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Rattle and Drum Reviews

4.9 Rating 3,784 Reviews

98 %

of reviewers recommend Rattle and Drum

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4.9

Based on 3,784 reviews


Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods	Postal Service, Courier
Average Delivery Time	Within 5 Days
On-time Delivery	Greater than 93%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders	99%
Customer Service
Communication Channels	Telephone, Email, Live Chat
Queries Resolved In	Under An Hour
Customer Service	4.9 out of 5

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About Rattle and Drum:

Rattle & Drum Music is an independent musical instrument retailer based in Derby, UK. Established in the nineties as a drum and percussion specialist, we are now one of the country’s leading independent musical instrument stores, keeping it simple and specialising in the key ingredients of all great music - guitar, bass and drums! We stock the very best brands in the business, with hundreds of acoustic, bass and electric guitars, a vast range of amps, pedals and accessories and we have one of the best drum and percussion showrooms in the UK.

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Phone:

01332 341414

Email:

martin@rattleanddrum.com

Location:

77-81 Osmaston Road Derby DE1 2JH
Derby
DE1 2JH

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“Total cock-up on my order mostly involving the retailer, distributor and courier. That said Rattle were honest when I got past their stock responses. They took ownership and made good as soon as possible. I will happily use them again.”

Posted 2 years ago

“The lemon oil I ordered at first never arrived I had to contact rattle and drum to get satisfaction although I paid the extra postage.”

Posted 2 years ago

“really disappointed in the item i purchased, described as universal clutch. It's clearly not universal as it doesn't fit one of the largest manufacturers of drum kit - Pearl, their hi-hat stand. The first response to my query was poor, with the advisor not acknowledging the issue. A further intervention from a colleague confirmed it was a known issue!! Helpfully they provided an alternative, and I asked for a pre-paid return...nothing back from them so far.”

Posted 2 years ago

“Product arrived later than stated but forgivable under current global circumstances. However, considering it was reasonably fragile, i.e. made of fibreglass and prone to breaking under pressure, it wasn't really packaged suitably. Luckily it wasn't broken on arrival!”

Posted 2 years ago

“Great price but poor communication via social media outlets. I bought drum skin after over a week i finally got a reply saying order was wrong and that waiting for a new skin to arrive before being sent out. Finally got skin sent out after couple more days. I won't be using these guys again”

Posted 2 years ago

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Hi Thomas, I can only apologise for the error, not a great reflection of our generally excellent service. Unfortunately we got an item on the order wrong and had to re-order it, this took a few days to sort out. Admittedly we couldn't have sorted it any quicker but it would have been better for us not to make the mistake in the first place. Kind Regards Martin

Posted 2 years ago

“Good prices however my order took 11 days in total from date of order to receipt In this day and age faster delivery is something I value as a customer.”

Posted 2 years ago

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Many thanks for your review. we always look in to any negative feedback to see if we can improve our service. Our only current issue is with the reliability of stock coming from the EU, one order may take 5 days the next 3 weeks! In this case we stipulated a lead time of 14 days for delivery which is normally more than adequate. Unfortunately the shipment took over 2 weeks to get through customs. Sadly there is now way to predict or track these delays and hopefully with time the situation will improve, the 14 days we quoted for this supplier is our best guess at an average. If we put 30 days no one would buy the items and most of them would arrive within 7 days, all we can do is keep a close watch and apologise to people such as yourselves when it doesn't work out.

Posted 2 years ago

“Bought as a present for May so can’t comment yet”

Posted 3 years ago

“I’ve ordered from Rattle and Drum before and not had any issues so I can only assume that this time it was a one off!! There were issues with delivery which meant that I had to chase the product and the status of the order. I did receive a response to my email chase which was great, and the goods arrived about 10 days after order. No major issues but not the best of experiences this time around.”

Posted 3 years ago

“Paid for next day delivery got a text saying between 9:34-10:34 missed called at 9:38 heard no knock at the door ordered on Friday to have in time for a gig on Saturday package didn't get redelivered till Monday”

Posted 3 years ago

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Hi, I completely understand how frustrating that is and I'm sorry you've had that experience. However I'm not sure we could have done anything about this incident. We sent the item on the next day, express service that you paid for in good faith and you had the notifications to say the item was indeed due to be delivered. I don't think it's really very fair to leave a negative review for us, which can affect how people view our business, for something we can't influence. What's more, if you did miss a knock on the door, DPD delivered at the next earliest opportunity without extra charge which in my eyes is exactly what they should have done.

Posted 3 years ago

“Very disappointed when I received this order. The product arrived in a box that was falling apart. I bought it as a Christmas present and now I am unable to give it as it looks tatty.”

Posted 3 years ago

“The item supplied was just as described but the eBay Ad stated that they would despatch the item on the same day for orders placed before 3 pm. This was not true for me and despite paying for my order at 2 pm on a Wednesday I received the item on Monday the following week. This was annoying because I chose to buy from this seller just because I had planned to use the item for my work over the weekend, which was impossible. I know this was down to the despatch being made late rather than Royal Mail delivering slow because the seller did NOT despatch until a whole day later (I have the eBay emails to prove it).”

Posted 3 years ago

“Fast delivery and good prices, or at least I thought. I was planning on placing another order with them shortly after I received my first order and I had picked out items to put in my cart, but needed to go to the bank the following day to top up my account. Upon my return I had found that overnight, the prices of the items I was going to buy had significantly increased, for no discernible reason. If you wish to buy from them please shop around first and if you do find them to be cheaper then buy IMMEDIATELY. I don't particularly appreciate constantly fluctuating prices, and I find that for a UK store to have prices of items that don't end in 0 or .99 to be slightly suspicious...”

Posted 3 years ago

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Hi James, I understand your frustration on this as it annoys me too. The issue we have is that to remain competitive we run a re-pricer that compares our price to our competitors on Google shopping and adjusts as necessary. The unusual pence values and fluctuation are an inevitable consequence of that. Most prices are relatively stable but the switch you purchased did dip then rebound quickly in price. It was very much a case that you got an unusually low price on the one you had rather than us putting the price up on the second one you wanted. Kind Regards Martin

Posted 3 years ago

“Day late on delivery. Goods excellent.”

Posted 3 years ago

“Prices. Competitive. Good. . Website average. Needed the skins in a hurry as recording some film trailer tracks last minute. I have a disability and don’t drive so rely on online purchasing VS driving to the store. Was trying to find a company that had competitively priced products as well as postage and shipping. I was given a 10% discount if I Sign up for the emails and ordered through them. The code unfortunately didn’t work. Customer service. I bought a mic and stand through amazon at the same time that was dispatched and arrived earlier. I paid extra with rattle and drum for express delivery. Once I called on the phone to get things moving, the staff were incredibly polite and helpful and received tracking and dispatch info shortly after. Grateful for their help and assistance. An overall good and positive experience. Thank you very much. P.S I was going to submit as anonymous but unable to do, now trying to submit as myself but there’s lots of messing around with social media accounts such as Instagram. Why is that? It’s not necessary.”

Posted 4 years ago

“The drum sticks I ordered arrived in good time, but I was surprised to find a pair still intact in the padded envelope as one end was torn open. The wood tips of the sticks had caused the tear, if someone had taken a fancy to them I would have paid for an empty parcel. Lucky.”

Posted 4 years ago

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Thanks for your review, we are glad to hear your sticks arrived in good time and as ordered. We send out thousands of sticks a week in the same type of packaging and rarely have issues but please be assured that in the unlikely event of something going missing we would always replace the item at our expense. Kind Regards Rattle & Drum

Posted 4 years ago

“Dispatch was a little slow but other than that no complaints.”

Posted 5 years ago

“Hi. I paid extra for express delivery as I am as working drummer and needed the item. It seemed to me that it wasn't dispatched for several days after the order was placed. This is disappointing. I don't want to give a negative rating as we need decent specialist drum stores and your price was good. I would advise not offering an express delivery service at premium price if you can't actually provide it.”

Posted 5 years ago

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Hi Murry, I completely agree and apologise for the postage error. As can be seen from our feedback, we really strive to get these sorts of things right every time but things can occasionally go a little wrong. In this case it looks like the wrong delivery service was used by our despatch team. In this case we should have refunded your express charge, please let us know if this hasn't arrived in your account.

Posted 5 years ago

“Very good, a bit pricey compared to local competition.”

Posted 5 years ago

“Quality products. Good customer service.”

Posted 6 years ago

“Quick delivery which I am very happy about. When the drum head arrived however, there was no extra packaging around the box, so the box got quite damaged in transit, which In turn seems to have damaged the drum head (snare side) so a fragile head anyway. Although saying that, I will be shopping here again.”

Posted 6 years ago

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Hi, so sorry to hear that your head was damaged in transit. Clearly it should have been in another box. I'm happy to replace it for you. Just contact the store and let us know your order number and we'll sort the right size.

Posted 6 years ago

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Rattle and Drum is rated 4.9 based on 3,784 reviews