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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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New York
9 reviews
17 helpful votes
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I ordered from this company because its website insinuates it has a base company in the United States. IT DOES NOT. A month and a half later and still haven't shipped my items. I tried to contact them to just get a refund and I keep getting auto replies with absolutely no help at all. So ORDER AT YOR OWN RISK!

Date of experience: December 21, 2020
LightInTheBox F. LightInTheBox Rep
over a year old

This is Customer Service Supervisor from Lightinthebox. I would like to help.

We sincerely apologize for the shipping delay. We did shipped your package to USPS agent on Dec. 9th. However, please kindly note that all the shipping companies are overloaded by packages due to the busy holiday season (Christmas, New Year). So USPS requires longer time than before to deal with all the packages and ship them.

We confirm your package is currently still on the way to US and will be delivered to your address in the next 2 weeks. The online tracking will be updated again once the package arrives in US.

Tracking link: https://t.17track.net/en#nums=9405536206394408155562&fc=21051

We can understand that you need the order sooner and have asked the courier to prioritize the order delivery. So would you please be kindly waiting for a few more days? We'd like to apply for a compensation for you.

I had conducted new Ticket ID =22398231 in our ticket center and provide solutions for your case. Please log in your light in the box account--go " personal center"--"my ticket" to check our reply and let us know your decision. Thank you for your cooperation.

New Zealand
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Ridiculously slow freight, still waiting 6 weeks after payment. They must put you on mailing list for scammers phishing sites as since ordering i receive up to 12 emails and txt messages a day trying to get me to invest in scams, pay delivery for non existing phones I've won (yea right) absolute pain in the A**. Avoid, your better off paying 10 times as much for quality real products

Date of experience: December 21, 2020
LightInTheBox F. LightInTheBox Rep
over a year old

Dear customer,

We apologize for the problem. Could you please provide us with your Order Number, so we can further check your problem? We will help you resolve the problem with our our greatest effort.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation in advance.

Israel
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I have paid a lot of money for fast delivery(3-6 days) i have also added extra money for insurance.
After 7 business days, I open a ticket and ask where is my package?!
They told me they have done a mistake and send it with regular AirMail, they gave me rewards in the amount of the delivery cost. ( in the reward that I got there is a requirement to order items with double the amount of the rewards in order to use it). Six weeks! Have passed and I still waiting for the package.

Date of experience: December 21, 2020
LightInTheBox F. LightInTheBox Rep
over a year old

Dear customer,

This is Freya, supervisor from Lightinthebox. I'd like to follow up your case until it gets resolved with my best efforts. Please don't worry.

I have already replied to you in ticket 22369009 and provide you with compensation plan. Could you please login your account to check my reply?

Thanks inadvance for your cooperation.

Best Regards,
Customer Service
Lightinthebox

Georgia
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Never got the goods
December 21, 2020

I ordered three pairs of boots from them. I never got a confirmation of the order. I never got a response to my email. I never got the boots. Buyer beware.

Date of experience: December 21, 2020
LightInTheBox F. LightInTheBox Rep
over a year old

Dear customer,

We apologize for the problem. Could you please provide us with your Order Number, so we can further check your problem? We will help you resolve the problem with our our greatest effort.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation in advance.

Australia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Absolute garbage, products do not match description, no refund process, complete scam. RUN AWAY.
I ordered 2 shirts in XL size, they were delivered from the same place in 2 separate packages a week apart. One was at least 4XL and the other 3XL in my estimation.

Date of experience: December 20, 2020
LightInTheBox F. LightInTheBox Rep
over a year old

Dear customer,

We apologize for the problem. Could you please provide us with your Order Number, so we can further check your problem? We will help you resolve the problem with our our greatest effort.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation in advance.

Nevada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Cut size label out
December 20, 2020

I bought a shirt in medium. The label was cut in the back. It was like a large--very big on side, 4" longer arms and very long. My wife had to to cut the whole thing and alter it. Rip-off.

Date of experience: December 20, 2020
LightInTheBox F. LightInTheBox Rep
over a year old

Dear customer,

We apologize for the problem. Could you please provide us with your Order Number, so we can further check your problem? We will help you resolve the problem with our our greatest effort.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation in advance.

GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I ordered something several weeks ago. They couldn't take my money fast enough but has it turned up yet or is it even on the horizon? Not a chance.

I am usually savvy with sites like this but it was £30 for a xmas jumper and I took a chance but I'm regretting it now.

DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM THIS SITE - No matter what anyone else says this is not a genuine site - it's just skimming all the little amounts like mine for very little effort and for products that don't exist. I have chalked this one down to experience and I will never buy from a site like this again.

Date of experience: December 18, 2020
LightInTheBox F. LightInTheBox Rep
over a year old

This is Customer Service Supervisor from Lightinthebox. I would like to help.

We sincerely apologize for the shipping delay. Your package had been forwarded to Royal Mail's Agent 2 weeks ago and is currently held by them. Royal Mail is overloaded by packages due to the busy holiday season (Christmas, New Year). So they require longer time than before to deal with all the packages and ship them to next location.

We can understand that you need the order sooner and have asked the courier to prioritize the order delivery. However, this will still require several days to ship. So would you please be kindly waiting for a few more days?

I had conducted new Ticket ID =22363951 in our ticket center and provide solutions for your case. Please log in your light in the box account--go " personal center"--"my ticket" to check our reply. Or you may keep in touch with us via Private Message here. Thank you for your cooperation.

GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Half of the items were faulty. You get charged extra tax from delivery company. Customer service is terrible. Don't expect any refund.
Avoid light in the box and mini in the box unless you want to be ripped off.

Date of experience: December 17, 2020
LightInTheBox F. LightInTheBox Rep
over a year old

Dear customer,

We apologize for the problem. Could you please provide us with your Order Number and more details about all your problems, so we can investigate your case further? We will help you resolve the problem with our our greatest effort.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation in advance.

GB
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Would give zero stars!
December 16, 2020

I decided to purchase an order of sportswear on 30th November given their advertised estimated delivery time was between 3 - 7 days. After 5 days I wrote to customer services to enquire about the parcel as I was awaiting it for my neice for her sports event. They wrote back to me and insisted that they had a tracking order number, ran it through the system. Invalid number/order not shipped. Contacted again, same thing. Upheaval of orders but still assured me it was shipped. 15 days later I received a message from customer services telling me my order had not even been shipped and that I had been rewarded credit for my inconveniences. Half of the credit I received (£15.00) can only be spent on on orders over £79.00. This is utterly ridiculous as I only spent £20 in the first place and will be in no way be tempted to make such a big purchase with them again. They were a complete let down. Would not recommend!

Date of experience: December 16, 2020
LightInTheBox F. LightInTheBox Rep
over a year old

Dear customer,

We apologize for the problem. Could you please provide us with your Order Number, so we can further check your problem? We will help you resolve the problem with our our greatest effort.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation in advance.

California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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"LIED ON EXPEDITE SHIPPING & REFUND POLICY. DON'T PATRONIZE THEM! THEY HAVE NO INTEGRITY! THIS COMPANY TREATS THEIR CUSTOMERS WITH NO RESPECT. LIGHT IN THE BOX IS GREEDY. THEY PLAY GAME IN PROCESSING THE REFUND AND STILL ENDS IN VERY, VERY UNSATISFACTORY RESULT. I REFUSED THEIR OFFER. THEY PUT ME THRU HELL AND GAVE ME STRESS. THEY CAN HAVE THEIR OFFER AND SHOVE IT TO "WHERE THE SUN DOES NOT SHINE IN ONE OF THEIR ORIFICES"! If you know what I mean.

I DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH "LIGHT IN THE BOX"ANYMORE. THERE ARE OTHER BUSINESSES THAT CAN SATISFY THEIR CUSTOMERS WITH DIGNITY! I DO NOT RECOMMEND "LIGHT IN THE BOX".

I placed an order of almost $300 and paid for the Expedite Service $32.66 for 3-4 business days shipping on 11/01/2020. The packages were not shipped until 11/28/2020. I asked for $32.66 refund that did not show in my bank statement even up to today. After numerous online message back & forth, still no luck. I don't recommend this company. They lied! They do not honor their "Expedite Shipping Service". They also lied about refunding my $32.66 because my bank statement (November and up to today (12/7/2020) does not show they refunded me the $32.66. I even spoke to the my bank's customer service if there is any pending refund of $32.66. This company, Light in the Box lied." NO STAR REVIEW IF POSSIBLE! THEY TRY TO OFFER ME ITEMS TO CHANGE 1-STAR REVIEW TO 4-5 STARS ON MY CONSUMER AFFAIRS' REVIEW. I WANT NO RESOLUTION TO THIS. I WANT THE CONSUMER TO BE AWARE OF HOW "LIGHT IN THE BOX" TRULY TREATS THEIR CUSTOMERS: NO RESPECT AND "LIGHT IN THE BOX" HAS NO DIGNITY! PLEASE DON'T PATRONIZE "LIGHT IN THE BOX" IF YOU DON'T THE SAME TO HAPPEN TO YOU AS WHAT THEY DID TO ME! I PAID $32.66 FOR EXPEDITE SHIPPING (3-4 days according to the company's policy) AND I RECEIVED MY ORDER 33 DAYS LATER WITH 2 MISSING ITEMS. VERY FRUSTRATED AND DISAPPOINTED! THEY LIED ABOUT REFUNDING MY $32.66. AFTWR NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS, FINALLY RECEIVED A REPLY - "WOULD TAKE A MONTH"... AND STILL NOTHING!

Date of experience: December 15, 2020
Ireland
1 review
9 helpful votes
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After posting this review on sitejabber, first timer here, LightInTheBox customer service contacted me and offered me options to deal with delivery issues.
I chose a shipping refund and no free item upon delivery, they offered me a refund and keep free item just to change review(they shouldn't do this), or refund of price and just deny delivery.
Rebecca in customer service also checked on delivery as promised.
Item has arrived within a week not the 3 weeks she said, and all appears good, bulbs are as ordered, all new in box with remotes, quality of item seems fine, will be seen over time.
Yes, they're site needs work and better monitoring in their ticket system, but a genuine effort was made and considering we're half a world away all is well.
I no longer feel scammed as I did below.
Please LightInTheBox review your own ticket complaint procedure.

My old review is below.

Zero stars if possible!
I ordered a set of light bulbs on October 27th, was told that item shipped on the 28th, tracking number given, but can't track on their site.
Contacted customer service as items should have taken 10-18 business days, it's now December 14th, still no items, after second contact with customer service all I got back was a copy and paste reply from first initial contact.
Followed their instructed advice tried tracking through local carrier and they have no record of posted item (have not received any item matching this number, please check again later).
At this stage I'm just assuming I've been scammed and won't be using service ever again.
So do yourself a favour use Wish, my wife does and any item she ordered came within a week of expected date, some early.

Date of experience: December 14, 2020
LightInTheBox F. LightInTheBox Rep
over a year old

This is Customer Service Supervisor from Lightinthebox. I sincerely apologize for what happened and all the inconveniences caused. I will follow up this case and resolve the problem, in order to meet your satisfaction.

We sincerely apologize for the shipping delay. We are afraid that your package was delayed because it's really a busy time for the worldwide carrier, along with the COVID-19 will also delay shipment.

We had asked the shipping carrier to prioritize the order delivery for you. So could you please be kindly waiting for a few more days? We also would like to offer a compensation for you.

I had conducted new Ticket ID =22214984 in our ticket center and provide solutions for your case. Please log in your light in the box account--go " personal center"--"my ticket" to check our reply and let us know your decision. Thank you for your cooperation.

California
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
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Lousy Company
December 12, 2020

I ordered one of the optical illusion shirts. The one that came in did not even remotely look like the one in the ad. When I looked into returning it; they said I would have to pay to ship it back to China and implied that it would not be worth it. Stay away from these people if you do not want to get ripped off. The shirt in the attached photo does not have the dots only these weird streaks.

Date of experience: December 11, 2020
LightInTheBox F. LightInTheBox Rep
over a year old

Dear customer,

We apologize for the problem. Could you please provide us with your Order Number, so we can further check your problem? We will help you resolve the problem with our our greatest effort.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation in advance.

GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I ordered Men's 3D Graphic T-shirt Long Sleeve Christmas Tops Basic Round Neck Black on 18th November.
I received an email on the 28th November to say it had been shipped, I then received the shirt on 9th December a total of 21 days.
For £18.79 the garment is very poor quality and the image on the front is blurred.

Date of experience: December 9, 2020
LightInTheBox F. LightInTheBox Rep
over a year old

This is Customer Service Supervisor from Lightinthebox. I sincerely apologize for what happened and all the inconveniences caused. We'd like to take the full responsibility. I will follow up this case and resolve the problem, in order to meet your satisfaction.

I had conducted new Ticket ID =22209131 in our ticket center and provide solutions for your case. Please log in your light in the box account--go " personal center"--"my ticket" to check our reply. Or you may contact us via Private Message here. Thank you for your cooperation.

South Africa
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Bad service
December 9, 2020

Ordered in August, sent to post office instead of the courier service I actually paid for, never delivered, they are ignoring emails and tickets logged on the app

Date of experience: December 8, 2020
LightInTheBox F. LightInTheBox Rep
over a year old

Dear customer,

We apologize for the problem. Could you please provide us with your Order Number, so we can further check your problem? We will help you resolve the problem with our our greatest effort.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation in advance.

Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Be very careful when buying from this company, I bought a hiking jacket from them I followed the measuring chart exact, the jacket is too small. They offered me a 20% discount to purchase another one, they know it will cost a lot of money to return anything to China so you will be stuck with whatever you buy, I paid $136.00 they suggest I sell it at a second hand store.
I will not be purchasing anything from this company in the future

Date of experience: November 30, 2020
GB
1 review
9 helpful votes
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Not so giant wall clock
December 30, 2020

Ordered a giant wall clock. What arrived had numbers smaller than those pictured. The customer service team helped resolve the matter.

Date of experience: November 30, 2020
Colorado
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Stay away
December 30, 2020

Don't buy from this company Products not as advertised and in reality there are no returns You are stuck with shoddy goods at high prices

Date of experience: November 30, 2020
Florida
2 reviews
133 helpful votes
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I ordered 3 shirts. Took almost 3 weeks to arrive and came in two separate packages, several days apart. Ordered standard medium size. Two shirts were clearly large and unsuitable to be worn. Other shirt was so small that had difficulty buttoning it. Immediately emailed company. Company says that shirts must be returned to CHINA at my expense and suggested that I donate them since shipping cost will equal cost of shirts and I could receive a partial credit for future purchases. Totally unacceptable. I feel this is a rip off.

Date of experience: November 28, 2020
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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NEVER AGAIN
December 25, 2020

I bought my dad a cycling set on 11/11 and have yet to even recieve an order or tracking number (13 days later) When ordering, I put the wrong address and they were able to fix that right away but still never heard back from them ever since. I've sent plenty of emails with my concerns but NO ONE has yet to get back to me on what is going on with my order. So don't order from here unless you want to wonder where your package is at for the next atleast 2 weeks, until who knows how long. IF I recieve my package (which who knows if it even exists but was charged for) I will not order from this place again and don't recommend you to either..

Date of experience: November 25, 2020
Spain
1 review
0 helpful votes
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BEWARE SSCAM SCAM SCAM!
December 24, 2020

Awful quality, worst costumer service... a real scam... stay away from them, and put their address in SPAM!
Order dresses, REGULAR UK SIZE OFFRED, received them: awful fit, bad quality... y tried to return then and they claim they were made specially for me! Again, ordered regular sizes from their web page...

Date of experience: November 24, 2020