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Zoro Reviews Summary

Positive Highlights

  • Zoro offers a wide range of tools, parts, and supplies for businesses.
  • The company provides free shipping on orders over $50.
  • Net 30 terms are available for business customers.

Negative Highlights

  • Customer service representatives are described as incompetent and unhelpful in resolving issues.
  • Orders split across warehouses may result in double billing on credit cards.
  • Some products arrive damaged or non-functional, with no troubleshooting support.
This summary is generated by AI, based on customer reviews from the past year

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Aug 30, 2025

One of the reasons I tried Zoro in this competitive market was because of their participation in the "Fuel Rewards" program. Sadly, these rewards have not come thru to-date.

Jan 7, 2026

I dealt with the 3 most incompetent persons within the Zoro customer service department concerning a Werner ladder that was delivered severely damaged as well as a second Werner ladder that was delivered severely damaged as well. 16 days from the day I placed my order and the only compensation offered was waiving the freight charges and a minuscule 10% off the ladder purchase price. As a customer for 15 years, this is how Zoro deals with a repeat customer who spent hundreds of thousands of dollars with their company! I requested a full refund and will be closing out my account!

Dec 7, 2025

If your order is split into separate shipments from separate warehouses, your credit card gets double billed as the full total, then each shipment, then finally they reverse the full total. When I called they told me that they had 10 days to reverse the full change. I told them they are violating their agreement with MasterCard and Visa. I have used PayPal with them in the past and PayPal does not allow these deceptive business practices, so I recommend avoiding them or using PayPal.

Aug 25, 2025

I used to use zoro everyday. Search now returns unusable results. I refuse to dig through 100s of results to find the one I want. Stop dumping trash into my search results.

Dec 13, 2025

Received product in good condition when I went to use it it did not work no help on line and no trouble shooting instruction on package

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Texas
2 reviews
19 helpful votes
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Stay away from Zoro
April 12, 2020

I bought an aluminum screen door guard that I ended not being able to use. I contacted Zoro Customer Service and was told they couldn't process the return because it was carried out by one of their "re-sellers." I would have to deal with the reseller. I haven't contacted them yet but this is heading towards being way to much trouble.

I could have ordered this thru a big box store & the return could have been done immediately without nonsense.

Never again.

Date of experience: April 12, 2020
Germany
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Great company
April 7, 2020

I read the reviews for zoro.com after I made my purchase and got kind of worried. Well less than a week later I got my order delivered in perfect condition. 10 gallons of super clean weighing 89lbs. Free shipping to my house. Most of these bad reviews are from fools ordering masks and hand sanitizer that is obviously back ordered. Zoro.com has my business and will keep it.

Date of experience: April 7, 2020
Colorado
3 reviews
8 helpful votes
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1/4" socket set
March 28, 2020

On their website showed a set of socket in a grey case 1/4" for 9.99 so I ordered thinking what I saw was a set instead they shipped me one deep 1/4" drive socket misleading advertisement I complained and later saw it posted not actual product! I'm telling anyone the buys something from Zoro be careful to read it close thus guy will not be buying from them again

Date of experience: March 28, 2020
Florida
2 reviews
10 helpful votes
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Cancel order late
March 25, 2020

I work with elderly and so I keep a supply of Purell on hand. Seeing that there would be a shortage, I ordered from Zoro expecting several months delay. Zoro, instead of holding my order until supplies came available they simply cancelled my order--a week and a half after I had ordered it. I lost critical time in making an advanced order for needed supplies. Zoro sucks.

Date of experience: March 25, 2020
Kentucky
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Terrible Website - DO NOT BUY FROM THEM
March 21, 2020

Do yourself a favor and don't start with this company. They DO NOT REPLY to emails! Sat on the phone and was told my order would be credited, but that didn't happen! Nothing but problems and headaches! RUN!

Date of experience: March 21, 2020
Pennsylvania
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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UNETHICAL. HOLE IN THE FLOOR STORE... This junk company doesn't sell anything. They sell stuff for THIRD PARTY sellers and then upcharge. Anticipate long shipping delays, unknown shipping issues, "We don't have a name for you to contact.", "It's not our fault. This is the fault of the third party seller.", "We don't have any phone number and they wouldn't take your call anyway if you don't have a contract with them... Yes, we have a contract with them but I'm not going to call them for you." You will just have to wait to see if the order goes through or if it's cancelled. We will refund your money within a week or so.

Date of experience: March 12, 2020
New York
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Shop elsewhere say time n money
March 9, 2020

Ordered a few things, on the delivery date they cancelled my order, no explanation. Said they didn't charge my card an they clearly did.
Call them they can't even find my order number. Pathetic service!

Date of experience: March 9, 2020
Texas
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Worse experience from online purchase
March 7, 2020

Purchased 2 box of 24 pocket size hand sanitize wipes, got my confirmation number, received confirmation email indicating my product will ship soon. 3 days later I received an email indicating order was canceled due to pandemic product and it was no longer available, all I can think is they knew demand has gone up and even when my order was already confirmed but they canceled it to sell the same with much higher prices, good example of price gouge. I will continue provide a review that is best for this greedy company.

Date of experience: March 7, 2020
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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This is a third party scam site. They did not have product, Did not return customer service emails. Did not give updates, No refund..

Date of experience: March 4, 2020
Texas
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Bad shipping, worse customer service.
March 4, 2020

Like receiving poorly shipped items that arrive broke n? Love spending hours trying to return items and actually getting to talk with someone in customer service? Then this company is for you! If you are busy like me, you don't have time to mess with stupidity like this. The item I received (unknowningly purchased from Zoro via the Walmart website) was damaged in shipping. While this does happen, it has been a headache to get this item replaced. Phone calls are left on hold and emails take forever to be returned. While damaged items are understandable, poor customer service is not. I would NOT recommend buying anything from this company.

Date of experience: March 4, 2020
Texas
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Drop order
March 2, 2020

Order several items and payed through PayPal. Some how the order got dropped. Zoro blamed PayPal, PayPal blamed Zoro. Zoro said they did not get order from PayPal even tho I ORDER THROUGH ZORO and just paid with PayPal. If I reorder I will not get discount that was on the first order

Date of experience: March 2, 2020
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Easy to order and fast delivery
February 20, 2020

Ordered a 24ft extension ladder got it delivered 2 days later. The ladder didn't have any dings from delivery like many other experienced.

Date of experience: February 20, 2020
Minnesota
3 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Good Job Zoro
February 9, 2020

Very satisfied with my first experience with Zoro. They were always available to answer any questions. The representatives were knowledgeable, respectful and Kind. The shipping was right on time and they called like I asked before they shipped a very large package. Its not to hard to tell when your dealing with a professional company like Zoro. They answer there phone and do what they say there going to. Oh yea. With the promotional offer the operator told me about I saved $200 dollors and the product ended up being almost $300 cheeper then any other company. I will be using Zoro for future products. Thanks Zoro.

Date of experience: February 7, 2020
California
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Wouldn't have believed a company would be so irresponsible if I hadn't experienced it myself.

I ordered face masks for $48, as well as two $1 items to have a total price of $50 to qualify for free shipping.

At the time, everything was running normally, everything was marked in stock, everything gave a shipping date within a couple of business days. I got my receipt and invoice for the order in my email.

Several days later, I get another email with my sales receipt - with only the $1 items listed on it, and conveniently the most important item, the masks, missing. No notification, no update, no explanation, just "poof", gone.

So I called and emailed them asking what's the deal, how did a product I ordered suddenly disappear from my order, and why didn't anyone tell me. Of course, they just came up with excuse after excuse trying to cover their butts, but none of them held water.

Basically, they are irresponsible and unprofessional in the way they dealt with this. Hiding the fact they cancelled one of my orders. When I called, they said "now it's backordered, we have no idea when/if it'll be sent out, that's up to the manufacturer." Funny thing is, it wasn't on back order when I ordered it, it gave an estimated time of shipping, and I got a receipt and invoice for it. They just changed it all after the fact.

So yeah, don't trust this company, they'll do as they please with your order, make changes without updating you, and quite possibly just not fulfill your order (again, without any explanation). Even if you call, they'll just give you the runaround, somehow it's not their fault, it's someone else's fault. So much for customer service.

Date of experience: February 3, 2020
Illinois
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Do expect to receive what you ordered
February 3, 2020

Zoro has to be some sham website. Ordered one small item three weeks ago and still have only received excuses. Canceled the order and wrote this review. Don't waste your time with them because they don't care. Waiting to see if I get me money back

Date of experience: February 3, 2020
Massachusetts
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Missing parts
February 2, 2020

Missing parts. Called & spoke with 2 people. Two different times. Never heard back from them. Stay away!

Date of experience: February 2, 2020
Florida
1 review
4 helpful votes
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False advertisement
February 1, 2020

Their hassle free return is a BS, nowhere in the website, invoice or confirmation email says 30 days return is required, however the all 3 have in Bold capital letters HASSLE FREE RETURNS. For a $200 dollar outlet you would expect a better costumer service!

Date of experience: February 1, 2020
William C.
Kentucky
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Fabulous Customer Service
January 18, 2020

I ordered 2 ignitors for my furnace and both were broken when recieved. I called customer service at 4:00 and they had replacements on their way to me in less than an hour. Can't ask for better service than that!

Date of experience: January 17, 2020
Texas
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Incredible customer service
January 11, 2020

I ordered a coffee maker for a trip; it didn't arrive on the date promised. However, Zoro's phones are answered by a real live human. My questions were answered immediately and in a very professional manner. Ultimately I was allowed to keep the appliance and given a full refund. In this time when the govt cannot be trusted to accomplish anything, this company's efficiency is unparalleled and very appreciated. I will look for other items needed on their website, and they come close to Amazon's customer service policy.

Date of experience: January 9, 2020
GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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What a bunch of chancers!
December 20, 2019

Ordered some Brass bar and the site clearly states next day delivery on orders over £20.
I waited for the delivery, got a no show from the delivery e-mail stating order date. I called and questioned where the order was?, to be told the stock was not even in, but they happily took my ££. Gave a lead time of some 3 weeks (16 Dec 2019), so I stuck with them. I called to make sure they were going to honor the order. I got told the stock was now due in FEB 2020! I was told Ben would call that day... of course he did not. Got him next day but made to wait for him. Ben then stated who said it was a next day service?! I said look at your own site. He said he was refunding my money. As yet not seen it... having to chase it via a complaint procedure on Barclay card. Issue still ongoing. Don't believe anything they say if your reputation depends on a delivery from them! Absolutely no honor, honesty or decency

Date of experience: December 20, 2019

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Business History

  • (855) 289-9676
  • Chicago, Illinois, United States
  • Founded in 2010