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Tennessee
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Not Their Problem
January 11, 2016

I ordered a pair of Shoes for my wife from Shoebuy on 12/14/15 for Christmas. My wife had three new pairs of shoes this month so I assumed one was the pair I ordered for her. On 12/27 she said. "Hey, what happened to thoses shoes you ordere for me?" I contacted Shoebuy and they said they were delivered on my porch on 12/18/15. I told them I never got them so they told me they had to open an investigation and it would take 10 business days. What is being investigated? Today, 01/11/2016, I contacted them and they told me it would be another day since they had not heard from UPS. I don't care about UPS I am dealing with ShoeBuy. It is not my job to get money back from them, it is theirs. The customer shouldn't be penalized because ShoeBuy wants to insure their bottom line. I disputed the transaction with my credit card company. They are doing the right thing by issuing me credit first, opening an investigation and if the product is found, charging me back. That's the right thing to do ShoeBuy! I have no doubt I will not be charged back because I never got or signed for the product. In the end, I am getting a refund for something I never received, which is all I wanted 15 days ago and ShoeBuy has lost me as a customer and as many people as I can tell about this experience. I told ShoeBuy to Never Contact me again, TERRIBLE company!

Date of experience: January 11, 2016
Darren I. Shoes Rep
over a year old

We would like to thank this customer for shopping with us and are sorry the package went missing. Although something went wrong we are dedicated to doing everything we can to get the package to the customer as soon as possible. In situations like this we do contact UPS on the customers behalf so that they can start an investigation to try and locate the package. This investigation may take up to 10 business days to complete. Unfortunately, this is the protocol we must adhere to in situations like this – we are sorry for this inconvenience to the customer.
In many cases, UPS is able to locate the package and complete delivery. If UPS determines it was lost they will issue a claim – and ShoeBuy will fully refund the customer’s order.
When we receive the results of the UPS investigation, we let the customer know immediately via email. We can understand this process can be a frustrating and do apologize to the customer.

California
1 review
3 helpful votes
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HORRIBLE!
March 18, 2016

I wrote a review explaining that I ordered 2 pairs of shoe. I did not get one of them I let them know straight away. They launched an investigation with UPS and made me wait for the results. I had to wait 1 1/2 months to finally get a reply stating that UPS said it was delivered. I already knew that UPS stated that it was delivered! That is why I said that it showed delivered, but it was not there. I don't understand this, I paid for the product and somehow it either got lost, delivered accidentally to another persons door. Etc. They have provided no proof of it being received by anyone. This is why you have insurance and cover the customer. This is the only company that will make you pay if it gets lost in the mail. I am disgusted with their shady business practices and horrible customer service. If you call to ask for a supervisor they will not give you one and will not even give the name of one. This shows that they are hiding things and not at all reputable. It appears this company is going under. SHOEBUY YOU HAVE TOO MUCH COMPETITION TO TREAT YOUR CUSTOMERS THIS WAY! You are going out of business real soon with this kind of shady business practices. Good luck!

Date of experience: March 18, 2016
Darren I. Shoes Rep
over a year old

We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience that you have experienced with your order.

When a customer claims that they did not receive an item which is marked by the shipping company as "delivered", we have to open an investigation with the shipping company so that they can take responsibility for the undelivered item and pay for it. Unfortunately, we are not able to issue a refund or reship the item until the shipping company completes the investigation.

We have checked your order number and UPS has stated that they will have results by March 29th or sooner.

You will receive an email with more information once that is complete.

New Jersey
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I exchanged 2 pairs of shoes for wrong sizes. Still no refunds although they are very quick to recharge for exchange. Will not buy again.

Date of experience: October 21, 2015
Darren I. Shoes Rep
over a year old

Hi Trina! We're very sorry for any confusion regarding our exchange process. When you process an exchange online, we process that order immediately and charge you when it ships out so that we can get you your exchange item as quickly as possible. Unfortunately we still have to receive the item you are returning before we can refund you. Again, we are very sorry for any disappointment in our exchange policy. In the future, please feel free to wait until your refund is processed before processing your exchange order.

Indiana
1 review
1 helpful vote
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The standard UPS shipping is an everlasting task that Shoebuy.com fail to mention to customers. Do not believe their 10 day delivery promise!

Date of experience: April 14, 2014
Colorado
6 reviews
4 helpful votes
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Shipping too late, package damaged both the packaging and the inside shoe box, poor customer service... did not do anything with my complaints.

Date of experience: May 2, 2016
Darren I. Shoes Rep
over a year old

We would like to apologize to this customer. We want every customer experience to be a great one and would like to look into this customer order further. We ask this customer to send an email to socialsupport@shoebuy.com with their order details when they have a moment.

Texas
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Spam website
October 8, 2021

Please don't believe. This is a spam website. I paid for three shoes but never received & also they never replied my questions.

Date of experience: October 8, 2021
California
1 review
4 helpful votes
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I have never paid a restocking fee from any online company until now! I will not be doing business with shoes.com.

Date of experience: June 1, 2017
Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I went through all the cahnnels at ShoeBuy when I reeived someone else's order (they sent men's shoes). I found out the corporate owner of ShoeBuy is IAC so I looked up VP-Jason Stewart for help. His assistant called me back (a week later) she was very rude and obnoxious. Kept saying things like: "isn't there a customer service number for ShoeBuy?" (tried that, didn't work); "this is IAC, I can't do anything' (really? IAC OWNS SboBuy pretty sure YOU CAN DO SOETHING) and the best one when I said I would post a poor review "Ok you do that! (and hung up on me)" She didn't think it through because I called her back and said "I WILL DO THAT" -- maybe if Mr Stewart's assistant gets enough calls, she will change her mind and do something (LIKE GETTING MR STEWART TO FIND OUT WHY THERE ARE SO MANY MISTAKES AT SHOEBUY). If you would like to let IAC know you're unhappy with Shoebuy call them at *******383.

Date of experience: February 22, 2016
Darren I. Shoes Rep
over a year old

We are sorry this customer received the incorrect shoes and we worked with this customer to receive the item back and give this customer a full refund which has already been completed. Even though IAC is our parent company all customers must contact ShoeBuy with any related ShoeBuy.com question, concerns or request. Due to privacy issues and laws all of ShoeBuy customers information is available to employees at ShoeBuy not IAC employees. There is no way for IAC employees to see a customer’s order so there is no way they would be able to help a ShoeBuy customer. If a customer needs help on a ShoeBuy.com order we advise them to call our customer service department at 888-200-8414 and a ShoeBuy representative would be happy to help.

Maine
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Wowsers. I am one of the irate customers caught in this new, unadvertised, and hidden policy to charge a $6.95 restocking fee for EACH PAIR of shoes. Objectively unreasonable. I had a fantastic experience with this company last summer before my wedding, and turned immediately to them this summer, when needing to try a variety of sizes and styles to accommodate my growing pregnancy feet. I bought NINE pair, and plan to keep two. I was SHOCKED to learn when organzing my returns that I was going to get dinged $7 for EACH pair in a restocking fee. Fine -- change your policy, but they did it with no announcement, and did not make it clear anywhere on their website.

I called to complain, willing to pay it once, or even twice for what will end up being two boxes of returned shoeboxes. NOPE. Not even willing to consider it. I was made to wait on hold to talk to a "supervisor" where I thought I was going to be able to plead my case. She told me to send an email. Are you kidding me? I did. And received a pithy and unhelpful response within an hour. No flexibility whatsoever.

I'm done as a customer. Too bad, because I've referred others to this company. Good riddance. I predict they'll be out of business within a year.

Date of experience: September 23, 2015
Darren I. Shoes Rep
over a year old

Hi Kim. We are very sorry to hear about your frustrating situation. Our return policy is not hidden, and can be found by clicking on the "Help" tab of our website, along with our other policies and helpful information about our website and company. http://www.shoebuy.com/info/csindex We updated our website in July to inform our customers about our switch to a policy that focuses on free exchanges. Again, we sincerely apologize for the disappointment in our return policy.

Virginia
4 reviews
0 helpful votes
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I love shoes.com. Their products are affordable but with good quality. Fast shipping and great products. Recommended 5 thumbs up

Date of experience: February 1, 2021
Maine
1 review
2 helpful votes
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IM SO ANGRY. I CANNOT FIND MY CROCS. I ORDERED TWO DAY SHIPPING AND THEY HAVE YET TO BE HERE. UGH. I SHOULD'VE READ REVIEWS. BYE. NEVER BUY FROM HERE IT IS $#*! WIPES.

Date of experience: October 27, 2017
Florida
3 reviews
1 helpful vote
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AWFUL
March 16, 2016

I will never use shoebuy ever again they are the worst in customer support and there shoes are cheap

Date of experience: March 15, 2016
Darren I. Shoes Rep
over a year old

We would like to thank the customer for shopping with us and we’re sorry to hear they were disappointed with their recent shopping experience. We are always working to improve our customer experience, and we thank the customer for their review.

California
1 review
12 helpful votes
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This site is most definitely fraudulent. I was naive enough to ignore the 98% of negative reviews for this site and stupidly purchased a pair of "Doc Martens" oxford shoes a few weeks ago. Not only did I not receive an order confirmation email (first red flag), but I didn't receive a shipping email either (second red flag) nor was I able to get a hold of a customer service rep before OR after the item was received.

The nightmare continued when I received an obviously counterfeit, completely fraudulent pair of "Doc Martens" oxfords in the WRONG SIZE and WRONG WIDTH. I own several pairs of DMs and I KNOW what real ones look like, and what I received was most definitely fake -- how disgusting. I should've been wary of the negative reviews but I digress. Anyway, after attempting to call their awful and nonresponsive customer service line and trying to reach out via email, I received absolutely no response, and ended up having to settle the dispute via my bank and I'm still debating on filing a complaint with the BBB. Don't believe the positive reviews -- even if there's a slight chance that you'll receive a real, genuine product, you're working against the odds with this sham of a company.

P.S. Returns are not free, and even if you try to return a pair of shoes, they'll make up a story about how they can't accept shoes that have been "worn", even if you never took them out of the box.

Date of experience: December 16, 2019
New Hampshire
1 review
1 helpful vote
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"Next Day" shipping for $20 actually means up to 5 days shipping. Customer service reps have horrible scripts.

Date of experience: August 7, 2020
Illinois
1 review
4 helpful votes
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So unorganized!
July 18, 2016

I ordered two pairs of shoes from Shoes.com. I received the first pair with no problem, however, the second pair was a nightmare. First, they charged my credit card for both pairs of shoes even though one was not shipped. After checking the website several times, it still stated "processing" on the second pair. I waited a few days and then called customer service. They stated that they were having an issue with the vendor that is supplying the shoes and it should be resolved in a few days and that the shoes were available. I waited a week. When I emailed them and stated that these were still not shipped but were already paid for, they sent a "canned" response that the payment was "pending" with my credit card. I assured them, it was not, as I had already contacted the credit card company to confirm. So I called (instead of email) and got another nice rep on the phone who confirmed the error and apologized and gave me a discount code for the next time I ordered from them. (Seriously, like that would ever happen!) Long story short, after several emails that just ended up with "canned" responses - they don't look at any customer history when answering emails - and several phone calls, I gave up and cancelled the order. The very next day I received a phone message on my machine that said when they went to issue the credit for the cancellation they found that the shoes had shipped! - Oh joy! The next day after that, I got an email stating that the order was cancelled (see where I'm going with the email vs live person scenario?) So... one more call to customer service and it was confirmed that the message was an error and the shoes were indeed cancelled and a credit given. Two days later, the credit showed up on my credit card. This took six weeks to resolve! Needless to say, this site leaves a lot to be desired and I would definitely go elsewhere since there are so many shoe sites available.

Date of experience: July 18, 2016
Shoes R. Shoes Rep
over a year old

Hi Joanne,

Thank you for the review. We are truly sorry about the negative experience you had with us back in July. It does seem like it was quite unorganized and I am very sorry to you for that. We are working hard on our end to alleviate frustrations for our customers where we can. Please do check your private messages as we have just sent one onto you.

Kind Regards,
The Shoes.com Team.

Canada
1 review
5 helpful votes
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I ordered a pair of boots from Canada so I paid for shipping (as expected). The order came quickly but when I opened the box, the boots had creases across both toes like someone had been wearing them. I emailed shoes.com and sent photos and was told to ship them back for refund and they apologized. When they received them, they refused to re-emburse my return shipment costs even though they sent me faulty shoes and said i would be re-embursed. I emailed them multiple times. I had told them I would never have bothered returning the boots if they had told me they wouldnt re-emburse for the shipping and they said they were looking into it. They said this each time i emailed and always someone else emailing. They never re-embursed me. So for the $30 for the return shipment (plus original shipping costs) i ended up paying almost as much money in shipping as the boots cost and i have no boots. Never will I order again. And would nevvvveerr recommend to anyone. Terrible customer service, poor product and they are liars.

Date of experience: September 9, 2018
Arkansas
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Don't Buy From Here!
November 4, 2016

This place is a scam!

I tried to order a pair of shoes online and it told me my order wouldn't go through, thinking maybe it was a server issue I tried again. But no luck. I was told the process couldn't be finished and the transaction was void.

Then I go and look at my bank account and see that $130 has been taken out! The price of two pairs of shoes. So it wouldn't let me buy them, but it was able to charge my account.

I immediately call to make sure the order wasn't confirmed and ask if they can send a fax to my bank so my bank can personally remove the charges. They tell me they can't do that (but they could) and the charges aren't actually there... What?!

They told me it was a hold so nothing was removed (which was BS). But they said it would fall off in a day. Three days later... Nothing's gone! I call again and tell the same story to another person. They tell me they'll put in a request to get the charges removed quicker and, once again, I should see them gone in a day.

Well it's been three more days and I finally called again. Supposedly they will be gone in an hour and if they're not gone by the end of today, I am going to raise hell.

This company is nothing but a scam.

Date of experience: November 4, 2016
Washington
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I purchased a pair of running shoes in my usual size and after wearing them less than an hour in my house and one trip in the garage, I lost sensation to all of my toes. The toe box was extremely narrow. I then requested an exchange for a full size larger. After my order was complete, the small shoes were returned to me with a note which read, "Merchandise has been worn/used" and "unable to resell."

These were shoes that were never worn outside and were honestly on my feet for less than one hour because I couldn't feel my toes.

I called customer service to explain this and they would not accept a return. Do you honestly think I was wearing these too small shoes around town for several miles of walking when I ordered a full size larger for an exchange?

This, copied from the website is the official return policy, "If you are not happy with your order, we are happy to accept a return or an exchange." The website states this, however the company neither honors this nor practices this.

DO NOT BUY FROM THIS WEBSITE--- AVOID

Date of experience: April 20, 2017
Darren I. Shoes Rep
over a year old

We would like to thank this customer for their feedback and apologize for any disappointment caused by our return policy.

Unfortunately, we are only able to accept returns that are still in new/unworn condition. The warehouse will automatically return any shoes that are returned with signs of wear and tear, after taking pictures of the wear.

Please contact customer service to request an "Image Review" if you believe your shoes were wrongfully rejected.

Texas
2 reviews
6 helpful votes
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Needed to return an item - let the nightmare begin... Learned the return "PROCESSING FEE" is 6.95 (it's really a return shipping fee). Anyhow, they are supposed to email you a PRE-PAID return shipping label via email within 24 hrs of requesting one. YEA RIGHT, I have requested a label on 3 separate occasions over the last week and a half and they keep sending me emails with BROKEN LINKS to the label or a USED Label. They can't explain this or fix it or re-send a link that actually works, so their solution is to send me the label via snail mail (which take 7 workings days - let's say what it really is 2 WEEKS). And if this label magically shows up, I will have already spend almost 4 weeks trying to get a label to ship this item back. Needless to say I think this is EXACTLY what they want. You miss their deadline to ship it back, they don't have to refund you. This was the first time I have ever used this site and IT IS MY LAST. BEWARE - DO NOT BUY from them if you expect to have to return something.

Date of experience: June 28, 2016
Darren I. Shoes Rep
over a year old

We are very sorry that this customer has been having difficulty returning! We would like to assure the customer any issues with the return label is unintentional and we would not reject this customers return for being late in this instance.

We highly recommend this customer continue working with our customer service to resolve this issue.

Rhode Island
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Bad customer service
January 11, 2017

Save your money, there are much better shoe dot coms to buy from. Seems like a good deal until you have a return.

Date of experience: January 10, 2017
Darren I. Shoes Rep
over a year old

Hi Kathryn! We're very sorry to hear that you were disappointed with our return policy. Our return policy is listed on our website under the HELP button and all of our return information can be found there.

Overview

Shoes has a rating of 1.5 stars from 502 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Shoes most frequently mention customer service, return policy and credit card. Shoes ranks 652nd among Shoes sites.

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