I was looking for some Huawei 4i Freebuds, and apparently found them on Idealo UK for £15.19, a massive saving on other sites I'd been on. However, when I looked more carefully, even though the Idea... See more
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As a business user, HIGHLY NOT RECOMMEND Not efficiency, not helpful, and rude Usually, they took more than 10 days to reply an email, mostly have been ignored and never reply, it took the... See more
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I am an idealo convert! I used to buy everything on Prime because I always thought it was cheaper but when I started comparing the prices for some of the more expensive things I was buying using t... See more
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Scams the end user into blindly signing up and then you get charged a fortune before any signature or authorization is taken, sold nothing and we're landed with a £550 bill. Won't be using these scam... See more
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idealo is one of Europe’s leading price comparison portals, attracting over ten million monthly users across India and seven European countries. We currently have over 108.7 million offers from 23,200 shops for you to compare from. Our prices are regularly updated and feature comprehensive, thoroughly-researched product information. We equip consumers with the knowledge they need to find the cheapest prices.
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- idealo.co.uk
2.7
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SCAM STORE ONLY !!!
I just now "bought" a Windows 11 Pro on the site. They promised instant download but nothing. Firstly it seems ok I got to emails, but NO ANY DOWNLOADABLE LINK in the mails.
March 29, 2023
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Reply from Idealo
Hi there, thanks for your feedback, we are sorry to hear you've had a bad experience and we'd like to look into it.
Could you send us a message over to mail@idealo.co.uk with details of the shop you bought it from?
Many thanks,
The idealo.co.uk team
I wanted a cheap chic lamp
I wanted a cheap chic lamp, but to avoid amazon and find a local store. Anyway I bought a new lamp from the Fruugo store off there after looking at the other offers., it wasn't down the road local but at least near Lancaster and arrived in 2 days too.
July 1, 2022
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Reply from Idealo
Hello, thank you for the positive review, we're so glad you found your perfect cheap chic lamp! Looking forward to helping you save money while you shop in the future :)
Very Sneaky Presentation Of Goods
I was looking for some Huawei 4i Freebuds, and apparently found them on Idealo UK for £15.19, a massive saving on other sites I'd been on.
However, when I looked more carefully, even though the Idealo webpage showed the full 4i Freebuds specs & photo in a large area, further down the page the actual item being offered at £15.19 was a CASE compatible with the 4i Freebuds, not the buds themselves.
In my opinion this is sharp practice at best, and I'd urge fellow bargain hunters to be very careful shopping on this site.
September 2, 2022
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Reply from Idealo
Hi David, thank you for taking the time to write us a review, we're sorry you've not had a good experience so we'll try and explain what happened.
It's really important to us that we offer the best, accurate prices for everything you are searching for. We do this with shop feeds from our partner shops, and occasionally the system makes a mistake and an incorrect offer gets assigned to a product.
We have a team of people who work on this to make sure the prices we show are as accurate as possible, but with millions of offers online, you can imagine it's a bit of a challenge!
If you ever spot something that isn't right, please do consider using the "report a problem" button on the offers list, then one of our dedicated team can set about putting it right for other users.
Hopefully we have shed a little light onto why this happens, and reassured you that we really care about finding you the best price, and one that is up to date too.
Thanks again for your time and for using idealo :)
Good stuff for the home office
Bought some good stuff for the home office, it arrived when it said it would, and felt the range online was almost too much to choose from
May 31, 2022
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Reply from Idealo
Hello, thank you for your positive review! We're so glad we helped you kit out your home office. Looking forward to help you find more great deals in the future!
Rubbish in my opinion.
So many times I’ve rushed to look at an item these people are advertising lower than anyone else, only to find it’s a con (my opinion) and the lowest price one is a different product. This earns Idealo a commission in some cases. I need to suss how to block them completely.
August 15, 2022
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Reply from Idealo
Hi Alan, thanks for taking the time to write us a review, we're sorry it's not a positive one, but let's see if we can turn that around.
It's really important to us that we offer the best prices for everything you are searching for. We do this with shop feeds from our partner shops, and occasionally the system makes a mistake and an incorrect offer gets assigned to a product.
We have a team of people who work on this to make sure the prices we show are as accurate as possible, but with millions of offers online, you can imagine it's a bit of a challenge!
If you ever spot something that isn't right, please do consider using the "report a problem" button on the offers list, then one of our dedicated team can set about putting it right for other users.
Hopefully we have shed a little light onto why this happens, and reassured you that we really care about finding you the best price, and one that is up to date too.
Thanks again for your time and for using idealo :)
When you go to their website it says…
When you go to their website it says Vector Anki ROBOT £22.37 which my son thought is it's real price and hence drove me crazy to buy it for him! In fact, this robot's price is around £300 and the price was for the CASE for the robot! Now I have to argue with a cross child and to try to explain to him that there are these clickbait sites that are lying for everything just to get their clicks!
December 22, 2021
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Reply from Idealo
Dear Reneta,
Thank you for taking the time to write us a review.
We're really sorry to read that you and your son had a less than happy experience using idealo, that's not the service we aim to provide at all so we really apologise.
To explain what likely happened in the experience you described above: sometimes incorrect offers get erroneously attached to a similar-sounding product by our system. We have a team of people going through and checking that everything is correct, but with so many products and offers to keep in check, sometimes one can slip through the net.
It's really important to us that we show you authentic & accurate prices every time, so we are constantly optimising our system, please do bear with us :) We can assure you that we would never show incorrect prices on purpose and we really appreciate you bringing this one to our attention so we can sort it out.
Kind regards,
the idealo team
Inaccurate advertising
I am in the market for several products and often see ads from Idealo whilst browsing webpages. The ads suggest that they have sourced these items at a very reasonable price, but when you click through to their website this is never the case. The actual lowest price is far higher than the price listed on the advertisement.
Companies should be held responsible for this kind of shady marketing tactic, hence the poor review.
August 19, 2021
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Reply from Idealo
Hi Lewis,
Thank you for taking the time to write us a review. We're really sorry to hear that you've not had a positive experience so far and hope that we can put that right!
To explain how the ads you have mentioned worked a little: these are dynamic ads which automatically show the cheapest price for an item.
The feed that these ads runs on is sometimes a little slow to update (we're working on it!) which sometimes means that the price originally shown in the ad has changed when you click through. Sorry about that, we really do always aim to find you hte best price and we promise we aren't trying to do any shady marketing tactics, honest!
If you're able to send us over any examples of problematic prices to mail@idealo.co.uk then we will happily look into them, and we'll be forever grateful to you for helping idealo to help even more consumers save money when they shop online.
All the best,
The idealo team
Showing incorrect pricing for 3 or 4 days now for the same items
I've been checking Idealo regularly for the last 3 or 4 days to see if there is any movement on the pricing of a drone i'm looking to buy and it's constantly showing an incorrect much lower price that it claims to have checked, both written and using it's graph to indicate recent movement. It's both annoying and misleading and directing traffic towards a site unfairly.
The item i've been looking at is DJI Mini 2 Fly More Combo which is showing as £457.50 and
£461.45 incl. delivery, however as soon as I click on the link the price is 549 + £3.95 delivery charge.
Idealo is claiming it's checked the price on each successive day, but i've also been checking the prices regularly each day and never seen the items at this price on these days at any time. Looking at sales history on the item it appears that nobody has purchased at this unbelievable bargain price of a popular item.
July 9, 2021
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Reply from Idealo
Hi James,
Oh no, that's not the kind of price comparison we aim to offer, thank you for flagging it up and let's get that error sorted!
We have a team dedicated to checking that the offers on our site are all up to date and working as they should be, but with around 3.8 million offers live, it's tricky to keep an eye on all of them, so we rely on feeds from our partner shops which are updated every 30 minutes to keep prices showing correctly. Occasionally there is a glitch with these feeds which leads to an incorrect price being shown, but we are working all the time to make sure this doesn't happen!
We're really grateful to idealo users like you who let us know when something isn't working as it should. There is a little button next to the offers that says 'Found an error?' which is the quickest way to let us know something isn't right.
For the product you mentioned, the DJI Mini 2 Fly More Combo, we have removed the problematic offer that was showing from eBay.
Thanks for taking the time to share your feedback with us and we hope we can help you find the right price for your drone very soon,
All the best,
The idealo team
One of my most used apps!
I am an idealo convert! I used to buy everything on Prime because I always thought it was cheaper but when I started comparing the prices for some of the more expensive things I was buying using this app I was shocked how much you end up overpaying without realising.
I would say I use their app a few times a month now to check prices of things I’m buying, sometimes it’s just a couple of quid cheaper so I don’t bother but I’ve saved probably about £200 in the last 6 months so far using idealo.
Sometimes you get eBay offers that don’t look that good but mostly the prices they show for other shops are accurate.
July 7, 2021
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Reply from Idealo
Hi Kirstie, thank you for your positive review of idealo, we really appreciate it and are so glad that we've been able to help you save money. Here's to even more savings to come.
Saved over £80 of my dishwasher
Saved over £80 of my dishwasher. Not a bad site at all
June 25, 2021
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Reply from Idealo
Hi Barry, glad to hear we could help you save on your new dishwasher, enjoy putting your feet up while it does all the hard work! :)
I tried idealo a couple years ago
I tried idealo a couple years ago, when occasionally found it featured on Cosmopolitan. At first, I didn’t think it was the website useful for me. I buy everything on Amazon.
During corona lockdown, I needed something new and exciting. I checked the offers for robot vacuum cleaners on Amazon. It was insane - 250 was the cheapest option I could find. I decided to check on idealo. It showed me that by ordering on another website I could save 50 grands. Whaaaaat?! I took the deal, and now use idealo all the time.
May 17, 2021
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Reply from Idealo
Hi,
Thank you for taking the time to write this lovely review, we are so glad that you saved money using idealo, we look forward to helping you save every time you shop online! :)
All the best, the idealo.co.uk team.
Unfortunately you have to give at least…
Unfortunately you have to give at least 1 star to start but sadly that is vastly overrated. I was looking for a cannon printer and unfortunately looked at the Idealo site. All reasonable priced models were put of stock but since then, for the past 7 weeks my phone has been taken over by their marketing scams. I have tried righting yo them and have attempted many times to unsubscribe but to no avail. These scammers will take over your computing life and there seems to be no way to get rid of them. Can any one please help me.
November 23, 2020
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Reply from Idealo
Dear Pete,
thank you got taking the time to write us a review, we're sorry to hear you haven't had a good experience and we are keen to address the points you raised.
We apologise for the lack of offers in stock for the printers you were looking for, our team is constantly working to increase the number of deals listed on idealo.co.uk, and ensure that those offers are in stock.
Unfortunately, since we offer price comparison on such a wide range of things, sometimes certain items go out of stock on our partner shops and the system might not immediately update. Our Quality Assurance team is constantly on the lookout for these though, and if you spot an error we always appreciate consumers flagging any errors up to us, there is a button on the page if you wish to do so.
Regarding the other topic you have raised, we'd like to assure you that there is no marketing scam underway, but like many brands, we use cookies to show you relevant items that you might be interested in. You can control this by changing which cookies you consent to when you visit our website.
Many thanks again for your review and we hope we can help you find the best price and save some money on something you are looking to buy in the future,
Kind regards,
The idealo team.
I used their application to buy a…
I used their application to buy a drone. They enlisted the scam website and I lost my money. Be very careful when you use this app. How is it possible to have a website that is a few days old enlisted in your app in the first place, I had full trust and lost my money.
September 13, 2020
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Reply from Idealo
Dear Vojimir,
Thank you for taking the time to write a review. We are keen to address your concerns.
At idealo, we make it a priority to provide accurate information regarding offers and shops.
Whilst we do follow strict protocols to ensure that all shops who partner with us are indeed not fraudulent companies, it is unfortunately the case that from time to time, one or two slip through the net.
We appreciate any feedback relating to the possibility of fraudulent activity on idealo.co.uk, and look into each case seriously to ensure that it does not happen again in the future.
Kind regards,
The idealo team.
I recently used idealo to look for a…
I recently used idealo to look for a tv, I found the model I wanted, Argos were out of stock but there was another firm called WHITSWAREHOUSE, supposedly based in London, it was a scam, I never received the TV, so be careful using the site.
September 9, 2020
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Reply from Idealo
Dear Stephen,
Thank you for taking the time to write a review. We are keen to address your concerns.
At idealo, we make it a priority to provide accurate information regarding offers and shops.
Whilst we do follow strict protocols to ensure that all shops who partner with us are indeed not fraudulent companies, it is unfortunately the case that from time to time, one or two slip through the net.
We appreciate any feedback relating to the possibility of fraudulent activity on idealo, and look into each case seriously to ensure that it does not happen again in the future.
Kind regards,
The idealo team.
Nice idea in theory!
I found out about Idealo after reading Web User magazine. I use it a lot to compare prices on a range of products. One slight issue occured recently when I tried clicking on to the best priced product, I was unable to complete a purchase! When I went to the sellers website direct, they did not even have that product on sale. Strange?
March 28, 2020
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I'm really glad I found this website
I'm really glad I found this website. I'm able to get stuff much cheaper thanks to it and it is extremely convenient for showing so many websites that sell the specific product.
February 11, 2020
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Was in the Idealo park hotel 10 until…
I was in the Indalo park hotel 10 until 16 may 2019 , this is a great hotel,the rooms were very clean. super food and the staff is very helpful and doing a great job for everybody, indalo team thank you for the great week, this hotel gets a 10+. see you soon I will come back ,to everybody that want to go to this hotel. just book ! Greetings Hans Wijnands
May 16, 2019
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This is an excellent price comparison…
This is an excellent price comparison site! They helped me find the best price for the item I was interested in.
September 19, 2018
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HIGHLY NOT RECOMMEND
As a business user, HIGHLY NOT RECOMMEND
Not efficiency, not helpful, and rude
Usually, they took more than 10 days to reply an email, mostly have been ignored and never reply, it took them few months to solve one little issue
The only time they use email is the issue about money, such as remind us to pay the invoice, ask us to increase budget
Their CPC is fixed (Cannot do bid management) and high but not performing good
Avoid using their services!!!
July 19, 2018
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Reply from Idealo
Good day Sam,
Thanks for taking the time to provide a review. We'd like to obtain a better idea of the situation, but in order to do this, we need more information about the specific incident you're referring to. Please contact us through mail@idealo.co.uk so we can open a dialogue.
Regarding your statement that we do not provide bidding opportunities - this is correct. Our aim is not to enable shops to bid their way to a top position. Rather, the shop that provides the best price to our customers will always be the shop that is listed first. This goes hand-in-hand with our dedication to transparency for our valued customers.
Kind regards,
Your idealo Team
Great Service
Had nothing but positive experiences with idealo. I use it often to try and find the best prices and it has definitely saved a great deal of money over the past few years. Would definitely recommend
July 4, 2018
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