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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
Incredibly bad experience with John Lewis, please avoid buying online good at all costs! Laptop purchased online (available at time of purchase) and after 1 week still no news, no laptop, no refund, no contact from JL!!! I had to call then twice at my expense every time with no luck. It is absolutely and utterly shocking!
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Posted 6 years ago
I ordered a nice bouquet of flowers for my mum. The delivery day and went and unfortunately for some unknown reason the delivery company didn’t deliver them. I called John Lewis and was delighted with the customer service who refunded my money and sent my mum a gift card😁😁😁 I was so happy with they’re service I ordered a new computer I assumed I would have to wait a few days for it, I received it the very next day. Very happy customer ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Posted 6 years ago
My daughter and I ordered the same men’s shaver for Christmas presents for next day delivery. My daughters arrived in store the next day, but mine never arrived. On the 28th December I still hadn’t received it so I went and bought it elsewhere. I phoned John Lewis to say I still hadn’t received it. The guy asked me my name and address and after my reply his response was the word “cool”. I found that very disrespectful. Then he said with an attitude “ well you did order it just before Christmas”. So I replied you took the order promising it to be next delivery and my daughters arrived in time. His manner on the phone was not what I expect from John Lewis. No apology for bad service and very let down by them. I would be very hesitant to order from them again.
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Posted 6 years ago
Purchased a duvet, terrible quality, send it back the same day. No refund. The reason provided “discrepancy from the returns paperwork and the condition the item was received in” Never again John Lewis.
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Posted 6 years ago
DANGEROUS ITEM FOR CHILDREN Do not buy calia bench!! This bench my 4 year old boy was sitting on it and the bench toppled over and landed on his foot, almost chopping off his big toe. He spent 4 weeks off school unable to walk and his toe had to be operated on. The design of the bench is very poor and there was no warning stating the bench can topple over with children’s weight. John Lewis have said they are not taking any liability for the accident, we are disgusted with this outcome. Our little boy has been left traumatised , feel very let down by John Lewis! Very poor design and poor customer service
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Posted 6 years ago
I ordered three dresses amongst several other items from them. My partner didnt like the style or size and I returned them. john Lewis claim there is damage to one of the items, so they haven't refunded any of the items and they won't confirm in writing what the imaginary damage is or return it to me. Presumably some clown in their warehouse damaged it on receipt or its new company policy to lie about returns to keep some cash. I remember when JL were a highly reputable company. No wonder they are going bust. When they deign to reply in writing I will be referring them to the ombudsman.
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Posted 6 years ago
John Lewis has failed repeatedly to simply send us a guarantee that applies to an iPad, their after sales service is appalling, going round and round in circles and getting nowhere. Inefficient, incapable of joined up thinking, never buy from them again!
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Posted 6 years ago
Very bad refund service. I bought a china bowl online, which was cracked. I was refunded the money immediately and decided to order another. In error I ordered the wrong colour, so I decided not to collect the item, but let Waitrose return it. I’ve spent 17 days chasing a refund. John Lewis themselves admit the item has been scanned and returned but not yet ‘checked’ and are obviously ‘stalling’ on giving me a refund. I’ve contacted Customer Services on a few occasions regarding this and the last response from a customer service team member was,” thank you for reaching out to John Lewis”. Have they now become the Samaritans??? Or similar mental health organisation, due to people going mad over trying to get blood out of a stone?? Very disappointed in their response and service.
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Posted 6 years ago
I have ordered a sofa from John Lewis for “guaranteed” Christmas delivery. They lied and misled me to take my money and make the sale. I am told it will not now arrive before Christmas as promised. Now we have nothing to sit on over Christmas, this has to be the worst service ever and disgrace to a British institution that they do a promotional campaign that they can’t not uphold. Greed to get my sale and let me and my family down. I will seek legal action but it will not solve my Christmas upset. No wonder they are in such a financial state. Knowingly oversold !
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Posted 6 years ago
Ordered click and collect items to be delivered to a nearby pick up point. Received no email from Collect+ to give delivery code or collection code. Shop owner couldn't release item without code. Emailed customer services and would be told we would receive reply within 24 hours, 24 hours later received an email in barely readable English to say they had forwarded message to another department and would get reply after 48 hours! Well 72 hours passes and no reply so we took to tweeting, they told us they would look into it but again no reply. Rang customer services they said they would ring courier service and reply, gave us £5 goodwill gesture off the bill. Still no reply Awful, John Lewis there are people who work for a lot less money than you who do a lot better job. Never again!
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Posted 6 years ago
I love John Lewis but was sad to see that they were using the awful DPD courier service to make deliveries.Have never had a good experience with that company and needless to say they have not delivered my packages and said that they have.Im out £35 pounds and despite a very nice lady on the John Lewis helpline it looks like they aren’t going to help.DPD consistently loses packages or delivers them to the wrong address or just doesn’t turn up.They are a disgraceful company and I won’t be using John Lewis deliveries again while they still use DPD
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Posted 6 years ago
Excellent service. All products arrived exactly when promised. I have always found the delivery service to be very reliable. Thank you.
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Posted 6 years ago
bought dishwasher from John Lewis. 2 faults in 2 months refusing to take back 3 hours on hold. Customer care shocking, still without working dishwasher, been dragging on for over a week..... absolutely disgusted
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Posted 6 years ago
I have to complain about your customer service. Bought a Bosch washing machine in November it has never worked properly I have video evidence and despite 4 engineers visiting still no replacement. Appalling service.
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Posted 6 years ago
most frustrating company to deal with. Everything is the customers fault. Damands payment aggressively, fails to take money through internal gibberish. Blames customer, repeat till customer is sure to never return. #everythingisjargon #fail
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Posted 6 years ago
I bought a "design project " swivel chair in May, not cheap at £900. Delivered at the end of June but missing a couple of bolts so waited for spares sent in July. Put the chair together and must say it looked great and was very comfy. A couple of months later the material on the back and seat started to get very loose and creased as though the stuffing had gone out of it and it looked very messy. called customer services and they asked me to send pictures so they could raise the issue with the manufacturer. I sent pictures which clearly shows the problem. A couple of weeks later they called me and said that the manufacturer says that there is nothing wrong with the chair, but that it would need to be dressed after sitting in it, plumping up! I explained that the chair has a straight back with a sleek design and there is no cushion to "plump up". She said that she would send a technician to inspect the chair. 3 weeks later technician arrived, turned the chair upside down, took it apart and repositioned the material so it was smooth again. He explained that there was some velcro inside that should keep the material from moving but that this would very likely happen again unless an adjustment was made. He said that he would report back to JL. A week later customer service person called to say that the technician reported back that there is no manufacturing fault with the chair, that it's the nature of the fabric, that it will become loose as in all sofas and she repeated the thing about "dressing " the chair. When I said that in order to get the chair to look like it was when I bought it, he had to turn it over and pull the material tight, she said that he was doing this to see if there was a fault. I wish I'd recorded my conversation with the technician as what customer service told me he reported back was completely different from what he said to me. They said as there's no fault with the chair then the matters closed, but I could pay for an independent technician's report and they'd look at it again. Totally beaten down by their lack of reason and therefore I won't be buying from JL again
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Posted 6 years ago
Great store with lovely products and ace staff but they must get with the program and stop all the ghastly plastic. Not a plain roll of Christmas paper to be found and loads of ghastly , soon to be land fill , glitter and tinsel. THINK before you order more of this tat PLEASE
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Posted 6 years ago
I was sad to have had a bad experience today at lunchtime in the Norwich store. Over time we have loyally spent many thousands of pounds in Cambridge branch, Norwich and others but will think twice now. The reason being the 'gentleman' who totally ignored me ( I am a placid, gentle and learned man) when trying clothes on. It cannot surely be common practice to not respond to someone who has tried to speak to you, but was left feeling as though I didn't exist. Three times I engaged this hirsute and black bearded person; the time was around 1 pm.
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Posted 6 years ago
I generally like their products and consider them good quality. Cannot say the same for their online service. Completely unreliable, especially since they decided to use DPD for the deliveries. My Christmas shopping never arrived on the nominated day of delivery and on the system it appears that I signed for receiving the goods- this is fraud! Have made several calls but nobody seems able to know or do anything about it. I cannot get a refund either until DPD investigate what happened to it - this can take several days! John Lewis I am not shopping from you again until you stop using DPD for your deliveries.
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Posted 6 years ago
Be careful before ordering electrical white goods from John Lewis. We purchased a Samsung Tumble Dryer, which broke after 6-weeks. John Lewis passed us over to Samsung for a warranty repair, which took a further 3-weeks to complete. John Lewis were unconcerned and uncaring, choosing not to live up to the higher level of customer service we had come to expect from this premiumly priced company. In the future we will be buying from cheaper sources.
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Posted 6 years ago
John Lewis is rated 2.7 based on 2,432 reviews