Woking Food & Wine

Great convenience store which offers UPS and Hermes parcel services.

Helpful with my parcels, and I added a photo because the location is wrong

It's in a row of shops on the other side of the road

I've been using this store as an Evri/Hermes drop for years and the guys are always friendly and polite and make the process really stress-free. Thank you!

Dreadful shop, do not go here (and I never will again)

- Filthy (I looked it up and they have a one star food hygiene standard rating, btw)

- Their machine never works with my debit card even though it works everywhere else (it tries connecting to the wrong bank when I tap or insert my card, for some reason)

- Terrible customer service.
The shopkeeper is constantly on the phone when I go up to the desk and need to talk/buy something.

- Doesn't issue receipts, which I find to be problematic.

And this was the event which was the last straw: today I needed to buy a wall adapter for an official Samsung cable, very specifically a "super fast charging cable". I bought a plug from this shop which I was told by the shopkeeper would be compatible. When I got home, I discovered that the adapter was not compatible with super fast charging and only charged at normal speed, making the item useless to me.

I returned and asked for a refund, and he refused. I told him it was an incorrect/insufficient product which was a waste of money to me and that it was my right as a consumer to get my money back if I wasn't satisfied. He told me I'd only get a refund "if it doesn't work", and plugged it into his own phone to show me. I tried to explain to him the specific Samsung fast charging system and that I was not claiming that the product didn't work at all, but that it was the incorrect/insufficient product. For the life of him he couldn't seem to understand the difference between "a product not working full stop", and "a product being the incorrect product", unless he was misunderstanding me on purpose to avoid giving me a refund (which I feel like he was)and it went around in circles for a while.
Eventually after me shouting at him out of frustration and the shop about to close, he offered me half my money back.

I later got written confirmation from Trading Standards that this refusal of a refund was against the law.

Dreadful company. Avoid.

Update: the owner (not the person involved in the original incident) refunded me 2 months later when I threatened further action, which I do appreciate. It still shouldn't have happened though

Dysfunctional and ill-mannered staff throws your purchase on the floor or half-arsed into a bag he'd charged 5p for that is basically not fit for purpose. I'd advise not to disturb from a vape directly outside the store as it'll provoke his already dour mood before you've even stepped over the dismal threshold.

The guys working today was unhelpful with the Hermes and does offer the services the Hermes webpages says they do. Go else where.