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CARiD

3.6

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CARiD Reviews Summary

The company has garnered a mixed reputation among customers, with notable strengths in product variety, competitive pricing, and efficient delivery for many orders. Customers appreciate the user-friendly website and the quality of some products, particularly in the automotive parts sector. However, significant concerns arise regarding customer service, particularly related to delays in order fulfillment, difficulties with returns, and inconsistent support experiences. Many customers express frustration over prolonged resolution times for issues, which detracts from overall satisfaction. The feedback indicates a need for improved communication and efficiency in addressing customer concerns to enhance the overall service experience.

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service
1,239
value
765
shipping
794
returns
697
quality
681
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Texas
2 reviews
4 helpful votes
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Garbage
September 19, 2017

Second time I ordered a part sent the wrong part I will not order again I don't care if it cost 10 cent I'm done

Date of experience: September 18, 2017
Carid C. — CARiD Rep
over a year old

Dear Joseph,
I am terribly sorry you have faced such an issue. We will do our best to resolve this issue. Please check your personal messages.

Sincerely,
Consumer Relations Team at CARID.com

Florida
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Ordered some bulge type fenders for my truck.
Car ID said they where instock. Ordered them received a email days later stating they where out of stock. Order date 7/29/2017 new expected delivery date 10/11/2017 yes that's correct.
Called in and spoke to the most friendly woman ever. Called back on 9/18 /17 for a status update spoke with Monica and she was extremely rude.
I should have been the rude one I've been patiently waiting a month and a half for my product

Date of experience: September 18, 2017
Carid C. — CARiD Rep
over a year old

Dear Dustin,
I am sorry to hear you have had such an experience with us. We do not tolerate any rudeness towards our clients and this will go into an investigation. Could you share your order number with me, so I could look into it, please.
Sincerely,
Consumer Relation Team at CARID.com

Texas
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Excellent transaction
September 18, 2017

From the very first email about my future purchase my decision was set on CarId due to their knowledgeable and friendly sales team with a great product that has already proven to be exactly what I was needing it for.

Date of experience: September 18, 2017
Georgia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Horrible service
September 18, 2017

I ordered wheels and tires for an old sports car. They came in as promised, but they didn't fit. They were "guaranteed" to fit. I emailed them back to see what they were going to do. Nothing. They are doing nothing about it. I have wheels and tires that don't fit my car. I paid for brand new wheels and tires from a company that "guaranteed" them to fit. My customer service reps name is Bradley Vosper. He keeps sending me the same email over and over again. Don't believe anything that they say. This place is a fraud and I will never buy anything from them again.

Date of experience: September 18, 2017
Carid C. — CARiD Rep
over a year old

Dear Jason,
I am sorry you have encountered such an issue. I will gladly look into it if you share your order number with me.
Sincerely,
Consumer Relations Team at CARID.com

Indiana
1 review
0 helpful votes
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My name is Juan Rodríguez and once agian i feel happy with the things you guys do for me. Every time i call you on phone or text messages to you guys you guys treat me good and take care of all my problems for that reason i feel happy to buy with you guys because i'm in good hands. Thank you so much Carid! I hope buying more items from you guys in the future with you guys because i'm in good hands thank you god bless you guys bye

Date of experience: September 17, 2017
Wisconsin
3 reviews
0 helpful votes
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I have tried several of the competitors led bulbs only to find poor quality and poor lumen output, I highly recommend the "Lumen" brand led bulbs.

Date of experience: September 15, 2017
New York
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
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Paid for an order, a day later received an e-mail stating that the order is on hold until I pay an additional $11. This makes their part cost more than other places I could have bought from. Now I am fighting with them to get the money I already spent on the part from them back.

SHADY BUSINESS, DO NOT TRUST!

Date of experience: September 15, 2017
Carid C. — CARiD Rep
over a year old

Dear Sheldon,
I am sorry to hear you have faced this inconvenience. The refund should not be an issue, so not quite clear, why are you "fighting" for your refund. Could you give me your order number, please? I will be more than happy to look into the issue.
Sincerely,
Consumer Relations Team at CARID.com

Virginia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Stay away--far away.
September 14, 2017

I knew going into it that buying something from this site was not a good idea, but they had a seat cover in the right color, so I did it anyway. It arrived falling apart (acrylic sheepskin). I called to process a return and was first on the phone with a hispanic guy who barely spoke english who was in a loud call center. He tried to get me to buy something else instead of get a refund, and then when I declined, transferred me to another woman who said I would be stuck paying the nearly $20 shipping for a product that weighs less than a small rabbit. I asked to speak with the manager who was even worse--Rita, I believe her name was. She explained I had to send pictures and that it would take a lot of time to send to the manufacterer to have them either agree to pay or not. Then, when I got upset (which people do when they are being taken advantage of.) kept repeating "excuse me, excuse me, excuse me" with a solid attitude. When I used profane language once in reference to the shipping cost that the manufacturer was charging (NOT HER), she said my language was offensive and that she would hang up on me. I said fine, and ended the call. I will NEVER buy anything from this company again and I am warning all of my car friends to follow suit. Good job, returns department.

Date of experience: September 14, 2017
Carid C. — CARiD Rep
over a year old

Dear Leigh,
I am sorry you have faced such an inconvenience. Your question seems to be easy to solve, and not quite sure, why it got complicated. If you share your order number with me, I will be more than happy to assist you.

Sincerely,
Consumer Relations Team at CARID.com

Tennessee
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Beware Return policy!
September 14, 2017

Purchased a pair of new replacement headlights for my car. Took a week to get. Arrived and looked great until I tried to install. Pieces broke off while trying to install bulb. Called customer service and I got anything but customer service. I had to send pictures of the damaged part and picture of my vin number and still they stated I had to wait 24 to 48 hour for approval of their defective part. And you will never get to speak with a manager or supervisor. Avoid by purchasing anything from this company. Been 2 days and I still have broke lights.

Date of experience: September 13, 2017
Carid C. — CARiD Rep
over a year old

Dear Jason,
We appreciate your feedback. I am sorry to hear you faced an issue with the return of your product. If you share your order number with me here, I will be more than happy to assist you.

Sincerely,
Consumer Relations Team at CARID.com

Arizona
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Excellent service
September 14, 2017

I had the chance to chat with Kerrie which I think was a very good customer service rep. She went above and beyond to make sure I was satisfied. She is a very wonderful asset to the company and I think she deserve recognition for a job well done.

Date of experience: September 12, 2017
New Jersey
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Worst experience with any company I've ever had!
September 13, 2017
Updated review

This company is a complete scam. I ordered several parts for my vehicle through their customer service representative "Axle" with my year make model and VIN # for my vehicle and was sent the wrong parts. I tried for weeks to contact Carid to return these parts and could never get through by phone I even had a seperate company that I had financed parts through "Affirm" who tried to contact this company several times as well and was unable to do so. The only option on their online site was to exchange the part which I did not need because I was lied to in the first place and they don't even carry the parts! Now I'm sitting here with $268.00 in parts for some random vehicle that I will never be able to use and they are still brand new in the box. I STRONGLY CAUTION ANYONE AGAINST USING THIS COMPANY!

Date of experience: September 12, 2017
Carid C. — CARiD Rep
over a year old

Dear Sean,
I am sorry you had such a feeling about CARID, we have not received your order number yet to look into the issue. Please share your order number with me here.
Sincerely,
Consumer Relations Team at CARID.com


This company is a scam
August 25, 2017
Previous review

8/25/17
I ordered several items and each item I ordered I had problems with either them being shipped to the wrong address, back ordered or completely wrong parts. I try returning these items for weeks never being able to get through to anyone and now they tell me the items are out of their return period. This is by far the absolute worst company I have ever dealt with and I will be taking them to court. I have looked online and have saw a ton of bad reviews on this company and a lot in the same situation as me. I have heard nothing but excuses from all the customer service agents.

Date of experience: August 25, 2017
Arizona
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I really hope the CEO or whoever is in charge of this company reviews the customer service skills provided by their employees. I have never in my entire life wrote a bad review but I really had to with this company. I purchased a car for my little girl back in August 1st, we are in September and I yet haven't been able to have my girl enjoy her car simply because bad customer service. First of all, The car came with missing parts, was told they will ship the parts within 24h. IT NEVER happened. On top of all time, the car was never able to turn on even though I charged it for 4 hours. I called to speak to a manager and it was even worst. Her name is Maria Quiros. The women came to the phone and would not even listen to my complain. She jumped on the defensive side and flat out told me that because I am a customer, that does not give me the right to complain and get whatever I want. She was rude, loud and had absolutely no customer service skill. At this point, I am stuck with a non working car, a disappointed little girl at home and a lost of $400.00 I hope someone will follow up and make it right, which I doubt will ever happen.

Date of experience: September 12, 2017
Carid C. — CARiD Rep
over a year old

Dear Nafissatou,
I am sorry you have faced such an issue. I am sure we can work out a solution to make sure your little girl would enjoy her ride. Could you share your order number with me, I will look into it right away.
Sincerely,
Consumer Relations Team at CARID.com

Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Helpful and understanding explained the problem, will shop again, would sudjest to a friend, customer service was more helpful than if read in other reviews

Date of experience: September 12, 2017
Illinois
3 reviews
4 helpful votes
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Bad, Bad, Bad.
September 12, 2017

Had two representatives confirm the details of my order and then the item showed up as something different. Call center struggles to help and takes forever to get back to you. Put on hold multiple times during several calls.

Received a clutch one time with wear marks! Like others have indicated, pay more somewhere else. Just a high value crap distributor with a out of country call center.

Date of experience: September 12, 2017
Carid C. — CARiD Rep
over a year old

Dear Scot,
I am sorry to hear you faced such an issued with your order. Unfortunately, I cannot comment nor offer a solution without seeing the order. Could you share your order number, please, I will be more than happy to look into the issue.
Sincerely,
Consumer Relations Team at CARID.com

Texas
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Awesome
September 12, 2017

CARiD is an excellent way to outfit your vehicle at a reasonable price! They have staffed, a well informed group of professionals to answer all of your questions and concerns. Second To None when it comes down to the best of the best!

Date of experience: September 12, 2017
Alex R.
Canada
1 review
2 helpful votes
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A complete rip off.
September 11, 2017

i am from Canada and I purchased a $164 USD front bumper for my Lancer and before purchasing the bumper, I spoke to 3 of the CARID representatives to make sure I am getting the correct item that would fit my car and they also sent me a link so I can purchase it quickly. So I thought for sure this would be ok and I went ahead and did it.

The item was delayed and took about 2 weeks to arrive to the shop and of course the bumper did not fit. I am from Canada so I had to pay international shipping which cost $294.34 and I also had to pay for custom taxes.

The CARID representatives I spoke to did explain how much it would be to return the item. They just sent me a RA form to take back the item and I had to make an appointment with UPS to pck the item. And next thing you know CARID is only refunding me $43 out of the $600 they charged me because the return shipping cost was too much for manufacturer and they did not want the item back.

This business is so frustrating to deal with and the fact that the customer has to go through this bull$#*! just to get a refund is so unacceptable. They are a complete rip off. Never again dealing with them.

Date of experience: September 11, 2017
Carid C. — CARiD Rep
over a year old

Dear Alex,
I am sorry you faced such an issue with the refund. It sounds a bit confused though since the amount of a refund does not seems to be correct. Logically, the tax is paid to the Canadian government, therefore cannot be refunded, but the total amount should be different. Could you give me your order number here, please? I will be more than happy to look into it for you.

Sincerely,
Consumer Relations Team at CARID.com

Cayman Islands
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I honestly enjoy dealing with CARiD because o can find everything that I need and even if there's a problem with my order - the Customer Service makes me feel like there's not a problem because of their sincere desire to resolve the issue in making my experience to be a happy one which happens every time. Lastly I'd like to say that in life we will always have things not going our way in every aspect of our lives - that's not the problem really but rather not trying to solve the problem is the "PROBLEM" and you all at CARiD are doing an exceptional job to make your customers happy from my point of view and I truly appreciate that to say the very least. May you all continue to keep up the great work and God bless you all!

Date of experience: September 11, 2017
South Dakota
1 review
2 helpful votes
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The website indicates that a simple form can be submitted to perform a price match and get refunded the difference. Try the link for "submit form" - no form is opened, only your account page. You must go through a lengthy chat session with a customer service rep. Try it! https://www.carid.com/help-center/price-match.html. I discussed the issue with the rep and was told that it would be referred to their IT department. No change has been made, so I can only conclude that a lengthy chat session is a deliberate method employed by Carid to frustrate the price match process for customers. I've had much better transactions with other major online car part manufacturers and I'll not be coming back to Carid.

**The response by Carid fails to address the issue - there is no form available to simply submit a price match request. If there is one, please post a link to it for everyone to see. Or at least be honest that there is no form and each person wanting to submit a price match request must go through a lengthy chat with a customer service rep.

Date of experience: September 10, 2017
Carid C. — CARiD Rep
over a year old

Dear Michael,
I am sorry you were dissatisfied with our service. The price match policy is pretty simple - you need to show the same part (with the same brand and part number) for a cheaper price (which includes the shipping as well). If price match was denied, either a competitor had hidden price (additional tax or shipping) or a part number was different (sometimes clients try to price match based on the same image). I will gladly look into this issue if you share the order with me here.
Sincerely,
Consumer Relations at CARID.com

California
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I didn't even buy anything! I put my info in to see shipping. Now they are calling me and leaving messages to see what they can do to help with my purchase, then emailing me and thanking me for contacting them! Shady as it gets!

Date of experience: September 9, 2017
Carid C. — CARiD Rep
over a year old

Dear Amy,
I am sorry to hear you were not pleased with attention from CARID. ANy web store uses cookies in order to assist their clients if you have any difficulty with the website or have any question about the item and feel embarrassed to call. We are sorry it made you feel uncomfortable.
SIncerely,
Consumer Relations Team at CARID.com

New York
1 review
2 helpful votes
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NEVER AGAIN
September 8, 2017

I purchased brake pads that were over 100$ only to find out they did not come with new clips After contacting Carid they told me to purchase them locally. I guess they do not know these are not something you can purchase separate. So I had to buy a 50$ pair of pads from my local store. Horrible

Date of experience: September 8, 2017
Carid C. — CARiD Rep
over a year old

Dear James,
I am sorry to hear you were not satisfied with the set, I will gladly find a solution to this issue. Could you share your order number with me, please?
Sincerely,
Consumer Relations Team at CARID

From the business

CARiD.com is an e-commerce retailer of auto parts and accessories, specializing in both OEM and aftermarket products.

Founded in 2003 in New York City, CARiD.com serves over 50,000 automotive products for most existing cars, trucks, and SUVs. Among its best-sellers are body kits, lambo doors, dash kits, custom grilles, spoilers, lights and logo mats.

At CARiD, we showcase the finest car accessories that do the trick. We offer aftermarket car parts, designed for specific models, resulting in a precise match and a perfect interaction with factory parts and mechanisms. Whether it's technical upgrade, protection, or exotic fashion, our line of accessories has you covered. The most respected brand names along with the best value are why this is your premier destination for all Car Accessories and Performance Parts that add character and class.