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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Ordered a collection of Thonk Tall Toppers on a Wednesday, and had them ship, fly across the pond, clear customs and show up at my door 6 days later! Spectacular service, and the Tall Toppers work per... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I can't thank Steve enough for his support in getting my Workshop System built. He took me through several newbie errors with patience and kindness, including the many times he had to say to me "No,... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I got the DFAM-Knob-Upgrade from Thonk the other day. When I opened the package, I noticed that one of the larger knobs was missing its typical round silver plate, must have fallen off before shippi... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

A wonderful store!
They’re fully stocked with an incredible range of modules, plus tons of DIY options—all backed by detailed build documentation for each module. When I accidentally damaged a tran... See more

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Thonk sell modular synth DIY goods. Support@thonk.co.uk


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4.9

Excellent

TrustScore 5 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great Support

I was missing some transistor parts for a DIY build and the Thonk team sent me replacements the next day! Great support! Thank you!

June 11, 2024
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Reply from Thonk

Glad it was resolved quickly Florian 👍

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent service

Company helped me source a tough to find part and always sends orders quickly and in great packaging.

June 18, 2024
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Reply from Thonk

It's our pleasure, thanks Nathaniel.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I <3 Thonk

I’ve been a customer of Thonk for about 6 years and they’re consistently great. They recently went above and beyond to help supply parts to finish a university project. Packaging is always great, website is easy to use. Friendly people too, they’ve even advised me on projects in the past.

June 13, 2024
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Reply from Thonk

Good luck with your projects David! ☀️

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Thonk never fail to deliver a great…

Thonk never fail to deliver a great service.
Friendly helpful customer services who have gone above and beyond in helping me figure out the sometimes confusing world of DIY modular..
So blessed to have them in the community.

June 6, 2024
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Reply from Thonk

Thanks Simon, we love our little part of the synth scene.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

really well-stocked shop

really well-stocked shop, fast shipping and with fabulous customer support. I can only recommend everyone to buy their next object of desire from them

June 5, 2024
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Reply from Thonk

Thanks Cristian 🙌

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Wonderful stuff, magical company.

Superb company with a fascinating range of stuff, really reasonably priced and with great customer service.
I've bought several kits from them, all well packed and quickly delivered. In the rare cases where I've needed to contact the company directly, they've always been super kind and helpful.

June 5, 2024
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Reply from Thonk

Thanks David, we are blessed with wonderful customers also.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Firstly ignore the lunatics

Firstly ignore the lunatic negative so called 'reviews' Thonk are just amazing!
They sell DIY synth/modular kit at great prices.
I've ordered loads of kits from them and and each has been faultless!
Their postage costs are fair and delivery is always prompt.
Their support is second to none. I've always had friendly replies to my questions.
So, I can say, based on my experience, you'll have zero problems ordering your projects from Thonk.
You can save lots of money building your own modules.
Go for it!

June 1, 2024
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Reply from Thonk

Thanks Damian, it's comments like this that make it all worth it 👍

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent customer service

Excellent customer service! Thonk was swift in responding to an urgent order inquiry for their useful and stylish tall knob toppers.

May 21, 2024
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Reply from Thonk

Ah thanks Cory. Hope you enjoy the toppers.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Thonk you very much

I've bought a few things from Think, and most recently I forgot to add on a small item to an order, so emailed and asked to add it. The response was super fast, I followed instructions and they upgraded my delivery (I'd chosen the super slow because I'm stingy) to 24hr, which was a lovely surprise for my Saturday morning. Really happy, will be ordering again

May 10, 2024
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Reply from Thonk

Thanks Danny, we always try and do add-ons where we can... we know what it's like getting that BOM 100%!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

thanks for the support

thanks for the support, they helped me find a solution even though I had not purchased the product from them, really a great help

March 26, 2024
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Reply from Thonk

Any time, happy to help 👍

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Fast delivery, great selection

Fast delivery, great selection of DIY hardware. Ordered here multiple times and will continue doing so while recommending it to everyone interested in DIY synths.

April 13, 2023
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Thonk……..top top Company

Having recently discovered Thonk. All I can say. Is that I am blown away by them. GREAT Company to deal with. Exceptional customer service and technical help. A total pleasure to do business with and will doing so again. Three orders placed in the last few days. ALL despatched same day and received the next day. Cannot rate highly enough.

November 2, 2021
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Thonk are a great retailer for hard to find parts

Thonk are a great retailer - stocking parts quite often hard to find, or hard to find in this country, reducing the time it takes to get the parts and complete your projects :) Very cool business to have very local to me.

Team are all super nice and I've never had any problems.

October 18, 2021
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

A long time customer

A long time customer; always totally satisfied.
I have used Thonk for years; I must have built well over 50 modules from there, from PCBs, full DIY kits, etc. as well as huge numbers of other components and accessories. It is astounding that not once, with hundreds and hundreds of unique items, they have *never* mis-packed anything, or sent something close, but incorrect. When an error is with something from a third party, their support always own the matter and work in a three way conversation to resolve it. Absolutely flawless.

August 7, 2021
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible experience. Would never use again.UPATED (again)

Order was left at front door and pinched, which I provided video proof of. As far as assistance from seller goes I was met with total disinterest and indifference bordering on plain rude and emails were just repeatedly replied to with the same “report it to the police” one sentence email answer. As I never paid the postage I can’t claim for this with the RM only the sender can. Luckily it was low value. I had to file with PayPal who will no doubt just look at the tracking and do nothing else.

I tried this company as I’d heard great things about them. So if you’re happy with ordering something and if it gets left outside and stolen then you just deal with the loss try them out. If you want decent customer service with a company who values their customers I’d suggest somewhere else. I bought from a Uk company as opposed to a cheaper Chinese company as I think we should support local business, now I wish I hadn’t bothered. This has gone on for almost 4 weeks. I’m just writing this and Thonk! Off.

UPDATE As you can see below the retailer has replied with accusations of aggression on my part. This is a total fabrication. I also told the seller that things have gone missing in area the past if the courier is stupid enough to leave the item on a public footpath or on a few feet from a public street.

Thanks for showing that not only is your customer service poor you are only willing to provide a decent response when someone leaves a negative review. Sadly you felt the need to lie in that reply in a clear effort to paint me as an aggressive person and you also misrepresented what happened in the incident. It seems the other negative reviews about your company is completely accurate.

For the complete transparency I ordered on the 16th of June, the delivery should have been on the 10th and after 12 attempts to fix this with Thonk! We are now at the 24th. So I have given them plenty of opportunity to deal with this. Only to be met with lies from the company after leaving this review.

I know things can go wrong sometimes however And a good measure of a company is how they deal with something like this. Truly terrible customer service.

AS PREVIOUS REVIEWER STATED THEY HAVE ALSO ATTEMPTED TO CLAIM THAT I’VE NEVER BEEN A CUSTOMER OF THEIRS TO GET THIS REVIEW REMOVED. DESPITE HAVING RESPONDED TO THIS AND PREVIOUSLY CLAIMING I’VE BEEN AGGRESSIVE TO THEM OVER THIS.

To be honest it’s right on brand with my experience so far with this lot. I’m the one who paid for something and got nothing in return but grief, lies and the worst customer service I’ve ever experienced. The only thing they’ve put any effort into is prolonging this and making it an even worse experience by trying to have the review removed and now claiming I have never bought from them.

June 24, 2021
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Reply from Thonk

You didn't choose a courier, you chose Royal Mail. You also didn't provide video evidence of it being stolen, you provided video evidence of it being delivered!

You told us things are constantly stolen from Royal Mail deliveries in your area, yet you chose the Royal Mail option instead of Fedex. You knew this would happen all along but you'd rather we take the fall rather than you taking responsibility.

We'd prefer you to shop elsewhere too and for our customer services team to not have to deal with your aggression.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Happy buyer from the USA!

I have made several orders with Thonk from the US and they ship FAST and pretty inexpensively via FedEx. Like, three business days fast. Great kits, great service, respond quickly to emails!

May 21, 2021
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