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John Lewis Reviews

2.7 Rating 2,432 Reviews
41 %
of reviewers recommend John Lewis
2.7
Based on 2,432 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
This is such as shame as I really previously had thought John Lewis was a shining example of good customer care. It is true that they have a large number of very decent representatives working for them, but one supposedly more senior individual, to whom I have spoken on the phone today has effectively wiped out all of that good impression, and my previously very positive impression of JLP is now descending fast. I bought a new iphone. It totally failed after only 10 weeks. Apple took 19 days to repair it, only actually to replace it with what appears to be a refurbished model. I spent £299 a couple of months ago to end up with a replacement phone I could have bought for about £150. I sought redress from JLP, and they did refund £50, which for me only covers my expenses of having to buy a replacement basic mobile phone, and the petrol I had to use driving to and from the Apple service provider. So there is no goodwill in this for me, I will be wanting to get Apple's version of this whole episode as well but I am not in any mind to let either organisation off the hook here, very particularly as John Lewis, or at least one individual who works for them, has managed to destroy what was previously a cast iron, or gold plated if you like, impression of them, particularly in the area of customer service. I was going to keep my own counsel but I think somebody here has lit a touchpaper, and due to my experience I would generally at the moment advise against buying from John Lewis, and possibly also against buying Apple products, although I have so hopefully not mistakenly just bought an Apple Macbook pro for my son for nearly £2000! I will see what Apple have to say about the iphone catastrophe. My previous impression of John Lewis had been good but it appears times have changed......
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Posted 5 years ago
If I could give zero stars I would If I could give zero stars I would. Earlier this year I cancelled a huge order for curtains from John Lewis because the service was so appalling. I have told ALL my friends and clients never to shop at JL. Sadly, my daughter saw a sofa she liked on their website ( dusky pink!) and ordered it for her flat. Excited, first home of her own. Then it began. The sofa was delayed, the sofa got sent to the wrong warehouse then got sent to the correct warehouse but was returned to the wrong one! Imagine the time and frustration of sorting this out. It finally turned up and it was damaged. My daughter was upset but needed a sofa and couldn't face the hassle anymore. The delivery guys ( were great) phoned the warehouse and a customer team and were given the OK to give a refund. This didn't go through, we have had to ring John Lewis who had the absolute gall to question the situation... another break at work to sit on the phone to John Lewis. Apparently they will ring tomorrow to confirm the refund..... I am not holding my breath. Please, please don't waste your hard earned money at this place that used to be so reliable. Shame on you JL
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Posted 5 years ago
If I could give zero stars I would If I could give zero stars I would. Earlier this year I cancelled a huge order for curtains from John Lewis because the service was so appalling. I have told ALL my friends and clients never to shop at JL. Sadly, my daughter saw a sofa she liked on their website ( dusky pink!) and ordered it for her flat. Excited, first home of her own. Then it began. The sofa was delayed, the sofa got sent to the wrong warehouse then got sent to the correct warehouse but was returned to the wrong one! Imagine the time and frustration of sorting this out. It finally turned up and it was damaged. My daughter was upset but needed a sofa and couldn't face the hassle anymore. The delivery guys ( were great) phoned the warehouse and a customer team and were given the OK to give a refund. This didn't go through, we have had to ring John Lewis who had the absolute gall to question the situation... another break at work to sit on the phone to John Lewis. Apparently they will ring tomorrow to confirm the refund..... I am not holding my breath. Please, please don't waste your hard earned money at this place that used to be so reliable. Shame on you JL
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Posted 5 years ago
Always friendly and brilliant customer service. They treat their customers with empathy and understanding
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Posted 5 years ago
Having a terrible experience had a freezer three years later in a five year warranty broke down first delivery of another unit didn’t turn up second delivery arrived damaged very badly and now cannot even get confirmation of delivery of a third unit. In the meantime I have no fridge freezer in July
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Posted 5 years ago
Buyer's beware if you are buying expensive items from John Lewis by click and collect or for delivery. Earlier this weel I bought a Digital SLR worth over £500 on click and collect, but did not check in the box before leaving the shop. Upon opening the box at home I found it contained 3 bath towels. Very expensive !! I contacted the customer services who took the rest of the week to look into it and said that the box was correctly packed and that therefore they could not refund my money. . So BUYER BEWARE someone has a free camera and is running a nice little scam.
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Posted 5 years ago
Buyer's beware if you are buying expensive items from John Lewis by click and collect or for delivery. Earlier this weel I bought a Digital SLR worth over £500 on click and collect, but did not check in the box before leaving the shop. Upon opening the box at home I found it contained 3 bath towels. Very expensive !! I contacted the customer services who took the rest of the week to look into it and said that the box was correctly packed and that therefore they could not refund my money. . So BUYER BEWARE someone has a free camera and is running a nice little scam.
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Posted 5 years ago
They Steal money from the elderly and most vulnerable. I bought a Washing machine from JL for my eldery parents, my 90 year old father has dementia and my elderly mother has had a stroke and I assumed that by using JL if there was a problem it would get sorted out, I could not have been more wrong. I paid for the machine to be installed and the old working machine to be removed. A day later the new machine filled with smelly dirty water and now cannot be used. These are elderly vulnerable people and JL have taken their money and abandoned them. Rather than a washing machine they have been left them with a pond full of dirty smelly water. I am disgusted at the Customer Services (thats a joke) and what they are doing to what was a great Britis brand. The CEO should be ashamed of herself. I have spent days on the phone to JL who have lied to me, broken dozens of promises, ended calls (no I wasnt rude) and one JL employee told me there was nothing they were going to do, so tough!. Do yourselve a huge favour, the JL brand and customer service is dead. If you want great customer care go anyweher but JL. The way they have treated my parents makes me sick! 46438610
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Posted 5 years ago
Bought wardrobe from John Lewis when it was delivered clearly would not fit in the room so I asked they take it away they insisted on putting it together which only proved me right. They then refused to take take it away. Phoned John Lewis they were evasive and refused to give me a collection date. In the end I complained they said they would collect but not dismantle! I have to pay 150 pounds to have it dismantled! Do not buy from John Lewis!
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Posted 5 years ago
They delivered a wardrobe which clearly would not fit in my room I asked they take it away. They insisted in putting it together which only proved I was correct they then refused to take it away. I phoned John Lewis who refused to say when they would collect it. In the end I complained the complaints department were unhelpful and said I would have to pay to have it dismantled at a cost of 150 pound before they would collect it!
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Posted 5 years ago
After 18 months my iPhone X went on the blink, and when diagnosed at Apple, they said the processor was putting the machine into Panic mode and it wasn't worth repairing the phone. They offered an instant replacement ( for a fee ) as it was out of warranty. As it was under John Lewis 2 year guarantee, i took it to the local Kingston store. I was quoted 10-15 days to repair, which is scandalous since I had the diagnostic report from Apple. 28 days later I still do not have my phone. Imagine going a month without your phone. Because I had replaced the screen with iSmash, I had to pay John Lewis 279 pounds to bring it back under warranty ( the screen was never replaced, as they will be sending out a replacement unit, so feel pretty aggrieved) But the fact that JL send it to a repairer who sends it to Apple is in the modern tech age frankly quite antiquated. If they lose the trust of the brand, then in the modern shopping environment, they will surely suffer exponentially. Far easier to buy direct from Apple and purchase Apple Care and then the phone would have been with me on the same day. 28 days and counting - ridiculous - be forewarned
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Posted 5 years ago
I have been a customer of my local John Lewis store for nearly fifty years and in that time I have always felt that I received good service and quality products from them. I suppose that this is because I never really had a problem with anything I bought from them. All this changed 4 weeks ago when I ordered a washing machine from them for which I requested next day delivery and paid for the removal of my old machine and the installation of the new one. Unfortunately the very unpleasant young man who arrived to carry out this work decided that he was not able to install a new machine. No explanation was given for this, although I must point out that two days later I had an identical machine installed by Curry’s without any problem. I must confess that I became increasingly angry with his attitude and when he told me he couldn’t install the machine I told him I didn’t want it. Throughout the time that he and his colleague were in my house the new washing machine was still on the van. I had used my Partnership card for this purchase and did not anticipate the difficulties of getting the charge for this item removed from my card. I made several calls to customer services only to be told that a refund could only be made once the item was back in the warehouse. The fact that I had never even received the washing machine was ignored. Advised on several occasions that it would take up to five working days for the refund to be made to my account. It actually took 3 weeks. At one point I received an email to inform me that the machine would be picked up on a certain day. I replied to say that I did not have the machine but this was ignored and I duly received a phone call from a driver telling me they would be arriving in 20 minutes. Funnily enough he didn’t seem too surprised when I told him I didn’t have the machine. On the day that I discovered that my account was up to date I paid the outstanding amount and cancelled my Partnership card. John Lewis have just lost yet another customer.
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Posted 5 years ago
I order a smart tv from Tunbridge Wells. It was delivered this morning. I noticed it was damaged. I called John Lewis and after getting the phone line cut off, when I got through, they said they was unable to replace the tv until next Thursday. I have therefore had to wait nearly two weeks for tv I have purchased. This service is disgusting as Argos can replace the product the same day. John Lewis should consider their approach.
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Posted 5 years ago
hideously difficult to order gift cards. When the gift card order didn't go through, the e-gift cards take at least 12 hours to verify. Really old fashioned and incredibly inconvenient
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Posted 5 years ago
DISGUSTING COMPANY, WILL NEVER USE AGAIN!!! I purchased my little boy some Birthday presents for delivery, received a message whilst at work saying my item had been delivered... IT HAD NOT! Nothing was there. Contacted customer services and explained the situation and they basically called me a liar and that it had been delivered. Refused to replace the items or offer a refund. Absolutely fuming! I'll stick with Argos in future as I know for a fact my items will be delivered. My son will now go without his birthday presents... THANKS!!!!!
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Posted 5 years ago
Brilliant online delivery with click and collect efficient
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Posted 5 years ago
Ordered a new washing machine on line on Monday and it was delivered today, Wednesday. I received 2 automated phone calls advising of 2 hour delivery slot and then the driver rang me 20 minutes before arrival. There were 2 delivery men who were very professional and friendly, I live in a 9 th storey flat but this didn’t cause any delivery problems at all, they were both really nice men. Thank you.
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Posted 5 years ago
We finally purchased our first home and wanted to buy quality products with good service... but instead we had a nightmare, trying to get priority orders delivered, poor customer service and pathetic excuses, with a driver saying there was no one to receive the items which is not true as they drove off after being received and have been asked to wait 5 min, but instead drove off!! We paid priority for the delivery slot, and he didn't even wait 5 minutes to be shown where the stuff needs to go!! What a horrible experience after being so excited to get things for our first home!! We where back and forth trying to sort out a big order and ended up having to cancel it because of the lack of effort put in from the store. We managed to buy loads of kitchen supplies spending a large amount of money, then being told we have to pay for the bags - the only reason why we need bags is because you don't have boxes for the crockery! Very disappointed in our experience. Not what i expected from a "professional well known brand" .
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Posted 5 years ago
Excellent service. Knowledgeable and courteous staff who were able to assist me in choosing my TV which was available in store. Highly recommended.
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Posted 5 years ago
This was an international order. The items arrived promptly, however one was missing three buttons. I called the customer care twice about this and was reassured that the spare buttons will be sent the following day, as well as request a price adjustment for one of the items. Neither of those requests was fulfilled. This is a huge disappointment especially after making purchases with the company for many, many years, although they were all done within the UK. Clearly, the Mr. John Lewis does not care, not does he truly wishes to expand his business abroad, let alone is bothered about his life-long customers.
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Posted 5 years ago
John Lewis is rated 2.7 based on 2,432 reviews