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Pets At Home Reviews

2.1 Rating 557 Reviews
25 %
of reviewers recommend Pets At Home
2.1
Based on 557 reviews
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Pets At Home 1 star review on 22nd February 2025
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Pets At Home 1 star review on 13th November 2024
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Pets At Home 5 star review on 8th November 2024
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Pets At Home 1 star review on 5th November 2024
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Pets At Home 1 star review on 28th July 2024
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Pets At Home 1 star review on 1st April 2024
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Pets At Home 1 star review on 10th January 2024
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Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
Refused to let me return kitten food they sold me at reduced price It left my adult cats with diarrhoea and vomiting They told me the food would be fine and if not they would refund me The coleraine store were very ignorant in their dealings with me and to refuse to refund the three boxes out of four when they have signs all over the store telling you if your animals are not satisfied they will refund you Its all nonsense and very disappointing
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Posted 1 year ago
Pets at home online delivery of dog food arrived with many damaged and leaking trays. Major fly problem. Just quad from position 17 on live chat to be cut off by operator at pets at home. Rubbish service q
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Posted 1 year ago
Went to the aintree store yesterday and asked about purchasing some Malawi cichlids they had in a small tank labelled mixed malawis.I was asked by a member of staff what size tank I had, which I accept is a reasonable and responsible question to ask.I answered that it was a reasonable size( 4FTX2FTX2FT),I and that I was restocking it with african cichlids after re vamping it .I informed the member of staff it currently housed 1 bristle nosed plecostamus ,that had shared the set up previously with Mbuna,haps,peacocks etc with no issues.The staff member went away and came back to inform me that they would not sell me any cichlids as it was their policy not to sell them to be housed in an aquarium that housed other species other than african cichlids! The lack of knowledge of someone employed in her position astounded me.I cant claim to be an expert but have kept fish for the last 46 years,including African cichlids for the last 12.I told the employee that her companies policy was flawed,to be told to go somewhere else to buy fish.In the past I have used both Maidenhead Aquatics and Merseyside aquatic warehouse to purchase fish.I have always found their employees to be very knowledgeable and very helpful,and prepared to listen to a customer. My mistake obviously was to expect a company such as Pets at Home to employ people with a modicum of common sense and knowledge.In future I will stick to buying fish from the aformentioned alternatives.
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Posted 1 year ago
Called in this morning Monday, Accrington branch my wife when up stairs to the vet to seek advice on a issue with our pet dog,,, only to be rebuffed by the grumpy reception,and told no one will give advise or take a quick look with out making an appointment and having to come back later in the week, as my wife turned to walk away she caught the receptionist pulling her face at her, when confronted she denied it ,but believe me she did,totally unacceptable, this store was once a friendly place but not any more,this is not the first time,,,,,,,, we will now be cancelling my pet’s health plan of £18 pm and joining Another vets that have been recommended,,
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Posted 1 year ago
I went to the Pitsea branch to buy a single goldfish for a tank that was set up for my elderly ill farther, four weeks previously. I was told buy a very young and surly manager that they will not sell me the fish as my journey home to the tank was more than 20 mins. The manager was called after a long discussion on their headsets, and when I asked why , the only response I got was " its the company policy" to which I challenged how this policy was developed and through what expertise this was based. The response was "its the company policy" over and over. I have kept fish for over 45 years and am truly fed up with the total lack of any expertise and experience in ALL pets at home stores. Never going back to any store and will go out of my way to tell everyone to do the same.
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Posted 1 year ago
Was going to rehome 4 adult rats which had been returned. They were hugely overweight and a year old. Rats only live two years. The reason I wanted to take them home is they were squashed into a small cage. The store wanted me to pay full price for four adult rats that they had already sold once. I explained I didn’t know how well they had been cared for and pointed out that they had been over fed and possibly had health problems. No luck. Rather than lose £6 per rat, they would keep them in a tiny cage until they die and are euthanized for not being profitable. Pets at Home are clearly more concerned with profit than animal welfare. Shocking. The staff wouldn’t even make a phone call to their manager to enquire. Folkestone store. AVOID.
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Posted 1 year ago
Awful , rude, incompetent manager mainly ( clacton on sea ). Apart from that there were numerous order issues and now the £5 off voucher only comes after £100 not £50... this is the last straw! Pet drugs online is where my and my families money will go, even if it's more expensive at some point! I will actively encourage people I know or meet on my walks to stay away from the " rip off " pets at home! I so regret the hundreds of pounds I've spent there since it opened! I'd actually drive 30 miles to Colchester instead of using the clacton on sea store!
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Posted 1 year ago
Went online said could colldct within hr. Paid. Confirmation email then said 17th june. Nothing. 18th june nothing. Northwich shop not interested. They have goods on shelf but can not fill order. Policy. Customer service not interested now saying at least 22nd june. Will never use the shop again
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Posted 1 year ago
Went to collect a dog bed at after ordering through click and collect and not a single member of staff were available. We stood waiting for over 20 minutes and then finally found an unhelpful member of staff who said she would fetch someone who deals with click and collect. Another 15 minutes later another miserable member of staff gave us the dog bed. No apology either.
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Posted 1 year ago
Totally inept website...hard to understand where you're navigating unless you download their app then it's still completely cr*p ..nearly out of food and won't let me order
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Posted 1 year ago
Our new cat loo's swing door broke within a month. Went back to Inverness to see if they had any other makes. This is a fault as they were trying to sell ones without a door for £10. Anyone else had this problem.
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Posted 1 year ago
My daughter went to pets at home today to buy a hamster for her son she had already bought a cage from somewhere else which she had with her she was told she couldn’t have a hamster unless she bought. Another cage which was 45 pound She had trialled along way on buses to. Get a hamster and was upset. When was told she couldn’t buy a hamster I would like an explanation why they told her this. The cage she had already got was. For a hamster. And nothing wrong with it I’m very angry that she wasn’t allowed to buy a hamster I have bought many animals in my time and have never come across this situation before
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Posted 1 year ago
I have been a loyal customer at pets at home for years. Have bought pets, accessories and food and always found the customer service great. What has gone wrong! Bought a fabric travel crate from them last week for a journey. It turned out to be faulty with a cheap dodgy zip that came open - leading to our dog escaping and jumping around my car while I was on the motorway. Took it back to the store to ask for a replacement with a metal crate. Because I didn’t have the receipt they just hid behind policy and refused to do anything to help. Rude, belligerent ‘computer says no’ staff. No appreciation for my years of custom, for the danger their faulty product put me or my dog in. Raising a complaint with head office and will be speaking to trading standards. Won’t be shopping here again. AVOID THIS COMPANY.
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Posted 1 year ago
Ive had numerous orders that i have never received although i paid for monthly subscriptions and never received numerous replacement orders or a refund. Customer service kept on stating orders were being reordered. Total lies. Avoid this company. Very unprofessional!!!!!!!!!
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Posted 1 year ago
The lack of assistance, professionalism or any sort of customer service offered by an individual who was supposed to be the Kilmarnock store Manager was hard to believe, The obvious lack of training in customer engagement, never Management was on full display, This individual certainly has done nothing to enhance the Company they represent, or employs them,
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Posted 1 year ago
I was treated with disrespect when i tried to buy a cold-water fish, apparently it was policy not to sell a single fish but for me to buy a couple as they were shoal fish. When i tried to explain to the Manager in Market Harborough that i already had fish at home i was told it was their policy, when i asked if i could see the policy she just replied with a straight no! I left and i wont be back, not even to buy bulk dog food.
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Posted 1 year ago
Setup repeat order for dog food. The date just drifts on and is never ordered. Instead have to buy manually every time on the site. The expected and agreed date never happens and you don’t know when it will arrive. Whole process is poor.
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Posted 1 year ago
Awful company. I set up a monthly scheme where as the sent me flea and worm treatment monthly for my 2 dogs. All seemed good. First month they took the money on the 3rd of the month and nothing at the end of the month unable to complete the order and refunded order cancelled by them. By this time they had already taken the money. Then nothing processing delivery date came and went nothing 3 weeks and nothing, this time I cancelled the repeat order cancelled on their site and on PayPal and raised a dispute on PayPal I have messaged pets at home and yes nothing no one ever got back to me I messaged on PayPal nothing no one got back to me. So online they are completely rubbish and have no customer support and will take your money hold it for a month then refund. I urge to think twice before you use the online service of this company. I will not knock the shops as each shop is different and comes down to the staff. But online you have been warned.
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Posted 1 year ago
Dont try and complain. The web chat and complaints pages are non functioning. How do these companies expect any repeat custom? I bought a pack of fish food in May 2024 to find it went out of date November 2022. Thats 18 months out of date. What other ‘tricks’ are they pulling?
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Posted 1 year ago
I joined their VIP club in March when having a new puppy, got a few vouchers which I found to be quite useful. However once I updated their app, my account was lost and my vouchers were gone. Called their customer services and they send me my list of vouchers through email and said I can use them ins stores. However once I go to the store, they refused me to use it. Called their customer services again and said it is because I don’t have those voucher in my app which they failed to do this with my account. So what happens now is that I keep receiving email asking me to use the vouchers which I can’t use and can only see them going to expired. Second thing is that I bought an extension lead which was recommended by their sales. Happily used it for 5 mins before the lead cut my leg. This could have caused far much serious issue if it cuts a children. Called their centre about the low quality product but all I got is “you can’t refund a used product”. It only shows how lack of awareness in their products quality and have no intention looking into the matter. They always argue they are unable to find my transaction so that they couldn't proceed further which is an absolute joke. I bought their product using the VIP card, even their staff in the store could find my record. Only when their RUDE store manager comes in, suddenly my record is gone as if I did not buy the product from them. Which such kind of store manager, I highly doubt what kind of quality they are offering to their customers.
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Posted 1 year ago
Pets At Home is rated 2.1 based on 557 reviews