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4.6

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

An excellent company to deal with. Great products, new, open boxed and refurbished, all at fantastic prices. Quick to respond and supply.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The laptop (which was "open box") was in absolutely superb condition and an amazing deal. Communication was good but sometimes took around 24 hours to respond (which is fine - I was just nervy in case... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent service from Lapodo, great helpful advice from Dan, ordered on Friday and received laptop Saturday even got an email from Dan Saturday pm to make sure I received laptop all ok. Will defini... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Fantastic experience from order to setup! It’s rare nowadays to find merchants that try extra hard, but Daniel was amazing and got my new Alienware delivered in less than 24h! Can’t praise thwm enough... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent service and quality product

Product was excellent quality, and even though there was a minor issue Dan was really helpful and quick to respond and sort it out. Next day delivery too. Very happy with my new machine. Thank you.

June 4, 2026
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

5430 Rugged

Excellent service from Lapodo, great helpful advice from Dan, ordered on Friday and received laptop Saturday even got an email from Dan Saturday pm to make sure I received laptop all ok.
Will definitely use Lapodo again, Thanks for everything.
Kevin P.

January 9, 2026
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Perfect delivery of an incredible deal

The laptop (which was "open box") was in absolutely superb condition and an amazing deal. Communication was good but sometimes took around 24 hours to respond (which is fine - I was just nervy in case things didn't work out). Dan was also very helpful in carefully scheduling the delivery. If I ever need a new laptop again (this one is a powerhouse) I will use Lapodo if they have the right stock.

August 15, 2025
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Highly Recommended

I recently purchased a laptop from this website and was really impressed with the service from start to finish. The ordering process was simple and straightforward, with clear product details and competitive pricing. Communication was excellent – I received timely updates on my order and delivery progress.

The laptop arrived quickly, very well packaged, and in perfect condition. It was exactly as described and set up without any issues. Customer service was also fantastic – Dan was friendly, professional, and happy to answer my questions before I ordered.

Overall, a really smooth and stress-free experience. I’d definitely recommend this site to anyone looking to buy a laptop online and will happily shop here again.

August 5, 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

This Small Well Run Business shines bright - Absolutely First rate!

I thought long and hard about which laptop to buy - about my tenth in the last 25 years. I wanted a high spec high speed laptop with an high capacity SSD. But at around £2500 on the highly rated Dell XPS15 direct from Dell, I did a bit of surfing to see if there was a better place to buy this particular model. I started to look at the re-seller route and having made around 500 successful purchases through EBay over many years I was pleased to come across an Authorized Dell Re-Seller called Lapodo. I rang them and spoke to Daniel who runs this small family business and liked what I heard. So much so that I immediately made by biggest ever purchase via EBay buying a refurbished Dell XPS15 at a fantastic saving of £700 over the new Dell Direct price. My decision was also based on the Dell 3 Year Warranty which was included!
I have, in the last 18 months, since receiving my pristine XPS from Lapodo had two or three very helpful telephone calls to Daniel to discuss different things and have found his advice with a personal touch very professional. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!

February 5, 2019
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

loved it

Fantastic experience from order to setup! It’s rare nowadays to find merchants that try extra hard, but Daniel was amazing and got my new Alienware delivered in less than 24h! Can’t praise thwm enough, will gladly come back for more!!

September 28, 2018
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent Service and Products at great prices!!!

Great company with great service and decent prices. Dan is a great professional and is always willing to assist with any queries.
Laptop was delivered on time and it was in great condition and as described on website.
Will definitely consider them again for future purchases.

September 12, 2017
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent service

Excellent service.

Saw that Lapodo had a high end £1k+ laptop and called to enquire about condition, warranty etc. Spoke to Dan who talked me through the warranty procedure and assured me that the laptop would be immaculate.

He sounded like a nice trustworthy person, so I placed the order and received the laptop the very next day in brand new condition - there was no way of telling it from a new item other than it wasn't wrapped in cellophane and was considerably cheaper than anywhere else I could see the same model and spec item elsewhere.

I would absolutely use Lapodo again without hesitation and would certainly recommend them to anyone else.

June 8, 2017
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Alienware 15 R3 Manufacturer refurbished with 3yr Warranty

I was looking for a 15" Alienware laptop and I narrowed down to Lapodo based on specs and price on ebay.

So I called and spoke to Dan. This was great because I was able to discus further the laptop configuration I was after. He also gave advises on the different configurations available not listed that match what I was looking for. All this and willingness to talk over a few phone calls and days assured me I was in the right hands.

Laptop was posted out on a next day delivery service and I am now a proud owner of a mint looking Alienware

PS. The price was also considerable less than what I would have paid on the dell outlet site

April 25, 2017
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Lapodo

I have used Lapodo twice now for purchasing my business laptops. After talking to Daniel I had full confidence in him and his products.
Great customer service and extremely helpful through out the whole process.
I will only buy my laptops for Daniel in the future, highly recommended.

March 15, 2017
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

They don't replay

I have been trying to contact them since last week to spend over £1000 in their shop but although I had sent a message from ebay, 2 emails, left 2 answer phone messages with my phone number since last week and 8 phone calls today 19/1/17 at different time of the day but nobody got back in touch with me.... I wonder if this had happened to you how would you feel ?! I don't want to be rude as I don't know the reason but this is unexpectable from a business so I hope they can come up with a reasonable replay or I and anybody else who will read this message will have a very bad opinion about this company and word will spread...

January 19, 2017
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Reply from Lapodo Ltd

Hi Richard.

I'm very sorry for our apparent slow response to your enquiry. It has been with regret that our store has been closed for over the last week due to illness and while we do still offer support for customers via email the phone messages have not yet been dealt with. This is very much out of the ordinary and our usually response time to an email or phone call would be the same day.

I've checked all incoming emails and I found nothing with your name/ location, if you still looking at a particular item we have available then please use our: sales@lapodo.co.uk email address.

This email is monitored by myself, one of the directors of the company at all times and i'll be happy to assist where I can.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Purchased a Dell XPS 8900 - New / used / refurbished, that was the question

My update 20.02.2017.

My Issues have now been resolved;
Lapodo offered me a choice of a full refund or to keep the machine and a partial refund plus a gesture of goodwill. Which I agreed.

Whilst I do not believe that Lapodo went out of their way to deceive me,
I do feel they need to fully understand the implication of selling something that is “new” and their responsibility to their purchaser. It is their responsibility as the seller to deal with it and in my case they finally did, however I did feel that they put too much faith in Dell sort it out .

I have changed my star rating to three stars based on my genuine experience. Lapodo are a small family business, I personally have nothing against them and all I can say is that they need to triple check anything they get from Dell. I have no doubt that Lapodo have now learnt from this experience. The only negative is that I do think it could have been dealt with much quicker, but again hopefully that is a lesson learnt.
I am somewhat amazed but not surprised that a Dell partner was let down by Dell.
After everything that has happened I do still wish this company every success. I am grateful that the matter is finally resolved.

25.01.2017 This is My reply to their post....

I find it absolutely amazing that I posted this review and still had no response. Personally I have never come across having to use a companies details to register a PC for the warranty, so obviously something is very wrong and I probably have my answer that it was never new. My mistake for not picking up on it in the first place, but it was very convincing at the time. I will be passing on this to my local trading standards. New is defined as no previous owners and never used. what an experience.

It also makes me wonder how may of the machines being sold are actually new as I only found out by chance when I had a problem and then went to Dell. It was a senior manager at Dell that informed me that my machine was a refurb and not new. Whilst they may have good feedback on eBay perhaps people should check their machines with Dell.


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This company Lapodo specialise in Dell Systems, I Found the company through EBay and gave them a call. I agreed a price for the system and collected it. I was assured that these were brand new and unused. Unused to me means something that has not been pre-registered or had a previous owner. Even on the company's listings on EBay it clearly states which systems are refurbished and which ones are new.

Unfortunately I had a problem a week or so later and I contacted Dell to see if they could assist me, this was an uphill struggle all the way even when I remotely handed the system over to them on several occasions they still could not sort out the problem. I did speak to Lapodo and they did offer to sort it out if I took it back. But due to the time frame and distance I decided to give Dell another try.

Once again they could not sort it out and the senior manager gave me attitude. He then informed me that the system I had purchased was not new and had previously been owned by someone else and was a refurbished system which originally had windows 8.1 on it. I was certainly not impressed by this.

As I have had Dell systems before I know that Dell will not transfer any warranty unless you have the previous owners details, So is this system 3 owners as I had to use Lapodo's details to transfer the warranty.. I think someone is having a laugh here and seems rather dishonest.
I did sort the system out myself in the end, I did call Lapodo and left a messages but never had my call returned. Overall not very impressed.

Word of warning if you do buy anything check everything first before you hand your money over, you may want to call Dell first .

January 11, 2017
Unprompted review
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Reply from Lapodo Ltd

26-01-17

Hi Dave.

In addition to my previous reply to your message. We are taking this very seriously and have emailed Dell in order to get an accurate answer. I've confirmed it before in the previous message that we purchased the item sold to you as New- Unused directly from Dell, as such we have sold it as this. If there is an issue with the actual condition and it's not a new product then I will be personally taking this up with Dell. We have your contact details from your order and will contact you there once information has been received back. We have acted appropriately and have not in any way acted unprofessionally in the transaction with you.

In no instance have we ever knowingly sold a refurbished item as new. We are are reputable family business and have over 6 years trading with Dell product and thousands of customers. Never in that time have I experienced an issue such as this. I would like to think that it is a one-off not to be repeated and will be thoroughly checking purchases in the future to avoid this type of situation.

There are numerous re-sellers of Dell laptop and desktops on eBay such as ourselves, you will find a similar requirement for the warranty needing to be transferred in the same way for each. We are not doing anything out of the ordinary, in fact we help to make the transfer smoother by providing an information sheet to assist. This has been necessary ever since we've been a Dell Partner.




Hi Dave.

I was very sorry to read the review, we've always worked hard to ensure that our customers receive the best support possible so to hear of the negative experience that you received from Dell and in this instance from us is disappointing. I can't comment on Dell's attitude but we certainly wouldn't ignore requests where our support was required and if you were in anyway unhappy with the purchase we would have accepted the return for refund or replacement if available.

I have looked at your order and it was purchased directly from Dell as a new - Unused product, I will be contacting Dell in regards to this as we always supply goods under their correct product description ie, new or refurbished, if an item is a manufacturer refurbished then we clearly say so, this was sold as a new item on the basis of Dell's description of the goods to us and I apologise sincerely if this wasn't the case.

With regards to the registration, whenever we purchase goods from Dell they are added to our account and given our company details. We include an information sheet with all systems to enable our customers to easily transfer the warranty over to the new owner.

If there is any issue we are always happy to provide assistance and with problems outside of control we have a dedicated Dell Account Manager for support.

We have very few reviews on Trustpilot at present as it's a new avenue for us, please feel free to see our feedback on eBay : http://feedback.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=lapodo.ltd.computer.store

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