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Pokemon Center

1.5

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Pokemon Center Reviews Summary

Pokemon Center has a rating of 1.5 stars from 127 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Pokemon Center most frequently mention customer service, pre order and credit card. Pokemon Center ranks 908th among Games sites.

service
79
value
67
shipping
72
returns
57
quality
63

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New York
2 reviews
18 helpful votes
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Blocked?
February 2, 2021

I'm just trying to order my boyfriend the pikachu valentines plushy and order myself some cards. Pretty much everything on the site is sold out and because I keep clicking products it blocked me because it assumed I was a bot. I was originally using my phone so after it finally let me access the site again, I started using my computer to see if that helped. Of course I get blocked again. This was my first experience with this website and will definitely be my last.

Date of experience: February 2, 2021
Texas
5 reviews
8 helpful votes
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Horrible site. Cannot search products. Cannot add products to the cart. When you do get lucky to get anything into the cart, the site either crashes or you are blocked.

DO NOT BUY ANYTHING HERE>.

Date of experience: January 21, 2021
Florida
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I ordered ordered a pair of leggings as part of a larger order and they sent me a different design than I ordered. Immediately upon contacting them, they told me that if I wanted the pair I ordered I would need to go to a FedEx or USPS to return them (I would have to pay for the return) and upon them receiving the wrong pair they would mail out the pair I ordered! When I responded they refused to answer!

Date of experience: January 12, 2021
Canada
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Terrible
December 17, 2020

Made two separate orders and payments were taken, refunded then taken again at later dates. Also, shipment tracking is a joke. My package is supposedly in transit in Memphis for the last 4 days. I live in Canada. One of these orders was quite large and for Christmas. Very unhappy with lack of custom service and failure to deliver as indicated by website. I will never order from this company again.

Date of experience: December 17, 2020
Canada
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I absolutely love the Pokèmon Center. It has very high quality items and my packages always arrive on time. The only downside is it's expensive but you definitely get your moneys worth. If you're a huge Pokèmon fan then this is the site for you. I highly recommend it.

Date of experience: December 16, 2020
Hawaii
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Buyer beware!
December 2, 2020

I placed and order 3 weeks ago for a gift for my son, and have not received ANY type of update other than a generic email stating that orders will take between 10-14 days to ship... which is not even accurate. Their Facebook page is full of similar comments. Best case scenario, they are horribly mismanaged and incompetent. Worst case scenario, they are scamming people. They took my money and disappeared. It's my first (and last) time ordering from them. There is no way to contact them other than submitting a ticket on their site, and they don't respond to those, apparently. I'll try BBB next.

Date of experience: December 2, 2020
Washington
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Poor customer service!
December 1, 2020

I've asked to cancel my order 3 times because I found one at a store near me and yet 3 weeks later they shipped the order.

Date of experience: December 1, 2020
Michigan
1 review
7 helpful votes
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They won't respond to you
November 24, 2020

They won't respond to my emails, I've left a bunch. They will only email you when they are have something new to sell you. If you have a problem you might as well yell it out of your window it will be just as effective.

Date of experience: November 24, 2020
Texas
1 review
7 helpful votes
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I placed an order for something right when it became available because I knew it would go out of stock quick. I was so excited when the item finally arrived, only to open it and find out it was damaged and missing pieces. I immediately contacted customer support regarding this. It took them days to respond with a "I'm sorry can't do anything about it just send it back." They wouldn't replace the item for me and now it's out of stock online. This is not the first time I've received defected/ damaged items and their customer service doesn't care and is never helpful. I will not be purchasing any more items with them. I do not recommend.

Date of experience: September 19, 2020
Texas
1 review
1 helpful vote
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They use fedex
September 12, 2020

TWICE they came by and failed to deliver my package. I asked for it at the front desk at my appartment. I called and spoke with customer service to clarify! Your company still failed me! TWICE! I will never use fedex ever again!

Date of experience: September 12, 2020
Colorado
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Online order failure
August 7, 2020

I tried 4 times to do a simple order. Each time I got a message that "something" was entered wrong and I had to call support to resolve the issue. Nothing from my perspective was wrong. Secondly the message did not give me a contact number or email address. A child in first grade could build a better site

Date of experience: August 6, 2020
Tennessee
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Ordered a nice hat I had been eying. Bought it and they canceled it because it was out of stock. Apparently they don't monitor inventory very well. Contacted them and they just shrugged and said sorry. No trying to make it right. Will not buy anything from them ever again.

Date of experience: July 7, 2020
New York
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Shipped my item to my billing instead of my shipping address. Had to contact them because they didn't realize it. Contacting them is difficult. They said that the will set up a reshipment. Still no info yet and the package has arrived. I contacted them 4 days ago about this. Now i have to do extra work, have my present not arrive or arrive really really late, and deal with the extra work required to fix this issue. No compensation for their mess up at all.

Date of experience: June 23, 2020
Tennessee
18 reviews
15 helpful votes
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The Pokemon Center has the best selection and prices of Pokemon collectibles anywhere! I also love their collectibles and the care they take to package them. I've never ever had an issue with the store. I go there frequently to shop for myself and even to send surprise gifts to friends!

Date of experience: May 7, 2020
North Dakota
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Damaged item
March 13, 2020

I just ordered the vaporeon (afternoon with eevee and friends) and the figures box came damaged. I collect them so I like to have nice boxes as I do not open them. I contacted customer support and was told basically they won't send me a new one because the box is damaged only if the figure was. Like serious they are a collector item that is out for a limited time no one opens the boxes they are funko pops.

Date of experience: March 13, 2020
California
1 review
11 helpful votes
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Order was placed 2 weeks ago, giving plenty of time for it to arrive for Christmas. I received a notification that it had shipped, however, two weeks later, the tracking number shows that only a label was printed. After multiple failed attempts to find out where my order is, I call FedEx... it definitely was NOT shipped out. There is no way to contact the Pokemon Center other than via email. They do not reply. Very unreliable and unprofessional. I will never order from them again.

Date of experience: December 23, 2019
California
1 review
7 helpful votes
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I love the Pokemon center! Sure, shipping could be a little more consistent here and there, but as long as you're nice and friendly to their support team, I have found that they're super inclined to help you. Love these guys.

Date of experience: June 26, 2019
Colorado
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Without ever seeing reviews of the online store I happily placed an order for almost $400. After I entered all of my information and went through with my transaction, they charged my card after they switched my billing and shipping addresses. If I had entered it wrong, my purchase wouldn't have gone through. It was an incompetent error on their part. After contacting them repeatedly, they basically left it up to me to call the shipping companies and have it changed and I was even told by FedEx that the seller should be able to change the information since they completely left out the apartment numbers anyway when they switched the addresses. Horrible company and lazy, incompetent customer service.

Date of experience: May 25, 2019
GB
1 review
2 helpful votes
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This is a complete rip-off. $250 dollars for a goddamn pikachu plush? No thank you! That would be £190.94 in the UK! AVOID!

Date of experience: April 16, 2019
Minnesota
1 review
7 helpful votes
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I ordered a Pokemon Santa Hat for my 8 year old son for Christmas, almost a month ago. My card has been charged, but the hat has not shipped, and there appears to be no way to contact anyone to find out my order status, save for the phone number listed on this website, right here, that may or may not work. I'm going to be beyond furious if they ruin my son's Christmas with their absolutely nonexistent customer service. Avoid at all costs.

Date of experience: December 4, 2018