If you are looking to purchase TV's, washing machines, gas appliances or even iPods, you might want…read moreto visit Apollo 2000 situated near the West Bromwich Albion Football Ground. The store itself is pretty easy to find and there is parking onsite. However you might have to end up parking on the side street if there are not any spaces in the car park. The TV's on sale are pretty impressive to say the least and not surprisingly they were quite expensive. Apollo 2000 also sell laptops and to be honest they are well priced. If you are within a 25 mile radius, you can get same day delivery. Staff are top class and they will answer any questions you ask. Definitely worth a visit if you are thinking of buying gas and electrical products.

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Frankly just can't believe T C Hayes approach to customer service.I thought I was a technologist…read moredinosaur but to find out in this,day and age you can't look at products online is astounding! This is the 21st century T C Hayes in case nobody has told you ! Am i really supposed to get 3 buses to look at your products with no guarantee you will have what i want? Absolutely ridiculous! If i could have left a review with no stars thats whatci would have done.

Another shining example of brilliant customer service and somewhere in particular my Mom can't…read morepraise highly enough. Located across the road from The Bear Tavern and across a number of buildings, T C Hayes encompasses a number of services and according to their website was recently voted the 'number 1 independent electrical retailer in the UK'. Staff are happy to offer advice and guidance on the following - and sorry to just list things here but I think it's probably worth noting: * Gas Cookers * TVs and DVDs * Cameras and Camcorders * Washing Machines * Cookers and Fridges Delivery is free although you can park near to the shop and their after care service - if my Mom is anything to go by - is exemplarily with a no quibble returns policy. For more details please see their website which includes a snazzy virtual tour complete with photos and video clips of the relevant areas.

What a fantastic way to save a few pennies! Borshch, which is hard to spell but easy to remember,…read morereally took the expense and hassle out of buying appliances for us. Borshch is a family run discount appliance store open to the general public. From fridges to freezers, AGAs to tumble dryers, any and all appliances a family could want are found here. There are two types of item to be found at Borshch -- discount items, which have minor dents, scratches or small beauty damage; and new items. The new items are priced competitively, but not vastly lower than Comet or Curry's. The discount items, with minor surface damage, are heavily discounted, at 20% to 50% less than you'd find anywhere else. The warehouse is located in a slightly dodgy, very run down part of industrial Birmingham near Digbeth. The shop itself, however, is very neat and nothing out of order. The sales people are all very friendly, and know their appliances. Borshch also deliver within a 20-mile radius, for a flat fee. We took our fridge/freezer home ourselves, and the man very graciously helped us load it in the car. They have a very large selection of items, including American tumble dryers and top-loading washing machines (Maytag! OMG!).

This is a brilliant place, especially for the present Credit Crunch times. They sell a vast range…read moreof electrical white goods like washing machines, fridges, cookers, etc. The catch is that each one is slightly imperfect, but they sell them at greatly discounted rates, and some of the problems are very minor - for example, you might get a minor dent on the side of a washing machine or something like that. It hardly matters if you're going to have it built in, and you can save a lot of money. It's well worth a look if an appliance has broken down and you're a bit short, or even if you're a property developer or something like that.

Skill Electronics sell spares, cables, leads, torches, standard and specialist batteries, CCTV…read moreequipment and the occasional microwave oven and refurbished TV. 'There's not much 'skill' in that!', you might exclaim? The 'Skill' part of the name is down to owner, Zahood. Over the last couple of years I've had equipment that hasn't worked and has almost ended up in the bin. Rather than consign it to landfill, I've been into Skill and Zahood has on every occasion bought the life back to my gear. The first time I walked in with an old Stylophone I asked 'Can you fix this?'. 'Is it electrical?' he responded. I nodded. 'Then I can fix it!' he triumphantly replied. It's now a running joke between us and I have him to thanks for repairing countless items recently. He's basically a superhero with a circuit tester and a soldering iron!

This shop is the domestic electrical/electronics equivalent of a top notch old school hardware…read morestore. It's main line is adapters, connectors and wiring for basically any household electrics item. This includes audio/visual and computing. They also sell a small selection of home entertainment goods (radios/MP3/CD/DVD players) but it's pièce de résistance is their knowledge and willingness to impart this to customers when you ask for advice. This is also matched by their repairs service, something that you don't see so often these days. A sound little no-nonsense place to try if you're looking for that hard to find adaptor ... or even harder to find experienced advice.

"You've tried the rest now try the best!" encourages the italicised shop-sign above the Depot on…read moreBearwood Road. I'd not tried all the rest before I tried the Depot, but afterwards I certainly didn't feel like I'd tried the best. Nor do I feel like the Depot is trying its best. Wild comma-less claims aside, it appears to be the sort of shop that knows what it does, does it pretty well and asks for nothing more than enough custom to keep going; and more power to 'em for it. What the Depot essentially is is a place where you can buy various bits and pieces for the home. I'm sure you recognise its sort even if you've never been there, perhaps even if you've never read this review. It's the sort of shop where you can walk away with a mixing bowl, some rawl plugs and a Michael Jackson mirror, all for about a tenner. There's a lot of these kind of shops in this part of the world (I'm thinking Bearwood, Smethwick, Oldbury, West Brom - West Brum's equivalent of New York, London, Paris, Munich?) and the Depot, whilst serviceable, has little to make it stand out. It's the kind of place to check out if you need something, but not the kind of place you'd make a special effort to go to.

Last Sunday I bought 50 pack TDK DVD from this shop. Shopkeeper told me I asked too many…read morequestions. He charged me £ 12 for it, price on checking was £9 an over-charge of £ 3. This is disgraceful. This shop keeper is dishonest he did not even offer to give me a receipt Daljit Dodd