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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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Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
Gone downhill
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Posted 5 years ago
So I bought a phone from them. It was laggy and not amazing. I returned it. They say I sent them back a phone that doesn't match the serial number on the box!! They are sending it me back!!! So I will now have a phone that they sent me that I cannot return as it looks like it's not the correct item!!! I am at a loss as what I can do now. Awful predicament. I would never swap a phone and return another. What would I gain as the IMEI is traceable.
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Posted 5 years ago
If I could give zero stars for this review, I would. But I’d like to warn everyone to never order curtains from John Lewis. I placed an order in January to be told that it would be delivered by March. It is now May and I have still not received the curtains. Moreover, the customer service is simply pathetic. They keep telling you they will get in touch with you to give you an update on the order but never do. I still have received no date of when I can expect the curtains to arrive.
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Posted 5 years ago
Direct delivery to Saudi Arabia is not available, while it is available in other British stores.
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Posted 5 years ago
I always feel we get good knowledgeable service in the soton store however the restaurant was poor value for money. A terrible cappuccino and not so good Americano One scon with jam -no cream £8.2!! The service was lackluster The carpet and some of the fixtures and fittings in the restaurant manky. We purchased a TV 5 stars @ £2200--great service.
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Posted 5 years ago
I think you should know about my experience in the lingerie dept of the Cambridge branch on Friday 3rd May. Having travelled from north Norfolk early, I arrived at 10.20 for a bra fitting. I was unaware that an appointment needed to be made, but was informed curtly that I could return at noon. As I was meeting a friend from Sussex at noon, I said it was not possible. I asked if I could try some on myself, which I did, and the assistant grudingly said she would have a look at what I tried. She promptly disappeared, and was very curt when she came back, emphasising she could not do a fitting. It did not appear to be busy, another assistant was doing a fitting but I was the only other customer in the fitting room. I appreciate that I did not have an appointment, but her manner was far from what I would expect from a store which has an amazing reputation for customer service. Subsequently I went to my local (small) M&S and received attention, without an appointment, that was nothing short of outstanding. I will, sadly, not return to the lingerie department in Cambridge in the future.
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Posted 5 years ago
Visited your store in Solihull, last Sunday to purchase a ceiling light at a cost of £150. Paid for item and collected from pick up point. Noticed the box did not look the right shape for the item i had bought, as i was not local, i thought i should double check. Spoke to a lovely Lady on lighting who confirmed my fears, and said i had been given the wrong item,she dealt with it straight away. On Tuesday 1st May my electrician fitted the light, bought to my attention that the wiring instructions where back to front and he would be contacting John Lewis to report it as it had been quality tested. To add to my annoyance, i noticed the 3 lamp shades were all of a very poor standard. I phoned JL, I got a call back from a Stuart whom said he would get a replacement, the following day.I called him back, and said i would come, to pick up the item.He laughed and said Oh! it might not be in. I got a call the next day, by a Lady called Alice, who told me my item had not come in and i would have to pick up the next day. I really wasn't Happy, but told her there was nothing much i could do about it. Later in the day i called JL twice and asked if Alice could give me a call back but i never got one. My Husband and I decided to travel over to the store taking my shades back. On arrival i spoke to a Lady called Catherine who had served me on the Sunday, i asked her if i could have the shades off display, she did not hesitate by getting some steps and getting the shades down. May i add the light in question is the Linden ceiling light with 3 shades. I would like to say a BIG THANK YOU TO CATHERINE, for doing your job so well. While at the shop i purchased the Alice ceiling light cost of £75, i came home, to my horror! i have been given 2 different bulbs for this Light. I will now have to go back for the 3rd time. So unacceptable and Annoying
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Posted 5 years ago
The worst customer service I have received for a long time!! This company blatantly ignore your emails and refuse to enter into any discussion or even acknowledge your complaint! Delivery service equally as bad and longer than expected lead times! I would never order from them again!
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Posted 5 years ago
beats head phones fell apart after 3 months, the customer service guy said "we see this all the time and you should get a replacement" We waited and got the message they would not replace and would charge £320 TO REPAIR A £290 retail price product. JL get better agreements with your suppliers sell quality and not tat Been a long term customer will not be going back
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Posted 5 years ago
Appallingly bad service, we were basically batted back and forth between JL and their terrible contractors Respond Services, neither of whom would take responsibility for a JL washing machine, still under warranty, that had had four call outs and had broken down irretrievably. Have been left with no option but to buy a brand new one (not from JL, natch). John Lewis has lost our custom, completely.
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Posted 5 years ago
I have been a committed John Lewis, Waitrose and Partnership card user for many years. I am very annoyed and fed up with the poor customer service responses I’ve received to a problem with one of JL’s high-end toilet brushes by Miller. It was purchased 16 months ago for the spare bathroom. I had bought the same brush 2 weeks earlier for the main bathroom because it looked robust and attractive. Having spent 2 lots of £55 on toilet brushes, I was dismayed to find the one to the spare bathroom tilting out of its ceramic receptacle the day after I’d used it to bleach and clean the loo. The brush head had completely shrivelled up. Bearing in mind I’d also used the other same brush to clean the downstairs loo and it still looks as good as new, the shrinking of the spare brush is totally unacceptable. Isn’t the purpose of a toilet brush to clean toilets? Why did it react to bleach (assuming that’s what has caused this problem) when the other one didn’t? I have rejected the first Customer Service response which claimed that the state of the brush is normal wear and tear after 16 months. NO IT IS NOT, JOHN LEWIS. (I had my old £12 brush for 15 years). The second response from the team was to ask for customer order number, name, address and phone number because they couldn’t find me on the system. ALL details had been clearly provided in my first email. So I resubmitted. Then lo and behold, they send me another email asking for the same details AGAIN. Almost a week has gone by and I still haven’t spoken to anyone senior or sensible. The entire customer complaints system appears to have deteriorated of late, it is disjointed and feels amateurish. I am not going to let this go as the brush issue is just WRONG.
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Posted 5 years ago
Just purchased a Samsung Galaxy s10 plus from birmingham, customer service was fine but they miss informed me about the free ear buds that where supposed to claimed after the purchase which they sold to me. I spell most of the morning finding out a good deal. Rang their customer services today just to be told to bring the phone back, that they can't do anything else. Just to make a sell this is not right attitude.
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Posted 5 years ago
Terrible customer service on the Partnership card. It takes at least five days to get any for of response. Not good enough
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Posted 5 years ago
BUYER BEWARE...three months after ordering curtains ..they cant find will not refund or cancel my order until they can find . When lucky enough to contact anyone by phone am put on hold to another call centre line..more music..music.. promises to call back never do. Went into store saw curtain manager ...cant find curtains told me I had received them then realised it was the makers who had received them... promised call back not received. JOHN LEWIS YOUR GAME IS PING PONG HOPING CUSTOMER WILL JUST GO AWAY WITH NEITHER THE GOODS OR A REFUND. APPAULING DISGUSTING WAY TO TREAT YOU PAST LOYAL CUSTOMERS.
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Posted 5 years ago
I had an issue with my iPhone that I bought from John Lewis in Cardiff, I called the technical support, the agent was very friendly and tried to helped me fix my phone. We could not get it to switch on so he advised me to go back into the store. I then went to the store where a guy in the technical team took my phone, and fixed it within seconds! He then gave me a new apple charger (value of nearly £40) for FREE. He was super friendly and we were shocked how efficient and helpful the team was. THANK YOU
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Posted 5 years ago
atm fee 2.94, really?
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Posted 5 years ago
Do not trust the telephone rep the information they give is incorrect. Do not trust the in store rep the advice they give is incorrect. Do not trust the details you get on your invoice or receipt this is incorrect. John Lewis will say anything not to refund a faulty product still under guarantee. Buy from a reputable retailer and forget about their misleading claims.
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Posted 5 years ago
We purchased an integrated fridge freezer from Edinburgh branch of JL last month. We paid a £90 installation charge at the time of purchase. I was to be catering for a family party very soon so asked if the order could be marked "urgent" and was assured this was done. I was told it would take 7-10 days to arrive at their depot and as soon as it arrived I would be contacted to arrange delivery and installation. Ten days later I phoned the branch number to chase it up. After going through all the questions to get me to the correct person "to help" I was put through to Exeter where the young man told me the fridge freezer had been delivered a couple of days ago - yet no one had contacted me. He kindly said he would book me a delivery asap. The earliest available slot was 4 days later. I accepted that and asked if the shop assistant had indeed marked my order urgent? He said he could not see that any wehere on the order. Two days later, in my JL branch I went to speak to the assistant who had sold us the appliance. I told him I had not been informed the appliance had arrived at their depot and when chasing it up myself was told he had not put an urgent request on the order as he promised. He very briefly told me he had done everything I asked and walked away. The appliance was delivered 2 weeks after my order but the delivery men had no instruction to install it! He asked to see my receipt and told us the £90 we paid to have it installed was under "delivery charge" on the receipt. We knew this, and questioned it on purchase but the assistant told us"all orders over £50 are delivered free by JL and that that was how their till system worked" I was by now furious! The delivery men were very good though and said they would phone in our behalf to get it installed asap. I phoned the shop when they'd gone and was on the he phone continuously for 57 mins as once again I was put through eventually to Exeter. I was offered platitudes only by 2 managers who had no interest at all in helping get the fridge freezer fitted asap. They said the earliest slot was 5 days later. One said he would speak to a hub that dealt with installations and came back saying no joy the earliest slot was in 5 days time. I asked which hub he spoke to? He replied "I have no idea" I informed him I was in Scotland and surely he needed to speak to hub that was nearest me geographically. He said it was all the same system. I was very annoyed but more so disappointed. I thought JL's word was their bond and they were dependable. They certainly had been in the past but what on earth was happening to them? Eventually after an hour and a half I spoke to a young woman in Hamilton who was excellent she agreed it was appalling service and she'd do her best to get it fitted asap. She did her best but did not manage anything better. I was left the message that I had to wait 5 days or have my installation charge refunded and JL would pay us the cost of getting an independent tradesman to do it. Of course we could not do that in 24 hours so my husband took 3 hours off wok to install it himself and we billed JL for his time. I made an official complaint in person to the store manger in Edinburgh. He was apologetic and sympathetic and admitted JL had let us down. He checked out the notes on the order which did indeed carry an urgent request. So why did the guy in Exeter say he couldn't see it and lastly, why does a big company like JL have a system sprinting receipts that cause so much confusion to everyone. Surely, if the £90 installation charge had not been under "delivery charge" on the receipt a lot of this angst could have been avoided. Come on JL, that TV programme that was on this week shows you started with very solid principles that continue to this day but with the number of disappointing reviews out there about your service you need to get things sorted. No one wants to see JL become another casualty on our High Street.
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Posted 5 years ago
Terrible customer service and will never shop with JL again, they don’t care about their customers, their views or feelings. This is why when I last went round the store it was virtually empty. I used to feel valued, those days are gone, such a feeling that you are wasting their time. After several emails back and forth JL win, I give up and get the message you don’t care. Had enough and will no longer shop here again, I’ll go somewhere where customers are valued.
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Posted 5 years ago
long expected delivery finally arrived for the Range cooker with removing the old one, my daughter was at home and the delivery/fitter man couldn’t find the cooker switch so he started to get angry and rude I have to ask him over the phone to calm down left the job unfinished and when called customer service they don’t seems to be bothered and told me someone will call but no one has Shame for such good company name ruined by poor operations and service
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Posted 5 years ago
John Lewis is rated 2.7 based on 2,416 reviews