Brilliant friendly service, quality work, speedy repairs. After having disastrous repairs at other…read morelocal shops, I decided to give Source a go. I didn't use them sooner, as it is such a smart looking shop that I thought they would be much more expensive that the cheap looking places, but it isn't and the service and quality of parts and labour is different class. I'd had my iPhone 5s screen replaced at a cheap shop and it broke within days. I kept taking it back, but it never lasted more than three days. He even replaced it again, but that one just broke. They charged £35, but I found out they are using the cheapest possible screens that are £10 from China, and are rubbish. Source charged £45, but it is a great quality screen, it took them 30 minutes and I've not had any trouble in the month since fitting. I know that's just a month, but you can just tell that it is repaired properly with a quality screen and it will last. I then spilt something on my Samsung RV711 laptop keyboard and completely shorted it out. Nothing was working. They usually charge far less for a keyboard replacement, but on the Samsung the keyboard, palm rest and entire top of the base needs replacing. The cheapest I found a second hand one on eBay was £45 , new ones far more. I called around, and some shops wouldn't do it, and one central one quoted £99, just for the labour, and another quoted 3 weeks turnaround. Source ordered the part for next day delivery and then only took one hour to complete the repair. Total cost for the brand new part and labour £79. They said most keyboard repairs are £35, but this is the entire top due to the Samsung design, which is the palm rest, keyboard, tracking pad and right and left mouse buttons. They even fixed my left mouse button for no extra cost. My computer is now working perfectly. I'm absolutely delighted with Source Electronics and won't go anywhere else again. I highly recommend them. They are polite, friendly, very professional and the quality of the entire experience is 5 STARS! TIPS: 1. They open at 9.30am and told me this is the best time to drop off a repair as they have an additional staff ember in the morning and can do the job straight away. 2. Call first to ask if they have the part in stock, if not they will order it and call you when it gets in. My part for the Samsung took 24 hours to arrive. They had the iPhone 5s screen in stock. 3. Calling in advance you can also book in your repair, so you know they can do it while you wait on an iPhone. Plenty of great coffee shops near by. 3. They can also fit phone screen protectors. Even the most careful of us can scratch the screen of our phones, and if you have a screen protector it is that getting scratched instead. When you come to sell the phone take it off and the screen will be as new. The protector will pay for itself many times over through the resale value of a perfect screen. Scratched screens really effect sell on value.

Absolutely amazing! Managed to revive my water damaged iPhone and did so in only a couple of hours…read more-needing a battery and screen replacement. Cannot thank them enough. The staff there are also absolutely wonderful and cannot thank them enough for the amazing job they did.

I placed an order for something and it was ready to collect. I went there and showed them a photo…read moreof my driving license and they said that they needed a physical copy! Now if I was buying lets say an Iphone, then I would understand, however, I was trying to collect a £1 Keyboard! I mean come on CeX, it's only a £1 Keyboard, at least let me off with a photo of an ID on that one! CeX if you are reading this, please give me a way to contact you so that I can get a refund because I have given up. Good for value, but very stingy when it comes to try an collect something.

I love that I am still finding some awesome shops in Edinburgh that I never knew about before. Cex…read more(no idea how they want us to pronounce it) is tucked away on Rose Street, and is one of the best shops of its type that I have seen. It's a place where you can trade in games, DVDs, mobile phones and other electronic equipment. They also sell all of these things, with some great prices. You could spend £10 and come out with a lot of things if you hunt hard enough. People will so often discredit buying pre-owned items, but for prices as low as those offered by Cex, it's difficult to say no! This time, I just popped in for a browse, though I will be visiting there next time I want a cheap film or the like. I wonder how long it will be before someone trades in an iPhone 4? One can only hope...

I managed to dump a mug of coffee on my laptop keyboard Monday morning, and had to start trying to…read morescramble to find an emergency laptop repair place here in Edinburgh. Darius at Hex was the first person I spoke to that gave me any confidence that the laptop could be repaired. I took the laptop to him on Monday afternoon, and he was compassionate, transparent, and very professional in th communicating to me what the timeline and options would be. Hex fixed the computer well enough for me to use an external keyboard the next day and expedited ordering of a replacement laptop keyboard so that I had it back working this afternoon. Very reasonably priced and wonderful service. I could not be more pleased and I highly recommend Hex for your computer repair needs.

This shop is very good both for buying computers and related accessories, and getting any repairs…read moredone - they even repair mobile phones which is handy if you have a phone that is damaged, but you don't want to replace. The prices here are generally pretty competitive and you will be likely to struggle to find somewhere else that can match both its range of products and prices - I certainly haven't come across such a place. In addition you get very good customer service and the staff know what they are talking about. It's well worth a visit especially if you have any repairs that need doing. I'm no expert on computers, but this does seem to be a good shop.

I had a terrible experience. It wasn't the store's fault. I bought a Bosch dryer, and the delivery…read moredriver left it broken. They left so fast I didn't have time to catch them. I called, and they told me to call the store. I don't understand why they would leave me with a broken dryer. They removed the protective seal, and I could see it was broken. I've had to go to the store several times to get a refund. They did give me one, but now I have to find another store to buy from. This is causing me a lot of unnecessary stress.

I was SCAMMED at Currys Store in Edinburgh…read more I visited the Currys store in Edinburgh to buy an iPhone on January 20th. When I swiped my card, a charge of 963.99 GBP was deducted from my account, but it remained pending for confirmation. The salesperson explained that this pending status occurs when the amount is pre-approved but will be refunded later, so he couldn't complete the purchase at that time. I was given a deadline until Thursday (25/1) for the refund to be processed, but it's been a week and I haven't received any reimbursement yet. I tried to contact them through the website, but I was informed that I should go to the physical store, which is impossible since I live in Malta. Additionally, there is no phone number or email available to contact the Edinburgh store directly. The Currys staff member at the physical store also told me that I could resolve the issue online, but it seems that this information is not true. In summary, I ended up buying the iPhone again with another card and essentially paid double the amount, as the money from the first transaction was not refunded. The manager's name is Eric and the salesperson's name is Craig.

I finally got fed up of not owning a printer and the hassle which comes from not having one. My dad…read morebought me an impressive Dell one when I started uni and it lasted about 4 months before it died. And it cost around 50 quid to buy ink for too. So I hunted around on the internet before deciding this PC World was a good bet. The shop is pretty huge and stocks everything from digital cameras to the standard computer. There was plenty of staff wandering around, and we managed to have a good look before one of them pounced. There is nothing more off putting than someone pouncing on you as soon as you walk in the door. The nice young man helped me to decide between the cheapest ones, pointing out all the features. I appreciated the fact he realised I was going to buy the cheapest one there so he didn't try sell the super expensive ones to me. He then picked it up, took me to the cash register and that was that. Even threw in some small talk. Thank you, come again!

I ordered a fridge freezer from here in California for my 92 year old father in Yorkshire as a…read morebirthday gift!! He'd had his last one for 25 years! The phone ordering was good, the guy was helpful and nice. It was difficult to sort out the process but we managed. However the delivery process was appalling. It was delivered before the agreed date, they didn't warn him they were coming, they didn't install and take away the old unit on the day of delivery - which I had paid for. They didn't return to do that on the day they promised. Then it took five days for them to come so the new unit was in the middle of the kitchen for days! When they finally came they were rude and belligerent to him, a 92 yr old, and left the unit dangerously attached with the wire stretched across another electrical device!! When I called customer service to complain of course it was awful, they didn't care! And the girl I talked to, Gillian, said her supervisor was not available and laughed when I told her my 92 year old father did not have a mobile and that was why the landline no had been given, and at the initial ordering point the nice man had said that was NOT and issue. She told me her elderly Aunt had a mobile so why didn't my Dad? Needless to say we, as a family , won't use them again. COVID is no excuse for rudeness and inconsideration towards the elderly. I think if I worked for Currys I'd be deeply ashamed and embarrassed.

Calling car boot enthusiasts, bargain hunters and vinyl collectors…read more Packed floor to ceiling with potential swag, Backtracks is a shambolic, secondhand shop that sells everything from old record and tape decks to video and DVD players, lights, speakers and playstation machines. Some of them are neatly arranged but the majority of stuff feels haphazardly stacked or piled on top of older, dustier stuff. As the title implies, there's also crates and crates of well played 45s, 33s, tapes and DVDs. Prices are rock bottom and whilst lots of it could be categorised as bad or forgotten pop, rock, blues or classical, there are some classics from Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, The Kinks, The Who and The Beatles if you're prepared to dig hard enough.

Backtracks Music is hopelessly hilarious. Never have I seen a place so full of junk. And that's not…read moreparticularly a bad thing. Places full of junk are places full of charm. But my oh my, if you decide to be the one to sort through it all to actually find what you like, good luck to you. I've never properly stepped inside. I tried, but the felt like the whole place was just too precariously arranged. Like the whole thing might come toppling down at a wrong turn. And I'm notorious for really (really) not being aware of my own surface area. Or anything around me, for that matter. I did have a great deal of fun leafing through their record collection, though. They're all pretty cheap records, but I didn't recognise a single name, and didn't feel like taking the risk buying something rubbish. All I have to say now is: venture in at your own risk.

This is one of two truly high end entertainment shops in the area (Bang & Olufsen being the other),…read morealthough this one tends to focus more on the hi-fi area than overall entertainment. It's not cheap here, what you are buying is top end goods, so of course it won't be cheap. When you've decided what it is you want you entertainment system to achieve and how much it is you want to spend on it head here and tell the staff what it is you want (unless you know your stuff of course) and they should be able to help you out. A visit to both here and Bang & Olufsen should get you what you want at a competitive price.

Oh my, oh my, it's Hi-Fi porn in here. There's a turntable in the window (I'm into vinyl, music…read moresnob and all that), which is on a perspex base and it looks incredible. Irrespective of the sound quality, I want it. I can't afford it, but there's no harm in dreaming. This is, as the others have said, high end stuff in here. But when it comes to quality hi-fi equipment, you really do get what you pay for. Being that type of store, the staff are extremely knowledgeable and only too happy to help, even if they quickly realise you're a poor student without a hope of affording anything in there. If you are like me, in crushing penury, then it's a little torturous going in here, because you will want to possess everything. If you're not on a budget, though, this should be your first stop for high-end goods.

This is an electrics shop that can boast a wide range of (electrical) goods. If you are after…read moresomething specific then there is a good chance of finding it here. I do, however, have two reservations about this shop. The first is that everything here does tend on the expensive rather than on the value for money side of the equation with many of the good being cheaper elsewhere. The other reservation is a slight unfriendly atmosphere to the place - you don't quite feel welcome. Despite this it is one of the few low end electrical shops in the area, but for me a bit too over priced.

I engaged this company because I had an electricity supply failure in my kitchen. I was quoted an…read morehourly rate including VAT which I agreed to. They attended my house for no more than half a day. I expected a bill for less than £250 but received a bill for nearly twice that. They had clearly inflated the hours on the premises and when challenged they mentioned for the first time that the bill included time for them travelling to and from their workshop. They defended this by saying it was standard practice in the industry. They eventually reduced the bill to under £400. The electrician turned up promptly and were competent at diagnosing and fixing the fault. I would recommend anyone dealing with this company to get them to disclose any additional/hidden charges over and above the hourly rate.