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forever21.com
general, casual, swimwear men, womenAge 13-18, 19-25, 26-45
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About the business


forever21.com
+1 888-494-3837
USA
Forever 21 is part of Simon Property Group and Authentic Brands Group
Clothing item from Forever 21Fashion apparel by Forever 21Merchandise from Forever 21 clothing lineForever 21 fashion product

Business Highlights

General

Parent Company: Simon Property Group and Authentic Brands Group
Target Gender: men, women
Target Age Group: 13-18, 19-25, 26-45

Shipping

Shipping Cost: $6.95
Free Shipping: sometimes
Free Shipping Detail: for orders over $50

Returns

Return Policy: not free
Return Instructions: all returned or exchanged items must be unwashed, unworn, and undamaged, with all tags attached.
Return Cost: $5.99 fee

Sustainability

Sustainability Score: Not Good Enough
Recycling Program: no

Product

Style: general, casual, swimwear
Body Fit: regular, plus size
Available Sizes: Men's (XS, S, M, L, XL, XXL), Women's (2XS, XS, S, M, L, XL, XXL, 0X, 1X, 2X, 3X, 4X)

Customer Service

Support Channels: chat, phone
Support Phone: +1 888-494-3837

Payment Options

Payment Methods: card payments, PayPal, financing, Venmo, Amazon Pay
Buy Now Pay Later: Klarna

Membership Programs

Rewards Program: TopCashback, Active Junky, Rakuten, Mr. Rebates

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Forever 21 Reviews Summary

The overall reputation of the company is marred by significant customer dissatisfaction, particularly regarding product quality and customer service. While some customers appreciate the affordability and occasional quality improvements of the clothing, many express frustration over receiving damaged or poorly made items, along with a lack of support for returns and exchanges. Common complaints include long wait times for customer service responses, misleading shipping information, and unhelpful staff. This pervasive dissatisfaction indicates a critical need for the company to enhance its customer service practices and improve product quality to regain consumer trust.

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service
169
value
145
shipping
144
returns
126
quality
138

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California
2 reviews
4 helpful votes
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Love this store!
July 16, 2015

Forever 21 has been my go to clothing store for about 2 years now. It has some very trendy, dependable clothing for very low prices. Although I have had to return clothes in the past, the return process is very easy and straightforward. Furthermore, they refund you back by giving you store credit, which some people may have a problem with, but it's really not bad. Happy shopping!

Date of experience: July 15, 2015
Texas
2 reviews
13 helpful votes
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I love forever 21 and have always had a great experience with them online or in store.

Date of experience: July 12, 2015
New York
4 reviews
25 helpful votes
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I've wanted these cutout shorts from Forever 21 for a while. When I saw them advertised to be the "deal of the day" and have free shipping on a Forever 21 advertisement on Facebook, I clicked it right away. The shorts were full price, so no deal there. But at least they had free shipping, right? Because the advertisement said there would be a free shipping code on the product page, eight? WRONG. No code on there. I called customer service and told them about the advertisement for shorts with free shipping and the woman told me not to worry about it because "it will automatically have free shipping when you check out." I thanked her and hung up. While checking out, I didn't see a free shipping option whatsoever. I called back and told the person about what the previous girl told me. The 2nd girl then told me that I need $21 in order to qualify for free shipping, which was not advertised ANYWHERE. If an advertisement says that these shorts have free shipping with NO MINIMUM then I don't want to have to have a MINIMUM of $21 in the cart. I thanked her and hung up. I added things to my cart so that it added up to at least $21. Still no free shipping option at checkout... I called back and told the 3rd girl what the 1st and 2nd girl told me. She responded by saying "well those girls were right." UM, NO THEY CLEARLY WEREN'T. "But do you want a free shipping code?" Instead of getting angry I accepted the free shipping code. It worked, thank God. The 3rd girl's name was Joan by the way.

Date of experience: July 6, 2015
KR
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
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Poor!
July 3, 2015

The website is stocked with tons of items and I love how it is organized. Boots and bags and accessories are somewhat cheap looking and are of bad quality, but I have not had an issue with their clothes. The clothes are actually very nice but you have to be careful of shrinkage and the images are not very good at showing you the texture or how see-through something is.

I ADVISE you to understand their return policy for online orders: If you want to return items in stores, you will get store credit back. If you want a refund to your card or Paypal account, you must return the items by mail to them and wait about 2 weeks for them to process your order. Final Sale items do NOT get a return or an exchange (of course). They are also very shady when shipping things out as regular priced items, but if you return them, they may refuse it because the same item is suddenly on-sale.

Date of experience: July 2, 2015
New Jersey
1 review
0 helpful votes
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One size jeans?
June 27, 2015

I have a couple pair of jeans from here, they're very comfortable. But they are also very old, and I wanted to get a new pair.
So I went to the only Forever 21 in my town, and all they had in length was 29 inches? They had different waste sizes, but not different height lengths. 29 was too short on me. So I asked a sales associate if they had any other size but 29 inches, and she said they do not carry any other size.
So that's irritating.

Date of experience: June 27, 2015
Michigan
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I ordered $65 worth of clothing. But when i ordered my laptop autocorrected the adress and mashed two adressed together. As soon as i noticed this I called UPS trying to change the shipping adress, they told me to call Forever 21 and it went back and forth like that for hours. Finally, (after a few weeks of calling back and forth) a customer service associate told me they would resend my order or send me store credit in a gift card. Today i called again wondering where my gift card was. They told me theres nothing they can do. SOO i just lost over $60 which is ridiculous! AWFUL CUSTOMER SERVICE! Everyone was extremely rude and not helpful at all.

Date of experience: June 26, 2015
India
3 reviews
4 helpful votes
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This brand is very famous in teenagers but very difficult to find stuff for young moms who really waanna look cool... but still love to shop.

Date of experience: June 23, 2015
Virginia
11 reviews
22 helpful votes
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Great prices
June 19, 2015

Reasonable prices, however, you get what you pay for. Fashions for "Forever 21 ages, and people who feel like they are forever 21" I am a shopper and a woman of a certain age, I frequent everywhere, and you can find some good pieces or accessories here 21 or not.

Date of experience: June 18, 2015
California
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
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TERRIBLE Job.
June 16, 2015

Manager at the moment. Terrible way of the "company" to manage. Associates can no longer get more than 25 hrs a week. Eventually theirs so many associate. Most get 4 to 9 hours per week. Each shift 4 hrs if u r not "cut". Cheap material. Tools given to manage, a 3.7 billion, are ridiculous old compare to guess. Levis. Aero. Now they say they have a newer program but literally rest of stores already work on them and are way more advance. Summary. Hours are terrible for employees. Discount sucks. No real good promotions for customers. No coverage means no customer service means mad customers means no $$$ means cut even more hours. Company sends ridiculously shipment that doesn't fit in store.

Date of experience: June 16, 2015
New York
2 reviews
15 helpful votes
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Over the past year, my husband and I have attempted to order numerous times on Forever21 online and mysteriously our orders are cancelled immediately after placing them and receiving a confirmation email due to these items being sold out-yet they're still posted on site. Don't waste my time-just take an item off your site or mark it "sold out" as soon as it isn't in stock just like every other store does.
Additionally, when you pay with debit in the store, you will only be issued store credit (even if this means that the cashier mistakingly charged you twice for an item-like me). I loved their clothing and prices, but unfortunately Forever 21 no longer values the customer, their precious time, nor the principal of respecting working citizens (solely issuing "store credit"-total scam!). Sorry Forever 21, I'm taking my business and hard earned money to be spent elsewhere, where there is merchandise and an actual refund can be issued when a customer is not 100% satisfied.

Date of experience: June 15, 2015
Mexico
5 reviews
29 helpful votes
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Good place to buy
June 15, 2015

It's a nice store to get fashionable clothing. The prices are ok and because they are kind of cheap the material could be better but it is wearable. The items look like the pictures 97% of the time, the only concern is the size, sometimes they are just a little bit off (but for like a centimeter to two.) Worth giving a try.

Date of experience: June 15, 2015
Virginia
17 reviews
32 helpful votes
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If you want to get a piece or two that's forever fun... this is the place. Bought a pair of leggings there that never cease to get compliments. The prices are so low that they are sinful. Not the BEST quality but some of the most fun clothes I have bought!

Date of experience: June 15, 2015
California
6 reviews
24 helpful votes
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Average
June 9, 2015

They totally stepped up their game erg fashion, however it's still cheap fashion. You get what you pay for. Online shopping is easy, I've never had an issue.

Date of experience: June 9, 2015
Canada
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Forever 21 Canada has terrible customer service the online service is ABSOLUTELY ridiculous they are rude and seems no one can anwser a simple question. I am officially done with Forever 21.

Date of experience: June 8, 2015
India
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Hated the service
June 7, 2015

It has been a month since I returned my product. Haven't received the refund yet. When I placed the order, it got delivered in three days. When I asked them that I didn't wish to keep the product, they collected it the very next day. In the mail which they srnt, they said that i'll receive the refund in 10-15 working days.
I am not shopping from this site ever again.

Date of experience: June 7, 2015
New Jersey
3 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Great!
June 1, 2015

This clothing site is fantastic as everybody knows it, they care for their customers need and I respect that I love everything they sell.

Date of experience: May 31, 2015
Singapore
7 reviews
5 helpful votes
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Loving it
May 28, 2015

Lots of cheap clothes and the delivery is within a week! Also easy to return clothes online or at their shop (and you can get your money back instead of an giftcard"

Date of experience: May 28, 2015
GB
2 reviews
17 helpful votes
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They have some pretty cheap items sometimes here in the UK, but the best time to shop is definitely when the sales are on, particularly online

Date of experience: May 16, 2015
Florida
6 reviews
8 helpful votes
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Great fashion
May 16, 2015

Adorable clothes, although some can be pricey, but its worth it after you buy it!

Date of experience: May 16, 2015
New Jersey
1 review
2 helpful votes
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A total scam!
May 13, 2015

The worst of the worst! Purchased clothing online for my teenage daughter. Apparently the teens love the look of the clothing. However the quality is "shabby", Wal-mart makes better clothes. I went to return the items, only to be surprised by the fact that I have to paid for return shipping and will not get my original shipping costs or return shipping refunded. In fact, I won't get a refund on anything, just a store credit! I can't return the items to the items to the store either! The CS rep kept saying "I understand"... you understand What!?, that your store is a scam! She wouldn't let me talk to a supervisor and when I asked for the corporate number, she hesitated. I looked it up and called the number several times, pressed every department and each line automatically disconnected me. Is this store legit? Who has such policies and what major business does not answer their phones. I think they are a big scam!

Date of experience: May 13, 2015