John Lewis Reviews

Name: John Lewis
Rating: 2.65

2.7 Rating 2,450 Reviews

41 %

of reviewers recommend John Lewis

2.7

Based on 2,450 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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John Lewis 1 star review on 26th June 2025

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John Lewis 1 star review on 26th December 2024

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John Lewis 1 star review on 23rd October 2024

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Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“SHOCKING SERVICE, DELIVERY, CONSTRUCTION AND AFTER SALES SERVICE. JOHN LEWIS IS ONLY INTERESTED IN YOUR £££££££££££ THEIR PLATITUDES ARE SAD AND IGNORANT. NEVER THEIR FAULT. DAMAGED GOODS, THEY DAMAGED MY WALLS. SPOILT CARPETS, DISGUSTED. NEVER AGAIN.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Shocking delivery and erection of wardrobe. Room damaged. Wardrobe damaged. Could not care less attitude. Months down the line still waiting for John Lewis to rectify things. They blame everyone but themselves, no wonder their bosses has gone from 18% to 3%. Bits of broken wood stuffed under the wardrobe to make it level, looks cheap and disgusting. Never use this lot again.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Appalling customer service they delivered my parcel to someone other than me after me informing them other parcels were being stolen they and Hermes delivered when I was out after agreeing to redirect mail to my sisters house they sent it god knows where with a signature that isn’t mine and refuse to either replace or refund my parcel and even worst are insinuating I’m being dishonest there customer service is the worse I’ve encountered and as a loyal customer will never shop with them again”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Been a John Lewis shopper all my life, will definitely be closing my account, after the terrible customer service of the last few days. It's an utter shambles no one answers phone, face app is a joke, no one answers e mail, to sum up, its as if they're doing there very best to hide from customers. I'm going to take a visit to my local shop tomorrow, and hopefully will be able to speak to a face. Also their online webs a joke, it's freezing all the time, making placing an order almost impossible.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Please, please make sure things are priced ! I just went into your Nottingham branch to buy a Bosch kettle but no price- as indeed no price for several other makes. With no one to ask I joined one of two big queues. Eventually I gave up and went to Argos. This is not the first time I have been put off purchasing your products through no price information. I think you will be loosing other in store customers this way.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Appalling Appalling Appalling with a capital A!!!! Your customer service is an absolute disgrace and John Lewis you should be ashamed of yourself! Your exec should be sacked and they need to bring someone in to deal with this despicable situation. After waiting 48 mins on hold being told your assistants were doing al they could, absolute joke, however after being told by the store to rung the call centre with a reference number they told me I would have to be directed back to the store and they couldn’t deal with my query I have been waiting a further 38 mins and I believe I have been placed on the customer service call centre again instead of the store! So you just lost a £300 sale and a customer who will never shop with you again you do not deserve customer loyalty you are a joke and have people on your call centre that do not have a clue how to deal with customers or their requests, Disgraceful”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Appalling Appalling Appalling customer service!!!!!! I have been waiting 37 mins on hold was answered but was allegedly diverted to a store been holding a further 26 mins absolutely disgraceful John Lewis you should be ashamed of yourself! Your exec should be sacked you do not care about your customers and don’t deserve any loyalty at all. You have just lost another customer”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Failed to deliver a dishwasher. Called to say they cannot now deliver (during the agreed delivery slot) . Waited for 45 mins for customer service to answer. They cannot contact the despatch centre - process before customer. Guessing i wont use them again and could not recommend them to others.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“ohn Lewis always prided themselves on customer service but my recent experience is shocking. I purchased some goods from them using a gift card I purchased through Perkbox. I returned some of the items instore. I was led to believe they were refunding my credit card. It transpires they refunded my online account. The gift card I used could be used instore, online or in Waitrose. Now I’m out of pocket by £150 as there is nothing I wish to purchase online. I have asked for a gift card that I can use either instore or in Waitrose but they refuse to help. It’s totally appalling.ive currently spent 2 days trying to get someone to help and being passed from one person to the next.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Confusing website labelling meant I accidentally re-ordered the wrong product bundle, even though my first order was correct. Customer Services are simply not interested in helping out - 'computer says no' attitude. Cannot get through on the phone to talk to anyone after three attempts - have to do it via text message. Very poor - not what was expected from a JL purchase experience at all.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Dreadful customer service. Utterly shambolic. Waited 19 minutes to be connected to someone who could not tell me why their online price of a concession item differed from the actual store, or whether they would honour the lower price. In Phase Eight shop and their concession in Debenhams, item price was £20.50. Online with JL, it was £34.50. Only JL had my size available. Was given telephone number of their Head Office. Got as far as the switchboard! Was advised to complete the online ‘Never Knowingly Undersold‘ form online. When I pointed out the form required a product code, and the product code on their website did not match the product description, (I had pre checked) so completing that form would not work, was told I would be transferred to the relevant department for further advice - then promptly disconnected! I have emailed them, but do not expect a reply. Never again John Lewis, never again.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Customer service is abysmal no one answered the phone after holding for 24mins at a cost to myself , sent an email one week ago still waiting on a reply.. John Lewis reading the reviews on this website by frustrated customers you are fast becoming one of the poorest high street customer service. Won’t be bothering to purchase again online due to this”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Worst customer service ever! Cancelled order on delivery day and time slot by text! No follow up and when I contacted by phone and email service was dire! Do not use John Lewis..their customer service for some reason is non-existent!”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Order placed and delivery scheduled to be informed on day of delivery to exact time slot they had cancelled my order! Informed customer services would contact me and no one did! I called them to be told that no stock in warehouse and then later made out my payment didn’t go through on order date 5 days before (this was authorised and pending to them)! Took them over 6 weeks to respond to a complaint! Do not order if you want good customer service!!”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Dreadful experience. 40 minutes waiting on the phone. When I finally got through they said they could not help as I had bought on line as a guest. Advice go on line register properly and then ring back. I pointed out that John Lewis has delivered completely the wrong item, it was Xmas, it was a gift and I was not prepared to register and then wait another 40 minutes to be conected, I expected them to simply send the correct item in time for Xmas, the acknowledged they could see all my order details on the screen but because of data protection could not help. I then e mailed, they aim to get back in 24 hours, 11 days later, after Xmas they responded, they needed a photograph of the item to prove I had indeed got the wrong item, despite the fact I had sent them the order number attached to the wrong item. The item was only worth £7.00. I sent the photograph to prove I was legitimate and told them not to bother any further as Xmas had been and gone. What really annoyed me was the attitude that an error by John Lewis was expected to be sorted out by the customer doing all the work.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“in the sales, just one person in the womans shoe department. no ticketing. one had to stand physically in a queue while this one person, went into the back for a period of time for each person. i.e long , slow queue! unbelievably bad! I asked why, and was told staff shortage! a simple matter for management to resolve and deal with before customers come in to the sale. if they don't have staff to deal with customers, why open at all?”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Used their Hermes courier service to send back unwanted items. Courier never came, took John Lewis a week to sort out another courier. Items delivered back, no refund. 3 weeks later I had to chase them and was told my refund was processed that day. It’s now another 3 weeks on and I’m still £450 out of pocket. No one replying to emails. Not the retailer they used to be. Please refund me”

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Posted 5 years ago

“I used to pay a premium to shop at JL because of their excellent customer service. No more! They now seem to go out of their ay to wind up their best customers. I now avoid bying from them if at all possible!”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Ordered a limited edition liz earle cleanser Friday 20th December for my sisters Christmas present. Received email saying despatched and would be in waitrose the next day after 2pm. Next day after 2pm received email saying there was a delay and it would be there later that day or Sunday. Sunday absolutely no communication from them at all. Rang them about 4.30. Took about half an hour to get through. He said someone would call me the next morning (today). No call but just a message to say do I want an exchange or refund. This cleanser is now sold out everywhere and I now have to find alternative present less than 2 days before Xmas. Definitely won't be shopping with them again.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Order on December 13th and item was dispatched later same day. .And money came out of my bank account when it was dispatched. Never received my order so after waiting 2 days after it should have been delivered i called customer service, first time I never got through after being on hold an hour . Called again and on hold again for an hour before I spoke to an operator, was told my order was definitely with Hermes and I would definitely get it that day , I would be emailed a 2 hour slot for delivery time, NO Delivery came!!! Called again and that operator hadn’t a clue so called again this morning and got someone else and they said haven’t got a clue where order is and I will get a refund in 5 days, as my item was now out of stock . Not much good when I need it for a birthday present tomorrow!! So i was blatantly lied to by the operator saying I would definitely get it that day . Do not think lies to customer is a good thing . As it’s Christmas I probably won’t get money back for ages! Very disappointing and very mad .”

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Posted 5 years ago

John Lewis is rated 2.7 based on 2,450 reviews