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Wayfair

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Wayfair Reviews Summary

The company has garnered significant negative feedback, primarily centered around poor customer service and product quality issues. Many customers reported difficulties with returns, long wait times for support, and unfulfilled orders, leading to frustrations over service delays. Additionally, there are concerns regarding the integrity of pricing and product descriptions. Conversely, a few reviews highlighted positive aspects, such as a wide selection of products and user-friendly purchasing processes. Overall, the prevailing sentiment reflects dissatisfaction, with calls for improved customer support and accountability in handling orders and returns.

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service
817
value
742
shipping
762
returns
630
quality
654
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Pennsylvania
1 review
16 helpful votes
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BED BUGS!
April 28, 2016

Our king-size headboard was full of bedbugs -1we realized it after the install --thousands and thousands our house is now infested--we have bites up and down our bodies -- Wayfair offered me a $100 gift card and my exterminator bill is $1800 and repeat treatments- I have to bag every item of clothing in my home wash it in hot water -keep it bagged for 2 weeks just in case--- you get what your pay for--- do not order anything upholstered!

Date of experience: April 27, 2016
Texas
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Ordered a couch & matching chaise. Great sale prices, name brand (Serta). Beautiful furniture and I've gotten lots of compliments. The chaise originally came damaged. I called Wayfair while delivery guys were still there. They ordered a replacement and told me to keep the damaged one until the new one came. New one was delivered about 2-3 weeks later in perfect condition.
Sometimes, people have to realize Wayfair is a fulfillment house--you place the order, they place it with the manufacturer and it is shipped from there.

Date of experience: April 27, 2016
Wisconsin
1 review
10 helpful votes
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AVOID
April 27, 2016

After being told my order was "ahead of schedule" when I called to inquire about it, it turns out it wasn't. Because it was LOST. How do you lose a bed frame? I called them everyday and was told I'd be contacted back. Never happened. So I had to keep calling to figure out what was going on... only to find out after over a month of waiting that it was lost. AVOID THIS COMPANY. Spend your money elsewhere. Wayfair isn't worth it.

Date of experience: April 27, 2016
Ohio
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Poor customer service
April 24, 2016

With so many on-line companies offering amazing service and products, it pays to shop around. I did not and ended up going with Wayfair. I ordered a product that was VERY different in color from what was shown on-line. Mind you, I spent a great deal of money on this order with about 7 items. They refused to take the item back unless I paid for shipping. The customer service person pretty much said "You should read policies and so sorry but this is what you need to pay if you want a refund". That was it.

PLEASE do yourself a favor to avoid very costly returns, even if you have to return due to Wayfair's error, shop around for a better deal.

Date of experience: April 24, 2016
Canada
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Pricing changes
April 23, 2016

I was about to purchase a bed and headboard for our grandson today - online. I placed the bed in the Shopping Cart and before selecting the headboard I continued with the bed and was about to check out when I noticed it said 'Headboard Included'. Well I'm not looking for anything for nothing but why purchase another headboard if one comes with the bed? I called Wayfair to confirm this and that's where things went sideways. No they said the headboard is not included and while I was talking to them the price actually changed going up about $120 for the same SKU and now on the product information it is saying the headboard is included. What!? I've purchase a couple of things from Wayfair in the past and have recommended them to friends. Like I said we have no problem paying fair price for things but to change the price while you have me on the phone and then behave like it never happened?

Date of experience: April 23, 2016
Pennsylvania
1 review
5 helpful votes
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We ordered 3 barstools from Wayfare.com, the 1st time we have ever used them (and the last) we received confirmation Emails that they Shipped on Apr 5th, estimated arrival date April 7th - April 9th rolls around, and still no bar stools. I had been tracking them and it said 'Shipped' but on fedex -- nothing -- 1st phone call I was 'Assured I will contact the warehouse on Monday (I called on a Saturday) and I will Email you Monday'... No email Monday... Monday afternoon I called back... still no one knows what's up with the stools 'I'll contact the warehouse right away and I'll email you Tuesday, if they can't find them, I'll do a re-order as a rush". Today is Tuesday afternoon... No Email again. 3rd call to Wayfair -- again the pull up my order number. 'I see the problem, there wasnt enough room on the Fed-ex truck (on the 5th) I guess there wasnt enough room on the 6th, 7th 8th, or the 11th either. Please just CANCEL the order... 'You'll see a credit on your credit card in 3-5 business days...(Yea, I believe that! -- Disputing charges today!) Wayfare --- what a JOKE -- They would have to GIVE me a house full of furniture to even CONSIDER them again.

Date of experience: April 12, 2016
Florida
15 reviews
17 helpful votes
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Needed some things for a rental cabin. Woodsy decor us hard to find and you never want to spend much on things renters will just destroy.

Wayfair had the right products. They shipped quickly and everything was as described. Price was equal to quality.

I would and will purchase from them again

Date of experience: April 11, 2016
Louisiana
1 review
6 helpful votes
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I ordered some items and ended up with cheaply made items I had to keep because they keep half of what you paid as supposedly shipping charge.

NEVER, EVER WILL BUY FROM WAYFAIR. First and last time.

Date of experience: April 9, 2016
Florida
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I order a compost bin. It was supposed to arrive next Monday, I received it today, two day earlier. The product is as they advertised. Easy to put together, ii had one similar years ago and love it.
Great service; great Purduct. Very satisfied customer!

Date of experience: April 9, 2016
California
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Gazebo cover
April 6, 2016

Why does wayfair lie so much ordered gazebo cover 10 x10 it was not even close to the right size and I have to pay to return it? Go jump in a lake wayfair!

Date of experience: April 6, 2016
Canada
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Purchased ping pong table for top of pool table arrived damaged and missing pieces tried to contact company but no luck. Worst site ever.

Date of experience: March 31, 2016
Ohio
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Horrible service. I had called to ask a question about a table and chair set the person told me 4 chairs came with the table well it ended up being NO chairs came with the table I called to speak to someone higher up and they didn't do nothing about it told me sorry basically for the miscommunication very rude I will NEVER buy from here ever again.

Date of experience: March 31, 2016
Massachusetts
16 reviews
48 helpful votes
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I ordered a flooring sample about 2 weeks ago. Last week I got an e-mail saying there was a delay. Today I got an e-mail confirming that they cancelled my order as requested. I don't know who cancelled it but it certainly wasn't me.

Either someone at Wayfair decided to cancel my order and didn't bother telling me OR my account was hacked. Either way I'll NEVER buy anything from Wayfair again.

Date of experience: March 29, 2016
Pennsylvania
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Bad shipping
March 29, 2016

Very disappointed about shipping. I orderd the dresser for my daughter. The website says 2 days deliver but i never got the dresser on time. I called customer service. They didn't give me the day for the deliver. It's already 3 weeks i still not have the dresser. What's wrong with it?

Date of experience: March 29, 2016
Canada
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Unacceptable service
March 28, 2016

We called Wayfair Canada to order a bedroom set for our daughter in February 2016. We were concerned about ordering because the desk that came with the set was out of stock. Wayfair Canada assured us that the desk would be back in stock in a couple of weeks and convinced us to put in our order. The collection was discontinued a couple of weeks later and we were never able to order the desk. More importantly we purchased an incomplete set based on a blatant lie from Wayfair. When we got the items we ordered the two chest drawers that were part of the set were damaged, one very badly and the other one just slightly at first view. We accepted the less slightly damaged chest of drawers and sent back the other one. A month later, we still don't have the replacement for it. When we were putting together the chest of drawers we accepted, we found out that the knobs that came with it were not pre-drilled all the way and could not be installed. We had to order replacement knobs. We also ended up ordering a desk from another collection, which arrived damaged. They sent us the desk a second time and again it arrived damaged. After having received the majority of what we ordered damaged and the quality of it deplorable, we decided to put an end to this miserable experience. We called Wayfair and proposed an exchange, we wanted to get a completely different set and send back the initial nightmare set to them. They refused! In order to get our money back, they expect us to repackage the items we opened and assemled and ship everything back to them at our own cost. We thought we were being reasonable in offering to try our luck with another set, but apparently lies and unacceptable service is what Wayfair wants to be known for.

Date of experience: March 28, 2016
Illinois
100 reviews
131 helpful votes
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I bought a king sized comforter for my queen bed. My bedroom is red and black chinese. The comforter is red on one side and black on the other. It looked much nicer in the photo on the WayFair web site and the price was great. Unfortunately, it looks and feels cheap. Something like that probably needs to come from a local store.

Date of experience: March 8, 2016
Colorado
2 reviews
10 helpful votes
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I purchased a rug from Wayfair.com. Not only was the description spot on and the rug of good quality, the delivery was immediate and fast. But the best part is the customer service I received. I went on their website to leave a review of the rug and noticed it was on sale for $50 less than what I paid! I contacted Wayfair.com and they refunded the $50! Now that is good customer service. I will order again with confidence.

Date of experience: March 7, 2016
New Jersey
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Email I sent directly to wayfair:

I have ordered from you multiple times and EVERY SINGLE TIME you have messed up. I always have hope that your company will get their act together, but every time I order from you, something goes wrong. This past order was supposed to arrive today. I got notified TODAY that my rug wouldn't be sent out for close to two weeks even though I was supposed to receive it TODAY. My curtains were supposed to be delivered to my house. Instead, they got delivered to a local Krauszers where I have to go PICK THEM UP MYSELF tomorrow if I have time. Ive been home all day and no one tried to even deliver them here. Its ridiculous. The last time I tried to order a rug from you about a month ago, you sent a completely different rug and tried to rationalize it by telling me on the phone that the one I wasted wasn't in stock so you decided to send a different one. WHAT. You've got to be kidding with that. When I had to return it, I never received my refund, so I had to call and remind you TWICE. You've also sent me a vanity I ordered with MISSING PIECES and the replacement pieces took almost a month to arrive. Once I receive this order, I will no longer be a customer of yours. I will not recommend you to anyone I know. In fact, I plan on doing the exact opposite. Thanks for nothing Wayfair.

Date of experience: March 4, 2016
GB
1 review
10 helpful votes
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Just received the table that I've ordered with wayfair. Opened the pack and found that the table top is damaged and that metal table legs are rusty! And it's suppose to be a brand new product! Honestly so so so disappointed! Called them up and after a half an hour of arguing managed to get the item replaced. So hopefully this time the table will be in the excellent condition. Honestly if the table will arrive in terrible condition again I'll need to demand for a refund.
Oh, and their return policy is to dispose by yourself the faulty item, they don't take it back!
Please, don't ever ever by anything of this website as product and service is horrible!

Date of experience: March 2, 2016
Pennsylvania
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Horrible
March 2, 2016

There policy states that items will be charged to your account as shipped wayfairs does not honor this policy they will hold the charge until all items ship. I bought 4 things the first three came straight away the last came 4 weeks later they held the charge for 4 weeks instead of charging as shipped. When I called to complain they didn't care and made me pay for my own return. Worst company ever do not buy from them

Date of experience: March 1, 2016

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