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DSW Reviews Summary

DSW has a rating of 1.8 stars from 439 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with DSW most frequently mention customer service, order online and wrong size. DSW ranks 647th among Shoes sites.

service
132
value
111
shipping
104
returns
94
quality
96

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New Jersey
1 review
9 helpful votes
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Out of Control
October 29, 2019

Paramus NJ store on 3 separate days & times. All 3 times the store was a disaster. Piles of shoes, boots, & boxes all over the aisles. Each time I found a shoe I wanted to purchase but either there was only 1 shoe or I couldn't even dig through the piles to find anything. Each time I asked an employee for help finding something I was told to check on-line. If I wanted to go on line don't you think I would have done that! I'm about ready to cut my rewards card up since I can never take advantage of it anyway.

Date of experience: October 29, 2019
Massachusetts
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Waited and waited - received emails stating items getting ready to ship - 5 days later I received an email stating they do not have the item. Could of ordered elsewhere and had by the time they emailed me. To many places can delivery working 3 days and actually have the items they offer

Date of experience: October 24, 2019
California
1 review
6 helpful votes
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I placed a large order with DSW of about $400, and my package was stolen/lost and never arrived. When I contacted customer service they told me to contact my bank, which makes no sense to me. I told them that didn't make sense, so they then told me to contact FedEx. Now I have to file a dispute and HOPE that I'll be reimbursed for this stolen/lost package. I will NEVER order with DSW or shop there again.

Date of experience: October 23, 2019
Illinois
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Today i went to DSW and Megan helped me with my purchase and information that I needed as a member and a customer. Megan definitely went out of her way to make me happy. Thank You Megan Garcia for giving me excellent customer service.

Date of experience: October 14, 2019
New York
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Terrible service
July 27, 2019

The shipment date had changed numerously, taking well over the amount of time it should to be delivered. I still have not received my items.

Date of experience: July 27, 2019
Texas
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Coupons
June 3, 2019

So I got a coupon for $20 off. Why does it always have to be a certain amount for me to use them. Shoot these shoes are high and of good quality, but if you're going to give off, just give the coupon with no required spending amount. Your company not loosing a dime. Just bless folk with $20 for their birthday or VIP!

Date of experience: June 2, 2019
North Carolina
2 reviews
10 helpful votes
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So I've order from dsw.com several times, very happy with the products and service except for the fact that last time I ordered from them my order was shipped to the wrong address (previous address) even when I changed it so many times, when I called customer service (they mention this is something the app does automatically because it was set as my primary address) they helped me updating my address even tho I could not get my shoes and a free promo, they reimbursed the money. Love their customer service but hate the app!

Date of experience: April 27, 2019
New York
1 review
1 helpful vote
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WORST shipping EVER!
April 22, 2019

I ordered sneakers over 2.5 weeks ago online! The tracking date said they would be here by this past Thursday! It changed to Friday, then Saturday, then now all it says is "on its way" for 2 days now! Don't order shoes online if you don't want to wait 3 weeks to get them! Standard shipping said 4-8 days! Not 14-18! Jeez! Still no shoes!

Date of experience: April 22, 2019
Wisconsin
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Its An Adventure
April 14, 2019

Going in to the store is always a fun time. I never know what shoes are
Marked down on clearance, as I am a bargain shopper. The colour codes for
Discounts are a bit time consuming... but otherwise a nice clean, organized
Store.

Date of experience: April 13, 2019
Illinois
1 review
4 helpful votes
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I believe they are having financial problems and don't want to credit your account back as quickly as they withdraw the funds. I ordered two pairs of shoes for $100.62 and immediately decided I wanted to cancel. I contacted them, they hadn't even started to process the order or ship anything. They cancelled the order and a week later and two more contacts to them, I still don't have the money credited back to my account... There is no excuse for this when banking is all digital and in real time. Maybe a day for the electronic funds to transfer, it's been aweek. They will NOT REFUND MY MONEY AND I HAVE NO SHOES... I told them I would call the BBB and file a complaint, didn't phase them. THESE PEOPLE ARE CROOKS. Buy your shoes anywhere but here. You can find nice shoes at good prices - maybe even better prices at MACY's or other reputable companies.

Date of experience: April 11, 2019
Washington
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Thieves
March 19, 2019

I reached out to them for three days about not wanting an exchange order to be placed, and to not charge my account. They assured me several times that I would not be recharged and that they would notify me before they would even think about charging me for anything. They lied, I got charged anyways without any warning and overdrafted. I spoke to Three different people and sent emails to make sure it wouldn't happen and it still did! The left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing. Save your money and order from somewhere else because they overcharge anyways.

Date of experience: March 19, 2019
Washington
1 review
13 helpful votes
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I swear sometimes the customer service I receive from live chat and email (excuse me, I mean "Shoephoria" as they call it) truly makes me think they are messing with me. Simple fixes turn into a 3 ring circus with a direct warp into a time suck of frustration and high blood pressure. Example: an item missing from my order that I was charged for should be a simple fix, nope! Missing points from my rewards should be simple to track, nope! Simple questions with a reference listed in their policies should be simple to explain, nope! Communication with these people is beyond frustrating. I'm considering closing my account and never spending my money there again after this merry go round of annoyance and idiocy they call customer service. At this point, I feel duped, I feel like they stole from me, and I feel like they are giving me the run around. I'll just have to go to the store to resolve this (since that's really convenient!) and hope for the best. While they do have great deals and a pretty decent selection, if anything goes wrong with your order, good luck chuck. I would rather pay more for the bare minimum decent customer service I can find anywhere else rather than take a deal and receive zero customer service at the utmost insulting level from people who clearly don't care or read for that matter.

Date of experience: January 17, 2019
New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I'm a totally DSW fan. I love there boots, sneakers and there shoe clearance is tremendous. I love DSW! It's my go to source for shoes.

Date of experience: December 28, 2018
Louisiana
1 review
0 helpful votes
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So helpful!
December 12, 2018

I ordered 2 pair of shoes from DSW and unfortunately they got stolen from my front porch, and I got in touch with customer service and they were so helpful! They gave me the choice of a refund or re sending the shoes, and because 1 pair became out of stock, they ended up sending 1 pair and refunding the other. They were so helpful, efficient, quick to respond, and accommodating. I really appreciated it!

Date of experience: December 11, 2018
Connecticut
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Absolutely horrible
November 27, 2018

I got a completely different shoe than what I ordered. Now the shoes I wanted are out of stock! I hate DSW they're absolutely terrible

Date of experience: November 26, 2018
South Carolina
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
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I have received two orders from DSW and they are great to deal with. Super fast shipping and wonderful prices. Thanks DSW! Look forward to shopping with you again! Tommie Davis

Date of experience: November 17, 2018
New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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FAVORITE STORE
November 9, 2018

BEST STORE EVER. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT TO ANYONE WHO LOVES SHOES. PRICES ARE AFFORDABLE AND VERY REASONABLE FOR EVERYBODY.

Date of experience: November 6, 2018
Virginia
1 review
4 helpful votes
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After you spend a long time looking for a pair of shoes, you expect to pay the price on the sticker and NOT be told that the store failed to change the sticker on the shoes when they changed the sticker on the box. The store would not honor the clearly visible lower price, which I find unacceptable.

Date of experience: October 1, 2018
Colorado
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Heaven sent!
September 4, 2018

I needed shoes for a wedding, and tried so many on, because I have a hammertoe.
My daughter was in the DSW store, and e-mailed me with the picture of a shoe, and
Asked me if I liked it----I loved it! So we sent for a 6-1/2 and 7. It is a Nanette Lepore,
Danielle NL *******-Black. I tried both pairs on and the 6-1/2 was very comfortable.
I shoved that hammertoe right in the shoe, and started walking in them. I am 86 yrs. Old and I danced all nite at the reception. Thank you DSW. Carmela H.-9/03/18

Date of experience: September 3, 2018
Pennsylvania
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Customer service
September 1, 2018

I purchased 2 pair of sanders from DSW the maker is itialian made. Horrible horrible the shoes fell apart after one month. They refused to return the shoes to the manufacturer. And refused to help me. I was told it's not their problem. I'm no longer a customer

Date of experience: August 31, 2018

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