Selfridges Reviews

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Selfridges has all the latest designer collections, must-have toys gifts for all the family. Selfridges London is a national institution with the most famous shop windows in the world. The Manchester and Birmingham stores bring the same creative customer experience and now Selfridges.com is positioned to create some magic online.Across every single department, from food to fashion, home to beauty, Selfridges sets the standard for up-to-the-minute style, lasting quality and exceptional customer service, all with a dose of creativity, wit and flair.

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Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
For my partners Christmas present I decided to purchase him a Kenzo jumper. On 22nd of December 2017 I came into the Kenzo section, picked the jumper and handed it over the counter to pay. The sales assistant that served me was Melanie, who re-assured me that if the jumper did not fit correctly, as I was worried it may be to big, I could exchange the jumper for a gift card with the same value as the jumper. Melanie re-assured me that this would be no problem and something that the department would be happy to do. A few days later, once my boyfriend had tried on the jumper once and told me it was too large around the neck area, I explained that he would have a gift voucher to spend in- store alternatively. So we headed up to Selfridges for a day out in London together. Unfortunately, what we experienced was an extremely uncomfortable and unprofessional shopping experience at Kenzo. I explained that I wanted to exchange the jumper for a gift card. The team they turned the jumper inside out and began to inspect a tiny deodorant mark on the inside where my boyfriend had tried this on. Another assistant was handed the jumper and proceeded to smell the item in front of us. Which I found extremely strange and unprofessional. He then handed the item back to us remarking ‘no’. I was shocked by the lack of help and assistance that was offered to us. After this I asked to speak to the manager of this department. At this stage, the situation became worse. We spoke to Sapphire, who we assumed was the department manager, we shortly found out that this was not the case and that we had been lied too. Sapphire proceeded to tell us the following: - The item could never be sold again due to this small stain on the inside. - All items sold from Kenzo are not display items and are sold in plastic packaging (my jumper was handed over the counter, at full price) - We could not expect a gift card for this kind of return. - There was nothing she could do about this. After 15 minutes of us explaining that this was a special gift and that we were clearly not given the correct customer service from the off-set. Sapphire then suggested to us that we should go and ‘get a baby wipe’ remove this small mark and bring it back up. She even explained that we should not use anything perfumed as then they would not be able to refund this item. I was completely shocked at the fact that as a paying customer, on our trip to the store, it was suggested that we go and clean an item of clothing. I then asked if there was anyone else I could speak to, we were then told that Sapphire was not the manager for this department and we were wasting our time talking to her for 20 minutes. We then spoke to another manager who was very helpful and apologised that we were told to clean the item. I am very grateful for the reassurance of this member of staff, who then proceeded to sort out my boyfriend’s gift card. Neither of us now feel that shopping at Selfridges is an enjoyable experience, I have told many friends and family about this situation and they have been very surprised.
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Posted 6 years ago
Still waiting for a refund on gifts ordered but cancelled 3 weeks ago... customer services not responding???
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Posted 6 years ago
What an utterly awful experience today in Selfridges, Oxford Street- Menswear department I have experienced the most upsetting and distressing customer experience ever at your store today Your outdated haughty approach at your London store is one that will certainly mean I will most defiantly be shopping with your competitors going forward. You seem to have lost your way with what good customer service is. Shame on you Selfridges, Oxford Street!!!
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Posted 6 years ago
Ordered and paid for 3 Christmas hampers for clients of mine2 arrived in time 1 I never received after contacting selfriges for 3 days and being passed from pillar to post eventually got a refund Shocking customer service will never use again
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Posted 6 years ago
Terrible customer service ordered an item 2 weeks ago not processed by selfridges had a confirmation email from paypal saying the payment was pending awaiting selfridges to process i contacted customer service to be told they had not got the order and would get someone to contact me ... nobody did i then emailed them complaining ...still no contact so i called them again the day after and was basically told that it was a problem at their end but the money hadn't been taken and i would have to reorder the item which has gone up in price by 20% and that they wouldn't honour the price i should have got it for .... this was a christmas present and i am extremely disappointed and upset by the lack of customer service by a company like selfridges
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Posted 6 years ago
Selfridges is a terrible company to buy new products from, most of the products, i've received personally were damaged with the label unstitched or falling off before even wearing it. Customer service online is terrible, I had to wait over 3 months for a refund. The shop floor is appalling, the staff are unprofessional, standing around talking to each other. The shop floor is like a jungle, all the staff are all over the place.
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Posted 6 years ago
Selfridges buys second hand goods.
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Posted 6 years ago
RETURNING THE WRONG ITEM THAT SELFRIDGES SENT YOU: THE NIGHTMARE | Still waiting for solution. As I promised, I will share this story with you with every mean at my disposal, facebook, e-mails, whatever - maybe it will reach the attention of someone that can actually do something. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Hi Selfridges, your customer service has been nightmarish enough to push me to post here with the hope that the presence of a potential audience might help you find the will to do your job properly: I spent an insane amount of time speaking with your agents to find a solution for the return of the wrong item that YOU sent me. This has been going on since Tuesday 02/11/2017 and as you know there is a deadline for returning items. I spoke with the following people, in order of appearence: FACEBOOK MESSAGES: Shanice, Connor, Anna-lee, Madi, Georgia, Anna-lee (again), Madi (again), Georgia (again), Anna-lee (again), Shanice (again), Connor (again). E-MAIL: Emma, Hannah, Cameron Besides the awful 'copy-pasted answers' strategy and the redudant declaration of sorrow towards my situation (apparently you're not 'very sorry for my inconvenience' enough to SOLVE this problem), besides all the pictures, screenshots, explanations of what I needed and what was wrong in the instructions you provided, nobody still has solved this situation. I tried my best to provide prompt informations and explanations while your agents answer once every half an hour. You know guys, you are getting paid to stay at the pc answering question, the rest of us just hangs in there for your reply for free. The first time we tried to return the item the agents arranged a collection via DHL (of which I wasn't really informed, but that's even the minor issue) I received an e-mail from DHL with a link to a page where, after following a data-filling procedure, DHL would have provided the waybill copy to print and attach on the package. Guess what, the infos present in the fields were actually wrong! So I spent an exciting hour figuring out why the DHL website didn't allow me to complete the procedure, giving me the 'wrong address' error - can you guess? The wrong address was actually the one of the collection office. I managed to fix this on my own, but the courier already paid visit to my house and since I didn't have the documents ready, I couldn't give him the package. Today I have the documents that need to be included in the package and I need a second collection arrangment - as Anna-lee stated during our conversation via Facebook Messages, after explaining what happened with the courier: We'd be happy to arrange another collection for you, and to make sure DHL arrange a specific time prior to this, we could ask them to call you. If you'd like us to do this, please provide us with your contact number. Thanks, Anna-lee Now I'm desperately trying to get this second arrangment done, but it seems (even more than before) I'm speaking with walls. I asked for this: So I'd ask you to arrange this for monday after 3pm, my contact number is: +0039 ********* Hopefully DHL will send me the link to the procedure for the waybill, as they did the first time we tried. Both via Facebook messages and e-mails, but I either get this reply: Here is the DHL number - 08448753025. You can contact them and arrange your own collection - INTL/Worldwide Inbound – 955464427 EU Inbound – 955464500. Hope this helps. Thanks, Connor Or no reply at all. DHL makes you pay (A LOT) to contact them via phone and I'm not willing to spend more money or time than I already did for this situation. Maybe it's the best courier in the UK, but for us mortals in Italy it's the worst - their website is a goddamn maze, procedures are not clear and couriers are rude. More importantly: IF I DON'T HAVE THE WAYBILL, WHICH IS GIVEN THROUGH THE LINK PROVIDED AFTER THE ARRANGEMENT FOR COLLECTION, THE PACKAGE CAN'T BE SENT. I will share this story with you with every mean at my disposal, facebook, e-mails, whatever - maybe it will reach the attention of someone that can actually do something. I hope this feedback will help your foreign customers to understand what they'd be getting into buying products from your online store.
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Posted 6 years ago
DON'T BUY FROM Selfridges, Selfridges is unreliable!!!!!!! Updated on 2nd Nov 2017 After i sent several emails to chase Selfridges to follow up my case, and i suggested them report this case to police because there is a thief in Selfridges. Finaly i got an answer within 2 days after i sent that email. I'm so disappointed with their so called investigation. it took 28 days for them to "investigate"the case. i have sent a video of the 3 items that i received with the original delivery box. And asked them try to put those 4 items in the same size delivery box that i received. We write with regards to your missing item claim. As part of our investigation into your claim, we have undertaken a thorough review of the process leading up to delivery of your order. Most importantly, all our orders are picked, packed and dispatched under CCTV at our Distribution Centre. We can confirm that after reviewing the surveillance and completing our investigation, the LOEWE Elephant leather coin purse was correctly packed into the order before delivery was made to your address. For this reason we are unable to process a refund. If you have any further queries, please do let us know. Kind regards, James ------------------------------------------------------------------- Updated: Selfridges just replied me the following message: Thank you for your email. I have looked into your query. I do apologise that you haven't received an update regarding your order. I have chased this as a matter of urgency for you. We'll ensure that you are contacted once we have an update. I do apologise about any inconvenience caused. If you have any further queries please do not hesitate to contact me. **** please don’t send me copy and paste message again. I need a refund! _______________________________________________ It has been 18 days since i emailed them regarding the missing item!!! I emailed Selfridges regarding The missing item "LOEWE Elephant leather coin purse" on the day that i received the order. i order 4 items, but there are only 2 dresses and 1 top in the parcel. the delivery box is so small which can only fits 2 dresses and 1 top. I'm so disappointed with my current shopping experience with Selfridges. the CS replied me that they will investigate the case for me, i emailed them to ask for the process but they replied me that the "Relevant Department" will investigate it. i have sent them 4 emails to ask for refund but they replied me the same thing again and again, the "Relevant Department" will investigate it. i paid GBP200 for the coin bag!!!!but not receiving it!!!!!! DON'T BUY FROM Selfridges, Selfridges is unreliable!!!!!!!
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Posted 6 years ago
Worst department store customer service I have ever received. Lady in store was rude and unhelpful. I have been trying to deal with my issue via customer services since 12th September and keep getting different advisors emailing me with apologies and the promise that someone from the store will contact me to resolve. Still no call.
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Posted 6 years ago
Terrible customer service in store. Never able to speak to anyone in customer service or in store on the phone. Definitely the worst customer experience I have ever had and will never shop in Selfridges again.
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Posted 6 years ago
I ordered two items from Selfridges. I wish I would have read the rewievs and never ordered from them. I paid for next day delivery. But nothing happened and no updates for 2 days. After calling customer service I was told that they changed the Shipping courier to one other because DHL was unreliable?! They sent the package with a regular courier ( in my country it is the same shipping company that deliver daily mails it is like a post office service) After one week i received my package pressed and battered no sealing tape and one of the sides was open. One item was missing. I tried to contact them many times with no luck. It has passed 3 weeks and still no answers.. I will never order from them again. I thought Selfridges was a serious retailer and never expected this.
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Posted 6 years ago
Five Star Prices, One Star Customer Service. Quite frankly, I am appalled by Selfridges and their poor handling of an expensive order from me. I warn others to read this review, and the many others on the site to truly understand the type of the type of company you are dealing with. While you may feel you will be shopping at a premium store, you aren't - You are paying overinflated prices and will be treated like dirt when THEY mess up an order. To Summarise. Made an order just shy of £500 on Tuesday, and paid for next day delivery, for a 40th birthday present on Sunday. This giving enough time to recieve the order, and with a little leeway for anything to go wrong. Selfridges failed to deliver on the Wednesday. I waited in all day as their email stated it would be with me. I called up and was told a 'supervisor' would look into it and give me a call back within two hours - didn't happen (in fact I am still waiting for that call back now 96 hours later). The package arrives on Thursday battered and bruised, open at the bottom and folded in to secure (photos taken) and containing only one of the two items ordered. I called Selfridges supposedly customer services who made some inquiries and said that they would have a 'supervisor' get back to me before 12pm the next day (and refunded the next day delivery charge). They wanted to look at their 'CCTV' and to ensure the item was sent - fair enough. The person who I spoke to also gave me his name and said he would personally call me back when began at 12pm when he came on shift to confirm everything was getting sorted. Guess what? Neither of these things happened. Bare in mind it has been repeatedly expressed that there was a level of urgency required for this matter due to it being a present, and both the items where part of a matching 'set' to be given on Sunday for a special birthday. So, after not receiving these promised calls, I called back myself, only to be told extensively by the CS Representative that he will not be able to expedite the 'investigation' process, and it can take over 48 hours for their initial investigation (i imagine this is also false, as the information given prior was false) and that the courier investigation will take over seven days. He refused to escalate the call to a manager, nor would he personally look into the matter to ensure, due to the urgency of the matter, that we could get the item sent out for delivery on Saturday, in time for Sunday. In fact, he was unable to acknowledge anything holistically, and continued repeating his thoughts over and over again, as if reading from a script. Zero compassion and zero interest in understanding or helping rectify the situation, and this entire process could take weeks, if not a month to sort out. So, as of now, Selfridges have supplied half an order of a set, late, for an important birthday celebration, and refuse to send the item, nor refund it so I can purchase elsewhere ready for Sunday. I have given them till 4pm to make a suitable response before having to purchase the set elsewhere with 24 hour delivery, and return the one part I have to Selfridges. At this point, I will be contacting my Credit Card company to initiate a Section 75 Chargeback Procedure to recover the money that has been stolen by Selfridges. 'Stolen' sounds a little extreme, but I believe that is how it is classed when a person hands over money for an object that is it not given to them in return. Thankfully I do have a large credit limit on my card (I appreciate many others wouldn't) so I will be purchasing the missing item elsewhere in time for Sunday, in a frantic next day delivery rush (paying for highly expensive Saturday delivery) to fix what Selfridges has created. I will update this review continually throughout the process, but after reading all the others, I think its fairly obvious how disrespectful Selfridges are towards their customers. I won't be repeating any business with them, in store nor on line and I encourage others to use other retailers with a better customer service record. We all accept things can go wrong when distant buying, but the true colours of a retailer show in how they deal with these occasional issues when they arise, and judging by this experience, they have little commitment to the consumer other than ensuring they hold on to your money. Absolutely appalling Selfridges, you've made a mockery of your name. Click here to Reply or Forward
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Posted 6 years ago
Worst customer service I've experienced ! Bought an item and returned it within 3 days, customer service advised that they are incapable to locate my package and therefore they are unable to refund. Frustrating experience and will never buy again from website or stores.
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Posted 6 years ago
I ordered a pair of Valentino shoes recently which were worn once and returned within a week and a half due to the sole lifting for a refund or replacement. I have other shoes from this designer so I am aware this should not occur especially after the first wear. This is thus a breach of the Consumer Rights Act in that they are not of satisfactory standard nor fit for purpose. Who actually purchases shoes of any cost to only wear once?! After weeks of returning via DHL I had to contact Selfridges to enquire about my return (they had simply forgot to update me!) only to be told they would not be refunding, replacing or repairing the shoes because the lifting was due to 'wear and tear'. What 'wear and tear' within a week of owning them...am I actually hearing right?! I obviously disputed this, and have since rung and emailed customer services on numerous occasions both during weekdays and weekends to be told managers are out, on leave or promised they will get back to me within set timescales to absolutely no avail! I have now requested the complaints procedure for a second time today to escalate this myself and again this is not provided. I mean we are all busy in our work life, all week I've had to leave Court when my cases are adjourned, to contact customer services in respect of this case. This is the worst customer service from any retailer I have ever experienced, and I shop a lot! This is still an ongoing case, and I will keep escalating it until it is resolved. I hope this will prevent other consumers having to go through this tokenistic ordeal!
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Posted 6 years ago
This is the most horrible online shopping experience I have ever had. I received a broken item and I contacted them 8 times. I always attached the image of the broken item in jpeg as required by directly replying to their email as required. It has also been done for more than 8 times. However, they did not respond to me or refund me afterwards. They only responded to web form enquiry. I had to wrote to them to ask about it on their web but no attachment could be made in this way. So I was responded that "Please send an image" for 8 times. This is a dead circle. One month passed. I still did not get refunded. I called them and again, they just said "Please send an image".
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Posted 6 years ago
I am APPALLED that such a well known company could offer such awful customer service. I ordered 2 bottles of Creed perfume, and the first delivery was clearly damaged. The box was leaking so I refused delivery. It had not been adequately wrapped which was why it was damaged. When I called customer services they said they would not be able to issue replacements only a refund once the items were received back at their depot. I had to reorder items to receive them in time. (I was ordering these for a wedding happening in a few days). I repaid for the same items again, and when the package arrived there was only one bottle of perfume, not two as ordered. This was also badly packed with one box of aftershave rattling around in an enormous box with no protective packaging. We were also not asked to sign for the delivery by the courier who delivered this. I have sent 8 emails and had to make 4 calls to their customer service line and insist on speaking to a manager to even get an answer that they would not be issuing a refund on the second order. The 2 orders combined were worth over £1628.00 and I only ever received £385.00 worth of goods. Selfridges have promised a refund on the first order which I have not yet received, but are refusing a refund on the missing goods from the second order, as they claim their internal investigation proved that the goods were packed in this delivery. This is tantamount to accusing me of lying!! If you look at Selfridges Group website they claim “There's nothing quite like shopping with Selfridges Group. We truly put the customer at the heart of everything we do, whether you are visiting one of our stores or shopping online, you are assured of an extraordinary and unique retail experience.” Nothing could be further from the truth!! DO NOT BUY FROM SELFRIDGES!
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Posted 6 years ago
The worst customer service I have ever experienced. Ordered an item through 'click and collect' on Saturday for collection the following Thursday. It stated that an email would be sent confirming when the item was ready collect. Thursday comes and there is no email. I email to ask for clarification as to what has happened and they advise that the order 'failed' (thanks for telling me) and that money had not been taken from my PayPal account (I paid partly by PayPal and a voucher). This was a complete lie, however, as money had been taken from my PayPal balance that day. It gets worse. So, having no luck with their email, I decide to call them. I speak to a man who advises that he will arrange for a refund and for an e-voucher to be sent, but just needs to put me on hold. I am then put through to a makeup counter to re-purchase the item (without receiving any refund!). I have had to call again and have been informed that they will arrange a refund, which will be received in 3-5 days. I have no faith that it will, but will post on here what happens...
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Posted 6 years ago
Missing item no refund I ordered staub pot along with two items from selfridges and they didnt deliver the pot to me. The delivery logistic document indicate that they send is very light and could not contain the pot . I report the issue and their custome service spend 1 month on investigation and concluded that they cannot proceed refund . They tell me to approach police and report the pot stolen . Their customer service is soooo ridiculous and horrible I advice you all to avoid buying anything from selfridges.
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Posted 6 years ago
I would wished I read this site before decided to get something from Selfridge & Co. They sent me incorrect item, sounds like misleading, the product they sent me different with the image list. I contacted them for returning the product immediately. They already received the product back safely. And now i am still waiting for my full refund Not sure how long I would get it back. And they haven't get back to me. Hope no awful drama dragging from them.
Selfridges 1 star review on 5th August 2017
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Posted 6 years ago
Selfridges is rated 2.0 based on 263 reviews