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Joss & Main

3.3

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Joss & Main Reviews Summary

The overall reputation of the company reflects a significant divide in customer experiences. Positive feedback highlights the appeal of unique products and competitive pricing, with some customers appreciating improved communication regarding delivery and assembly. However, negative sentiments dominate, with frequent complaints about product quality, delayed shipments, and inadequate customer service. Many customers report difficulties in returning items and receiving support, leading to frustration and a loss of trust. This suggests a need for the company to enhance its customer service processes and ensure product reliability to improve overall satisfaction.

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returns
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quality
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Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Great looking products, this is my first time ordering so I will have to wait to see the quality of the product. Got stung on shipping to Canada, got their deal of $9.95 shipping but also got charged with an International shipping charge(ouch). This was a small item to be shipped, will probably only order small items.

Date of experience: March 26, 2014
New York
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Love this site!
March 26, 2014

Love this site! They have such a varity of products for home, garden, clothing, accesseries, and just about anything you need or want.

Date of experience: March 25, 2014
Texas
1 review
2 helpful votes
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The rug I ordered has some defects. Upon contacting Joss and Main they exceeded my expectations in resolving the problem. My experience is 5 stars. I haven't read the reviews on this site that lead to a 1.5 star rating, but again my experience was without question 5 stars.

Date of experience: March 25, 2014
Colorado
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
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I attempted to place an order for a rug. It did NOT go through, so I bought a rug elsewhere. A month later I received an email stating the rug had been shipped, and noticed they charged my credit card for the purchase. I immediately contacted them and told them I did not order the rug, as the order never went through. I asked them to cancel the rug shipment. They confirmed that the order had not gone through as they had been experiencing a website glitch at the time. However, they proceeded to ship the rug. I live overseas and use a diplomat mailing service through the local US Embassy. We only have access to USPS for mailing purposes, and a 5x7 foot rug isn't something you can just pop in the mail. The rug arrived, and they insisted I return it via FedEx before I could receive a refund. I would love to send it back, but don't have access to FedEx, and when I pointed this out, they ceased responding to my emails. I am now stuck with a rug I don't want or need, which I have now paid for, with no options for returning it. Their customer service is crap.

Date of experience: March 24, 2014
Georgia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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WOW!
March 23, 2014

WOW! What a bunch of CRAP they are selling! I must admit I got excited in the beginning... I placed multiple orders and since they take about a month to receive, the damage had already been done. So far I have received A BROKEN MIRROR, 2 BENT IRON PHOTO FRAME STANDS, PILLOWS WITH DIFFERENT FABRIC THAN DESCRIBED, A CROOKED ORB, SOLID BOOKENDS THAT SHOWED UP WITH WHITE PAINT ALL OVER THEM, A DAMAGED CLOCK... Should I go on?
DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND NEVER ORDER WITH THIS COMPANY, they should be ASHAMED!

Date of experience: March 23, 2014
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Like other said, if there was 0 stars that is what I will chose.

I waited for my order to be shipped for 6 weeks. I finally email them and they said my order was cancelled. They have to learn a lot from Amazon.

Date of experience: March 18, 2014
Virginia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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A horrible experience! Bought a black canvas bag with tan handles and when it arrived, the bottom had a yellowish color plastic basket weave pattern. It looked ridiculous and was obviously a defect, as the picture didn't show this and why would anyone but a causal canvas bag with a different color and texture on the bottom? When I called customer service, the response was, sorry, it is not a defect. The site lures you in with deceptively cheaper prices, but the quality of much of their products is less than desirable and you have no recourse. You are stuck with the purchase. I would not take another chance!

Date of experience: March 6, 2014
Ohio
3 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Order a couple of small items over a month ago. Got only 1 of the items and it is junk. Such poor quality and worse customer service. Can not get my email answered about my missing items. DO NOT buy from this site. HORRIBLE customer service and poor quality items

Date of experience: March 5, 2014
Canada
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Can I give this site zero stars? Horrible quality on a $200 rug. It's like they sent me a burlap potato sack with a design and asked me to put it on the floor. Way better quality anywhere else. Ikea for a $50 rug would be 10x better. Site looks so nice but stay away. Shame in them for such a garbage site. My fault for not googling reviews first. Lesson learned and deleting app now.

Date of experience: March 5, 2014
Canada
2 reviews
5 helpful votes
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I placed an order before checking the reviews! Shame on me. I placed an order in mid-February and it was supposed to arrive today. I went in to my account to check the status... and it simply still say's "Processing". I've sent them an email. It'll be interesting to see what the response is and based on the information I am reading here, likely not favorable. If and when I do receive my order, I am not optimistic about it's condition. If it does work out, I'll certainly add to this, until then...

Date of experience: March 4, 2014
Maryland
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I recently ordered a rug for my dining room, and have serious buyer's remorse. The rug is wool, as advertised, but is incredibly shoddy quality. Despite regular vacuuming, it continues to shed. Every surface of my downstairs is now covered in carpet fibers. I would strongly recommend purchasing rugs from another site.

Date of experience: March 1, 2014
Pennsylvania
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Do not
March 1, 2014

Do not- I repeat, DO NOT! Order from Joss and Main. The items purchased are of very, very poor quality. Thankfully, I only spent about $200 to learn a valuable lesson. I will only shop for home decor items in person from now on.

Date of experience: February 28, 2014
Massachusetts
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I ordered an item
February 28, 2014

I ordered an item. On 12/17/13 and received the wrong item. I called on 12/17/13 and was told that the had to check with the warehouse to see what to do. I called back on 1/13/14 as I had not heard ANYTHING from the. I was told that the correct item was coming in within a week and that they would ship to me. Again, I called on 2/19/14 as no item received and Was told that the item would be in the warehouse by 2/24 and I would receive by 2/27. Today, 2/28 I called again and was informed that the item was stuck in NY due to weather and would be in the warehouse within 1-2 weeks and ship to me. I cancelled the order and hope to receive my refund within the 5 business days promised. Horrific customer service and will NEVER purchase here again. Hope you noticed that all of the communications had to be initiated by the consumer..

Date of experience: February 28, 2014
Pennsylvania
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I have ordered from them 9 times now and although most of the small stuff I ordered was decent the three large items ( larache arm chair-tan linen upholstered chair with square back and pillow with nail head details and wheeled front legs, the regency chest in black- Bombay looking chest of three drawers, and the Brinkley desk in walnut- desk with pull out shelf and tilt back cover hiding two drawers) have been low quality for the price. Specially the chest of drawers. The chairs are okay but pretty poor quality too. I have seen the same stuff at homegoods for less so I will just check there for large pieces. I will probably continue to purchase small items but with thorough research.

Date of experience: February 24, 2014
Virginia
3 reviews
2 helpful votes
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I ordered this bookcase and based on the description was to get a pine wood construction painted black. What I got was a VERY cheap, resin type MDF bookshelf that looks great in the photo but reads VERY low budget in person. My husband could NOT believe I paid $160 for something I could have gotten at Target for $40.
It does help that many of their items are sold on overstock.com so you can at least check for reviews before purchasing but the fact they don't have the ability to review these items seems very sneaky and shady to me.

They also state that they shipped out two rugs to me and I have yet to receive the other rug. I only have one currently. Trying to work it out by emailing customer service. We shall see.

Date of experience: February 23, 2014
Colorado
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I have probably spent close to $1000 on this website (decorating a new home) mostly on small items. Negative experiences:

1. I ordered a clock that stated it was "wood and metal" construction. From the photo it appeared to be a wooden face clock with metal numbers and arms. When i received the clock, it turned out to be a sheet of metal made to sort of look like wood, and there was no actual wood anywhere. I emailed customer service to complain, and they said they would accept a return (which i assume i would pay the shipping for) but i decided to keep it. They have continued to frequently sell the same clock with an inaccurate description.

2. I ordered a set of table lamps that indicated in the product name that it contained two lamps. I only received one lamp. The price led me to believe there might have been a mistake on their end labeling the product as two lamps, but that's not my problem. I emailed customer service and have not received a response.

3. I spent over $200 on a bookcase that if I had seen in person would defintely not have spent that much money on. The photos and short descriptions can be very misleading. I kept the bookcase and like how it looks, but the quality is not at that price level.

4. I bought two sets of the worst sheets ever made. They turned pilly near our feet to the point where they are now scraps of fabric. Luckily I didn't spend much on them.

Some positive experiences:
1. I purchased and received a large heavy wall mirror for $24.95. I believe they made a mistake in setting the price becuase I have since seen the mirror for $127.95. But they sent the mirror to me and only charged me $24.95 so that was a win for me.

2. Some of the other smaller items I have ordered I have been very happy with, and free shipping for 30 days is appealing even if it takes a while. I would not buy anything over probably $100 and would not buy any furniture from this website again.

Date of experience: February 21, 2014
Minnesota
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
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It is VERY hit or miss with this site. I was buying a new house and got 8 different things at various times. All were shipped very quickly and faster than the timeline said on the website. BUT half the things were either shoddy or not as described and 1 was broken. I ordered the Marian end table which is described as distressed black but is actually brown (even says so on the tag.) I also received a broken marble mortor & pestle set which is unreturnable since I didn't open it in time. There is only a 30 day return window on damaged merchandise and since I was in a new house I didn't open it right away.
Also the Remi rug was listed as ivory and grey which I bought for the dining room but is actually more yellow and PURPLE. Don't know how that could be mistaken for grey. Luckily it still works with my color scheme.
The Amelie tray was supposed to be a crystal tray with metal fleur- de- lis accents. The "accents" were glued on haphazardly, aren't centered and there's streaks of glue on the glass. I am embarrassed to even put it out. I'm going to try to get them off as the glass tray is otherwise pretty.
I would NOT recommend buying anything expensive from this site. If you can gamble with spending a little money for some little thing fine. I did get a clock, a metal shelf, and a glass carafe which were as described.

Date of experience: February 19, 2014
Norway
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Don't buy from Joss and Main! They have very pretty pictures, but the quality of the merchandise is very poor. Items are not true to color, not even close. The customer service is terrible, and most items are not returnable, no matter how badly they differ from what was represented.

Date of experience: February 18, 2014
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I placed my first order with Joss and Main yesterday and was shocked by the hefty international shipping charge. Now I don't know if I was going to fast and missed it when I hit the place order or if it didn't show up until after I placed the order but I nearly fell off my chair when I did. Two seconds later I sent two different emails that I wanted the order cancelled. Oh guess what their customer service had to say. Oh we are sorry but the way Joss and Main places orders enables us to cancel your order. My response was piss poor customer service. So will not order from this company ever again! Note just as all of you are saying... I never write a bad review but the sure pissed me off enough that guess what I just did.

Date of experience: February 18, 2014
New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Bed bugs in the headboard!
I bought that Pulaski Marlene tufted headboard from them, after few weeaks not using that bed because is in the guest room finally my mom came for the weekend an stay in that room when she went to that room at night and turn the light takes all the pillows and observed the bugs on the head board when she flex the fabric there was so meany eggs when we pull out the bed from the wall on the back of that head board on the ends when the fabric comes together the bugs start to runaway it was so disgusting.
I bought other bed from them dinning chairs ant other staff and I don't know what to do. When I call them they told me that I have only 30 days to inspect the item and let them know that there is something wrong with that item and maybe I had bed bugs before in different items how I can see the bed bugs they only go out at night. That's the thing that I move to new house that is new and I have things from my old house that not possible I'm weary clean, organized person and never had any problem with bed bugs if not my mom I would not know that this insects are bed bugs!

Date of experience: February 16, 2014

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Visit Joss & Main to get picture-perfect styles at too-good-to-be true prices. All orders over $49 ship FREE, because an amazing deal is a beautiful thing.


jossandmain.com
Founded in 2010
Boston, MA, United States
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