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John Lewis Reviews

2.7 Rating 2,425 Reviews
41 %
of reviewers recommend John Lewis
2.7
Based on 2,425 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
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
Having ordered from John Lewis for the first time I then went on to received 126 emails concerning the delivery totally clogging up my mailbox. All customer service could say was; remove yourself from the marketing ,but I never signed into the marketing in the first place
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Posted 5 years ago
I ordered a washing machine on16th april,to be fitted and tho old one taken away(an extra £40.00) Now after a lot of phone calls and 2 different delivery dates,I still cant get the problem of taking the old one away solved,I asked to speak to a manager and even that was to much trouble,So I told the operator I was speaking to ,To cancel the order56227982,John Lewis has just lost a customer
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Posted 5 years ago
I dont know what has happened to john lewis customer service it used to be the best. But when returning an item not used l was treated like a idiot and felt very uncomfortable. Will never set foot in another john lewis store again.
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Posted 5 years ago
I'm not going to write abusive remarks but just tell it as it is. JL Customer Service is truly appalling. Last Saturday, an adviser told me to dispose of faulty FitBit (4th one but that's not JL's fault) and refund already being processed. That was after 30+ mins of MY phone costs. This morning, after a further 30 mins, I was told product to be collected and refund not yet processed. A manager came on the phone and told me that a refund had been made in 2017!!! I asked if she had read most recent emails between us. What would a normal intelligent person expect the answer to be. Well, it wasn't, she said "No". Unbelievable. I am now waiting for another department to call me back to resolve the problem but I am not holding my breath. I have shopped at JL for 40 years and remember when it was a great organisation, I fear it is now utterly out of control and needs radical overhaul. CEO, Chair - why are you not taking action?
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Posted 5 years ago
Absolutely outrages service! I was sent a used item and a wrong item and when I complained they didn’t do anything, other than mild apology! It was such a hassle to go to collect it and carry it home without any bag as the box was quite heavy and then I had to return everything! My partner also purchased a juicer for £500 and was faulty and we got it swapped and again was faulty and they wouldn’t help and bin us off to the brand manufacturer so basically JLS 5tears warranty is scam and not to forget under EU law is actually 6 years. I am now in a process of taking this to small claim court as they are way out of order. They don’t care anymore other than taking people’s money, their service and attitude has changed! Just buy your stuff from the actual brand as these third parties are just making the whole process a nightmare and the stress it’s juts not worth it. It’s not healthy to go through arguments.
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Posted 5 years ago
I recently moved into a flat, but dont have a car and have a busy work schedule, so opted for delivery of a few bulky home items on a selected date when I knew that I could be home. I particularly wanted a bin delivered because it is big and was very much needed after a week of rubbish building up. The delivery came, but I discovered that the two section kitchen bin was missing. I rang John Lewis immediately and customer service said that it was DHL's error (package left in depot) and DHL would get back to me some time in the next week. Considering I had elected a specific delivery slot and the bin felt urgent to me (and I expressed this), I would have expected more than a vague answer like that and was surprised at the lack of overall ownership from John Lewis for this failed delivery. It may have been a DHL mistake, but the delivery service falls under the "product" that John Lewis is offering and customers are paying for. There was hardly an apology or interest in getting it to me sooner from the gentleman the line. I think he even laughed at one point because the item happened to be a rubbish bin. I took his name because I felt annoyed by his attitude then already. The following day I never got a call from DHL. Just a text in the middle of my work day to say the bin would be delivered between 6-8pm. There was no link or number to call if the time didn't suit me. I was not due to be home (this is why I had paid for a particular delivery day), so now this delivery was causing me hassles rather than being a convenience for which I paid £10. I may as well have got standard delivery. I ended up leaving work early to try and get home (i didnt feel like more hassle if I missed this delivery) and just caught the delivery man in time, but it inconvenienced my employer and it meant that I was late for an event in another part of London for which I had booked. Of course, the DHL delivery man said it was not his fault. More blame shifting. I got sent an email from John Lewis asking how I felt my case was handled. I was honest and said I was not happy with John Lewis service and asked for my £10 delivery fee to be reimbursed. I got a terse reply saying that DHL delivered the order on the selected day. The implication was that I had got my facts wrong - really poor. I then sent back a screenshot of the DHL text about the delivery slot from my phone to prove that the bin came a day late and that the delivery was not confirmed with me at a convenient time. No response. I rang John Lewis and asked tonspeak tons supervisor as I felt their service was poor and email unacceptable. The girl in the phone was at the best incompetent and took ages typing my statement and reading it back to me as though I was part of some formal hr grievance hearing. I said several times I would like to speak to someone and in principal I felt my £10 should be reimbursed as the delivery failed to be the service being offered. I have still not heard from John Lewis. I will never get a delivery from John Lewis again. I am really surprised at how bad the service is for a company which is on the quality, pricier end of the market and who promote themselves as having good service.
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Posted 5 years ago
John Lewis have completely lost their way. We ordered and paid for an integrated washing machine, plus fitting at £90, in the Sheffield store. The assistant was knowledgeable and pleasant. We were contacted regarding fitting and that was efficient. Downhill all the way after that. I haven't the time to go into too much detail regarding the fitting but they sent out someone who was rude, critical and wouldn't fit my washing machine!! Said the dishwasher had to come out, said it should be easy in easy out and we should get a plumber as, to cut a long story short, he wasn't going to fit it. We phoned out plumber and he was leaving for Australia the following day but came early evening to take a look. Said there was loads of room and the dishwasher didn't need to come out. As there had been a washing machine in-situ for 8 years our plumber had no idea why JL were behaving in such a way. Our plumber said he would have stayed and fitted it for us but the hoses supplied with the washer were too short. Next day my husband was driving all over the place to get extended hoses (the JL guy said the washing machine was too far from the sink - he said 3 meters - it is actually 1.25 meters but is was clear that the hoses supplied were very short). We then set about trying to find a fitter. Then, we got a call from JL to arrange to come back and fit the washing machine - we thought they were ringing to refund the fitting fee - and we were told that if the dishwasher was removed they would fit it. A long conversation ensued but JL insisted they would come back and fit it. We agreed for a new fitter to come from JL and they arrived few days later, and what nice guys they were. No problem to fit the washing machine. Didn't need the extended hoses as they had them on the van and they had no idea why the previous fitter had been so rude and hadn't fitted the washer. All this resulted in wasted money on our part. Wasted time, stress and no washing machine for longer than had been necessary. I wrote to JL to complain 4.5 weeks ago. Got a nice email back saying they were sending a gift card for compensation. Two weeks, two phone calls and one email later they constantly assured me that the card had been sent before finally admitting that they had sent it to an address we vacated 2 years ago. Bear in mind that we paid for the washer in Sheffield, live near Sheffield, it was despatched from Leeds and delivered to our address near Sheffield and they sent the gift card to NORTH SHROPSHIRE. Then the whole saga started again. Constantly told the card was coming - told 'ring back' next week. Today I have spent nearly 2 hours on the phone to 2 different people. After all this time, being told the card is coming, they told me today that they had to wait for the other card to be returned to them (what if it had been chucked in a bin? I am amazed the occupiers of our old address bothered to send it back) before sending another one out. Now they can confirm they have sent the card to - wait for it - another department who will send it out??? - and they don't know where in the process it is. They will not let me speak to a manager. They just have me running around in circles. I have asked for a call back but at the time of writing I am not holding my breath. 4.5 weeks being told the card is coming - me like a fool waiting for the postman. As far as I am concerned they have just made a very bad situation regarding the abysmal aborted fitting service much, much worse. I could have bought at Curry's and paid £44 for the fitting and I honestly wish that I had. 42 years of loyalty to JL and here I am writing a bad review. Sad really. Thanks for reading my rant!!
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Posted 5 years ago
Beyond shocked at how much John Lewis has lost its way. I ordered a leather sofa in January that was delivered damaged in two places one week ago. Could not fault the delivery drivers as it was damaged when they unwrapped it. One of the drivers immediately offered £100 compensation for one of the marks but had to return to the lorry which was on a yellow line. When the other delivery driver finished unwrapping the sofa there was another mark on the armwrest. I said please take the sofa away and replace with undamaged option. I was rung that evening to discuss but customer services did not have the photos that the delivery people had taken. They said they would ring in the morning. They did not. I left it two days then I rang again and was told the pictures would be assessed and somebody would come back to me within 24 hours. They did not. Then on Monday I was rung and had a ridiculous conversation about sending somebody out to see if they could clean the sofa. I sais no. I was prepared for a replacement or compensation as I would buy throw and cushions to cover up the damage. £100 again was offered. I complained and said it just was not enough for a sofa at a cost of £1,400 damaged in two places. I said I would be making a formal complaint and the woman said she would ring back in 10 minutes. She didn't. Two days later I ring yet again and am told by customer services that despatch is dealing with this and that I did not have my card to hand for a refund to be made to me. This is an UTTER LIE. I work from home and have my cards here. Then I was told despatch rang me back on Monday at 4.30pm. They did not. I am beyond speechless that customer services at John Lewis is both this shoddy and they actually now lie as well. I trusted them to be a better company than this and will now not be placing the additional furniture order that I had wanted for a matching leather footstall, armchair and dining table. I cannot trust them anymore for big ticket items. How sad is that to say about this company? I still await to hear the outcome regarding this damaged leather sofa as well. Buyers beware when purchasing large items from JL. I've learnt my lesson and will not be repeating it.
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Posted 5 years ago
Bought integrated dishwasher with full fitting service. Fitting poor, damaged new appliance and surrounding cupboards fitting. Minor leak since fitting. Leak worse over weekend. Called JL, 1hr later and 3 different departments = 5 day wait to get someone to look at leak. Refused to pay for emergency plumber/ faster call out despite water damaging kitchen. Refused to let me speak to a more senior person. PLEASE DONT PAY USE JL believing you get better customer service. This is untrue
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Posted 5 years ago
Have recently made a purchase of a Ted Baker bag. Selected free standard delivery. Ordered on Sunday and delivered on Tuesday. Fantastic service always packaged well and includes free returns. Well done John Lewis!!
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Posted 5 years ago
Terrible so so bad rip off we paid £3200 for a TV and it broke and we received one worth only £1,700 and refuse to pay the remainder really bad we have had to contact watchdog
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Posted 5 years ago
Really bad customer service the worst ever, lies and lies for months they are bad and have ripped us off terribly
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Posted 5 years ago
I have tried calling and get cut off - emailing and get ignored - it is illegal to take other peoples money and provide nothing - it is outrageous John Lewis are obviously happy to provide a dreadful service but I am not and am trying to get this sorted as I am working on behalf of a client but they still won't help I would heavily guide against ever using John Lewis - they are UNHELPFUL ILLEGAL AND CAUSE HUGE AND UNNECESSARY STRESS
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Posted 5 years ago
John Lewis is rated 2.7 based on 2,425 reviews