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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
We are still, over 1 hour later, trying to activate our new partnership cards. There is no automatic option to activate your card and so you need to go to an operator and they just don't pick up. Guess what - the number to complain to is the number you can't get through on! We are closing our account - had it for over 30 years but really sick of this today.
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Posted 9 years ago
I returned some soft furnishings and they(John Lewis) refused to see that there was anything wrong with them, and therefore would not refund my money. I politely put my case saying these were not to JL standard or mine and that they were not satisfactory. Various assistants came and argued for JL. Eventually what I believe to be some kind of manager came to speak with me. He also said there was nothing wrong with the products. After what seemed like hours and the store closing for the day, I was still putting my case. The only people left in the store at this time were myself, this manager and 2 security personnel. He finally offered to refund only 50% of my cost but I refused, I wanted all my money refunded which I thought was only right. Why should I accept just 50% of the cost? After many more hassles, he gave in because he wanted to get home as it was now late, and refunded the full cost, or so I thought. But oh no! He gave me a Gift card to the value!!! I want a refund to my credit card and my credit card company say I should get this, but JL just won't pay up. This is disgusting customer service from JL and I have reported it to the credit card company who I hope can help and chase this up. By giving me a Gift card really means that I will have to shop in JL again and I certainly will not be doing that again. Their whole attitude was rude, argumentative and less than caring. I feel so let down and hurt by their attitude.
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Posted 9 years ago
I don't think their customer service team even deserves one star. I ordered some items from their website and was told that the order would arrive in maximum 6 working days. It has been 14 days now and I am still chasing their customer service team. Each time, it was a different person and nobody took the responsibility to own the case. One told me that it was lost in transition, and if i wanted to replace the order. I immediately replied and requested for them to send another one asap as it was a gift for a friend's birthday. However, the next customer service person who took over said it wasnt lost in transition!!! Basically it was the 7th or 8th person in line to tell me to continue waiting... and I am still waiting!
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Posted 9 years ago
I really can't undestand why John Lewis has become such a bad experience. I ordered £2,000 of new furniture for my new home in July. Ever since then, I have spent so much time calling, chasing for delivery times, getting no response, sending back broken items, complaining about missing items, I really don't get it. Nearly 10 weeks later, I still haven't managed to resolve the problem. Apart from never, ever wanting to buy anything again from John Lewis, I can't stop thinking to myself: "What's gone wrong with John Lewis?" Without hesitation, it has been the worst possible customer journey I have ever had with a British retailer!!!!! Is it time to change senior management?
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Posted 9 years ago
Order Number 63364487 Possibly the worst Customer Experience I have ever had and totally unexpected from John Lewis. There are plenty of retailers out there that offer poor deceitful and downright disgraceful customer service but John Lewis was not one I expected to receive such service from. I purchased a Neff Oven and a Neff Hob from them on the 19th August. My wife wanted the new slide and hide oven so it wasn't cheap. within ten days of delivery the oven developed a fault in the middle of a Sunday roast dinner and tripped the electrics. I called John Lewis Technical and this is when it all got messy. They put me straight in touch with Neff Tech who got someone out four days later. He arrived at 5.45pm and looked liked he'd had enough for the day. He lied to my wife and told her it was all working and no fault found yet left it disconnected and told my wife to have the electrics checked. The following day we paid an electrician £65 to check the electrics. No fault found but fault found with Appliance. Called John Lewis back to be told all sorts of rubbish by tech help that I wasn't entitled to a refund, it would take two weeks for another engineer to come out, I wasn't entitled to a replacement Bla Bla Bla. Eventually after I asked to speak with his manager he said he could offer a credit note, I refused then he said I couldn't have a replacement due to none been in stock? At this time John Lewis were showing over ten in stock. He eventually issued an RMA and told me it would take two weeks to get a refund. The following day I called again to make a formal complaint, and after a pleasant phone call was told to take the oven back to my local store and swap it for a replacement which was in stock! So this is what I did only to find they didn't have one in stock at the shop but had plenty in the warehouse. I cut my hand lifting the oven into the car, threw a weeks worth of shopping in the bin due to it being out of date, spent £65 on an electrician to confirm there was nothing wrong with my electrics! Disgraceful behaviour from a well known store. The agent I spoke to deserves being sacked for his deceit towards me. On the up side after taking the oven back to the store and all the inconvenience caused as the store is some 40 miles away, the store ordered me a new replacement oven due for delivery this Tuesday. I could have just had a refund and was sourly tempted but it would have taken 3-5 days for the money to go back on my card, then ordering a new oven from a new retailer this was the quickest way to get an oven. In hindsight I would never buy again from John Lewis, would not recommend them and would never buy Neff as the engineer was deceitful and couldn't be bothered and lied to my wife telling her it was all okay.
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Posted 9 years ago
poor and non responsive customer service, spent 4 evenings on the phone, never again, :(
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Posted 9 years ago
I bought two ceiling pendant lights online from John Lewis. I like them a lot. However one was seen to be damaged when unpacked. Resulting in a repeat visit by the electrician/fitter and slightly more time/cost for me. The return of the damaged item and sending a new one was done quickly and without fuss. So far so good. John Lewis then asked me to "review the product". I gave an honest opinion which was that I liked the lamps but over the years I have had several items from various retailers and agents which have been "damaged in transit". These have always involved a Royal Mail carrier. I simply suggested that John Lewis review their policy of using Royal Mail when they cannot deliver themselves. A quick search online will verify that I am not the only one to have formed a certain negative opinion of Royal Mail as carriers. The review (which I emphasise that they had asked for) was rejected "Unfortunately your review did not meet our guidelines for posting on johnlewis.com". That is, I assume, it contained some negative comments. Presumably there are reasons why John Lewis will not allow criticism of a carrier who damages goods. I will let you come to your own conclusions about that. John Lewis - please don't ask me for reviews if you don't want an honest opinion.
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Posted 9 years ago
Have purchased may electrical items from John Lewis but a Zanussi Fridge purchased less than 6 months ago had developed a fault and was leaking and the seal was not working as it should. Contacted John Lewis to get this resolved in mid August and still no resolve. They first of all failed to even action an engineers visit and then the dodgy company they assigned to come out and inspect the fridge did not even bother coming out and later claimed that they had come but no one was in, even though i had taken the afternoon off work to ensure I could be there for when the engineer came. After 6 calls and hours on the phone there is still no resolve. They claimed to put me through to a manager who advised that he would look into it but could not escalate the complaint, even though their calls are recorded. Poor customer service when you need it, hence save your money and go to other suppliers who will supply you the same product cheaper and you have no expectation of customer service. John Lewis you have lost my custom and that of my family and friends.
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Posted 9 years ago
I honestly wouldn't wish what johnlewis.com is making me experience even to my worst enemy! I bought a phone on their website which I collected from their supplier's depot and the box was empty! This was on August, 13 and still nothing received nor refund or another phone sent back where clearly the Delivery Courier signed and stated a file confirming the box was empty. Letters with facts explained, emails, at least 20 calls to Customer Service already and NOTHING in return. Customer service agents that keep promising calls back for you which simply don't happen. Wouldn't have expected from John Lewis. I feel really cheated on and let down by the whole situation. Unbelievably indecent and ridicoulously useless service.
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Posted 9 years ago
Zero customer service. I received an email from JL over a month after placing my order saying my item had been returned. I never received the item and am still waiting on a reply to my email that I sent weeks ago. My address was correct, the item plus postage has been paid for and it was in stock when I placed my order. I have no idea what's happened... This is NOT how an online company should operate. Never NEVER shopping here again.
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Posted 9 years ago
What a rubbish service I received from JL. Ordered a Bosch dishwasher which failed to arrive. I'm sorry to be rude but I found the customer section quite dim. I've made 4 calls to customer service and spent an hour on the phone with promises to ring back but they never do. So much for being a quality store. Please reply John lewis
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Posted 9 years ago
Bought a Mulberry Scarf. Cost over £165.00. After two weeks of wear, everything the scarf touched would cause a hair line or snag. Then the label stitching came apart so the label come off. Returned it to the JL BLUEWATER store and had it exchanged for another Mulberry scarf. Within a week the same thing happened so returned it to the BLUEWATER store. The lady asked if I wanted an exchange, I said yes, and off she went and brought me the previous scarf I had returned the week before! I was shocked. And I told her that was the one I returned . Disgusting John Lewis! Selling damaged returns to customers. I put a similar review in the JL website and surprise surprise they removed it.
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Posted 9 years ago
Really poor customer service. I bought a Samsung TV and you could just about hear dialog with the volume at 70. I then checked reviews and seen that loads of other people had the same issue and you needed to buy a soundbar @ £300 to boost the sound. I bought this and now all is well . Then I rechecked the john Lewis website and they have lots of deals with Samsung TV + soundbar as a package. So I emailed customer services asking if they were aware of the volume issue and they basically replied I can't get a retrospective discount (that I never asked for) and that if the TV is broken I call a maintenance department! Very rude and very poor service. Would not recommend this company to anyone
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Posted 9 years ago
Very pleased with the customer service I received from John Lewis Customer assistants in buying a laptop. They knew exactly what they were doing, very helpful in busy circumstances and very attentive. #Happycustomer Thank you!
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Posted 9 years ago
What a disgrace this company is On sunday my disabled vulnerable son purchased a ps4 online using barclays debit card , he had saved for months , Sunday placed order for £344 they took the money and the order was shipped , Then the horror started looked at his bank account they took the money again , having spent over £60 in phone calls to them and barclays , both companies blamed each other , Customer services useless , having no money , and he thought of suicide. John Lewis answer come and collect the ps4 give a refund of £344 so he pay the phone and bank charges they run up , and yes they kept the other £344
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Posted 9 years ago
I bought a smart TV from John Lewis and wish i should not have bought from them in the first place. Within less than a year , as repair after repairs with my Sony TV and 4 engineers sent by John Lewis and they are still sending the engineers. I am sure that would have costed them more than what i paid for my TV in the first place. Every time after the engineer visits they say it is irreparable TV and update John Lewis who will get back to you in a week, but guess what they never called me to give me any updates, after a week i have to call them every-time and ask for an update they say they will send another engineer. I felt more of a buying choice from John Lewis is an experience of distress after buying from them.
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Posted 9 years ago
I ordered online this product. after few days i got the email that it has been delivered although I didn't received it. Then I was keep calling to John Lewis customer service but they were telling me it has been delivered and we will not give you the product or refund straight away on my very first call without any investigation…………….Something wrong in the online delivery department or something wrong going on in delivery company……………I did police complaint as well as per john lewis staff suggestion. Police is also looking into the matter but delivery company "Hermes" is also not providing delivery driver's detail and because of that investigation taking very long time………….. This was my first and the worst online shopping experience…………and it was my first shopping experience with JL. I advice others to do not order online with this company…very bad service…..if your item is not delivered then you have to go to police to short the problem out……….because we don't have any proof to prove that item is not delivered, apart from experience and your words which none will trust.
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Posted 9 years ago
Dreadful customer service. John Lewis should be ashamed of themselves. I ordered a built in double oven and was sent an under counter cooker in error. I appreciate that sometimes mistakes can be made and am willing to accommodate this, however I am genuinely shocked at the appalling service I've had in attempting to return the cooker. It is now 4 weeks!!! Since the error was made by John Lewis and I have still not had the cooker collected. After several phone calls to customer services, I'm told this has been treated as a priority, (since I have not been able to cook!! ) being left for weeks without a cooker IS NOT "priority" I've had NO apology for their error or the inconvenience this has caused me. I will not buy from John Lewis again and will certainly suggest that anyone should avoid dealing with them.
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Posted 9 years ago
Discusted with John Lewis. I Ordered a double mattress for my parents, paid extra for fast delivery. John lewis cancelled the order the next day because of an issue with there system. Called me yo say we would need to re order so i did. I was promissed selivery was arranged as m farther has a sine tumor and needed the mattress. Then the day after i was called again by a different person to say the order had been cancelled again. I told them what i had been told they said they would ring me back but never did the mattress was not deliverd so we made a purchase with a more reliable compay. I will never make a pur hase with them again
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Posted 9 years ago
Appalling customer service I was trying to order a John Lewis guest bed in white, initially through the High Wycombe store. They said that it was out of stock but they would contact me when it came back into stock. I then proceeded to order one online in a different colour which had a three week lead time. Two weeks later, I got a call from the store that they now had the bed in white and would I still like to order it? I explained that I had placed an order online but they said it would be no problem to cancel that order if I wanted the white bed. However, I would have to cancel it myself, as John Lewis online was a separate part of their business. In the meantime they gave me an order number for the white bed in store and promised to hold on to it for me. This is where the nightmare started. I called the online team and they said that even though there was still a week to go before the delivery, it was too late to cancel it and I would have to refuse the delivery when it arrived. I would then need to call them to process a refund. Of course this meant that I needed to take the morning of the delivery off work to do that. After I had refused their delivery I called them but they said that they would call me back later that day. They needed to confirm that I had indeed refused the delivery once their delivery van reached their warehouse. After three days they still had not called back and also not refunded any money so I called again and they were very unapologetic but did confirm that they would refund the money. I then called the store (as of course the online part and the offline John Lewis don't talk to each other) and arranged for the white bed to be delivered the following week. Again, I had to take time off work to receive the delivery. The evening before the delivery I received a call from the store saying that the bed was now out of stock and they would not deliver the following day. They were extremely unapologetic, again pointing out that it was really my fault for getting involved with two 'different' companies (John Lewis online and the local store) and said they would contact me when it would be back in stock. Too late to cancel my leave, I had lost more time, and as I had paid the store already, was £399 out of pocket. At that point I decided it was time to send an e-mail to the Head of Customer service at John Lewis as I thought that this artificial separation between online and offline made it impossible to ever achieve a good outcome for a customer. I got a call back a few days later from a very friendly customer service agent. She promised to investigate and get back to me within three days. She called back after four and said she could now confirm that the bed was definitely out of stock but as I had had a bad experience she could offer me £100 off a more expensive bed. As the more expensive bed was over £600 I declined and asked her to refund the £399 I had paid the store for a delivery that was never made. She said that she had no record of that transaction but she would contact the store and then contact me again to process the refund. After another three days she called me and said that she had good news, the white guest bed was back in stock and would I want to order one. I made it clear that after this appalling experience it would be very unlikely that I would order ever again at John Lewis and could she please just refund the money which eventually came back onto the card a few days later. I leave it up to other customers to judge whether they want to order at John Lewis but having been a loyal customer for many years with a partnership card and having bought most Christmas presents for the kids and furniture for the house from them, I found the treatment I received shocking. They were still clearly trying to make money out of a situation that had cost me lots of time, nerves and money by trying to up-sell me to a considerably more expensive bed. Escalating the situation to their Head of Customer Service did not really help either. I have to conclude that the company has decided to abandon their customers. The question is, will their customers eventually abandon them?
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Posted 9 years ago
John Lewis is rated 2.7 based on 2,416 reviews