Britishonlinesupermarket Reviews 

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TrustScore 2 out of 5

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Placed an order they dispatched to a totally different postcode,have had no response to my emails, so will never get my order, it is a total scam

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

DO NOT deal with this firm. I ordered condensed mushroom soup. The two trays were placed in a cardboard for shipment The outer packaging arrived in perfect condition, A considerable amount of the cans... See more

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

A long wait for rest of order Excellent value in the products, but poor show in contacting British online supermarket if you don’t receive all your order. This has gone on for weeks now. I’ve made m... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

They get one star because you cannot award 0. I placed an order on the 20th July and received an acknowledgement but since then - nothing. They do not respond to emails, I cannot access my account on... See more

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  1. Food Products Supplier

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We are an online only supermarket that ships thousands of everyday British supermarket food & products worldwide. So if you're an expat living abroad or a lover of British food & groceries, then this is the website for you. Please feel free to browse our wide selection of low cost, brand name British food & groceries. British food shopping for British Expats. British food delivered to your door anywhere in the world. The British supermarket for the British Expat community.


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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Tried to get in contact...

Tried to get in contact with this company several times over the phone and by email. No response and the voicemail on the phone is inaudible. I would avoid these like the plague.

December 13, 2022
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Reply from Britishonlinesupermarket

Dear Jason,

We have no orders, emails or voicemail in your name. We have emailed you via the email provided through Trustpilot.

Kind regards,

Sally

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

More Like 'British Online SuperScammers'

The goods I paid for were never received, but I did receive terrible customer service every step of the way. When I asked, via e.mail, what has happened to my order, I was ignored right up to the point where I request a refund for the goods I never received. In response to this, they sent me a barely legible e.mail (honestly the most TERRIBLE customer service!) where they had copy-pasted a list of supposed attempts at sending me SMS messages (No idea who from, & no idea HOW they could do this, either, because I never gave them a mobile phone number for me...) From what I could decipher out of their awful customer service, they are claiming that I need to pay more money to them in tax & duties (something that is not made clear on their website at all, the fact that you will be asked to pay more money just to receive the goods that you've already paid for in full) and they claim that somebody attempted to contact me about these extra fees when NOBODY tried to contact me at all, in any way.
I may add, here, that they offer very expensive postage, too - over £35-GBP in postage for a fridge pack of baked beans & some Orajel!
Honestly, this company just takes your money and lies. I believe they are what the great British public know as 'scam artists'.
In short: DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY - YOU WILL BE RIPPED OFF!

November 22, 2022
Unprompted review
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Reply from Britishonlinesupermarket

Dear Andreana,

I have checked your order and can see from the emails sent that your order was held by customs for the payment of import duty. You do not have to pay any money to us. This is a charge by your local customs that you agreed to pay when you placed your order and is completely separate to our business. They tried to contact you on the number ending 220 that you provided when you placed your order.

I can also see that you paid £18.99 for shipping of up to 30kg.

If anything is incorrect then please email me and I will investigate and refund you for any incorrect charges.

Kind regards,

Sally




Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Just a scam

Not seen any evidence this company is actually real. Made an order, they removed a lot of it and claimed to send me the rest even though I asked them to cancel the rest of the order as with the large shipping cost the rest was no longer cost effective. They refused even though they did not send it to the courier for 4 days later! Then later I get a message from the French tax department saying ONE item was with hem and I would have to pay €10.50 in tax for it (yes you have to pay both UK and French tax) so I rejected that and it is going back to sender. They have told me that they will not give me any refund even though they have lied and been dishonest about the taxes

October 27, 2022
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Reply from Britishonlinesupermarket

Dear Frank,

We shipped you order and sent you the tracking information.

You then decided that you would try to cancel your order in the hope that you would receive your goods and get a refund.

We sent you 14 out of the 15 items that you ordered with the missing item to follow. We cancelled the single missing item when you requested to cancel your order.

You agreed to pay your local import taxes when you placed your order (no UK taxes were charged) but then decided to refused the €10.50 when requested to pay by your local customs.

You were aware that your rejected order would be destroyed by customs due to it containing food items.

You have sent many emails and written bad reviews elsewhere accusing us of being scammers, scum etc.

We have asked you to provide any details of where we have gone wrong and you have failed to do this.

We can only conclude that you set out to defraud our company from the start and when this failed you tried to discredit our company with bad reviews.

Kind regards,


Sally

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I came back to update my experience…

I came back to update my experience with this company (and it was for positivity for Britishonlinesupermarket) for quick refund due to shortage of product. I had to report to my bank! Low and behold Trustpilot removed my post. Really!?!
Now as to my experience - This was my first time shopping with this company. I was wary but went beyond as something felt right. But after placing my order i felt lack of response (maybe they are a small company) and no information updated for date of shipmet and just voice mail with no live person on other end. What was i to do??? Trustpilot why did you remove my review??? I had come to update my refund from the company quickly. Why????

October 23, 2022
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Reply from Britishonlinesupermarket

Dear Lubna,

Thank you for your review. We have had a lot of spam one star reviews recently so we asked Trust Pilot to step in and help. They have removed reviews if they did not get conformation from the reviewer that they were genuine. This has helped remove a lot of the false bad reviews but has also removed a large number of good reviews as well. This is still an ongoing process to protect our account and I’m sure more reviews will disappear in the near future. So unfortunately I cannot guarantee that this review will stay either.

Kind regards,

Sally

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I have recently bought chips

I have recently bought chips, snacks, Noodles from thisi website . The quality was awsesome and Customer services were outstanding. I would like to recommend to every to visit this website for chips, snacks, Noodles and many more.

August 5, 2022
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

This website brought me so much…

This website brought me so much convenient from going to supermarket when I'm busy. Just click from the website and online paying then the products that I ordered will reach my house in short time. The shipment is fast, product is in good conditions and the customer service is good. Highly recommended to those doesn't have time to shopping for daily needs.

August 25, 2022
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I have a small business here in Brazil

I have a small business here in Brazil, I only buy my goods through this site! I never thought I could buy quality products without leaving home, and without the agony of delays and dealing with a supplier!! In addition to having an excellent value, they are products that you don't have in Brazil, and that have a unique quality!!

August 22, 2022
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Follow up - Still No Update EDITED

This is a follow up to the review I left on 24th May.

So after being told that BOS where "looking into" my order not arriving (ordered 4th April), I have had zero updates on my order for the last 2 months meaning that the staff are either so complacent that they've forgotten or that they're just hoping that if they give me a vague reply saying that they're "looking into it* that'll forget and just go away.

Also after my last review, they've had Trustpilot make me authenticate my review by proving to them my order details, which seems like a method to attempt to get my negative review taken down. Unfortunately for BOS, i can prove that I ordered something and that I'm not just making it up.

I repeat, DO NOT ORDER FROM HERE, or they will just take your money, not send you your order and then do nothing about it when you try to contact them.

Edit:

Dear Sally,
You say that you have contacted the courier and they have provided you with evidence that the package has been delivered.
I don't see how this is the case, as the package was 100% not delivered to my address and I did not sign for anything. Therefore i would like to see this evidence that my package was delivered.
Either the courier has delivered it to the wrong address, or they left it outside the house without alerting us (which sadly has been done before) and then the package has been stolen.

I realise that this may not be at the fault of British Online Supermarkets, but i would like to get to the bottom of what happened to this package as otherwise I have spent around ~€90 with nothing to show for it.

Best regards,
Michael Sullivan.

July 23, 2022
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Reply from Britishonlinesupermarket

Dear Mr Sullivan,

As stated in our previous reply your order was delivered by the courier. We asked the courier to investigate and they can provide evidence of its delivery.

If your parcel was lost then you would get a full refund.

We do not provide refunds in exchange for the removal of 1 star reviews.

We asked Trustpilot to authenticate your review because the only order we had that matched your name has been delivered.

You state this may not be the fault of British Online Supermarket but you leave us a 1 star review?

I will contact the courier again and submit a claim.

Kind regards,

Sally

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

This is one of the best online…

This is one of the best online supermarkets I've ever bought, super fast deliveries and with great prices and quality, having the best brands on the market, I recommend everyone to try their services.

May 3, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Stay away N°5

Hi Sally,

Of course you can refund an order! You wrote that your company and your courier made no mistakes. Really?

First of all, when I placed the order, it was stated delivery to my address in France. As a customer you understand this means a DDP delivery. As an exporter, you are deceiving and confusing your client.

Secondly, you wrote that you would check with your courier which items were prohibited and I am still waiting for your feedback about it. Your forwarder should have contacted me, they never did.

I have been buying on internet for more than two decades and it is a first time I have experienced such a deplorable service.

Nothing stops you from giving me a refund for the goods, which are in your possession, (excluding cost of transport).

This is a total disgrace verging on crookery.

Your company is just good at blaming people and ducking your responsibilities as an exporter.

To all Trustpilot readers, please be aware and stay away from their website if you don't want to lose your money.

April 21, 2022
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Reply from Britishonlinesupermarket

Dear Valerie,

If we make a mistake with any order then you would receive a full refund. However, no mistakes have been made by our company or the courier.

We asked DPD for any information that they have that may help you.

As an importer it is your responsibility to check that the items you order are not prohibited. This is a standard minimum requirement for every website and every country in the world.

This is clear on our website and you agreed to this when you placed your order.

We are happy to reship your order with the prohibited items removed. Please email us to let us know what you would like us to do.

Kind regards,

Sally

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very efficient service and they have…

Very efficient service and they have my favourite food items I cannot get around here (except in smal numbers) staff and kind and very efficient. so Thank you.xx PLEASE CAN YOU CHANGE MY SURNAME TO MRS PAULINE PALMER INSTEAD OF MY MAIDEN NAME WHICH WAS FISHER?

April 20, 2022
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Customer service

I love how good their customer service is and also the quality of the good.. am now stuck to this website whenever I need to order... Keep up the good work!!

April 8, 2022
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I'm addicted to this site

I'm addicted to this site, it has the best snacks with great quality and excellent price, all very good, I recommend it to anyone who wants to buy quality snacks

April 7, 2022
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