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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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Italy
1 review
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Good site good shopping
June 24, 2022

Where elsewhere I was struggling to find what I was interested in here there is a huge choice for the whole family top at most ok

Date of experience: June 24, 2022
Romania
1 review
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Horrible quality, awful fit and the most unbearable service support.

I received the most awful clothes ever, having an order of almost 300 Eur for only 6 pc, so each piece was quite expensive, but when they all arrived they looked like they were for my funeral (a pair of professional dancing shoes which were just made out of the cheapest material and also with a very poor manufacturing method and as well clothes with same features and all with wrong sizes). After I checked how much the return was gonna cost I could see that I would pay the same price of 300 Eur, exactly as the initial order for returning these products. Then I created ticket for sharing my opinion and my account was just deleted by this company. Now I can't recover any of the money and for sure I won't wear these horrible clothes. They don't even deserve a picture. Those pictures that you can see on their website are all photoshopped. In reality they are just disgusting.

Please don't do the same mistake as I did.

Date of experience: June 24, 2022
LightInTheBox F. LightInTheBox Rep
over a year old

Dear customer

This is Bloo, supervisor of customer service, Lightinthebox. Thank you for leaving a comment with us. Your advice is very essential for us to improve quality issue and service level.

Please understand that our products are checked before shipment,therefore, we are fully responsible for the items which are not as advertised.

In order to protect your info and solve your problem. Would you please provide your e-mail address and order number so I could offer proper solution for you?

Waiting for your kind response.

Sincerely
Customer Service

Gibraltar
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Shipping
June 24, 2022

I wanted to change the shipping from expedite to normal but system would not let me. Expedite is too expensive, it was not worth it for the items I wanted and I was not in a hurry.

Date of experience: June 24, 2022
Sweden
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Uncomplete
June 24, 2022

Bougt a cup holder for my golf trolley. One part missing so useless!

Added a low quality T-shirt. Misstake!

Date of experience: June 23, 2022
LightInTheBox F. LightInTheBox Rep
over a year old

Dear customer,

This is Bloo, supervisor of customer service, Lightinthebox.

For your issue I have created ticket# 26373574, Would you please login you litb account and reply when you feel free?

Sincerely
Customer Service.

Denmark
1 review
0 helpful votes
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God
June 24, 2022

En nem hjemmeside at handle på, har lidt lang leveringstid, men det forklares jo med at det kommer langvejs fra.

Date of experience: June 23, 2022
Arizona
1 review
0 helpful votes
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The material used is so cheap. Out of a $200 order they only refund 30% which was $44 plus i can keep these items i could never want or wear. The clothing are not what is advertised

Date of experience: June 23, 2022
LightInTheBox F. LightInTheBox Rep
over a year old

Dear customer

This is Bloo, supervisor of customer service, Lightinthebox. Thank you for leaving a comment with us. Your advice is very essential for us to improve quality issue and service level.

Please understand that our products are quality-checked before shipment,therefore, we are fully responsible for the items which are in confirmed quality issue.

In order to protect your info and solve your problem. Would you please provide your e-mail address and order number so I could offer proper solution for you?

Waiting for your kind response.

Sincerely
Customer Service

Tennessee
1 review
10 helpful votes
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Minus one for stars
June 24, 2022

This company is awful and a SCAM. Two dresses that I ordered look nothing like pictures on website and quality looks like someone made it on their first day of home economics class with material found on the clearance table. Do NOT buy anything from this site. They won't let me return the dresses even though I never wore them because they are gross and sizing is not anything like typical sizing. They charged $65 for shipping but then took 1 month to even ship it probably so credit card payment couldn't be stopped.

Date of experience: June 23, 2022
LightInTheBox F. LightInTheBox Rep
over a year old

Dear customer

This is Bloo, supervisor of customer service, Lightinthebox. Thank you for leaving a comment with us. Your advice is very essential for us to improve quality issue and service level.

Please understand that our products are quality-checked before shipment,therefore, we are fully responsible for the items which are in confirmed quality issue.

In order to protect your info and solve your problem. Would you please provide your e-mail address and order number so I could offer proper solution for you?

Waiting for your kind response.

Sincerely
Customer Service

AE
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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I ordered a bracelet from lightinthebox, when placing the order I paid for shipping, when the product arrived, I was charged additional 31 Aed. I wrote back to them on messenger with the attachments of the message saying pay 31 aed once you receive the delivery.
The person who is reading the message does not understand, and is asking me to call the company that delivery the product and find out why they charged me. That is ther job not mine.

All I can say is not worth shopping if you are going to pay double.

The customer service is really dumb.

Good luck.

Date of experience: June 23, 2022
LightInTheBox F. LightInTheBox Rep
over a year old

Dear customer

This is Bloo, supervisor of customer service, Lightinthebox. Thank you for leaving a comment with us. Your advice is very essential for us to improve quality issue and service level.

Please understand that the Tax amount is decided by Government and beyond our control,therefore, we offer a tariff insurance service for our customers, if customers have bought it and are charged by Customs, we would fully refund the amount.

As per policy, we would refund the tax if you have bought the tariff insurance. Would you please provide your order number and e-mail address so that I could offer you further help?

You are welcome if you have any further inquiries.

Sincerely
Bloo
Customer Service

GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Scammers!
June 23, 2022

Ordered the same dress in 2 different colours both dresses looked completely different one was okay quality and the other was Terrible flimsy material like a peice of rag. So when asked to return the horrible one they message back sorry this item is under the non refundable section! So when I replied back the email won't send and theirs no contract number it's an absolute disgrace, Do not order from this site it's a joke, so now I'm stuck with a £130 dress!

Date of experience: June 23, 2022
LightInTheBox F. LightInTheBox Rep
over a year old

Dear customer

This is Bloo, supervisor of customer service, Lightinthebox. Thank you for leaving a comment with us. Your advice is very essential for us to improve quality issue and service level.

Please understand that our products are checked before shipment,therefore, we are fully responsible for the items which are not as advertised.

In order to protect your info and solve your problem. Would you please provide your e-mail address and order number so I could offer proper solution for you?

Waiting for your kind response.

Sincerely
Customer Service

Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Do not order from this company. I just ordered 4 pieces of swimwear which had a total cost of 120 dollars. Then they added shipping costs which was brought the total over 186 dollars. Now I received a call from DHL a local shipping service saying I owe over 50 dollars more for customs fees! Would you call this a deal? I don't and am scared to even look at the quality of the product or if it's true to Size. I feel completely taken advantage of. Lightinthebox business practices are not transparent to say the least. Brutal.

Date of experience: June 22, 2022
LightInTheBox F. LightInTheBox Rep
over a year old

Dear customer

This is Bloo, supervisor of customer service, Lightinthebox. Thank you for leaving a comment with us. Your advice is very essential for us to improve quality issue and service level.

Please understand that the Tax amount is decided by Government and beyond our control,therefore, we offer a tariff insurance service for our customers, if customers have bought it and are charged by Customs, we would fully refund the amount.

As per policy, we would refund the tax if you have bought the tariff insurance. Would you please provide your order number and e-mail address so that I could offer you further help?

You are welcome if you have any further inquiries.

Sincerely
Bloo
Customer Service

Texas
2 reviews
10 helpful votes
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Scammers
June 22, 2022

Ordered on the 3rd, they claim 4-7 day shipping. 16 days later the item is returned to them because they mangled the address. Support takes 4 days to tell me they'll give me a credit to their website only, minus shipping.

That's not how e-commerce works guys. Credit card dispute filed.

These guys are scammers hoping to wear you down so they can keep your money. Avoid them at all costs.

Ordered the same item for just a bit more at Amazon and had it in 24 hours.

Date of experience: June 22, 2022
LightInTheBox F. LightInTheBox Rep
over a year old

Dear customer,

This is Bloo, supervisor of customer service.

I noticed that you are still waiting for your parcel. Would you please provide me your order number and email address? I will check your parcel status and make a full report to you thereafter with explanations and options included.

Waiting for your kind response.

Sincerely
Customer Service.

Belgium
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Expecting more
June 22, 2022

Not possible to send package back due to the high amount of charge.

Date of experience: June 22, 2022
France
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Pas toujours facile de choisir un modèle avec des tailles ad hoc
J'aimerais que votre politique de retour des vetements soient plus simple et moins couteuse

Date of experience: June 22, 2022
Hungary
1 review
0 helpful votes
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It's ok
June 22, 2022

Szép élénk színesek a pólók, csak nem pamutból, hanem műanyagból vannak...:(
Kár, hogy pamutból nem csinálnak ilyen pólókat, mert az volna az igazi élmény, nyáron nem biztos, hogy jó lesz ezt hordani...
Látványban nagyon jól mutat, az biztos!

Date of experience: June 21, 2022
Japan
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Is a scam company be careful
June 22, 2022

Light in the box is a SCAM website! Be careful do not buy. They scammed 400 dollars for a dress, I was in a hurry to buy for my opera concert, never again! I asked for refund they disappeared (do not believe them if they reply here immediately is just for marketing, they are afraid of bad reviews because otherwise their scam doesn't work). You know what is their strategy if you ask for a refund? They disappear, after they offer a coupon for an other product and if you send the item you will not get the refund money back. Is a scam! The dress is bad quality, it loses all the sparkling things my house is full of that ***! NEVER BUY THEY SCAM YOUR MONEY be careful guys buy only on trustworthy websites!

Date of experience: June 21, 2022
LightInTheBox F. LightInTheBox Rep
over a year old

Dear customer

This is Bloo, supervisor of customer service, Lightinthebox. Thank you for leaving a comment with us. Your advice is very essential for us to improve quality issue and service level.

Please understand that our products are quality-checked before shipment,therefore, we are fully responsible for the items which are in confirmed quality issue.

In order to protect your info and solve your problem. Would you please provide your e-mail address and order number so I could offer proper solution for you?

Waiting for your kind response.

Sincerely
Customer Service

Illinois
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I purchased six polo shirts from this company. I expected a delay in shipping but did not expect what I received. To begin with, the colors and patterns on the shirts looked nothing like those online. They were ugly at best. Okay, so I'll return them. Good luck with that. Navigating their return process is like finding your way through a maze. Flow charts of the return process directing you to do things that can't be found. Plus, you must pay your own return shipping. So, they send you substandard products and you have to pay to return them? Between the cost and the hassles, it is easier to just keep the items and that's exactly what they want. I would donate them to the local homeless shelter but I doubt that any of the homeless would want to be seen in these shirts. You pay $16 for a shirt and that's exactly what you get -- a $16 dollar shirt.

Date of experience: June 21, 2022
LightInTheBox F. LightInTheBox Rep
over a year old

Dear customer

This is Bloo, supervisor of customer service, Lightinthebox. Thank you for leaving a comment with us. Your advice is very essential for us to improve quality issue and service level.

Please understand that our products are checked before shipment,therefore, we are fully responsible for the items which are not as advertised.

In order to protect your info and solve your problem. Would you please provide your e-mail address and order number so I could offer proper solution for you?

Waiting for your kind response.

Sincerely
Customer Service

Colorado
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Poor customer service.
June 21, 2022

They will not accept returns on standard size dresses even though they could resell them. Very poor customer service. They offered a measly 20% refund or 30% to put towards a future purchase (as if I'm ordering from them again). One dress was very stiff material and the other was very padded. Save your money and buy elsewhere.

Date of experience: June 21, 2022
LightInTheBox F. LightInTheBox Rep
over a year old

Dear customer

This is Bloo, supervisor of customer service, Lightinthebox. Thank you for leaving a comment with us. Your advice is very essential for us to improve quality issue and service level.

On size matter, please understand that our suppliers are from different areas so that their size are different, therefore, we provide a Size Guide in our product page which provide measurement and a clear size table. I hope it will help you. I prepared a sample picture for your reference:

https://www.lightinthebox.com/download/424f16f2-1f9c-43bb-a0a4-f02f505649f1

In order to protect your info and solve your problem. Would you please provide your e-mail address and order number so I could offer proper solution for you?

Waiting for your kind response.

Sincerely
Customer Service

Finland
1 review
0 helpful votes
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TOIMITUS
June 21, 2022

Toimitus oli nopea, ja pakettikin tuli ehjänä perille. Tavara oli myös sitä mitä tilasinkin. Lähetyksen seuranta oli myös ihan OK.

Date of experience: June 21, 2022
Spain
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Contento Calidad Precio Diseño
June 21, 2022

Sinceramente no conocia esta pagina pero me hubiera gustado conocerla antes. Gran variedad de articulos de ropa con diseños super inovadores y creativos.

Date of experience: June 21, 2022
France
1 review
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TRES BIEN
June 21, 2022

Première expérience réussie d'ailleurs je m'apprête a repasser commande. Merci

Date of experience: June 21, 2022