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The Works Reviews

4.0 Rating 116 Reviews

76 %

of reviewers recommend The Works

Company Reviews

4.0

Based on 116 reviews


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About The Works :

The Works is a discount book store also offering discount art materials, toys, games and audio visual products. Please feel free to have a look around our web site and find the book you are looking for.

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0121 313 6000

Email:

orders@theworks.co.uk

Location:

The Works Stores Ltd Midpoint Park Minworth
Sutton Coldfield
B76 1RN

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The Works 2 star review on 24th May 2022

The Works 2 star review on 24th May 2022

The Works 2 star review on 24th May 2022

The Works 2 star review on 24th May 2022

The Works 3 star review on 12th December 2021

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Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“The staff at the shop helped me find the item I was looking for, which I'd seen on their website but couldn't locate in the shop. They rummaged in the store room and got the last copy out for me.”

Posted 6 years ago

“They are a store that has great choice for children of all ages. Toys and trinkets plus reduced books, a marvellous selection of those hard-to-find stocking fillers.”

Posted 6 years ago

“Some real bargains and unexpected finds in here.”

Posted 6 years ago

“Fast delivery excellent services”

Posted 6 years ago

“Good selection of books and toys for children at very competitive prices, website doesn't have the same amount of choice as their stores and the local store layout is very cluttered however i'm always able to find something there for my kids to keep them entertained”

Posted 6 years ago

“I recently purchased a number of children's books and stocking fillers from The Works online. There was a great selection and prompt delivery coupled with 25% it was an easy and pleasurable shopping experience.”

Posted 6 years ago

“Good service and some nice products that were very good prices!”

Posted 6 years ago

“Ordering and delivery perfect. When i had a problem with payment because I live abroad Customer services were quick to respond and help”

Posted 6 years ago

“Ok so i buy jigsaw for my mum on line and in store when im in perth.. She has just done one and 3 bits are missing. This is the 5 jigsaw with bits missing phone email works and all ya get is bring back to store. Get money back thats ok if u can drive if u dont cost 7 pound return on bus far. Total shocking”

The Works 3 star review on 12th December 2021

Posted 2 years ago

“From having to wait for our pick up order over 20 minutes from when they said it would be ready to then screwing up the order. I ordered the hipster on a white bun. I got it on a sesame bun and with no avocado!! That's why I ordered it. Very disappointed.”

Posted 7 months ago

“The parasol I ordered *clearly* shows it has a tilt facility which is what I needed. What I *got, was a basic parasol with no tilt mechanism. I wasted money and now have to spend *more* money buying the item I needed with a tilt mechanism. Where the tilt part should be, a bit of scratched metal pole has been put. It's jammed in so hard that the parasol pole has started to split.(see photo)”

The Works 2 star review on 24th May 2022

The Works 2 star review on 24th May 2022

The Works 2 star review on 24th May 2022

The Works 2 star review on 24th May 2022

Posted 1 year ago

“Expected items to arrive in store today but sent e mail to customer services to ask iff items on their way. They gave me a tracking number and information that the items are on their way to store. According to Hermes they are expecting them soon. Ordered them 3 days ago..Not happy . I know 3 days can sometimes be a day late for various reasons, but they should have contacted me to tell me.”

Posted 2 years ago

“I placed order with code today25 for up to 25% discount when spend £10 Or more and it didn't come off . Awaiting reply from customer services”

Posted 5 years ago

“The Works will take your money on their website, then a fortnight later refund the sale saying that your goods have been "lost in transit"! They use a third party company for email correspondence who therefore have zero accountability. They also use the worst (and cheapest) courier company in the country, so good luck if you think that your goods will arrive in a timely fashion or at all! They don't deserve the one star that you have to give in order to leave a review... AVOID THIS COMPANY.”

Posted 5 months ago

“Placed an order on their website for home delivery. The first thing that went wrong was after placing my order and receiving an email order confirmation, I received another email to inform me that one of the items I had ordered was no longer in stock. If this item was no longer available, why was it still in stock when I placed my order? Secondly, they short changed me on my refund for this item. Thirdly, after sending several emails over numerous months requesting for them to send the money they owed me, no reply whatsoever. I then had to go to the trouble of phoning their customer service line. For the poor service I had received, I asked for a manager to get in contact with myself to offer a good will gesture for all of my troubles. The operator informed me that someone would be in contact. Do you think anyone bothered to reach out to me? Surprise, surprise, they did not. I, therefore, once again had to contact them, this time via Instagram and after having to ask countless times, someone did call but guess what during work hours. I then used my lunch break to call back and you've guessed it no manager was around to speak to me. By this point I was very annoyed and frustrated at the extremely poor, abysmal and pretty much non-existent customer service. A manager did eventually email and offered a good will gesture to a level of pittance. Even having, quite, rightly, pointed out that what they had offered me was totally unacceptable, time and time again they right out refused to implement both common sense and good customer service and offer an acceptable will of good gesture. This is one of the worst retail experiences I have ever faced and god knows how they are still functioning as a business when they treat customers as they treated me in this scenario. Let this be a stark warning not to use The Works website.”

Posted 8 months ago

“If u use the bathroom you will never eat there! Disgusting filth, tables dirty too floors are terrible , used to be good now awful.25$ burgers are great somewhere else definitely not here so sad”

Posted 1 year ago

“I paid for next day delivery. No reply from the works and was days late.”

Posted 1 year ago

“Online Order. 5 items were missing from the delivery. I sent a query to their customer service and another query 5 days later and they still havent replied to either. They haven't refunded my money nor replaced the missing items.”

Posted 1 year ago

“Avoid at all costs. Their online service is terrible. 10 working days after placing the order, received an email stating your order got "lost", we will be issuing a refund in 3 - 5 working days. I had to send several emails to find out any info about the order after a week and a half.”

Posted 2 years ago

“The burgers were gross . Just a big hunk of dry hamburger .”

Posted 2 years ago

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The Works is rated 4.0 based on 116 reviews