Johnlewispartnership Reviews 

Something has changed with John Lewis customer service… I’m a lifelong customer and always thought of them as a reputable brand, somewhere I go to for more special homewares etc - including in this instance spending my wedding gift voucher on a new suitcase set for my honeymoon. The bags arrived damaged and I have been trying to resolve this with them for MONTHS. I don’t know what is going on with their customer service now but it sounds like it’s all been outsourced and it is just really really bad. I’ve wasted hours trying to resolve this. I imagine they’ll lose a lot of lifelong customers like myself. What a shame.

Wedding guest outfit. Paid £350. Never arrived. Telephoned customer services twice. In queue both times up to 10 mins. Got through to a human being and was then cut off mid call on both occassions. Tried chat bot. Got nowhere. Asked them to call me. Nothing. Then completed a detailed customer complaint form on line. No response. Attempted escalation process but couldm't complete as i wasn't acknowledged with an origonal complaint reference. Worst customer service experience ever and they still have my £350. I have since purchaed another outfit from a decent company

Visited Trafford Centre Electrical dept recently and wanted to examine a basic Kindle and Kindle Paperwhite and in particular how they felt in your hand as the Paperwhite was bigger and apparently a bit heavier- the weight was a significant purchase factor to me .Unfortunately, both the Kindles were attached to a frame which in turn were attached to the Sales bench. I asked a Sales person if I could try the Kindles for weight but he said that was not possible as they were attached to the Frames for security. I said that I could understand to a point, but my purchase would be based on the weight difference vs performance factors. He said that he couldn't do it for security reasons but I informed him he could replace it back in the cradle after about 10 seconds.
I said that was not acceptable to
me and I would purchase elsewhere.
This experience has and will affect future purchases from John Lewis as they used to be first choice.

Terrible customer service from John Lewis & Partners.

I recently purchased a rechargeable table lamp which stopped charging after just 3 weeks. My first call to customer services was positive — the advisor arranged a replacement quickly. However, I later discovered I had been charged £7.95 postage for a faulty item, which is completely unacceptable.
From that point on, the experience went downhill. I encountered rude staff, repeated long hold times, and was unable to speak to a manager despite multiple requests. After several unsuccessful calls, I had no choice but to raise a formal complaint via email and copy in the CEO.
Although I was eventually contacted by the CEO’s office, I am still waiting for the full refund owed to me.
This has been a frustrating and disappointing experience from a company that prides itself on customer service. Based on this, I would not recommend purchasing online from John Lewis.
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Cut off 3 times trying to sort a faulty kettle costing £100! Gave my details 3 times, spoke with 3 different people, and got cut off after giving details . Tried the online chat, waited over 7 mins to get to communicate then got pushed back another 7 mins. What is going on ? I thought John Lewis were supposed to be top notch ? It feels like i have been a victim of metrics , where there is a time limit , then then they hang up ? Awful experience , I'm going to talk to somebody in the store tomorrow , this is shocking customer care.

A Bosch fridge freezer was delivered by JL. It was not fully assembled. It still isn't. Cost £718.

At the time they had an "Installation charge" £115. This would take out the old mains plug, put in the new one, and clear the packaging, oh yes and assemble the missing bits.

I complained that their product was not of merchantable quality, you would not sell it with missing trim.

No sensible response from John Lewis. We will remember this saga.

After wasting my time and petrol last week with their faulty ‘check stock in-store’ feature on their website, I tried to call my local store so an actual person in the store could check stock. This is no longer possible and you can only call generic customer services based who knows where, who were very rude and full of attitude. Yet again poor customer service from JL, you have ruined your reputation.

My Sansung Television remote is faulty.
Plus Im elderly and housebound.
I purchased the New Samsung TV in November 25.
I had to call Twice the TV was under 6 months old .
I have been noteing the failures since the 7th of April . It happened 15 times Especially bad when mr my Doctor phones me and I can't put it on mute.
I googled the problem ,it's noted and instructions are to remove the batteries and put back.
My first call was very long due to continually being put on hold . Then the 3rd time the person stated he was contacting Samsung. Eventually it's me now being questioned by Samsung . I never purchased the TV from them . My problem should have been handled by John Lewis alone. The TV has a 5 year guarantee the remote is necessary . A fault under 6 months old is noted as being faulty from the start.. I phone again and I'm told one will be posted. Yet not received yet . On my TV screen up popped a message from Samsung saying I hear you have a problem with your Television please call Samsung . No number included. I further re read their confirmation email ,and unbelievable that I will have to return it for repair.
John Lewis is not following the Law the Sales of Goods Act 2015 .
Their customer service people must be told to keep putting Customers on hold and tell them anything.

The customer service is SHOCKING at John Lewis.
Used to be best in class, now is a complete joke.
Ordered 3 sets of plates and ordered next day delivery, never arrived on day 1 and a delivery was never attempted as I was in all day. Rang customer services and got through to the South Africa team and the woman could not have cared less, could not wait to get me off the phone. Diabolical.
Did I feel like a valued customer - NO.
She said would be delivered next day. Did it arrive next day…. NO. Rang again, this time a man in South Africa customer services said ….we will cancel your order!
Lost sale, rude incompetent offshore customer service who do not care less.
So disappointed.
I then ordered other items a week later, this time they miraculously arrived however one item was missing and the other items are damaged due to such poor packaging!
Thought I’d try the chat facility on customer service this time, low and behold back onto South Africa with yet another person who couldn’t care less. No sorry, no empathy and no solution.
I will never EVER order from John Lewis again
They have gone from best in class for customer service…. to by far THE worst.
I am not surprised by the reams of customer issues listed here.
Appalling.

Ordered a selection of crockery from John Lewis and was disappointed for it to arrive mainly broken. Packaging was insufficient and Evri had a hand in the delivery.
So not a big problem surely a quick chatbot experience would resolve the issue, I was mistaken. I ended up in a circular conversation with an employee who wasn't interested in resolving the issue and eventually cut me off.
So now I'm left with only one option - I know longer shop with John Lewis.
No wonder 81% or reviews are one star.

Not order from this company for long time placed order and guess what messed up again take your money had phone put down on me 8times today and do nothing to make coustomer happy get uk coustomer service or your company will close back again to tell you to wright to FOUNDEVER at FS this is a scomplaints@found ever.com as they lie and disrespect was on phone snd they admitted telling me 3times they lied I suggest you deal legal address as I am the address is financial ombudsman FOUNDEVER just want you to call ombudsman this is how they care about you I have went on to linkin and contacted ceo of company and he got back ask for recordings of all calls be aware this is not John Lewis they employ FOUNDEVER a little room with no manager they can treat you disrespect you as no boss lie to you throw down phone etc using Jo logo and third world service boyycot avoid if you want to stay healthy waiting on refund for item I order in 23april have e mail saying received back refund only done yesterday lip stick that was 2yesrs out of date waiting on refund body suit that was cancelled have to wait on refund when you call no records of this they ask you questions they should have saying we have to wait on refund coming back omg it was not returned it’s 2years out of date told to bin it they don’t know anything. Why doesCX put them in job contacted them to CEO by the way you are being told if there outsourced to Africa Coustomer service is affecting you to contact a mental health charity. For support this is disgraceful don’t really want to pay these incompetent people hi folks just called FOUNDEVER and spoke to manager who put me on to the boss of JL team they have all diff departments had long chat phone number is01789277052

John Lewis can No longer be trusted with supplying a quality product, or dealing with a valid complaint in an honest transparent and fair manner.
I ordered an Easter bouquet ftom their online site as a thank you. What actually arrived after 7pm in the evening, was a lesser amount of wilting straggly dying stems.
Having contacted customer services that evening with photo evidence, I was told to call back the next day so that the supplier department could action the refund. What actually happened was a rude manager making ridiculous excuses and telling me that there would be no refund despite the obvious evidence. An email ftom John Lewis even suggested that it was the recipient's fault for using an incorrect vase!!! The few stems sent were not of any decent quality, wilting & past their best.
John Lewis have ceased to become a trusted name in retail. They are now Ruthless, deliberately Avoiding refunding the customer even when a full refund is justified and with proof & evidence. Their rudeness and avoidance tactics include trying to blame the customer however illogical & irrational.
Terrible.

Tried to contact the JL customer care team after a parcel of expensive dresses went missing.
I had no idea until yesterday that they have sacked their UK staff and outsourced customer relations to a call centre in South Africa.
I can only assume that this is a cost cutting measure because the staff have not been trained properly, don't listen are not interested. When I asked to speak to a manager, I was told they were all on their lunch (at 4 in the afternoon) or not available.
Will never buy online again and will think long and hard about buying in store.

What has John Lewis done to customer service. Purchased a premium brand TV, it has a major fault within 8 weeks of getting it. No option to return the TV and have to go with a repair! This is a premium brand that cost a lot of money, I didn’t buy a seconds or budget TV!
Repair is out sourced to Martin Dawes who are only in our area 2 days a week and only offer full day appointments - not helpful when we have fixed commitments or full time work, so can’t offer pick up for 3 weeks, then a week fixing time if parts are available. That’s also if it’s repairable!! Just not good enough from a company that we bought from, expecting a higher level of customer service. Can’t speak to customer services in store as we have been directed to the off shore helpline. So so so frustrating and unacceptable. Bad form John Lewis, your reputation is falling rapidly. Shame

I bought item from john lewis and want to cancel order however it does not allow me to cancel order yet i ment to receive it in late April however staff at John lewis tell me item has been shipped which is a lie as its 1 month away from today monday 23rd march.

After wasting my time for another week. I had a call last thing on a Friday to tell me the evidence was in.

Evri delivered a parcel weighing over a kilo…I was over joyed as I thought it meant that there was an error and the trainers were delivered after all and I would be refunded!

But no, it turned out this was what was delivered to me!. I knew this as I had tried on the trainers, they were not suitable so I returned them the same day.

The second piece of “evidence” was that the parcel was returned weighing 400 and something grams…..

Again I know this as I was told the parcel arrived empty.

This proves the parcel was indeed stolen in transit.

I asked for and was expecting the CcTV evidence of how the parcel arrived - it would have clearly shown that it had been tampered with. The weights are of no interest to me.

I had my secure evidence taken from me when John Lewis elected to use a cheap and knowingly untrustworthy returns courier who did not weigh parcels at the point of collection.

John Lewis has wasted 6 weeks of my time. Stolen £265 of my money and I now have a peptic stomach ulcer from the stress and anxiety spending Half a day at the UTC in agony.

I have to know go through the small claims court to get back my money. I remind John Lewis that under the Consumer Rights Act, the risk in transit lies with them as they chose the carrier.

I am another small normal law abiding person bullied and trapped by a faceless corporation with no way to respond.

Absolutely abhorrent behaviour

For a allegedly reputable company we thought we were in safe hands purchasing a TV from John Lewis. But how wrong we were. We have had a terrible experience.

The TV has broken after only 15 months and they are refusing to provide an equivalent replacement in line with their own guarantee which states the following:

'If we can't repair your product, we'll replace it with the same model, or a model with an equivalent specification of screen size, screen technology and brand type. In a small number of cases, this may be a manufacturer-approved refurbished or remanufactured unit. If no equivalent product is available, we'll either offer you the nearest equivalent specification or its selling price value refunded on a John Lewis e-gift card. The maximum refund will be the price you paid. Regardless, we'll always do our best to make sure you're satisfied with the outcome'

The exact same model TV is no longer available but there is a directly equivalent model available (basically the updated model). John Lewis are refusing to provide this and are trying to fob us off with a gift card refund, which is the last stage of resolution, and would not allow us to purchase the equivalent model as it is more expensive.

The customer service is all outsourced and has been absolutely awful - they got us mixed up with another customer; ignore the content of our emails; and provide inaccurate, misinformed and incoherent responses.

We are reporting John Lewis to Trading Standards and will be taking them to small claims court. We would strongly advise that anyone looking to purchase a TV avoids the company.

Ordered an iPad told it would arrive today between 7-8pm. No arrival and the excuse was no valid PIN code!! Can’t provide a pin code if no delivery!

Awful customer service.
Sort the online tracking system out.
It's saying my items have not been delivered when all four of them have. Now I can't start the refund process because the tracking system won't let me generate a return QR code for apparently "undelivered" items. I've called three times, each time told to wait 72 hours for the matter to be escalated to the relevant team and be resolved. 72 hours have passed...still no resolve.
Will never order online from John Lewis again.

After trying to exchange a ripped suitcase that is guaranteed for 10 years i give up and I'm keeping it. Reason being that I was sent a replacement but a smaller size.I wanted the same size.I was,asked to return this to a shop after being interrogated about my name,address and that they couldn't hear me. Very slow communication as if they needed winding up! Appalling service.