Go Outdoors Reviews

Name: Go Outdoors
Rating: 2.00

2.0 Rating 650 Reviews

24 %

of reviewers recommend Go Outdoors

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2.0

Based on 650 reviews

Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods	Courier
Average Delivery Time	Over 7 Days
On-time Delivery	Greater than 18%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders	Greater than 80%
Customer Service
Communication Channels	Email, Live Chat, Telephone
Queries Resolved In	Over A Week
Customer Service	1.5 out of 5
Returns & Refunds
Refunds Process	Difficult
Returns Process	Could Be Better

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Go Outdoors 3 star review on 2nd January 2023

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Go Outdoors 1 star review on 14th July 2022

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Go Outdoors 5 star review on 15th April 2022

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Go Outdoors 1 star review on 4th March 2022

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Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“Price match refused said Alpine trek was not a uk company, glad they refused as I have purchased the same product from another retailer with a saving of £46 , so shop around before purchasing from Go Outdoors or any other retailer.”

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Posted 1 year ago

“UPDATE #2...refund is problematic. They want me to schedule a call during their normal business hours. That requires me to get up at 4:30am to wait for their call before going into work. Company is NOT customer service oriented (saying that as someone who does work front line customer service). UPDATE...offered to send gift card however they do not ship overseas so would be useless as I live in USA. Asked them to ship the (very small) item and they stated they were not able to. Now offering refund...unfortunate as I was really looking forward to having that item. ORIGINAL POST: Visiting from cruise ship....known to staff when checking out. Got back on board and Intensity Glow Marker was not in bag with other items. Too late to go back to inquire. Paid for something cashier missed putting in bag.”

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Posted 1 year ago

“Improperly labelled products. Then they give you the runaround. Avoid.”

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Posted 1 year ago

“I heard something completely ridiculous from a member of staff today when I tried to return a tent due to pole failing on the first night of using our new vango tent.. "sorry we don't offer warranty on tent poles" needless to say this is the last tent I buy from them.”

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Posted 1 year ago

“Don't deliver items before atleast a month after purchase”

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Posted 1 year ago

“Gave a 1 but should be a 0. BEWARE IF YOU BUY FROM THIS COMPANY. Their online customer service is absolutely abysmal. We purchased a Colemans Mosedale Pro 5 tent for our camping trip at the beginning of July. On our first evening after the first light shower the tent started to leak through the seams over the side door. This was caused in my mind by poor stitching which had caused a gulley in the material. This allowed the water to pool on the outside. Despite a very high waterproof rating the water started coming through quite quickly. After our return a collection was arranged on 17th July. It was subsequently stated that this was to avoid further expense in having to return to the store. I was told that once received in the warehouse a refund of £338 would be given after 14 days. After 2 weeks had elapsed, I was asked to allow some more time. Into the fourth week when I asked for an urgent update, I was given 3 choices of refund. The first 2 was either a gift card or to return to the store. The 3rd choice was a refund to a PayPal account. Not having a PayPal account, I asked for a bank transfer. The reply was that that because it was an instore transaction I would have to return to the store. I pointed out that this contradicted their earlier statement that the collection had been to avoid me having further expense. I said they were now asking me to make a round 40+ miles trip! Out of frustration I created a PayPal account and asked them to have a senior manager authorise a refund via PayPal as they had earlier suggested. The latest reply was that I now supply them with a list of details which they would pass on to the relevant person/store for a refund to be done over the phone. Most of the details I had already supplied over the course of several weeks. 4 weeks after the tent had been collected, they asked me to supply them with the receipt supplied by the courier so they could locate the tent. I pointed out that they had arranged the collection so should be aware of the delivery address. I have lost all patience with this shower of manure. No e-mail gets read properly and no questions are answered. They just have you going around in circles. We were due to camp again in September but have had to now book accommodation instead. DON'T GO OUTDOORS.........GO ELSEWHERE!!!!”

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Posted 1 year ago

“Terrible communication. Been trying to return an expensive faulty item for weeks and still no luck. Out of pocket, have a useless item, their customer service reps clearly don't read the full notes every time we deal with them , so nothing happens. Very cross now and in the process of taking further.”

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Posted 1 year ago

“I was asked to renew my discount card a week after having done so.I was told that " it did not register on the system". I asked for proof that this has not happened before. I am still waiting after over 2 months. This is awful service.”

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Posted 1 year ago

“Not a rating low enough Purchased a tent on a Sunday paid for premium next day delivery Tuesday - emailed to chase Wed - still nothing , they told me it was with the courier and be with me soon- I made it clear I needed by 6pm Thursday Thursday- still nothing- emailed - responded with ‘please wait 3-5 more days’! Called them, item ‘missing’ we can refund it will be with you in 5 days …. No good to me. Cant even get a replacement as I won’t have the refund ! I offered to pick up from an outlet and was told it was impossible Not fair to let down people like this and quite clear the 2 x Cusyomer services people Via email checked nothing Do not rely on ultimate outdoors online - you will be disappointed !!!”

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Posted 1 year ago

“Well! ordered new membership card back in April, got the usual confirmation and Evri tracking number. Looked on account GO, states despatched. No trace on Evri. Called customer services who ordered a new one. Still no trace on Evri or that a new card had been issued. Called again and was basically fobbed off stating I should wait 15 days before calling back again. Absolutely rubbish customer services and to date they have my fee and its now 2 months. I think some would call it theft.”

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Posted 1 year ago

“I bought a tent from this company, they say they can price match and offer 10% off, if found elsewhere cheaper, this is incorrect! Recently I found the same tent but cheaper so I called customer service and said that I found it cheaper elsewhere, I was told to fill out forms, take pictures etc!! Why not just look yourselves? Now to save the messing around I’ve asked to return it so I can purchase elsewhere and i’ve had the membership cancelled and refunded. Total loss for Go Outdoors, I would advise anyone that finds it cheaper to either refuse delivery or return your items to Go Outdoors, that way they’ll learn how not to mess customers around, it will cost them more money in the long run.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A REVIEW OF THE GO OUTDOORS CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPT NOT THEIR SHOP SERVICE. After deciding to visit the Lakeside store we were pleasantly surprised at the hardworking till staff on a busy Saturday. We were picking up a click and collect order of £222 (around 8 items). Excellent, polite service from a small lady with long dark hair and the busy till staff generally. We had ordered two hours previously, although it was not, understandably, ready the lady soon collected the items for us. Thankyou. HOWEVER, an item was stained when we opened it at home and rang customer service immediately. The first call was chaotic, noise in background, laughing and general distraction suggesting order numbers were wrong and a generally rude response. Never have we decided to put a phone down on someone - never! We then called again and received a more polite response suggesting we email with pictures. As yet the issue is unresolved but then we would expect a slight delay for the stained item to be assessed by quality control. Perhaps Go Outdoors should look at who they are employing in the customer service dept. Thankyou to the person who eventually helped us. Our disappointment has made us think twice about Go Outdoors.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“22/01/2023 O/N 684813090 I ordered a coat and a pair of walking trousers. There was some incoherent messaging and a couple of recorded telephone messages saying there was a problem. You'd think the lazy oiks in CS would have sorted it - NOT ON YOUR NELLY! I was sent a link to their tracker - it failed to show any orders. Looking for a contact for their CEO I noticed an offer (open to all) for free postage. I took them up and re-ordered the trousers. I then checked PayPal to see if they had refunded my £9.00 against the first failed order - NOYN! If Go Outdoors care to read this, can I have my £9.00 from the first order refunded. Can you please do this after interrogating your system and without further reaction with myself. Perhaps you'd then take yourself before your CEO and apologise to him/her and myself for your lamentable performance?”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Arguably the worst customer service I’ve received in 20 years After placing an order on the 27th Dec and receiving a despatch confirmation and tracking number it turned out the parcel was never given to the courier. After 5-6 emails to chase throughout Jan I had no reply and was forced to open a case with PayPal. After no response to the case I managed to speak to Customer Services and on 3 occasions throughout late Jan and Feb was promised refunds. After chasing again on Feb 6-8th I was told unless I closed the case with PayPal and said there was no issue with the retailer they would not refund the £155.25. After raising with PayPal this is a clear breach of PayPals terms and conditions and they’re now being looked into for this abuse of the Chargeback process. I can’t recommend using a smaller independent retailer more. Go Outdoors, Millets, Blacks and Ultimate Outdoors are essentially the same company with zero customer service, some clever marketing and no interest in anything other than a quick sale.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Twice i've been ripped off by this company. Avoid at all costs”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Really unhappy with the online shop. I bought a fleece which still had the security tag on it. No nearby stores so I returned it and they wouldn’t refund postage even though it was defective. I explained the situation several times to customer services and they will not refund my postage or send a replacement fleece.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“I have always liked Go Outdoors...until I had an issue with an online order and contacted customer care. Oh my what a joke!! The issue was originally their fault as they had sent me the wrong jumper, I contacted them and they agreed to pay return postage - however this doesn't cover the original postage I paid. The first advisor eventually agreed to send me a voucher to cover this, but next time I heard from them it was a different advisor who instead went ahead and sent out a replacement jumper. Great! However...she sent this to my old address of which I have no access to. The next advisor who replied told me the only way to get another replacement sent out was to send back the replacement jumper. Oh my!! Nothing is joined up at all. All I wanted was £3 to cover the cost of the original postage so I could re-order the jumper, luckily no more than that or I wouldn't be laughing but fuming. I wouldn't order online from them again.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Don't buy online off go outdoors ! ...when I had a problem over my address they couldn't sort it out then after 5 days I phoned and they had lost my £185 coat, just got off the phone to them they haven't processed my refund !!! FUMING!!!!!....so now I have to go thru it all again waiting for my money”

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Posted 2 years ago

“I did click and collect, only part of my order was there, told by manager I would be refunded, asked manager if items just needed picking from the shop. Told no. Picked myself paid twice, 30 minutes on phone getting refund for original items that staff wouldn’t pick themselves. Avoid”

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Posted 2 years ago

“After care service is abysmal, being passed from piller to post, being promised return emails and phone chats which never happened. After 5 weeks I still have not had a positive response to my complaint. Beware when making a purchase, if any thing goes wrong your on your own.”

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Posted 2 years ago

Go Outdoors is rated 2.0 based on 650 reviews