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John Lewis Reviews

2.7 Rating 2,416 Reviews
41 %
of reviewers recommend John Lewis
2.7
Based on 2,416 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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John Lewis 1 star review on 18th October 2024
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John Lewis 1 star review on 18th October 2024
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Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
My son purchased me Clinique Xmas gift set £54 , returned to GLASGOW store today to exchange for Clinique aromatic s 100ml , got told it was last selling price, for item I was returning ,that was fine because it was still £54 😊then girl said she could not return because I didn’t have receipt 😡I explained I didn’t want a refund I wanted to add money and get the 100 ml fragrance, instead of the smaller one in gift box , was made to feel very uncomfortable 😣, left store and I will never shop here again 😥
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Posted 5 years ago
I am so shocked about my recent dealings with JL customer service, as I've been a loyal customer for decades because I could expect great customer service, but over the last couple of months, I've experienced the kind of service that I'd expect from amateurs. Most recent I paid for custom made to measure blinds and fitting, two weeks later the chain on one of the blinds broke. 3 weeks after I contacted CS and several attempts to chase for a response I eventually got a reply to say a new chain was in the post to me. I wasn't happy with this response when I paid for bespoke service at great expense, and now I am being told that I have to fix the blind myself! The chain arrived a few days later in an envelope with a rip up piece of paper enclosed and a scribble about my new chain. There are zero instructions on how to fix or replace the chain, and from my research on google it looks as though I have to take the whole thing down and put it back up again. So I expect I will be wasting more of my time chasing the CS team again next week, and again the week after to get this properly resolved. I also spent 6 weeks earlier this summer chasing down a new bed which had been sent to the wrong warehouse. It took at least 6 phone calls on my part to finally get someone to track the bed down and have it redelivered. Totally unacceptable. I seriously don't know what's going on over there. JL had such an amazing reputation for taking care of their clients. Perhaps spend less money on expensive xmas adverts this year and more on delivering a quality service to customers. Really let down. Hope someone of some authority sees this and puts things right.
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Posted 5 years ago
Worst experience ever, Don't buy from them! Especially don't buy Electrical goods. Worst experience ever, Don't buy from them! Never buy any Electrical things as you can never return it. I bought an Iphone 11Pro Max and realized the phone is much too big, Wanted to return in same shape, after 3 days. They said no refunds or exchanges as you took it out of the box..... Apple will refund any product within 14 days, Amazon 30 days, Argos 30 days. The guys from the Tech support in John Lewis in Westfield were very rude as well the supervisor, was one of the most useless customer interactions i ever faced. When said we will never buy anything at John Lewis the supervisor said they dont care with a smile. Massive disappointment from John Lewis, Just dont buy anything from them , if you vote with your money, they will get in line hopefully before Amazon will take them out of business soon. Just go and test the products and buy it where you are respected. They will Screw you with a smile.If you will buy from them.
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Posted 5 years ago
Truly awful customer service. A sofa gone missing and now the third attempt to deliver it next week. A broken £400 mirror today and 40 minutes on the customer services line then released without contact, then another 40 minutes and no managers available in their very under manned call centre which I have had to call far too many times this month to sort out their problems with my deliveries. JL will not be seeing any more of my hard earned money. Awful just awful
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Posted 5 years ago
I am so disgusted with this company I will never return. I bought a very expensive pair of Levi’s for my son. He thought they were fine but a week later when first going out in them realised they were too short by which time I could not find the receipt. In the past this would have been absolutely no issue but now John Lewis are adamant they will not refund me even though I have proof of purchase on my credit card and two members of staff at the branch I originally purchased them from said that the branch I was returning them to (as they had a wider selection of jeans) policy was wrong and that I could actually return them. After being humiliated by staff at the larger store who seemed to think I was pulling some sort of stunt (how can buying a more expensive pair of jeans plus more clothing and thus giving John Lewis more of my hard earned money be conning them??) and spending hours trying to get through to customer service and being told contradicting information I am left with an unwearable pair of jeans that I will be handing back to the store tomorrow and wasting more of my precious time at this place who are in effect profiting massively from me. I will vote with my feet and not a penny more shall I spend in a store where I have to date spent thousands and thousands of pounds as Waitrose is my local supermarket. If JOHN LEWIS treat customers like criminals they don’t deserve to have any.
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Posted 5 years ago
Ordered online and am very pleased with quality and delivery
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Posted 5 years ago
I bought a washing machine on Sunday. It was delivered and fitted on Thursday. John Lewis fulfilled all that they promised regarding delivery time. I was phoned on Wednesday giving a 2hour slot (between 7 and 9) and saying the installer would phone 30 minutes before coming. The installer phoned at 6.30 on Thursday, they arrived at 7. They removed the old washer, fitted the new one and showed me how it works. All done before 7.30. They could not have done a better job, Well done John Lewis!
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Posted 5 years ago
Bespoke curtains service appalling and very expensive, failed us on 2 occasions
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Posted 5 years ago
Arranged to have carpet fitted, got a phone call at 6.30 pm the day before saying it wasn't going to happen as one of their fitters had rung in sick, very vague about rescheduling. Had taken the day off work, and spent a lot of time and effort clearing the room. Didn't help that the conversations were with a call centre in Manchester, not our local branch. Going to use local tradesmen the next time.
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Posted 5 years ago
staff very helpful in all stores visited this year, London, Liverpool, manchester
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Posted 5 years ago
Purchased a Canon SX 620 from local John Lewis store and after 18 months the flash failed to work. They sent it away saying it could take a maximum of 30 days after six weeks I chased and eventually received an email A phone call followed leaving a voicemail with a fax number I then called John Lewis direct and after 30 minutes waiting was informed that my camera had suffered impact damage and despite my protestations that the camera had never been dropped once I have been told the repair would be £140 (this is a £160 camera) I the requested an escalation.I was told the escalation department was not busy but after five minutes waiting was told they would not speak to me because I had damaged my camera I have now asked for my camera to be returned and will not purchase from John Lewis again discovering that the so-called two year warranty is a sham.I will wait to collect my camera from local store and see if they will offer a gesture of goodwill discount on a new one.
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Posted 5 years ago
I bought a washing machine for my elderly vulnerable parents, I also paid for the machine to be installed and the old one removed, the machine wasn’t installed properly and needed a second engineer to install it properly. The machine then developed an intermittent fault and couldn’t be opened. Throughout all of this farce JL have been utterly useless with the worst customer service I have ever experienced. They now farm out their engineering support to third parties who dictate to JL when your appliance will get fixed. The same third party as most other high street retailers, so when you buy a JL appliance the support is no better than anyone else on line or on the high street. The brand has been ruined by the current CEO who really ought to read these review sites, I’ve never seen JL reviews so bad. You have been warned.
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Posted 5 years ago
I bought a washing machine for my elderly vulnerable parents, I also paid for the machine to be installed and the old one removed, the machine wasn’t installed properly and needed a second engineer to install it properly. The machine then developed an intermittent fault and couldn’t be opened. Throughout all of this farce JL have been utterly useless with the worst customer service I have ever experienced. They now farm out their engineering support to third parties who dictate to JL when your appliance will get fixed. The same third party as most other high street retailers, so when you buy a JL appliance the support is no better than anyone else on line or on the high street. The brand has been ruined by the current CEO who really ought to read these review sites, I’ve never seen JL reviews so bad. You have been warned.
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Posted 5 years ago
I bought a washing machine for my elderly vulnerable parents, I also paid for the machine to be installed and the old one removed, the machine wasn’t installed properly and needed a second engineer to install it properly. The machine then developed an intermittent fault and couldn’t be opened. Throughout all of this farce JL have been utterly useless with the worst customer service I have ever experienced. They now farm out their engineering support to third parties who dictate to JL when your appliance will get fixed. The same third party as most other high street retailers, so when you buy a JL appliance the support is no better than anyone else on line or on the high street. The brand has been ruined by the current CEO who really ought to read these review sites, I’ve never seen JL reviews so bad. You have been warned.
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Posted 5 years ago
I want to share my experience to date in the hope that it will deter at least one future consumer from giving John Lewis their custom. On 24th of September I purchased a fridge freezer and was called on 2nd of October to set up a delivery and installation time which was set for the 9th of October. The slot I was allocated was 8.55-10.55am. I dutifully took a day off work, and when the delivery failed to arrive within the allocated slot (with no contact from John Lewis) I started calling. Throughout the day I was assured by a number of staff members of staff on multiple occasions that my delivery a) could not be tracked by them, so they had no way of knowing where the drivers were, but the delivery appeared to be on track b the delivery would definitely be delivered by 5pm. So I waited. It was not until 4.30 pm that I was informed that actually something had gone wrong with the vans THAT MORNING and my delivery would not be with me that day after all. So having taken a whole day off work and wasted many hours of my life on the phone to staff who jus kept repeating empty lines of reassurance, I rescheduled my delivery and installation for friday evening (between 5pm and 7pm). By 7pm I still had not heard anything, so back I get onto the phone. Again I am reassured that everything is ok and that anyway there is nothing John Lewis staff can do to track deliveries. By 8.30 I eventually manage to find out that actually the delivery van my fridge is on does not do installations (an error was made by a John Lrewis member of staff when rebooking the delivery) but that regardless it would not be possible for the fridge to be delivered that night. At this point I m completely frustrated and agree with the latest member of staff on the phone that our fridge will be sent out for delivery (though not installation)the next day (today- saturday) and that installation would take place next week. The latest update is that the curriers have delivered the fridge. I am sat at home and there is no fridge, so clearly something has gone wrong again. and despite it is no where near the end of the working day, I have been emailed (they have not even bothered to call) to say they will be in touch TOMORROW to book in another delivery and installation date. The last person I spoke to said they would look into the issue and call me back . 2 hours have gone by and to date I have yet to receive a single call back from John Lewis. So i am supposed to take another day off work, for a FOURTH attempt at delivery????? I have no words to describe my frustration with the company I vow to NEVER EVER use again. I hope you will also think twice.
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Posted 5 years ago
I ordered a CREAM rubbish bin and collected at Waitrose. The colour was wrong (so I thought) but the label on the box said it was cream. So I exchamged it. In Waitrose I elicited 3 different opinions as to whether it was cream or grey (all good natured fun!) Anyway I vrought it home to see it in proper light. I think its grey! I attach pix of it next to my cream fridge and John Lewis cream bread bin. I'd like to know what you think. BTW I used to be a colour matcher.
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Posted 5 years ago
Dreadful, Incompetent fitter of integrated fridge, damaged paintwork left gaps in door, white brackets left protruding under wooden door. Took forever for customer services to take any action. That was a couple of yrs ago, now discover that the legs were mangled on installation and the fridge is well and truly stuck under unit. The fridge needed to be moved out to access and fit a new copper pipe that was leaking. This resulted in a much longer, more difficult job for the plumber. The fridge is stuck. No one has replied to my complaints I have made three phone calls hanging on the phone for over two hours in total. I have e mailed them also but I am just being ignored. no reply as yet
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Posted 5 years ago
spent over £1500 on electrical goods taking advantage of the John Lewis promotion how to claim a £125 e-voucher only after 2 months of emails and phone calls i am now being told i do not qualify for this promotion if this is the case i feel mislead by your advert and this was even sent out with my invoice encouraging me to claim this why send it out if i dont qualify , i now cant even return the goods because its over 35 days with all the phone calls and emails and John lewis couldnt even find my order despite giving my order number very poor customer service thats me finished with John lewis
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Posted 5 years ago
I purchased Apple AirPods from John Lewis and they are faulty. Called John Lewis customer support and they informed me to take them to Apple for repair. Booked into Apple and after quick investigation they informed me they are counterfeit so can not be repaired. Called John Lewis customer service and they are uninterested as I have lost the receipt (the credit card statement is insufficient evidence of purchase). In the old days, John Lewis would have been horrified to discover they had sold counterfeit goods and offered immediate replacement without question. Now they wriggle around, quote terms and conditions, and stone-wall. A once loyal customer will never be returning.
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Posted 5 years ago
Awful service, my washing machine has an awful smell & all clothes smell horribly damp, keep rewashing but still smell. 2 Bosch engineers can’t find any issues, John Lewis refuse to replace or refund. Manager Philip of tech support just suggested it’s installation fault so to sort mildew issue (smell, even though it’s 2 months old) do some 90 degree washes with special fluid a few times. I’m an eco warrior & not a fan of washes over 30 degrees let alone the harm to the environment of 90 degrees. He called me sarcastic when I said I’d have to do 10 of these rinses a day & also told me to stop shouting whilst I was crying - oh he should hear me shout! I waited 40 minutes to speak to him but he couldn’t call me back (I had to pick my son up from nursery in tears whilst on the phone to him) as they’re so busy so it might not have been until the following day or day after. I chose to pay more for this product for their positive customer service & employee treatment policy, but don’t waste your time or money, find the product elsewhere for better price & service.
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Posted 5 years ago
John Lewis is rated 2.7 based on 2,416 reviews