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Overstock.com Reviews Summary

Overstock's reputation is significantly marred by customer dissatisfaction, particularly regarding its customer service and return policies. Many customers report frustrations with delayed deliveries, inadequate support, and challenges in processing returns or exchanges. Issues with product quality, such as receiving damaged or misrepresented items, further exacerbate negative sentiments. Conversely, some customers appreciate the variety of products and find value in the selection offered. However, the prevalent concerns about service inefficiencies and lack of accountability overshadow these positives, leading to a general sentiment of caution among potential buyers.

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value
168
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175
returns
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quality
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Michigan
5 reviews
2 helpful votes
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Great values and deals are to be found at Overstock.com. Anyone who is a "smart shopper," can probably tell you about this website. It is well known that Overstock offers numerous products and merchandise at discounted prices, and they have a great customer service department. Often times I browse their website just to see all the great offerings. All of my purchases at Overstock were fulfilled to my liking, and I have absolutely no complaints to make about their website.

Date of experience: January 31, 2014
District of Columbia
17 reviews
43 helpful votes
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Great merchandise selection. Pretty good price. I think this website is good as long as you're patient to browse around

Date of experience: January 29, 2014
Indiana
1 review
0 helpful votes
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We purchased a futon that has a left side and a right side. When we opened the boxes, each side was a different color. We contacted customer care and all we can do is ship it back or keep it. One box was cut open so packing it up would have been problematic. They offered to credit us $5 to purchase a new box. Really? I guess we're stuck with an ugly futon. We won't deal with a company that won't back up their products. I guess they don't need our business that badly.

Date of experience: January 29, 2014
Washington
1 review
0 helpful votes
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This website and service suck. Non-delivery constantly and products are often opened or used. If overstock can mess it up or strew you off they will.

Date of experience: January 25, 2014
California
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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I purchased perfume for Christmas gift on Dec. 10,2013 thru Overstock.com. On Dec. 25th I discovered it was never delivered. After contacting PayPal I was informed it was supposed to have been delivered by FedEx at 1:08 pm on Dec. 26th however it was never received. Overstock.com never made any attempt to help or resolve the issue. I doubt it would take 16 days transit time for FedEx to deliver the gift. Had I not used PayPal to purchase it no doubt in my mind I would have been screwed by Overstock.com. I will never do business with them again suggest the same for all.

Date of experience: January 19, 2014
New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I bought a modern lighting fixture from them. The price was great and I love it! Looks way more expensive. Everything I have bought from them arrived quickly. I bought a CZ ring and they sent me the wrong one. Didn't bother sending it back. I have never dealt with customer service, so I can't speak to that. I bought two other CZ rings and they look like the real thing, for a very reasonable price.

Date of experience: January 14, 2014
Ohio
9 reviews
7 helpful votes
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Shipping was quick
January 12, 2014

Shipping was quick - item was a good price - it's a site you have to visit often to check what's there. I will definitely order from them again.

Date of experience: January 11, 2014
New York
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I ordered perfume for my wife for Christmas and it turns out it was one that she did not like. Contacted overstock to ask about getting a refund or exchange and was told that because it was a personal item, they cannot issue a refund or exchange. I responded to them asking why a perfume was considered a personal item but did not receive an answer to that question and was told bluntly that as far as they were concerned the issue had been resolved and that they would not issue a refund or accept the perfume in exchange for credit. I will never buy from them again and strongly recommend anyone wanting to buy perfume from them to not do so.

Date of experience: January 2, 2014
Canada
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Placed order 18 days ago, found out it isn't even in Canada yet, only coming from Michigan, phone line don't work, not feeling good about this

Date of experience: January 2, 2014
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I have ordered a Rokinon High Definition 8mm F3.5 Fisheye Lens from overstock.com last week, the order was aproved, I received a confirmation mail, so I was sure the item was on its way home, today, just out of curiosity, I decided to check on the status of my order only to find out it had been cancelled, with no explanation at all. I contacted customer support to find out what was the matter, where ‘Dan' told me it was a problem with the credit card, and I should contact their credit department because he was unable to do anything about it. I know for a fact my credit card is fine because i placed several orders the same day and this one is the only one that had problems with it, (by the way, I was nowhere near the limit on the card).
This was my first experience with overstock.com and is going to be the last one too, from now on i'll stick with ebay and amazon, when they have a problem with your order you at least get an email stating so.

Date of experience: January 2, 2014
New Hampshire
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I ordered a refurbished laptop computer. The item itself was fine, but the ordering experience was terrible. When I entered my shipping information into the form online, it showed up incorrectly AFTER I submitted the order. I asked someone at Overstock if I could change it and they told me I had to cancel the order and reorder it, and that they couldn't make any changes once the order was submitted. This seemed crazy to me but okay, so I did that and AGAIN, the same thing happened. I had to place and cancel the order FIVE TIMES before I figured out how to get the right address to show up properly in the shipping-to fields. Kicker number one... they charged my debit card ALL FIVE TIMES for the $400+ item (so count that, a deduction of over $2,000 on my bank account) and told me that even though the cancellation when through, the refund could take about a week to put the money back in my account. WHAT? Are you kidding me. Then... Kicker Number Two... when the order was shipped, SURPRISE, it had the wrong shipping information on it and I had to actually track down the package to get it. AWEFUL. AWEFUL. AWEFUL. If you have to order something on Overstock, be very very careful.

Date of experience: December 29, 2013
Oregon
14 reviews
222 helpful votes
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I love this site
December 28, 2013

I love this site. I bought my down comforter and Egyptian cotton sheets for a fraction of what they would of cost anywhere else, and the comforter and sheets are very nice quality. I also ordered three throw rugs for my rather long and wide hallway in my house. The total for all 3 rugs was under $100. The rugs look great and are holding up well despite our two cats running around on them. The carpets had obviously been stored for a while as it took months for them to finally lay flat, but they were worth every penny, our friends think we spent hundreds more than we actually did.

Date of experience: December 27, 2013
Washington
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Just DON"T order from Overstock! I ordered and paid for a mattress topper over 2 months ago. They claimed they told me in 10 days that the item was backordered... a LIE! I have been trying for 5-6 weeks to send this back as I'd ordered another one from a another company, could not WAIT! They first told me it would cost me $11.00 of my refund to pay the postage back to them, I told them I would not pay this. They are still jacking me around, telling me they'd sent label, which has never arrived.

I've had trouble with this company before, please don't order from them!

Date of experience: December 27, 2013
Utah
4 reviews
4 helpful votes
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I have recommended this site to my friend, good site

Date of experience: December 27, 2013
Montana
5 reviews
13 helpful votes
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I ordered a cordless tea pot from this site, got fast delivery, and great customer service. Highly recommended company

Date of experience: December 18, 2013
California
16 reviews
43 helpful votes
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Would be a great deal if they offered furniture assembly for a competitive fee

Date of experience: December 18, 2013
Illinois
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Customer service worst I have ever encountered in my life. This store is garbage and shouldn't exist. They oversell the quality of the items 5x over. I was just shopping for watches and they were selling a watch $97 and they out a MSRP: $890? What the **** is this ****? ******* GARBAGE. Then the ******* customer service exits out of my chat 2 times while I'm in the middle of responding for "taking too long to respond". ******* garbage. Now I sent the watch that I ordered back I order to buy Christmas presents for my ******* children. It got there yesterday and is yet to be processed I got on chat once again they said it's going to take about 5 days to process? 5 ******* DAYS? Then shipping is going to take another 3 days to ship out and a week to get here. It's gonna be a sad Christmas up in this mother******. ATTENTION THIS SITE IS THE WORST SHOPPING EXPERIENCE IVE EVER HAD IN MY LIFE I SWEAR. DONT SHOP HERE YOU'LL regret it so much. I DO

Date of experience: December 16, 2013
Kansas
13 reviews
25 helpful votes
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These people are completely clueless. I have been waiting 2 weeks for my order and it has never left the warehouse. They won't reship it or refund my money. They keep assuring me that someone will contact me regarding this issue. I've been waiting 3 days for that to happen. Good luck if you choose to use them...

Date of experience: December 13, 2013
Kentucky
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
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I've ordered form Orderstock numerous times and they've gotten it right every time.
Merchandise has always been as advertised and shipping is even better!
Recently ordered furniture from them. Never imagined of ordering it online, but even that transaction was great! Arrived earlier than anticipated and exactly as pictured.

Date of experience: December 12, 2013
Pennsylvania
1 review
1 helpful vote
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WORST shopping experience ever! I ordered items on the 1st of Dec. I looked at the shipping and one said it was in transit, however, the other was not updated at all! I contacted them, and they said they were both shipped. Then I get an email saying that they miscounted their inventory and I will be refunded and get a $10 store credit. So i contact them again to confirm, and what do you know he told me it was shipped. I paid $19.99 for a ring, which they said they would refund me $18.27 NOT THE PRICE I PAID! I look on my capital one card, and of course there was not a refund there. STAY AWAY FROM THIS SCAM OF A WEBSITE! Won't be shopping at overstock.com AGAIN!

Date of experience: December 9, 2013