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John Lewis Reviews

2.7 Rating 2,434 Reviews
41 %
of reviewers recommend John Lewis
2.7
Based on 2,434 reviews
Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods
Courier, Own Driver
Average Delivery Time
Over A Month
On-time Delivery
Greater than 40%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders
Greater than 67%
Customer Service
Communication Channels
Telephone, Email, Live Chat
Queries Resolved In
Over A Week
Customer Service
1.3 out of 5
Returns & Refunds
Refunds Process
Difficult
Returns Process
Could Be Better
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Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
I purchased a £45.00 dressing gown for my wife several months ago for her birthday. She only recently tried it on and realised that instead of buying S/M I purchased M/L. I tried to repack the item (very difficult) and had by now lost the receipt. I returned it to the store (Oxford Street in London) and without hesitation or argument the item was replaced with the correct size. This is the reason John Lewis have such an incredible reputation on the High Street.
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Posted 6 years ago
The curtains I purchased were too quality at a reasonable price.
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Posted 6 years ago
First class, service and, delivery
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Posted 6 years ago
After purchasing a Smart TV on line from John Lewis & paying an additional sum for installation we were told by the installation engineers that they were not sure how to set up the unit as "they keep changing them" ! After they reluctantly spent 15 minutes trying to set up the TV, they beat a hasty retreat & left with the infamous passing comment of "if it ain't working m8 go onto YouTube & tap on your model number" 😬 . Then after they had left I had to spend an hour of my time doing what I paid for. Appalling show from John Lewis all round ☹️
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Posted 6 years ago
We have had four personal promises that we would be contacted by Customer Services over the failure to fulfil an order for curtains. No one has ever contacted us. What has happened to the legendary level of service once provided by this company. From hero to zero, it takes sustained poor levels of service to erode a 5 star rating to 1 star.
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Posted 6 years ago
I have been a JL customer for many years, and buy all my home wares, electrical items and clothing from them. I visited their Norwich store to buy a TV on the 18th August ( I required a specific size and one with a freesat - not freeview) box, the one we wanted was out of stock but due back in stock that weekend - so we tried to place an order and were told we could not order it but place a 'customer requirement' for it - which we did. It was slightly confusing as it had no date on it - and we were told we would be contacted when it was back in stock - but the salesman said they were due back in stock the next day according to their system. I phoned a week later to be told they were not in stock - but would be 'any day' I phoned another week later to be told there was no due date for them to be back on stock. I now have to go elsewhere and will probably do that for all future purchases, looking back I think I spend approx £1500 - £2000 per year with JL - money which I shall now take elsewhere and get better service.
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Posted 6 years ago
Very good professional company offer high quality products
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Posted 6 years ago
I bought TV last week on johnlewis.com with delivery expected 3 September between 7AM and 2PM. Everything seemed normal, the day before I receive text message saying delivery will be between 12PM and 2PM. I left office and come back home to wait for the delivery and nothing happen. Not even a late call or any email about something wrong that could have delay the delivery. Today 4 september and still no information about my TV and the delivery service don't reply to my call. I can just see on the website that package arrived to depot. My first and last time I buy something from them.
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Posted 6 years ago
excellent customer service
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Posted 6 years ago
Paid and ordered expensive curtains only received 2 out of 3 in a month. Told us it's a 7 day service. Both curtains are damaged and don't fit, even though they were made to measure. Contacted them over the last 3 weeks with no response except someone will get back to you. We also e-mailed sent photos no response.
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Posted 6 years ago
Items as described. Very pleased with purchase.
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Posted 6 years ago
Excellent company to order from. Ordering online easy and delivery service excellent. What more can you ask for. Always use John Lewis.
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Posted 6 years ago
Great service and prompt delivery
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Posted 6 years ago
I placed an on the 27th August for next day delivery before 10:30am. Today, 30th August still waiting to get my delivery. Went on chat to the customer service team to be told they would ring back with info about my order. I still have had no communication about my order!!! Not even an email. I’ve had no cancellation notification no refund. I won’t be using there services again in any form.
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Posted 6 years ago
I placed an on the 27th August for next day delivery before 10:30am. Today, 30th August still waiting to get my delivery. Went on chat to the customer service team to be told they would ring back with info about my order. I still have had no communication about my order!!! Not even an email. I’ve had no cancellation notification no refund. I won’t be using there services again in any form.
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Posted 6 years ago
Bought washing machine excellent service from hotpoint and John Lewis start to finish emails frequently and delivery excellent
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Posted 6 years ago
Ordered kettle and toaster it was delivered extremely quick and was very pleased with the products.
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Posted 6 years ago
Appalling service throughout and a terrible customer experience. Firstly, I'd just like to say that, like many people, I held John lewis in high regard for many years. That was until my recent purchase for my business of a Dell Inspiron 13 5000 Series Convertible Laptop. I now feel the opposite and have no faith in their customer service at all. I actually now think they have a disdain for their customers and are confident they'll keep coming no matter what. Well I won't now and this is why. I have 2 main complaints. One relates to my in store service, the other relates to my treatment by technical support. Complaint 1) - In March I purchased the laptop. In June I was in a business meeting displaying our portfolio of videos to a client. (The laptop in question is designed to rotate 360 degrees into a tablet. However, I must have used that function two or three times in less than 4 months, preferring to use the standard laptop functionality. In that time it received the best care, being kept in the office the majority of time and when it left the office it was transported in a high quality case). As I closed the laptop, to my surprise it closed on an angle. I thought that's strange for a laptop that has been well looked after. For a laptop that should rotate 360 degrees I was shocked at how flimsy the hinges must be to malfunction in that way. It made me think that the laptop was not fit for purpose and John Lewis would fix it under warranty or replace it as there was clearly a fault. I phoned the number on my guarantee. This was the only point I received good customer service from John Lewis. The call centre advised me to attend my local store at the Trafford Centre where the Technical Support department would handle my problem. On arrival at John Lewis, I was met by a customer service representative called Jackie. I told her about the problem and her immediate response was to tell me that I must deal with Dell directly and Dell were not known to be accommodating when it came to damage. I was taken aback by her response, one because of her tone and two because it felt like John Lewis were already washing their hands with me, despite me buying the laptop off them in the first place because of their customer service reputation. I told her that I had been told by her own colleagues at the support number to come down there and speak to somebody in technical support. At this point she began to backtrack and at least started to take down some details. During the conversation she asked if I had any important files on the laptop and I said I had but I was going to buy a USB drive from the store and, if it was ok, I would transfer the data in the store as it was a weekday evening when there was no one there with many chairs for me to sit on whilst I did so. To this she replied that she would prefer that I did the transfer outside of the store as I may be taking up a seat of a potential customer. I was very angry with this as there was literally no one around and I had to leave the store. Thanks John Lewis! Love you too! I reluctantly left the store, still buying a USB drive on the way (as it was the only option) and went into the Starbucks outside where I had to purchase a coffee just to do so. On my return Jackie had conveniently vanished. I complained to the other manager there who repeated that it is company policy but she should have shown some discretion. However, she didn't and I felt pretty worthless to them as a result. At that point I decided not to hand them my laptop as she gave me no confidence that they would deal with the situation properly. I decided to go home and make a complaint online. I received a response fairly promptly saying that it most certainly wasn't John Lewis policy (apparently) and that they were very sorry. Could I bring my laptop back in at a time when Jackie was not working. I thought fair enough, they've dealt with it, so I was willing to look beyond the incident if my laptop repair was dealt with properly. It most certainly wasn't and herein lies complaint number 2! Complaint 2) As mentioned previously the laptop is supposed to rotate 360 degrees to form a tablet. I therefore believe it should have durable hinges. Never was the laptop mishandled and it spent most of the little time I had it sat on my desk in the office. It was always handled with care and transported in a high quality laptop case. Having returned to the store with the damaged laptop they took some details and sent the laptop off to Dell. I didn't hear anything for a few weeks but they tried to contact me when I was on holiday. On my return I received an email saying that the laptop damage was not under warranty and that I was liable for a repair bill of £368 - this was well over half the price of the original amount I paid! I was disgusted by the insinuation that I had damaged it and that it was not a defect and the ridiculous repair bill only served to rub salt in the wounds. They sent photos which didn't prove anything other than that the hinges were broken which I already knew full well. I am not disputing that there is damage to the hinge, that is why I brought it to John Lewis for repair. As explained before the hinge broke whilst I was utilising the laptops hybrid function from a tablet to closure. I was not applying excessive pressure and I was carrying out normal functionality. The reason I brought it to them is that a laptop should not break so soon after purchase whilst being used in the way in which it was intended. There must be a fault with the design or the manufacturing for a laptop to break whilst being used as intended. If Dell had evidence that the laptop was being used in any other way or that excessive force was used I would be interested to see it but so far none has been put forward. However, John Lewis's attitude is to not question their suppliers nor find a resolution. I didn't buy the laptop off Dell, I bought it off John Lewis and there was no aftercare whatsoever. Consumers have no protection whatsoever in this situation. I am now left with a damaged laptop that I don't believe is fit for purpose and the prospect of spending £368 repairing something of such poor build quality is unappealing in the extreme. My advice to anyone buying a laptop off John Lewis is don't - they endorse poor quality products and offer you no protection when they go wrong.
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Posted 6 years ago
Never, Never again would I buy anything from John Lewis, missed delivery days, lost items, a customer service that don't give a dame. Unfortunately John Lewis that's what happens when you subcontract all these services out to the cheapest bidder.
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Posted 6 years ago
Always helpful and courteous and always ready to remedy any faults
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Posted 6 years ago
John Lewis is rated 2.7 based on 2,434 reviews