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Canada
1 review
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DO NOT BUY ONLINE
July 5, 2023

Horrible! If you have issues with returning products and asking for refund it will take you ages before you get your money back. CS Managers will say they will call to update your issue but they will not. All they do is apologize. Big mistake, I should have gone to an electronic store to purchase or better yet just ditch this brand. I'm sure there are better products in the market with the price we pay. We can look for better alternative.

Date of experience: July 5, 2023
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Headphones not used much and kept in the case and in excellent condition. Took forever to connect with customer service. The warranty has expired and now they won't do a darn thing about the malfunctioning bluetooth. Even after troubleshooting, they do not work and Bose is offering to replace them for another $200! I find their business practices abhorrent and want to make sure everyone knows about this! There are way too many competitive products to choose from out there. Bose will not be getting any more of my business!

Date of experience: November 26, 2022
Canada
3 reviews
8 helpful votes
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I love these earbuds for the sound, fit and battery life. However, I didn't realize how important volume control was until I actually started using them. If you are shopping for earbuds, I strongly recommend you look into ones with volume control for added convenience. Otherwise, I have no complaints since Bose is second to none in their industry with an impeccable reputation.

Date of experience: March 30, 2022
Virginia
26 reviews
32 helpful votes
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I have not been able to use my home theater system for fear of what mite happen.they said to unplug the unit causing fire. I called the company and my system was included in the recall. I contacted them and they sent me a box with styrofoam to protect the speaker system. The only problem is that they keep sending me the wrong packing gear. I have reached out to them three times telling the agent that they keep sending me out the wrong packing materials. I'm not happy with the service I have been given.

Date of experience: August 28, 2023
Netherlands
3 reviews
10 helpful votes
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I used my bose pulse earbuds for 2 months before they became defective. I returned to the store where I had purchased them and spoke to the manager who was kind enough to replace them. As for the earbuds, they offer high quality stunning sound that is hard to match by other inferior brands.

Date of experience: April 10, 2022
Canada
1 review
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"I recently contacted Bose customer service for help with a volume button issue on my Bose product, but I was extremely disappointed with the level of service that I received. The representative I spoke with provided no real troubleshooting assistance, and instead tried to sell me a new product that cost nearly $300. When I expressed my frustration with this solution, they offered me a meager 20% discount, which barely covered the tax on the new product. It was clear that they were more interested in upselling me to a new product than actually solving my issue. I was extremely disappointed with the poor customer service and lack of support from Bose, and I would not recommend their products to anyone based on this experience."

Date of experience: May 5, 2023
Pennsylvania
1 review
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I have had my bose qc700 headphones for about 3 years now. They are overall good at noice cancellation. I have replaced the earpads about once every 6 months. They wear out quickly and fall apart.

But the sound quality is really good..

Date of experience: April 13, 2024
Florida
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Bose used to be an amazing company, amazing customer service etc. Since they have outsourced c/s (it has to be this, otherwise it makes no sense), things have gone downhill in a huge way.
I am still waiting on my refund, 5 months after they recieved the producr, spending hrs on the phone over the past 5 months and being promised my refund was "on the way". Beyond ridiculous.
I for one, as a diehard bise fan will be trying JBL to see it it is any better.

Date of experience: May 24, 2023
Pennsylvania
1 review
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Shocked
May 29, 2023

I bought my Bose 700 uc headphones 4/23/22 and used them minimally,about two weeks ago I decided to use them and they wouldn't connect or even come on and when I called technical support they said there wasn't anything they could do and insisted I buy a new pair for $200 dollars which didn't make since to me because they were barely used. I will never never ever buy anything else from Bose and wouldn't recommend anyone else do so either that's not good business for headphones that cost almost $400 dollars so I'll still with Beats

Date of experience: May 27, 2023
California
1 review
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I bought a Bose system 12 soround sound stereo 30 years ago and it is the best sound for the price, Bose made repairs and upgrades for 0 dollars, WOW thank you Bose. I bought the Bose head phones a few years ago and they have the best sound for a good price.

Date of experience: October 10, 2023
California
1 review
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Sound bar 700
January 31, 2024

This absolutely the worst purchase I've made in a long time It was purchased 2 years ago and had not worked from the day I purchased it when I first set it up they said oh you need a optical cable purchased one then oh you need a ARC cable got one the oh you need to delete and reset the remote to the bar now hours of tec on phone has past I gave it a break tried agin they said oh the remote must be bad they sent me a new one 1 1/2 years later they said send it in I did I heard nothing for 45 days not hey we received your product and it will be evaluated a tec company like this should be received boom in process boom could take 2 weeks boom but nothing I call and oh ya it's been received you should get it in 30 days I had to call 6 times before I received a email they sent the same unit back 70 days total and the piece of crap still doesn't work

Date of experience: January 30, 2024
Colorado
13 reviews
6 helpful votes
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I am an avid Bose customer and have made several purchases with them. The site is extremely intuitive and the ability to interact with customer service in real time online is excellent. I've made a few returns for various reasons and have been able to get through the process online with no hassle. They do everything they can for you with the exception of driving your return item to the UPS store for you. They are fantastic.

Date of experience: April 11, 2017
Thailand
3 reviews
13 helpful votes
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Used to be good
November 8, 2018

The sound is still good but the quality is degrading fast. The last 3 sets of headphones I bought were made from the type of plastic around the wires that rips, exposing the wiring and you, to electric shocks. Worst of all it appears to be recent with last 2-3 models of in ear headphones and purpoaeful-as this is not covered by warranty. The over there headphones have replaceable wires but they upgrade the plugs every year so that you cannot get a new wire-you must buy the whole headphones. They pretend to offer lifetime warranty of sorts (discount) but actually do everything they can to make you replace their products each year or more often. This is a dishonest and environmentally wasteful. Recently I also saw degradation in their customer service (in Germany, not all stores), which is in stark contrast contrast to their once great customer service. In my opinion, this product is no longer worth the money.

Date of experience: November 8, 2018
Georgia
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
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POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE
February 8, 2019

I called Bose to order an item, I was told it would arrive in about a week, and they would email me the order, and tracking numbers. I called a week later and was told 4 Feb was shipping date. They again told me they would email the info to me. All I received was an anonymous email with a pre-shipping notification from USPS for & 7 Feb. So the company policy is to be less than honest and to make it very difficult to communicate. Their products appear to be extremely over priced with very little concern for customer satisfaction.

Date of experience: February 8, 2019
GB
3 reviews
3 helpful votes
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I bought Bose Qc25, and I'm in love with them. Design, quality, comfort, you name it, it's so perfect. The most impressive Thing to me was noise canceling, you just turn it on and enjoy. Really impressed, can't wait for a new release (35 i know, I want newer one)

Date of experience: October 25, 2018
Pennsylvania
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I purchased these for $299 and have had nothing but problems. I don't recommend them at all. Don't buy it. Replaced twice already and still same problem. Customer service not helpful at all.

Date of experience: August 3, 2023
GB
7 reviews
15 helpful votes
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Needed portable speaker for camping, different rooms in the house and had a task researching and quality testing etc. when I stumbled across the Bose and what a find =) reasonable price and compared to the sonos found better features from 1 speaker and a remote, was exactly what I needed

Date of experience: August 24, 2015
Colorado
6 reviews
3 helpful votes
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Placed a custom order for Bose QuietComfort wireless headphones on Nov. 23. Called customer service Dec 12 to ask when order would ship. Informed ship date of Dec 18th. Called 12/18 & told order ships in 12 weeks. Asked to speak to supervisor. Informed supervisor too busy. But keep phone line open and supervisor will call within 2 to 4 hours. Did that, supervisor called after 7 hours, informed me that effective that day... Dec 18 Bose was adding notation to their online store stating custom Bose wireless speakers would now take 12 weeks. Why was that not disclosed BEFORE I placed the order or even communicated AFTER when they sent order confirmationemail. I promised Bose I would start submitting reviews everyday, every hour UNTIL I recieve my 16 year olds Christmas present which he personally designed and has been so looking forward to recieve. As a back up I ordered some Beats headphones on Dec 18 for $400 just in case the Bose ones (which cost me ~$300) never arrive. Can't believe Bose cost me this much money.
I do not recommend dealing with Bose.

Distraught professional & mom

Date of experience: December 21, 2020
Oregon
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Bose designs things so that you can nevervadd anything to their system. You get locked into more crazy expensive Bose stuff, or nothing at all... the speakers aren't even that nice, they just over emgubeer thier enclosures. If a real soeaker company spent the time bise does on building boxes, everything woykd sound like a Bose

Date of experience: April 13, 2018
New York
1 review
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Worst customer service ever. I have multiple Bose products and use them everyday. I bought a pair on Soundsport Earbuds. Recently they stopped working. I tried to troubleshoot and do everything possible to have them work again. As I researched more on this issue I found out that there's a manufacturing fault in the charging case for which they send you updates ( RECALLS). Did not knew that updating a earbud charging case is a thing. I tried to reach out to support and the told that there is no way to fix them and they have to be replaced. Now they want to charge me $115 for the replacement of a product which has a manufacturing fault and they cannot fix it. This sounds like a total SCAM to get money out of people's pockets. My product is out of warranty but it does not make sense at all to pay for a manufacturing fault as I have already paid $189 for the product. Should not be sold in the first place if they had a fault. I thought BOSE is a very reputable company but really a business to scam people. VERY DISAPPOINTED!

Date of experience: January 3, 2024

Overview

Bose has a rating of 2.9 stars from 41 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Bose most frequently mention and customer service. Bose ranks 5th among Speakers sites.

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