“The pictures look great. What you get, however, will bear little resemblance to the images on the site.
Example: a sweater pictured online is clearly a knitted fair isle woolen, yet what I received is a woven patterned poly. However, for $11 with free shipping I'll happily wear this sweater running errands or picking apples without worrying about damaging an expensive handmade garment.
I am glad I didn't buy any outerwear or shoes, since others have complained that what you get is NOT EVEN CLOSE to what is pictured. I almost ordered a pair of "birkenstocks" for $12, and now I'm glad I didn't.
I am very glad that I only bought casual tops/tunics, gloves, and leggings. The leggings were serviceable, though not at all as pictured, while the knitted gloves were great
so I have no complaints about those, especially for the dirt cheap prices.
The tops/tunics, on the other hand, are extremely cheesy for the most part. They seem to be acceptably sewn (for incredibly cheap knockoffs) but the quality control is spotty. One is particularly egregious with the design down the front being off center and bizarrely placed. The sizing is all over the map with the sleeves generally being too long. I actually don't mind that, since most sleeves are too short for me because I have very broad shoulders. The fabric on all items is very thin and cheap, so I expect a lot of shrinkage once washed, which is good since all items (same size for all) run large to extremely huge.
I make bespoke clothing for a living and I make all of my own "nice" clothes because I hate altering things. I can easily alter any garment if necessary, but most people can't. Every single one of these items is too wide or too long in the neckline, the body, the sleeves, and/or the hem/length. I think most people would find these items unwearable.
I bought the Nora Cora items to wear around the house. I work at home so I'm home all day and I do a lot of messy stuff from gardening, woodworking, and sewing, to cooking, housework, and bottle-feeding orphaned foster kittens. My clothing takes a beating and I often go through several sets of clothes a day depending on which sloppy or downright filthy task has to be tackled. I went through my closet at the end of the year and tossed out the most disreputable, stained, ripped, frayed, and faded stuff I would be embarrassed to wear crossing the road to get the mail. I found myself in dire need of washable, comfy shirts and leggings I didn't care about ruining and these fit the bill. Nothing is scratchy and some of the fabric actually feels fairly soft and nice.
I understand that you get what you pay for, but I can't justify spending a lot for clothes I will likely render unwearable in public the first time I put them on. I only buy ready made clothing if it's cheaper than what the materials would cost me to make it myself. What I refuse to accept, however, is being shipped something which looks NOTHING like the picture, even if it is really inexpensive. I don't bait and switch on my business website because it is fraudulent and I'm proud of the fact that when someone orders from me what they receive is EXACTLY what they saw pictured online.
I got 14 tops, 11 pairs of leggings, and 3 pairs of gloves for $284, or about $10 each. I was shopping for messy-work-a-day stuff and that's what I got. Not a single thing could be worn to an office, even on casual Friday, even if altered. There are two light-weight tops I would be comfortable wearing to the grocery store over a pair of jeans, but that's it, aside from my new apple-picking fall sweater.
Noracora can't seem to ship all the items at once. Three items were missing from the order and when I inquired about when/if they might ship, I was offered the option to either cancel or receive a 15% discount on those items if I waited for “future shipping”. From reading online reviews I realized that if I agreed to take the discount I would wait forever for the items to be shipped, since they apparently never make a subsequent shipment. Instead I chose to cancel the missing items and request a refund. There were some additional back and forth emails with them increasing the amount of discount, but each time I simply demanded a refund. It took about 10 business days, but I eventually got the full amount credited back to my card.
Bottom line, I won't have to buy clothes for the next 5 years at least, but I will never buy from Noracora again.”
“Initlally we loved the cute outfits and prices on the NoraCora website and decided to buy about $120 worth of their promited products. The products came is 4 seprate envelopes of a 30 day period and while shipping was supposed to be free, they charges an additional $42 to our credit card. We tried to return most of the items as they did not fit or we did not like te quality of the fabrics.
They refused to accept a return, but did give us a 15% discount if we kept the items. If we did return, they were going to charge us shipping charges. We did not return the items, but they still added a new shipping fee.
The shipping label clearly state the return address being in Ingelwood, CA. But when we communicated with Noracora, they stated that the return would have to go their eturn center located in Guangzhou, China. You have to pay shipping to China, they inspect the items, and then determine if they are going to credit a refund. Dishonest business practice. Shameful.
Horrible customer experience. Terrible quality. Sammed us on shipping in plasic bags. Don't be fooled! Not a good company, product, or value. Whatever you pay, it's tto much!!!
DW”
“First the pants took eight weeks to arrive. Next one leg was at least 2 inches shorter than the other and they were very poorly made. Then when I tried to return them it was just not possible so I am out my money for shipping and for the product. I would never never order from this company again nor would I suggest that anybody else do any business with these folks. A real scam”
“DO NOT BUY FROM NORACORA. The quality of their products is horrible. They ship them to you locally then make you return them to china where you have to pay the postage and customs, if applicable, which is usually cost prohibitive, so they offer you 15% to keep them, then 35% if you refuse. Based on reviews I read they used to offer 25 and 50%, respectively. To return the substandard, poorly made, chemically smelling things I ordered would have cost me $75.99.”
“I ordered 5 items from Noracora on 12/5/2022. They took several weeks to arrive, (I just received the last item yesterday - 1/17/2023). But the worst thing is that NONE of the items are as pictured or as described on their website! Each item is very poor quality, made with very cheap fabric. And they expect me to return the items back to China and pay for the return shipping, when it is their fault for sending poor quality items and misrepresenting the items on their website. They should be paying for return shipping! The other alternative they offered is a 50% refund. But that still doesn't resolve the issue of sending poor quality items that don't match the descriptions on their website. So, they took my money and sent me cheap clothing that is not wearable. They are a DISHONEST company! Do not order from them!”
“they sent me two of the same tops. i didnt order them. now i see that another top was put on another order. they are very very hard to communicate with. i wouldnt advise anyone to order from them. i have spent hours trying to contact them. not worth it!!!”
“Do not order from this company! You will receive a cheap knock off of the clothing item you saw pictured that will arrive from china weeks later. I ordered what I thought were 2 cute sweaters, but they were long sleeve print shirts cheaply made. When I asked for a refund they told me I would be responsible for shipping back to china so I accepted a 15% refund which was like $7 and I just gave the shirts to Goodwill.”
“I bought 3 pairs of boots. The photo clearly showed high quality leather and a substantial rubber sole. The boots I received are 100% plastic, the sole was foam. They were the poorest quality shoes -- clearly a bait and switch. I failed to see the return policy prior to purchasing - my bad. The return policy was pay the cost of shipping them back - overseas or accepting a 15% refund rate. The amount I received credited back wasn't even the whole 15%.. The worst experience-- don't buy shoes from them!!!!!”
“Nothing was as it appeared. The material was cheaper and the sizing proportions were off. The print was different. No one in Customer Service would respond. The products were so bad I couldn't give them away. It was a total loss. Items ended up in a landfill.”
“I did not have a bad experience because after reading all the reviews I decided not to order anything. It is really a bait and switch scam. Cheap items, delayed or no refunds. Bad customer service. Waiting for your items. No thank you. Thanks for all your reviews.”
“Purchased 5 items of which 1 SCARF was nice & 1 Sweater was OK. The other items 2 sweaters that were put together very poorly & irregularly fitting. 1 blouse had sleeves way to long for the body. Tried to return, was insulted with a 17% which equals $11.56 offer for compensation of the $68.00 paid for the useless items. They discourage returns by telling you how expensive it will be sending items back to china. Offering little to nothing back for you to keep these useless items, which have already been paid for.
Date of experience: December 08, 2022”
“took a long time to receive order - material was very cheap and sizes did not fit - when requested a refund they tried to get me to just take a partial refund (around $26) when my order was over $114. I am still waiting on the refund which had to be sent through USPS and was costly to refund. It's been over two months and have not received refund - when I inquire they say to send them tracking info as they have not received. All I have is a post office tracking number. Will never order from here again. You get what you pay for and Walmart has far better quality for same price.”
“I ordered 2 sweatshirts and 1 short sleeved night shirt. None of the sizes were correct--all were two small and did not seem to match their sizing chart for each item. The material was very thin and cheap. All of the clothes had a horribly offensive smell. Will never buy again.”
“I ordered a shirt my mom had seen advertised online. It came in about 3 weeks. It sort of feels like a workout short. Not soft cotton but more like a slick polyester. I hope she likes it but I won’t be ordering from Noracora again.”
