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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Pre-ordered around mid-Dec 2021, never received I pre-ordered around mid-Dec 2021 two Vanitas nendoroids, a Vanitas and a Noé, which were supposed to arrive by the 31st of July. I also pre-or... See more

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Slim chance I'll be ordering from here again, I ordered 2/3 statues (unsure at this date) last year with pre-order dates, one for December 2021, the other 2 with dates for January 2022. It's now Ju... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I am buying stuff for birthday presents, I really love the variety of things on their website. But website definitely could be improve (such as during search you’ll have to click into individual items... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Amazing place to buy official figures from! So glad I came across it - as someone from England, I'd been looking on Ebay for Demon Slayer figures as nowhere else seemed to have them but tax etc. can b... See more

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  1. Trading Card Shop
  2. also in
  3. Collectibles Shop
  4. Figurine shop

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UK based Online TCG & Collectables store. We stock all your favourite TCG's including Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Dragon Ball and more. We are an Official Good Smile Partner Shop and Official Bandai Partner. We stock high quality figures including Nendoroids, Pop Up Parade, Banpresto and many more. We're By Geeks, For Geeks, making card games and collectables affordable and accessible for everyone!


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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

took my money and rang

Tried to access my account to look at my orders but the website says "Our website is currently closed until further notice."

really worried that my money has been taken and i'm not going to get my orders. have seen this happen before with other shops and theres been no update on social media to tell customers so i think theyve just closed without telling customers which is just awful

22 September 2022
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

First time I've ordered from here

First time I've ordered from here, my daughter asked for a plushie and they were the only UK company that had it in stock and for an excellent price too!!
Ordered and received within a few days as expected, really pleased with the plushie and service, will definitely buy from again and can recommend.

5 September 2022
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I never received the products

I never received the products. It was supposed to take 48 hours at most but it’s almost been a week. If it does not arrive by 2 days I will be issuing a refund.

6 September 2022
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Reply from MetaGeeks

Hello,

We sent your item with 24 hours of purchase. After that it is down to the courier (Royal Mail) to deliver the item.

As you are likely aware, Royal Mail are having strikes, and this is delaying delivery. This is unfortunate, but there is nothing we can do about this. These strikes effect all businesses and consumers around the country.

We do not believe it is fair for blame us for the item not arriving yet. We sent the order within 12 hours of the order being placed. That is all we can do, as we do not own Royal Mail or any other delivery company.

You can follow the tracking for more information. Royal Mail have the parcel and can tell you more on the expected delivery date.

We hope you understand and update your review accordingly.

Kind regards,
The MetaGeeks Team

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Current pre order status/wasted patience

As others have stated the pre order times have been very unreliable recently. I'm aware that unfortunately nothing much can be done about this as of right now but reasonably I can't rate any higher due to how long I've been waiting on these orders. I'll continue to use the site whenever I find anything I'm into but definitely not for pre orders again.

I understand the stress the team would be under from these circumstances so I won't rate any lower, since other than this I don't see anything wrong with the site, and from non pre orders they have been on time (sometimes a few days early), packaged well and the emails/tracking information has been very convenient. On that note I look forward to things getting back to normal.
Thank you,
Taylor

Edit: I'll have to change the rating due to this being the only site where the figures I failed to receive are still on pre order, despite being released ages ago. I heavily recommend a change in distributor to make for a massive improvement, as I have had to refund every pre order I've ever made from here. A shame but personally I couldn't rate a site I can't get the items I actually want from any higher than a 1 star. I genuinely don't know what response could clarify anything since the issue is being unable to receive a pre order, especially the interesting fact that as mentioned before I ordered from two other UK sites and will be receiving them in a matter of days, but I look forward to seeing it regardless.

I'll add that I recommend the site for near enough everything but preorders, but said preorders are the only thing I'm interested in currently, since when it comes to them every site is a hit and a miss type situation, not knowing when or if you'll get them on time. I understand the difficulties and this review shouldn't be taken as a blind rant of course, this is from personal experience and due to that I can't rate higher than 1 star for not receiving anything, to me that wouldn't make much sense.

27 August 2022
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I ordered multiple items to be sent to…

I ordered multiple items to be sent to me with next day delivery on a Friday. I gave them the weekend assuming they may not be active then, but when Tuesday came around and no delivery, I had to send them an email to inquire when the delivery may be. Turns out they had some miscommunication internally and had my whole order waiting on a pre-order that was actually a sold out item, when it said it was in stock when I bought it. I was told this was a "rare glitch" but as this is my first order I don't know to what extent this is true. They did give me a full refund but who knows if I would have ever received my items if I hadn't messaged them first.

After seeing this reply I should add that I was never told when I would receive this order by their representative, only that it was on pre order but on their website it states 'sold out'. When I search other websites I could find the item, they described as "on pre order" by their support team, was available to buy. I don't know if they meant restocking but saying pre order when it was a product that was already released only lead to more suspicions as to what was going on. And after some reflection I will continue to not recommend your website as it seems you wish to blame the customer for giving an accurate description of my experience with you.

20 July 2022
Unprompted review
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Reply from MetaGeeks

EDIT:

Dear Kyle,

I believe you are confused about pre-order and sold out, which I hope to clarify. An item can be pre-order, sold out or BOTH. If a pre-order item is sold it, it means that all previous orders are valid. In this case, you purchased the last available unit of an item available, therefore purchasing our last unit for pre-order. An item could be on pre-order for a number of reasons, these usually are:
- We haven't receive the initial release yet
- The product hasn't been officially released yet
- We're expecting a restock with a planned date

We would never just hold an order for an item that is sold out, unless we believe we can source the item. We have a great reputation and are official partners with Bandai and Good Smile Company - we have no interest in ruining that by selling out of stock products.

In the below message we have apologised multiple times, both for the error and confusion. However, there are some things you have said that are not truthful, but this is because of a misunderstanding on product status that we have tried to explain above. This is not blaming the customer and we believe our answer was informative and hopefully clarifies the matter. We just hope that our reply is clear and that you can understand the situation better. Once again, we apologise for the unclear communication in this matter and hope it has been made clear now.

Dear Kyle,

This is not the truth in the matter and it seems there has been some confusion. We hope that we can clarify that now.

Your order was placed and included an item that was on pre-order. However, the system displayed this as in stock. This was an error on the system, for whatever reason, and we agree should not be the case. For this we apologise, but sometimes inventory errors occur and we do all we can to keep our inventory as correct as possible.

When you contacted us, we looked into this and offered to send the item that was in stock. Once this was refused, our staff politely cancelled the order as requested and confirmed that we are investigating the error.

Regarding the status of the item, the item was on pre-order, not out of stock. This means that they would have been sent once they were released and in stock. You have speculated stating "who knows if I would have ever received my items" but this simply isn't true. To reiterate, the item was not "out of stock", it was on "pre-order". The order would have been sent in line with our pre-order policy, as was explained.

We apologise for the misunderstanding and the system error. Sometimes mistakes occur, either through human error or otherwise. Our team has been polite and attentive in this issue, which was not fault to the customer support advisor you spoke to, and we hope you can reflect on this. We hope that you understand it was not intentionally or malicious, simply a small mistake that once recognised was dealt with as requested.

Have a great rest of the week.

Regards,
The MetaGeeks Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent service, would be back again!

I am always worried about pre-ordering from sites I have never used before and that is why I always come to Trustpilot to read reviews. Metageeks have a nice backlog of wonderful reviews so I took my risk and started a pre-order. Now, I am a very patient person so delays are not a problem for me especially during the pandemic times. I ordered 2 Banpresto figures in September of 2021 the release date would be November of 2021. I waited until the date that it was announced to be released but heard nothing so I had contacted them in December and at this time I believe they didn't have any automated messages for delays and had to do a lot of emails manually as I was told during our conversations through email. As our conversation began I was told that, yes there is a delay and it is now delayed until January. I waited, and contacted them again asking if there was any updates, delayed again to February.

After about a 5 month wait I contacted them and was told that they are now in their possession and would be shipped out asap. I was delighted to hear that and they apologised for the delays. I wasn't too worried, but pre-ordering from a site I've never used, you would get a little anxious in my shoes.

They also refunded me as the price I paid was not the price they were currently selling them for after the pre-order and that I was grateful for as the refund was done quickly.

I really can't be disappointed in the staff at Metageeks as they work really hard and any delays for pre-orders are not their fault! Communication was quickly received in a professional manner and when my figures were delivered to me they were packed well.

Thank you guys for all your efforts for bringing a new happy customer to your shop! Will be back again in the future! :)

24 June 2022
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Problems solved

Even though we had problems with shipping costs etc, the team was very friendly and helpful and shipped it right after we had a solution figured out. The shipping was very fast and the Items are in good condition.

21 June 2022
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Purchased from MetaGeeks and the item…

Purchased from MetaGeeks and the item arrived within a day and was exactly as described on site. Delivery was by DPD so could be tracked and had a designated 1 hr timeslot for delivery (so no waiting in all day because you don't know when it will arrive).

13 June 2022
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Amazing

Brilliant experience. The item I ordered was out of stock when I purchased it, but James offered to upgrade to the Pro Version (binder) and it was delivered fast. Couldn’t fault them at all, fantastic service!

11 June 2022

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