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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Bought 3 x Youngman 300mm x 700mm Odd Job Hop-Up Work Platform and order was processed and item delivered very quickly. These platforms have been a godsend whilst decorating our newly built extens... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I bought a "S0931 - Sealey S0931 Compact Twin Barrel Foot Pump" which failed within 60 days of purchase. The vendor helped me decide on a better, stronger alternative and quickly processed a refund an... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Buyer beware. Automated email advising you may be charged extra for over weight item should warn you whats coming next. With a 30kg limit you would think you would be safe for a product they advise y... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

This ordered was for a CCM 50 cement mixer. I was aware that due to the weight being over 30kg, there would be an additional request for postage, overall the delivery fees were reasonable. Ce... See more

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Supplier of power tools and accessories, hand tools, fixings, fastenings and all ancillary products used by the building and related industries tradesmen.


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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

I have used this company serveral times …

I have used this company serveral times now to purchase inexpensive DIY tools such Silverline, to more professional brands such as Sealey and Clarke, to mention a few. All off which have been competitively priced. They also have discount vouchers which are always worth a look.

10 November 2017
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Awful service. Blatant lies. False promises. Shop elsewhere.

Awful service.
Took my money, then 3 days later informed me item unavailable from Makita - this was a lie as I got the item from another supplier via Makita.
Then kept my money for almost 2 weeks before finally refunding after I had to bomb their email account.
They have no customer service phone line. Every email I received was from a different (made up) sender name.
Their website guarantees everything on the site is in stock unless stated. This is another lie.
Will not be shopping here again and have warned my friends to stay away.

2 November 2017
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Reply from www.tool-net.co.uk

Dear Klaus

I am sorry to read your review. Once again we are very sorry that the item was discontinued as advised Makita simply are not making more of these it may be that other suppliers still had stock that they bought from Makita. There is no incentive for us to lie to you about anything as this will only result in letting you down which is not what we wanted to do. We have a payments line for payments and all other queries are dealt with by email in order to allow us to respond to all our customers much faster. I am sorry that you were responded to by more than one member of staff, we have a few members here and whoever got to your email first will respond to it to give you a an answer faster. As advised there was a delay with our accounts team, but they did refund you as soon as possible which we sent you confirmation of.

I am sorry the experience on this occasion was not good.

Kind Regards
Tool-net

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Liquid rubber roof seal paint

I have ordered some roof seal paints. It's arrived in time. The product is one of the best roof seals on the market at a good price. What I also like is that that delivery price is reasonable.
So far good experience.
Please keep it up.

31 October 2017
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

I ordered a 50 110V extension reel and …

I ordered a 50 110V extension reel and was sent a 25 metre extension reel. I have contacted the company on several occasions, both by phone and email. The sales department will communicate by phone but for refunds or returns I am told all communication must be by email, which is frustrating when they will not resolve the principle issue.
I am still waiting for a refund for the difference between the amount I paid and the actual goods I received. It's now three weeks since I paid them for my original purchase and so far I have not received a refund.

28 October 2017
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Reply from www.tool-net.co.uk

Dear Customer

Thank you for your review. I am very sorry to read that you received the wrong item. Our phone line is manned by our payments team any other queries including exchanges are dealt with by email and is allocated to the specific team dealing with that query. This enables us to respond much faster to all our customers. Could you please advise on your order number? Alternatively for a faster reply could you please email this query to customerservices@tool-net.co.uk with your order number and details so that this can be looked into for you.

Kind Regards
Tool-net

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent price & they deliver to Ireland!

Bought a Dewalt mitre saw with tool-net, they had the best price online in the UK and delivered to Ireland for a reasonable price. They were also able to deal with irish VAT numbers which is great. Will order again.

28 October 2017
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great service and communication

I bought the Clark bench-top sander with a number of extras for the sander from tool-net. The service and communication from the company was perfect. I am so pleased with the service that I am making a few more purchases for those must have items for the workshop from them.

Cannot recommend tool-net enough

28 October 2017
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

AVOID THIS COMPANY COMPLETELY, READ FOR YOUR OWN PROTECTION

AVOID THIS COMPANY COMPLETELY, they owe me € 620.47
I ordered a product, paid by visa, had to contact the company as
there was no sign of it coming.
They said it was out of stock, after me checking it was available
before ordering.
I asked for a refund and I keep getting the same rubbish, accounts dept are busy,
we are making our way through a large volume of emails.
They even answered a mail I sent mid day Friday, on a Sunday.
I have contacted my Solicitor and my Visa provider and am
currently putting together a case against them.
KEEP CLEAR
EDIT
As requested, my order number is 612785,
And as for a faster response, you have my emails, and
are doing nothing but making excuses, it takes only minutes
to refund my account.
EDIT
I received an email on 25.10.17 from toolnet, stating my refund was complete. I passed that on to my card provider, and they will update me when the funds are received.
I look forward to never having to deal with toolnet ever again.
Will update when my account shows payment received.
UPDATE 27.10.2017
They refunded me, and true to form, they could not get it right,
I am still down money due to this companies false advertising.
AGAIN PEOPLE, KEEP CLEAR
***********************Email content sent to toolnet customer support*****************
Once again you have proved just how determined you are to keep my money.
You are more than aware that the amount I spent because of your false
Advertising was €620.47, and you have only refunded me €582.08.
The amount was spelled out for you in the Trust Pilot exchanges,
And in my mails to you.
Here is the content of the email I just sent toolnet @ 13.59 on the 27.10.2017

You still own me €38.47
If you not take immediate action to fix this,
I am telling you that I will be taking legal action
for all the distress, time and associated Solicitors frees
In recovering this money.

You have had ample opportunity to get this right.

I am also going to publish all the email correspondence
I exchanged with you, Sussex Police, Your Internet Service Provider,
and other bodies I have contacted in relation to your stealing my money.
I am going to publish all of this on the internet forums so others will
Know to have nothing to do with this company.
I intend to leave no stone unturned.

The public has a right to be protected from crooks like you.
******************************************************************************
I will be posting much more later, there is no way this company is to be trusted.

UPDATE, HERE IS TOOLNETS RESPONSE TO THE ABOVE EMAIL.
Dear John

I just emailed you regards this. Perhaps the confusion on your end is the amount of euros on your account? We have refunded the exact amount of pounds that we received from you as per my previous email.

Kind Regards

Denese Brady
************************HERE IS MY EMAIL EXPLAINING I WAS NOT GOING TO BE OUT OF POCKET
BECAUSE OF TOOLNETS FALSE ADVERTISING ************************************
Hi
This is disappointing, your site explicitly stated that this item was in stock.
I looked on your site, and there are no similar sized saws available,
There are a lot of saws listed Collection Only, so no point in looking
at those, and no point as they might mysteriously not be in stock either.

I can not log into my visa account because of the storm here this evening,
So I do not know if you have taken payment, if so, please refund my card,
If not, then no problem there.

It is not right that you advertise something as being in stock when it clearly
was not, If I loose any money on the exchange of euro to Sterling and back,
Then I will be taking this matter further.
EDIT
TOOLNET HAVE REFUSED TO ACCEPT THAT BECAUSE OF THEIR FALSE ADVERTISING
THEY OWN ME MONEY REGARDING MY TRANSACTIONS WITH THEM.
I'm taking them to court.
Here is the letter I sent to the Police regarding their activity.
****************
Hi
I am sorry I have to bother you,
But I am having trouble with this UK company,

Internet Logistical Solutions Ltd

Little Bramleys
Jackies Lane
Newick
East Sussex
BN8 4QX
UK

I made an online purchase on the 12/10/2017
and paid €620.47 for a Chainsaw, that was falsely
advertised as being in stock unless otherwise stated.

On the Sixteenth of this month I contacted the company
via email, as I had not received any contact from them
Regarding my order status.

They said the product was not in stock, they offered another
which was no good to me, too small for what I required.

I asked for a refund, and was told it would take up to 48 Hours.

I am still waiting, and have sent the company several emails.
They firstly said their accounts department were busy,
Then they said they were back logged with emails, emails have
nothing what so ever to do with refunding a customer, they
read my emails, responded, but have not refunded my money.

I emailed them last Friday, mid day, and got we are chasing it up
email from them on a Sunday, and nothing since.

Looking on-line lots of people are having problems with this company.

This company took my money under false pretences, and will not
Give it back.

This company very cunningly have an order only hotline phone number,
there is no other way I can contact them other than via email,
and I have to be careful in this regard as I do not want to
give them any excuse to block me, else I will then have absolutely no way
to get in touch with them, others have said they suffered this ploy when
they kept looking for answers.

I just don’t know what to do about this company, and because of the distance
It looks like they will just keep on doing nothing as long as no one brings them to task.

This company has scammed me, and I ask that someone please investigate
this matter.

I Thank you kindly for your time

***********I will update this with mails I sent to other bodies so others can do the same**********************
I also contacted Trusted Shops to report this company and ask them to remove this companies
Trusted Shops Certificate. Others should to the same.
EDIT
IM NOT INTERESTED IN ANY STIHL ITEMS, NEVER WAS, SO STOP TALKING RUBBUSH.
YOUR COMPANY OWN ME MONEY, FOR EXPENSE OCCURED BECUASE OF YOUR FALSE
ADVERTISING.
*********
STOP PRETENDING, MY CREDIT CARD PROVIDER ARE TAKING THIS UP WITH YOU,
THEY HAVE ALREADY INFORMED ME OF WHAT HAS BEEN REFUNDED,
MAYBE YOU SHOULD LEARN TO READ, ITS TYPED CLEARLY IN MY EMAILS
TO YOU, AND IN THE ABOVE, YOUR NOT HELPING, YOUR ONLY TRYING TO
JUSTIFY YOUR COMPANIES RESPONSE.

24 October 2017
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Reply from www.tool-net.co.uk

Dear John

Thank you for your review. I am sorry to read that you have not had a good experience with us. We have had more queries than usual so are taking a little longer than usual, please bear with us whilst we work through the emails all of them are being responded to. Could I please ask whether you can advise on your order number so that we can look into this for you? For a faster response you can also email us on customerservices@tool-net.co.uk

Kind Regards
Tool-net

Dear John, Thank you for your response I can see that your refund has been actioned for you. Our customer service team have to log your emails with the accounts team. As advised our accounts team have been working off a back log of emails and work through them in date order. We are very sorry that you were affected by the delay. I can see that a member of the customer service team confirmed for you that it has been done for you. Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience caused.

Kind Regards
Tool-net

Dear John

As per our recent correspondence we have refunded you in full with the amount we received from you. You purchased an item at £536.54 that is the amount we received and that is the exact amount we refunded you with. Any amount of euros you receive in Ireland is dependable on the exchange rate and who you bank with. The attachment you sent to us also showed that the amount we received from you was £536.54. When you get a second to call your bank or log in online they will be able to confirm this for you as well.

Once again we are sorry that the item you ordered was not available as explained this was due to human error on our system we advised you as soon as possible on this. You mentioned the items that are only available for collection in your message above, just to clarify these are Stihl items that need a safety demonstration before they can be used. Not all chainsaw manufacturers require this to be done, however our terms with Stihl is that some of their products need to be safety checked with the person that is going to use it and it can thus only be collected for the safety demonstration to be done.

Kind Regards
Tool-net

Dear John

Thank you for your messages. We made the note on the Stihl items as you made reference to some of the items only being available for collection so we just clarified why they are listed for collection only. As advised you have been refunded for every penny you have paid us if you contact your bank they will confirm that for you. We received an amount of money from you and that was refunded to you in full. Any conversion rates in euros you will have to check with your bank. We do not sell items in euros or advertise any prices in euros, we are a UK company that sells products in pounds and the same amount of pounds that we received has been refunded. Your bank will confirm this for you. Once again we are sorry that you have been inconvenienced by the item not being available, however we have refunded you in full for the order.

We have a payments line and all other queries are dealt with by email. This enables us to respond to all our customers much faster and you will usually get a response from customer services at the latest within 24 hours. It also provides customers with a clear paper trial. We are sorry this experience has not been good. I am sorry we can't offer you more than the full refund that has been done for you.

Kind Regards
Tool-net

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

this is the worst online retail i …

this is the worst online retail i placed my order then got a email saying they wanted extra delivery charge which was excessive i cancelled the order which was accepted and said it would take up to 48 hours to process 7 days and several email later i kept getting the excuse that there accounts dept was busy and it would be deposited soon after 7 days i opened a case with pay pal who got my money back thank goodness i used pay pal for this transaction please do avoid this site

23 October 2017
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Reply from www.tool-net.co.uk

Dear Ruth

Thank you for your review.

We are sorry to read that you did not have a good experience with us on this occasion. We note the following on the delivery notes when you place your order.

Option 1 - UK Mainland Delivery - **1 Parcel, Maximum weight 30KG**

Delivery to a UK MAINLAND Address - Normally 3-5 working days* £6.99 plus VAT
*Please allow 3-5 working days for this delivery option (Excludes Weekends and Bank Holidays). However, most orders are delivered next day using this option, some may take longer than 5 days depending on their size and stock availability. IF IT IS CRITICAL THAT YOUR GOODS ARE RECEIVED SOONER or NEXT DAY please email and check stock availability with us.
IF YOUR ORDER IS OVER 30KG PLEASE EMAIL US FOR A QUOTE - WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SHIP FOR £6.99

PLEASE NOTE, Shipments of more than 1 Parcel or shipments weighing over 30kg (this includes the Volumetric Weight if greater) may require additional payment. You can either email us first to check, or we will email you if additional payment is required.

The reason delivery is calculated this way is that we get a quote from the courier as soon as we have your total order and your address. This way we are able to offer you the best delivery cost available and you only pay for what is being delivered to you, we also don’t work the cost of delivery onto the products making it more affordable overall. It is a system that is fair and has proved to be popular with our customers.

Please accept our apologies for the delay on your refund as advised we have been working off a back log of emails and work on a first come first serve basis. I can see that your refund was actioned for you.

We are very sorry that the experience has not been what you had expected. We sincerely hope you will try and use us again. Please email us before you place your order and we can check on the delivery for you.

Kind Regards
Tool-net

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