Matalan Reviews

Name: Matalan
Rating: 3.59

3.6 Rating 1,867 Reviews

65 %

of reviewers recommend Matalan

3.6

Based on 1,867 reviews

Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods	Courier
Average Delivery Time	Over 7 Days
On-time Delivery	Greater than 29%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders	Greater than 79%
Customer Service
Communication Channels	Telephone, Email, Live Chat
Queries Resolved In	Over A Week
Customer Service	1.2 out of 5
Returns & Refunds
Refunds Process	Difficult
Returns Process	Could Be Better

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Matalan 1 star review on 19th October 2022

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Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“Would leave 0 stars if possible. £29 taken from my account for an item that cost £8.00, then a week later another £8 taken. Have tried phoning... it just rings off, emailed many times... no reply. Have even been to the store, and tried calling the number on the door, as it wasn’t open as it said it would be... obviously, no answer. I’m now going to go to the small claims court. No doubt I will get the same “generated response” that all the other complainants have had to this review... “please contact us as we want to resolve your complaint...dur dur dur”... they have no intention of doing any such thing as you cannot get hold of them anyway. Absolutely shocking service, I will never use Matalan again.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“I have just been to Matalan to try and get an exchange after they packaged completely the wrong item I had ordered. Understand business is different for everyone but they were so unhelpful, so rude and showed no interest in me the customer. I am sorry but there is no way I will be giving my custom to Matalan Greenbridge again whilst they continue to employ rude staff and managers! my advice; SHOP LOCAL, SHOP SMALL”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Really disappointed with the Christmas cards this year 3 for the price of 2, I have bought them for the last few years, this year no glitter on them, this I could see, but nothing on the box to say they were no verse on the in side and were black. Last years were really nice,”

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Posted 3 years ago

“I have always liked shopping at Matalan and found the clothes and non-clothing items in general are good quality and competitively priced. However I would like to query why the online orders for click and collect take two weeks to arrive. It is the same for any item ordered and it must lose lots of sales as many, just as myself, will look elsewhere to get items from other stores which in most cases have the items ready to collect in three to four days - or even less in many cases. I know it's a difficult time for staff safety but it is an extreme delivery time in comparison.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“OMG. Self service tills! What a shambles, 2 out of 3 transactions required intervention and only one actual staff member attending. There was another person operating a till which was only for cash or returns, was told they can't take any one with card even though no one at their till and a queue of at least 30 people! Also, the self service tills are touch screen and there was no evidence of any sanitizing the screens or the card machines. This needs sorting out!”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Get rid of those stupid self service tills. As a customer I go shopping to be served not told I have to put my purchase through a till myself. Customer service is becoming nonexistent in Matalan”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Awful new till policy. Do it yourself.... a nightmare. Think it will be awhile before I go back.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Just get rid of those stupid self service tips messing about with Matalan card would t scan so had to put number in manually then the discount voucher wouldn’t work as I’d gone to checkout and you have to do it before then didn’t realize the pyjamas had a security tag on so machine made a noise so in the end the assistant had to come over to help four times would of been quicker going to a human...it’s not food shopping putting tins of beans it’s folding clothes in a limited space sorry won’t be using them again”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Why does it take so long for a click and collect order I have placed an order and it will be 10-14 days this is not good”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Visited your Christchurch store yesterday to have staff treat me like I was the one in the wrong when in fact it was the girl behind the till trying to charge me for an item I hadn't brought so tried another member who was just a rude for the manager to come over acuse me of lying and made me feel rubbish certainly won't be visiting this store again what happened to customer is right”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Be aware: If you order something large and bulky - furniture for example - the customer service representatives at Matalan will tell you that they need to be returned by you in store as they are unable to organise a collection (even though they were able to deliver it to you without any issues). You better be prepared to drive to a store (do you have a large car?). The only problem: when you get to the store, the manager will after a long wait come and speak to you, only to let you know that they don't accept large, bulky returns in store either!!!! In our case, several different customer service representatives told us the same thing when we called a few times to confirm that they really weren't able to collect the return. Luckily the store manager understood out situation and did accept the return even though she said there policies were not to accept large returns in store. We will most definitely never buy anything from Matalan online again after this experience. They came across as a very unprofessional business that did not see the situation from the customers point of view.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Having visited your bilston store today [21/10/20] the store looked very inviting , pity the staff were not so inviting . RUDE , ignorant, to put it lightly .I strongly recommend you improve your customer training scheme to your existing SO CALLED STAFF . myself and 3 others left the store in disgust at the service or should i say ....lack of service..... WILL NOT SHOP AT BILSTON STORE AGAIN .”

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Posted 4 years ago

“I visited your Boston store again today, 17 October 2020. This is my first visit since complaining about your in-store customer service which I received no response; Again, service at the store was only what I describe as awful. The same staff member was abrupt and rude. I bought some clothes to the value of £103. I was asked to use self checkout, which I refused, she then said begrudgingly she would do it for me. I presented my black card which I thought had the £10 voucher value on it as it came with a voucher. She then left me to pay which I did, but noticed they£10 had not been deducted. When I raised this with her, she said I had not presented the voucher, which was correct; when I explained why, she never offered to correct my error, which I suppose is what I expected, with her attitude. When I shop at a clothing store, I expect civility, friendly efficient staff, which is certainly not what you get at Matalan. Why should I have to remove hangers, security tags and scan the item to buy goods when staff are available, which is what I expect. Doubt I will be visiting the Boston store again, after two similar experiences of very poor service.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Went into the new store in Maidstone, was greeted by a non mask wearing member of staff who showed me where the hand sanitizer was then pointed me in the direction of the goods I wanted, I gathered up the items I needed then went to the tills to pay. I was greeted by a rude women who raised her voice so she could be heard by customers and other staff and asked where my mask was, I told her I didn't have one as I can't for medical reasons where one and she rudely and quite aggressively told me that the store policy was that I couldn't purchase anything. I offered to show her my exception card but she said she didn't want to see it because it made no difference. I wasn't aware that Matalan a family shop was so discriminating I then had to hand over the items that I choose and leave feeling very distressed and humiliated. I will never shop there again and hope no-one else in my position has the same treatment. I was totally discusted by my treatment. I have lodged a complaint but from the reviews I've read I'm not expecting any action to be taken.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Went into the new store in Maidstone, was greeted by a non mask wearing member of staff who showed me where the hand sanitizer was then pointed me in the direction of the goods I wanted, I gathered up the items I needed then went to the tills to pay. I was greeted by a rude women who raised her voice so she could be heard by customers and other staff and asked where my mask was, I told her I didn't have one as I can't for medical reasons where one and she rudely and quite aggressively told me that the store policy was that I couldn't purchase anything. I offered to show her my exception card but she said she didn't want to see it because it made no difference. I wasn't aware that Matalan a family shop was so discriminating I then had to hand over the items that I choose and leave feeling very distressed and humiliated. I will never shop there again and hope no-one else in my position has the same treatment. I was totally disgusted by my treatment. I have lodged a complaint but from the reviews I've read I'm not expecting any action to be taken.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“I haven't got my order yet. I was supposed to get it yesterday but nothing came. It is very annoying. This will be my last time shopping with this company. Very disappointed.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“What is the use of asking what went wrong,when just like myself all the people on this review site have been ignored when emailing you with complaints Is your customer service policy ignore them they will go away? Like other comments I will certainly not shop at Matalan again as you certainly don’t care about your customers”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Matalans click and collect service is appalling as is there customer Telephone service I placed an order and was given the 2nd of October as the on or before date the item never arrived. the 3rd of October I rang to cancel and was told I couldn’t this is ridiculous they then advise me the new date had been set of the 9th of October to receive it by they should’ve contacted me if they were changing the date of an order customer service is terrible As it’s the waiting time and once I got through and spoke to somebody who could barely speak English I asked for a manager and was put back in a queue for another 10 to 15 minutes And to be told I have to wait 10 days now for my money back it’s appalling I will never shop with Matalan again”

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Posted 4 years ago

“I have worked for matalan for 15 years. Worked in the Wigan store before I got sacked for having a mental health issues. The staff never get trained in anything because the managers can't be bothered to help them. I can't say this for all matalan stores but in the Wigan store the managers treat the staff badley. They wouldn't sack anyone who was off with a broken leg but they can sack people with mental health issues its discrimination and bang out of order. I hope no one will ever shop in that place after this goes out.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Still awaiting order from August, no replies from emails, no nothing, taken my money and nothing to show, disgusting behaviour.”

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Posted 4 years ago

Matalan is rated 3.6 based on 1,867 reviews