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urbanoutfitters.com
casual, general, vintage & retro, swimwear men, womenAge 26-45
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urbanoutfitters.com
+1 800-282-2200
USA
Urban Outfitters is part of URBN Urban Outfitters, Inc.
Clothing item from Urban OutfittersFashion apparel by Urban OutfittersMerchandise from Urban Outfitters clothing lineUrban Outfitters fashion product

Business Highlights

General

Parent Company: URBN Urban Outfitters, Inc.
Target Gender: men, women
Target Age Group: 26-45

Shipping

Shipping Cost: free
Free Shipping: sometimes
Free Shipping Detail: for orders over $50

Returns

Return Policy: not free
Return Instructions: the items must either be unused or defective merchandise
Return Cost: $5 restocking fee

Sustainability

Sustainability Score: Not Good Enough
Recycling Program: no

Product

Style: casual, general, vintage & retro, swimwear
Body Fit: regular
Available Sizes: Men's (XS, S, M, L, XL, XXL), Women's (XS, S, M, L, XL)

Customer Service

Support Channels: chat, phone
Support Phone: +1 800-282-2200

Payment Options

Payment Methods: card payments, financing, PayPal
Buy Now Pay Later: Klarna, Afterpay

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Urban Outfitters Reviews Summary

Urban Outfitters has a rating of 1.5 stars from 485 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Urban Outfitters most frequently mention customer service, credit card and order online. Urban Outfitters ranks 374th among General Apparel sites.

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Canada
3 reviews
5 helpful votes
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I ordered from the US website instead of Canadian website by mistake and they basically told me too bad when I asked if I can return the items. What company these days don't accept returns? Absolute joke of a company who couldn't care less about their customers. Never will order from them again but I'm sure they don't care.

Date of experience: April 3, 2019
California
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I ordered 3 shirts for my husband for Christmas and it must have been lost in the mail. UPS said it was delivered to my address but I never received it. I receive multiple packages daily and have never had an issue. I called customer service the next day and they told me they have been having issues with packages saying they were delivered but they weren't and to wait a week and call back. Unfortunately, the package never showed up and my husband did not receive his Christmas gifts. I called customer service and was able to reorder one of the shirts (which I received after Christmas) but the other two had sold out. I was refunded my money on the package that was never delivered. However, yesterday morning a month and a half after this ordeal happened I received an email saying I was going to be charged for the package that was not delivered because on their end UPS had marked it as "delivered". I called urban customer service and was told that I would have to deal with UPS and it's not your problem it's my problem to deal with. The two women I spoke to, a customer service rep and a supervisor were so condescending and rude and would not help me with this situation at all. If you were to look at my track record and see how much money I spend in urban monthly and how I have never had an issue with lost mail, and how I actually reordered one of the shirts I never received you would think the company would let me keep my reimbursement. This is the worst customer service I have ever received and i am basically being accused of fraud with no merit. I ended up calling my bank and issuing a charge back and opening up a case with them. I received an email today from urban outfitters basically telling me that I am banned from shopping there until they receive $104.00 from me. If I place an order they immediately be cancled. What a joke! If they look at my track record of how much money I spend there they are really losing a lot of money. This has been the worst customer service experience I have ever had from a company. Such BS!

Date of experience: March 1, 2019
New York
1 review
3 helpful votes
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DO NOT TRUST THEM
February 27, 2019

THEY EAT YOUR MONEY! Be carefull! I bought couple of things in November and they never shipped it to me! I got an confirmation email for one of them and I never got it! So I called and said that I have not recived two items on my list and they did not refund me back one of them because they said that 30 days past! They have not sent me any shipping conformation amail for the other items how should i know that you sent it to me?! NOT RELIABLE AND WORSE CUSTOMER SERVICE! They do not care! Not at all! Do not trust this company!

Date of experience: February 27, 2019
Georgia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Way to go!
February 7, 2019

The team was extraordinarily helpful to me! I worked with TFG several years ago when buying my first hotel unit and again to buy the second one recently. Both times, I was extremely pleased with my experience. I really enjoed working with you! Way to go!

Date of experience: February 6, 2019
Texas
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Ordered daughter's 16th birthday present well in advance. Supposedly in stock but apparently not. When it hadn't arrived 10 days later, supervisor (Amy) said it was supposed to be in stock the next day, she would have it shipped overnight, and if it didn't arrive in stock as expected, she would call and let me know. No call so I assumed it was on its way. Still not here 3 days later, so I called and was told it shipped today but it was impossible to change shipping speed to overnight. Seriously? In 2019? Now it's too late to shop for something else before the party tomorrow. My daughter will be terribly disappointed. If only Amy had called as promised, I could have shopped elsewhere. Thank you very much, Urban (and Amy).

Date of experience: February 1, 2019
Germany
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I ordered chairs for my apartment from Urban Outfitters online. When I got them they didn't work so I reached out to customer service and they said to package them back up and they would be picked up. There is no option to return in stores. I did exactly as was asked, used the label provided and got the tracking info. The chairs were picked up. A month later I still not have received a refund, the chairs are "lost" and their "shipping department is investigating" before i can get my money back. These chairs were not inexpensive and it is extremely frustrating not to get my refund back because of their shipping errors. I have contacted customer service four times already and they tell me every time that the shipping department will be in touch with me in 24-48 hours. I WILL NEVER ORDER FURNITURE FROM THEM AGAIN!

Date of experience: January 28, 2019
Bulgaria
6 reviews
28 helpful votes
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I love their home stuff and have purchased a fair share but their advisors can be very off putting at times. If you were to call, you would have a much better experience because I have run into agents on chat who are so clueless, they don't even know how to use their own systems and yet are more than willing to argue with you, so you might want to skip that fruitless endeavour and send an email instead. However, when using the online form, you don't get a confirmation email so unless they reply you have no way of referencing it and are stuck waiting for what could be days and weeks only to be back to square one and have to do it all over again. So stick to phone, though if you are outside the US, chances are it will cost you greatly unless you have free minutes in your plan because conversations and phone orders always end up lasting longer than you anticipated.

Date of experience: January 18, 2019
Pennsylvania
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Edited review- I ordered a Kanken last Friday, (obviously paid for it in full) but UO sent me a freaking black cardigan. My order invoice said frost blue kanken so how on earth did they mistake it for a sweater? There was zero return labels in the box just this sweater that was honestly ugly and cheap feeling. Customer service was really great, she was really nice and expedited my (hopefully) correct order and sent me a return label. This however will be my first and last order with UO because I can't get over how such a nice store got my order so wrong. Update- it's been 4 days and I've still received nothing. I just called again and they said my case is still open and will be for another 36 to 72 hours then they'll close it out and you'll get an email about what happens next. JUST SEND ME MY CORRECT ORDER IT IS NOT THAT HARD.

Date of experience: January 3, 2019
Montana
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I have never before written a response online before and hopefully will never again have to. But my experience with Urban Outfitters is probably the worst experience I have ever had with ordering something online. I ordered a product that was in stock on November 22nd and paid the additional $16.99 to get the product between December 12th and December 20th. Now ultimately the product did not get sent to me until today, which is December 24th and will not be here until January 3rd at the earliest. That was quite frustrating, but it happens sometimes a backlog and their system isn't inept. But not only that, but they have refused to reimburse me for the $16.99, which was only paid to get the product prior to the holiday. Honestly is truly pathetic how bad their operations is. While I do like Urban Outfitters products and think they are reasonably prices, I will never ever ever order anything from them ever again. And I feel slightly amused to know this experience happens to alot of people.

Date of experience: December 28, 2018
Florida
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I chose to write an email, only because of my online experience. (In store staff, and availability is always great)

(All my praise goes to in store employees, especially located in Millenia mall, sweetest genuine people who really do help and don't make checking out feel like just a transacation)

On a different note, my experience with customer support (over the phone) was so unprofessional that I almost just wanted a refund. I don't recommend online shopping here whatsoever just in case of any mishaps.

Date of experience: December 26, 2018
Colorado
4 reviews
11 helpful votes
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The worst
December 24, 2018

It really does baffle me that this huge company, treats customers so poorly, yet stays in business year after year. I won't do anymore business with them after being treated so terribly. I've spent over $2500 this holiday season with them and have been treated like a second thought. I caution you against purchasing from them online. What a mess...

Date of experience: December 24, 2018
Canada
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I made an order on the 23 of November and 3 weeks later i still have not received my order. I contacted them and they said my package was lost so they filed a refund request and said that I will receive an email in the next 48 hours. I wait 1 week and still no message. I contact them again and they tell me i should wait another 48 hours.

Horrible customer service. DO NOT order online. It is SCAM! They take your money before your order is even shipped!

Date of experience: December 22, 2018
Denmark
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Delivery not working
December 22, 2018

Urban Outfitters promised delivery of my order before Christmas, and as it was a gift it would have been in order then to receive it before Christmas, but nothing was working about the delivery after ordering; not able to track the order, not any help and support at the customer service, they didn't want to help finding out where the parcel was and then pushing it to arrive in time. I should have ordered from another shop, this is a really bad service, for Christmas customers.

Date of experience: December 21, 2018
Colorado
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Never ordering again
December 18, 2018

I ordered birkinstocks for my daughter for Christmas. They never notified me that the item is out of stock until Feb 22! I just found out and now have to try to run around and get my daughter something else for Christmas. No notification. Nothing. NEVER AGAIN

Date of experience: December 18, 2018
New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Horrible!
December 12, 2018

Do not know where to start. Placed an order November 20th. Received notification that it shipped however the package never left the warehouse? I've called, emailed, chatted. The C service is sooooo bad. They said the package is lost and I would now have to wait 3-5 days for a refund. Its been 13 days NO REFUND. Its crazy. I filed a complaint with the BBB.
So disgusted with the company right now.

Date of experience: December 12, 2018
Canada
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Dispute the charges
December 11, 2018

Urban Outfitters takes no responsibility for missing packages or neither they care about packages stuck in transit beyond expected delivery dates, you need to contact the credit card company to get your money back
They do not care, I contacted them via chat, Twitter, phone, they just so they do not care, no refund, not our responsibility...
DISPUTE NOW

Date of experience: December 11, 2018
Canada
1 review
5 helpful votes
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I ordered online at Urban Outfitter and my items went to the wrong address due to their system error as it prompts you to select the verified address and then I realized later on, the items went to the wrong address, I promptly contacted UO via chat and phone number, both reps told me to just suck it and "not our responsibility for delivered items." ANd, the phone rep became so belligerent and started yelling! So I'll be filing a dispute so good luck if you have a missing package because they do not take responsibility and they told me to go "retrieve" from the other location as I had already told them I went to the other location and nothing and they wont refund due to their own system error! Bunch of crooks and spoke with a "supervisor" Jolanda and she goes, "we wont be refunding a web order." WTH, most orders are web orders! They need to be sued!

Date of experience: December 5, 2018
California
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Disappointed
November 15, 2018

I ordered a really cute denim dress from urban outfitters. Every email they sent me gave me the indication that I was going to receive what I ordered, but when it arrived it was COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. I called customer service, and I got a refund. When I asked about getting what I ORDERED IN THE FIRST PLACE she said they were completely sold out'. If they were sold out why didn't they just postpone my package than just send me something I didn't want. I have to return this thing now, AND I STILL DIDN'T GET WHAT I WANTED IN THE FIRST PLACE! Good customer service, horrible product distribution!

Date of experience: November 15, 2018
Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Horrible Experience
November 10, 2018

I do a lot of online shopping, this company is the absolute worst I've encountered. I ordered a dress. I get an email saying the order was canceled, here's a coupon for 20% off and free shipping. So I reorder. The coupon code turns out to only be 15%, not the 20% promised in the email, and with no free shipping. I placed the new order anyway since I really wanted the dress. Few days later I get another email saying they were mistaken, the original order was never canceled, and that it was on its way. I emailed customer service multiple times, they finally sorted things out.

I made another order with another discount code that I received for all my troubles. It was a huge order with more than ten items. I don't know why they can't compile the order into one. Anyways, they sent everything in separate packages. One of the packages was lost. I had to contact customer service. They refunded me, but they made a mistake. I ordered two tube tops of two different colours and they only refunded me for one. So I have to contact them again. Also they have no option of reshipping, any lost items can only be refunded. That means if I were to reorder I'd lose the original discount code that I was using.

I've never in my experience had so many problems with online ordering from a company. I like their products but I'm never ordering from them again. The process is stressful and annoying. Not to mention their shipping isn't free!

Date of experience: November 10, 2018
Illinois
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Buyer beware
November 10, 2018

These guys f*****g suck! Don't order anything from here, it's a scam! Ordered a jacket 2 months ago and no order number/tracking number. Never wrote a review in my life until today

Date of experience: November 10, 2018