"Your pharmacist has a rock star kinda name," a friend commented when I instagrammed my cold and…read moreflu tablets. (Yeah, I did that. Don't look at me funny.) I don't know if I was served by the rock star himself that morning when I rocked up not long after opening time and said "PLEASE HELP ME I THINK I AM DYING" or something along those lines, but in any case, Jerry Hampton's Amcal North Hobart Pharmacy has become my go-to pharmacy. I ditched the one up the road when I showed up after 1pm on a Saturday and it was closed. Sorry guys, but when this one here is open until 10pm every night, it's a no-brainer. Also, they were happy to give me pseudoephedrine for my cold virus, without hesitation. Winner. (Plus: the tablets totally helped and I was well on the way to recovery by the time I was finished the run of them.)

I loved working with this guy, with dry humor and with a refreshing curmudgeonly attitude that…read morehappily rolled off me. I think he's got some Afrikaans in him as he's a bit Dutch and is from South Africa. That came up when I came in wearing my Springboks (Rugby) hat, explaining that my Nephew lives there and it was great way of not being taken as an American at first. What followed was a nice American politics back-and-forth, with one other customer joining in. Talking with the locals is almost always a fun learning experience for me. I settled on a nice Tasmania map, and received a nice Tasmanian Tiger print as a bonus. Both were wrapped up nicely for the eventual long journey home. There were more expensive choices and additional selections, and I was happy to get out of there without picking out more.

When my husband and I first came upon this place there was no one there even though the opening…read morehours stated that it should have been open. Next thing, a gentleman appeared in the side alley and invited us into his shop. We were both amazed and fascinated by the antique maps and photographs on display and mused over them asking questions. After half an hour or so we got to know the owner, Gerald, whose personality, humour and knowledge will stay with us forever. Just listening to him was mesmorising as he informed us of the history of the maps he has on display. Of course we found the 'one' that we had to purchase. Gerald is also a professional framer. He went above and beyond (we had to fly back to Sydney the next morning) by not only framing and packaging our purchase, but ended up driving us to Hobart Airport so that we didn't miss our flight. This was truly an experience that my husband will talk about in years to come when visitors to our home reflect on the beautiful artwork we purchased from this historical store. Thank you so much Gerald. We will definitely meet up with you again when we next visit Hobart.

"Never purchase at Harvey Norman anymore. Terrible service and disrespect their customers!!!" That…read morewas the comment I wrote before my talk with the Good Guys staff. If Harvey Norman staffs could behave in a professional manner, I would have not come to the Good Guys, and that comment would have never been written. I just bought a Panasonic fridge on Sunday 28th December 2014 at more than $1700. The sale person told us that the fridge would be delivered between 10am and 2pm on Monday. I bought the new fridge because the old fridge is not working properly. And really mentioned to the sale person about that. That is, I need a new fridge as soon as possible. And when the sale person said that the fridge would be delivered on Monday, I decided to buy it instead of going to theGoodguys since I need it urgently for the XMas leftover and for the New Year. Since the bought fridge is larger than my old one, we already bought more food with the expectation of putting all those in the new one. Also, when I was away, my parents at home removed all of the food out of the old fridge and disjoined all of door shelves/compartments from the old one, so that the old fridge was ready to be taken away when the new one would be delivered at 2pm at latest as promised. However, we waited until 2:30pm and no fridge was delivered. So we came to the store in Murray Street and asked the sale person. She said that something happened in the system and it stated the fridge would be delivered tomorrow and just said apologies even though we told her that we already bought new food because the new fridge is bigger and that the food would be rotted without being stored at cold temperature. I wonder why we did not receive a call in the early morning that the new fridge would not been delivered as promised? The Harvey Norman staffs would be responsible for this issue when the delivery time is not as promised and call their customers about it in the early morning. I believe that if there was any problem in the system such that the fridge was not taken today, the problem must be noted in the morning since all trucks depart from the storage in the morning. But we did not receive any notice. On Monday, we had to arrange someone at home to sort out all of the existing food in the old fridge, to wait for the new fridge and now we again have to assemble all of the compartments back to the old fridge, put all of the existing food back in the old fridge and don't know where to put the new food in. And all I got from Harvey Norman was an apology. Is it fair for Harvey Norman customers? Another problem happened today - Tuesday 30 December at noon. The fridge was delivered with lots of scratches and dents on all of the three sides. We called the staff at Harvey Norman Hobart store and after many discussions, they told us that we have two options: either keep the scratched and dented one with $100 reduction OR get the new one at the same price. We don't accept for just their apologies for all of their mistakes since we had to wait for the fridge for two days, had to cancel lots of our outdoor activities, put all of our Xmas and New Year food in and out of the old fridge back and forth, and wasted money for rotted food due to their delayed delivery. They told us that since we got a discounted price when I purchased the fridge already, so they won't reduce the price although lots of trouble they caused us later. I asked them that "do you mean we must accept all of your problem just because we got a negotiated price when we purchased it?" She said yes. How terrible!!! They are UNACCEPTABLE!!! ---- After lots of discussions with the Harvey Norman staffs, especially the manager and after our talk with the Good Guys, things are now sorted out. I revised the rating of Harvey Norman from 1 star to 3 stars.

Needed to purchase a hat on behalf of a friend. The selection, size options were fine. Good price…read more Efficient service. Easy and pleasant shopping experience. Got what I needed with no trouble. I'll go back.

Fantastic range of leather bike gear, shoes, boots, hat's, slippers, hides and all leather working…read moretools and accessories, plus sheepskin products, wallets, belts .....the list goes on... They also do leather repairs and alterations. I've been shopping here for years and have always found the service and products excellent!

Range and variety of items High quality of customer service. Value for money. Ease of movement…read morearound the shop

Everything is very cheap (as you would expect), and a very piquant odour. Right next to the tip!read more

The staff were really friendly and knowledgeable about the herbs and products they have. I…read moreappreciated the collection of health herbs, herbal tinctures and natural aphrodisiacs :) I'm not looking for smoking alternatives but if you are, it seems this would be a great place to go. They also have all the incense you could ever desire and some cute alternative gift ideas and a quality range of books.. A little oasis in the centre of Hobart!

Metal Urges has been my go to place for special gifts for my wife. With excellent service before…read moreand after the sale, and a relaxed atmosphere, it's a pleasure to have jewellery custom made here. With a huge collection of sapphires and diamonds and making mokume gane rings in house, they can certainly make something unique that you'll love!