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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.
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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I ordered an item and after I completed and submitted the order I decided I wanted another one. So I went through the order process again. LightinTheBox took the trouble to query my second order and was willing to assist to cancel it if I had double ordered by mistake. I replied that the 2nd order was to be processed which the company did promptly. The 2 orders were received separately well within time frame expected. The communications between myself and LightinTheBox was great. Great Customer service. Well done.
The magic cube exceeds all my expectations. It's great! It tool a long time for shipment but the price was excellent and the wait was worth it.
I am very pleased with this purchase. It was just what I expected. The fit was very good and the delivery was on-time.
Comprei uma espada para um cosplay, veio perfeita, todos os detalhes igual o anime, super indico o Lightinthebox, chegou em 41 dias no Brasil.
Rien a redire service client compétent et vêtement sympa a pas cher et de bonne qualité pour la chine
I bought a hand spinner and I admit I wasn't even expecting it to arrive because of my experiences with Chinese websites... I bought it and it was cheap, so I wasn't waiting for it to arrive. But surprisingly, after less than a month it arrived! I hadn't paid the transportation and it arrived. Congratulations!
Perfetto. Valido ben fatto ottima fattura. Ottimo servizio. Consiglio a tutti. Speciale incredibile. Validissimo perfetto ottimo
By far the worst customer experience ever!
I ordered MI3 smart watch, clearly stated delivered with in 4-10 working days, paid the money.
Later they said it will be delivered after ONE MONTH!
Deletes tickets raise to them, don't respond properly! No credibility no responsibility, THEY ARE FOOLING CUSTOMERS
Lightinthebox is a great company to buy cheap clothes with good quality. I already bouhgt a lot of clothes and I love it. Good fabric, shipped in time, fits perfectly and very pretty. Very good service. Once I bought a t-shirt and it never arrived. They send me another with no charge at all. This one never arrived either. They refund me. Best company of this kind.
He pedido dos veces zapatos y han llegado bien en unis 15 días. Lo único es que no aceptan devoluciones si te equivocas de talla y que las traduciones al español cuando contactas con ellos es dificil entenderlas.
I already bought some items on lightinbox and it's all good, prices, quality, deliver.
Great job at all.
For sure i will buy more items on this company.
Despite the large number of negative reviews on this store, I have not had any problems yet. In this store there are excellent prices for electronics. While only one problem is disturbing, always a very long delivery.
Great value for money and service. Deliveries take a while to arrive but great for purchases you don't need immediately.
They suck! Don't order from this company! And they delete bad reviews from their website - lesson learned - don't just read the reviews on a website promoting itself.
Dear customer, this is Customer Service Supervisor Rebecca from Lightinthebox, I would like to help. Can you please kindly advise us more details of your problem?If you have placed an order with us and have problem with it, please kindly advised us your order number. I will then help you to check and solve the problem. Thank you in advance!
This is a terrible company - they shipped only part of my order, I paid extra for duty and shipping insurance. I had to pay duty upon delivery, granted they did reimburse me after a month.
However, the jewlery that came, is children's sized, I know sizes are smaller in Asia, but these sizes are ridiculously smaller. Clothing, generally on Amazon, you would order 2 sizes bigger to account for the difference in sizes from Asia to North America. Here, no word of a lie, it is 5 size difference. Quality is terrible.
I did order a wedding bouquet, that was the only thing nice that came. I regret spending $200 with this company.
On top of it, 2 of my items shipped separately. All was supposed to ship in 2-4 business days - did not. The 2 items (1 was custom for my wedding) shipped May 23rd, Now August 3rd, still no parcel. Not only did I pay for expedited shipping and didn't get it, but they didn't even put a signature required type of delivery. They could have ended up anywhere. I have been fighting them for a credit on my Visa for these 2 items only they just keep saying, if they show up, return them to us then you get a credit! I am now asking the bank to intervene to try to recoup my money.
BUY FROM AMAZON, NOT LIGHTINTHEBOX.COM TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE COMPANY TO DEAL WITH!
**UPDATE After posting this review - Light in the Box offered to refund me only partial of what I didn't receive, but I must change my review to a positive review. I had already been in the process of disputing the charge with my bank and my bank has now refunded my Visa the amount that I lost on the portion of this order not received. Very poor customer service if they only act upon a public on line review. I had tried since May to resolve with them directly to no avail... my original review stands.
Dear customer, this is Pinni, supervisor from lightinthebox.com I am glad to help, will you please reply me in private message with your order number so i can follow up your case.
Bought shoes described as white leather. They arrived and are the cheapest cream plastic that I have ever smelled or seen! The size was really small... they wanted me to return them to Poland from England. No mention of repaying me the postage costs and they did not mention refunding the original postage costs. Absolutely disgusting that they can sell such junk and claim that they were worth £70...
Dear customer, this is Pinni, supervisor from lightinthebox.com I am glad to help, will you please reply me in private message with your order number so i can follow up your case.
Everything was great! I recommend you LigthInTheBox to order anything you need. Contact with Customer Service is really good.
Dear customer, this is Pinni, supervisor from lightinthebox.com I am glad to help, will you please reply me in private message with your order number so i can follow up your case.
I received an email from LightInTheBox asking if they reimbursed me would I remove my review from Sitejabber. I told them absolutely not. I want people to know what and who they are buying from before spending their hard earned money on ANYTHING from them. I even read where one website was asked to stop taking reviews because of the many negative reviews. It could have been Consumer Affairs, but I am not quite sure. And the reason I say it may be them, I complied a review with pictures regarding this same incident, I could never get the review to post. I was constantly told the site could not be found. Although when going to their website to begin the review, I was able to access it.
Dear customer, this is Pinni, supervisor from lightinthebox.com I am glad to help, will you please reply me in private message with your order number so i can follow up your case.
I ordered 2 very nice looking (on paper) hats. I received them in the mailbox. They were crunched up and places inside a clear bag. One hat had glue on it and the other one had a bow that had a velcro patch to be fastened to the hat. I had a feeling the quality would not be great, but even the packaging has me spellbound. I have dealt with a similar ordeal with another company out of China. I also had another order for 6 pairs of shoes and 4 more hats. I know there is no sense in expecting to return these items in that it will cost way more to return than even the hassle. NO MORE CHINA MANUFACTURED ITEMS IN MY FUTURE. Needless to say, I want to spread the word as much as possible. My cart will be emptied of the waiting order and I will again chalk this up to the old adage, "if it looks good and made in China", buyer beware
My preliminary belief was that my original order would be shipped from Canada as the info on the website was not clear. I paid for expedited shipping 3-4 days and still after three weeks have not received my order. Got a call from DHL saying the package was enroute and that I would have to pay an additional $35 for duties and taxes. When the order gets here, I'm not accepting it. I have entered several tickets in an attempt to have customer service contact me, but their response is always the same old script, like it has been generated from a manual. There is no phone number or online chat where you can call or speak to a person in real time. Their information about shipping and delivery is a scam. The costs are exorbitant and the effort required to "recover" the duties and additional taxes are all BS. I will never use this site again and will do everything I can to dissuade others from using it.
Answer: Hello, I bought a few things and the quality was not very good and the sizing was totally wrong. I also bought a cellular charger and the battery inside was not soldered correctly. Lightinthebox has great price, but you pay for what you get, which isn't much. I have stopped buying from them.
Answer: Same problem... All thru email
Answer: We didn't buy a dress but the sizes are very small and the returns policy is a joke. I ended up losing money.
Answer: Dear Customer, we do recommend to you to refer to the size chart on each of the clothes first and then pick a suitable size for you.
Answer: Dear Customer, thank you for your inquiry. We're really sorry that our company made you feel nervous. Please kindly note that the total delivery time = processing time + shipping time. So for the arrival date of your package. It depends on the processing time of the product and the shipping method you choose. About the processing time, please kindly check the processing time on the product page. About the shipping time, you mentioned you paid extra fee for faster delivery. If the service you chose was expedited shipping, normally it takes 3-4 business days for shipping. If it's standard service, then 5-8 business days for shipping. If the order is delayed, we'll take full responsibility of that and you can contact us through tickets. You can refer to this guide to contact customer service: http://www.lightinthebox.com/knowledge-base/c1192/a2974.html
Answer: Will you send us your order number so that we can check?
Answer: Dont buy anything from this site. The picture is good, the object quality is garbage. You will be cheated and loose you money.
Answer: You NEVER get your money back... dont use them. I am amazed this company is allowed to trade, I am sure we have law's against this kind of practise.
Answer: Suggest not to buy. Might end up not receiving the order or received the wrong size and would be returning and paying shipping or requesting a refund or not receiving a refund at all. There's more legit company like Amazon where I bought the same one I ordered from Lightinabox, which I did not received. Sorry, but I would not trust this Co for anything. It' up to you to take the risk.
Answer: Count yourself lucky and DO NOT ORDER FROM THEM! You will be disappointed in the clothing and size from this company. All of the clothing I received was horrible quality and did not look at all like the photo they had online. They were just plain awful and the sizing was a joke. I received an XL shirt that would not fit a small person and a Med shirt (was supposed to be the same shirt as the XL) and the medium was literally larger than a 4x One was a terrible quality plain sweatshirt with a sticker posted on it and the other was a draping long gown like garment. I was appalled.would recommend finding a different company.


Dear customer, this is Customer Service Supervisor Rebecca from Lightinthebox, I would like to help. Can you please advice me your order number, so I can check and solve problems in timely manner? Thank you for your understanding in advance. I am looking forward to your reply.