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CookStore

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CookStore Reviews Summary

The company has experienced a significant decline in customer satisfaction, with numerous reviews highlighting severe issues related to order fulfillment and customer service. Many customers report long delays in receiving products, lack of communication, and difficulties obtaining refunds, leading to perceptions of the business as unreliable or even fraudulent. Conversely, a few positive comments reflect past satisfaction with product quality and customer service, emphasizing a stark contrast to recent experiences. Overall, the feedback suggests a troubling trend of operational failures that undermine customer trust and loyalty.

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193
value
163
shipping
172
returns
111
quality
132

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Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I work in FM at a health care facility. We purchased a food warmer (steam table) that was supposed to include the insert pans. The table was shipped/received but no pans. We can't use the steam table without the pans. We have since been trying for weeks now to get a status on the back order. We have called, emailed, ticketed and get no positive response regarding status. Their call in message claims they are committed to responding within approximately 4 hours. Their customer service staff obviously did not listen to the message.

We are a health care facility that provides food service to our patients, clients and staff. Our staff are currently exposed (not by choice) to the COVID virus on a daily basis to care for our clients. All we want are some pans to offer hot entrees to eat. No too much to ask for where your life is on the line.

Come on people where are your priorities?

Date of experience: April 17, 2020
Canada
1 review
8 helpful votes
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I ordered an item and was promised a follow up email with a shipping date and tracking number. I waited a week and no email. I contacted customer service and did not receive a satisfactory answer. I requested a refund to my credit card and they did not reply. Something very, very wrong with the Cookstore! Making matters worse is you cannot contact them by telephone.

Date of experience: April 15, 2020
Canada
1 review
14 helpful votes
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Long shipping delays and unresponsive customer support. I don't mind waiting for the shipping but they do feed you lies when you ask for a tracking number, an update or refund (when you finally get tired of waiting). Wish I had read the reviews here before ordering. Finally gave up and had to dispute the purchase with my credit card company to get my refund.

Date of experience: April 8, 2020
New Jersey
1 review
1 helpful vote
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After 1 month my order hasn't shipping, they keep coming up with more and more excuses abut shipping. They won`refund my money or cancel the order. DO NOT BUY FROM THIS COMPANY.

Date of experience: April 8, 2020
Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Charged $35 return fee to ship a $100 item. Terrible. Why would I buy from you again... oh right... I won't.

Date of experience: April 1, 2020
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Great price and service! I was very pleased with the item that I purchased from your website. It was the first time I had ordered anything from your company, but your company was the only one in Canada that had stock of the item I wanted and it was on sale! I ordered it and it arrived within a week in the mail. I am very happy with the purchase and the excellent customer service, parcel tracking and prompt delivery of the item that I received. I would definitely order again from your company in the future.

Date of experience: March 17, 2020
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Machine arrived when promised, Cookstore staff were very attentive and knew their stuff. Machine works as described, delivering great lattes and machiatos. Will certainly visit Cookstore again if I need any kithen item sin the future.

Date of experience: March 17, 2020
Canada
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I ordered two sets of vacuum seal bags from this company in January. I have had to call over 5 times to inquire about the status of the order, and have still not received anything. The company has never sent me an update about the pending order and never informed me one of my items was back ordered at the time of purchase or sent me an email after the purchase advising me of the back order. I've had to reach out and do all the leg work myself. Since it's been two months and I haven't received anything or proactive updates about the order I ask that the delivery fee be waived. They have refused and I've asked for a supervisor to follow up several times and been promised a call back, but still haven't heard a word. I strongly suggest finding another company to place your order with.

Date of experience: March 16, 2020
Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Purchased the Bunn speed brew home coffee maker. Great product! Does take some trial and error to zone in on the brew strength and taste that you like because the Bunn instructions call for more coffee grinds than you may be used to. It's based on regular grind i think. I weigh out the coffee grinds on my kitchen scale. If you use fine grind, then use a "SLOW " filter paper... the Bunn paper is too fast. I use NoName papers from Presidents Choice. I make 6 cups at a time using 40 grams of fine gind Tim's coffee.
Love this Bunn coffee maker.! Great service, assistance delivery from the Cookstore! Highly recommend it!

Date of experience: March 14, 2020
Canada
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Great Online Store
March 14, 2020

Great prices and genuine products unlike amazon. My go to place. The only thing to remember is that they are not Amazon, so shipping is not instantaneous. But getting actual genuine products at good prices is definitely worth waiting for.

Date of experience: March 13, 2020
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Great deal, much better sale than Walmart or amazon offering. Love my new mixer by bodum. Compared online through a few sites and found cookstore.ca had much better sales than the usual big online stores.

Date of experience: March 12, 2020
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Shopping on Cookstore.ca is an easy process with detailed descriptions and fast checkout process. Our coffee pot was quickly delivered in a well padded box so everything was in excellent condition.

Date of experience: March 12, 2020
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Very satisfied!
March 14, 2020

Received an amazing product after reading about it on Cook website. Their information was well presented and accurate. The order process was user friendly and correspondence sent included everything needed. Delivery was exceptionally fast--delivered ahead of expected date. The product was well protected during shipping. Excellent service and would highly recommend ordering from this company.

Date of experience: March 12, 2020
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Very satisfied!
March 11, 2020

Great quality products. Good prices and quick free delivery.
Very happy and satisfied with my purchase and experience with the Cook Store!

Date of experience: March 10, 2020
Canada
1 review
11 helpful votes
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I took advantage of their free shipping during last Christmas (2019) and ordered a few items. A package arrived a few weeks later. To my horror, one item was missing from the package. There was no indication on the package (nor email notification) telling me that the missing item will be shipped later. So I sent them an email. They told me that the item was out of stock but a shipment has just arrived and will be sending me a delivery confirmation within a week. A week passed and no email confirmation. So I asked again and was told the same thing. So I kept waiting. It was probably the longest waiting time in my online shopping experiences. I couldn't help but wonder, will they actually send the item if I didn't keep pursuing. They charged my credit card right away when I placed the order, but didn't send the item till more than one month later. The three stars are given to the email/chat conversations I had with the staff. But I will give a negative three stars to the shipping arrangement. A missing item in my original packaged and a delayed in sending the last item. The whole experience gives me a chilly effect. Despite the great selections on their website, I feel very uncomfortable buying from them again. Trust is lost.

Date of experience: February 23, 2020
Canada
2 reviews
14 helpful votes
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Avoid
February 14, 2020

Liars. They told me CanPar couldn't find my address! Right. They didn't notify me of anything. Still waiting more than a month later. NEVER BUY FROM THIS COMPANY.

Date of experience: February 14, 2020
Canada
1 review
3 helpful votes
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More than 2 weeks ago I ordered a citrus juicer and I haven't received any information regarding shipping. All answers: "You'll get the tracking information shortly". I don't recommend to order there. Take care of yourself.

Date of experience: February 13, 2020
Canada
1 review
20 helpful votes
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Waited for my order almost a month. Never got any phone calls from representatives to explain delay. End up cancelling. Buy from another company don't waste your time with CookStore.

Date of experience: February 13, 2020
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Great experience
February 5, 2020

Associates extremely knowledgeable and helpful. Asked many questions about the product which demonstrated knowledge of associates. Product great
Rating: 5

Date of experience: February 4, 2020
Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Happy Purchase
February 5, 2020

I placed my order and srarted worrying when I saw some negative reviews on internet. But my experience of this purchase turned out great. Parcel arrived two days later and package was good.

Date of experience: February 4, 2020