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1 review
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I paid for premium service £125 + £25 removal /recycle + £20 delivery so a total of £170, thinking I'd get a premium job, however on arrival the engineer said he couldn't remove the integrated freezer door and needed a tool not supplied by AO. I cancelled the whole order, I couldn't have a freezer sitting in the middle of the dining room, also after having taken a day's holiday was hugely frustrated with the service. Five minutes after Engineer left we took a small screwdriver and removed the door ourselves. Hugely disappointed with this service. Contacted customer service and was offered a full refund within 3 to 5 days plus a £30 voucher towards another appliance, however I'm not likely to purchase from AO again, so refused the voucher, they just can't fit integrated appliances or don't want to spend the time doing it, despite the cost to the customer.

Date of experience: December 20, 2024
GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Very bad costumer service, they sent a team that can not install the fridge freezer, though I requested that service and they said they can do it. Had to cancel my order after going to the trable of defrosting. I am even a paid member.and this is the service I got. Never buying with them again, and if you want a peace of mind don't use this company. Very disappointed 😔

Date of experience: November 30, 2024
GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Terrible!
October 29, 2024

I wish the drivers customer service or even customer service was as good as who ever spends timemaking reels for there social media I have and a terrible experience and nothing but the run around the driver was the rudest man I've ever spoke to in completely the wrong village yet that was my fault! Got my delivery slot so emptied my fridge and moved it for delivery for driver to do this now ruined food, wasted day, no fridge and a migraine from hell after it all I would recommend all people avoid AO I defo won't be using again and I had planned on getting washing machine and dryer I will shop else where!
I will also be reviewing my service where I can!

Date of experience: October 29, 2024
GB
4 reviews
2 helpful votes
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DONT USE
November 7, 2024

DONT USED BODGED KITCHEN AND LEFT EXPOSED LIVE WIRES LEFT A MESS CUSTOMER SERVICE DO NOT CARE THEY SAID THIS IS GOOD WORK
MY MUMS 82 AND COULD DO A BETTER JOB

Date of experience: November 7, 2024
GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Rubbish customer care
May 24, 2024

I am only giving this company one star as I am unable to leave zero stars. They delivered a washing machine and their delivery man caught his trolley under the step in our front garden and detached it. This step was part of paving that had only been laid in December. The driver apologised and advised us to make a claim.
Several weeks later AO will not pay for the repair despite acknowledging in a previous email having caused the damage. Now I have to take them to court.
I can only imagine what their response would be if there was a fault in something they delivered.
Avoid them!

Date of experience: May 24, 2024
GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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It was immediately apparent that the driver who arrived to deliver my washing machine had no desire to deliver at the location (5th floor flat- even though there is a lift immediately leading into the loading bay). When I contacted AO they revealed for the first time that their drivers are self-employed and they have no control over them- their drivers are effectively given complete discretion over whether or not they feel like doing the delivery. It is completely unacceptable for a company of this size and national profile to not employ drivers or have contracts that enable it to instruct them. Never again will I make the mistake of relying on AO.

Also, booking next day delivery with AO actually meant a date thirteen days in the future (although you only find out at the last stage of check-out). Classic 'bait and switch' tactics.

Thank you AO for the gift of Christmas without a working washing machine.

Date of experience: December 22, 2023
GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Incompetent
July 5, 2024

Absolutely dreadful. They've had my phone since 29 May 2024 to fix and electrical fault (battery lasts 2 seconds on my new phone). They are returning it unfixed, telling me the warranty does not cover it. I have still not received my handset 1 month and 1 week later. Avoid like the plague.

Date of experience: July 5, 2024
GB
3 reviews
2 helpful votes
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Got unlucky...maybe.
December 5, 2023

Glad so many people seem to have had a good experience, but mine was pure parody. Installation guys refusing to install, faulty appliance having to be swapped, damage to my walls pulling it in and out, bizarre complaints procedure where customer advisors phone me every day at 9am to say the same thing. Argos forever from now on!

Date of experience: December 5, 2023
GB
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Bought an American fridgefreezer in aug 2020. Just had an engineer as its not working only to be told the whole motor has gone to the tune of approx £360 to fix. He couldn't believe it was so young and said it should have been good for 10 years

Date of experience: February 24, 2024
GB
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Horrible service. Been waiting for a month to have a dishwasher delivered.
The first time they couldn't deliver my appliance because their van could not fit in our parking. The second time we rescheduled during the weekend so that they could park in the street. They didn't even try to, and the customer service had the audacity to ask if they could just deliver the appliance to install it ourselves.

To the AO logistics team: this is London. Streets are small. If you can't offer delivery with vehicles that fit in, just don't. You'll save everyone's time.

To the AO customer service team: don't hire people who can't provide support and suggest we do the work we pay for ourselves.

This is by far the worst appliance service I've experienced. Unacceptable

Date of experience: January 6, 2024
GB
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
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Shocking company!
November 9, 2023

Absoultely shocking company!
Paid extra for our washing machine to be connected but the incompetence of their delivery driver meant there was a serious leakage for a number of weeks. When bought to the attention of AO customer service they didn;t want to know, they wouldn't investigate further and flatly refused to check if the water had caused damage to the sub floor. Therefore, we'll have to foot the bill for their extreme incompetence. You couldn;t make it up!
Stay away!

Date of experience: November 9, 2023
GB
7 reviews
10 helpful votes
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Just bought a Fridge freezer online, with their complete package to deliver, unpack, unplug old unit, plug in new unit, remove all packaging and recycle old unit, which all sounded perfect.
After payment online, received several emails confirming purchase, delivery dates etc plus an email that states old unit must be defrosted entirely otherwise extra charge, or cannot remove, recycle.
How AO expects customer to defrost a fridge freezer entirely, which would take at least two days, before the new unit arrives, all the food would be ruined.
There was NO mention of this requirement in their recycling service prior to payment.
Called up to query, told it's to prevent water leakage in the van etc, but what about all our food in the freezer?
Cancelled order.
Went to another supplier (Indian dish), their website recycling service clearly states; prefer unit to be defrosted, however if not possible, no worries, they will seal the door and take the old unit away.
That's what I call service from a company that understands customer's needs.

Date of experience: February 29, 2024
GB
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Driveway blocking
December 17, 2020

I've never bought anything from AO and never will. But I came into contact with the inconsiderate tools when two vans decided to block my drive for 45 minutes as they swopped goods between vans. If you're going to do that so it somewhere where you don't cause a $#*!ing issue on a bastard housing estate. Thick $#*!s.

Date of experience: December 17, 2020
GB
1 review
3 helpful votes
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4 failed deliveries no cooker
December 10, 2022

I can not believe how bad the service has been from AO. Do not deserve 1 star, 4 failed deliveries, no information unless we chase and wait half an hour to get through to customer services. Promises to ring us back and never do. Now 2 weeks before xmas and have no cooker. Will never use the company again, really didn't care that we have rearranged our lives to wait in for 4 days, booked leave etc, and all they can say is sorry, really don't know what's happened it will definitely be delivered next time.

Date of experience: December 10, 2022
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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AO charged me for something I never asked for, I didn't even know this company existed until they charged me, I tired looking up what they charged me for, but I couldn't find it, it's fine if it was 10 dollars or 5 but they just had to charge me 84.96 like are you serious, I'm having financial issue and you want to rob me?

Date of experience: October 5, 2023
GB
3 reviews
2 helpful votes
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Horrible, first and last time buying with this 3rd world company. Placed 2 orders both of them cancelled, same excuse for both, items out of stock. Funds being hold forever. 3 hours to call and talk with someone. Lost amz price match to buy from this crp company and now they cancelled. That is why we should avoid this companies nowadays. There is no respect for the costumer they do just what they want. Imagine how bad and dmb is a company which can't deal with the stock number, now imagine buying from them :) i woudn;t trust them to clean my toilet.

Date of experience: February 20, 2024
GB
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Searched online for new tv. Ao.com had a good price, then bought it and 3 hours later receive message that it has been cancelled, and that money will be returned within 3-5 days. Not satisfied at all with service plus holding my money for up to 5 days.

Date of experience: October 14, 2020
GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Boots points
October 24, 2022

After buying an LG washer 8/9/ 21. From AO I registered my Boots and scanned it.
No points were added, I called the number at the time of purchase for help each time I got through, the call would be put down, emails queries were also unanswered. I am unable to locate my original receipt, but have included the reminder after a year of purchase, to but extra cover.

Date of experience: October 24, 2022
GB
1 review
3 helpful votes
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The AO fitter did not connect my washing machine properly causing damage to my property as it soaked the concrete floor and we only noticed once the walls and skirting boards starting to go mouldy. After initially advising that if they were liable they would pay for the repairs, they are now only offering half the cost of the damage repair, despite having taken legal advice which states they are liable for repairs.

Date of experience: June 3, 2019
GB
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Absolutely fuming beyond belief at AO. Com. I have waited nearly a week for my latest TV upgrade to be delivered, just in time for the snooker and F1 grand prix this weekend and guess what.? It arrived BROKEN with a screen leaking LCD inside and is utterly USELESS. I am disgusted with this "so called " reputable company.! I advise you to buy elsewhere and collect your item yourself. Terrible service when I tried calling them and was put on hold for an eternity. Rubbish product delivery, rubbish service, poor company throughout. Never using them again

Date of experience: August 7, 2020

Overview

ao.com has a rating of 1.2 stars from 164 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with ao.com most frequently mention customer service, next day and fridge freezer. ao.com ranks 203rd among Appliance sites.

service
86
value
81
shipping
79
returns
67
quality
70