shonajoy.com Reviews

2.3 Rating 143 Reviews
29 %
of reviewers recommend shonajoy.com
2.3
Based on 143 reviews
Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods
Postal Service, Courier
Average Delivery Time
Within 5 Days
On-time Delivery
Greater than 77%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders
Greater than 83%
Customer Service
Communication Channels
Email, Telephone, Live Chat
Queries Resolved In
6 - 12 Hours
Returns & Refunds
Refunds Process
Difficult
Returns Process
Could Be Better

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shonajoy.com 1 star review on 13th December 2023
Manjola Sulka
shonajoy.com 1 star review on 28th February 2023
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shonajoy.com 1 star review on 28th February 2023
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shonajoy.com 1 star review on 18th August 2022
Eglantina
shonajoy.com 1 star review on 18th August 2022
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shonajoy.com 1 star review on 19th January 2022
Will Never Shop At Shona Joy
shonajoy.com 1 star review on 19th January 2022
Will Never Shop At Shona Joy
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Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
Do not shop here!!! It is false advertising that they have “easy returns”. They have a time limit and make you pay the cost of international shipping which is more than the product is worth. There is no customer service and they are literally robbing customers. I can’t imagine they can get any repeat business. Buyer beware!
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Posted 2 years ago
I ordered a two piece silk suit for a magazine photoshoot on a Monday, photoshoot was scheduled for Thursday mid-morning. I met mention i also had express shipping from SYD-ADL. I unfortunately missed the cut off time on Monday so my order wasn't processed until Tuesday. I called Tuesday to ask if it would be sent out that day and she said no, but she can put a request in for it to be done. I thought great, fingers crossed it gets sent out. Wednesday morning comes and no dispatch email. By that point i'm thinking well everything for this shoot is centred around this silk suit so i will request for it to be pushed back to Friday at 12noon. Finally on Thursday morning at 9am on the dot i call customer service to ask where the package is and how has it gone from processing Monday afternoon/Tuesday morning to not shipping until 9:15am Thursday. While i'm on the phone with her i get an email saying it has been shipped. Friday morning rolls around and still nothing, so i call AUS Post and ask for more up to date tracking info. They basically gave me nothing and said there's no guarantees it'll be delivered in time. Finally i give up and scrounge together other clothes for the model (so disappointing to not be able to fully execute my vision). I get to the shoot by 11:45 and get on with it. Checking my phone half way through i have a message saying it was attempted delivery at my workplace (metro-zoned) at 2pm. Just seriously so disappointing and frustrating process. No one has been helpful or even tried to push to get it here quickly. I mean this is why we have express post and i understand everyone is under the pump but i am frustrated. Now i will be returning it, i have had to lodge a return, explain in detail why i'm returning it so it actually gets accepted. Onto of all of this i have to pay for it to be returned and it must get there by the 4th of Feb (4 days) to be accepted as a return. What a joke, there's no urgency for my order to be delivered on express, that's what i've paid for, but the return needs to get back to them asap. I will not be purchasing from here again. I wouldn't recommend this brand for anyone. I found the customer service un helpful and rude. Shipping time is terrible, as well as the over all experience being a down right joke.
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Posted 2 years ago
Terrible customer service. I sent a dress back that did not fit as I am pregnant. I received an email stating there was a mark on the bottle hem and they wanted to deduct $30. Considering I couldn't get the dress past my bust not sure how it's possible for me to have left any sort of mark. They also mentioned if I don't except the $30 charge they will send it back to me. I most certainly did not mark the dress. Get your microscope out to see the mark in the photos attached.
shonajoy.com 1 star review on 19th January 2022 shonajoy.com 1 star review on 19th January 2022
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Posted 2 years ago
Customer service is horrible, bought a dress on sale (still $350) and didn’t fit. It’s an online store so the only way to try things on is to buy it and then exchange it for a different size. The woman on the phone said the only way I can get the size that fits me is to buy a second dress for another $350. Will never shop here again.
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Posted 2 years ago
I agree with all of these reviews! I wish I could give this brand 0 stars b/c they are just horrible. Forget about returning anything you've purchased and getting money back. You'll spend at least $50 shipping and a return took two months before even getting back to ME! They are super unhelpful and lie about their borders being able to accept returns. AVOID Shona Joy all around!
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Posted 2 years ago
DO NOT BUY FROM SHONA JOY! I spent $350+ on a dress that looked gorgeous online. I really wanted to love it. Unfortunately the dress I received looked NOTHING like the photo online. The color was WAY off, the fit was off, the fabric was frumpy, and it was poorly made. I sent pictures of the dress in real life and screenshots of the website to their team thinking they’d understand, noting the obvious differences but they pretty much told me there’s nothing I can do and I’d have to cover the cost of shipping back to Australia which is going to be at least $80. NOT WORTH IT. DONT BUY FROM HERE!!!!
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Posted 2 years ago
Beware--I ordered 2 dresses from them (total value was ~$650 USD). I had to return from USA back to AU and the shipping cost was $80 USD (at USPS) for a tiny package less than 1.5 lbs. Beware that I was quoted $220 USD from Fedex. There is only Express shipping allowed from USA and these were the cheapest shipping options. BEWARE, DO NOT ORDER. QUALITY IS ALSO VERY DIFFERENT THAN PHOTOGRAPHED.
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Posted 2 years ago
I’m so disappointed by this brand. I order wedding dress from Australia, the dress is not correct size, it’s doesn’t fit me well. Now I have to return it and pay the shipping by myself. The shipping cost from Germany are 75€! I think that’s not fair to let the customer pay for the shipping if the dress is worth 400€, it’s a no-go! In this case we are also speaking about wedding dress, the shipping cost should be covered.
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Posted 2 years ago
I purchased a dress … on the day it arrived I tried it on and did not like it so sent it back straight away… only to receive an email to state it had a hole in it and they could not refund because I did not state that it was faulty… I did not see the hole and that is not why I was returning.. it must have had the hole when it was sent out and I didn’t notice. reading the reviews I am not the only person this has happened to. I sent the item back straight away and not that I could have worn it- we are in lock down.. stay away from this company… I will never purchase again and have advised my friends of the poor service. Joanne Point Piper NSW
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Posted 2 years ago
Literally if I could give zero stars I would. I wouldn't have paid $50 for the $300 dollar dresses I received. I was hit with a $130 duty fee for them to get to me and then when I went to return the worthless merchandise that I received I had to pay for return shipping myself. Could not give this company a worse review. If you want to order cute dresses from an Australian boutique and not get ripped off then order them from Beginning Boutique (and not I don't work for them). Seriously the worst express I've ever had with an online clothing retailer in our outside the United States.
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Posted 2 years ago
Horrible customer service. I ordered 2 dresses in 2 different sizes and returned one that didn’t fit the same day . Upon there arrival they said there was a stain and sent it back to me to keep. Why would I return a dress stating it Doesn’t fit if it had a stain on it ? I would clearly would have said it was damaged from the get go . Really bad customer service , I would be aware of buying anything from this company . You will get stuck with the item whether you chose to keep it or not . Horrible company
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Posted 2 years ago
Horrible expereince!!! Do not buy, the quality is not even close to worth the price. Our bridal party purchased, excited to wear the dress again after the wedding. Unfortunately, all 6 of our dresses began pilling after only 3 hours of wear. We simply put the dresses on, took pictures, rode to the church, and the dresses began pilling and wearing after the ceremony. Extremely dissapointing. To top it all off, we weren't even granted a refund. 100% not worth the price for the cheap and destructible quality.
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Posted 2 years ago
Horrible customer service, dress arrived a month later after paying EXPRESS shipping and expected ME to pay $20 to return it back to Australia and refused to waive the fee after they made the mistake on the order invoice. Absolutely ridiculous, horrible customer service. Avoid purchasing from this brand
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Posted 2 years ago
I am extremely frustrated. I was initially very drawn to the design of the clothing but I wished I’d read the reviews first! And I’m not a reviewer! The company should be upfront about the difficulties for international customers . Apparently, customs requires the physical address of the merchant. This can be found nowhere online! On top of that, the response time was at least 3 days by email and I could never reach anyone on the phone. So I spent the entire week tracking down the address information so that my package could be released. After the long delay with no resolution, customs returned my $1000 order to the seller! So not only do I not have anything to wear for my wedding events, I have $1000 tied up until Shona Joy receives the shipment. Such a horrible and first-time online shopping experience. Again, I should have read the reviews first!
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Posted 2 years ago
I wish I had've seen these reviews before purchasing with Shona Joy, I have had the exact same terrible experience with their refund policy. I purchased a $300 dress and when I received it, it just looked frumpy and the material was stiff and uncomfortable. I thought it was a lot of money to spend on a dress I would probably never wear and so I returned it. Of course they would only allow for a credit note and so I purchased another dress which when it arrived had poorly made seams and was falling apart and again the dress was unflattering and a horrible fabric. Still no refund - just another credit note. Overall disappointing. they don't have the customer in mind at all, the products are overpriced and poor quality, and they probably know it too which is why they're holding onto unsatisfied customer money.
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Posted 2 years ago
The worst company in the world. I bought a dress and it didn’t fit and I tried to send back they refused to make the return, when I said I was going to contact the accc they accepted the return, I sent the dress, and when the delivery arrived they said I don’t send the dress, the package it was empty that they were not going to return the money, well now I'm without the dress and without the money. It’s scam company don’t trust this people.
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Posted 3 years ago
You will have to pay to return an item. I tried to return an item I purchased at full price that was too big and it would cost over a $100 to return! Beware! This is a total rip off and completely unacceptable!
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Posted 3 years ago
I will never buy from Shona Joy again!!! While I have (eventually) ended up with 3 nice bridesmaid dresses for my upcoming wedding, the hassle and effort to get to that point has not been worth it for me. Long story short = don't advertise to people that they can buy bridesmaids dresses which are identical in colour if you can't actually deliver on that! My bridesmaids and I ordered fabric samples from Shona Joy from their 3 different bridesmaids lines. After selecting our preferred colours and styles I phoned Shona Joy to check that they had the item in stock and was told that they "had plenty". I went to order 2 days later and there was no stock left. I subsequently phoned and found out that Shona Joy was discontinuing that particular line and there would be no more stock coming in. I was not told about this originally and was annoyed to have paid for fabric samples for a discontinued line. That was the first fail on their part. We ended up picking a couple of dresses from one of their other bridesmaid ranges which are advertised as "mix and match" (i.e. the colour is identical and you can choose different styles). We ordered 2 dresses in one style and 1 dress in a different style but all advertised as the same colour. I even phoned and confirmed with Shona Joy that the colour would be identical and emailed again to confirm. When they arrived the dresses were different shades of the same colour! Like, noticeably different and not what we were promised. That was the second fail. When I phoned they offered to swap the dresses for me but they made me process a NEW purchase for a second lot of dresses (so I was out double the amount of money) and they promised to refund me for the first lot of dresses if I mailed them back. So I mailed the original dresses back and received a refund for 2 dresses but only a store credit for 1. I had to phone again to get that changed to a refund. That was the third fail. When the new dresses arrived they were NOT THE SAME COLOUR. I could not believe it! When I phoned up about it I was advised that I would only get a credit if I returned the second lot of dresses EVEN THOUGH they were still not the same colour. That was the fourth fail. After going through so much hassle with them and having them promise that the new dresses would be the same colour they did not deliver. At least with the second order the colour difference was very slight so my bridesmaids and I decided that it would probably be close enough for the day so we are just going to keep the second batch and deal with the shades not being identical. HOWEVER, this is not what was advertised or promised on their website. Shona Joy should not advertise their bridesmaid range in the way that they do. If they can't actually deliver multiple dresses in the same shade they shouldn't advertise that they can. I should say that I did deal with the same person from customer service the whole time and she was very lovely and apologetic. HOWEVER it still doesn't make up for all of the stuff ups and also that I still didn't get what I paid for and what was advertised on their website. I will never buy from Shona Joy again.
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Posted 3 years ago
Sizing is terrible, material is cheap and does not replicate exact item from website. Overpriced for the items they are producing.
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Posted 3 years ago
Sizing is terrible, material is cheap and does not replicate exact item from website. Overpriced for the items they are producing.
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Posted 3 years ago
shonajoy.com is rated 2.3 based on 143 reviews