Fortnum & Mason Reviews

Name: Fortnum & Mason
Rating: 1.95

2.0 Rating 159 Reviews

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2.0

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Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods	Courier
Average Delivery Time	Within 5 Days
On-time Delivery	Greater than 34%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders	Greater than 68%
Customer Service
Communication Channels	Telephone, Email, Live Chat
Queries Resolved In	Over A Week
Customer Service	1.5 out of 5

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Fortnum & Mason 1 star review on 7th March 2025

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Fortnum & Mason 1 star review on 12th January 2025

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Fortnum & Mason 1 star review on 9th December 2024

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Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“Awful service, 3 years in a row now. Clients Christmas hampers undelivered. Some undelivered with no notification. Numerous calls to the call centre which they call customer service ...... again told 3 different stories. No call backs resulting in undelivered hampers and embarrassing phone calls to clients. I won't be making the same mistake 4 years in a row. Such a shame as you really do expect better from a company who would be advertised as a luxury store with good customer service”

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Posted 3 days ago

“Like being in the Twilight Zone. Hamper never delivered. No e mail follow ups, useless customer service telling you, on multiple occasions, that dpd is delivering it and nothing gets delivered. Told id get follow up e mails and received none. Unbelievably horrible service, or lack of. It was truly unbelievable. Never again. Something is terribly wrong over there.”

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Posted 4 days ago

“The door number was left off the order so the driver tried to deliver it to some random house in the road and thankfully no one was home. The parcel was taken back to the depot and I was informed they would try next day. The recipient had been waiting at home all day. I spoke to customer services after being informed they couldn’t deliver and would try again the next day. They then informed there was no door number. I informed them I gave them a full address with a door number and to inform DPD of it before they tried to deliver again the next day. I was informed that DPD had closed for the day and they couldn’t contact them and I should phone again at 8am. next morning. I managed to get it sorted after a great deal of stress and anxiety and the recipient finally received the package. The package indeed had no door number on it. I do not expect this abysmal service from a supposedly ‘high end company’ likeFortnum and Mason. Catherine McCaskill.”

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Posted 5 days ago

“I put 2 orders in for Christmas items with Fortnum & Masons, both orders have had issues. A lovely Guy, called Ben Kerin, sorted out the problems with the first order So issue solved. The 2nd order I arranged delivery for a large wicker hamper for today 18th December. Unfortunately I did not receive the large hamper I ordered as it seems I have been fobbed off with a small wicker hamper, even though I paid for a large hamper. So I phoned F&M I got a customer service representative, who wasn’t very helpful. So I phoned again & spoke to a young woman, who I thought had sorted out the problem. She sent me an invoice of the hamper that would be delivered on Saturday 20th December, however, I have just received an email from her, to say unfortunately the hampers are out of stock & basically that’s hard luck She said they only have full hampers available, Erm 🫤 empty it then I ordered my hamper on 27th September, not once have I had an email to say it would only be a small one delivered. One week before Christmas, they just assumed it’s ok or maybe I wouldn’t notice. I’m so upset at the blatant I don’t care attitude towards their customers. I am bitterly disappointed that F&M have let me down, I actually want to cry. My daughter ordered an F&M large hamper in late October, her exact order of a large hamper was delivered yesterday. Quite clearly that’s because she buys more from F&M than I do, so obviously more important customers come first Disgusted”

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Posted 1 week ago

“Still waiting for a parcel to be delivered after been notified initially it would arrive on Dec 4th. Contacted the couriers dpd and they said there was no one at home at the property. Waited in next morning and was given the same answer when I contacted dpd so got in touch with Fortnum and Mason who took my details and said they would get back to me. Next day I got in touch again and once again was told they would be back in touch when they had checked with dpd the whereabouts of the parcel. Yesterday 15 Dec I eventually received an email saying the parcel had been returned to Fortnum and Mason and did I want a replacement or a refund. I requested a replacement as I am assuming it is a gift for my husband who celebrated a milestone birthday at the beginning of the month, a gift we have not been able to acknowledge. The subsequent email I received was the replacement had already been sent by another agent. And this was followed by a request to rate the service I had received from Fortnum and Mason. It can be summed up in one word POOR. As to the parcel we have not received a notification saying when it will be delivered and by whom! .”

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Posted 1 week ago

“Terrible unacceptable customer service, I ordered a Christmas hamper aa a gift for someone special, the delivery date given ma's not convenient, I phoned F&M customer service after 26 minutes trying to explain I wanted to change the delivery date I finally managed to get the assistant to understand what I wanted, it was incredibly frustrating But I persevered and agreed to pay an additional £5.95 to have the hamper delivered on Friday 10th December I had arranged to be in for the day to receive, I received a confirmation email from F&M confirming the ammendments to my order Unbeatable I received a message SUNDAY MORNING 5th December saying Mahammed from DPD Will be delivering my parcel ay 11.00 am I was away for the weekend and despite trying to contact DPD the hamper was thrown over my front security gates onto my drive and left in the rain, I had to drive 40 miles home to retrieve the parcel now soaked and unusable I would never deal with F&M again despite the hype and history appalling communication and customer service”

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Posted 2 weeks ago

“Awful customer services. Will not use again”

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Posted 2 weeks ago

“What was that all about? My husband is a very good customer so we were invited to a Christmas breakfast and a roam around the shop. We went excited but THERE WAS NO BREAKFAST!!! Not even a cup of coffee or a glass of fizz. Slap in the face. Thanks Fortnums, your appalling service is live and kicking.”

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Posted 3 weeks ago

“You have heard it said you must always do the reviews however I did not because this store is of a quality and world famous. I assumed the online shopping would be exceptionally good however it is bad. Do not do it.”

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Posted 4 weeks ago

“I loved the biscuits Had a pistachio and clotted biscuits and they are getting thinner and thinner Not fair”

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Posted 1 month ago

“Spent £168 online and part of the order was a honey pot, the HP arrived minus the lid. Contacted F and M and asked if the lid could be sent, but no thats not possible, instead I had to be in for the part honey pot to be collected (labelled and packed by me) and then for another DPD van to arrive an hour later with the replacement. Just opened the box and guess what NO LID. Sadly I am unable to take another day off work to sort out their mess and quite honestly there's no guarantee if I do that the next delivery won't also be minus the lid... A very poor service from what I always thought to be a good company, clearly not!”

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Posted 2 months ago

“The worse. Refused to put me in contact with a manager. Told me twice I will receive an email in the next 24-48 hours. I am still waiting. Disputed the whole charge in the end.”

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Posted 4 months ago

“Orders never delivered and hours spent trying to resolve on the phone before having to cancel as they finally admitted the parcel was never sent in the 1st place.”

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Posted 5 months ago

“Horrible customer service! I ordered over $200 of items from Fortnum & Mason and NEVER received my items. The service that they used, DHL, delivered my package to a different condominium building but the same unit number. They left my package with someone else. DHL “concluded” in their one day investigation, that because they took a photo of the package next to the door they left the package at, that it was delivered to me, which it was NOT. It was delivered to someone else. After being shown the image, I told them “that is not my door, nor my building,” yet they still came to the conclusion that it was delivered to me. Then Fortnum & Mason also informed me that because there is an image of the package at a door that it was delivered to me and told me that I will not be getting a refund nor will they be replacing my items, so I caution anyone reading this to NOT order from this very incompetent company.”

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Posted 6 months ago

“The online ordering logistics are by far one of the worst for what is perceived as ‘premium store’. As an individual who spends thousands across the website on a personal and professional level, I will now be taking my business to Harrods, who by far offer better client care and attention to detail. The card and packaging is also nicer, as well as offer me a dedicated concierge during my higher value purchases.”

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Posted 6 months ago

“My husband ordered a Gluten Free Teatime Gift Box for me as a gift. I am gluten intolerant and Fortnum and Mason sent a gift box which was not gluten free. We contacted customer care and they just fobbed us off by quoting their disclosure. When it was pointed out that medically I couldn’t consume anything containing gluten and if they were substituting an item they should have informed us. Basically their answer to this is, TOUGH! That is their interpretation of customer care. What more can I say”

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Posted 6 months ago

“Dreadful customer service. Sons birthday hamper 4 days late. Completely unhelpful phone call. Will not use again”

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Posted 7 months ago

“The worst online service. They responded to me after 2.5 wait and then dragged the call For 4 hours to say they can’t help. Then ended the messages by saying the channel of communication is closed”

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Posted 8 months ago

“Items ordered online were never delivered. I was eMailed several days after ordering them, that they are now ‘out of stock’ I have just received an eMail today telling me that an ‘out of stock item is now available’ I went to the website in 5 seconds, only to be told yet again that it is ‘out of stock’ No apology from Fortnum & Mason for taking credit card order of Christmas chocloate truffles, when none were available What is wrong with the computer system? Stock control shouldn’t be such a problem! Such disappointment from what used to be a reliable store.”

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Posted 9 months ago

“Ridiculously overpriced items, terrible customer service, £5.95 delivery charges despite offering free delivery. Only used as I had voucher would never use them again.”

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Posted 10 months ago

Fortnum & Mason is rated 2.0 based on 159 reviews