Trade a Phone located just off Bangor's Main Street is a welcome break from the huge corporate…read morephone shops you expect to find in town centres. This is an independent outlet, but fear not it does not sell wind up phones, it still stocks the latest models and offers all the usual network providers. It is just a little bit more personal, you don't have a client number in this shop, just a name. It also offers a repair and unlocking service and this can be particularly helpful if you type your pin code in one too many times incorrectly. But you would have to be an idiot to do that, right? Well that's me!

It's hard to get too excited about electrical retailers.The main advantage with this one is that…read moreit's still independent and hasn't been eaten up by the big names like Currys or Lazer. I called in here while I was TV shopping about a year ago. It's a nice big place, full of fantastically huge screens aching for a place in my apartment. They have an extensive range of TV, dvd and blu-ray, some stereo equipment and a range of white goods too. I was after a 32inch, either 720p or full HD depending on the cost. I saw a Samsung, 720p for a measly £329. Quite a bargain considering the brand and the picture quality. I ended up leaving it and finding a new Toshiba on Amazon for £289, which turned out to be a fabulous piece of kit. I probably should have been helping the smaller independent retailer but alas I went corporate ...

On the hunt for a new fridge a work colleague recommend a trip to this small(ish) electrical shop…read moreover beside the Central Library. Rumour had it that a cash purchase would guarantee a substantial saving over most 'chain stores' so we decided it was well worth an investigation. Walking in just before closing time is never a great idea for a browse but the staff were more than happy to let us head upstairs and check out the fridge selection. The stock was a bit limited and as we were working to a specific size brief for the fridge (it had to fit into a pre-determined space) we unfortunately didn't find what we were after. Downstairs they had a huge selection of smaller electrical goods and at the back a wall of pretty sweet looking TV's. Someone had decided to play an Iron Maiden live DVD on one of them so it was a rather striking contrast to the surroundings of the shop, possibly a last ditch attempt to clear before closing time. Pros: Great staff, very helpful and pricing is very competitive. Cons: Not a huge selection.

This local electrical retailer has been in operation for almost 40 years. Their showroom is…read morespacious with a lot of products on display, which is surprising when you consider that there are only two Noel Grimley shops and it's a local retailer. All your household electricals are available here - flat screen TVs, fridges, washing machines, kettles, irons, DVD recorders... this place has the lot. They also manage to do quite well in competing with the large electrical retailers. Part of the reason for that is their customer service. As with many of the locally owned businesses or single shop retailers, they rely quite heavily on building a reputation and gaining a loyal customer base. The staff are very helpful, friendly, and knowledgeable, and they have a reputation as having a good attitude to after sales care. A minor issue for me is the lack of understanding of the importance of being sufficiently represented on the internet - a free website off Weebly with a few special offers isn't going to cut it, and is something which I believe contributed to the demise of Laser, a much bigger electrical retailer that folded earlier this year.

Our frig stopped working without warning, and full of food that would quickly spoil…read more We went on Thursday July 27th 2017 around 9:30am, to Noel Grimley to choose the frig we wanted, explaining we desperately were in need of a new unit. By 13:30 same day we had a new beautiful Beko frig delivered to our home, installed in minutes and Noel Grimley hauled our old dead frig away Salesperson Ricky was most helpful in expediting our purchase and assuring all of our food was not go to waste. Delivery staff were fast, friendly and helpful. .

Have always found the customer service and deals on offer from 3 Store to be extremely good when…read moreI've visited. I don't currently use 3 but am planning to switch to them from my current provider over the next month.

Get a three phone from here...service is awesome. Unlimited data and free calls from allowance from…read moreIreland and USA!

Been using this store regularly now for a couple of years mainly to trade in items but have also…read morebought phones from them too - All the guys are incredibly helpful nothing is too much trouble and they explain everything in detail. Every single one of them has so much technical knowledge about everything and are always professional . A pleasure just to to go in and browse too!! I worked in customer services for 25 years for a Global company & highly recommend their store and their total service package !!

If you ask my 3 boys what their favourite shop is, CEX would be the answer! This store specialises…read morein pre-owned consoles, games, dvds and a recently added cd section. They also stock pre-owned mobile phones, laptops and other technology. The store is clean, tidy and very well laid out. I'm often sent on missions to find an obscure game which I can usually locate quickly. Prices are very good, particularly on dvds with boxsets starting from approximately £4! CEX also offer the facility to trade in your old technology, games and dvds. They will give you cash or instore credit but you need to bring in identification. The staff are very helpful and willing to check stock for you. If you haven't visited before, it really is worth a snoop.

Ignore all the photos on here form 2010. It doesn't look anything like that anymore - Maplin used…read moreto look like an electronics factory but now it's very much a consumer store stocking some pretty cool shizz! What's this cool shizz I hear you ask? Well for a start they had a mini kids electric BMW sitting outside - now that will set you back a cool £600 - but if you have you the dosh coming up to Christmas I'd get one, even if you don't have kids. I actually went in to Maplin tom get a Megaphone, yep I'm plotting world domination. It was all much more straight forward than I thought. The Maplin store is split in to sections: Sounds, Lighting, Computers etc you know the drill. The Megaphone wasn't expensive either, £25 which I considered a bargain. Great wee store and differently somewhere to go and get tech Christmas gifts. The staff seem knowledgeable and the service is good. Plus there's plenty of parking so you'll be able to load that mini BMW in to your real car.

Maplin's is an electrical retailer which all you technophiles out there will love. Whether you need…read morea laptop, a digital camera, a memory card or a sat nav, you'll get it in here. For those of you (like me) who know next to nothing about technology, go in here and tell them what your problem is and they'll be happy to help you with a solution.

This place, again, is just round the corner from me and therefore I have been here lots and lots of…read moretimes. You kind of know what you're getting from PC World and there is nothing wrong with that. You can get everything here from TVs to DVD players to computers - basically everything electronic. The prices are pretty competitive and the staff are pretty helpful and non-pushy when selling you stuff. The worst thing is the Tech Guys, the people who are franchised in to give customers technical help. The service you get is ok, but it always takes ages. There are never any queues but you never don't have to wait. The guys are dead on enough but never really seem that bothered.

Yet another of the seemingly endless amount of mobile phone shops in Bloomfield Shopping Centre and…read morethis place doesn't really stand out other than Three probably being the worst network available and the shop doesn't really have a leg to stand on because you can get much better deals on their website. To be fair, anytime I have been in with my brother in law the staff have been helpful and polite and always tried to point him in the right direction. For example, he was in recently and they directed him to the website to get a better deal, which is thought was top drawer. Being in Bloomfield Shopping Centre there is plenty of parking about and access to ATMs. Unfortunately for Three, there are lots of other phone shops too which probably means you won't be in here much.