Alice Toby-Brant

United Kingdom

Reviews

Review of Cake Box


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Tried to place an order twice...

Tried to place an order twice but the website is broken.

"Place order button spins then you are pushed back to your order page. No confirmation, no payment taken it just does nothing.

Tried calling but no response, might work if you pop in but really bad as this is the top (sponsored) return when you search.

Might need to spend more money on their website and less on getting seen.

August 19, 2025
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Review of Aspinal of London


Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Really great and communicative company

Really great and communicative company.

Updated on delivery frequently the bag came with a dustbag for protection, even though it was bought on sale. Something Kate Spade won't do!

Will definitely purchase again.

June 18, 2025
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Reply from Aspinal of London

Dear Alice,

Thank you so much for your wonderful review! We're delighted to hear you appreciated the communication and thoughtful packaging.

We’re thrilled to know you’ll be shopping with us again and look forward to welcoming you back soon!

Warm regards,
Aspinal of London

Review of smol


Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Nicely sustainable but needs improvement

Product is nicely sustainable and smells good, price is fine as well. However, For larger loads you do need at least 2 sachets. Also the instructions for opening the child lock are always lacking. The box gets stuck every time and has to be torn open. The side tab gets stuck every time and the long end panel doesn't tear off cleanly.

April 8, 2025
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Reply from smol

Thanks for taking the time to review and constructive feedback is always welcome , we are sorry to hear you are not finding our packs easy - UK laws do insist on child-impeding packaging for laundry capsules so this is paramount for us to implement this but we are always listening and we appreciate your feedback and will pass it onto our development team.

Review of ESPA


Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Good products. REALLY ANNOYING Customer Service

Nice products but they will not remove you from the newsletter and email you pretty much daily.

I have requested removal several times over several weeks they have had enough time to comply but do not.

A shame. Decent products, terrible customer service.

March 18, 2025
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Reply from ESPA

Hello Alice,

Thank you for leaving your review.

I am sorry to hear about this, I appreciate the inconvenience this has caused and wish to ensure this is resolved for you.

I have sent you a message via your online account to help resolve this matter, please take a look at this when you are able to do so.

Kind Regards,
Kayleigh

Review of GroCycle


Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I cannot fault Grocycle

I cannot fault Grocycle.

I got a lionsmane kit for christmas but when I opened it the mushroom had bust through the kit and gone brown. I was disappointed and sent images.

They replied within a few days and gave some suggestions and video links. When these didn't work they suggested we "give it another go" and sent a new kit free of charge. They kept in touch and resent kit video links and tips.

This kit grew brilliantly and I am now trying for a second crop.

The customer service was excellent.

I would recommend ensuring you start the kit growing as soon as you get it and if there are issues take pictures.

Can't wait to grow more!

January 13, 2025
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Review of The Bespoke Workshop


Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Such a wonderful experience!

Such a wonderful experience!

The items are sweetly made and the customer service is exemplary!

There was a mixup with the writing I wanted on my gift and while it was a bit tricky to contact them, when I got through, they were so helpful and accommodating and the gift was perfect when it arrived.

I will definitely use them again!

December 14, 2024
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Review of DPD


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Broken website keeps saying tracking…

Broken website keeps saying tracking no. isn't correct when it is the one provided by the company I ordered from.

UPDATE: They HAD delivered the package but DPD website didn't show this and it was left on the front door step!

December 12, 2024
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Review of Chemist4U


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

At the mercy of dpd…

At the mercy of dpd and can do nothing if they don't deliver or their website is down.

Don't bother, be quicker and less frustrating to go to a pharmacy.

December 12, 2024
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Reply from Chemist4U

Hello. Thank you for your feedback, and we're sorry to hear about your experience. We'd like to make things right—please get in touch with us directly so we can address your concerns and help resolve any issues. We look forward to hearing from you.
Kind regards
Chemist4U

Review of Cambridge Water


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Horrendously ineffective.

Horrendously ineffective.

Bills suddenly being sent x 6 higher than they originally requested. Even though THEY set the monthly amount

Customer service cal centre lines just advising due to an emergency lines are closed.

Finally getting someone (on instagram of all places!) Who promised to put the account on hold. But the bill coming out anyway!

About to report these crooks to whichever body is supposed to regulate them.

November 15, 2024
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Review of Zen Internet


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Abysmal

I am writing a second review for this abysmal service as this issue has repeated.

Version 8 of Zen software is buggy AF.
We had nearly 2 weeks of outages where they were less than useful. Eventually, after much calling and complaining, we were provided a new router as they were not able to roll back their crappy version. We work from home and this was made impossible with their wildly ineffectual service.

The new router worked fine BUT it automatically rolls out version 8 so we are now back to constant drop outs and they're useless customer service.

Do yourself a favour and go ANYWHERE else!

UPDATE: we're on approx. 20 drop outs today (by 2:30pm in 31/10) which have interrupted 2 meetings. This is impressively bad, even for Zen!

October 31, 2024
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Reply from Zen Internet

Good afternoon Alice,

I am sorry to hear about the issues that you have experienced over the past few weeks. I understand that one of our Complaint Resolution Managers is currently dealing with your case.

I have flagged your review with her.

Kind regards,

Dale.

Review of Zen Internet


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

If I could give zero I would

If I could give zero I would.

If nothing goes wrong it's fine. When you have constant drop outs for over a week, do all the trouble shooting they say, have a factory reset and it still doesn't work what then eh? Well then you then get gaslight by being told they aren't drop outs (even when my work call froze) and it's the police "monopolising the frequency" (which apparently they do multiple times a day all day long. I live in a village, not the bronx in 1984!)

Several days later you get a new customer service rep who asked you to repeat everything you have already done.

They will likely respond with "oh we're sorry pls contact us so we can look into it" which is code for "we don't care"

How Zen get such high reviews I've no idea. Avoid unless you want to spiral into insanity.

If the WiFi stays up long enough for this review to go up I'll be rather surprised.

UPDATE: They have requested further info which I have provided. Don't hold your breath for a response for me though.

UPDATE: up to approx 25 drop outs today alone. Pretty much every 29 mins. Making it impossible to work.

October 15, 2024
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Reply from Zen Internet

Good morning Alice,

I am sorry to hear about the the issue you are having an issue with your WiFi, Zen are committed to providing an excellent service and would like to assist you with this matter. We have requested more information to help us locate your account so that we can investigate this further for you.

Kind regards,
Katie

Review of Evri


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Just the worst

UPDATE: Even if you call their helpline or go to their website you only get bots, no option to speak to a person. Really really bad service.

Just the worst.

Fine if it all goes well and they manage to deliver your goods. Anything goes wrong and you are left hanging. You don't even get to chose to not use them as it is dictated by the companies you purchase from.

July 12, 2024
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Reply from Evri

Hi, I'm sorry to hear of your poor experience and thank you for taking the time to leave your feedback.
Please be assured that every parcel and every customer is really important to us. If you need help, please visit our contact page at https://www.evri.com/help-and-support/help-centre#/ or call us on 0330 808 5456, leave us your details on a voice message, let us know if you prefer a call back or an email and one of our Customer Services team will be in touch so we can understand what went wrong.
Thank you, Becky

Review of Monzo


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Good only if nothing goes wrong!

Easy to use and good savings but if anything goes wrong you are on your own.

You'll go round and round their chat until you make a formal complaint. Then they will leave you hanging for over 50 days and in many occasions you end up repeating the issue multiple times to multiple people/chatbots.

Also many of their customer services people do not understand their own system and cannot give simple instructions. There are good perks like locking pots but when you do it doesn't tell you if you want to unlock you have archive the pot. Really basic and useful information is missing from their instructions and their staff are not trained.

Its such a shame as there is a good platform here but it can't handle any issues.

February 20, 2024
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Review of The Psychic Tree


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

The worst candles I've bought in the…

The worst candles I've bought in the longest time.

The "crystals" are just coloured stones and when the candle is lit the heat means the stones slide to the wick and cause the wax to only melt in a small cylinder down to the glass. The vast majority of the wax is unmelted and therefore the burning time is much lower than expected.

Honestly just don't bother.

January 13, 2024
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Review of Sunweb


Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Literally a bunch of crooks

Literally a bunch of crooks in with Ski-Lifts to make money off of people and provide the worst service possible.

Advised transfer would be late, we waited well over the the alloted rime, they "offered" for us to pay for a taxi and claim money back (which I very much doubt would have happened) but also say the transfer was on its way so we opted to wait for the one we had already paid for.

He was not eventually they got us a taxi but we'll over 2 hrs late. When advising SunWebs of this they just came up with stories and are not interested.

Use at your peril/Same for Ski Lifts.

UPDATE: We have now received a partial refund. Better but still not a company I would use again.

January 21, 2023
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Review of Ski-Lifts


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Seriously, the worst!

A 2 hr wait and we eventually got a taxi arranged for us instead.

We were told there is a technical issue, the driver was lost, then a flight was delayed meaning our shared lift wasn't coming.

They also said the driver told them there was a road accident but this information was not given to us at the time but by Marta when I emailed later that week trying to explain our experience.

Seriously excuse after excuse....

When I emailed to advise ski lifts of this the "Customer services manager" Marta advised basically Ski Lifts think its fine to make you wait 90 mins for a transfer even if you have booked in advance. She ignored that I advised our wait time was over this time and refused to be of any help, just gave excuses as to why the car hadn't arrived.

Awful "service" and if they respond saying "what's your reference number and we will look into this for you" pls know they have already done this and just do not care.

If it goes well its probably fine but if anything goes wrong they will do nothing to help you.

In contrast Taxi Baron (who they sub-letted our ride home to) were prompt, tidy and polite. Use them instead.

Ski Lifts are seriously the worst!

Update: from the reply below they STILL do not admit problems. We were not picked up until gone 10pm. We were not advised we would have to wait until 9pm for other passengers to arrive. We were told lie after lie about what the delay was.

Ir was outside the T&C's but ski-lifts are more interested in covering their backs then helping their customers. Use at your peril!

January 21, 2023
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Reply from Ski-Lifts

Hi Alice,

We are sorry that you are unsatisfied with your experience on your outbound transfer, although we are delighted that you are happy with your return journey to the airport that we arranged for you.

As we have said in our email correspondence with you, there is clearly some confusion over the terms and conditions of the transfer booking made for you. The tour operator that you had booked through had booked a shared transfer with us for your transfer, which in this instance has a 90-minute maximum waiting time from meeting our representatives at our desk at Geneva Airport.

Your flight was scheduled to land at 20:15, you were booked onto a transfer with another group going to the same resort who were scheduled to land at 21:00, so your waiting time should comfortably have been less than 90-minutes.

Due to delays we realised that if you were to wait for the other group on your original transfer, you would have exceeded this wait time, so at 21:35 we instead arranged and paid for a private taxi for you to prevent this from happening.

As we have said on emails, we are sorry that you are not happy, but the transfer was not outside of the terms and conditions and we have asked you to contact the company that you booked with for further clarity on that as there is clearly not anything else we can do or say to convince you of that.

Lifts-to.

Review of Moonpig.com


Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Usually ok but the vouchers for…

Usually ok but the vouchers for discounts don't work.

December 27, 2022

Reply from Moonpig.com

Thank you for leaving a review and making us aware of this. If you could contact us via our live chat or email us at help@moonpig.com we will happily look into this for you.

Review of TRIP Drinks


Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Drinks are good

Drinks are good, lemon flavour not the best (love elderflower).

Bit expensive and discounts are few and far between.

November 5, 2022

Reply from TRIP Drinks

Hi Alice, so sorry to hear that you didn't love our lemon flavour, but glad to hear that Elderflower Mint is more to your taste! We're always sending special deals to our TRIP fam, so make sure you're signed up to our mailing list to get all the discount codes!

Review of KILLSTAR


Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Gift vouchers

Would be better if we could pick Gift voucher amounts and it was made clearer this are not gift card.

Otherwise OK.

November 4, 2022
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Review of Moonpig.com