Smyths Toys Superstores Reviews

Name: Smyths Toys Superstores
Rating: 3.34

3.3 Rating 252 Reviews

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3.3

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Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods	Courier
Accurate And Undamaged Orders	Greater than 84%
Customer Service
Communication Channels	Live Chat, Email, Telephone
Queries Resolved In	Over A Week
Returns & Refunds
Returns Process	Could Be Better

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Smyths Toys Superstores 1 star review on 22nd August 2022

David

"headphones for my sone. I went in store-sheffield in retail park, and i asked for wireless headphones forXBOX X. I have paid \u00a379. When i gave my spns present, and we tried to conect them, guess what-the head phones did not work-As they were for plat station! All good up till now! We went back in store, and asked for a refound or to be replaced with o e for XBOX X. The guy who served us was nice, and he has checked them, but he needed a second opinion, so ge asked for the store deputy manager-and i can say she is a star! Her name is Beth, and she came with a properly atitude! After the headphobes were checked by the guy-were all new, and perfect condition, she took them in office, and guess what-she found a scratch! Which couple of minutes before was not there. Also she has said she can not cuange them as they are opened! At that time i guess i lost everything! How to not open them? If i tried to conect them? I have explained that i have asked her team for xbox x headphones, and, o aspect them to work! \r\nNow is comming the funny part! We have made a complain and the feedback received after this complain was as disapointed as you can imagine-\r\nHaving raised this with the store management team, they have advised that at the time of the sale, it has been confirmed that it was discussed which console this headset was for.\r\n\r\nFollowing this, the cashier assisted with locating and the sale of the PlayStation headset.\r\n\r\nWhen this was then returned, there were signs of use with this item and as a result of this, the store were unable to accept the return.\r\n\r\nFor unwanted returns, the item would need to be unopened, unused and in its original packaging and as it was outside of these conditions, the store would have followed policy here. Customer Services would not be in a position to overturn the decision of the Store Management team in this instance, I'm afraid.\r\n\r\nApologies for any disappointment which this may cause\r\nAfter this of course i have contacted the company to go forward with the complain, as i am not ready to give up, just because they want to sell, but not being profesional and respinsible! \r\nI find this shop team wery unprofesional and unresponible, playing with people money and destroying childrens happyness!\r\nI am sorry if i have done any mistake but please consider that english is not my first language.\r\nAll i can say is that my son is heart broken now as ge was looking forword to have a set od wireless jeadphonep"

Smyths Toys Superstores 1 star review on 28th June 2022

Sorina

Smyths Toys Superstores 1 star review on 20th April 2021

Mrs L Bullivant

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Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“Rude manager. Not at all sympathies or understanding. He looked tired, scruffy and not at all motivated to find a solution to the issue I had. This was at Cheltenham’s branch.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Would never advice you to buy frim smyths..TERRIBLE customer service.wanted to return an item after 2 days.But no returns if item has been opened!!!! Than customer service....!! They need help and a lesson on manners.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Refused entry today at Newry store, as apparently I need my parent despite being 16 and I didn’t even attempt to buy any thing. Disgrace, I will not be back, I’ll buy my Xbox games elsewhere.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Spent over £300 at THIS new Portsmouth toy store whilst at the till the lady serving me was very customer friendly her name badge was Debbie then BOOM! all of sudden this female manager starting screaming & shouting at the lady serving me.. WOW! in shock at the unprofessional Hitler like attitude this disgusting female manager displayed in public to one of her members of staff.. She looked drunk or of her head on DRUGS this was all in front of my 2 grandchildren aswell.. Not HAPPY.. @AskSmythsToys #smythstoysportsmouth”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Your order will never be delivered, because whatever happens it's always the courier, you'll be left empty handed.”

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Posted 4 months ago

“Recently purchased a Frozen 11 bicycle for our granddaughter who requested a princess bike for her birthday . The nearest stock was at the Mansfield shop where we bought the bike and a scooter as well . On opening the box to build the bike we found that some damage had occurred during packing . We duly returned to the Mansfield store and Wayne ( Manager ) and Paul ? ( Duty Manager ) professionally and courteously attended to us . We will have one very happy five year old girl on her birthday . Thank you .”

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Posted 8 months ago

“Absolutely disgusted with the level of customer service and how they deal with a customer compliant at Oldbury Smyths Toys! If I could give a negative 1 star review I would! Our 8 year old son used all his birthday money to by a G Star Electric scooter! We got it home and it had a burning smell to it when it first went on charge! Then when he tried it for the first time it shot across our living room nearly causing a serious injury to him! It says it is suitable for age 8+! He is a confident 8 year old who is used to handling Go Karts, quad Bikes etc… but in our opinion this electric scooter is totally unsafe with only one speed setting! We have asked for our money back and Smyths have refused! They took the scooter off us and tested it and said they can’t see anything wrong with it but I’ve explained this is an unwanted gift! Our son no longer wants it as doesn’t feel safe and wants his £129.99 birthday money back! The supervisor of the store was a vile woman who actually laughed in our faces when we asked to return it! And this was in front of our son! We have complained to customer services and still getting nowhere! We now have NO scooter as the store still has it and NO money back! We are totally disgusted by this store and our son is so upset and no longer wants to shop there! Smyths are still refusing to give us our money back and they still have the scooter they took off us to apparently check to see if it is working okay! I am seriously considering taking this matter to the papers!”

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Posted 11 months ago

“Hope this will help anyone considering buying online for home delivery. I have shopped many times with Smyths and generally found them to be OK. However, on this occasion I can only describe their service as atrocious. It took 10 days and attempts through two different couriers for my delivery to arrive. All the blame fell on the couriers with Smyths not appearing to take any ownership at all. Their apologies were weak and obviously scripted. When eventually I asked for intervention from a senior member of staff they too blamed the couriers and I received a £5 gift card which if I am lucky will buy a modest colouring book. This for having been messed around, staying in on four occasions when given a time slot which did not come to anything and wasting the time of a relative on a further day asking them to do the same when I was not available. The message is clear Smyths do not take customer satisfaction seriously. If their couriers are so unreliable get someone else. To sum up if you can get an item elsewhere do it.”

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Posted 1 year ago

“Smyths toys in Liverpool L11, thinks that a kids £20.00 ball that a 10 year old plays in his garden with should last 5 weeks only. Terrible customer service from them today”

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Posted 1 year ago

“headphones for my sone. I went in store-sheffield in retail park, and i asked for wireless headphones forXBOX X. I have paid £79. When i gave my spns present, and we tried to conect them, guess what-the head phones did not work-As they were for plat station! All good up till now! We went back in store, and asked for a refound or to be replaced with o e for XBOX X. The guy who served us was nice, and he has checked them, but he needed a second opinion, so ge asked for the store deputy manager-and i can say she is a star! Her name is Beth, and she came with a properly atitude! After the headphobes were checked by the guy-were all new, and perfect condition, she took them in office, and guess what-she found a scratch! Which couple of minutes before was not there. Also she has said she can not cuange them as they are opened! At that time i guess i lost everything! How to not open them? If i tried to conect them? I have explained that i have asked her team for xbox x headphones, and, o aspect them to work! Now is comming the funny part! We have made a complain and the feedback received after this complain was as disapointed as you can imagine- Having raised this with the store management team, they have advised that at the time of the sale, it has been confirmed that it was discussed which console this headset was for. Following this, the cashier assisted with locating and the sale of the PlayStation headset. When this was then returned, there were signs of use with this item and as a result of this, the store were unable to accept the return. For unwanted returns, the item would need to be unopened, unused and in its original packaging and as it was outside of these conditions, the store would have followed policy here. Customer Services would not be in a position to overturn the decision of the Store Management team in this instance, I'm afraid. Apologies for any disappointment which this may cause After this of course i have contacted the company to go forward with the complain, as i am not ready to give up, just because they want to sell, but not being profesional and respinsible! I find this shop team wery unprofesional and unresponible, playing with people money and destroying childrens happyness! I am sorry if i have done any mistake but please consider that english is not my first language. All i can say is that my son is heart broken now as ge was looking forword to have a set od wireless jeadphonep”

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Posted 1 year ago

“Son ordered xbox series x on line, paid £450, then within 15 mins it got cancelled as your banking process hasn't caught up with the changes. Son received e mail saying you had not taken any money but could take up to 48hours to go in bank, but alas SMYTHS didn't release the so called money they supposedly hadn't taken as i found out when i rang 2 days later. Then after speaking on phone got another e mail saying money released and could take 48hours to go in bank. Now the weekend and me 17 year old is still £450 down not happy so avoid all on line buying unless ya loaded..”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Smyths Toys click and collect policy is a joke - you need photo id to collect an order? and it states - a photo of the person who placed the order? - What! - so the person who placed the order turns up at a store with a copy of the order and the card details with that persons name on the order to correspond isn't enough? - it is at Argos etc - so Smyths what's next? a DNA sample, birth certificate - out of date company policy that doesn't reflect current customer buying trends - laughable”

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Posted 2 years ago

“I ordered a lighting board for the child for Christmas, he came just before Christmas itself, quickly wrapped it up and put it under the tree, when the child and I opened it, put the batteries in and were shocked, all the glass was shabby, scratched and cracked on the side. I went to exchange and checked with the seller, but he assured that there were no scratches, but it was just dirty, you arrive, say home and just wipe it. I arrived, cleaned it and was shocked, as it was terrible, again scratched. I took it and drove off again. I talked with the seller, with the manager, yes, I got a refund, but I asked, give me a discount on another toy, I come here twice, wasting time and money. No, that's it. Never again will I go to this store in Lincoln!”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Do not shop at Ipswich store, if anything is broken or missing , thay dont care and you will end up with nothing, staff very rude. If I had of read all there review's before my purchases, I would of never of gone there in first place, most of the reviews are bad .”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Brought a cott mattress IPSWICH STORE was damaged but refused to refund and acused me of damage! Manager was very rude and asked me to leave store. Then he threw the un-protected matress onto the carpark floor and said its yours do what you want with it.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“WORST STORE WITH TERRIBLE PRODUCTS AND… WORST STORE WITH TERRIBLE PRODUCTS AND CUSTOMER SERVICE!!!! AVOID...AVOID... Bought a boxing punch bag for my son.Opened it used it for 2 days.It was not suitable for my 8yr old.I emailed them.No response for 2 weeks than got a reply ..No returns if the item has been opened!!!TRY to avoid smythstoys.AND PASS THE WORD!!!”

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Posted 3 years ago

“bought a wireless ps4 controller from their doncaster store, the microphone socket broke after 3 weeks of use, it was part of my boys xmas presents and i didn't take it back at the time because i couldn't find the receipt, fast forward to march and i found the receipt in some paperwork and tried to get it replaced under guarantee, the controller is in perfect condition apart from the microphone socket has broken away inside, they refuse to replace it saying it has been misused and i have had it for longer than 30 days, beware of this store people, they don't do consumer rights here.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Went to Birstall store to exchange my granddaughter's kiddizoom camera as the SD card won't stay in. Got there and they're out of stock, no problem I said could you inform me when back in stock and save me one . No we can't was the answer you'll just have to look on Web site to see when there back in then hope we've got one left when you call. Wow even customer service was no better.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“It’s really sad that a black man living in Edinburgh, Scotland can’t go to a toy store (Fort Kinnaird smyths )and buy his son Several birthday gifts without being Racially profiled. If it was a famous rich white celebrity using their Unlimited black credit card, I’m sure the manager or so-called manager would have let the transaction go through. And they said racism doesn’t still exist in today’s world. Welcome 2020! thanks Smyths toy store. I would never ever in my entire life shop at smyths toy store again, and I will let all the people who I know that have children; due to me being a teacher and a coach. I’m in contact with several children and parents in Edinburgh I will spread the word like wild fire DO NOT shop in Smyth’s toy store, they are racist towards black people.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Maidstone branch. I bought a remote control spider from them. It was a birthday present for my own son so had no intention of returning it so I didn’t keep the receipt. Problem being, when it was taken out of the box the ‘on’ switch was already broken so it couldn’t be switched on. I brought it back to the maidstone store to be replaced. I explained the issue and showed the fault to the costumer staff desk. They asked for the receipt. I explained o didn’t keep it but asked them to check it’s a product they sell and assured them that I bought it there in the last few days. The guy on the counter was being cocky so I asked to speak to the manager. He came over and out right refused to help without a receipt. I asked ‘him do you think I walk around with broken remote control spiders trying to trick the wrong shop into replacing the product?’ Anyway the argument continued and I said if you won’t replace it I will leave a bad review and never return. He was still convinced he was in the right. I pushed the spider over the counter, told him to keep it and hoped that he would choke on the £18.00 he had swindled out of me. It’s bad customer service, slippery behaviour and badly trained staff. I have spent100’s£ In that shop and would have continued. I will never give them another penny. Well done, that is all the birthdays and Christmas’s of 7 kids in my family plus all their friends birthdays that you will not profit from. You sold me a piece of rubbish, you should have sorted out the problem.”

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Posted 4 years ago

Smyths Toys Superstores is rated 3.3 based on 252 reviews