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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Super fast delivery and item was in incredible condition! Item was on clearance as 'box damaged', but the box was barely damaged and the item was in MINT condition. Would buy from them again 100%!

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I have to say reading the one star reviews the authors are expecting perfection to, usually, an unreasonable level. Just as well complain the sun wasn't shining when item delivered. The item I ordered... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Fantastic company that has been around for decades. I first used Advanced MP3 back around 2005-2008 or so, to buy my iRiver players or a Cowon D2 - I can't recall which but they were my goto compa... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I ordered a CD player from the clearance section advertised as Damaged Packaging (in brackets after the item description), it arrived very quickly (give them their due) and when i opened it the label... See more

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AMP3 offers the latest range of Digital Music Players, Earphones/Headphones and all kinds of accessories :) Free UK shipping on most items and Price beat policy if you find an item better priced in any other UK based store.


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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Super Saver Delivery is not 2-4 days it is more than a week. Be honest with your customers

Ordered a FiiO FA7 on a Saturday.
On the Monday it shows as Picking via Fulfilment Warehouse (Amazon). After 2 days I call to enquire and I am told that they will dispatch on the following day.
Dispatch did not happen on the following day and still waiting...
I know they have up to 30 days to deliver what I ordered as per the CCR but this needs to be made clear at the time of ordering.
If it was going to take a week to have it dispatched and another for delivery, I wouldn't have bought anything from them. It is annoying as I tend to try to order from small businesses and not amazon but you need to be honest with your customers.
Amazon next time....

27 March 2019
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Reply from Advanced MP3 Players

Hi there,

Thanks for your feedback. I believe I know which order this relates to (you have not provided an order number or name for me to confirm) and that you should now have your item. If you still do not, please get in touch.

If this is indeed the order I believe it is, your FA7 arrived on Thursday. Our Supersaver Delivery service is shown on our website as providing delivery within 2 - 4 working days. We as a business are not open over the weekend (our opening hours are available online), so your order was processed on the Monday. Therefore, using Monday as the initial date of processing, the item was delivered within 4 working days.

We will always endeavour to see items are delivered in a timely manner, and items that arrive late or have gone missing are treated seriously by our staff to ensure that a satisfactory resolution is reached. I am sorry that you felt that we could not provide a suitable service for yourself.

If you would like to discuss anything further, please get in touch via our website. Thanks again.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Outstanding customer service

Outstanding customer service. I had a pair of IT01s (that I absolutely loved) that got faulty twice within a short period of time and AMP replaced them immediately and refunded all return costs. Highly recommended!

5 October 2018
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Bought a sound magic e10 in earphones…

Bought a sound magic e10 in earphones that I had to replace twice within six months. It became faulty a third time which Advanced Np3 refused to replace.

Appalling and waste of my money.

Beware

27 September 2018
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Reply from Advanced MP3 Players

Hi,

Sorry for the experience you had dealing with our company. Soundmagic items have a one year warranty. If your third attempt to replace the item was outwith the one year period from your original purchase, this would be why it was refused, and this would have been the reason for the refusal provided to you.

If an item is within it's warranty period we will always endeavour to replace the item as quick as we can.

Please feel free to get in touch with us directly if you would like to discuss this in more detail.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Highly recommended!

Great shop with a wide selection and good prices. I had a particular question about placing an order from outside the UK, sales supervisor Chris was very quick to respond and helpful. Highly recommended!

29 March 2018
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Good service, good prices. Highly recommended

I bought a pair of Westone W30s from the guys at Advanced MP3 players. They were super helpful, answering all my questions before I bought. I had an issue with the first pair of headphones, which they promptly replaced, with really quick delivery both times, good packaging and great comms. Definitely recommend.
Thanks.

29 January 2018
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Reply from Advanced MP3 Players

Hey Tom,

Thanks for the review! Enjoy your W30s.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great personal service

Great personal service. Kept me updated on my pre order of a Questyle QP2R from initial ordering to dispatch. It was sent by Fedex on Tue afternoon 22nd Aug and I was expecting it on Fri. It arrived 7am Wed 23rd, post free, beat that! Everyone there I have spoken to has been very friendly and helpful and that means a lot to me. I would shop there in the future as a first choice and recommend them to anyone. Thanks.
P.S. The Questyle is awsome.

29 August 2017
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Reply from Advanced MP3 Players

Hey Graham, glad you enjoyed the service and are enjoying your player! Come back soon!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Thank you for the help...

Thank you for the help on the phone regarding working out the best player for my requirements. Very happy with the one I went for, music never sounded so good!

16 August 2017
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Reply from Advanced MP3 Players

Thanks Alan. If you need any further advice, you know where to come.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Service second to none

Service second to none. They could not have been more helpful when I mistakenly thought my MP3 palyer had a fault. I returned i to them and they checked it thoroughly. Turned out to be me at fault and not the machine but they were brilliant

15 August 2017
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Reply from Advanced MP3 Players

Thanks for the review Keith, we're always happy to help!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great service

Great service, which I've used twice now. Fast delivery and company dealt directly with supplier when equipment faltered to get me new set straight away.

10 August 2017
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Thank you! We hope to see you back for a third!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I can whole heartily recomend this …

I can whole heartily recomend this company as I ordered Friday with a delivery of Tues. Wed. of the next week when I phoned to try to upgrade the delivery to Sat. or Mon. I was told as it was at a warehouse and not in their local stores he couldn't promise anything but non the less try for me. But regardless of that it meet up with a 128 GB Micro SD for it at my local DPD delivery center and was delivered along with that and I had paid a Saturday delivery premium for that! So in a way of thanking them I ordered a Base for it, and that also arrived the next day by Special Delivery. I did pay for that but all the same need I say more?
Steve G. North London

9 August 2017
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Reply from Advanced MP3 Players

Hi Steve,

We're glad you were pleased with our service and fast delivery time. Thanks for your custom!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Always excellent service

Always excellent service. A company staffed by people who understand the principle of 'right first time'.

7 August 2017
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Reply from Advanced MP3 Players

Hi Walter,

Thank you for your review. We're glad you enjoyed your experience dealing with us and hope to see you back soon!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Fast delivery

I ordered a player in the morning and had an email saying it had shipped the same afternoon. would buy from here again

4 August 2017
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Reply from Advanced MP3 Players

Hi Nicki,

So you know for the future, any orders placed before 1pm on a weekday will be processed the same day!

Thank you for your review. We are glad you enjoyed your shopping experience with Advanced MP3 Players!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Hi-Res Audio specialists - and it shows

Expertise with niche products is unmatched - the best place to find the latest Hi Res Audio players, so the first stop for me. Great advice when selecting a player to use, plus backup when I had initial questions on receipt. Would support again.

28 July 2017
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Reply from Advanced MP3 Players

Hi Malcolm,

Thank you for your review. We are glad you enjoyed your shopping experience with Advanced MP3 Players!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Faulty product x 2

Having bought a pair of headphones that became distorted and faulty after a couple of uses, I returned them and they were 'replaced' efficiently. Second pair arrived and soon broke with same fault (leading me to assume it was the same pair that had been patched up to survive warranty period), contacted to advise and was told that my warranty period had now expired and nothing more they can do. When buying a pair of headphones you expect to hear music through them, the same way that when buying a fridge you expect it to keep food cold, if you can't meet the customers basic expectations then don't sell the product. Would not buy from here again.

15 March 2017
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Reply from Advanced MP3 Players

Hi Phil,

Firstly, I would like to apologise for the incredibly belated response to this review, we didn't get a notification for your review and missed our opportunity to address your concerns at the time.

I'm sorry that you had an unpleasant experience related to not one but two orders of the same product purchased through us. I would like to assure you that we never repair earphones and the replacement you received was a brand new set shipped from our Amazon Fulfilment Warehouse and would have come in sealed packaging.

The warranty is provided by the manufacturer, starts from the date of the original purchase, and lasts for as long as the manufacturer stipulates. In your case, this was one year. I do sympathise with the unusual circumstances related to you receiving two items that failed, but we are tied to the warranty stipulations provided by the manufacturers we range.

Your experience was rare and unfortunate, we always aim to stock products that are as sturdy as possible however unfortunately earphones do sometimes fail due to the strains and stressed placed on them. If you would like to discuss this matter further, please feel free to email us and we will try to resolve your grievances the best we can. Hopefully you'll consider giving us another chance.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Awful customer service (and insane shipping policy)

After having ordered (and payed via Paypal!) a couple of DAPs that was available as B-Grade items, I discovered the order was marked "SECGuard deferred" (that means that for some reason they're holding back it asking for more information). If the controls fail then, after 5 days, they will cancel the order. Pity they did not even bother to notify me of the deferred order...
To solve the situation, as per their instruction, I had to send screenshot of my paypal account page where are shown both my addresses (billing and work, where I asked to deliver the DAPs). I did this the same morning. I did not get any answer for 2 days, even after writing three emails.
The third day I decided to cancel my order as, it is clear, they don't like doing business. I wrote a message to them complaining for they behaviour, asking for an order cancellation. They answered in 14 minutes!
This is what Colin wrote (and is the funniest policy I've ever read):"Our sales team were still reviewing the information as we do state at the checkout stage we can only dispatch to the billing address or a registered work address and the shipping address was different to the billing address given when the order was placed."
So, in two days they could not compare the work address in the order with the one in the snapshot I sent them and their policy is ridiculous: if you allow shipping to the billing OR the work address, than FOR SURE the shipping address CAN be different from the billing address and therefore the second part of the policy is simply absurd.
This is what I wrote to Colin, complaining for the unprofessional conduct and the craziness (and illogical) shipping policy. Do you guess they responded?... Yeah, they did not even bother to do it...
On a side note, one of the b-Grade DAP never reappeared in the store. You can draw your own conclusion...

An unhappy customer,
Diego Bertazzi

PS: I've have an history of hundreds of successful online transactions with tens of merchants, never ever had a problem like this.

13 February 2017
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Reply from Advanced MP3 Players

Hi Diego,

Thank you for your message.

While I can't view the order details, since the order has been deleted and I do not have full customer details to work from since only your first name is mentioned, I do understand that our security process can seem quite strange to people.

Basically if we receive an order from international customers, or if an alternate residential address is entered in the shipping details box, we unfortunately have to hold the order back to protect ourselves from any chance of the order being fraudulent. This is why we request security information so we can verify the details and proceed with the order. If the security information does not verify the payment details then we cannot proceed.

We are not alone in this process and many other companies have similar protocol when it comes to orders where there is a security issue.

If you want to reply with full details I'll be happy to look in to this specific case but otherwise hopefully the explanation of exactly why we have a security system in place will suffice.

For a wider range of customer reviews of our performance, please see here: http://www.google.co.uk/products/seller?cmi=9685814585458688&zmi=advancedmp3players.co.uk. As you can see, your experience was rare although none the less unacceptable. We'll do everything we can to win your custom back. Hopefully you'll consider giving us another chance.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Quick, professional and friendly service

I sent a Cowon M2 Mp3 player for repair as it had a cracked screen, which due to its unusual size is not widely available for standard fittings.

The cost of the repair was £55, which I found to be a little on the expensive side, though I'm not sure how much the screen cost from the manufacturer.

Advanced MP3 were very helpful throughout the process, ordering in the specific part needed for repair, keeping me updated with the status of delivery, and after receiving my player very promptly repaired it and sent it out for delivery back to me.

Unfortunately FedEx did not deliver my item when promised, but when I notified AdvancedMP3 of this, they recalled the product and sent it out via abother courier which was dispatched very quickly.

Friendly, professional and hassle-free service - I would recommend this company for MP3 repairs.

30 December 2016
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