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Rack Room Shoes

1.5

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Rack Room Shoes Reviews Summary

Rack Room Shoes has a rating of 1.5 stars from 98 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Rack Room Shoes most frequently mention customer service, live chat and return shipping. Rack Room Shoes ranks 609th among Shoes sites.

service
52
value
48
shipping
38
returns
41
quality
44

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Arizona
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Has the worst customer service ever was there for 45 minutes and none of the three employees attended me. Customer service really bad don't recommend. All three of them were in a little group chating and not taking care of the customer's very disappointed.

Date of experience: August 17, 2024
Colorado
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Avoid
August 2, 2024

Avoid. The local store doesn't have too good of a selection of mens Skechers so I had to order them mail order. I purchased online shoes from Rack Room as they have the buy one get one at half off which was a little better than I could have done from Skechers direct for two pairs of shoes. However, one of the pair of shoes didn't fit so I ordered the correct size from Rack Room of the same model shoe. When trying to return the shoes that didn't fit, they would only refund the purchase price minus the 50% of the second pair of shoes I got resulting in a loss of $31. Rather than do this the simple way, I will have to return all 3 pairs of shoes in order to purchase the two pairs of shoes I want but I will go to Skechers direct and use coupons with them taking my business elsewhere. Very disappointed in their customer service.

Date of experience: August 2, 2024
Massachusetts
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
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Incredibly slow processing and shipping
May 28, 2024

3+ days just to process your order and then 7-10 day delivery is the standard at a cost of $7. You can make it shorter, lol, at 5-7 days for $9 shipping(total of around 10 days from purchase date). Or for $19.99 shipping they will send them 2-3 day on top of the 3+ day processing time.

Do yourself a favor, buy them on Amazon for $6-10 more but get "free" shipping and receive the order in 3 days on average. Rackroom only makes sense if you don't care when the shoes arrive.

Date of experience: May 28, 2024
Oregon
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Website is awful
March 1, 2024

Website is awful and is very slow. Website is always having errors and customer service is never any help.

Date of experience: March 1, 2024
Florida
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I just had the worst experience at Rack Room Shoes at the Delray Beach location. I was trying on four different shoes, which I was planning on purchasing I had been in the store for actually 40 minutes not one person came up to me, which was fine, so I was the one making the decisions, however to my surprise, the store lead her name is Tanya came up to me and said, "is this your mess?" I replied excuse me as I was shocked and embarrassed as others were in the store. I told her I am deciding on a few to leave all that there, and she said, do you expect me to clean up after you, you're a grown $#*! woman. I was on the way by this car. How dare she say that to a customer or to anybody for that matter. I said to her first I would've been putting away what I didn't purchase. However, I was planning on pretty much purchasing everything I tried on, and if I didn't, it is your job to clean up the store bottom line I said I am all set here and you can pick up the shoes that I will no longer practice and I will be contacting your Manager on this matter. I find this view is important for shoe rack, room, senior management as this woman is a representation of your location and your brand, and it also is helpful for many others who potentially they want to shop and not be degraded and humiliated.

Date of experience: February 15, 2024
Washington
1 review
0 helpful votes
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CANT CANCLE ITEMS
January 17, 2024

I ordered the wrong size shoes, and realized as soon as I submitted the payment. I instantly reached out to them, and was told I could not cancel my order. That I would have to wait for them to ship and be delivered then send them back. The shoes were $75 and I had to spend $18 just to send them back! There is no way for me to return them to the store in person as I am no where near the location of the store. There should be an option to cancel an order if an item has not been shipped. To send them back and have to pay a price like that is sad. Please make improvements.

Date of experience: January 16, 2024
North Carolina
7 reviews
152 helpful votes
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Terrible service
January 14, 2024

I work in customer service, in a call center and do live chat. I get how customers can be nasty.
I was provided with the general message "someone will be with you soon, provide an explanation for how we can help" so I attached a screen shot of my PayPal charge and explained there is no order in my account, nor an email confirmation from Rack Room so I'd like to figure out what is happening.
Right out of the gate "Patrick" was nasty, complaining that the info I provided him "doesn't help" him in the slightest. No hello, no how can I help. Just downright nasty. When I asked if I could be transferred to another agent he refused.

I'm still out $50, no shoes, no order. Thanks Patrick. Ha e the day you deserve.

Date of experience: January 14, 2024
Arizona
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Return Costs
January 14, 2024

Do not purchase from this vendor. They do not have paid returns even on exchanges. Will not use them again.

Date of experience: January 14, 2024
Alabama
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Worn shoes
January 5, 2024

I will never shop here again. I ordered my son some boots. When the boots arrived, the box was torn up and the shoes had dirt and scuff marks on them like the company sent him some previously worn shoes.

Date of experience: January 5, 2024
Wisconsin
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
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Don't waste your time
January 4, 2024

Ordered 2 pairs of boots. I ended up returning one as they were no longer needed. Not only did I have to pay $20 out of pocket to ship/return, they also only refunded me 19.99. A fraction of the cost of the boots. Easy to say I will never shop here again

Date of experience: January 4, 2024
Georgia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Buy 1 get 1 faik!
December 1, 2023

I shopped around in there today finally found two pairs of Nike tennis shoes. I got to the register and was told because they were the exact same price and I had to get a pair that was cheaper in order to get it half price. I spent more time shopping around could not find a second pair so I gave the girl at the checkout my two pairs of shoes told her I was frustrated and left I had always seen the buy one get one half price and thought that they could be equal or lesser in value. So I got on the Internet and I found the exact pairs of shoes for 25% off and I'm having them delivered to my house directly from Nike. I won't be shopping Rack Room again.

Date of experience: December 1, 2023
Mississippi
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Crappy shoes & worse customer service
September 29, 2023

I bought a pair of shoes at the Rack Room Shoes to wear for daughter's wedding last week. Within 1 hr the elastic overstretched on one shoe. So I 'hobbled' around the rest of the evening. I took the shoes to store today. They said there was nothing wrong with them & they wouldn't do anything about them. So the BOGO 1/2 off was useless!
DO NOT BUY FROM RACKROOM.

Date of experience: September 29, 2023
Texas
1 review
1 helpful vote
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They don't give you a complete refund when you return shoes here in El Paso, Texas. I had paid close to ninety dollars for a pair of sneakers and they only refunded me fifty-four dollars!

Date of experience: September 4, 2023
Texas
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I was terrified to order online after reading all of the bad reviews. They were the only place that had the specific Vans I wanted so I just went for it. So glad I did. Their standard shipping only took 2 days. I got my order within 48 hours after ordering and everything was correct. I will definitely order from them again.

Date of experience: August 18, 2023
Washington
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I order a pair of new balances that I thought looked cute. Turns out they are not true to size and had a weird foam exposed tongue. I wanted to return because I felt they did not accurately represent the item in the pictures and they were cheap looking. I went to the post office and was told it would be $17-$20 for returns. I called rack room to ask if I could get the return covered based on the issues and they said no. Never buying from this place again. I feel like I've been stolen from.

Date of experience: July 6, 2023
Virginia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I was shopping for my grandsons. They both like Niki socks white. I found only two white Niki socks
On the review stand. I paid for them and was told by the sale associate, that on my next visit I could had
A fifteen dollar coupon. She stated that I needed to use on or before September 30,2023. I informed the sales associate that I needed another package of white Niki socks, since I couldn't locate them. She came over and found them for me. I use the coupon that was given to me. Excellent customer service.

Date of experience: June 12, 2023
Kentucky
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Disappointing
May 19, 2023

The selection of shoes is getting worse and worse.plus the two employees felt the need to literally stalk me and my wife around the store I guess because my tattoos? She also eavesdropped and tried to impose on our private conversation and made us feel very uncomfortable and profiled. I never complain or write reviews but I was there around 6:15 pm May 19,2023 and those employees were awful and annoying on multiple occasions. After shopping there for 5 years I guarantee we Will NOT ever be back to Rackroom shoes In Richmond. So unprofessional and petty.

Date of experience: May 19, 2023
New York
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Two different sizes
May 18, 2023

I received one size 5 and one size 8! I paid for shipping and now have to pay to send them back! There's also no customer service number to call! Absolutely would not recommend purchasing from here, what a headache!

Date of experience: May 18, 2023
Florida
1 review
2 helpful votes
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After ordering Converse shoes for my wife at Christmas and not being the correct size and returning in January I have all but given up on either shoes that fit or a refund I would not recommend RACK ROOM! Multiple phone calls and emails and NO support I cannot recommend this company! I will never purchase from again!

Date of experience: April 20, 2023
Minnesota
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Ordered shoes while they had BOGO 50٪ off. The email they sent confirming the order did not include the 50% off. The money is pending from my card but they can't find my order Probably because its not the right amount. Customer service is no help. I just have to wait for my money to be returned by my bank. Don't waste your time ordering from them. I've wasted a week now on shoes my son needed by a certain date. I wish I had known they had a 1 star rating. Not to mention they outsource their live chat so you have to waste more time calling the number they give you.

Date of experience: April 7, 2023