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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 am currently trying to resolve an issue with J L at the momemt, have been on the phone to them repeatedly, and have not revieved the promised call back within 24 hours as promised, so far 3 times. I will update with further details in due course, as this has yet to be resolved, but so far I am very disappointed with how their customer service has dealt with things. I have always considered Jl as a first choice store when considering purchases, not any more. I am strongly considering a complete boycott and returning my partnership card in pieces, I expected a lot more from them. Update to follow
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Posted 8 years ago
Firstly wardrobe delivered was damaged therefore requested another to be delivered. I was told this was only happen if I was to pack down the damaged one and tie it together which I was unable to do. I told them this was not possible and spent an hour on the phone trying to negotiate a solution. Due to this I decided that it was just easier to keep the damaged one so cancelled the replacement. Couple of days later check my bank account and John Lewis have taken the full amount of the wardrobe off me again leaving me with no money in my bank account. Informed by John Lewis that a mistake had been made and the money would be refunded in 3-5 days. Not a good enough answer for me as I had no money for 3 days. Appalling customer service especially when the customer has been so badly inconvenienced. Funny how they can take money off you so quickly but not able to give it back quickly. As I had spent so much time phoning them I requested to be called back as it was my phone bill only to be told that outbound calls could not be made!!!. I'm never ordering from John Lewis again - definitely lost it's 5 star customer service standard.
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Posted 8 years ago
I have to say the service at John Lewis in Milton Keynes few weeks ago was incredibly poor! The Staff couldn't be bothered to look for a smaller size coat for my daughter in their computer, sending me back & forward from the till to their little useless desk were they apparently couldn't help or even move from to do the searches on an other computer just in front of them!And the girl didn't understand why I was so annoyed! However, a lovely lady called MARYANN asked me if I was ok when I was moaning while leaving the shop in the escalator. Maryann took the time to find a computer, do the searches for the correct size coat, went in the stockroom & found me the coat I wanted! If it wasn't for her kind rescue I would have certainly left the £50 kettle I had in my hands and the £40 coat too because I had the wrong size! So I WISH TO ANY SHOPPER A MARYANN on their way out! THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN, John Lewis should employ more employees like you on the children floor PLEASE! Because between the scream of the children and the unhelpfulness of the staff I couldn't wait to escape the chaos and run very fast!!!!
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Posted 8 years ago
We bought a ZANUSSI Freezer in June 2016. It lasted 3 months before breaking down. Service Engineers don't work at weekends so we lost a full freezer of food. We wanted to return the product but John Lewis insisted that it be repaired, it will take several days to get the part and not sure when the repair will be completed. Customer Services were very unhelpful and appeared to be repeating a pre written script! John Lewis are just the same as any other company now.
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Posted 8 years ago
Not only have thy managed to take 2 X the amount from my account and fobbed me off on resolving it, they managed a no show on delivery. Customer service is shocking, they point blank lie, I work in custome service so know all the typical lies. Shocked at the service from such a big business
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Posted 8 years ago
Customer Service Outsourced to CAPITA – A marriage made in Hell! Purchased 3 items of clothing from J L online on 25th June 2016. When they arrived, I could see that they were way over-sized, so without opening the plastic sleeves, (the 3 items were not packed in a box, but had 3 coat hangers which were folded and wrapped around each other and placed in a large plastic bag) I sent them back 3 days later - was able to collect them from a Waitrose shop in St. Albans and took them back to the same shop to be returned to the warehouse of which I was given a receipt. Now, here we go with this fiasco. When the returned goods were received by J L, they updated the return of only 2 items and I received a partial refund to my PayPal account for, you’ve guessed it, 2 items, leaving me £39.00 short for the 3rd item which was not updated as a return on their system - this they admitted! In fact, initially, I did have a lovely email from one of their Customer Services representatives who apologised and said that “the refund had not been set up properly and has now been sorted”, so I took it that my problems would end there, but this was not to be! Following that and numerous emails and calls to customer service, on each occasion was told, 'refund processed and should be in your PayPal account' and need to wait 3-5 days! On one particular occasion was told there had been an 'error and refund did not go through’, another occasion was told that 'refund was stuck in the system', but now processed and refunded to your PayPal account and I should again wait another 5 days for it to go through. I constantly checked my PayPal account, but to no avail, as no refund was forthcoming! Some of my emails were completely ignored and promises of getting back to me also broken! I have been incredibly stressed out and frustrated in trying to get this resolved and wasted a lot of my valuable time, but all they say is, “refund has been processed and it must now show in your account”. On one particular occasion, I asked them to check with their refund department for the date of refund, so I can pass this to PayPal, but was told that they are not allowed to divulge this kind of information. I replied to the representative, that without this information, I am not going to be able to approach PayPal; the representative then reluctantly agreed to check with the refunds department, so proceeded to put me on hold - 3 minutes later the representative came back with the information, "refunded between 22nd to 29th July" and that’s all he could tell me. Said "PayPal must have your money so check with them". Thank my lucky stars that my purchase was paid with PayPal. I felt that J L were withholding my refund for no reason, so opened a claim with PayPal. Contacted PayPal on 5th August 2016 and they gave J L 10 days to resolve the issue. J L declined to respond, so PayPal automatically ruled in my favour, reversed the transaction and recovered the £39.00 from J L and credited my account on 16th August 2016 - you can’t keep my money J L - it’s unlawful! Without the intervention of PayPal, I would never have seen my money again! Looking back at other reviews on Trust Pilot, it would appear that refunds have not been forthcoming and other experiences have been incredibly similar to my own. How much money has been retained from customer refunds and, how many customers have given up hope of ever seeing their money again? So, when you are sick to the core and have had enough of the spiralling frustration with 'JL/CAPITA Customer Services of Incompetence' and feel like you are giving way to the stark recesses of irrationality and futility, do not be afraid of taking your issue to the 'Small Claims Court' 'Ombudsman', 'Trading Standards', or even to your payment provider. Don’t let them keep your hard earned money – I was determined that they should not keep my £39.00 - Surely under 'THE CONSUMER RIGHTS ACT OF 2015’ AND THE CONSUMER CONTRACTS REGULATIONS OF 2013', justifiably, I am entitled to a refund! To assist other customers, this is an extract from 'The Consumer Contracts Regulations' concerning refunds and compliance to this Contract: “You are responsible for returning the item within 14 calendar days of cancelling and Refunds must be paid within 14 calendar days after returning the goods, or evidence that they were returned” I always sang the praises of JL to all and always shopped there because of their exclusivity in incredible customer service, but the customer service outsourcing to ‘Capita’ is a mistake that will have far reaching consequences and will prove costly to their reputation. The marriage of JL and Capita has produced a shambolic and 'not fit for purpose’ service and fails to instil any confidence to their customers of ever having any of their issues addressed and dealt with in the professional way they should be, and I will not be using JL online again (I have spent thousands of pounds over last 5 years). I work with several hundred people and will be spreading the word to ensure no-one has to go through this dreadful and painful experience! Please also take the time to read the other 'TRUST PILOT' Reviews - many frustrating stressful and unhappy experiences - REALLY INCREDIBLY SHOCKING and SHAMEFUL. Currently, I would recommend that you remove them completely from your merchant list - my experience is one I will never forget, and it is astonishing for such a trusted name on the high street 'going to the dogs'. I have received so much better service from much smaller companies and also 1 Giant and will do my shopping on-line with these – I have had refunds within 3 days and 5 days JL, but not from you – you fail to give any customer service and no refunds forthcoming! “The online retailing industry is changing and those that offer a ‘Positive Customer Experience’ will increase their market share and lead the way” A lesson to be learned JL - 'never outsource your hard earned reputation'
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Posted 8 years ago
I would have chosen 0 out of 5 if I could. The order arrived two weeks late, broken, reordered and late again. It was 7 weeks late and the customer service woman was so rude that she hanged up on her customer!
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Posted 8 years ago
Yet again I have fallen into the trap of shopping with John Lewis. Every time I purchase anything it either arrives broken or with parts missing. After waiting six weeks for delivery of a new bed, mattress and other items totalling over £3000.00 and after having two text messages assuring me of delivery tomorrow, I have just received a telephone call to inform me that due to a stock ordering mistake the bedstead is out of stock and will not be available for another four weeks. I could of course have the other items delivered which I could store in my house until the bed arrives, or indeed choose to sleep on the floor but I rather think not. There is no doubt about it that John Lewis have become a second rate organisation with absolutely no ethos of customer service. I don't know about never knowingly undersold, I am surprised they actually sell anything at all anymore. Out of the last ten purchases I have made nine have been faulty and have involved long and complex negotiations to get things put right. To add insult to injury when asked to rate their service on the website after a previous purchase, my scathing response funnily failed to find its way onto the customer review site. Shop at John Lewis? Nobody in their right mind should do so.
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Posted 8 years ago
WARNING,!!! Do not buy anything from John Lewis! 3 months ago I ordered a fridge and a freezer. After unwrapping my appliances I found they had delivered two fridges!! I immediately phoned them, they said they would send me a freezer and pick up the fridge. During my 2 weeks of waiting for a freezer they called me several times to say they were picking up a freezer and leaving me a fridge! Arrrhhhhh!!! Eventually they finally got it into their little brains .. After two weeks my freezer arrived! Yippee!! I plugged my freezer in, and bought my shopping, great I thought. After three days I noticed water on the floor. I opened my freezer and It was an ice cube block!! The sides of the freezer were very hot and it was like an electric fire. I immediately unplugged it and call John Lewis who said I would have to ring indeset to come and have a look at the problem. Another 3 weeks past before indeset came, only to say it was unsafe and unusable. I then had to ring John Lewis for them to take the freezer away. They arranged for a collection but thought they were picking up a washing machine or a fridge! Arrhhhhhh!!!! I rang John Lewis and they said the freezer was out of stock and they would send me one in three weeks time. I agreed to wait. After three weeks had passed, I Again rang John Lewis to ask when my freezer would be delivered. Still out of stock and didn't know when more would be coming in. I asked for a refund! They said it would take 5 days for a refund, I am still waiting! In the meantime, I have had emails saying they are coming to pick up a freezer. I have had voicemails asking if I have had my refund.i have had messages asking me to phone them. When I ring them, they have no idea when I will get my refund, nobody seems to know anything. Are they all thick? I have never known anything like this. Indeset have also called me to ask if I would like extended warranty on my freezer . I don't have a bloody freezer, I haven't had my refund! John Lewis are still calling me to ask when I would like my freezer picking up. Let this be a warning to you all, John Lewis will sizzle your head! They are enough to put somebody in an asylum. Arrrhhhhh!!!!!!
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Posted 8 years ago
I bought garmen rail today, Sept 2nd, 2016 in JL Blue Water. And when I arrived home there are 2(two) items missing inside the box.
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Posted 8 years ago
I have been owed a refund from John Lewis for several weeks. I purchased a dishwasher from them via the Reading store which didn't fit properly so they suggested I exchange it. This in itself took a _very_ long time and lots of telephone calls to arrange. As part of this arrangement I had to pay for the new dishwasher before the original one had been taken away. Fine. Except that when the exchange eventually took place, despite various promises and commitments from John Lewis on the telephone, no refund for the original dishwasher purchase was given. Every time I telephone the store I have to start from scratch and explain the whole sorry saga over again. On numerous occasions, staff representatives have tried, and failed, to put me through to the refund department which seems to be constantly engaged. On other occasions times I have telephoned and been hung up on/ transferred to a department who has nothing to do with the matter. Other times, representatives have left messages on my answerphone but haven't let me know how I can get back in touch with them. My emails of complaint, including to Craig Inglis, have gone unanswered. What a total disregard for the customer. Do I have to take legal action to get my refund? I shouldn't have to be the one wasting my time (and money) on telephone calls trying to get a refund that should have been given to me automatically. This whole event has reduced me to a quivering wreck. As a long-standing customer of John Lewis I will be shopping elsewhere from now on.
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Posted 8 years ago
Bought a dishwasher and paid for installation, which was not carried out correctly. Mistakes can happen, but what came next is unacceptable. I've been calling for the last 19 hours on and off, am constantly promised callbacks that don't materialise. Apparently the customer service 'team' is different from the delivery 'team'. As a customer, I don't care - I bought from John Lewis, full stop. All I have is a useless white cube and a load of unbroken promises. DO NOT BUY FROM JOHN LEWIS.
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Posted 8 years ago
**DISGUSTING CUSTOMER SERVICE** On 14th July 2016 I contacted Dreams Mattresses at their Guildford branch to query about a mattress, which I intended to buy to accommodate my parents in law, who were coming to stay at my house for two weeks from South Africa. I was informed by one of Dreams' employees that the mattress would take 2 weeks to be delivered. As I was unsure about this time frame, I decided to keep on looking online. I then came across Silentnight's Ortho Miracle Double Mattress advertised on John Lewis' website under the promising of being delivered on 7 days. Upon paying with my debit card John Lewis' website generated a message saying that the mattress would take 2 to 4 weeks to be delivered. At this point I decided to go with the purchase. My parents in law arrived on 1st August, the mattress had not been delivered; therefore we bought an inflatable mattress as we thought the delivery would take only a few extra days. On 3rd August I called John Lewis' Customer Service to query about their delivery and I was informed that the mattress would be delivered on 4th August, but they could not give me any time frames. I had to take the whole of the 4th of August as unpaid leave from my work, and stayed at home waiting for the delivery. However, upon emailing John Lewis' Customer Service informing them that I had not received any delivery confirmation texts, I received a response email by Imran Anjum, at John Lewis, saying that they had ran out of stock and that the mattress would be delivered 'in the next few weeks', and that I should carry on tracking the product online. I emailed Imran immediately stating that John Lewis had said '2 to 4 weeks' delivery, regardless of their advertised terms and conditions clearly stating 7 days, and that I should be given more accurate information. I then received an email from Robert McFayden stating that the mattress would be back on stock on 22nd August. I emailed Robert stating that, that was beyond the 2 to 4 weeks stated by John Lewis and that no one was telling me when the product would be delivered specifically. I received no response, therefore I proceeded to request an answer on John Lewis' Facebook and received an immediate email from a Social Media Case Manager, Karen Stewart, stating that the mattress would be available and ready to fulfil orders around 22nd August. On 19 August Karen contacted me over the phone to say that she noticed the mattress was available at their Kingston Store and that she would cancel my online order and re-request it from that Store, I agreed to this. At this point I was incredibly frustrated and mentioned that John Lewis had breached our contract and that if I had to continue to wait any longer I would take the matter to a Small Claims Court. Karen was very unsympathetic with my situation and threated to cancel my order and said that I could take it to Court. This was mentioned after I continued to cooperate with John Lewis for over 6 weeks for a delivery that is currently advertised at 7 days from purchase. The mattress was delivered on 22nd August at 19:15 pm. All I was told was that the delivery would take place during 2pm and 9pm, and I have just received an email from this shameless woman Karen, suggesting I should pay for an express delivery when John Lewis was under breach of contract for 2 weeks? This is unfathomable and disgusting!! I will never ever buy in John Lewis again and I will take this matter as far as I must for this not to happen to anyone, and for harassing staff to be taught how to treat customers with professionalism and respect.
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Posted 8 years ago
Failed delivery unable to ring up to 30 minutes before delivery It is actually advertised on the site that they offer: Can you notify me when you’re on your way? For large items being delivered by our John Lewis team, our delivery team will call you at any time up to 30 minutes before they arrive on your delivery day. We unfortunately can not offer any other advance insight into your delivery time on the day. No phone call just to say that I had missed my delivery, ringing the person who ordered and not the person waiting for the delivery, who was waiting with a young child. Lots of phone calls to customer service and managed to get delivery and then got 3 calls the next day to say that they wanted to deliver. Utter shambles, made a complaint and they said would be in touch with me within 48 hours, no call, that closed down by itself, rang several times, said would be in touch with me within 48 hours, no call was told I could return the order if I was not happy. Thought other retailers were bad but they have made it to the top of pile
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Posted 8 years ago
High Wycombe store Totally inefficient and unreliable service - it is beyond belief that with all your resources and many managers you can not put together an efficient operation to deliver what you promise! I ordered curtains/blinds for my new home and throughout the process I was reassured that it will take as quoted 4-6 weeks to have them fitted yet, the fitting date is 10 weeks from order and 8 weeks from payment (as it took 2 weeks to give me the estimate!) - your policy of waiting until everything is in your workshop before you book a fitting date, despite the fact that you know this date well in advanced and had confirmed it to me, is very poor indeed - my curtains/blinds are all ready in your workshop and remain there for 4 weeks because a massive store like yourselves do not have a fitter available!! In the meantime I am in a new home on the road with compromised privacy and safety... Totally unacceptable.
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Posted 8 years ago
High Wycombe store Totally inefficient and unreliable service It is beyond belief that with all your resources and many managers you can not put together an efficient operation to deliver what you promise! I ordered curtains/blinds for my new home and throughout the process I was reassured that it will take as quoted 4-6 weeks to have them fitted - the fitting date is 10 weeks from order and 8 weeks from payment (as it took 2 weeks to give me the estimate!) because a fitter is on holiday and another one is off sick! Your policy of waiting until everything is in your workshop before you book a fitting date, despite the fact you know this date well in advanced and had confirmed it to me, is very poor indeed - my curtains/blinds are all ready in your workshop and remain there for 4 weeks because a massive store like yourselves do not have a fitter available!! In the meantime I am in a new home on the road with compromised privacy and safety... Totally unacceptable.
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Posted 8 years ago
Ordered bed and mattress mattress turned up no bed Then new delivery for the bed turned up last minutes wrong item 2 left hand side in unusable Next delivery just did not turn up Delivery driver called saying he was running late but would deliver Surprise delivery driver we could not get hold of Disgusting when you expect service Absolutely fed up waiting for the delivery would no longer suggest to use john Lewis they are now totally rubbish Used to be good What has happened to John Lewis Worst shopping experience we have ever had I would suggest using using other department stores
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Posted 8 years ago
Base of bed delivered but no mattress. Consequently our 14 year old has not had his bed for 3 nights now whilst we try to sort out the debacle. Having pointed out the error to JL on day of delivery (last Fri) and been told the item would arrive same day (btwn 2pm and 5pm) I was disappointed to call back at 5.30 pm on Friday to advise of non arrival and to request a tracking number, to be told "We don't have one, but it will be with you before midnight! It is out for delivery now!". Midnight came and went; no mattress. On Sat morning I rang again to be told we will call you back befor 10.30 with an updated delivery time because the courier had not collected It in time on the Friday. No call back. So I called against 11.15; same response but time for call back pushed to 12pm. The clock struck 12 and still no call back. So I rang against 1.15 to be told they were looking into it. I finally got a call back at 2pm from an agent who advised me "We have now found your mattress!". I had no idea it was missing. When I pressed repeatedly I was told it was still in the JL warehouse! So pretty much everything I had been told on the Friday was absolutely false! And also on the Saturday. After another series of calls on Sat afternoon, wherein I was amazed to leave my 14 year old at home to take delivery; to get a trusted person etc to house sit; we moved to delivery by courier on Sunday. A few calls later this was also not feasible. Whilst Amazo lb can deliver on Sunday's, the couriers JL use seemingly cannot. So we moved on to Monday - a day when I am supposed to be in my office. But I am not. And I still do 't have the mattress. I have called JL again. I am on a waiting list for a call back....... I've learned my lesson. I should have gone to Fishpools!
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Posted 8 years ago
A washer dryer was installed with the transit bolts still in place. This meant the machine went berserk when switched on. John Lewis were informed straight away and warned me this is dangerous as metal could have broken off and now be in the laundry. They said they would take the machine away and replace it, calling back within two hours. I have waited in for five hours and called them three times. No one has yet called me back. I now have no means of doing my laundry, bedding etc and do I tell my boss that I can't work in order to wait for a re delivery? Shocking customer service and dangerous practise.
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Posted 8 years ago
We had a three year warranty on a laptop After two years the hinge broke from the screen to the main keyboard We were told the warranty wouldn't cover it as we had dropped it when we really hadn't They quote us over £300 to fix it In my opinion these extended warranties are a waste of time and a con
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Posted 8 years ago
John Lewis is rated 2.7 based on 2,434 reviews