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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
Bought a light online - not cheap - it was flimsy and didn;t work - so far about 20 emails to get collection and refund and nothing resolved - they took a week to answer in the first place - awful service - don't use them!
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Posted 6 years ago
Absolute shower with zero rated customers service. Cancelled my order for a cooker, due to a pricing error. Not straight away though. 2 days they had my money. I even rang them to arrange connection, no mention. Not happy just requested the cost of my phone call. All I get is basic replies, obvious they have not read my communication. Have offered me £10 in my John Lewis account (unaware I had a John Lewis account!) which is totally useless I will would never buy anything from them again. But they have choose ignore my emails. Just awful.
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Posted 6 years ago
Telephoned order, .. Gopro camera for my daughter. Very helpful woman on phone, .. Placed order,.. They took the money from credit card, .. Confirmation email, Perfect))), No!!, .. Had another email 5 minutes later to say my order had been cancelled ????? I phoned to ask why, .. Their reply, " Because you failed a security check " I asked what security check, .. The woman could not answer, .. Only said it was done by a robot !!! What is this all about, .. I'm a regular customer using same credit card,.. No bad credit issues, .. No police record, .. English born and bred, .. And they had taken my money, .. Arrangednext day delivery request, .. Could someone please help or explain this. What the hell has happened to John Lewis, ???? To me this is the perfect way to loose loyal customers,. And yes, .. Become another high street failure. Any responses would be appreciated, .. Especially from JOHN LEWIS !!!
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Posted 6 years ago
This shop has gone down hill and will close soon. Have printed e-voucher went to shop collected goods I wanted. At till voucher would not scan, supervisor was called she didn`t have a clue. The manager was then called after a good 5 minutes he turned up, now a que had formed ( very embarrassing ). He then tried to scan the e-voucher, still did not work. I suggested he enters the bar code number, as the casher had done this last time, said he wasn`t allowed. ( 10 minutes now had passed ) totally embarrassing. we were told to phone customer services. had to empty shopping on counter and walk away. then heard a discussion between supervisor and manager saying those numbers on the voucher did not look right. this was out of order, felt like a criminal . This is not the first time I have had trouble with John Lewis.
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Posted 6 years ago
This is an elevated customer complaint that has spun out of control: Ordered item on 31 Jan - got no confirmation of order via email but have been charged for Call number 1 to John Lewis on morning of 1 Feb - I was told that order needs to be processed before it can be changed. Received the very poor customer service email around 17:00 (see email below) Called customer service at approx. 17:22 to be told that the order was processed and cannot be changed (despite this poor lady trying to get hold of authorised person to help, spent 25 min on the phone to be told I have to reject the delivery) This is the worst customer service I have received from a retailer. I do not want to spend one more minute on this rubbish, there are 2 options to resolve this: Option 1 - cancel order and charge immediately Option 2 - send item to me but cancel the charge Option 3 - I will charge John Lewis for the time I had to waste on this situation (I should not have to be forced to spend over 1 hour on this, its YOUR fault that YOUR system failed) Simple. The ill thought out first Email response from John Lewis below: Dear Mr XX, Thank you for contacting John Lewis about your order. We are sorry to hear that you having a problem with our online purchased and you already missed the promotion. Here at John Lewis & Partners we aim to provide the highest level of service, and I am disappointed to learn that you have received no further communication regarding the delivery of your order. Please accept my apologies for any inconvenience caused. As we check to our system, your order was already in processed. we can not do anything once the order already processed you will received a notification that the order was successfully placed. Alternatively you may call our Customer Service hotline at 03456-049-049, where one of my colleague happy to assist you about your order. Should you require any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us and we will be glad to assist. Yours sincerely, Jalen Saldasal John Lewis & Partners
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Posted 6 years ago
John Lewis used to be special - great service, customer focus etc. For years we enjoyed shopping there. We may have paid a bit more but if there was a problem it was easily sorted out. There was always a great link with the customer! Those running it have ruined the culture. We bought a carpet and didn’t realise that they had centralised their order processing so once we signed the order AND PAID UP FRONT we were at the mercy of an inefficient call centre for fitting and delivery times etc. The fitters came and couldn’t fit the carpet as it was damaged. We had to chase the order up and all in all it took an extra two months from quoted delivery date. Then I spent nearly £1.000 on a new computer and the keyboard failed. We all know that basic keyboards are consumables but they refused to replace it and said it must go for repair meaning that I wouldn’t be able to use the computer in the meantime, they quoted an estimate 28 days for repair. JL has lost the plot. It is no longer special. In contrast I had a problem with an electrical item bought from Amazon. Solved after one email. New item being sent free of charge and please keep or destroy the original. Hardly surprising that JL is not making money. If staff aka PARTNERS get no bonus and are not happy. Potential high street casualty? Quite likely as it is not special any more. Very sad but self inflicted damage by its directors.
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Posted 6 years ago
Very bad customers service
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Posted 6 years ago
Usless, not willing to accept their mistake. Far better high street retailers..
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Posted 6 years ago
Bought a large samsonite luggage and was told that the free delivery is basically within a week and there will be no notice when they will deliver within that timeframe. So, I opted for it to be delivered to a Witrose collection closer to my apartment. I was concerned about handling such a large luggage on a 20 minutes walk home. She said that they will tie it such that I can take it easily. She also said that the VAT invoice will be placed inside the box. Went to collect it today and there was no ropes tied and I had to hug the large luggage, walking awkwardly back home. Opened it up and there was no VAT invoice enclosed. Absolutely frustrating.Called customer service and spoke to a Rachael. She has absolutely zero understanding of customer's frustration, and absolutely zero customer service DNA. What a disappointing buying experience.
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Posted 6 years ago
Not for the first time we have had problems with John Lewis delivering faulty goods (which can happen we understand) but the issue is with the aftersales service or lack of it. We ordered a linen basket online as the nearest store is 7 miles away so why bother driving over then when we don't need to? The basket was faulty but they won't replace it until we have returned the faulty one to the nearest store ourselves! Could understand this if we had bought it from the store but we used ONLINE to save us the hassle of going to the store. I will ask but I'm sure I know the reply as to whether they are going to pay me for my time and petrol!!!!
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Posted 6 years ago
For the second time John Lewis failed to pass on information about how to deliver to our property which is up a steep drive. We ordered a fridge last year. We specifically rang them up before ordering to ask if they were able to deliver the item. We would have totally understood if they had said no. But they said of course, they could deliver in small van. The customer service told me what to do when I ordered the item. But on the day of delivery the item came in the bigger lorry. Poor driver was very keen to try to get the fridge up but not possible. Hours on the phone bascially being lied to as each customer service person told a different story. A second failed delivery, more phone calls. Eventually we got our fridge. We had been without a firdge for two weeks as they had taken our old one away on the first delivery attempt as they were sure they could get the fridge to us. No apologies. So you would think I would have learnt my lesson. However, when our washing machine broke down last week and with money tight after Christmas I was keen to use a large some of JL gift vouchers to reduce the outlay. Again made sure information about needing a small van passed on. Rang customer services. Was assured would be ok. Yesterday driver turned up to deliver in 7t lorry! Rang number given, 1hr waiting..no joy. Rang customer services, they can't do anything we have to wait to get through to the number. Apparently they are experiencing a high volume of calls. No surprise there then!!! Will not be using again for any large items. Will use companies who have a better service.
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Posted 6 years ago
Television smashed when delivered - will not refund or replace the item, say they assume that I smashed it so they don't have to give refund. Very sad 7 year old daughter as her Christmas present this year turned out to be a broken television that I cannot get replaced. I question how the returns policy for faulty goods is compliant with the Consumer Rights Act - the adviser told me those rights simply didn't apply to me! I have applied to the Alternative Dispute Resolution forum.
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Posted 6 years ago
My daughter and I visited Cambridge store yesterday as a birthday treat for me and to purchase some new cosmetics. We first visited Charlotte Tilbury as I needed new foundation, the assistant advised a particular shade but advised they were out of stock and I should try online. We then went to LauraMercier stand. This was unattended, we tried several samples and decided upon a few products we wanted to buy but there was no one to help. We opened all the drawers to try and find ourselves without success. There were two other customers also seeking help. We also wanted to know the price, but could not find listings. I usually love shopping at John Lewis Cambridge and try to buy in store as opposed to online, unfortunately on this occasion it was not a stress free experience. I have since purchased from another provider on line.
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Posted 6 years ago
DO NOT BUY ANYTHING OF IMPORTANCE FROM THIS COMPANY EVER. Below was my complaint letter sent and emailed. I have now had no response two days later but a number of unhelpful phone calls (that I have made), also no response on twitter. I am now in a situation that I have built an oven around one of their products, They have now put the price up by £200 despite me previously having brought this!! I wish I looked at the reviews previously. I am extremely upset and angry. I ordered a rangemaster fridge and rangemaster oven from yourselves last week. I spent four hours on the phone to yourselves and the fraud squad as it was a £3498 order. The bank told me that the money had gone through as did you and I left the conversation with my order placed. I asked on the phone when I would get my email order conformation and they said it would come through but just not yet and gave me an order number of 134440043. I found this rather strange, but trusted you as you are such a large company. The money has now been pending in my bank for this whole time period, still with no email received or call to book my delivery as promised I chased you today via phone to find out that my order has been cancelled. I called on 0345 6048835 at 12.46 and spoke to Josh. Josh informed me that my order had in fact been cancelled and that this was due to john Lewis security. When I asked what he meant by this he could not answer my question. I then asked why I have not been informed of this at all via telephone or email, another question that Josh could not answer. I asked to speak with a manager; to this Josh repeatedly ignored me or refused. He told me that he could not tell me the meaning of failing John Lewis security in case I by passed it, but told me that for the third time, I could place another order via him. I explained to Josh that I could not do that as I already have £3498 pending from my account so therefore could not just make another order! He again refused to put me through to a manager and told me that no one would speak to me to help. He also advised that there was no complaint line that I could call, upon googling, I found that this was a lie. He gave me an email (****************) and refused to give me another number and did not even offer me a call back. The email address bounced. I had already been told that this order would take 7 weeks to arrive, upon having ordered, which I was unhappy about but I had told been told that John Lewis gave fantastic service so I had gone with you already. How wrong I was. I had ordered these products a week ago and have since spent £3000 building a kitchen for myself around these appliances. This kitchen, custom built, arrived yesterday and cannot be returned. So as you can understand I am absolutely furious. I will also add that I am six months pregnant so stress at this stage is not great for me at all and if anything dangerous. If I had not of called today, nobody would of even contacted me, I could of waited 7 weeks for these not to arrive. This is absolutely disgraceful. What do you expect me to do in this instance? How will this be resolved? This is a waste of my time, money and extremely stressful for a 6 month pregnant lady to be going through and if I have any health consequences due to this, I will make sure that this complaint is escalated even further. I can assure you/. What if these are no longer in stock. What will I do about my already purchased kitchen??? I am now trying to contact my bank to get to the bottom of this. I need somebody to get back to me ASAP from John Lewis and resolve this issue. If I do not hear back today I will be contacting the Newspaper, rangemaster and plastering my circumstances all over twitter. I would also like a personal complaint putting in against Josh from your customer service team for his unhelpfulness, and ill manors. I Look forward to swiftly hearing your resolution on the matter.
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Posted 6 years ago
a litany of bad service, but what was really shocking was the appalling customer service. Wrong items delivered, bad packaging meant other items smashed. it has taken over a month, and 45 minutes on the phone to a very ill-suited customer service rep to get a refund. On investigation, stories similar to mine are commonplace...everyone knows, apparently, that John Lewis isn't what it was. No kidding.
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Posted 6 years ago
Poor service. John Lewis will be the next big retailer to disappear from the high-street and online. Their online customer service is absolutely pathetic. Ignore issues and emails repeatedly.
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Posted 6 years ago
We are a pretty loyal John Lewis shoppers but our recent experience makes us think that this company is losing the plot. Wife ordered sale items on line before Christmas (bedside cabinets and Xmas cards) but none were delivered. We needed the cabinets to complete furnishing of redecorated bedroom for family guests over new year. Website kept saying the items were due for delivery within 5 working day even after 3 weeks! After speaking to advisor by phone he admitted that items were out of stock and order could not be fulfilled. By this time competitor's sales ha finished and our guests were long gone. Feel badly let down even though our money was refunded and £15 credit was given for the inconvenience.
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Posted 6 years ago
6 week old faulty microwave smouldering and smoking. John Lewis told my mother in law to contact Panasonic instead of resolving it themselves. They eventually decided to resolve as a 'good will gesture' as long as she did not make a claim, despite clear statutory rights. Very disappointed
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Posted 6 years ago
Fine when taking payment online for IPads and Added Care in November. Not received Added Care policy I paid £80 for and even tho I have the receipt and have sent this to them they say they have no record of Added Care. Basically stolen £80 from me and now not responding. Disgrace and am making a point putting this on Twitter, Martin Lewis, Facebook and taking action to get my £80 back. Thieves at their finest! Would have zero star if I could!
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Posted 6 years ago
John Lewis isnt what it used to be. Customer service very poor. Had reasons for complaint over poor quality products but no help received. Today all i want to do is get in touch with Leicester branch and you get transferred to customer services. i need know if a product is still on their shop floor. customer services will find out and let me know within 2 hours. not heard a word.
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Posted 6 years ago
John Lewis is rated 2.7 based on 2,434 reviews