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#324897 9-Jun-2026 20:50
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Anyone used / know anything about this firm ? https://ducttape.co.nz

 

My daughter is looking at getting a phone from them.

 

They have a physical store it appears, so at least can probably go view the phones etc they're selling.

 

Can find very little about experiences online except for Google reviews which I'm dubious about.

 

I find it odd that the owner of the store is a hydrogen related business, with its address as the store in Newmarket...... 

 

 





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  #3501622 9-Jun-2026 23:24
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seems a bit dodgy . . .
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  #3501675 10-Jun-2026 07:25
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The best of all worlds ? 

 

Told my daughter she can risk it, but I'd be wanting to setup and use the phone in store for 15mins before handing over any cash.

 

 





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  #3501727 10-Jun-2026 08:39
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They've been around for quite a while and I haven't seen any negative press on them, so they can't be doing too much wrong, I'd imagine. 
No personal experience with them, other than considering them for a phone for my wife a couple of years ago. 





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  #3501795 10-Jun-2026 13:24
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For the longest time I thought it was "duck tape". Boy did I feel silly...

 

 


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  #3501796 10-Jun-2026 13:31
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johno1234:

 

For the longest time I thought it was "duck tape". Boy did I feel silly...

 



They're interchangeable - duck tape was a brand which many people use to mean the same thing. 





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  #3501817 10-Jun-2026 16:15
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I have bought 2 iPhones from them in the past, none of them had any problems.  Albeit we went for the basically brand new condition.

 

Office mate got one for his son and everything was OK also.

 

But your millage may vary.


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