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John Lewis Reviews

2.7 Rating 2,432 Reviews
41 %
of reviewers recommend John Lewis
2.7
Based on 2,432 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
Unacceptable level of customer service Ordered a travel cot on Friday 30th August 2019; which was being delivered to Waitrose, Stockbridge, Edinburgh by 2pm on 31st August 2019. I received a text message on Saturday at approx 1.30pm notifying me that the travel cot would not be ready for collection and they would contact me later that day or Sunday to confirm. I required the travel cot for the Saturday evening, so purchased one from Mothercare. On Monday 2nd September I emailed John Lewis to inform them I no longer required the travel cot and requested a refund. I initially got a response; acknowledging my email and advising me that they had passed the request over to Carriers and Bookings Department. After several emails requesting my refund, John Lewis contacted me to say the travel cot was ready to be picked up on Thursday 5th September. I have just spoken to customer services, who have cancelled the order; however they have advised me that I will not receive my refund until 12th September, John Lewis will have been in receipt of my funds for 13 days!! This standard of service is unacceptable. I suggest you review how you deal with complaints and returns. I have been a customer of John Lewis since they opened their store in Edinburgh in the 1970's.
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Posted 5 years ago
cynical and dismissive customer service. John Lewis sold me a garden furniture. after the first light shower it failed. Customer service told me that the term waterproof referred only to the frame and no where on their website was written that the product could be left outdoors.
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Posted 5 years ago
The joys of sub contracting everything out to others under the banner of John Lewis but with no loyalty to the brand as its just a name to them not being partners in the true sense, not their business so why should they care. I was a partner involved in providing part of the true John Lewis after sales service for over 10 years but from day one their desire was to shut the department down and subcontract the work which they eventually did along with the majority of in house after sales departments spreading to every branch in the country. All they want to do is sell sell sell and let sub contractors deal with the problems. From their point of view it probably sounded like a good idea in theory however based on what I've been reading here its not working to the satisfaction of lots of customers. The test call centres set up in branches prior to Hamilton and Manchester operations etc proved that the concept could / does work but for me I think the missing link is Partners who have a true interest in the business even though its theirs in name only but for someone working under the guise of John Lewis it can't be the same. I am grateful to the partnership for the job security they offered whilst it lasted and the benefits that went with it but as soon as the performance appraisal system was introduced the brakes were put on salaries with the subsequent knock effect on bonuses etc which could result in some partners salaries remaining frozen in time as not everyone perform's at the same level for as much as they may try, but in my time they always did their best, however statistically that may not be enough. So this is yet another way to cut costs, sub contract so you don't have to pay wages, pensions, sick pay, training, vehicles, insurances, run warehouses, store product, etc etc etc the list no doubt is quite lengthy + being given a substantial sum to assist with setting up call centre's under another guise of creating jobs but at lower salaries and it sounds like your on a winner but in the end if your not careful it could mean your on a hiding to nothing. Could the latest financial results be reflecting the fruits of their labours. New people at the top might help but helping those at the bottom might prove more beneficial to all.
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Posted 5 years ago
4 months after a botched carpet fitting, JL had to be dragged kicking and screaming to the Small Claims Court for them to finally respect their legal obligations. My advice is to not hesitate to take them to the Small Claims Court and ignore the letters from their lawyers suggesting that they will defend the claim - it is all just a bluff. Having ignored all three of their letters, they caved in and have offered a full settlement of the claim, including the court fees.
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Posted 5 years ago
Absolutely appalling service. Ordered made to measure curtains nearly 4 months ago. Still haven’t got them. Catalogue of errors; fabric, pole, pole again, finally curtains mis measured they were a foot too short, so 2 attempts to fit! 3 days off work in total Still don’t know when I will get them so now I want to cancel. At the end of my tether with them. There is something seriously wrong with John Lewis are they going under? Avoid. I will never order any home furnishings from John Lewis as long as I live and warn every one I know. By the way I communicated by email and phone head against a brick wall.
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Posted 5 years ago
Ordered cross trainer (699£) paid 19.95 for next day delivery on the top I had to take day off at work to be at home to get my order and on delivery day I got message that they not able to deliver my parcel. Customer service don't know why parcel wasn't loaded in to van, lady said possible item was damaged, they don't have item in stock or any other reason. They will know exactly in 24hrs. She told me that I can't get refund which will take 3 to 5 working days until they won't know why exactly they couldn't deliver my item, this is a joke. Christmas comming and it will be a peak time for all stores and delivery companies if John Lewis can't deliver parcel in most quiet time for any delivery service how they planning to handle pick time on Christmas. Avoid to order as you won't get anything on time and you loved ones will end up without gifts, all you will get appologies and money back in a week time. First of all it was gift Second I loose one day of wages as I had to take day off Third I paid for service which they couldn't provide it. Won't ever order anything again Awoid this company Customer service same useless as stock and delivery department
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Posted 5 years ago
john lewis tech department at cheltenham are so appalling can't rate them took two pc's back there with the same problem, but cheltenham treated us terrible,took the same pc to the bristol branch what a breath of fresh air we were treated with respect their tech department said we can have a refund or a different pc we opted for a different pc the lady who served us was amazing she even gave us token for coffee and cake.top marks fore bristol
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Posted 5 years ago
A simply terrible experience ordering high -value items from this once leader in 'customer care'. Poor communication, evidently poor systems and generic responses from their complaints dept when you dare raise any issues. As an Ocado / Waitrose customer customer, I've decided to take all of my £8-10k annual spend elsewhere. Adios JLP!!
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Posted 5 years ago
Terrible mattress bought from John Lewis just 3 months ago. Dipping in middle already and been uncomfortable from the word go. Their customer services team were very unhelpful bordering on rude. I said I would even pay more for a new mattress - I just wanted to return this one. Never ever buy a mattress from John Lewis. When it goes wrong they don’t want to know.
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Posted 5 years ago
Ordered some clothes online only to been informed by their courier they delivered them. Well not to me nor any of my neighbours either. Courier company told me not our fault we delivered it go back to John Lewis. Well want a surprise John Lewis did some internal “investigation” code word = no refund! So they told me they had delivered it and if I disagree I should dispute the money with my bank. Now I work in consulting and John Lewis have created this process to hedge their bets they could afford to lose some customers on the way. But John Lewis your time is up because the big giants like Amazon refund no questions asked they bet on their customers returning as they have a good customer experience. I will never shop with this arrogant customer vicious brand again.
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Posted 5 years ago
My wife had just been diagnosed with lung cancer, we thought life is short and so we went to Glasgow's most prestigious store to buy two beds and a sofa. The beds were ordered and a short while later they arrived. After 3 nights my wife said the mattress was too soft so we contacted JL who told us their policy was not to exchange. We revisited the store and they attempted to sell us a more expensive mattress. I asked what had happened to goodwill and they assured me that if I contacted the number they gave me it might just be possible to exchange the mattress for a firmer one. My request was rejected even though we were happy with the two bed frames and one mattress JL would not budge. Months later the sofa arrived. It was a DURESTA Domus victor large 3 seater and it was beautiful. However after having used it three times we noticed waves over the cushions. We complained to JL and they sent out an independent technician who advised that we should "Dress" the cushions after use. He had removed the foam from each one,puffed them up until the sofa looked perfect and then reassembled the cushions. This process took around 40 minutes as I recall. JL phoned a week later. The lady representing them told me I should have read the print online. I responded by informing her that we bought the sofa instore and there was no sign of this information that I would have to dress the cushions after use. The salesman also never mentioned this. So now I have a new mattress that's of no use to us and a sofa I have to maintain after every use. I told the lady at JL that the sofa should be advertised as "Great design, lousy manufacturing". BTW the sofa is no longer available at JL. The beds and the sofa cost us over £4,000. We're pensioners, we're not rich and we will NEVER go anywhere near JOHN LEWIS again. There was no good will whatsoever, only a cynical give us your money attitude and from a personal point of view I hope it goes under along with it's management who have shown no empathy or concern for our disfatisfaction..
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Posted 5 years ago
Today the 20th August 2019 I returned my Pure Move R3 DAB radio I’d tried to contact Pure but tried several times by phone got cut off !! Googled Pure completed the page not able to submit it 🤬 The Tech dept Edinburgh were brilliant, Dave was so helpful his colleague on the till was too sorry don’t know her name I now have a new replacement for my faulty one Thank you so much 👍👍👍
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Posted 5 years ago
I phoned to speak about a gift of cushions that shed feathers.I first spoke to Rob who told me he did not work for John Lewis.Funny ,it was the customer services number I phoned.I was then put onto Victoria,the highest operative available today.She put the phone down on me because she believes that John Lewis Policy supercedes the law and could not understand the concept of your behaviour as vendors needing to be REASONABLE.She tried to talk over me merely repeating what she had already told me.I had understood but disagreed she refused to allow me the contact detail(email) of her manager and as such negated any responsibility for her actions.That's even before I mention what I phoned to complain about. I will be looking elsewhere to buy.!
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Posted 5 years ago
Incompetent staff at John Lewis Reading children's department tills. Customers left queuing, served others who just turned up ignoring existing queue and then blamed the customers! Over stretched staff were inadequately supported by a rude and incompetent young supervisor without ability and customer service skills. Dreadful shopping experience. Will avoid in future!
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Posted 5 years ago
Very awful experience in Oxford St store. I use to love John Lewis. They have gone down hill. No proper customer service at all. I’m flabbergasted! I will shop online elsewhere now
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Posted 5 years ago
Sales force misinformation to clinch a sale, followed by general mismanagement. Preparing to move house we bought a king size ottoman bed from JL. When they received the mattress from the manufacturer they realised they had forgotten to order the bed! Fortunately we were in no hurry. We had been told that when a delivery date was being arranged they would ask whether we wanted it delivered or also assembled. They forgot to ask, so they just delivered it. We were then charged more for the assembly team to come. We had known that we would need to refit our bedroom once we settled in. JL told us they would be able to move the bed for us at a charge. Now they have changed their mind; “We do not offer that service”. Customer service no longer seems to be their forte.normanburnell@gmail.com
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Posted 5 years ago
Product after sales support second to none. Customer service excellent. Competitively priced. 5 year qurantee excellent used twice with no issues .
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Posted 5 years ago
Bad is not even bad enough to rate this company at the moment!! Absolutely flabbergasted at the lack of customer service .. one individual has just had the audacity to put the phone down on me because I insisted on talking to a manager. I have been holding on for 15 minutes now whilst someone is trying to 'look into my case' agaiin! On 6 July 2019 my husband & I ordered a television and a washing machine for my mother in law who lives just outside Glasgow. As we live in London, and having ordered numerous things from John Lewis over the years, we thought that this would be the most foolproof way of getting quality goods to her with a quality service. On 13 July 2019 the television was duly delivered in the morning with no problems whatsoever .. the courteous & efficient service we have come to expect. At 17.45 I get a phone call from my very upset mother in law to say that they are there with the washing machine but cannot fit it; we had paid for the machine to be fitted and the old machine removed. Apparently the delivery men were unable to fit the machine because there were no jubiliee clips and they didn't carry them ????? My mother in law had been told that they could leave the machine in the middle of her very small kitchen or alternatively in the middle of her not much bigger hallway!!!!! At 78yrs old she was severely stressed by all of this. Long story short I spoke to the delivery men who said they could take it away & I would receive a total refund for the washing machine. As it was the only alternative I agreed to this and was reassured several times that John Lewis would be in contact with me to issue the refund. On 23 July I emailed John Lewis as I had heard nothing; no response. This led to a series of phone calls over the last few weeks; each time I was reassured that a refund would be organised and that somebody would call me back to action this. It will be of no surprise given the context of my review that no-one has ever called me back. Today at 15.20 I called again and spoke to a man who got rather irritated, to put it mildly, at my insistence on speaking to a manager - he repeatedly said that the manager would only tell me the same thing. His customer service skills were exemplary & his training obviously has been very robust as he PUT THE PHONE DOWN ON ME! I called back and asked to speak to a manager, this time I was transferred and after 2 more transfers I was speaking to someone in Finance who wanted to refund the money! At last someone who wanted to do what I have been asking them to do for all of these weeks. After 32 minutes on the telephone today, as far as I am aware, that refund has been transferred to me ... if it hasn't I will be back on here to update. For your information I was given a case number a few weeks ago - the lady in the Finance Section looked up the case number, just out of interest, as she didn't understand why I hadn't been refunded ..... SOMEONE HAD CLOSED MY CASE ON 07.08.19 ... I WOULD NEVER HAVE RECEIVED THAT PROMISED PHONE CALL, LET ALONE MY MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am hoping that this is now the end of a diabolical fiasco. I am sorry to say that John Lewis will never get another penny of my money; the treatment of my mother in law that the delivery drivers saw no problem in dealing out & the down right lies I have been spun over the last few weeks have put paid to that. When I initially contacted John Lewis to request a full refund I was promised a one off payment to make up for the total inconvenience and lack of service that we experienced, obviously that has not been forthcoming either. A cynical view maybe, but John Lewis have been earning interest on my money for 5 weeks (6 weeks by the time I receive my refund), are sales really that bad that you need to put off refunding customers who are not sold what they were promised to earn thousands & thousands in interest? Surely this illegal - it is certainly totally & utterly immoral. What a terrible shame that a company that was respected by so many for the level of service has sunk to such low levels.
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Posted 5 years ago
Absolutely awful company, took my money happily and then handed my order off to Yamaha who strung me along for weeks promising delivery which has yet to materialize. The only solution they could come up with was a refund in which I would get the money back after a processing period leaving me almost £900 out of pocket for almost a month. Left empty handed for my partner's birthday tomorrow which I had promised a huge surprise for. Totally gutted and will never ever buy anything else from them again. You would be wise to avoid them too.
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Posted 5 years ago
After being advised that we could return our tv for repair via Waitrose, it now appears they have lost it. We checked that we could use this service before doing so. Clearly John Lewis no longer provide adequate customer care. John Lewis are now denying that they advised us we could use Waitrose to return it and that everything is our fault!! During this dispute I informed the complaints department that our telephone line was down and that I could however receive emails. Despite having an acknowledgment of the receipt of the email I sent they are saying that I did not send it! The tv is supposed to have 5 year guarantee, but it appears that this is useless as Waitrose or John Lewis has lost the tv, After many years of being a loyal customer I somewhat alarmed at their attitude, and their failure to give an appropriate level of customer care.
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Posted 5 years ago
John Lewis is rated 2.7 based on 2,432 reviews