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LightInTheBox

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LightInTheBox is a global online retail company that delivers products directly to consumers around the world. Founded in 2007, LightInTheBox has offered customers a convenient way to shop for a wide selection of lifestyle products at attractive prices through www.lightinthebox.com, www.miniinthebox.com, and other websites, which are available in multiple major languages. LightInTheBox offers products in the three core categories of apparel, small accessories and gadgets and home and garden. LightInTheBox's innovative data-driven business model allows itself to offer customized products, such as wedding dress and evening dress, at scale for optimal marketing, merchandising and fulfillment.


lightinthebox.com
Founded in 2007
singapore, Singapore, China
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LightInTheBox Reviews Summary

The company has garnered a mixed reputation among customers, with notable strengths in product variety, competitive pricing, and satisfactory quality for many items. Customers appreciate the ease of navigation on the site and the responsiveness of customer service when issues arise. However, concerns frequently arise regarding delivery delays, particularly during peak seasons, and complications with returns, including high shipping costs and poor communication about refund processes. While some customers express a willingness to continue shopping due to positive experiences, others indicate significant dissatisfaction, particularly regarding product discrepancies and customer support challenges.

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NL
1 review
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Best deal
December 20, 2022

Best deal, first class product. Fast shipping and delivery within 8 day's

Date of experience: December 20, 2022
NL
1 review
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Kerstboom t-shirt
December 20, 2022

Mooi T-shirt en maat s was groot genoeg. De kleuren waren een beetje flets, kon stralender. Maar voldoende.

Date of experience: December 20, 2022
NL
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Look good
December 20, 2022

Ziet er goed uit past goed 3xl.
Kleuren zijn ook mooi rood en zwart

Date of experience: December 20, 2022
Italy
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Il mio nuovo cappottino.
December 20, 2022

Il cappotto è molto comodo e caldo ma è dritto, non svasato come in foto ed ha pure i laccetti per stringerlo.

Date of experience: December 20, 2022
Israel
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Nice items with decent quality
December 20, 2022

They arrived about two weeks after I placed the order. The items look good, decent quality for the price, which is cheap so I'm ok with all the strings poking out here and there

Date of experience: December 20, 2022
Washington
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I ordered well in advance for a Christmas party. Didn't receive it and they won't give my money back.

Date of experience: December 19, 2022
LightInTheBox F. LightInTheBox Rep
over a year old

Dear customer,

This is Megha, supervisor of customer service, Lightinthebox.

For your issue I have created ticket# 27746770, Would you please login you litb account and reply when you are free?
The ticket message will be also sent to your email related with LITB account.

Sincerely
Megha
Customer Service

Connecticut
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I placed an order and two weeks later it still did not ship. No way to get in contact with anyone to cancel. Luckily I paid through Paypal so they were able to help me get my $ back. Whole business seems really shady.

Date of experience: December 19, 2022
LightInTheBox F. LightInTheBox Rep
over a year old

Dear customer,

This is Megha, supervisor of customer service, Lightinthebox.

I am so sorry for the inconvenience caused. Now you will receive personalized assistance quickly.

I have created ticket # 27746910 for your issue. The ticket message will be sent to your email related with LITB account. Please review it, we will be waiting for your response.

My pleasure to help you!

Sincerely,
Megha
Customer Service Lightinthebox

California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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FAST DELIVERY
December 18, 2022

So meghan cx service supervisor contacted me refunded the shiping costs. I now have the jacket i ordered. It did take close to a month to get the package but overall I am satisfied with the quality of the jacket. Fits perfectly.

Date of experience: December 18, 2022
LightInTheBox F. LightInTheBox Rep
over a year old

Dear customer,

This is Megha, supervisor of customer service, Lightinthebox.

I am so sorry for the inconvenience caused. Now you will receive personalized assistance quickly.

I have created ticket # 27735576 for your issue. The ticket message will be sent to your email related with LITB account. Please review it, we will be waiting for your response.

My pleasure to help you!

Sincerely,
Megha
Customer Service Lightinthebox

District of Columbia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Shopping
December 18, 2022

I would never order again. Shipping I'd horrible. Been sitting at the same location for over a week for no response. And trying to talk with someone good luck

Date of experience: December 18, 2022
LightInTheBox F. LightInTheBox Rep
over a year old

Dear customer,

This is Megha, supervisor of customer service, Lightinthebox.

I am so sorry for the inconvenience caused. Now you will receive personalized assistance quickly.

I have created ticket # 27735181 for your issue. The ticket message will be sent to your email related with LITB account. Please review it, we will be waiting for your response.

My pleasure to help you!

Sincerely,
Megha
Customer Service Lightinthebox

Israel
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
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False Reviews, M**kers company
December 18, 2022

Scamming company's, selling to overseas without customer service.

False sizes
False images
False description

Ordered size S I got an XXL

Simply seeking to sell, once you pay you're screwed.
Limited photo to upload, thus only loaded one.
P.S. The RETURN PROCESS COSTS MORE THAN THE PRODUCT ITSELF. USELESS SCAMMERZ

Date of experience: December 18, 2022
LightInTheBox F. LightInTheBox Rep
over a year old

Dear customer,

This is Megha, supervisor of customer service, Lightinthebox.

I am so sorry for the inconvenience caused. Now you will receive personalized assistance quickly.

I have created ticket # 27735157 for your issue. The ticket message will be sent to your email related with LITB account. Please review it, we will be waiting for your response.

My pleasure to help you!

Sincerely,
Megha
Customer Service Lightinthebox

California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Inaccurate shirt design
December 19, 2022

I ordered two shirts and not what I was expecting. The design is not accurate as depicted in the advertisement so if you order from these guys, don't expect the product to look exactly what you ordered.

Date of experience: December 18, 2022
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Completely wrong sizeUPDATED
December 18, 2022

I am now revising my review for the company. I have received full refund for items. It took multiple emails and contacts however, they did follow up and followed through with the refund promise. I would have given a 4 star if the process was easier and the items were true to size and style advertised
Acket came, it was made for a child. The measurements weren't anything close to representation of the item.
RETURNS are difficult and the link provided by the company does not work.
Buyer beware.

Date of experience: December 18, 2022
LightInTheBox F. LightInTheBox Rep
over a year old

Dear customer,

This is Megha, supervisor of customer service, Lightinthebox.

I am so sorry for the inconvenience caused. Now you will receive personalized assistance quickly.

I have created ticket # 27735127 for your issue. The ticket message will be sent to your email related with LITB account. Please review it, we will be waiting for your response.

My pleasure to help you!

Sincerely,
Megha
Customer Service Lightinthebox

Michigan
1 review
0 helpful votes
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************** When I paid for the item it Stated that shipping was 4-7 days. 7 days later it still hasn't shipped. What I wanted for Christmas gifts will most likely be recived next year if ever! There is no customer service number, and the customer service number is just a loop of asking what I bought. There is no real way of contacting them.

Date of experience: December 18, 2022
LightInTheBox F. LightInTheBox Rep
over a year old

Dear customer,

This is Megha, supervisor of customer service, Lightinthebox.

I am so sorry for the inconvenience caused. Now you will receive personalized assistance quickly.

I have created ticket # 27735101 for your issue. The ticket message will be sent to your email related with LITB account. Please review it, we will be waiting for your response.

My pleasure to help you!

Sincerely,
Megha
Customer Service Lightinthebox

Canada
3 reviews
1 helpful vote
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My experience with Light in the box
December 18, 2022

So I ended up receiving the stuff I ordered but it took a bit of time since it was coming from China. I would have gave a better rating if I received the confirmation email that I was supposed to get. Below this update I just gave is the original review explaining what happened and what led up to where I'm at now.

I recently placed an order with Light in the box and after the order was placed I was told I would receive an email confirming my order in 30 or 40 minutes. Well guess what... I never received that confirmation email and now it's been 4 days since placing the order. On top of all this, when I go to their app to review my order or contact support about my order it is saying there is no orders to look at. Hmmmm... Pretty interesting thing to tell somebody considering the money got taken out of my bank account within a couple minutes of placing the order. The funny thing is after a couple days of not seeing my order on their website or app, I was checking every day after making my order to see if something would come up. All of a sudden my order came up when I clicked on contacting customer support about my orders from their app and then the next day after they suddenly disappeared again off of their app! I was keen to take screenshots the first time I was able to see the stuff I ordered on their app along with my order number to make sure I had a record of it in case my order got removed off their app again, which it did as I explained earlier. To say the least, I definitely do not trust this company. They say they're going to send a confirmation email and then they don't send one yet they take money from your bank account? This is a huge problem and is definitely not the proper way to do business online at any level in my opinion! Don't waste your time or hard-earned cash here in my opinion and go spend the extra money through Amazon or ebay for example or someone of the same likes. At least with those two companies alone they have customer support and don't make it extremely difficult to get a hold of, unlike Light in the box that makes it nearly impossible or fully impossible to ever contact someone in customer support regarding issues you're having with your order or the company. I'm surprised this company is even in business still with the amount of bad reviews I've seen on them already across the internet and on other various review websites.

Date of experience: December 18, 2022
LightInTheBox F. LightInTheBox Rep
over a year old

Dear customer,

This is Megha, supervisor of customer service, Lightinthebox.

I am so sorry for the inconvenience caused. Now you will receive personalized assistance quickly.

I have created ticket # 27735045 for your issue. The ticket message will be sent to your email related with LITB account. Please review it, we will be waiting for your response.

My pleasure to help you!

Sincerely,
Megha
Customer Service Lightinthebox

California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Sweatshirt?
December 18, 2022

Just rec'd my "sweatshirt". For a ridiculous $40, they sent a THIN polyester material that could only make me sweat if it was 90° outside. The sewing was good and the design good. It's just not a sweatshirt.

Date of experience: December 17, 2022
LightInTheBox F. LightInTheBox Rep
over a year old

Dear customer,

This is Megha, supervisor of customer service, Lightinthebox.

I am so sorry for the inconvenience caused. Now you will receive personalized assistance quickly.

I have created ticket # 27734986 for your issue. The ticket message will be sent to your email related with LITB account. Please review it, we will be waiting for your response.

My pleasure to help you!

Sincerely,
Megha
Customer Service Lightinthebox

Nevada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Light in a box is an RIP Off Company!
December 17, 2022

Ordered a dress which arrived looking completely different than what I had ordered. Requested to return and was told I needed to ship it back to China at my expense
They ten said they would refund half my money and could keep the dress
I failed to mention that the dress feels like it would fall apart after the first wear
Prior to ordering I found the company address in New Jersey but all correspondence is coming from a guy in china
As an update this rip off company has never responded to my request for a refund
DO NOT buy from them unless you like throwing your money away or want cheaply made products

Date of experience: December 17, 2022
LightInTheBox F. LightInTheBox Rep
over a year old

Dear customer,

This is Megha, supervisor of customer service, Lightinthebox.

I am so sorry for the inconvenience caused. Now you will receive personalized assistance quickly.

I have created ticket # 27734962 for your issue. The ticket message will be sent to your email related with LITB account. Please review it, we will be waiting for your response.

My pleasure to help you!

Sincerely,
Megha
Customer Service Lightinthebox

Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Customer Care
December 19, 2022
Updated review

My update of Light in the box. After my really bad experience and almost hopeless situation things changed. I was contacted by the customer service by the supervisor Megha. She offered me a special solution and I hope everything will be ok. I have to say I changed my mind. I like the way this company cares about the customers. It seems the customer's happiness and positive experiences are really important for them.

Date of experience: December 16, 2022

Do not buy nothing from this company!
December 14, 2022
Previous review

Do not buy nothing from this company! I bought a winter coat from this website. First of all delivery took forewer, but I was patient and understanding. When I finally received it I found out that one of the pocket has a big tear. Because the tear is inside of the pocket it's almost impossible to fix it and use the pocket. I tried to contact a costumer service maybe 50 times. Unsuccessful. You have just 7 days for returning or exchanging, but every try ends with the notification "error, try later". The worst part is the fact there's no other way to contact a customer service except through the form you have to fill. But you have no chance to fill and submit it. Practically you can't nothing return or exchange no matter what.

Date of experience: December 13, 2022
New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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WRONG SHOES SIZES
December 16, 2022

This is the second time I ordered shoes, June and December, with their USA sizes but was sent smaller sizes, I am highly disappointed and disheartened, and worst of all is no one to talk to, made the return and refund so hard with their chat persons and customer services, will never ever buy from them again.,have unsubscribed them. Never want their email again, very annoying indeed.

Date of experience: December 16, 2022
LightInTheBox F. LightInTheBox Rep
over a year old

Dear customer,

This is Megha, supervisor of customer service, Lightinthebox.

We sincerely apologize for what happened. We honor you as our valued customer, and we honestly hope you can have an outstanding shopping experience here.

For your issue, in order to protect your info and solve your problem, would you please provide your e-mail address used in purchase and order number, so that we can target to arrange a solution as soon as possible?

Sincerely
Megha
Customer Service

Switzerland
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Alles ok
December 16, 2022

Alles bestens hat wunderbar funktioniert gerne wieder

Date of experience: December 16, 2022
Arkansas
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Non responsive
December 16, 2022

I ordered 5 shirts on the 10th. Paid for expedited shipping. It is now the 19th. I have sent emails asking when it will be shipped. Website keeps saying "in process." Or "passed QC" They will not reach me in time now. I did have someone there reach out to me via email and say they would ship what is ready. We will see…
UPDATE 12/24/22. LightintheBox, Megan, sent me a partial refund for even the items that were shipped. I appreciate the communication from her and have found this company keeps its word when they say they will refund a portion of what they even shipped because it is "late". I have not received the items yet so can not comment on the quality. The items have to pass "quality control" it says so hopefully they will be good.

Date of experience: December 16, 2022
LightInTheBox F. LightInTheBox Rep
over a year old

Dear customer,

This is Megha, supervisor of customer service, Lightinthebox.

I am so sorry for the inconvenience caused. Now you will receive personalized assistance quickly.

I have created ticket # 27730562 for your issue. The ticket message will be sent to your email related with LITB account. Please review it, we will be waiting for your response.

My pleasure to help you!

Sincerely,
Megha
Customer Service Lightinthebox