Helpful and prompt customer service when I had a problem: a record arrived pre-opened and badly scratched. Customer service asked for more details and sent out a replacement which arrived in beautifu... See more
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Rarewaves.com are one of the largest online retailers of entertainment and consumer products in the world with offices in the UK and USA. As well as through our website Rarewaves.com, we also sell through Amazon, Ebay, Onbuy, Rakuten and Fnac.
Our offer spans 2 million products across Music CDs and Vinyl; Film and TV DVDs, Blu-rays and 4k Ultra HD; Console and PC Games, Books, Toys and Board Games, Collectibles, Clothing and Fancy Dress, Office Products and Stationary, Headphones, Speaker Docks, and wide array of Consumer Electronics and Gifts.
We're proud recipients of the King’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2023. In 2021 we were included in The Sunday Times International Track 200, and named in Buzzacott’s Organic Growth 25 report as one of the UK’s fastest organically growing businesses.
Founded in 2005, we have now sold millions of products to millions of happy customers around the world. In 2023 we shipped orders to customers across 203 different countries and independent territories!
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Rarewaves offer extremely competitive pricing for their CDs. As others state, delivery isn't the quickest, but the CDs did arrive within their stated delivery time. The only reason I haven't left a 5* rating is because on one of CDs the shrink-wrap looked like it may have been opened before.
Although we had some issues with my order from UK to EU Rarewawes solved the issues and I finally received my order in excellent condition. The issues were solely related to Brexit and are not at all related to Rarewawes way-of-working. I will continue ordering from them in the future. They have an execelent customer service.
Long delivery time and the part of the order didn't arrive. However, customer services were excellent and resolved without issue. Great prices & the customer service was very good
On July 27th I ordered three items, 2 Blu-Rays and a vinyl LP all of which were really good value at just over £6 each. I received the Blu-Rays a week later but two weeks after that there was still no sign of the album. On writing to Rarewaves they got back immediately and told me to wait another 7 working days and contact them if it still hadn't arrived. A week later still no sign, so I wrote back and they told me they would send a second copy. A week after that I let them know there was still nothing and instead of chasing it up they refunded me without asking.
They claim not to be able to track delivery of orders. In my experience even the most basic postal services offer some form of tracking system. The refund was massively disappointing given that Rarewaves had committed to my order and I had spent some considerable time on email exchanges with them. My suspicion is that the LP was mispriced at £6.31 because when I search for it now, the same disc it costs £37.06.
I am therefore wondering if the 'missing package'/refund solution was providing a convenient way of them not losing money. Especially as I have never had a single package go missing like this let alone TWO IDENTICAL PACKAGES.
I feel very let down.
The customer service answered really fast and find a solution. Highly recommended
Quick replies, very helpful and understanding. Great customer support!
I placed an order for 4 items on the 17th of August, 3 show as dispatched on the 19th but only 1 has arrived and 1 of the items is still just sat at confirmed. There is no tracking information or detailed information about the progress. This fragmented and inconsistent delivery process is very poor, I understand the postage was free so it isn't going to be the quickest but I would honestly rather pay and be able to see where my items areand have a more consistent delivery.
Great selection and prices and amazing customer service too. I had a package go missing on its way to me and they replaced the missing goods at no extra cost to me. I’ll definitely continue buying from Rarewaves.
Great prices, good service. Have not found a better place for buying import media.
After the initial disappointment of not receiving the item "asap", I got the reassurance that all good things take time; and it was worth it. The kind and understanding response to my SOS did the trick. Will most definitely make use of your service again. Pierre de Villiers, Paarl, South Africa.
The price of the book was very reasonable, and the delivery price very good. RAREWAVES , costumer service is very efficient and replies very fast. I highly recommend.
Iam really satisfied with the prices and the condition i received my parcels, they were as described, but i have to say, the shipping part was jail time. Untracked service is stressful and annoying, i don't think people would mind to pay a little bit more for tracking service. Apart from the Untracked shipping though, iam satisfied with the parcels i received.
I ordered the item a month ago and it still has not arrived. No satisfactory response was forthcoming from the company to explain the delay.

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