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Chairish has a rating of 1.7 stars from 160 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Chairish most frequently mention customer service, credit card and white glove. Chairish ranks 643rd among Furniture sites.
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I purchased an Arne Jacobson Series 7 chair to match a set we already have. The chair was not as advertised. The legs had been modified/repaired. The front legs are shorter than the back legs and the chair overall sits lower than original so doesnt match our set. Chairish was unhelpful. So despite inaccurate and misleading description (failure to disclose defect) they would not help us.
Like the unique stuff. It does state 3 days to get refund. I think they made it longer now! Read first all discription
Ordered two Asian garden seats. Chairish pushed to switch shipping company from Fedex to BMC. Being clueless, I agreed only to discover later that BMC does NOT offer tracking. Multiple requests for assistance from either Chairish customer service or the vendor, Todd Hase, btw, have predictably lead to nowhere. Typical run-around tactics: every time a different customer support person, wrong phone numbers, unanswered calls, unanswered emails. Almost a month and a half now since I parted with my hard earned money and nothing yet. STAY AWAY. I predict that after my review someone in their damage control will post a fake super positive review. Don't trust them!
Continued to make excuses for non shipping. After thirty day returned my money.
Finally they said seller never had product.
I wrote to cancel order and they never returned email. Now I am responsible for shipping that never should have occurred. I sent a cancelation the next business day. Now its three weeks and too late? Please. Do not buy form them. They are shady
I have purchased 3 leather sofas through Chairish. Each time I have been exceptionally happy with the quality of the furniture and with the entire process from bidding to the arrival of the piece. They kept me updated regularly via email and everything went smoothly each time. I enjoy looking for things on their website and am grateful that their site is curated, which means I don't have to look through a lot of "junk" to find interesting items. I appreciate that not everyone appears to have had the same experience as I have had, but it's still my "go to" site for cool stuff for my home. Thanks Chairish.
I purchased a rug which was described as in "excellent" condition. When I received the rug I saw that it was in fact fraying on one side and one end was unbound and had actually lost almost 2 inches from fraying or cutting. I was out of town when the rug arrived and therefore contacted them after their 48 hour return window, so Chairish is telling me there is nothing they can do. They are refusing to have the vendor remedy the situation. The fact that they stand behind their vendors when they have blatantly lied in their listing is unethical. Be very careful when dealing with this company.
A weird and rude company.
Don't bother.
They give you the run around and it's a big waste of time.
Nothing about it is user friendly.
Stay away.
I have been waiting on a table for 6 weeks and no one can tell me where it is or when I might receive it. The seller told me it was picked up around 12/15 and they they tried to pick it up again on Jan 2. He informed them it had been picked up 2 weeks ago. Now chairish will not change pick-up date. I have made around 10 calls to chairish and plycon with no answer or return call except for their slick email that my order is on the move and they will contact me directly. DONT buy anything that will be shipped by plycon! I tried to cancel order and was told by chairish that I would have to pay DOUBLE shipping charges! Stay away.
I absolutely cannot believe that I purchased a sofa on the charish website, and was told the following day matter-of-factly by the seller that she had sold it already the previous day but forgot to take it off the site. And then she instructed me how to go about getting my own refund she wouldn't even handle it for me. This site has gone completely downhill it's horrible. In addition to me finally getting my refund I don't get my money back for 5 days. So they sold something twice and don't give me a refund for 5 days and acted like it was no big thing. Do not shop here
Sell at your own risk - we're talking 2-3 day turn around via EMAIL and then after you get a reply, it's not super clear to address your concern. This has not happened once or twice... three times to me. Sad too. We need a good site for quality items to be sold.
I tried to purchase a couch. They said that they were going to send it and they never did. Had to put a request in with my credit card company to get the money back.
Chairish is an absolutely terrible company. We've been attempting to sell through them for over two years and are finally giving up. Dealing with them is nothing but wasted time and energy, resulting in unnecessary business expenses. Buyers are far better off working directly with the person or entity in physical possession of the item for sale.
I purchased a vintage desk from a seller in Texas had it shipped to Georgia. Chairish
Email me with updates and within two weeks was delivered by A. J. Johnson,
A. J. went above the (door to door) he moved it to the second floor. The vintage
Oak desk was exactly as seller description. Love it
They charge the sellers 20% and then, what they dont tell you before you buy is they charge another 3% to the buyer! This fee is completely opaque, they allude to a small fee deep down in one of the faq sections but nowhere while you are shopping doesnt it say that THE PRICE IS NOT THE PRICE. Horrible.
I sold a piece 5 1/2 weeks ago and still haven't been paid out.
This website is a joke and their "white glove" shipping is about the slowest process ever. I ship freight via uShip often and would never put up with this sort of thing.
I ordered a chair where the extensive damage was hidden in the pic.
Chairish cust service has been totally unhelpful.
They often dont return phone calls and when they do they are not honest.
The situation is fraudulent and they wont cooperate
Use Watfair who are totally cooperative. Do not use Chairish
I can not believe all the negative reviews here. I've found Chairish a little over a year ago and have only great things to say about it. I sold many paintings through it and bought about 10 items. They take 20 % fee which is very reasonable and low compare to similar sites. Yes, they do review your items and don't let you change the title afterwords, but that's a good thing, cause It keeps the site organized and easier for people to find searched items. You receive your money only after 1 week after buyer get the item (it's very fast in comparison to other sites where i have to wait about a month). Some people complain about long shipping time, i don't know maybe i got lucky and all things I bought came within a week. Also, as a seller I always ship next day or in a day. But even if it happens that you have to wait longer, you have to understand, that's the Seller who is delaying the shipment not Chairish. Maybe it would be good idea if customers could rate the shops they buy from, this way site itself won't be blamed. Experience with customer service was also great. Quick responses, always helpful. I once noticed i put wrong tracking number, so my payment was not relisted. I contacted them with updated info and they sent me money same day.
What I would like to be done is the option that you can activate you item after it was delisted, not do all the posting over again. I'm an artist and often send paintings to the shows, so I have to delist them and I can not put them back, i always have to redo the whole process. This is my only suggestion. Other than that I'm a happy seller and buyer. And I was recommended this site to all my friends.
I had a terrible experience with their customer service. I had a much better experience with 1stdibs. My recent experiences will likely keep me from returning as a buyer or seller!
I love Charish! Live the name and everything it stand for. I have sold quite a few items and no complaints. To those of you leaving negative comments you have to be patient when receiving larger items. That is listed when you buy that it might take a few weeks. You have to remember; items are coming from all over the world. Read the policies and procedures and you won't complain. Love you CHARISH!
Answer: Mary, because, simply put, it's a truly freaking awful place to be a seller. Yes, their commission is huge, but that's not even the beginning of the problem. It's also true that on the outside, it looks like a relatively professional, albeit middling enterprise and buyers trust it at first. I understand why you ask this question. But the people behind the scenes, every single one of them from VP's down, are disgustingly petty, cruel, dishonest, manipulative, cold, strange, socially inept, paranoid and just disrespectful people. They treat sellers like absolute garbage, suspect them of the worst, offer no freedom as to the listing, barely can get something listed in 2 or 3 weeks, then suddenly they all list at 2 am on a Sunday with messed up pictures. The more you sell, the more hateful they become toward you. Every time you ask for them to fix or help with something, they keep score. Every time a client has a question about their order or cancels or returns an order, they keep tabs as well. Use this information against you any chance they get. You willl never get paid. By never I mean in order to get paid, you will have to send multiple emails in the months after your sale in the hopes that someone might look up the tracking number you provided and mark the order as delivered. These emails will also count toward that tab. They will try anything not to pay you. They will lie and say a tracking number is fraudulent or that the package never sent... holding your money. They will say the customer hasn't confirmed delivery. They can barely answer simple support questions, nonetheless keep tabs of every order tracking, delivery and payment status. When I say it's a disaster, I am not exaggerating. They also scam the uship couriers and buyers out of any last penny they can. They will violate their own terms of service without a second thought. They will never hold themselves accountable for the mistakes that happen on their end. And if you speak out at all, you will be threatened and your account closed. It's a tragic, tragic place to do business and is tantamount to a scam operation.
Answer: I'm asking myself the same question, but not only do you provide your credit card information in advance, but they actually CHARGE your card for the offer amount BEFORE the seller even sees OR accepts the offer! If they don't accept it, then you have to wait 3-5 business days to receive a refund! Are you kidding me? They are making interest off of the week that YOUR money is in THEIR account! How can this be legal for you to pay for something that may not even be available for the price you have offered? And I'm being charged $19 to ship a small boudoir pillow PLUS a $5 SERVICE FEE which goes to Chairish for "administrative & credit card fees"? I am totally disgusted
Answer: All Chairish offers is a public comment space which the seller can ignore to its advantage (as happened to me). I posted comments that were ignored, too. I suspect that Chairish cares only about shipping, for which it charges an outrageous $299+
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