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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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Wisconsin
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Worst Site EVER!
April 21, 2015

I can't even begin to explain how terrible CARID is and my suggestion to you is to not trust these scam artists. They'll steal your money and run.

Date of experience: April 21, 2015
Illinois
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Charged me for my order before it was correct. Talked to multiple different people to get fixed and was on hold for thirty minutes everytime only to get transfered to someone else. I would not recomend carid to anyone. Terrible customer service.

Date of experience: April 21, 2015
California
1 review
3 helpful votes
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GREAT
April 21, 2015

Personal I place an order every year around November being it's black friday, and I usually get great deals, but keeping it real sometimes I have a little problem with shipping the wrong item, but they work quickly to fix the problem. But overall I will rate the service great and i plan on ordering something else soon.

Date of experience: April 20, 2015
Illinois
2 reviews
11 helpful votes
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In stock! My $#*!
April 21, 2015

Fog light order was pushed back 4 times. My opinion? Run like hell from these 3rd party scammers who appear to be nothing more than markup middleman. Their customer reviews do not reflect the products they sell. They are generic reviews. You'll be better off on eBAY.
I gave them 4 opportunities to make things right. They will screw up their own bankruptcy. Stay away or potentially wait 2 years for your product. No wonder they're based in New Jersey.

Date of experience: April 20, 2015
Maryland
1 review
2 helpful votes
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This was one of the worst experiences I have ever had. Please believe all of the other reviews. I feel I don't even need to add it, but I will. Ordered wheels. Month later... never arrived. When you call, you get transferred around and wait for a hour for them not to tell you anything. Waiting on refund now. On their website, there are reviews, but nowhere that you can post them? Do not use CARID!

Date of experience: April 20, 2015
Colorado
1 review
3 helpful votes
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They took my order and my money in January now three months later they still haven't delivered my wheels and tires. Worst yet they say they have a no refund policy

Date of experience: April 20, 2015
Texas
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Have bought lots
April 20, 2015

If not buying rims would use them again but will never buy rims again from them

Date of experience: April 20, 2015
Florida
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Stay away!
April 18, 2015

This company is a total scam! Ordered wheels and tires on February 12 from website. Didn't receive any confirmation so I called. They proceed to tell me they are on backorder and it will be 3 weeks or they will refund the purchase at this time. It has now been over 2 months and no one there will return my messages. Money was taken out of my account right away and I haven't received my purchase. Today I filed a fraud claim with my bank and also with PayPal! Hoping to see my money back soon. Do your homework and stay away from this company! Wish I had came across this review site sooner! I see that one reviewer mentioned they were A+ rated by BBB and he didn't understand how. I looked on the BBB in the home state for this company and they are no longer listed. I wonder why? Thieves!

Date of experience: April 18, 2015
Oklahoma
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Ordered a Koyorad radiator for my 4Runner, was shipped a different brand and it arrived damaged. At first they were helpful in sending return label and RMA, but after reading the fine print, it stated it must be in undamaged condition for a refund. Emailed them again for a revised RMA stating the damage and have been back and forth with them for 2 weeks now, first they said refund would be immediate, now another 3-5 days for UPS to research their claim! How is this my problem? Have filed a claim with Paypal for the refund. And they actually deleted the order from their site along with the Koyorad radiator. Unable to load their homepage now, guess I've been blocked. So glad I took a screen shot of the pages and kept all the emails.

Date of experience: April 18, 2015
California
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Do not buy from Carid
April 17, 2015

Wanted some samples of llyods car mats. Told me they would charge $10 for 5 samples of colors. They have now sent me 4 different packages with a fifth one coming next week with one sample ( size of a matchbook) in each package... And not one single one is a color I ordered.

Actually called auto anything.com about he same samples last week. Within a day I had each sample the size of a deck of cards. I ordered from them.

Stay away from Carid. I've asked for my money back and they refuse.

Date of experience: April 16, 2015
Canada
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I ordered signal lights for my truck on February 9.3 weeks later I had not received a shipping confirmation email so I emailed them asking what's happening. They say they are back ordered and will ship April 10. Now on April 13 they email me saying they are back ordered again and the new shipping date is June 22. I am very disappointed with their customer service and will not buy from them again

Date of experience: April 13, 2015
Colorado
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Giant idiot company
April 10, 2015

I ordered a trailer hitch shaft in mid-march and received two moved back estimated shipping notices. When those dates had come and gone, I checked the status of my order direct through the website. It now listed an estimated shipping date two months from my original purchase. I canceled the order, which was confirmed by a representative. Three days later I get a shipping notice for my canceled order.?! I called and the idiot tried to give me some spiel on how it had actually shipped the day of the cancelation but their systems hadn't gotten updated because this department hadn't talked to this dept. who hadn't talked to this dept. Well, if you look at the tracking, the label wasn't even initiated until two days after the cancelation day so that was bull crap. Now I have to try to intercept the UPS driver to refuse the package. Customer service was no help, and it just seems like they want to keep my money longer to me.

Date of experience: April 10, 2015
Alabama
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Im a consumer advocate that specializes in business law. I will be creating pages specifically for upset customers who have been mistreated by this company. I will be contacting every upset consumer and consolidating a focused marketing strategy to reveal the truths behind this companies violation of the bill of lading and carmack amendment. I suggest the first action to everyone is file a report with the better business bureau.

https://www.bbb.org/consumer-complaints/file-a-complaint/get-started

It will only take 10 minutes of your time and they will issue you an agent to review and dispute your case online. Stay tuned and I will post sites and be contacting everyone in more focused effort. Don't let them take advantage of your ignorance to you rights as a citizen of the United states.

-Consumer advocate

Representing: Matthew Pittard, Jacob Main, Jessica M., Paul J., Jeff Y., and etc.

Date of experience: April 10, 2015
New York
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Do not buy from them. I wish i had read reviews for them before i did. Thank god my credit card company had me covered.

Date of experience: April 10, 2015
Pennsylvania
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Worst service ever!
April 10, 2015

Do not buy from this site. They do not stand behind the products they sell and their return exchange service sucks to say the least!

Date of experience: April 9, 2015
Colorado
1 review
1 helpful vote
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The absolute worst service ever! I bought a alternator with a $ 60 core charge sent it back
For refund and they finaly got back to me and said they are not going to send it to me because I filed a paypal claim.

Date of experience: April 9, 2015
Illinois
1 review
1 helpful vote
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The absolute worst service ever, I spent 1500 on a rim packcage and after 1 week I get an email from Justin (A Rep) that the fitment of the rims will be too aggressive in the front. (After there website promises it will only show rims that is a shore fit for your vehicle) I respond asking if spacers will help to reduce the issue. After 2 weeks of no response I call to resolve the issue and im told by another rep that justin doesnt like to communicate by phone only email. After another week I call again because i still recieved no response and chris (another rep) who was slightly rude tells me the rims are sold out and will be another 8 weeks until they can get them in to ship. He tried really hard to mitigate the damages by emailing me and following up with alternatives a week later. Than he tells me the original rims i ordered will fit FOR SURE AND WILL NOT NEED MODIFICATIONS (His Exact Words). The alternatives he sent me where all ugly or out my price range. Than he responds to my email I sent of desperately telling him im willing to wait for my original order. He than responds saying that the front doesnt fit and I will need to choose different rims. Im so frustrated and disappointed with the way my order has been handled. Its been almost 2 months since i ordered these rims and have yet to recieve anything besides a run around and a headace. Now that I cancelled my order, I hope not to have the same issues I have read on the refund of my money. Worst customer service ever and im definitely going to BBB If I dont recieve my refund in a week.

Date of experience: April 8, 2015
Florida
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Ignition wires
April 8, 2015

DO NOT SHOP AT CARID! This is such a low level, middle man company that has no $#*!in clue. All I needed was a set of 8mm cables, when they finally came... of course one of the wires dont fit. I make the call wait another week or so, still no wire so when I called them back I was told they sent me an email regarding this matter... no they sent me $#*!in spam trying to sell me more $#*!. If their prices are cheaper, it's just not worth the time and effort. Bottom line carid is NOT for car guys or gals

Date of experience: April 8, 2015
Maryland
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I ordered four rims on March 28, paid for over night delivery and was told they would arrive Monday March 30. Monday comes, no delivery, called customer service, was told they would arrive Tuesday. Tuesday no delivery, I call, they say, a mistake was made, they were not shipped over night, they will arrive April 3. April 3, no delivery. When I ordered the rims they said they were in stock, when the rims finally arrived they were drop shipped from the manufacturer in California.
I took the rims to Firestone who installed the rims and new tires. When I drive away the steering wheel begins shaking. I go back to Firestone, they take the tires off and tell me that the rims are defective, they are not symmetrical... I call customer service, I talk to Catarina, who tells me I need to take pictures and a video of the wheels. Which would show what? Would that show the vibration that occurs now when I drive the car? She doesn't listen to anything I say, I give her the phone number of Firestone so they can explain the problem. Before our call is finished I ask her to call me back before the end of business today, she agrees. Surprise, surprise, she does not call. So I guess CarId things that I am lying, that I have nothing better to do than to complain about rims that I need on my car. They don't care if the customer is happy, that became very clear, I have to prove to them that there is problem.
Yesterday they told me that I have to take the car to a special shop to have the front wheels tested to see if there is a problem. So now, I have to take off work, have the wheels tested to prove to them that there is a problem, which Firestone has already confirmed. Then how long will I have to wait to get the new rims for the front wheels?
This is a joke, they will tell you anything to get your order but if there is problem, they could careless. So I guess now I have no choice but to contact my credit card company and stop payment on the order. My order number is *******.
When you spend over $1400 on an order, and the product is defective, you would think the company would do what ever it takes to make it right, their attitude is that they could care less about the inconvenience and lost time that this is going to cost me. I have already talked to a relative who is a lawyer, who will be pursuing this matter. This is not right and I will pursue it, no matter how long it takes.

Date of experience: April 8, 2015
Louisiana
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Purchase a dash kit didn't fit correctly and they won't do anything about it. I did install it thinking after ask the pieces was on it would look right well wrong. 40,000 dollar car now looks like crap on the inside! This review won't give me and options to post pictures so everyone can see there crappie product and it took a month to get it! Don't order save your money!

Date of experience: April 7, 2015

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.