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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 have had home and contents insurance through John Lewis for a number of years and on 27/12/16 due to escape of water had to make a claim. I have made numerous calls and sent many e'mails about the way the claim is being handled, however as it has been passed to loss adjusters they have totally ignored the fact my contract was with them and not even an apology. We still await repair works to enable us to use our shower room. Their customer service is absolutely abysmal. Complaint sent and acknowledged someone would respond in two to three working days. Still waiting. They really do need to look at the way they do business.
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Posted 8 years ago
Buyer beware - John Lewis is acting as a front for other suppliers and they will take little or no responsibility if anything goes wrong when the order is coming from another supplier, regardless of the fact that you ordered and paid for the product through John Lewis. They gave me four conflicting pieces of information about delivery times for a fridge, and then after waiting in since 7am for the promised delivery I finally discovered that the product had not even been scheduled for delivery due to a 'system error'. John Lewis said they couldn't possibly have known about the problem because it involved them and the supplier! They refused to rearrange delivery to suit me even though I am registered disabled and live alone, and I had got rid of my old fridge to make room for the new one. I am now left with no way of keeping food fresh, and they say if I want to rearrange delivery through John Lewis it will take between one and three weeks! A company of this size that boasts of its 'outstanding' customer service ought to have taken action to put this right immediately, but they would not, in spite of my pleas. I won't use them again.
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Posted 8 years ago
It's a shame I couldn't leave a zero rating as that about sums up the zero customer service I am receiving . I can totally understand why John Lewis only has a low overall review score. I am not alone it seems in my dissatisfaction with this company . I am currently in the unfortunate position of dealing with their uncaring and unprofessional approach to customer service . Their Facebook page is a joke , acknowledging comments as if they are going to deal with complaints in a professional and caring way , instead this is just a smoke screen for the company they really are, it looks like they are sympathetically going to deal with the problem , but all they want is the problem off their Facebook wall . We have brought many expensive electrical items and items of technology over the years , we had an issue with a microwave that has been repaired twice in a very short time , the first time we had to drive many miles to the repair centre and drop it off and collect weeks later when it was finally fixed , and the 2nd time although well still warranty was going to be charged £40 to collect it to repair it , luckily our persistence paid off and it was collected free of charge ( as it should be as the store we collected from do not accept them back for repair ) and we are hoping it doesn't fail again when just out of warranty . However this is not our only run in with John Lewis and their guarantees . When you buy an expensive camera ( well , to us spending over £300 on our camera is a lot of money) and you pay extra for an extended 1 year warranty ( 2 years plus another 1 year) you expect if you have a problem that John Lewis will help you , think again , they will fob you off hoping you will go away and forget about it and just expect you to swallow the rubbish they tell you . It started 4 weeks ago , we noticed whilst putting our Panasonic LUMIX camera on to charge before a weekend away that the rubberised non slip covering to the case is peeling off , the camera is just over 2 years old , very well looked after and always kept in a protective padded camera bag , I never expose my camera to dusty atmospheres , do not take on the beach or wipe over with any form of cleaner , my camera is in perfect condition , well apart from this worrying fault of the silicone type rubberised coating peeling off . It started as a small patch and just over a weekend of limited use , putting in and taking out of the camera bag it crept further across , each time leaving little flakes stuck to the camera or loose in the bag , these particles are at risk of entering the motorised zoom on my camera or behind the delicate and flimsy lens shutter door . Luckily on the way for our weekend we passed Bluewater and decided to call in to John Lewis to show them what was happening , expecting they would also think this was a problem , along with the marks we noticed were also appearing behind the back screen . They have a Technical Support area at Bluewater we found and although the assistant was extremely sympathetic and was horrified to see what had happened , they expressed their concern that the camera should not be exposed to contaminants that may damage the camera by entering it , eg. grit, dust etc and the minute particles that are constantly peeling and flaking off the camera whilst the case is deteriorating will be loose in the camera case , commented it's only a matter of time before the camera fails , the large motorised zoom could trap particles in it and seize whilst partially or fully extended, but on speaking to another department was told it was purely cosmetic , the assistant disagreed but advised us to take it further . Apparently the extended warranty is not even with John Lewis and they say it is purely cosmetic and does not in any way affect the working of the camera or put it at any risk , therefore the extended warranty we purchased in good faith is useless ! Unless I dropped the camera , as accidental damage is covered , so if I was clumsy or didn't look after my camera as well as I do and dropped and smashed it ,it would be covered for repair or replacement , surely this is encouraging people to purposely damage it , fraud and dishonesty, being honest doesn't pay obviously. In the next few weeks there was numerous emails back and forth to John Lewis who refused to budge on their decision and refuse to help me .We took a visit into our local Waitrose who agreed to send the camera in to the repairer for me as they felt it needed to be looked at , as John Lewis were basing their decision on something they hadn't even seen . Since then I have had many many emails back and forth everyday from John Lewis , they totally deny there is a problem still , at one time I was told the covering will all eventually shed off anyway so it will no longer be a problem ( isn't that then a worry as it shouldn't be doing that at all ) I replied that surely then it will have no non slip coating and will be less likely to be able to grip the camera especially as the front hand grip is pretty useless , still they say it isn't a problem and purely cosmetic, sometimes they are contradicting themselves. They then asked me for in excess of £80 to cover repairs and a replacement casing to replace the case that is deteriorating rapidly , although they say it isn't a problem they do agree to change it for a fee , it has now been reduced slightly as good will , what ? I don't think so , I shouldn't be paying any of it ! The guarantee is worthless and I paid extra for it ,plus they still have my camera and will no doubt hold me ransom for it . My contract was with John Lewis , I brought it from John Lewis and it is John Lewis who should sort this out , the camera is obviously suffering a design fault . The design of the camera ie. the non slip coating was only introduced for 1 model which is the model I have , and this model also lost the substantial front hand grip and was replaced by a pretty useless bar because the rubberised non slip coating is obviously meant to aid the grip you have lost . But in 2 years , 2 more models in the series has been introduced , both of which no longer carry the rubberised non slip coating ( I wonder why?) and the larger and more useful front hand grip was reintroduced . Obviously there is a problem but John Lewis are refusing to offer any help . I am only annoyed that a week before the problem with my camera appeared , we purchased another television with John Lewis , no doubt this is equally as useless guarantee and I only wish we had of purchased elsewhere, because I can assure you John Lewis will never get our custom ever again , nor will I ever recommend them to anyone . We were good customers for many many years , but John Lewis just do not care about their customers anymore and since I have had this problem I am becoming more and more aware of many other equally disgusted customers. I even had one reply from John Lewis concerning somebody else's complaint , it was actually attached to my email , very unprofessional and very worrying as it could have contained their address too , luckily it didn't , I expressed my alarm at this and it was just brushed off as human error ! How unprofessional ! Wouldn't you check your email before sending it out when you are dealing with many different customers details . It makes me wonder the competency of who you actually are dealing with when you speak or email customer services and whether they just send out standard responses , and whether they even actually know that they are doing . The below photo is only the beginning of covering deterioration, it has deteriorated much further , in only a few days use .
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Posted 8 years ago
WILL NEVER BUY ANYTHING FROM JOHN LEWIS I am writing with extreme disappointment for the service that i have received from John Lewis. I had given my Laptop for repair on 13-Jan-2017. It is over a month now and i have no clue about my laptop as i have been given differing information every time i have called John Lewis Technical Support team or when i visited the John Lewis shop at Stratford, London. The team has refused to give me an temporary replacement laptop and this has caused me serious trouble as i am not able to conduct my business properly for over a month now. They have promised that they will call me tomorrow to let me know the situation (as they have done several times in the past, but unfortunately i still do not know about it. I have visited the customer service department three times, the technical support team at Stratford around four times and have called the technical support line more than five times. Details of differing information provided by John Lewis Technical support team everytime i called or visited the store. 1 - Laptop has been repaired and sent to the store, you should receive the call from the store from collection (No call from Store for a week) 2 - Your laptop has been couriered to wrong place. The technical support team accepted mistake at their end. 3 - You Laptop has not been repaired due to physical damage, we will call you for Quote. 4 - You have accepted the Quote for repair. (John Lewis never told me the amount and i never accepted the Quote) 5 - Your Laptop has been sent back to the Store without repair.
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Posted 8 years ago
My complaint is not so much with John Lewis as with their couriers - Hermes! Every time I order from John Lewis and Hermes couriers are involved, everything seems to go wrong. On this latest occasion, I have waited in for 2 days and Hermes claim to have attempted delivery but no-one was in. NOT TRUE! I live in a block of flats and even if I wasn't at home (which I was) the porters at reception take delivery of goods and store them securely. On the same day that Hermes were 'unable' to deliver, I had a delivery from Royal Mail and Amazon. Time to find a more reliable courier John Lewis, or you will lose thousands of unhappy customers!
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Posted 8 years ago
NEVER KNOWINGLY UNINSTALLED I ordered a washing machine online. It wasn't delivered within the 7 hour delivery slot allocated. No communication from John Lewis to say there would be a delay. This caused me a real inconvenience as I couldn't return to work. Delivery had been passed on to a third party company. They arrived very late and were totally uninformed, and unhelpful. They moaned to each other from the moment they arrived. They removed the old machine but decided they couldn't install the new machine and wanted me to sign that I was happy with the delivery. I refused to sign, so they threatened to take the new machine away. I agreed they could take it, at which point they refused to leave my home until I agreed to sign a delivery slip. No explanation about the guarantee, the product or aftercare. After nearly nine hours of wasted time, I was left with the new machine uninstalled. My husband then managed to connect it up in a no more than 3 minutes. Horrible horrible experience. I will not risk repeating it.
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Posted 8 years ago
This was my first experience of JL - I usually shop at House of Fraser. Anyway I thought I would try their cosmetics department. The service I received from the Laura Mercier Department on Oxford Street was appalling and unprofessional. The staff were miserable, distracted and unprofessional. I was treating myself to a make over but it seemed too much trouble. There was a general lazy attitude so much so that I had to suggest products. Even when paying for products worth hundreds of pounds, I asked the lady who served me several times if she was sure that the right products had been included in the bag. She confirmed they had. I did not trust her so I asked three more times to which she said yes. To cut a long story short, I was not provided with the correct products and to my dismay the one product I had specifically requested was not put into the bag and the wrong colour, unbeknown to me was provided for another product! I live a few hours away from London so called them and emailed them over 4 months ago!!!! To date I have still not heard. I will stick to HoF as I have done so for the last 10 years.
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Posted 8 years ago
MY HORROR STORY - I WILL NEVER BUY FROM JOHN LEWIS OR WAITROSE OR ANYTHING WITHIN THAT GROUP AGAIN: Here's the story (names removed) This is taken from a complaint email I sent via John Lewis' online 31 Jan 17: Ordered £50 of shopping for my wife and daughter online from John Lewis' website. An email from Hermes suggested that they were supposed to deliver on Friday 3 Feb. In fact the email, sent at 11.51 claimed that delivery has been attempted by Hermes. I had been in all morning and my wife had been back since 10 a.m. Note that despite, John Lewis email of 2 Feb saying “Your order includes items that may be left in a safe location if there is no one available at the delivery address. Hermes will leave a card with further instructions if they're unable to complete the delivery or to let you know the item has been left in a safe location or with a neighbour” no note was left and although at least a couple of our neighbours were in and no attempt was made to leave any parcel with them. Also from the tracking information on the Hermes website it showed that the driver should have sent an email or text at 09:18 and that a delivery attempt had been made at 11:33. This was impossible as my wife had been in the kitchen preparing scrambled eggs at that time and the kitchen window looks out onto the front where the delivery van would have arrived. Even if the driver had missed the bell we would still have heard him knock and seen him. It is clear to us that the driver is mistaken about delivery to our house. At 12.21 I called John Lewis’ customer services number to find out what was going on and expected to receive the outstanding customer service that I had received in the past. Sadly not!. The John Lewis customer services attendant, only gave his first name which was okay by me as long as he could identify himself further which he did by giving me his employee id (fake I believe from subsequent conversations). He was flippant, totally lacking any empathy, unhelpful and unapologetic – in fact his tone was that these things happen and delivery would be reattempted the next day. He was not interested in the fact that the driver had obviously lied to us, Hermes and John Lewis. I asked to speak to his manager and he was resistant. In the end he said he would put me through to his manager. Instead he put me through to a totally different department - the Case Management Team. So here was another person in this delivery chain misleading me the customer. CASEMANAGER was a much better listener and did apologize but again did not seem to take the matter of the potential fraud committed by the Hermes driver seriously and said he could not guarantee delivery today. I explained that in my opinion given that the driver appeared to have simply lied and Hermes are John Lewis’ customer and we are yours, the least that Hermes should be liable to do is to immediately rectify the situation and deliver today. Again he said he could not guarantee this. I asked to speak to his manager who I was told is called XXXX and is on holiday. So I asked to speak to his manager’s manager and was told CASEMANAGER would fetch him and I would have to wait. I requested that CASEMANAGER speak with Hermes whilst I spoke to his manager and was told this would not be possible as I would be on the line. So I asked him to get his manager to call me back after listening to the calls and speaking with both CASEMANAGER and FIRSTPERSONISPOKETO. I asked for the name of his manager’s manager and was told that it would actually be another Team Leader – so it seems I had been misled. CASEMANAGER said MANAGER would be dealing with this. He would call Hermes and call me straight back in the meantime. I have had no call back from MANAGER. I wrote the above in a complaint letter as noted above and this is the response I got at at 23:30: “Thank you for your email regarding your customer service experience with John Lewis. At John Lewis, we aspire to offer the highest level of service and we are terribly sorry that, on this occasion, we have not met your expectations. Having reviewed your case, I can see that our Management team are currently investigating this matter. I can confirm that redelivery of your order was attempted at 3pm today and that another attempt is arranged for tomorrow, Saturday 4 February 2017. I hope this information proves useful. If we can assist you any further, please do not hesitate to contact us again. Yours sincerely, FIRSTNAME JohnLewis.com” In fact this is what happened: 13:04 CASEMANAGER 14:50 – 15:58 – I sat in the kitchen and worked facing the window in case the package arrived. It did not. 15:59 – I called the John Lewis customer services line and a lady took the call and said she would put me through to speak to CASEMANAGER whose extension I gave her – was on hold with horrid music for 12 mins. Ended the call and called back more music. 16:13 Called again – got a lady who was lovely and said he was only a couple of desks away and actually went over to him (without putting the horrid music on) and gave him details. She came back and asked me to hang up so CASEMANAGER could call me directly. He did about five minutes later and said he had spoken to Hermes and said they had said that they could not locate the new driver – had texted, emailed and left messages for him. 16.49 – Michael called again and assured me delivery would be made. This last call interrupted an important business call that I had already postponed by half an hour and which has not been finished as a result of having to speak with your offices for so long. 18:21 as no delivery had been made I called again and was put on hold again by ANOTHERPERSON while he transferred me to CASEMANAGER. Instead of transferring me he came back and said that he had been speaking to a manager about protocol – so again a lie – and that after putting me on hold for 4 minutes he needed to take some more information. I asked for the name of the ‘manager’ he had been speaking to and he said it was a large department and he did not know every manager’s name. I was waiting for a call from my wife so I did not have time to be put on hold again and cut the call short. 19:17 –I called again and spoke with YETANOTHERPERSON who refused to give me any form of identification other than her FIRST name and said that she was in customer services but would not say where. She also said that she would not give me her team leader’s name. She also made it clear that she was not aware of the calls are recorded and said that she did not give me a permission to record the course although I didn't say I was recording call I said that these calls are being recorded by which I meant that the recording what's been done by John Lewis she argued. 19:21 – FINALCUSTOMERSERVICESPERSON dealt with the call very professionally (except again refusing to provide more than a first name) – but I was kept on the phone for half an hour at the end of which all he could offer was that Hermes (who he had been speaking with whilst I held) wanted my number so they could call me to arrange delivery. He said Hermes had told him that the drivers only worked till 8 pm so unlikely the delivery would be made then as it was 7.45 p.m. and so it would be tomorrow probably. I reiterated that no one might be in – my daughter and I are going to London and my wife has a lot of things to do out of the house. I said that I felt I had given Hermes sufficient opportunity to remedy the crime committed by their driver and that I would need to refer the matter to the Police for resolution if they did not address the matter. I also suggested that the order be redirected to a Waitrose or John Lewis store for collection by us. I suggested that without prejudice you waive the order cost and give us a good will gesture on top. I asked that these matters be passed onto CASEMANAGER. I think it is shocking that a customer should be lied to and treated this way – I have shopped at John Lewis for many, many years and am an occasional Waitrose customer. I was about to get John Lewis’ broadband but had been put off by a lot of bad reviews – now I understand why. This is not the brand I grew up with and came to see as synonymous with quality and assurance. It is rather the brand that hates its customer and lies, is complicit in fraud and worse.
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Posted 8 years ago
What went wrong, well that would be everything! Wish I had read reviews on this site and Trustpilot before ordering online with John Lewis. Customer Service is appalling. Ordered trainers for Christmas present, received wrong size. Left a query about exchange via e-mail, no response so ordered from another company. Later received an e-mail two minutes before 24 hour deadline expired saying further to our telephone conversation (what conversation??? ) a replacement had been sent. Returned original pair with an RMA number and advised Click & Collect receptionist I did not want replacement. End of story, not! Received two texts and one e-mail next day to collect trainers so decided to collect them and return them myself. Trainers sent to Waitrose by mistake but could not be found, assistant rang John Lewis who could find no trace, had been marked on system as delivered, I don't think so. After several angry e-mails I was told that trainers had been wrongly marked down on system and I would receive confirmation of receipt and refund by 30.12.16, another mistake, very angry now because I had been made out as though I was the guilty party. Received e-mail 23.12.16 showing confirmation of receipt. But four weeks later, end of January still no refund. Disgusting service and no way to test customers. John Lewis you need to shut down your on-line operation it is not fit for purpose.
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Posted 8 years ago
Be very wary of buying from John Lewis on line. From our recent experience, if anything goes wrong, they don't want to know. After failed delivery slots and the eventual delivery of damaged goods by incompetent installers I have wasted hours of my time on the phone being put on hold, waiting for return calls that never came and waiting for replies to emails with something other than a standard assurance that 'someone will get back to me' which, in spite of their own time limits, they fail to do. We have been treated with utter contempt and given endless, stalling platitudes and promises that they are 'looking in to it' The truth seems to be that once they have your money, that is that! Their customer service stinks and makes a complete joke of their customer care ethic. I have all the above supported with documentation and am trying to get contact with a senior manager in the company who may actually care! Take a chance if you like with your purchase but expect nothing but problems if anything goes wrong!
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Posted 8 years ago
Delivery guys came to my place at the wrong time despite my attempts to warn them there won't be anyone when they come. So I had to adapt and go late for work because they would not return my calls or message. Once they arrived they were just extremely rude yelling and swearing at me while I was getting ready for work. They were not able to replace the dishwasher because they have no knowledge in plumbery whatsoever. So they left the old one plugged and the new one unplugged. Thanks! Next time I'll just call amazon. If people are still maybe ordering with John Lewis because they expect some service and customer care just stop right away, they are just here to deliver nothing more. Oh and they also will be more expensive than amazon because you have to pay a full chain of useless people (including the ones who will read this review) in the company anytime you buy from them.
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Posted 8 years ago
I urge everyone to not shop at the john lewis in chelmsford essex, i went to buy some perfume and the woman on the fragrance department called Victoria was so rude and nasty i ended up in tears and just left without buying what i wanted, i wont be back until shes gone and so far ive got 11 people to bycot here and im hoping to get more. Shame on you john lewis.
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Posted 8 years ago
Husband bought a mac book air for Christmas. Been using two weeks and on opening the led screen shattered. On calling the helpline I was advised to return it to the store. I was advised it would have to be sent off for assessment with Apple and the laptop was taken by the store. Week later and after no update or further info I contacted JL who told me someone would get in touch .... waited ... waited so posted on Facebook and after another day finally had a call today. The laptop would cost nearly the price I paid to have it repaired as it was deemed to be damaged on my part !!!! If you count opening the laptop as me damaging it ! How can I argue or get any other result ? No customer reassurance or trust at all just go back to Apple. I was told I could have the laptop back without repairs not told how or when ? Totally let down, disappointed and disgusted by JL . Will not buy again go straight to Apple !
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Posted 8 years ago
I ordered a few items in the sale, two parcels in total! After a few days, I contacted john lewis as I'd not received them! To find out they'd been delivered? Confused! Yes I was too! I used parcel motel to deliver my goods to Southern Ireland ( as jl) wouldn't go past the border! I was then told using parcel motel was against their t&c and it was my fault! I contacted parcel motel who did a sweep of the warehouse, found 1 parcel! Turned out jl hadn't labelled it correctly hence I hadn't got it! Missed half the address off! I got parcel 1! Unfortunately parcel 2 is still missing is worth £100, jl are giving me mixed responses! 1 customer service person offers a refund another takes that offer away! Disgraceful! I'm £90 put of pocket! The only people in this whole story who've been helpful are parcel motel! Avoid john lewis! The customer service telephone line is awful! Muppets! They even agreed with me that this will go on for ever and I'll be pushed from pillar to post! It's now been nearly 1 month, parcel still missing no refund! AVOID!
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Posted 8 years ago
Really disappointed!!! Not recommended I've been in the UK for about 4 years. My experience with John Lewis is the most horrible, annoying, bad experience. Especially with their online customer service . One minor thing could be considered good is that they answer quicly, but they can't find any solution. An item that I bought online was delivered by Hermes to the wrong address or disappeared and after five calls in two days nothing has happened. My item still missing and whenever I call again they say the same story the same bla bla....My First and the last experience with John Lewis as I don't need any further headache!!!
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Posted 8 years ago
Really disappointed!!! Not recommended I've been in the UK for about 4 years. My experience with John Lewis is the most horrible, annoying, bad experience. Especially with their online customer service . One minor thing could be considered good is that they answer quicly, but they can't find any solution. An item that I bought online was delivered by Hermes to the wrong address or disappeared and after five calls in two days nothing has happened. My item still missing and whenever I call again they say the same story the same bla bla....My First and the last experience with John Lewis as I don't need any further headache!!!
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Posted 8 years ago
I ordered (no: 105612423) a washing machine and selected a delivery date. Waited one week for my delivery date to arrive and arranged a family member to stay in for collection. I even called up twice during the day to confirm delivery will be taking place, customer services confirm this. Then at 7pm I call up again, to be informed a third party will be arranging delivery. I call up the third party who know nothing about my pre-arranged delivery date and now want me to commit to another date the following week. Complete shambles. Over a week without a washing machine to then be messed around. I really did expect better from John Lewis. In future I shall be taking my business elsewhere.
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Posted 8 years ago
Having always shopped at John Lewis, safe in the knowledge that if ever I had a problem with any goods purchased, it would be resolved. However, this is no longer the case! Having spent thousands with John Lewis over the last 2 years alone, having completely refurbished my property from scratch, I thought that when a problem with an integrated Zanussi Fridge/Freezer purchased last year occurred a few weeks ago, that the problem would be dealt with and resolved. How wrong was I? The engineer visited and I was told that the circuit board was faulty and he therefore, replaced it, but said that in order to complete the repair, I had to defrost the entire unit for 24 hours with both doors open. So, what happens to my food you may ask? It gets spoiled, that's what! John Lewis accept NO responsibility for loss of food in a fridge or a freezer as it is stated in their terms and conditions that they accept no liability for this. This is what a particularly ignorant individual in their customer service team, Gurmet, who, in her droning, monotonous voice kept repeating as if she was some sort of robot. Her only advice to me was that I defrost it when I have less food in it! What sort of advice is that? She continually talked over the top of me and would not listen to what I was saying because as far as I am concerned, if a product is under guarantee, the consumer should not incur any loss whatsoever - regardless of their policy. Sometimes, it is just common sense to waive such ridiculous terms. She also kept harping on that their terms and conditions complied with Trading Standards. Not sure, in this instance, how accurate that is. I also asked what if I didn't defrost the appliance and her answer was "well, the engineer will have to visit again". Eventually, as I felt like punching this condescending idiot, I hung up and since then, I have sent two emails, but of course, to date, they have been ignored. So, anybody thinking that John Lewis is a safe bet to purchase any goods from, I strongly advise you to think again. They are utterly useless! I expect they'll reply and repeat themselves again regarding their terms and conditions, or they'll complain that I've used an individual's name. Why, I don't know because this is a review site and any seeing as John Lewis do not reply to my emails regarding a complaint about a staff member, then they should be named and shamed on public review sites.
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Posted 8 years ago
This company really needs to wake up. They are stuck in the last century and still being kept afloat by people who like to pay top dollar for a poor service. They cannot deliver on time as they seem to only work Monday to Friday. A Saturday does not seem to count for a working day at the distribution department. I will stick to Amazon on the future.
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Posted 8 years ago
I.placed an order on 28.12.2016 for a double divan bed and the order was confirmed and I was given a delivery date of 05.01.2017, I then received a call on the 04.01.2017 to say that they could not deliver as they have no stock and that I needed to contact John Lewis.com? I found that a bit strange as I had placed the order thru the Liverpool Store. I then called John Lewis .Com and guess what they couldn't help as the order was placed in store . I then had to wait a further 3 hours for a call back to be told that something has gone wrong (obviously). I was then told that I would have to choose another item and If it was in stock they would try and deliver on the arranged date,as I needed the bed delivering before the weekend as I am moving into a new house I had no alternative but to choose another bed (not the one I wanted) appalling service.
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Posted 8 years ago
John Lewis is rated 2.7 based on 2,434 reviews