has anyone ordered from any of these places?

17 years ago

I want to buy some NSL under cabinet xenon light fixtures and these places have them but I hate buying online from companies I've never heard of. Has anyone ordered from either of these companies?

www.brandlighting.com

www.illuminate.com

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DavidR
17 years ago
I usually don't buy from vendors which either have poor ratings or aren't listed in resellerratings.com. Neither of these stores is listed. That doesn't mean they're bad, just that it's harder to guess.

I also sometimes will try typing the name of the company (in quotation marks) into a search engine along with the word "problems" to see if anything comes up.
mcassel
17 years ago
also check their local BBB for issues.
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3katz4me
Original Author
17 years ago
I contacted the mfg and asked for a recommendation for one of their online dealers - not sure why I didn't think of that sooner since I've done that with other things. They recommended Brand Lighting - haven't ordered yet since I don't have the sizes. I'll report back on my online experience with them - if I remember.
lowellches
17 years ago
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Interesting. I have shopped a number of online sites, but none mentioned above. There are so many.

Brand Lighting is impressive. Huge selection and they have done a nice job of listing light fixtures by many different categories making it easier to look at what you want. THEY ARE NOT LOW PRICE.
lowellches
17 years ago
If reliability is your concern, you might want to consider Amazon.com. They have many thousands of items under lighting.

By the way, Amazon has nice sort capabilities. Note that lighting comes under:
Home & Garden
Home decor
midwestlori
17 years ago
I have heard of Brand Lighting. Plus, they have an actual showroom. In my experience, online retailers with actual showrooms have more passion about the lighting products they sell than an online retailer that sells from a warehouse, only. And, to me, passion translates into customer service from owners down to showroom sales professionals.

I've been to two lighting showrooms, one in Illinois and one in California. I haven't been to Miami, lately, or I'd stop in at Brand Lighting.

You can usually find out if a site has a showroom by looking on the About Us page.

Here is a link that might be useful: Image of Brand Lighting's showroom
3katz4me
Original Author
17 years ago
Just reporting back that I got my lights from Brand Lighting in about two days. No muss - no fuss - very efficient. I wasn't so much looking for low cost as I was looking for a specific light - found it - got it - I'm happy.

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