Any webpage with ‘Direct’ in it, is a con. Cameradirect dronedirect, you place your order they take the cash and nothing happens for weeks. Even though every other legit seller are out of stock, these sites say they have stock when there is none. You get your money back easily, but they have had your cash for a few weeks for nothing. Besides, it doesnt matter in this case, garages only use their verified suppliers, and not ebay or dodgy websites. Ut yes, anything with “Direct ” in the website, give it a miss.
Such nonsense lol.
Appliancesdirect, dronesdirect etc – ordered from all of them, received my items just like any other retailer. And the vast majority of customers do, hence their trustpilot reviews.
Dronesdirect in particular is part of the “Buy it direct” group, one of the largest online retailers in the UK.
That’s not to say that they don’t get orders wrong – but that happened to me with Argos and Next twice, too.
I can’t speak for all “direct” shops of course (neither can you for that matter, to be clear), but one of the ones you mentioned (dronesdirect, never even heard of cameradirect) is guaranteed a normal website. And so are others, like appliancesdirect. I should know, they were the only ones who had our Samsung washing machine and tumble dryer in stock, and delivered both within a week.
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