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California
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TERRIBLE EXCHANGE POLICY
January 22, 2024

BIRKENSTOCK REFUSES TO EXCHANGE SHOES FOR A DIFFERENT STYLE (EVEN IF YOU CAN'T FIND A PROPER FIT IN A STYLE AND RECEIVED THE SHOES AS A GIFT.) THEY'RE RUDE AND INDIFFERENT ABOUT THE POLICY. DON'T EVER, EVER BUY SHOES FROM THEM ONLINE!

Date of experience: January 22, 2024
Germany
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Avoid them. At. All. Cost.
October 19, 2023

Extremely disappointed with customer experience. Placed four orders (!), and until the last one all of the sandals were too large, despite using their online measuring system. Returned three orders out of these four. Imagine my surprise when after about three months I receive a debt collector letter urging me to pay for one of the returns. I immediately got in touch with Birkenstock asking why:
1. They're asking to get paid for a returned order
2. They had not reached out to me to clarify this

Now I've received yet another debt collector letter with amount to be paid twice the allegedly unreturned order... Scam.

Birkenstock is demanding proof of return - no surprise that I'm not storing post receipts from 3 months ago.

Avoid them at all cost.

Date of experience: October 19, 2023
NL
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I ordered, I paid. No confirmation from them, no respons to emails. Waited 32 minutes to get somebody from a call centre on the phone. They can't do anything. It is just a call centre. The legal entity is in Germany so now I have to start a legal procedure to get my money back.
No proof of purchase, except a digital bank statement that I paid.

Date of experience: July 26, 2023
New Hampshire
1 review
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Lousy quality
August 30, 2022

Birkenstock does not stand behind their products. I bought a pair of sandals from them and the footbed cracked after only three months of wear. They claimed it was from west not a defect. I've never had any pair of shoes wear out after only three months of wear. Shame on you Birkenstock!

Date of experience: August 30, 2022

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Italy
2 reviews
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Stone hard horrible shoes
July 11, 2022

Bough a pair of birkenstock online. You cannot imagine how hard this horrible sandals are. How can people walk une a stone hard shoes? So i decided to return the shoes in germany. One month has passed but i did not see my money back. Customer service doesn't answer to mails or phone calls. Fu k birken$#*!

Date of experience: July 11, 2022
Massachusetts
12 reviews
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Awesome shoe store
September 30, 2020

Birkenstock is a great store for men, women and children's shoes. They have a wide variety of hard to find sizes to fit everyone.

Date of experience: September 30, 2020