Townsend Store Reviews 

The Cd single arrived very quickly and came in good packaging and was undamaged.

Delivered safely in perfect condition as advised, very satisfied customer with my purchase.

Prompt delivery,good price,always great for pre orders.

Excellent service as usual, pre-ordered some time ago and item arrived promptly on release day, safely packaged and in perfect condition.

Seller said they didn't get the signed item and cancelled my some months old order but item is still to order in the shop - AVOID-NEVER EVER! Very bad Communication also..... This concerns my order 5600262, which I placed and paid for on 7 February 2026. It included a bundle comprising an LP, 1 CD and a signed card. I only ordered this bundle because I am an autograph collector, not because of the recordings. I received the music in April, but regarding the signed card, I made four enquiries and was repeatedly fobbed off and asked to be patient. On 9 July, I received an email stating that the signed card would not be delivered, which is extremely frustrating. Further emails from me were ignored :-(. It’s not really professional to simply cancel an important part of an order after five months.

I ordered 1 CD, and it turned up, well packaged, in just a few days. Excellent service.

Been buying merch from Townsend for years and never any issue with pre orders or deliveries but the delivery charge is ridiculous and is really starting to put me off. £9 domestic delivery of a cd and t shirt is not cool.

Never ever use this site for your music. Got to be the worst music retailer in the country. Children would do a better job. Massive mistake on my part for purchasing from them. Never again. Shambles….boarding on a scam! **AVOID**

Taking pre-orders for an exclusive product that they don't have.
When I placed my order and notified them they had the wrong edition on the site, they amended the page, but didn't notify me or cancel my order.
I thought I'd give them the benefit of the doubt second time around. Two for two on scams so far.

I have always found Townsend Records Online service very reliable. Sometimes things take a little longer than expected towards the end of the year due to Christmas and New Year deliveries, which come with all things Royal Mail related, but that does not in anyway reflect on the service in itself.

E-mails are responded to in a reasonable time and manner.

I have been ordering with them for several years now and find no reason for that not to remain the case.

Bought an Andy and the Odd socks T shirt for my granddaughter's birthday.
Despite paying for 48 hours delivery it took 2 weeks to arrive, thus missing her birthday. Tracking suggested it was posted within 2 days of ordering, however when I queried it's whereabouts after a week I was informed it was in the 'packaging' department.
I have emailed them (no phone no. Available) to complain but just fobbed off by automated emails.
Customer service: Non existent
Delivery times: Poor
Product quality: Cheap rubbish, ripping off the kids (and parents ) with poor merchandise.

Made the mistake of thinking I would get what I have ordered.

Left me hanging for weeks just to cancel my order out of the blue. They 'didn't have the item in stock' .. then why was it adverstied for weeks and apart of many bundles.
Small businesses with fledgling websites know how to run then, TMs need to get a grip.
Merry blooming Christmas, now need to re-think gift ideas.

If I could give zero stars I would. I pre-ordered MJ Dangerous sacd mid August for an end of August releases. .

Release comes mes and goes and then it’s OOS . Been chasing it up ever since . It’s actually in stock with the company that makes it.

Not had ANY communication from them since 7th November. Lost patience and cancelled 21st November …. That’s 3 MONTHS after I ordered .

Waiting to see If I get my Klama refund now.

I would buy a lot more from this company if they didn't charge so much for postage, £8 for an album and cd complete joke.

DO NOT ORDER FROM THIS WEBSITE.
They are advertising pre-orders for CD’s that do not currently exist ie, a friend of mine whose 8th album is yet to be announced is already being sold here supposedly with a “singed print and personal video”… there’s ZERO confirmation.
It’s in the works but he hasn’t yet released any information, the album name, nor a release date, just one new single.

Save yourself the hassle of getting scammed and use a reputable website instead, banquet records, hmv etc.

By the looks of other reviews this isn’t the first time they’ve conned people.

I pre-ordered Gary Numans A Perfect Circle. Money was taken from my bank. To date I still haven't had my order which was released on 25th July 2025. I have had no email from the company explaining why I haven't had my order and each time I log in the released date changes,even though it definitely came out on 25th of July as others have had theirs. Communication from them would be appreciated

Ordered an album as it was showing free delivery. On checking the invoice it was showing over £5 delivery charges. Emailed to find out why they were there, told they don’t do free delivery. After replying to them saying that if the delivery charges couldn’t be refunded I wished to cancel the order, only to be told it was too late to do so, and I’ll have to return the LP.
Very poor service all round.

I ordered some LPs and what not from Feeder/Townsend Music. Soon after ordering, I received an e-mail that a copy of my passport (!) was needed to ship from their warehouse to me (European Union), with no further explanation. I asked for more information, but Veronika from customer services simply referred me to DHL. So, no explanation or help at all. Then, after a while the ordered items were returned to Townsend. Now, re-delivery costs 21 euros extra. I guess I'll have to wait and see whether the items will be delivered at all.

If I have other options for certain items, I will never order here again.

Townsend sell conterfeit blu ray. I bought the Pink Floyd live in Pompéi and there was nothing on the blu-ray. I contact them but no answer. Is it so hard to be polite to answer.

The Good: I have pre-ordered twice through Townsend before without problem; I received well-packed items very quickly. However...

The Not So Good/Bad: I ordered two CD box sets at the total cost of £105.50 on 19 April; the confirmation said that they would be sent by 48 Hour Tracked delivery. At 25 April the order was still pending (i.e. not sent out), this was because one of the items was not actually in stock. Had I known the item was not in stock I would have bought from elsewhere in the first place.

Companies should certainly not list items for sale when they don't hold stock - it's an obvious recipe for disaster. Anyway, I have now cancelled he entire order and bought through Amazon and eBay, as I could have done a week ago. Overall I saved a couple of £s in the process but was happy to use Townsend as I, naively, thought they benefited labels and artists - clearly not, in this case, I won't be doing the same again!

Communication was lacking, I had to investigate the problem myself.