Update: Solar Shop are In Receivership as of 9 Sept 2011 Unbelievable!
Solar Shop Australia is a renewable energy solution provider that designs and installs photovoltaic (PV) grid connect and remote power systems. The company operates throughout Australia and claims to be the country's largest provider of grid connect solar power systems. They have been operating for 10 years and now have over 200 staff employed throughout the country. Solar Shop says that it is community oriented and supports community organisations Habitat for Humanity, Sustainable House Day and Planet Ark.
Solar Shop Australia designs and installs solar power systems for both the commercial and home sectors, and says that it covers the whole operation including paperwork. The company also says that it can make payment easy with its Sunworks finance package which can include a no deposit deal. They say that payments can be lower than your current electricity bill.
Customer testimonials for Solar Shop Australia are available on their website, and include the following:
"From the start, your sales contact was courteous, informative, proactive; and for me very positive. Then the representative who came to carry out the pre installation inspection was again knowledgeable and positive. Your installation crew are nothing short of amazing. I work in the construction industry and to have a group of young men complete the entire very neat and very professional installation in the time they did, is very much to your credit. The level of their concern with respect to rubbish and left over material being left behind was something I had not yet experienced".
Here are their reviews as submitted by SolarQuotes users:
| Rating |
Comments |
Name |
State |
Postcode |
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>>See Anon's full review of Solar Shop |
Anon |
SA |
5081 |
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Wasn't happy with SA Quality Home Improvements at all. Took a followup to get s ...
>>See Russell's full review of Solar Shop |
Russell |
SA |
5050 |
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>>See Anon's full review of Solar Shop |
Anon |
NSW |
2041 |
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Bit concerned because it was a big TV ad that drew me in but happy with it all t ...
>>See Len's full review of Solar Shop |
Len |
WA |
6025 |
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Company is currently in receivership which has made the process quite stressful ...
>>See Jane's full review of Solar Shop |
Jane |
VIC |
3088 |
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Sales Rep explained how to get most value for money and how we would pay for the ...
>>See Tony's full review of Solar Shop |
Tony |
NSW |
2620 |
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>>See Anon's full review of Solar Shop |
Anon |
SA |
5371 |
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The professionalism and depth of knowledge left nothing to be desired, Solar Sho ...
>>See Richard's full review of Solar Shop |
Richard |
VIC |
3145 |
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>>See Joe's full review of Solar Shop |
Joe |
VIC |
3038 |
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I found the whole experience rather daunting, with so many new companies coming ...
>>See Chris's full review of Solar Shop |
Chris |
SA |
5114 |
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>>See John's full review of Solar Shop |
John |
SA |
5051 |
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Gave complete advise in an area where useful information is hard to find.
>>See Anon's full review of Solar Shop |
Anon |
VIC |
3266 |
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The Solar Shop rep was responsive and very attentive to my needs and visited me ...
>>See Anon's full review of Solar Shop |
Anon |
SA |
5333 |
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>>See Leon's full review of Solar Shop |
Leon |
SA |
5098 |
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I THINK that I got a good value system but it won't be installed until 14 July a ...
>>See Chris's full review of Solar Shop |
Chris |
ACT |
2617 |
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We looked up the equipment and went with what we thought was the best value to u ...
>>See Anon's full review of Solar Shop |
Anon |
NSW |
2162 |
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Very positive interaction with the salesperson, referred by word of mouth. Good ...
>>See Paul's full review of Solar Shop |
Paul |
ACT |
2904 |
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The system was installed 18 months ago and prices have decreased since then. The ...
>>See Mark's full review of Solar Shop |
Mark |
ACT |
2913 |
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Whilst a little more expensive overall, their finance plans were excellent and t ...
>>See Marc's full review of Solar Shop |
Marc |
SA |
5051 |
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The property assessor for our area was friendly, knowledgeable, assessing the be ...
>>See Diane's full review of Solar Shop |
Diane |
SA |
5238 |
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So far I can recommend the Solar Shop based on our experience. We did get a quot ...
>>See Ray's full review of Solar Shop |
Ray |
ACT |
2615 |
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The main reason for choosing this product was that I have some shading issues an ...
>>See Brett's full review of Solar Shop |
Brett |
SA |
5333 |
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It would have been useful to have the state/region of the installer in the & ...
>>See Rik's full review of Solar Shop |
Rik |
SA |
5235 |
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>>See Gary's full review of Solar Shop |
Gary |
VIC |
3757 |
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System not installed yet.
Good efficiency panels - quick quotes - discount fo ...
>>See Anon's full review of Solar Shop |
Anon |
VIC |
3844 |
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>>See Keith's full review of Solar Shop |
Keith |
NSW |
2153 |
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Obtaining an installation date was difficult;
The notifying of the electrical ...
>>See MALCOLM's full review of Solar Shop |
MALCOLM |
WA |
6210 |
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This company was very thorough and go by the book regarding council regulations ...
>>See Cathy's full review of Solar Shop |
Cathy |
SA |
5356 |
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>>See Kevin's full review of Solar Shop |
Kevin |
VIC |
3995 |
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We went with Solarshop
1. Because they are an established business of some ...
>>See Judy's full review of Solar Shop |
Judy |
QLD |
4814 |
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>>See Tony's full review of Solar Shop |
Tony |
QLD |
4053 |
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I went with this system because it Japanese & German made . One thing I ...
>>See Lindsay's full review of Solar Shop |
Lindsay |
SA |
5355 |
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>>See Paul's full review of Solar Shop |
Paul |
NSW |
2290 |
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I think there are a lot of ill informed sales people trying to sell solar panels ...
>>See Alec's full review of Solar Shop |
Alec |
SA |
5092 |
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As I did not have a lot of time to choose between suppliers. I felt the ones who ...
>>See Dorothy's full review of Solar Shop |
Dorothy |
ACT |
2611 |
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Also had a quote from SolarGain. Was not impressed by the service from SolarGai ...
>>See Anon's full review of Solar Shop |
Anon |
WA |
6028 |
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Following my request to your website, I was only contacted by one company (Renew ...
>>See Peter's full review of Solar Shop |
Peter |
WA |
6019 |
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>>See Chris's full review of Solar Shop |
Chris |
NSW |
2508 |
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>>See George's full review of Solar Shop |
George |
SA |
5169 |
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>>See Anon's full review of Solar Shop |
Anon |
SA |
5240 |
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They did the job . No one else could match price or would take it on in Broome.
>>See Graham's full review of Solar Shop |
Graham |
WA |
6725 |
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We had quite a bit of technical information then some suppliers told us to choos ...
>>See Jill's full review of Solar Shop |
Jill |
SA |
5700 |
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I found the Solar Shop Riverland representative to be honest with his answers to ...
>>See Grant's full review of Solar Shop |
Grant |
SA |
5343 |
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Let me say from the outset I was very happy with your input and assistance in ad ...
>>See Norm's full review of Solar Shop |
Norm |
SA |
5118 |
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>>See Robin's full review of Solar Shop |
Robin |
NSW |
2323 |
|
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We decided on using an amorphous system as opposed to the mono-crystalline as re ...
>>See Henk's full review of Solar Shop |
Henk |
SA |
5162 |
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>>See Graham's full review of Solar Shop |
Graham |
QLD |
4556 |
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>>See Anon's full review of Solar Shop |
Anon |
WA |
6210 |
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>>See Craig's full review of Solar Shop |
Craig |
SA |
5372 |
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I feel like once we signed and paid the deposit we were forgotten. We got diffe ...
>>See Anon's full review of Solar Shop |
Anon |
SA |
5114 |
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I have worked in the renewable energy area for a while and chose the solar shop ...
>>See Liz's full review of Solar Shop |
Liz |
SA |
5075 |
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The one item that stands out most of all is the fact that not one company can qu ...
>>See Paul's full review of Solar Shop |
Paul |
SA |
5351 |
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After shopping around and listening to what each company had to say and looking ...
>>See Ryan's full review of Solar Shop |
Ryan |
VIC |
3076 |
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Your information was very helpful and I took your advice re: buying a useage met ...
>>See Ray's full review of Solar Shop |
Ray |
NSW |
2533 |
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System not yet installed as needed to get a DA approved by local council and thi ...
>>See Greg's full review of Solar Shop |
Greg |
NSW |
2620 |
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Always get at least 3 quotes.
I actually saw 5 companies. Do some research o ...
>>See Kiri's full review of Solar Shop |
Kiri |
NSW |
2153 |
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>>See Anon's full review of Solar Shop |
Anon |
NSW |
2118 |
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Only 1 of the people through your system contacted me. I was very happy with the ...
>>See Rosemary's full review of Solar Shop |
Rosemary |
WA |
6149 |
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No follow up on the gov't changes. Left to my own devices to sort it all out.
>>See Ken's full review of Solar Shop |
Ken |
NSW |
2259 |
|
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It was a toss of the coin whether I went with Solar Wholesalers or Solar Shop - ...
>>See Rieck's full review of Solar Shop |
Rieck |
SA |
5700 |
|
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>>See Anon's full review of Solar Shop |
Anon |
VIC |
3350 |
|
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Of the 3 companies approach SolarShop provided the best and most comprehensive a ...
>>See Ralph's full review of Solar Shop |
Ralph |
VIC |
3079 |
|
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>>See Carmen's full review of Solar Shop |
Carmen |
VIC |
3854 |
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>>See Anon's full review of Solar Shop |
Anon |
NSW |
2619 |
|
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I also had advice and assistance from a close friend who has had a 2-year experi ...
>>See Anon's full review of Solar Shop |
Anon |
NSW |
2478 |
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Thank you for your lead for us. This was the start of a very involved process wi ...
>>See Ray's full review of Solar Shop |
Ray |
NSW |
2770 |
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Only one person called me from the 3 quotes you promised. I was very disappoint ...
>>See Anon's full review of Solar Shop |
Anon |
WA |
6112 |
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>>See Ken's full review of Solar Shop |
Ken |
NSW |
2540 |
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>>See Mark's full review of Solar Shop |
Mark |
WA |
6304 |
|
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We are not connected to the grid yet. When we connect to the grid I will send yo ...
>>See BRIAN's full review of Solar Shop |
BRIAN |
VIC |
3550 |
|
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Choosing supplier and type of panel was initially confusing. An acquaintance rec ...
>>See Terry's full review of Solar Shop |
Terry |
VIC |
3910 |
|
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Was very good with communication and explained everything to us fully, with the ...
>>See Steve's full review of Solar Shop |
Steve |
NSW |
2548 |
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>>See Alex's full review of Solar Shop |
Alex |
NSW |
2460 |
|
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Adelaide Solar Systems were quite good as long as I knew what I wanted. However, ...
>>See David's full review of Solar Shop |
David |
SA |
5110 |
|
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See above comment.
>>See Tanya's full review of Solar Shop |
Tanya |
NSW |
2567 |
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>>See Mark's full review of Solar Shop |
Mark |
NSW |
2320 |
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N/A |
Although I got some quotes from Todae Solar and Nichol's, I've decided to go wit ...
>>See Tomi's full review of Solar Shop |
Tomi |
NSW |
2147 |
|
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The system still hasn't been installed yet. It is being approved by local counci ...
>>See Matthew's full review of Solar Shop |
Matthew |
NSW |
2537 |
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Thank you for your attempts to find us a local supplier. I used your guide for i ...
>>See Heather's full review of Solar Shop |
Heather |
NSW |
2575 |
|
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the sales person from the Solar Shop was very informative and wasn't pushy in a ...
>>See Graeme's full review of Solar Shop |
Graeme |
SA |
5075 |
|
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The price differences were quite large but I preferred to go with a supplier wit ...
>>See Dirk's full review of Solar Shop |
Dirk |
ACT |
2607 |
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>>See Iain's full review of Solar Shop |
Iain |
SA |
5108 |
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System hasn't been installed as yet but meter changeover to take place next week ...
>>See Tammy's full review of Solar Shop |
Tammy |
SA |
5341 |
|
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I had a few dodgy salesmen come, which was a bit weird. One guy had no idea abou ...
>>See Alan's full review of Solar Shop |
Alan |
NSW |
2287 |
|
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>>See Nick's full review of Solar Shop |
Nick |
VIC |
3059 |
|
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A little disappointing in that could not supply original system quoted but kept ...
>>See Anon's full review of Solar Shop |
Anon |
WA |
6210 |
|
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We have purchased a system but it will not be installed until September due to s ...
>>See Anon's full review of Solar Shop |
Anon |
NSW |
2456 |
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>>See Darrell's full review of Solar Shop |
Darrell |
ACT |
2914 |
|
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Although they could not supply the original panels due to a supplier problem, th ...
>>See Graham's full review of Solar Shop |
Graham |
SA |
5473 |
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The system is great. Installation was delayed because supply could not keep up w ...
>>See Paul's full review of Solar Shop |
Paul |
NSW |
2463 |
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>>See Tim's full review of Solar Shop |
Tim |
SA |
5031 |
|
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I had two quotes, one from Solar Shop, who I went with and one from Zen.
Both w ...
>>See Rod's full review of Solar Shop |
Rod |
SA |
5343 |
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>>See Anon's full review of Solar Shop |
Anon |
SA |
5043 |
|
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Very good onsite planning and explanation regarding system and installation
T ...
>>See Christopher's full review of Solar Shop |
Christopher |
NSW |
2711 |
|
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There was some lack of communication and some issues which has meant it's been 5 ...
>>See Gene's full review of Solar Shop |
Gene |
NSW |
2564 |
|
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My install was scheduled for 22/12/9 but ended up on 22/4/2010, 4 months late. w ...
>>See Chris's full review of Solar Shop |
Chris |
SA |
5290 |
|
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I should have waited six months and got better value for my dollar.
>>See Trevor's full review of Solar Shop |
Trevor |
WA |
6210 |
|
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Amorphous Crystalline System - 42 panels 4.65 kW
Best operation in higher tempe ...
>>See JIm's full review of Solar Shop |
JIm |
QLD |
4213 |
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I had quite a delay from when I payed my deposit to my actual installation date, ...
>>See Michael's full review of Solar Shop |
Michael |
NSW |
2540 |
|
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The system that we have is making more power than we expected or anticipated.
>>See Thomas's full review of Solar Shop |
Thomas |
WA |
6210 |
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Most people would find that it is just too hard a road to go down!
>>See Mark's full review of Solar Shop |
Mark |
QLD |
4350 |
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Not installed yet so would like to review answers when it gets done
>>See Terry's full review of Solar Shop |
Terry |
NSW |
2747 |
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>>See Roger's full review of Solar Shop |
Roger |
SA |
5089 |
|
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I was made a lot of promises about when the system would be up and running which ...
>>See Anon's full review of Solar Shop |
Anon |
SA |
5075 |
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Had a very good sales person all information given on the initial day and also g ...
>>See Angelina's full review of Solar Shop |
Angelina |
NSW |
2200 |
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They had everything organized. They did a room inspection prior to installation ...
>>See Ashley's full review of Solar Shop |
Ashley |
SA |
5095 |
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>>See Peter's full review of Solar Shop |
Peter |
SA |
5063 |
|
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>>See Anon's full review of Solar Shop |
Anon |
SA |
5063 |
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>>See Anon's full review of Solar Shop |
Anon |
SA |
5038 |
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Actually still not yet installed. Shortage of the Hybrid Kanaeca panels.
>>See Mark's full review of Solar Shop |
Mark |
VIC |
3782 |
|
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>>See Stan's full review of Solar Shop |
Stan |
QLD |
4512 |
|
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I was part of a group scheme in the north eastern suburbs.
>>See John's full review of Solar Shop |
John |
SA |
5127 |
|
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Would not go with anyone else but solarshop.
>>See Anon's full review of Solar Shop |
Anon |
SA |
5161 |
|
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I had a long wait (3months) from deposit being paid to installation. This was du ...
>>See Anon's full review of Solar Shop |
Anon |
NSW |
2154 |
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