CNS PowerTools Reviews 

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TrustScore 3 out of 5

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I've been waiting over a week for a router they advertised as 1-2 business day delivery. If you don't mind waiting for a week or more for a item then use them if you need it quickly look elsewhere.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Came in need advised on my bosch track saw. Needed help with blade size which was sorted and even came out learning some features i didnt know.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Ordered items online, made the payment etc & was looking forward to receiving my items.. Unfortunately a little time later received an email stating that the items was not in stock.. With technology... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent experience Ordered a Makita Angle Grinder and Makita Light on 23rd Dec and said would be delivered on 28th which given 24th Xmas Eve and a Saturday and 27th a Bank Holiday but to my surp... See more

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  1. Tool shop

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CNS Powertools Ltd opened its doors over twenty years ago and has succeeded in becoming one of South Wales leading power tool accessory distributors.


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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Selling out of stock items... Slow response.

Recently purchased a Hikoki angle grinder kit online. Showing 2 in stock. Two days later I was advised that in fact they had none in stock and cancelled the order. Although still showing they had one on stock. The consequence of this was that my second and third choice of suppliers by now has none in stick and it would have costed me £60 more to purchase. Tool was required for a job and I had no choice but to pay extra for a smaller unit from a different supplier. Purchasing out of stock item was an inconvenience but waiting 2-3 days to tell me was poor.

4 April 2021
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Reply from CNS PowerTools

Hi,
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review.
I am sorry to hear that the item you purchased was not available and that we were not able to fulfil your order.

I can see that your order was created on 30/03/2021 and cancelled with a refund issued on 31/03/2021.

We aim to notify customers ASAP when an item is unavailable and I can only apologies that it took us just over 24 hours in this case.

Regards,
Lewis
CNS Powertools Ltd

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great service

Great service, very competitive, exactly what I ordered, well packaged and delivered on time. Couldn't ask for anything else.

2 April 2021
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

We ordered The Hinge Jig Skeleton…

We ordered The Hinge Jig Skeleton (H/JIG/C) in November 2020 (Trend H/JIG/C Skeleton Hinge Jig Two part in case 5132648295182 1 £144.99). Never received, contacted them for over two months, Luke at sales team never has contacted me until I chased items. No prompt investigation of the missing item. I kept the packaging for weeks for someone to look at and ask for an investigation which did not happen. Lost 144.99 and they are not responding.

EDIT after Lewis at the CNS response to my review:

- Missing/undelivered item reported on 22nd November
- Luke at CNS promised to begin a claim with their courier on 26th November.
Two weeks later no contact from Luke, so we chased this with him on 14th December (we were keeping the packaging for the purpose of the investigation). No investigation started by Fedex neither CNS.
- 14th December, we confirmed that one part of the box had transparent tape instead of the branded Trend tape (refer to our email).
- 14th December also we raised our concerns about the timing for the investigation
- 28th December no heard from Luke, so we chased this again.
- 29th December response from the company:
"I haven’t heard anything from Fedex yet. Local authorities will be contacted if and when Fedex complete their investigation. Please be aware, I am chasing Fedex upon every delay so that’s all I can really do until their senior management get back to me. Unfortunately, the festive period doesn’t really help either, but I will try again."
- 11th January: CNS stays silent and not contacting us at all so we are chasing this again.
Response from the CNS: "Once again I am going to forward to your previous email to our Fedex account manager as it appears they need consistent reminders!"
- Two months since and CNS asks for the box!
And so on.

The above clearly shows no willingness to solve the issue, no investigation, no communication. It is highly disappointing. Luke has never contacted us first when promised, we were chasing him all the time. How anyone can consider "this" as an investigation? There was none.

The outcome is that we lost 144.99 as CNS charged us for the item they did not deliver and failed to assist in investigating. Due to their negligence, we lost money. They never provided the evidence of any investigation which they are obliged to do so on our request.

19 March 2021
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Reply from CNS PowerTools

Hi Daga,
Thank you for taking time to leave us a review.

I have taken a look in to this matter and i can see that Luke has provided you with images of the Hinge Jig being packaged in the same box as the other items on your order.

Our courier have confirmed that the parcel was sealed with our packaging when delivered to the address provided.

Further advise was given via email on how to proceed with this matter.

Kind Regards,
Lewis
CNS Powertools Ltd

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Ordered part from website

Ordered part from website, paid, then waited. Got an email saying they didnt have the parts and wouldnt get them in again so have refunded the money. Thats fine but the parts shouldnt be on the website if they dont have them

4 March 2021

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