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John Lewis Reviews

2.7 Rating 2,421 Reviews
41 %
of reviewers recommend John Lewis
2.7
Based on 2,421 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
I placed an order online for a Microwave. The delivery confirmation says 3 day supplier delivery. No communication of what the date would be. After 3 working days, I rang to enquire about the delivery. I spoke to a man who told me to ring another number, although he was polite, I thought he really should have been finding out for me. I rang this other number, which was still John Lewis and spoke to a really rude woman (think her name was Sarah) who shouldn't be in the job, she kept saying the delivery varies and she can't tell me when. I rang back on the original number to cancel my order, I was told they have to email the supplier first and then they will process the refund, it should take 48 hours. This was Thursday and by Tuesday, I didn't hear a thing. I rang back again, to be told to ring this other number to cancel with their supplier, but I refused and said they need to be chasing this for me as they are customer services. She was polite, however I felt she was trying to palm me off. Eventually after being on hold, they processed my refund. If I hadn't called I wonder how long I would have had to wait for it. I expect better from John Lewis and it has put me off ever ordering from them again. There should be clear communications about deliveries, after all people do work and I speak to the general public all the time and there is no need to be rude. Word of advice some of your staff need to be trained on having manners!
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Posted 5 years ago
I recently purchased a sound bar from JL online. After 5 months it stopped working. When I called technical support I was told that the replacement guarantee was only for 30 days. And, I would have to take it back to a JL shop to have it repaired, which would take 4-6 weeks. When I pointed out that a) I’d purchased it online so why should I take it back to the shop and b) that the nearest shop is a 50 mile round trip I was told, very politely, to take it or leave it. I then took it to the nearest JL store where I spent 20 minutes while the assistant logged my details (even though I’m a JL cardholder). When I asked whether they would send it back to me I was told they use ParcelForce but they would need to find a box and bubble wrap so it could sent to me. As you can imagine I’m waiting to see how it eventually returns. I would have expected JL to have simply replaced the sound bar and to have sent it to my house. Instead they have put the onus on me to transport the faulty product, to wait 4-6 weeks and then to still be unsure of the condition it will come back to me. It’s clear that JL haven’t got their act together with online selling and aren’t very customer focused. It was a bit like the 1990s. I like JL and will continue to buy stuff-from them. It just won’t include any electrical products or frankly anything that could conceivably need repairing.
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Posted 5 years ago
Lynn on bedding at Cheadle John Lewis today was absolutely brilliant today in helping us choose a complete new set of bedding. Thank you Lynn your expertise was greatly appreciated.
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Posted 5 years ago
Item I wanted was out of stock. But a few weeks later I had an email to say it was in stock. So I ordered it and was ready the next day to pick up from the store. Very pleased with the service.
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Posted 5 years ago
Absolutely Terrible I am appalled at the terrible service my partner and I have received from John Lewis and Partners Confident in the name, we went to our local John Lewis store at Bluewater Kent to look for new curtains early January. What a mistake that turned out to be: 1) Samples that we had ordered never arrived causing weeks of pointless delay – computer system changeover was blamed by the shop assistant when we returned to store to ask why we had received nothing. 2) During this wasted time our second choice fabric had gone “out-of-stock” so we were told that it would be 6 weeks for order, manufacture and delivery. We agreed, ordered and paid in full. 3) The day before the 6 weeks was up we called the store to check when the delivery was due. Only at this point were we informed that there had been an error in fabrication and that we had no curtains! No attempt to contact us about this had been made in all this time. 4) I wrote a formal letter of complaint to customer services regarding this poor level of service. This letter has neither been acknowledged nor replied to. 5) In desperation, I phoned customer services, only to queue for over an hour listening to how much they valued my custom! I gave up, insulted by the mockery of that message. 6) A call to head office was more successful, I stressed that it had already taken ages and that I had a deadline. They said that they would look into it, THEN that they had a solution, and THEN that more curtains would be “prioritised” for us to meet our date. Days later, we were told that the new batch of fabric was “faulty” and that they would need to find a branch that had stock left to start again and AMAZINGLY that they would not guarantee a delivery date. 7) The final email from John Lewis stated “At John Lewis we believe in managing our customers’ expectations” perhaps they should focus on meeting customer commitments and delivering on their contracts. I have cancelled the order and requested a refund. What a pity I can’t rate them as zero as that’s exactly what we got!
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Posted 5 years ago
Unacceptable service from John Lewis \… Unacceptable service from John Lewis \ CHS case manager Purchased a carpet , when it was due to be laid the fitter from John Lewis arrived with it saying it had marks on it, we spoke to John Lewis at this point asking if the marks don’t hoover out would we get a replacement. No, was the answer. They would send someone out to clean it. I wasn’t happy with this as it cost just over £2000 for a small front room. So we didn’t have it laid. We waited for a new one. At this point the fitter would have had an empty room, because our new sofas were due to be delivered in the next few days. The new carpet arrived but we now had the sofas in room, I helped the fitter move to the middle of the room. The fitter was left alone in the room for 3 hours. Once the carpet was fitted and the fitter had left , we began to tidy up. We noticed a rip in the back of the sofa at low level which wasn’t there before the fitter arrived. In my option I feel that the carpet fitter has done this with a gripper rod, accidentally. When I contacted John Lewis ( our case manager ) She said she would speak to the fitter. The fitter has denied doing this and said the rip was already there, if this was already done then he should have pointed it out to us there and then because he would have known he would be likely to get the blame. The sofas were in perfect condition on his arrival as they had only been delivered 11days prior our case manager has said because the fitter has denied doing this there’s nothing we can do and there’s no one else we can complain to and if we continue to complain it will only get passed to her. I visited the store at bluewater on 28 feb 19 , and explained everything that had happened and requested someone else deals with this as our case manager has been most unhelpful and has an extremely poor attitude towards customer relations.
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Posted 5 years ago
Absolutely terrible. Spent three days chasing up a delivery of a washing machine that they failed to deliver. Spoke to 5 different members of the customer service team and they were all hopeless. On hold for hours. In the end I had to cancel the order and go to AOonline. They are USELESS and they are economical with the truth too. Awful - never going there again.
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Posted 5 years ago
Parcel supposedly delivered but never received by me. Company making me out to be a liar even though I have asked for a replacement item and not a refund. Numerous telephone calls and emails on my part with promises of replying within at worst 7 working day!
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Posted 5 years ago
John Lewis slogan of never being undersold Is exactly the opposite of what happened with us we went to buy a tv and was told John Lewis was the best place to get one from because of the warranty. So we brought our new 4K tv from our local store with 5 year warranty, we also purchased added care on top to make sure it would be fully covered for 5 years. We have had the TV for just over a year and had generated a fault so we ring up John Lewis and they agreed to send out an engineer. After the engineer had been they rang back a few days later saying it would not be covered by either the John Lewis 5 year cover or the added care which when we brought the TV we were told that everything would be covered regardless by the sales team. The customer service team were reluctant to give any kind of response and had hung up on us 2 times trying to understand why it wouldn’t be covered! We spent 3/4 hours trying to resolve this. After the 3rd hour they were very reluctant to let us speak to a manger and were rude trying to defer us from escalating the claim. The manager then said part of there terms and conditions was that the part we needed which was faulty wouldn’t be covered under warranty or added care but could not quote from where that was stated in any section of our agreement after another 30 minutes they finally agreed to have the tv repaired but believe that if we hadn’t of kept on the line it wouldn’t have been resolved! I believe that John Lewis on this occasion have been a disgrace and going against there own motto of never underselling anyone!
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Posted 5 years ago
JL Chichester loses £24,500 carpet order due to a catalogue of errors. After so many years of great service I am very sad to say that my very recent experience has forced me to cancel my order, costing me lots of money. The product looked good, the quality and price fair but the service appalling with no one seemingly knowing what was going on. The original guy who came to measure the house lost half of the measurements, requiring another 4 hour visit at a later date, the carpet we chose from a sample in the store was discontinued and then, suddenly back in stock, only to be discontinued again. After taking our money, and promising a delivery date, this being confirmed by JL by phone after the order was placed, we then found out that the yarn had yet to be dyed, the carpet not yet made and the delivery date would overrun by about 2 months.....although they couldn’t guarantee even this! With a house full of builders and painters working overtime to meet the original promised installation date, this has cost us a small fortune. Trying to get anywhere via the customer service number is a nightmare, even at director complsint level and I have spent forever on hold listening to the JL music! Today I was put on hold for over 15 mins whilst the man I was speaking to attempted to put me through to the complaints unit ....if you cannot handle this, the lord alone knows how you can expect to continue trading effectively? I really do despair and have hated to see my old fried JL go so quickly down the tubes.
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Posted 5 years ago
Ordered and paid for sofa in Oct 18, John Lewis delivered wrong sofa in Dec 18 and delivered second wrong sofa in March. 7 days since 2nd wrong delivery and 4 calls to customer service find out they still haven't looked into my issue! Appalling levels of service not expected from John Lewis.
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Posted 5 years ago
A big thank you to Shannon on the NARS makeup counter. Outstanding customer service skills with a lovely persona. Shannon is helpful, not pushy and clearly enjoys her job. Would highly recommend NARS to any friends and family members. Keep up the good work and thank you wants again.
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Posted 5 years ago
Having lived close to John Lewis on Oxford Street for 30 years, I have furnished several homes with them and have had nothing but the best of service, especially when something has gone wrong (which lets face it is when you want good service). I recently moved north and was overjoyed when they opened a branch in my new city, but what a disaster. The staff are not up to JL partner standard by a country mile and my recent experience buying and having a carpet fitted by them makes me think I will never buy anything from them that I can't physically take from the shop, and even then I would frame the guarantee or at least laminate it since just because you bought an own label product from them is not proof enough for them to honour the guarantee. Things started well, the estimator came out within a couple of days and gave me the estimate which I accepted and paid upfront for the carpet. Two weeks went by with no contact then I got a text to say that my carpet was in the warehouse and would I phone a Manchester number (centralised scheduling team) to arrange fitting. This I did and after being on hold for 28 minutes!!! I was told that it was a mistake and the carpet fitter in my city handled their own diary and I had to wait for them to contact me. Another two weeks go by and I get a phone call from the Manchester team offering me a fitting date three weeks hence. When I queried the previous 'partner' advice the man on the phone rather rudely said "do you want the appointment or not?" I carried on trying to find out why the 7 week delay and he said he was very busy and was terminating the call as I hadn't accepted the appointment!!! I was flabbergasted to say the least. Later that day another person from the Manchester team phoned me to offer me the same appointment and as I needed the carpet and couldn't cancel the order as it had been cut from the roll I accepted. I asked for a courtesy call the day before fitting so that I could plan my day. Of course that never happened. The fitters (sub-contractors) turned up at 9.30am on the day and were excellent and I am very pleased with the carpet but the Manchester team are absolutely appalling and need a rocket up their collective jacksies IMHO. One further point, the fitters were here for a couple of hours and I gave them coffee and bacon rolls, its amazing the stories people will share over a bacon roll. It seems that they are also unhappy with the Manchester team who treat them just as badly as they treated me with regards answering the phone and rudeness. It also turns out that should count myself lucky that the correct carpet was supplied because the number of times the behind the scenes team in Manchester foul up is truly mind-blowing. By all means look at John Lewis for a carpet, but take a sample to your local carpet shop and get good service, I wish I had.
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Posted 5 years ago
I'm having an horrendous time with my camera that's only 5 months old.I was told to take it to John Lewis.Never was a told I could send it directly to Nikon.I was led to believe it was set for repair.When I looked the company up it was sent to it was not an authorised Nikon repaired.When I have challenge it I have had untruths told.Told it was only sent there for inspection regarding condition.Yet this was checked by John Lewis and documented on hand over sheet.Then when I chased up again I was advised it was still being assessed and they may not have part.Which one is the truth? Then advised the non author repaired had sent it to Nikon yet they could provide no job number or info.Told that the shop is was sent to did the liaison and it woukd be returned there when fixed.I lodged a formal complaint and asked them to listen to my calls to John Lewis.They promised to update today.I message was left on my answer phone from John Lewis with a name and contact number.When I rang they had no idea what the message was about.Held on phone for 30mins while they searched through notes.12 days on I have no idea what's happening with camera.Worried sick that a non authorised firm has touched it.Concerned it's being passed around in transit and when or if it comes back it's possible it may be damaged further.I purchased it from John Lewis due to the fact they offer good warranty.I was advised by another high street shop that if I had to use warranty I woukd find out it's not as easy as your led to believe.Its all proving fact.I was booked onto camera courses now I have no camera.I'm at breaking point.Im so upset and wonder if this will ever be resolved.I have loss all faith in this company.My experience has been truely horrific and continues to get worse.I wished I would of purchased from another retailer. Worst of all it was my right to know I could of took camera back to Nikon. They told me to take it back to them. Surely this is not right.Why are they not advising this when you ring up the support team.I would not be in this mess now if I was given that crucial information
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Posted 5 years ago
I ordered some computer accessories today 20 Mar 2019. TOTAL VALUE APPROX £300.00 Received confirmation that order being processed. Then at 18.07 I received E Mail advising my order had been cancelled. Called the Chester branch to find out why. Very negative response - could only tell me that it was a "security Check Problem" Unable to help me beyond that. The funds have been taken from my bank account - so it's not that. I don't have a criminal record ////// Lived at my present address for the past 14 years. But still unable to find out why they have cancelled my order. It's like being charged with a crime - being found guilty - but no one will tell you what you've done. Have bought numerous items over the years from J L but that's the last time they will get any more business from me. If anyone at J L is interested ( Which I doubt ) my order number was 214375655 Read the Daily Mail in the next few day - I have sent them a copy of this E Mail. Name and address withheld:
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Posted 5 years ago
I have a £50 John Lewis gift card, have had since January 2019. So imagine my surprise when, come March, I checked the balance and was told it zero. Assuming some mistake or card activation error, I emailed John Lewis. I didn’t receive a reply so emailed again, and then again. Eventually someone called me and followed up with an email - the card was used in the Bluewater store on the 5th March. The JL employee compared my card number with that swiped during purchase. It was “definitely” mine. Nothing more could be done, I should call the police if I felt there had been some sort of fraudulent activity (because clearly they aren’t busy enough!). I live in North London, I haven’t been to Bluewater in about 10 years. So how could my gift card, which has been sitting in my fruit bowl at home all this time (I live alone, no one could have swiped it, used and put it back) have been used in a store? It’s just not physically possible! Has anyone else had this issue? Is there a problem with JL gift cards? If there is some sort of card issue, or possibility of using the same number as another card, I would like to know. I certainly wouldn’t be purchasing and or giving John Lewis gift cards as presents if I knew this. #confusedandquitedisgruntled
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Posted 5 years ago
Nightmare ordering carpets. Terrible customer service. 6 weeks with no contact. Offered me to choose a carpet of my choice and they would price match to a cheaper one and then decided they made a mistake offering that. Spent 8hrs on the phone with them and no movement. Terrible people
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Posted 5 years ago
Booking experience was good - easy to choose what you want done and the date, and also easy to change if needed. Guy (Tom) turned up - said as it was more work than he had time for, he needed to update the quote and could not do the work now. Was a small leak at the valve as I had explained in the booking, and his explanation was 99% of the time I just have to tighten the nut, anything more needs more time. He left, updated the estimate and I went on line and accepted that. immediately. No information as to what to do next as plumber had left, radiator still leaking and no way to rebook. Called JL Solutions. Told they would connect me to the plumber direct and I could sort it out with him. I asked to cancel as no value in paying JL to manage it, then being told to manage it myself. They said as the engineer had started the work I had to pay anyway, even if he didn't come back to fix the leak. He had not started the work and was in the house less than 5 minutes but the guy on the phone wasn't interested. Not what I expect from JL and will not be using them again.
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Posted 5 years ago
Never shopping at john Lewis again, three faulty dinning table s. Numerous cancelled deliveries, all apologies and no action. They expect you to waste your time waiting for them then cancel, apparently even after three damaged tables over four months your not a priority.
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Posted 5 years ago
FOR THE ATTENTION OF CHARLIE MAYFIELD AND PAULA NICKOLDS - Please go to Trust Pilot to see my review, questions and comments, just posted 5pm 12th March 2019. Judith Underwood
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Posted 5 years ago
John Lewis is rated 2.7 based on 2,421 reviews