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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
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S C A M - A L E R T!
November 4, 2021

We have an established Farm and Trucking Company. They declined our micro-order terms, so we decided to never do business with Zoro. We have ever been denied credit and we will never stand for an denials, ever, ever. This told us a great deal about Zoro. In fact, we went to a competitor and ordered the very same product, got approved by PO and have already tendered payment. The way I See it, is that if Zoro was so quick to deny us,, how could we ever trust their judgment, going forward? We can't. Integrity is everything to us. Then, the final straw was the connection we uncovered that Zoro has with one of the most unscrupulous companies on the web. A company so bad, that they should be criminally charged. That, was the icing on the cake, In this sense, we were relieved.

Date of experience: November 4, 2021
New York
1 review
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Great Service
October 28, 2021

I found my item there called them and spoke to the sales lady - and a day or 2 after it was already delivered. They have great service. Would definitely use them again.

Date of experience: October 28, 2021
GB
1 review
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Serverly flawed and horrible to deal with
October 28, 2021

My first purchase from this newly formed company (1 year old) but doubt very much they will last another Year, total cowboys and very awkward to deal with

Date of experience: October 28, 2021
California
1 review
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Best price and fast shipping and delivery
October 15, 2021

I hesitate to buy from this website after reading the review. However Zoro has the best price compared to other places. So I took the risk to buy from this website. I bought thousand dollars anvil and it's still cheaper than other places. The next day it shipped and it arrived the day after the shipping date. So surprised that it arrived so fast. Great experience. Definitely going to order from this website again.

Date of experience: October 13, 2021
Oregon
1 review
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Terrible Service
October 11, 2021

I bought a $1200 auto fill valve for a boiler system and had a plumber install it for $350. However it did not work and I paid the plumber another $200 to figure out why. Turned out to be a very small defective part, so I called the manufactuer who said they will warranty it and send out the part if their distributer Zoro.com requests the parts. However Zoro.com wants me to pay the plumber $200 to uninstall it and then for me to send it back to them. Then they will send me a new one back out at which time I can pay the plumber another $350 to install it. All this instead of just requesting the warranty parts be drop shipped to me, costing Zoro nothing and me getting out of this issue for less money. I will never order anything from Zoro.com ever again, and no one else should either. -Andrew Losli

Date of experience: October 11, 2021
California
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Don't purchase from Zoro
October 9, 2021

I purchased 3 cases of Tejava Tea and only received 1 case. I contacted them twice and they said they would send the remaining two cases, but that was more than a month ago and I still have not received the balance of my order. This company is a complete rip-off! Don't make the same mistake I made by purchasing anything from them.

Date of experience: October 9, 2021
New York
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RUN... JUST RUN
October 5, 2021

I wouldn't buy from them again if they were giving away stuff for free! Worst business I have ever dealt with in my life. Ship damaged items, promise refunds that never come - outright fraudulent! Run... just run!

Date of experience: October 5, 2021
Washington
2 reviews
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A satisfied customer speaks up.
October 4, 2021

Just received my order# SO*******. I am pleased with the whole transaction. My conversations with the staff was helpful with my questions. I have ordered other items in the past and expect to find on the site other things you offer that will fit the bill for me. Color me a loyal customer. Thank you. Cliff

Date of experience: October 2, 2021
Arizona
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We received a black color dispenser while the website is showing Smoke Color. I contacted the Manufacturer Georgia Pacific and asked if Smoke color are available. According to them Smoke were discontinued a while ago. Its very deceptive that Zoro still sell them under Smoke Color.

Date of experience: September 29, 2021
New Jersey
2 reviews
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Pathetic customer experience
September 23, 2021

Placed the order # SO******* on 18th Aug and was informed the next day that one of the two items is discontinued and another is on backorder. The backorder item was provided with a shipment date of 15th Sep. Today is 23rd Sep and now they tell me their supplier is not responding. Seriously. Their customer service is also pathetic, until I followed up 3 times, no one would give me any information. Worst customer experience.

Date of experience: September 23, 2021
Hawaii
1 review
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Won't return item
September 23, 2021

Purchase the ceiling fan for a rental that I live in and found out it was the incorrect unit that I needed. Tried to return it but evidently they have a 30-day return policy and even though I just spent six weeks in the hospital and had no opportunity to do so they won't help me out in any way shape or form and I just lost $140 through these lousy pieces of crap, don't waste your time go to a company that actually has customer service and will help the customer

Date of experience: September 23, 2021
Arizona
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Quick
September 23, 2021

I was looking at reviews of this site beforehand and I was a little worried, but I ordered a compressor and got it within 3 days. I probably won't use this site much, but for what I needed that day, it worked out great.

Date of experience: September 22, 2021
Colorado
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Poor Delivery (WARNING AVOID AT ALL COST)
September 21, 2021

Promised 48 Hour shipping
5 days later and still no tracking number, Just been told Supplier changed the delivery date

I made the purchase from ZORO not their supplier

Date of experience: September 21, 2021
New Jersey
2 reviews
6 helpful votes
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Ordered a Meyda Tiffany floor lamp. A week later, no shipping notification. Called customer service, and was told that the item is out of stock, and they have to cancel the order. Fine - received confirmation that the order was cancelled, and ordered a different torchiere, at a different web site. Suddenly, I'm receiving an email from Zorro, saying that my credit card was charged again - of course, without my permission, and of course, no merchandise is being shipped (which I don't need now anyway). No response to emails, and no refund after 2 phone calls, each time assuring me that refund will be issued immediately.

This company is clueless about how to do business at best, and just plain old thieves at worst. Steer clear - you are not getting what you ordered, no matter how good is the deal you're supposedly getting (should've been a red flag, I guess).

Date of experience: September 17, 2021
Rhode Island
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
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Crooks!
September 2, 2021

Placed an online order on August 5 for product. Product was received completely damaged and unusable. Called and emailed. No reply. Ended up opening a claim with paypal. They ended up send the replacement package 2 weeks later to the completely wrong business in a completely different State. Had to dispute with PayPal again... STILL NO REFUND! It's been nearly a month now, NO Credit was issued and Have not received product. Don't bother calling or emailing because they don't answer phones. Crooked and Unethical. We will NOT be buying and will be telling our co-franchisee's about them to ensure they don't buy from them either!

Date of experience: September 2, 2021
Kentucky
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
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Bussines on rigt way! (sorcastic)
August 30, 2021

Ordered Chandelier from Zoro, Never received product,
After weeks and emails to Zoro, "Must send from factory", costumer service explain,
Call to factory, "We are don't have this product anymore",
But lamp still is still on Zoro wed with 3 Day shipping,

I recommended to Zoro and other this virtual type company to start real estate Mars land if it not sold et, picture is free from NASA.web.

Date of experience: August 30, 2021
Kentucky
6 reviews
32 helpful votes
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Misleading product availability
August 20, 2021

It was my dad's birthday and he wanted a specific (and hard to find) set of Miata headlights that are out of stock everywhere else online. Zoro claimed to have these in stock. I paid for them, waited, four days later they tell me they're out of stock. Seriously? All of these other complaints on here about their lack of customer service are pretty much dead on. If you don't have something in stock and know it, take it off your website and don't tell people you have it in stock. It's misleading and dishonest. Avoid this website if you value your time and sanity.

Date of experience: August 20, 2021
New York
1 review
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Do not order unless you want to wait
August 19, 2021

I placed an order on zoro due to the fact that it stated the item would ship within one business day. 3 days later & counting the item has not shipped. I called customer support & spoke to Rachel, who told me that on her internal system, the item would not ship for 3-5 business days. I asked how long it would take to get a refund if I decided to cancel. She said between 7-10 business days. She said if the item hasn't shipped by the 5th business day to call back! I understand there's a shortage of workers, but 5 business days for an item to ship? Where's it coming from, the moon? That's absolutely fricken ridiculous. It's 2021. 7-10 business days for a refund? You took the money right away, why does it take 7-10 fricken business days to get it back. This is my first & last time ordering from them. I'll stick to Amazon in future. Avoid at all costs. I should have read the reviews first before ordering & went with my gut.

Date of experience: August 19, 2021
GB
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Good stuff with good prices
August 18, 2021

Best prices anywhere in UK with free postage on orders over £20.
Fantastic service with Parcel Force tracked delivery.
I would recommend Zoro for good quality tools and paint (which is what I ordered).

Date of experience: August 18, 2021
Pennsylvania
1 review
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Goofy
August 13, 2021

Sounds like reps respond to a script, do NOT listen well! Will not return. Fixed, but very troublesome.

Date of experience: August 13, 2021

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Business History

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