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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
Quite an unbelievably bad service all round. Shocking broadband connection. Appalling and aggressive customer service. Incompetent resolutions team. Still sending threatening debt recovery letters (latest one for £3) despite having had the case ‘closed’. Our household, family and friends will never shop with John Lewis again because of this.
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Posted 6 years ago
Dreadful service for made-to-measure curtains. I paid £800 for a pair of bedroom curtains 5 months ago and still have no curtains. Whenever I ring the soft furnishing department I am on hold for over 20 minutes. General customer services for John Lewis tell me they cannot help as I have to go through the store - who do not answer their phone. Frustrating. I am struggling to get my money back despite still having no curtains! Do not use.
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Posted 6 years ago
Very poor customer service when it comes to delivery
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Posted 6 years ago
Poor customer service :( I ordered an iPhone to to pick up next day from my Local Waitrose store Saturday no phone. Then was promised Sunday delivery but that did not happen. Monday I called and was offered free next day delivery to my office, Tuesday still no phone. I called in the evening and was given an apology and was told would be delivered Wednesday. Guess what it was not but was advised delivery will be tomorrow (Thursday). Still waiting ......
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Posted 6 years ago
Phoned to check stock at Chichester before driving from Guildford to find your systems were wrong and products were not available. Complete waste of two hours
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Posted 6 years ago
I purchased a KitchenAid Mixer in the 2018 summer sales from John Lewis because i wanted to deal with a trusted and fair household name, the first mixer I received was substandard so I returned it and asked for a replacement - after receiving three substandard mixers I spoke to their Customer Service and their Head Office they both asked for an additional £200 for the same item because the sale was over or I could have a refund or I could choose one of four different colours none of them close to the Apple Candy I had ordered in the first place. They refused to honour their end of the deal to supply me with the Mixer I ordered in the first place. The person I spoke to in their Head Office was furious with me when I reminded him they were breaching our contract under the Consumer Rights Act 2015 under which I was entitled to be made whole. I am shocked and disappointed with the service I received from John Lewis and I will never purchase another item from them. I took the refund and purchased the mixer I wanted from eCookshop and I am extremely happy with the service I received from them.
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Posted 6 years ago
Solved a problem we had on a piece of furniture speedily and efficiently
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Posted 6 years ago
Found them to be very customer oriententated
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Posted 6 years ago
The staff are knowledgeable and friendly, goods are high standard, shops clean, near and tidy.
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Posted 6 years ago
We are seeing how online Amazon etc are getting sales today at the expense of the High Street. Customer service will always belong in the High Street. John Lewis partners advice Kate and Jorden at the Basingstoke store sold us a Neff oven and Neff dishwasher. That advice in choosing the right product is why we still prefer John Lewis as they offer genuine unbiased advice and a installation service that you can trust. Any problems you can see the person face to face. That's service 🤗
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Posted 6 years ago
We ordered a John Lewis washing machine to replace an integrated Bosch washer-dryer paying extra for installation and removal. Two men came on the 7th September. They mostly installed it but failed to fix the door back on. The door was on the wrong way around with holes where they needed to put hinges. They told me to get wood resin from B&Q fill the holes wait 48 hours and phone John Lewis installation again to finish the job which would only take 15 minutes. We were also told that this was a common problem. I managed to get the wood filler and fill the holes. I phoned and a new 'delivery' was agreed. I had to wait in for this. They did not arrive. I missed a call from a john lewis number. I phoned and was asked what I wanted as it was a general customer service line. I was late for work by this time, missing a meeting. It took a long time to find that they had gone to the wrong address. An old address where we had lived in the past. I was given another number to phone. Many explanations later a new delivery has been arranged. If this is a common problem why do the installers not have wood resin? Or warn you that installation may not happen on the day but require two visits? Why do they not arrange the follow up visit themselves but get the customer to waste so much time? Why not have some awareness of this issue in the customer service system such that endless explanations are not required at each stage with misunderstandings easily creeping in. And why, having delivered a machine to the correct address, would the completion of the partial installation of that machine be sent to a different address?
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Posted 6 years ago
On several occasions when I visited John Lewis the customer service was poor.On the 17th of september 2018@15.29 I was served by Jason Scotland,who went out of his way to serve me when trying to buy a suit.He got his colleague,Alistair Williams to measure me and tried to get a good fit to match my height and to get an alteration for my Suit Jacket.I was pleasantly surprised at Jason's politeness,curteous,professional and patience doing everything possible together with his polite and very professional colleague Alistair.I commend them very highly
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Posted 6 years ago
Very helpful in finding a mattress for my needs and providing information on beds in general.
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Posted 6 years ago
Great customer service piece always right..
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Posted 6 years ago
Ordered 7 x made to measure curtains from John Lewis Kingston branch. Took 12 weeks of back and forth and getting thrown pillar to pillar to finally get the curtains. But - They are ALL too narrow (by 2cm-5cm), allowing a lot of light in. - Some curtains are too long by 3cm-6cm and it folds at the bottom and damaging the windowsills. - Some curtains are not even cut straight. For the past 2 months, I have tried every possible route to get these either refunded or modified or at least get some sort of a reaction from John Lewis. All to no success. John Lewis just don't give a flying concern. I have put up with a hell of a lot the past 5 months to get some curtains and all I’ve heard is “we are restructuring”. I have been thrown pillar to pillar with every department sloppy shouldering responsibility. John Lewis trying to save money is the worst excuse I’ve heard yet for a major delay, poor quality workmanship and enquiries being delayed. Avoid them!
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Posted 6 years ago
Visited john lewis cardiff today to buy a lipstick from urban decay. Shauna was wonderful, warm, professional and chose the exact colour I was looking for! Must say customer service in urban decay debenhams was awful, totally ignorned me, too busy chatting. Thanks again Shauna !
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Posted 6 years ago
It’s a coop and completely athicl
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Posted 6 years ago
Poor treatment when returning a high value (relatively) faulty item for the 2nd time. Zero quality control regarding management of suppliers; I have had 3 experiences. Poor staff attitude, their procedures are more important than your feelings, and they seem oblivious to your embarasment. They seem to think a financial token makes up for it all. I try to avoid the Southampton store now.
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Posted 6 years ago
What has happened to JL? After they sent me someone else’s parcel, (that sat on my doorstep for two weeks while I was away) then started to send all my correspondence to the person that should have had the parcel. It took me nearly six months to sort and I was told all was ok and there hadn’t been a data protection issue! During this time I missed several rewards that I was unaware existed due to not having received any correspondence. Once finally sorted I asked for my rewards I missed, through no fault of my own, to be reinstated on my account but was told this couldn’t be done. I pointed out the issues caused by JL and once again asked if, out of a gesture of goodwill, I could have the missing rewards; again I was told no, this couldn’t be done. I feel that the amount of money I have spent over the 40 years of being a loyal customer a £5 off £50 and a couple of coffee and cakes vouchers would not have been an issue for them, but obviously it was. To me this is now a point of principal and John Lewis will now no longer be my first shop of choice and I will let others know why! I would just say ‘keep an eye on your account as somebody else maybe too’
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Posted 6 years ago
The click and collect service that John Lewis offers is really fast and very convenient. Was able to buy some last minute school shirts that I'd forgotten to purchase over the summer and they arrived very quickly. Staff at my local little Waitrose are always polite and helpful when I need to pick up an order.
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Posted 6 years ago
John Lewis is rated 2.7 based on 2,416 reviews