Ellie James Jewellery Reviews

Name: Ellie James Jewellery
Rating: 2.69

2.7 Rating 177 Reviews

42 %

of reviewers recommend Ellie James Jewellery

2.7

Based on 177 reviews

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Delivery Methods	Postal Service
On-time Delivery	Greater than 33%
Customer Service
Communication Channels	Email

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Ellie James Jewellery 1 star review on 18th December 2025

Lloyd A. Cole

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Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“*** AVOID **** I would leave a zero if possible!!! Placed order Monday 7th. Website said 1-3 working days 1st class post. Week today and not received item. I emailed and said that I have not received it in 1-3 days as promised to be told it has to be ordered In and would be delayed another week!! Lady on the phone had no customer service skills. Answered the phone very unprofessionally! I received an email to say they will refund and when I replied back to ask how long it would take they had blocked me email address. Luckily my bank is on the case & I’ve emailed trading standards incase I don’t receive my refund in full”

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Posted 7 years ago

“If I could put zero stars, I would! Disgusting service from this company. I ordered 2 pieces of jewellery for next day delivery, only one arrived. Enclosed was a note to say the other piece will be sent asap. I called the number provided but they never ever pick up the phone! I didn’t hear from them and they never did send out the other piece of jewellery. I finally had enough after 5 weeks of waiting and opened a PayPal dispute. All of a sudden they email with a disgusting, arrogant and a cocky attitude! They told me they couldn’t offer me a refund because I opened a dispute against them, therefore PayPal had my money! I told them I was not prepared to wait another 2 weeks for the resolution centre and now they’ve acknowledged their mess up, they need to refund me! They said no and made me feel like its my own fault for having the nerve to open a dispute againat them! They were literally taunting me! To add insult to injury they sent PayPal my signature from when I signed for the only item I received! PayPal didn’t stand for it and investigated further. They then emailed to demand I send the other item back in order to get a refund of the item I didn’t receive!!! Can you believe this?!! I had to ask my boyfriend for his Birthday present back in order to get a refund for the other item I never received! We couldn’t believe the audacity of it all, but at this point we didn’t want to give any of my hard earned money to them so we gladly sent the item back for a full refund. Also, the one item that did arrive which i should mention was a mens bracelet, came in a ‘free’ WOMENS charms box and not a black box it should’ve come in! Absolute joke of a company, they are theives and you should stay cleer!”

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Posted 7 years ago

“I received necklace very promptly. Unfortunately it was too small a chain to go round neck. As there was no returns information or form in parcel I undertook it myself to return to the address on Invoice (31 The Shambles, York. YO1 7LX.) I paid registered 1st class post £7:50 to make sure it arrived back safely. I then received the parcel back from Royal Mail as "addressee gone away". Since then I have tried phoning, no answer, e-mailing, no return answer, this has now been going on for a couple of weeks. I presume I have been thoroughly "ripped off".”

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Posted 7 years ago

“Awful service. Sent back a broken chain two months ago no correspondence at all, never answer phone. Avoid at all costs.”

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Posted 7 years ago

“I am shocked to have found so many reviews from people in my situation, if only I had read these reviews first I would never have placed my order. I initially ordered 3 sets of guess earrings from H Samuel, but the order was cancelled because of stock issues (I had an email to say they were waiting on stock from their supplier and would notify me when I could reorder) Disappointed I searched online and found the same guess earrings on Ellie James so decided to place an order with them (in total I ordered 4 sets), it went through no problem so I was happy. I placed the order 16th Jan and its now the 16th March and I am still missing two sets of earrings. The earrings were for my friends birthdays, all different dates throughout the year so no rush needed on the order. Over the past few months I had sent quite a few emails just for updates - I had a response each time saying they were waiting on stock and would let me know when it arrives. Two sets turned up (shipped with in 2-3 weeks of each other) I was more then happy to wait a few weeks for my order as there really was no rush, the first friends birthday is the 18th March so ordering 2 months in advance I was pretty confident I would have them in time. My friends birthday is now 2 days away and I am without her earrings, I have emailed Ellie James asking for an update and explaining I needed them by Sunday and they ignored my email - I emailed again today asking to cancel the rest of my order as I now need to go out and purchase another gift for my friend and they responded saying the earrings were shipped months ago??? I have email threads off them stating multiple times they are awaiting stock but now I ask for a refund they are stating they have already shipped them? The two sets of earrings I already have had to be signed for upon delivery so surely the other earring if shipped would have had to be signed for also?? I am shocked by the customer service, considering they took my money over two months ago I feel I have been pretty patient. I am still waiting a response from my last email so I am still down money and missing goods. I feel the way this has been dealt with is appalling. Reading through comments it is clear what is happening, they are taking money off customers with out actually having the stock. They customers that aren't having any issues are purchasing "in stock" items so they are shipped no problem ... where as the customers who are without goods or are waiting months for goods are purchasing items that Ellie James don't actually have in stock. H Samuel cancelled my order straight away and did not take my money as they didn't have the stock, Ellie James took my money even though they could not fulfil my order - at no point during my purchase did it say anywhere on the site that the goods weren't actually in stock and I would have to wait months!! I wont be purchasing from this site ever again and if I could I would give zero stars - I really feel they need to work on their customer service and content of the emails - also a section needs to be added to the website letting customers know they are purchasing goods that aren't actually in stock. The earrings that have arrived are lovely but the credit goes to Guess not Ellie James jewellery, Im sure these reputable brands would not be to happy with how customers are being treated when purchasing their items through Ellie James Jewellery.”

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Posted 8 years ago

“***AVOID**** or lose your money waiting well over a MONTH for delivery messaged on social media and rang store non stop she said it was late because of the snow still waiting 2 weeks after the snow and still nothing we purchased a thomas sabo charm for a friend's birthday and now she has nothing the truth is in the address really SHAMBLES!!!!!”

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Posted 8 years ago

“I never received the item I ordered. I never got a reply to the emails I sent. Luckily paid by PayPal but never got a reply from the messages I sent through them. I had to go through PayPal to receive a refund. This company had my money for 5 weeks with no contact after initial email. I do not understand why they have any good reviews and would not have ordered from them if I had read these first. Do not order from this company as I see I am not alone and you are likely to be disappointed. Be warned. I have had to give 1 strategy but they don’t deserve any.”

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Posted 8 years ago

“Never answer phone calls or emails. Waited ages for a refund! Really bad customer service. Would not recommend and would not buy from these ever again!”

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Posted 8 years ago

“I'm not one to write reviews, good or bad, unless I have had exceptionally good or bad service. But, wow, this company has blown all my perceived expectation of what truly awful service is. Ordered 1 item on the site stating 'In Stock' (This is the only reason I came across the site as they where the only ones), First Email, Thanks, second email, a few mins later, 'Sorry Awaiting Stock' will be with us within a week. Not a problem I think as can wait, a week passes and nothing, I ring, lady on the phone, very nice, can't fault her, says should be a couple of days. A few days pass another call, another lady who is apologetic and again can't fault her, give it a week. Now after that call its been 2 weeks so wait another week because I'm generous like that. Today call, phone rings and rings, then phone Call Busy, oh, could be that I just missed them, call again, phone is picked up and put down and back to being busy. Now, I'm fuming, answer the phone and talk to me I don't bite, but listening to a phone being picked up and put straight down doesn't sit with me very well. Did a little investigation as the curious person I am, Companies house is wonderful, although not linked the registered office is the same as another shop of a similar sounding name Joshua James and if you Google map the address of Ellie James then the shop on screen is the Joshua one. Additionally and quite curiously both companies were set up around the same time and the websites and stuff sold are identical. So more prying, I rang Joshua James that has a Kingston-Upon-Hull number, very curious, so I asked are you joined to Ellie James, Yes we are says the woman, here is the number. Now that doesn't mean a lot but if you read the recent reviews of Joshua James and scrub out the blatant Friends and Family ones, then you'll release there trading practices are exactly the same. So in a nutshell and after my long review what would I say....If they had answered the phone I would be happy to discuss next steps and most probably get a refund, although a little frustrated I would not have left a review. Because of the blatant childishness and fear of most probably getting another irrate customer I suggest which means they will not answer your phone....STAY AWAY. Final note to Michael Shotton and Emma Shanne, its illegal to display incorrect Company Reg No on an official site”

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Posted 8 years ago

“Awful company. Said item was in stock, then it was blemished, then they were ordering it from troll and it would be here on in a few days. Then they said it was unavailable from troll as no longer made! Item has now been ordered from troll and is on its way!!!! Am thinking they didn't want to honour the sale price. Daughters 21st birthday present ruined. Avoid them and save yourself some hassle!!!!!!!!”

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Posted 8 years ago

“This company is an absolute shambles and I would go as far as labelling them fraudulent. They know they don’t have item but take your money anyway and don’t deliver. Ordered item next day delivery for partners 30th. Next day was sent email saying not in stock. Waited patiently and contacted them every single day to check whether my item had been sent in. Was told they would be expecting “big delivery” and promised a date a few days away. Would then be told it didn’t arrive and told a later date. 2 weeks on and I have nothing to give my partner for his birthday. DO NOT BUY FROM THIS COMPANY. AWFUL AWFUL AWFUL.”

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Posted 8 years ago

“Absolutely pathetic company owned by gutless cowards who haven't even got the decency to answer a phone call or email. I could ramble on about this bunch of thieves for hours but simply there not worth it. DO NOT ORDER FROM HERE”

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Posted 8 years ago

“Terrible company. This place is an absolute disgrace. They take a payment for goods they haven't got in stock then basically don't send them, make any attempt to contact you or answer any phone calls or emails. I believe the owner has another jewellers called Joshua James which appears to being exactly the same thing. Absolutely the worst people to walk the face of the earth. Thieves. DO NOT IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE USE THIS COMPANY.”

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Posted 8 years ago

“The address is very apt for this jewellers it's a shambles ! Received a Thomas Sabotage necklace on Christmas Day only to find it was in a million knots postage paid to return the item and yes you've guessed it no refund, not answering emails or phone 😡”

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Posted 8 years ago

“I received a birthday gift purchased from here and it had a stone missing . ( the buyer assumed it would be ok and never checked ) I would have thought all items coming in and out of the shop should be checked by staff . Yes we sent it back and it was replaced but we had to pay postage at our expense when it was not acceptable to be sent it with a stone missing on the first place . All in all it's sorted out .”

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Posted 8 years ago

“still waiting for bracelet i ordered on the 10th off jan . i have emailed them with no reply . the bracelet is for a friends birthday .by the way it said in stock then got email it wasan,t”

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Posted 8 years ago

“I am absolutely gutted ordered a bracelet which was in stock ready for my mum's 60th. Item didn't come then received a email saying will be refunded as item isn't in stock. Haven't received the refund and now I have no money to get a present for my mum's 60th this weekend. No replies from emails and No one is answering the telephone I feel like I have been completely conned out of my money and will be taking this to watchdog if I don't get a response as judging by all the reviews this seems to be reaccuring .”

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Posted 8 years ago

“Ordered two weeks ago, item was in stock, took money straight away but no item has arrived..!! No answer to emails or phone calls..Terrible customer service.. Also find it strange that on this site there is a few reports like this then 5 or 6 glowing reports all 5 star. Makes me suspicious who is making these 5 star reports.. Please save your money and don’t order...xx”

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Posted 8 years ago

“Item ordered hasn’t arrived and, despite an email and completing an online web firm still no response from customer service. The item was a gift and has now not arrived on time. Worst service ever!”

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Posted 8 years ago

“Awful customer service, don't reply to emails. Item listed as in stock, ordered and then fails to appear. DO NOT USE.”

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Posted 8 years ago

Ellie James Jewellery is rated 2.7 based on 177 reviews