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Gilt

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Gilt Reviews Summary

Gilt has a rating of 2.2 stars from 908 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Gilt most frequently mention customer service, final sale and credit card. Gilt ranks 12th among Designer Clothes sites.

service
164
value
157
shipping
158
returns
134
quality
147

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Texas
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Compared to all the other flash sites, Gilt (and MyHabit) are the best ones, I have since stopped ordering from all other sites due to the amount of crap they sell. Everything I've ordered from Gilt has been great quality as long you stick with the better known brands. I only had a problem once with a mirror that arrived broken and they promptly issued a return label free of charge and received a refund.

Date of experience: April 29, 2012
Washington
1 review
1 helpful vote
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It's OK, if you like what you ordered. It's the PITS if you have to return or WORSE if there is something wrong with your order. I ordered 2 prints, in the copy it described frames. In the photo's it showed frames. The prints came in a tube. After 5 emails, a supervisor did offer a credit on the amount and a store credit. Yet another email to get them to credit my account. It's a FLASH Sales website, Slam, Bam Thank you-Ma'm. Customer services is really slow to respond, and don't expect much when they do. Enjoy your store credits!

Date of experience: April 25, 2012
New York
1 review
1 helpful vote
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They have nice merchandises however, they prices are much higher than in regular stores or from other online sellers.
Their return policy is very bad. Groupon has much better one and they work with you if you have a problem. I cold them about my difficulties I have experienced with making appointment to a doctor I have voucher for. They said I should work with the doctor's office to get appointment. :) They did not want to give me refund. Finally they call the doctor office and fixed the problem. I will never buy a voucher from them again. I do not want have problems and deal with their unfriendly policy.

Date of experience: April 24, 2012
Mississippi
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Had bad experience
April 24, 2012

Had bad experience. Ordered a product, but when it arrived, it was not as advertised. At first they said no return, then said since it was my first purchase they would accept return, if i printed out return label. Sent them an email, i have no printer, and they told me to go to a store or such to have return slip printed, they could not send me one. I live in very small community, and when i finally located place to have it printed out... the TIME had run out, and was no longer available to return. I WILL DEFINITELY NOT SHOP THIS SITE AGAIN, $380.00 down the drain!

Date of experience: April 24, 2012
New Jersey
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I have ordered two flatware sets from GILT. Received them after two (!) weeks of waiting. Both of them were not what I have ordered. Called customer support. They told that there is no exchange. So if I still want it I need to order it since they are in stock. So I sent these wrong sets back and reordered again. Guess what - two weeks later got these two wrong sets I sent back! I'm out of money and fighting to get my refund back. On the website policy it stated "refund under 72 hours", actually it is one week and half.

Date of experience: April 17, 2012
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I bought a rug from this site that had "$600.00" as the slashed price on it and I purchased it for $250. This rug was NOT a $600 rug. It's hilarious the kind of false advertising that these websites are allowed to do. The rug sheds so much it's almost not worth it. I have thought about just throwing it out. Also, I have discovered that the slashed out prices on Gilt.com are extremely false and made up. Where do they get them? A simple search online will give you the same product for their "cheaper" version as the actual price. The site might be ok for quick fashion grabs but anything more valuable? Fuggettaboutit.

Date of experience: April 13, 2012
District of Columbia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I hate this site!
April 6, 2012

I hate this site! I got online at 12 to get the right size and color of a a very expensive dress and they sent the wrong size! Then they said they didn't have anymore and their customer service was terrible. This site is going down hill. Don't buy anything. Go to www.ruelala.com. Much better service and what you order is what you get.

Date of experience: April 5, 2012
Japan
4 reviews
7 helpful votes
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I love ordering from them, but I think their shipping policy is a bit evasive: free shipping and returns only mean, in lieu of exchanging your item for something else, not refunding it. If you are aware of this, then it's a great place for buying clothes and luxury items.

Date of experience: April 1, 2012
Texas
19 reviews
314 helpful votes
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Out of all of the flash sale websites, gilt is my favorite. I have probably ordered more than 10 times in the last 6 months and have been very pleased. They typically have better brands than ruelala, ideeli, etc. Also, shipping is very fast (less than a week to deliver.) Once, I received a
Item that was damaged, but final sale, and gilt took the item back and quickly refunded my money. Some recent sales: AG jeans, marc by marc jacobs, red valentino, theory. Tip: log in immediately wheTyn the sale starts. It gets picked over quivkly. If you would like me to refer you, just message me.

Date of experience: March 16, 2012
New York
3 reviews
4 helpful votes
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You can get some good deals here but it's hard to get your size sometimes and the returns and shipping aren't the best. But when you do get a good deal its great.

Date of experience: February 24, 2012
New York
122 reviews
357 helpful votes
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This was a great concept and a great site I have never had an issue prior to 4/2018- spent thousands of dollars with gilt since 2009. Gilt was sold to Rue lala (2018) and now it has the same garbage return policy and will be as big a black hole just like rue lala. I will never order from Gilt again since they are no longer a part of Neiman Marcus. Older review 2016:" I hope to never have a customer service issue, but they answer the phones at gilt and try to answer all questions. Good prices, but very bad return policy so never order anything that you are not completely sure of... size, designer etc. This is a real site, not a scam (owned by neimans), but you must be sure of the sale price as they don't price match. I ordered McQueen faux fur for $300 (from $600)- Nordstrom marked it down to $99. Guilt would not match so I canceled. I have returned items I found for less, but gilt is making that harder to do. Do your homework before you buy from guilt.(2016)" NEW 2019: DO NOT SHOP HERE! Everything looks so good, but you might get stuck with the product (refund in 30 day minus $10) or have to take a credit. Rue lala is garbage and has destroyed gilt, but all the complaints have made gilt change some horrible rue lala adopted polices. I love 99% of what I see on gilt, but I have lost complete trust in the site. Rue ruin a great shopping location and I am upset!

Nordstrom sold for $99 while gilt had it for $300. Gilt would not price match so I was lucky I could cancel. Now the new Rue LaLa gilt will not allow you to cancel.
Date of experience: December 28, 2011
Virginia
14 reviews
69 helpful votes
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I've ordered a few clothing items home items from this site. Fast shipping and excellent customer service. I had to call in because I had a few questions about my shopping cart. Top notch service and they gave me a 15% off discount for my current order because of my "hassle". Can I say, I was not really hassled... just had questions.

The website is attractive and easy to navigate. I've received a few baby items and I'm just impressed with the quality. I just ordered a McLaren techno buggy as my back-up strolled for $150+ off what I would have spent elsewhere. I also ordered a few maternity items and organic crib bedding. Previously I bought a hand-knotted area rug. $5000 pricetag was actually a steal... Its beautiful and fits well in to the decor of my Tudor's decor.

This is a great website and I'm happy I found it!

Date of experience: November 9, 2011
Maryland
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I have been a frequent customer almost 3 years not and have been pretty happy with what I purchased but recently I have some troubles with my orders.

#1. Refun/return takes a long time and in order for you to process faster, you need to contact them.
#2. Ordered 3 paris of jeans within a month and there was no tag, no sealed plastic bag it usually comes with.
The other one came with a little sneaky patch inside the jean which you can't tell from the outside which I've never experienced before.
Someone ordered it and tried them and got ripped send it back to them, they patched it and re-sold.
#3. They seem like selling same stuff over and over again. Most of jeans, shirt, coats, boots I purchased them last year.

Check out your local Nordstrom Rack, TJ Maxx, Marshall.
They have better deal on jeans and T-shirts, shoes.

Date of experience: October 25, 2011
New York
7 reviews
8 helpful votes
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I have been shopping at gilt.com since i was in law school! And it just gets better and better. They actually listen to their customers and try to fix things that are wrong. They ship ur items quickly and efficiently (and for only $5) and when ur package arrives, it is professionally packed! I am a lifetimer

Date of experience: October 24, 2011
New York
10 reviews
35 helpful votes
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I really like this site, they usually have such gorgeous things... and they have top notch delivery times, my only issue with them is the number of emails I get every day... they have like 4 or 5 sister companies... Other than that, and of course I wish their discounts were higher :)

Date of experience: August 24, 2011
Illinois
1 review
4 helpful votes
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I ordered sunglasses from this store, they in turn after 17 weeks (yes 17) of "processing" the order I finally get it. Well not really, because what they shipped was just a brick, yup literally a brick.

Date of experience: August 23, 2011
New York
2 reviews
7 helpful votes
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My items are always of the highest quality and arrive when indicated. Love this site!

Date of experience: August 15, 2011
Pennsylvania
1 review
5 helpful votes
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I have only ordered two items from this site. The first item was an Ali Roe dress for $100 -- in the picture described for a 5'9 person, I am 5'11. It didn't even reach my bottom." I then ordered oxford flats for 50 dollars. Again not happy, they arrived today and look like they've been worn the wooden sole is chipped and the leather has creases. Again I will have to return this and pay for shipping so I'm basically negative -10$ and to further infuriate me. They claim it's the cheapest price. Well untrue as DSW is selling the same shoe online for $19.99 in more colors with free shipping! Very dissatisfied.

Date of experience: July 15, 2011
Virginia
7 reviews
37 helpful votes
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I haven't had huge problems with Gilt. Frankly, I don't go to it much because it LOOKS so expensive and whose paying for those graphics? I have found them terribly slow to mail out, but pleasant on the phone, and willing to put things to rights. And,. Oh yes, they once sent a pair of tights, that looked suspiciously like purple rather than grey. They had taken so long to arrive, I didn't bother sending them back. It was like... I am so over this! So, not making the big 4 stars yet, but keep on trying.

Date of experience: July 15, 2011
New York
1 review
7 helpful votes
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I ordered a Vera Wang dress from Gilt last week for my wife's birthday. It was ordered as a surprise since I was scheduled to be in New York City all of this week. The dress arrived with a huge black plastic security bock attached (which weighed more than the dress)! Assuming that any Vera Wang boutique would have the equipment to remove the security block she went to the nearest Saks 5th Avenue to have this done. When she walked in the door a security guard confronted her since the dress had the security block on it. She was escorted by the security guard to the Vera Wang department and accused of of having attempted to steal the dress. Luckily she had the Gilt receipt with her. I attempted to e-mail Gilt about this and was confronted with their "online" complaint site that did not allow you to write more than 250 words and did not allow one to attached a photo of the problem. I was informed that their phone line was not open until 10:00 a.m. By the time I finally got through to their phone representative, he didn't seem to think this was a big deal. Currently I have merchandise that was purchased for over $300 that I can not use. To be perfectly honest, having been sent out with the security block still on the merchandise, I honestly do not know if this is not stolen stock. I've asked to have it authenticated by Gilt. Do not purchase anything from this company!

Date of experience: July 13, 2011

From the business

Gilt is a flash sales site that sells designer clothing, handbags, shoes, home furnishings, and vacation packages.


gilt.com
Founded in 2007
New York, NY, United States