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  1. Serviço de encomenda de comida online
  2. Loja de móveis de jardim
  3. Fornecedor de cisternas para armazenamento de água da chuva

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Water Butts Direct is a one-stop online shop for rainwater harvesting equipment and the UK’s leading distributor of water butts for domestic and commercial usage. We offer a range of high-quality equipment for the conservation of water, with speedy service at great value prices. Water Butts Direct is a GM8 Group Ltd run company. GM8 Group Ltd was founded in June 2018 with the aim to provide a range of brands and products that offer cost-effective solutions to support sustainable living. We have sold upwards of 100,000 units in the UK alone – and our buying power from all over the world enables us to pass on major savings to you. We are water conservation specialists who aim to supply the highest quality water butts and water tanks, rather than a (large mainstream garden retailer) which happens to offer water butts as part of its product range. With prices starting from less than £25 to exceed £5,000 and with a capacity ranging from 50-1300 Litres, we have the UK’s largest choice of water butts, rain barrels and rainwater tanks.


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TrustScore: 3 em 5

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Classificada 1 em 5 estrelas

Dishonest practises....

If you cannot touch the item, it is not IN STOCK. Its pretty simple. Stop conning customers! If the item needs to be manufactured AFTER a customer has ordered, then it isnt in stock.

Basically they list items as in stock then once youve ordered all the delays start being communicated as if they are unforeseen, when that isnt actually the case...

My parents recommended this website but I wish I had gone elsewhere (and listened to the previous reviews). I prefer to buy from customer focused company's. When I rang to complain the lady I spoke to didnt even apologise for the delays and seemed completely disinterested.

21 de abril de 2026
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Classificada 5 em 5 estrelas

Good service

A very swift service, and an extensive range of competitively priced products.

4 de março de 2026
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Resposta da Water Butts Direct

Hi Darrell, Thanks so much for the great feedback — we really appreciate you taking the time to share it.

We’re glad to hear the service was swift and that you found our range competitively priced. The Garden Lake 200L Water Butt Twin Pack is a great choice for households looking to collect and reuse rainwater, with plenty of storage capacity and a sturdy design that’s built to last through the seasons.

Thanks again for choosing us, and we hope your new water butts keep the garden well watered!

Classificada 5 em 5 estrelas

Fantastic customer service

Fantastic customer service - replacement water butt organised very quickly. Can’t fault.

18 de novembro de 2025
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Resposta da Water Butts Direct

Hi Andrew, We’re so glad we could sort that out quickly for you! Thanks for your kind words — it means a lot.

Classificada 5 em 5 estrelas

Great service

I found I had a leaking waterbutt on Sunday morning and wanted to replace it as soon as possible.
Waterbutts Direct had a good selection so ordered mid-morning.
The item arrived less than 48 hours later.
Despite being slightly larger in capacity than the one it was replacing it fitted perfectly.
It looks great and is filling up nicely.

A big thanks for great service. Highly recommended.

2 de setembro de 2025
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Resposta da Water Butts Direct

Thank you so much for your wonderful feedback! We’re thrilled to hear your new water butt arrived so quickly, fits perfectly, and is already doing its job. It’s great to know our range helped you find exactly what you needed. Your recommendation means a lot to us, and we’re delighted you’re happy with both the product and service.

Classificada 1 em 5 estrelas

Poor communication through and through

I ordered a £350 product on-line, it was listed as “in stock”, and I received a confirmation of my order. A week later, the product had not been delivered. Upon checking my account on the website, it simply stated that the order has been “closed”. Nobody had been in touch to explain why or to apologise, or even to suggest an alternative product. When I rang to speak with a customer adviser, firstly about the refund, I was met with a man who was not prepared to listen and who kept interrupting and talking over me, obviously making me feel that he had not quite taken onboard the reason for my call. I eventually gave up and cut the conversation short, never getting to the second part of my query, to try and understand why my order had been cancelled in the first place.
Will definitely not be using this company again.

6 de agosto de 2025
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Resposta da Water Butts Direct

Hi Tina, Thank you for taking the time to share your experience. We do apologise for the frustration and inconvenience this has caused. We acknowledge that our communication and service fell short, and we understand how disappointing it must have been not to receive updates and then learn about the stock issue only after reaching out to us.
We did experience problems with our website and stock updates at the time, which unfortunately affected your order. Since then, we’ve addressed these issues internally and strengthened our customer support division to ensure clearer and more proactive communication with customers moving forward.

Classificada 1 em 5 estrelas

Says water butt in stock on line but it…

Says water butt in stock on line but it wasn't. I waited, and did not arrive. Now other retailers are also out of stock and I can not get the one I wanted.

They are refunding me, but very disappointing- as I have just had my front garden landscaped to have a space defined for this size and shape water butt.

28 de julho de 2025
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Resposta da Water Butts Direct

Thank you for taking the time to leave your feedback, and we’re truly sorry for the disappointment and inconvenience you’ve experienced.

We understand how frustrating it is to order a product listed as in stock, only to later find it unavailable—especially when you’ve made specific plans around it, such as your recent garden landscaping. This is certainly not the experience we aim to provide.

Unfortunately, a stock discrepancy occurred between our online system and actual inventory, and we sincerely regret that this led to your order not being fulfilled as expected. We have since reviewed our internal processes to help prevent similar issues in the future.

We’re glad we were able to process your refund swiftly, but we appreciate that this doesn’t resolve the inconvenience or missed opportunity. If the item does become available again, or if we can assist in finding a suitable alternative, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Thank you again for your feedback—it helps us improve

Classificada 1 em 5 estrelas

Terrible

Spend over £200 on a water butt only to find no drain diversion connection included. when I called was told " it doesnt say it is included and doesnt say it isn’t". makes no sense. I don’t mind buying this but it should have been clear this needs to be purchased separately. What a waste of time.

14 de julho de 2025
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Resposta da Water Butts Direct

Thank you for your feedback, and we're very sorry to hear about your experience.

We completely understand your frustration—when purchasing a high-value item like a water butt, clear product information is essential. You’re right to expect clarity on what is and isn’t included, and we apologise that this wasn’t communicated as clearly as it should have been.

While the diverter kit is listed as an optional add-on, we acknowledge that this may not have been obvious during the purchasing process. Your feedback has highlighted an area we need to improve, and we are currently reviewing our product listings to make this distinction more explicit for future customers.

We appreciate you bringing this to our attention, and if there's anything we can do to support you in completing your setup, please don’t hesitate to contact our customer care team.

Classificada 2 em 5 estrelas

Another company that list items "in stock" to get your business

WaterButtsDirect are effectively a drop shipping company, seemingly a middle-man to the product manufacturers and don't stock items, although their website would trick you into thinking they do - with an "in stock" label next to each item on their website.

I specifically ordered items that were listed as "in stock" on their website, due to time constraints on a particular job, only to later find out that they were not. Which was a let down... I felt the need to constantly have to send emails following up as no ETA of delivery could be provided and I ended up waiting for almost 4 weeks for different parts of my order to arrive at different times. The process behind the scenes seemed purely human driven and no automated notifications of how the order was progressing. Just completely disorganised.

It was also quite confusing when dealing with Water Butts Direct, as all email communications thereafter the online order seem to come from a completely separate business "GM8 Group".

The organisation need to sort a number of things out - mainly their website, technology and customer service experience... I think I will be sourcing water butt components from elsewhere next time I need them.

31 de março de 2025
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Resposta da Water Butts Direct

Hi Gavan, Thank you for sharing your detailed feedback. We understand how frustrating it must have been to experience delays, unclear stock status, and a lack of timely updates. Your comments about the website, communication process, and order notifications highlight areas where we clearly need to improve.
To clarify, Water Butts Direct is part of the GM8 Group, which is why communications come under that name — but we appreciate this can cause confusion. We’re currently reviewing both our website and order systems to provide clearer stock information and more accurate updates so that customers don’t need to chase progress themselves.
We regret that your experience didn’t meet expectations and value your input as it helps us identify where to focus improvements.

Classificada 2 em 5 estrelas

Sale via cookies?

Regret visiting site as now have their ads everywhere (after clicking on 'reject' cookies). Do yourself a favour and dont bother to visit, as you will soon move on after seeing silly prices.

5 de maio de 2025
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Resposta da Water Butts Direct

Thank you for your feedback. We take both website experience and pricing perception seriously, and your comments have been noted. We’ll review the way our site communicates cookie choices and how our ads are displayed, as well as continue working to ensure our pricing reflects the quality and service we aim to provide.

Classificada 2 em 5 estrelas

No info on the pipe diameter

No info on the pipe diameter of the diverter, so I ordered the wrong extension hose. I had to cobble together with mastic and jubilee clips to make it seal. Also the pipes onto the diverter and the butt leaked at both ends and needed gaffer tape to seal. I have 4 other butts, so I am not a novice installer. Although email warned that items could come separately I fail to see the necessity of 2 "linked" water butts coming on separate days.

28 de março de 2025
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Classificada 1 em 5 estrelas

Delayso…

I have used this Company on numerous occasions and the service has been exemplary. However, my latest purchase has been a disaster. I purchased a new water butt and the website indicated delivery within 3-5 days. 10 days later I'm still waiting with no sign of the delivery in sight.

3 de julho de 2024
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Classificada 5 em 5 estrelas

quick delivery and good product

Great service from Water Butts Direct - they delivered very quickly. And the Harcostar water butt diverter is perfect - very effective and quick and easy to install - I'd recommend

11 de abril de 2024
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Classificada 3 em 5 estrelas

Good product, but poor delivery performance

I’ve had four butts over the last two years. I’ve been pleased with the products that met design and quality expectations.

But the last one went to the wrong address due to courier “drop and run” when they couldn’t find the right place. Packaging soaked in the rain and the water butt dented in transit.

Please ensure you work on your delivery courier performance

26 de março de 2024
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Classificada 1 em 5 estrelas

Poor service; misleading offer

Northumbrian Water direct it’s customers to this firm to buy a water butt. Saw that they had a Black Friday deal of 20% off advertised on the NorthumbriannWater butt page, so tried to buy one. Code wouldn’t work, so contacted firm on Monday morning to be told couldn’t use code for that deal. Double checked and took screenshots and they clearly advertised the offer without exclusions. Emailed them twice after that without a reply. Advertising standards?

28 de novembro de 2023
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Resposta da Water Butts Direct

Our offer was clearly stated across all our media, social, email and website and google listings. The 20% code only worked during the hours of Friday and was advertised as a sitewide sale but not applicable to previous offers or sale items. Any existing offers would be external to this and therefore not work, hence why any other offers did not advertise a black Friday sale, only their current heavily subsidised offers.

Our system could not process a double offer as this causes errors in finality. This was explained to you on the phone. Any external information not from us would not be accurate as the only place to generate an order for black Friday is on our website not on external websites.

We would not be able to offer a discount on a discount. The offer you specify is a specific listing and and existing deal. Our banner clearly stated this was not included and the floating page banner was simply to show the current offers for black Friday. As you couldn't checkout this is why. You therefore had to option to choose one deal or the other but not both at once.

Our customer service team were there to help and tried to help best they could.

Classificada 1 em 5 estrelas

Hopeless

Hopeless. In my opinion completely over priced for something you then have to self build. Poor customer service as well.

19 de julho de 2023
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Resposta da Water Butts Direct

Hi Paul sorry to hear this, please can you contact us at cs@gm8group.com so we can investigate this further and help to resolve any issues you may have had.
Thanks, G.M

Classificada 5 em 5 estrelas

Superb customer service

I am very pleased with my new water butts, they look really good and appear to be excellent quality.
I must also praise their excellent customer service. A tap failed to arrive with one of them and it was arranged for it to be sent direct to me, which it was, and it arrived very promptly.
Thank you.

30 de maio de 2023
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Resposta da Water Butts Direct

Great to hear! Thank you for your review.

Classificada 3 em 5 estrelas

go direct to maker and save

i advise anybody looking to buy a water butt to go directly to the manufacturer as they were a lot cheaper in my case [enduramaxx] this is just a sell it on at a profit outfit do your homework

8 de setembro de 2022
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Classificada 1 em 5 estrelas

Awful service

Awful service, placed order for a water butt and connector, received confirmation with an order number sent instructions on how to fit both, took payment,then sent connector,so I chased the water butt to be told I would get in in the next seven days, then a further email saying they had checked and I had nothing on order,
Amateurs at best

11 de junho de 2022
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