
By Kate Harvey
Content Manager | Pou Whakahaere Ihirangi
When you’re buying a piece of technology like a laptop, TV or mobile phone, you’re potentially parting with thousands of dollars. It should be an experience you walk away from feeling happy about how it went.

We can help with that. Thanks to the 3,223 Consumer NZ members who told us about their recent shopping experiences, we can see which stores they enjoyed shopping at.
We asked our members to rate how satisfied they were overall – there’s one tech store that shone through with the highest marks here.
However, when we dig into the detail, there’s another nationwide chain people really rate for its customer service when buying tech. Our members told us the staff at this shop also had the best knowledge of tech products.
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The results are in. More than 3,000 of you have told us about your shopping experiences over the past year and we can now reveal the five stores that make buying a breeze.



