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JC Penney

1.8

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JC Penney Reviews Summary

JC Penney has a rating of 1.8 stars from 528 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with JC Penney most frequently mention customer service, credit card and order online. JC Penney ranks 83rd among Department Store sites.

service
99
value
82
shipping
78
returns
72
quality
73

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California
4 reviews
6 helpful votes
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I like jcpenny sometimes you can find really good and cheap stuff here just need to have a keen eye, but i mean the quality does suffer though.

Date of experience: January 6, 2016
Illinois
55 reviews
293 helpful votes
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I love them
December 31, 2015

My sister and I shop here a lot and love them. We love looking at the clothes and feel inspired since the quality is really good.

Date of experience: December 30, 2015
GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Rip off artists
December 30, 2015

Ordered my husband 6 shirts for Xmas they got there money immediately I had to wait 3 weeks for my order to arrive. Unfortunately I ordered the wrong size shirt and instead of doing a straight swap I loose £26 off my original order and the shirts in the interim have increased in price their attatude is absolutely awful and they have no costumer service I would advise anyone to think twice before ordering anything from them!

Date of experience: December 30, 2015
Colorado
1 review
1 helpful vote
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JCPenney's sux
December 29, 2015

I ordered several things for Christmas 2015. I paid with my debit card so they got their money the next day. I am still fighting to get my money from the order they canceled since they didn't have the merchandise, it was out of stock, then the order was canceled on the 23rd by them! Every time I call they say the same thing it takes 3-5 business days to get my refund! Well it sure in the heck didn't take them 3-5 business days to get my money for stuff they didn't even have in stock! I WILL NEVER buy ANYTHING from JCP again! NOT HAPPY

Date of experience: December 28, 2015
Utah
114 reviews
1650 helpful votes
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JCP has a wonderful selection of Big & Tall clothing. In particular, I love their Stratford and Arizona lines. I have also purchased luggage, bedding, and bath items from JCP.

All in all, JCP is my favorite among department stores.

Date of experience: December 24, 2015
South Carolina
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Placed an order on 12/18 for home delivery. Order receipt stated delivery between 12/21 and 12/24. Follow up today (12/23) and UPS doesn't even have the order yet! Called customer service. He stated that since my order was placed on a Friday it wasn't processed until Monday. I asked if they worked processing orders the last weekend prior to Christmas and he said no. What retailer online or brick and mortar doesn't add staff and hours for the Christmas rush... He said they only work Monday through Friday - and my order will likely be delivered 12/28 - Swell - Thanks for nothing JC Penny. I will never shop online or in your store again. It's no wonder your business is floundering...

Date of experience: December 23, 2015
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Christmas present
December 19, 2015

I ordered from web site because always had great experience, but NOT this time. Thank you for a disappointing Christmas 2015. Your website gave me the option of store or home I chose store because of the value. After receiving tracking number I then found out it doesn't deliver to store so my package was returned to original sender --- now product OUT of STOCK.(thanks) the bad part was customer service NOT trying to satisfy me with any kind of option. JCP needs to understand GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE is the product you need to sell. I will seek the product from other retail and spend more but I WILL receive GREAT customer service.

Date of experience: December 19, 2015
Missouri
22 reviews
75 helpful votes
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I've always been happy with my purchases from JCP. Their prices can be a little high but I can always search coupons on my phone to use at check out.The quality of their clothes, in particular, are good and hold up well in the laundry.

Date of experience: December 16, 2015
District of Columbia
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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I wrote a bad review of jcpenney.com several weeks ago because I was very displeased about something I ordered only to be told the item was out of stock by email several hours after I had ordered it. I called the 800 number and explained the situation and the customer service representative bent over backward and managed to find me the item and have it shipped to my home all for the same great price. The item just arrived and I am very happy. Thank You! I would like to reverse my bad rating.

Date of experience: December 11, 2015
Arizona
8 reviews
2 helpful votes
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Great Price
December 7, 2015

Ordered T-Shirts on line & picked up in store... everything was very easy & fast! The prices were great & service was perfect!

Date of experience: December 7, 2015
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Worst billing policy!
December 6, 2015

Hi,
I wanted to alert everyone on the tricky billing policy that JCPenney has for their customers in- store. I had purchased a couple of items on Nov 26th(Thanksgiving day) and made use of the in-store coupon of $10 that they had provided for the customers who came in for the door buster sale, towards my purchase, which applied to all items on my bill, per line item. Yesterday when i went to return many of the items except one. I noticed that when they returned the amount to me $10 was not applied towards my new bill, instead only that portion i. E. $1.89 was applied and when i asked them for an explanation I was shocked to hear what they had to say. They told me that $10 was applied to the bill on that day, but since u returned most of the items, you will be eligible only for whatever was applied to that item. This is ridiculous, then what is the point of me going for the Door Buster sale, if i can't make use of the coupon they gave me as a privilege. Is this how JCPenney repays me for all the loyal shopping that i have done with them since long? I'm totally disgusted with their customer service and will think twice about ever shopping with them again. The manager was also so rude to us, which really made me furious and think what sort of a reputation JCPenney is trying to build amongst their customers. Guys watch out!

Date of experience: December 6, 2015
New York
7 reviews
9 helpful votes
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CHAIN NEEDS TO CLOSE!
November 30, 2015

Holy crap! How horrible is this store? Completely staffed by nothing but idiots! I placed an order on the 16th for pants. Get the order confirmation and then got the tracking email. The order listed on the tracking email is NOT what i ordered and the tracking saysit was delivered... BACK IN 2014!?!? I call in later that day and tell the agent about this. She tells me that they recycle tracking numbers and that the tracking and the order listed on it will update the next day. Well, low and behold the tracking updated, but the i order was wrong. I received my package on Friday and needed the pants for Monday. I call in on Sat morning and tell the agent yet again about this. She says that i got the correct order, but when I tell her the item numbers do not match, he story changes. Then she tell me that I have to pay to return the items or go to the store. Why? This is no where near my fault? Now I have to go through the whole BS with the supervisor. She apparently see the error and and is sending the "correct" pants out for a Monday delivery, free of charge. Ok. So, later on I get the confirmation email and everything looks good and then a little bit later the tracking and... wrong order again. So, i call back in and I am told there is nothing that can be done; the order is already packed. I tell them to cancel the whole thing. The reply is that they can't. So, Monday comes and goes and no delivery, so I assume they canceled it. Until this past Friday the 26th. Here is a package from JC Penny. I open it to pull the pants out and to throw them in the trash and whats this? No pants, but I get a pair of pink socks and box of Kuerig decaf coffee pouches. ARE YOU $#*!! NG KIDDING ME? I hope this chain burns. Screw this place and anyone who works there.

Date of experience: November 30, 2015
Virginia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I placed on online order for a gift for my elderly aunt. I even paid extra shipping to ensure the gift would arrive in time for my aunt's birthday. After I initially placed the order, I received a message that my payment wasn't authorized. (That's another whole issue, VISA decided that a $200 online order two weeks before Thanksgiving must have been fraudulent.) So I called back and used my AMEX and everything seemed to go through fine. I asked if I would get a new order number and the customer service rep said no, that the order number would remain the same. She seemed very competent and helpful, so much sol that I even participated in the online survey after resolving my issue. The day before my package was set to arrive, I decided to double check that it was on track to arrive on time and found that my order had been canceled. I called customer service and was told they had no record of my AMEX number. I was then transferred to a customer service supervisor who barely offered an apology. I will never do business with this company again - no wonder they are in such deep financial trouble. They can't even manage a simple online transaction!

Date of experience: November 19, 2015
Pennsylvania
12 reviews
6 helpful votes
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Horrendous
November 17, 2015

Customer Service is horrible, prices are over rated, Employers are total Jerks! Stuck up, snobby and only hire people based on superficial crap. Over rated junk in store as well.

Date of experience: November 17, 2015
California
25 reviews
47 helpful votes
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Ive been shopping at JCPenney since I was a young girl and I will most likely Always shop here. Always Ggod quality items and some of the Best deals...

Date of experience: November 17, 2015
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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The best manager ever
November 18, 2015

The best manager ever is Tracy and she is the best and nicest and sweetest person I've ever met she works at JCPENNY on Salinas ca at the north ridge mall and I always go to shop now at jcpenny just because she make me feel wolcom all the time and I suggest that jcpenny company let he teach the othe staf how to be the best like her and how to get to wolcom the customers and make them feel home, and if I was the owner of the company I will raised her right away.

Date of experience: November 16, 2015
Ohio
6 reviews
5 helpful votes
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Excellent
November 10, 2015

I love JC Penneys online shopping. They have unique curtains for your home and some jazzy clothing. Always lots of coupons and discounts on the website plus they are fast with orders & returns are very easy. Love them.

Date of experience: November 9, 2015
Delaware
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Worse customer service EVER... try and try and try to work with JCP and it gets worse and worse. Another example tonight. Went on line at 6pm to pay my bill (week early). Says web site down for repair until 6:30. Wait until 6:30 says down for maintenance until 7. Wait until 7 - now down for maintenance until 8. No place to email them. You call and get put on hold or told they can't take a payment. I've been asking them for FIVE YEARS to change last name on account Every time I talk to someone they assure me it will be done and tonight - same old same old name. I've given them my 5 year old phone number five times and tonight. STILL the wrong number. Now they tell me I can't change my name unless I go into the Store. WICH I"VE ALREADY DONE 7 or 8 times. SHowed them my license and no change.
What's really really horrible is JCP is not linked to JCP online. When you call they can't even see each others records let alone change them... said... so said...

Date of experience: November 2, 2015
Mexico
40 reviews
74 helpful votes
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Doing Good!
October 13, 2015

Has improved with the new take over and is enjoyable to shop there again.

Date of experience: October 13, 2015
Georgia
4 reviews
8 helpful votes
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LOVE
October 7, 2015

I love JCPenney! Online experience is just as friendly as in store!

Date of experience: October 6, 2015