South Island Component Centre 2006

Excellent store, great knowledgeable staff, huge range of components and will source components on behalf. You really need to have some knowledge of electronics or be willing to pay for that service if you need something fixed or need problem solving. Unfortunately no free advisory service is offered unless you are a regular customer or have a relationship with the company.as they are mainly wholesalers with a small retail service arm.

Customer service in Christchurch is the worst in the country and this company is a prime example. Walked in asking about switches and an elderly man just pointed in the direction without actually coming over to look at what I was after and then walked of towards other staff members. Don't worry will never go back there again.

Not friendly at all, before you ask anything. The boss will ask you two questions which company you from?" & "will you spend at least $25?" Then point you the exit. Not even look at you when asking those two questions. Why brother?"

Just rude and clearly don't want to deal with customers.

Ordered a toroid from their website. Had it delivered overnight. More importantly the toroid works brilliantly!!!

Not a bad store, sell components you can't really find elsewhere locally. I found that if you know what you are talking about they have time for you and tend to look after you (haven't had a bad experience). I could see that if you are comming in the shop as a hobbyist or DIYer and asking a bunch of questions then it could be quite frustrating for them, as they do offer a consulting/technician service with the ability to manufacture/design/fix electronic materials on site, of which the hobbyist/DIYer will likely not want to take advantage of. Spending 10 minutes answering questions and selling $5 in parts is not really a profitable business model, therefore i recommend doing your research before going in or better yet take advantage of their in-store services.

The older gentleman is a bit sharp and will point you in the direction of want you want but if he is in the middle of something he is interested in you're hard pressed to get his attention. Some items are not grouped together well so a wide search area is suggested. A minimum purchase of $12 applies in store, not sure how this would work on the website as there doesn't seem to be a minimum spend set rate. Other than that one of the few places where you can by components individually.

Been meaning to post a review about this place for awhile.The old fella was pretty rude and then said there’s a minimum charge of I think $10 or $15 so walked out as was not going to pay that for a item worth a couple of dollars.Are you allergic to money? I was the only one in the store wasn’t hard to just let me have it for the asking price why should I pay extra just as you have to serve me?

Every time i have gone to this store the sales man has a real bad attitude. Always grumpy and not very helpful. There website stock is never updated, About 7 years out dated. (says they have stock when they don't then you get attitude again from the sales man). Everything they sell is Chinese junk from aliexpress or ebay. Do yourself a favor and go elsewhere. IE online sadly.

Rude and refused to help us. He Even asked his employee to not help us, as they were too busy". Nobody was even in the shop. definitely wont ever be back"