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Primrose Reviews

1.3 Rating 650 Reviews
6 %
of reviewers recommend Primrose
1.3
Based on 650 reviews
Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods
Courier
Average Delivery Time
Over A Month
On-time Delivery
Greater than 11%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders
Greater than 46%
Customer Service
Communication Channels
Telephone, Email, Live Chat
Queries Resolved In
Over A Week
Customer Service
1.1 out of 5
Returns & Refunds
Refunds Process
Difficult
Returns Process
Could Be Better
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Anonymous
Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
Order specific rose in memory for my mum who died April.20, it was ordered and paid for very early May, informed to expect item and other products within 3 wks still not received as wanted it fir her birthday after 8 attempts of contacting via email and their contact us page. When you look online it now states working on existing orders but as getting nothing back, no.idea cut off date they are referring to , product now states not available till Nov 20 , who in their right mind thinks a 7/8 month delay allowing for delivery is acceptable. As I cannot get anything off them.i don't know if I am pre existing order or I am in.the latter group. I'm working remotely and have been since 23rd March and lost my mum in the middle of all this I'm.still doing my.job, primrose do yours and either respond or refund the customers your have gained money from imorally as if you cannot provide service money should be auto-refunded after a cut off date. As rose costly I cannot buy elsewhere now till I get my money back so you have tarnished my mum's memory. Btw you don't even deserve 1 star but had to to get review posted.
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Posted 5 years ago
Message I sent on Primrose's contact us page: Hello. . . Me again 4th message to you now and STILL no sign of my order and STILL no communication from yourselves. Is this a scam site, I cannot believe the amount of dissatisfied customers you have. Are you seeing how many you can get??? Does anyone from Primrose look on reviews.io You should be ashamed of yourselves Appalling really. Im glad I don't run my business like you do yours When I try to track my order it states you have no information on my order. Hope your looking after my money I handed over to you in May 2020. Hope to speak with you soon Bye
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Posted 5 years ago
You do not deserve this one star. terrible service. Ordered nearly £300 worth of goods in March, few items arrived, got a small amount refunded, but not told what for. Was told I'd get full refund, 5 emails later, no clearer as to what is happening and still owed just under £100. Back log or not, communication is terrible, absolutely no personal service, despite asking the same questions again and again, I've only had what has felt like a robot response, although I feel a robot would have more clarity and better service.
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Posted 5 years ago
I ordered some greenhouse staging from this Primrose. It hasn’t arrived and they have not responded to several emails asking for an update. There is no way of contacting by phone and I am going to have to raise a complaint via my credit card provider. I realise that Covid is a problem for all of us but other mail order companies appear to have got it sorted. I would not order from them again.
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Posted 5 years ago
Absolutely terrible experience so far. Placed 2 large orders before they stopped taking new orders on their website due to COVID. I specifically asked on the phone before placing my orders if the plants were being delayed due to the current pandemic, because I had seen so many terrible reviews online - I was told the delays were with their products coming from their warehouse and certain suppliers but was assured that the plants come directly from the nurseries and therefore would arrive as expected, on time. I placed my first order 30th March, and all products were expected by 15th April. I received 3 plants slightly late, and am still waiting on the remaining 14!! Received an email about my first order early May to say they would be with me mid-end of May. End of May came and went, received another email from them saying they would be dispatched the following week, but still nothing - 2 MONTHS LATER! I am discussing with someone in their customer service who said there isn’t an ETA and she doesn’t know who sent me an email saying it would be dispatched.... um, I don’t care who specifically sent it, it’s automated from their company based on my order number. Meanwhile I placed a second order, nothing turned up, then got an email to say half the products were cancelled, but the remainder would be delivered. Waited. Waited. Waited. Spoke to CS again and they told me all items were cancelled except 2 - was never informed. Could have paid 1/10 of the price to buy seeds and they would actually have grown by now, instead I have empty vegetable beds and no clue if / when they will arrive. Completely feels like a scam - would not recommend at all!!
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Posted 5 years ago
This company is the worst company I have ever dealt with on line by a long way. It is impossible to contact them by phone, email or even letter. They are very quick to take your money and impossible to obtain a refund. I have fortunately been able to obtain credit from my card company for my undelivered order I suggest the thousands of dissatisfied customers submit a claim to their Card companies and report this appallingly run company to trading standards hoping some authority will close this company down as soon as possible
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Posted 5 years ago
I concur with most of the recent reviews. Use to be good but now a nightmare. What company doesn’t have a way of getting hold of someone even at this time. Ordered three trees one came but they state order complete! I have emailed as this is the only way to contact them and nothing. This is appalling, they have taken my money and not produced the goods I’m going to escalate this and unfortunately I’m never using them again which is a shame because they use to be really good.
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Posted 5 years ago
We had 5 fence panels delivered on May 3. One was totally substandard. Despite numerous emails and attempts to track down phine number, no response apart from an automated reply asking us to be patient because of Covid 19 situation. This company CANNOT hide behind the current crisis. Over lockdown we have had endless things delivered perfectly efficiently from elsewhere. Looking at other reviews, I am not alone in my frustration. They do not deserve to be trading.
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Posted 5 years ago
No communication form this company. Ignore emails, not possible to telephone. If I ran my company like you do I would be out of business. Will never use your company again.
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Posted 5 years ago
Ordered garden chairs and a storage box, The chairs were delivered 20th oh May and one was faulty, it was flat pack and had the wrong parts. The storage box at £119 still not been delivered. No matter how many tickets I raise they will not respond
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Posted 5 years ago
Reported to Reading Trading Standards. I ordered a solar powered water feature. It took a month to be dispatched. I received a battered box marked 'SPARES' containing broken, second hand parts of a water feature. Despite sending tracked emails (which have been opened) requesting a full refund on return of the broken bits, they refuse to respond. Totally untrustworthy crooks who will take your money and not fulfill the order. See countless other reviews for confirmation. How I wish I had read them before ordering.
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Posted 5 years ago
Very disappointed, this used to be a good company to buy from but now its a disaster, I have been waiting more than 6 weeks for my order and cannot phone them as the phone lines are down they are also not answering e-mails or there so called tickets .., an utter shambles!!! WILL NOT BE USING THEM AGAIN
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Posted 5 years ago
I ordered a patio set on the 19th May and the money was deducted the next day. I have heard nothing since only an acknowledgement email confirming order. Having sent several messages and unable to contact by phone it appears that the only items this company is capable of delivering are dead plants. I wish I had read the reviews before ordering unfortunately I didn't and have become a victim of this company who are taking orders knowing that they cannot deliver. They need to be stopped now before more victims are drawn into their web. I asked for a refund (over £200) two weeks ago which has been totally ignored and I feel a WIND UP OEDER should be taken out against them and their website removed.
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Posted 5 years ago
Paid them £93 back in April 2020 now mid June, they informed me back mid April they could not supply my Oerter and I would receive a refund, to date I nave received nothing. I have sent numerous emails and of course they have removed their phone lines, nave received promises of refund on certain dates but have received nothing. Avoid this company like the plaque. Read their revues before Placing an order, you are about to have a lot of grief and loose your money
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Posted 5 years ago
Order placed 3rd May, money taken from my account on the 5th - I have still not received my order ! I have emailed 3 times and not had a reply to any of them. Whilst I understand that things are diff at the moment, surely the sensible thing for Primrose to do is stop accepting any new orders and fulfil your commitments first. I will not be using Primrose again and will be taking this during my order does not arrive soon. Have the decency to check your emails and reply to them !
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Posted 5 years ago
Truely appalling service - appreciate there are Covid difficulties, but they should not be taking orders if they cannot reasonably satisfy them. We are still waiting for an order made on 10 May and there has been absolutely no communication despite chasing them. Awful & dissappointing. At least garden centres are now open!
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Posted 5 years ago
I’m still waiting on my order since 25 th may with no correspondence no dates, nothing!!! Said when I gave them a bad review I wanted my money back, was told someone would contact me shortly , still nothing, I want my money back ASAP!!!! I want my money back now!!!!
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Posted 5 years ago
Awful service, would absolutely NOT recommend to anyone. There was no communication about the non-delivery of my order, I spent nearly an hour in the queue trying to speak to them on the phone to find out what was going on (and the phone lines were later shut down altogether), my emails to them were repeatedly ignored and although some items in my order were eventually delivered in dribs and drabs the majority were not despite promises that many would be. Over 2 months after placing my order the only thing that resulted in a response from them was the threat of legal action. Even the refund was incorrect and I had to chase them for the right amount. Fair enough that orders will take longer than normal in the current situation but it feels like Primrose are accepting orders that they can't honour and then dragging things out as long as possible before finally being forced to issue refunds. I have never experienced anything like this from any other company and needless to say will never be using them again.
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Posted 5 years ago
Avoid this company at all costs!! If I could give no stars I would!! I paid nearly £600 for a reclining set of garden furniture and after waiting only received a fixed set minus the stools, the company despite me sending numerous feedback responses and e-mails have never come back to me. I will continue to pursue. Very poor to keep blaming the current situation.
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Posted 5 years ago
Appalling customer service !!! Given the current situation I didn't mind waiting 2-4 weeks for my order as stated on your website... nearly 9 weeks later and I am still waiting for my order. 5 emails sent to them and many messages on social media and still no response !! Phone lines have been turned off but they are still posting/ advertising on social media but don't have the decency to respond to the customers keeping them in business !! Will NEVER shop with them again !!!
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Posted 5 years ago
Primrose is rated 1.3 based on 650 reviews