Burgon & Ball Reviews 116

TrustScore 4 out of 5

4.2

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Dreadful- apart from having to pay an extra £11- the spade was not sent so will not be dealing with the company again. Up until now, they have been efficient.

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Received my Sophie Conran hand hoe and I am very impressed with its performance. It works brilliantly cutting through weeds, also useful to make a seedbed. I would consider this implement to be o... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The small ground breaker spade is well designed and practical, particularly good for both slicing turf or digging deeper into stonier ground than a straight bladed spade might manage. The shaft of one... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

This company has an excellent customer service. I have used there products for over 12 years and recently experienced an issue with one. On providing a photograph of the problem without hesitation th... See more

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  1. Tool Manufacturer

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Burgon & Ball has been serving gardeners for almost 300 years. The company’s heritage goes back to 1730, when it made agricultural tools in Sheffield’s industrial heartlands. Today Burgon & Ball is known for its high quality and beautifully designed gardening tools, accessories and gifts. Burgon & Ball’s tools are the only gardening tools carrying prestigious endorsement from the Royal Horticultural Society, the UK’s leading gardening charity. Burgon & Ball also offers a range of beautifully crafted tools and gifts designed in collaboration with Sophie Conran of the famous British design dynasty.


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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Best customer service ever!

Sadly my Sophie Conran trowel snapped, no receipt as it was a gift. No problem! Nancy replied to my email in less than an hour and sent a replacement which arrived in less than two days. What a lovely lady, what a wonderful company, and what amazing customer service. Couldn't recommend any higher. Thank you Burgon and Ball.

September 24, 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

My border fork shank snapped

My border fork shank snapped. I contacted Burgon and Ball customer service who on seeing the photos immediately offer a replacement fork which arrived 2 days later. Brilliant service 👏

September 23, 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent tools, excellent customer service

All of our garden tools are Burgon & Ball, as we have found over the years that they are well-designed and well-made. Yesterday my wife somehow managed to bend one of the tines on her border fork; I contacted B&B this morning to ask for advice on bending it back - and instead was notified almost immediately that they will be sending out a replacement under the Lifetime Guarantee. Could not ask for better customer service.

September 20, 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

My Fork broke

My Fork broke, l enquired about a replacement handle, and the sent me a new fork under the life time guarantee. A 5 star customer service. Excellent

September 16, 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very fast and friendly service

Very fast and friendly service. All of the gardening tools that we ordered are perfect. Good value for money. We chose Burgon and Ball as they manufacture their tools in England. Wouldn’t hesitate in using this company again.

September 12, 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent Customer Service from Nancy

I wrote to Burgon & Ball enquiries on Sunday 8th September as my border spade, purchased about 3 years, had stared to come apart at the weld on the main body of the spade. I had a reply from Nancy early this morning 9th September advising me she was going to arrange for a replacement to be dispatched to me. Wonderful customer service which in todays world is incredible and needs to be commended.
What Stirling service my new spade arrived this morning!!

September 9, 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent service

Thank you so much, Nancy you are a star. My garden spade has arrived safely and promptly.
I love your products, my garden equipment bought from Burgon and Ball Is an investment for the future It’s very serviceable, reliable, good looking and most importantly backed up with excellent customer service

September 6, 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Superb product and after sales service

I had a pair of ratched loppers which after much good service the extending arm ceased to lock. I contacted the company to see if they offered spares or repair.I got to there customer service team who replaced the loppers. I cannot commend the service team enough. From start to finish i had 1 agent dealing with me who gave clear concise guidance and sorted the whole thing out. An absolute pleasure to deal with a service team like this.

July 26, 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Fantastic customer service and support…

Fantastic customer service and support product came very well packaged and no damage also great quality will be a returning customer in the future definitely recommend for all your gardening needs I try and use small business’s when I can
Cheers Burgon and Ball

August 8, 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Truly excellent customer service

A Burgon & Ball lawn edger I purchased some years ago broke and the customer service experience was phenomenal.

The handle of the lawn edger broke after I’ve had it for around 5 years. I didn’t remember which garden centre I’d purchased it from. I emailed Burgon & Ball who got back to me the same day. Emailed them a photo of the broken edger, and within 2 days of the original contact a new edger was delivered to my home address.

Excellent customer service is so refreshing these days, this experience has ensured I’ll be a customer for all my future garden tool purchases.

August 15, 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent after sales support.

I have several Burgon and Ball tools but had a problem with one. I contacted the company and quickly got a reply from Tracey was very helpful and resolved the issue in no time at all.

In these times when so many services seem to falling short of providing good support, it was refreshing to have such excellent after sales support.

Well done Burgon and Ball and thank you very much.

August 7, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Customer service was terrible

Ordered a garden fork from them. I sent an email and said that the tracking had said "delivered" but it hadn't been delivered to me, and I had not received it.

It took them FIVE DAYS to respond, and then they did, they said "the tracking says it has been delivered" ... gee thanks Sherlock.

I can't believe I waited 5 days only to get *that* as a response. Will never shop there again.

July 30, 2024
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