thank you Rapid.”

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Posted 11 years ago

“Fast dependable service. Not al the items I need all of the time but always first places I try”

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Posted 11 years ago

“Rapid,good to deal with,quick and efficient service.”

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Posted 11 years ago

“I only ordered a small amount, but it arrived quickly and was well packaged. Items appear to be of acceptable quality considering I bought the "Budget" items. Whilst the P&P was "reasonable" It does rankle somewhat that they charge what they do and then if is a light item they bung in loads of unwanted marketing bumf. Perhaps the P&P could have been less without that extra weight.”

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Posted 11 years ago

“Excellent service - goods were ordered online at 1730 and were delivered before 1430 the next day with free delivery and were exactly as requested - I have no hesitation in recommmending Rapid and will be using them again”

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Posted 11 years ago

“Good price and delivered by return”

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Posted 11 years ago

“Competetive prices and excellent delivery.”

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Posted 11 years ago

“staff are knowledgeable and very helpful, they almost always have exactly what I need, and have only ever once made a mistake with an order in the 20 odd years that I've been getting bits from them - one of the best and most efficient organisations that I have dealings with ...”

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Posted 11 years ago

“Fast service. Very effiecient.”

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Posted 11 years ago

Rapid Online is rated 4.8 based on 11,615 reviews