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Zulily

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Zulily Reviews Summary

Zulily's reputation reflects a significant decline in customer satisfaction, with many long-term shoppers expressing disappointment in product quality and customer service. While some appreciate the variety of offerings, a prevalent concern is the inconsistency in product quality, often described as low and poorly represented online. Customers frequently report frustrations with shipping delays, cumbersome return policies, and inadequate customer support. The shift in management appears to have exacerbated these issues, leading to a general sentiment of disillusionment among previously loyal customers, urging the company to reassess its operational practices to regain trust.

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512
value
515
shipping
533
returns
409
quality
479

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Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I ordered a Christmas gift for my nephew on Zulily.com. Once it finally arrived, they mysteriously billed my credit card multiple times (in odd amounts) AND charged me for shipping (which is supposedly free when you spend over $20). When I called to find out what the heck was going on, they explained "We don't bill your credit card until the items ship out. The extra charges you are seeing are for "pre-authorizations. These extra charges will disappear after 72 hours". Ok- we will see. Maybe I'm missing something here, but I don't understand why they would be charging odd "pre-auth" amounts to my Visa AFTER I have already paid for the items and AFTER the items were delivered? Will NOT be using them again.

Date of experience: December 9, 2013
New York
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Don'; t ever buy here, if you do you have to wait almost two months to get your stuff.
Plus item are of a poor quality and sizes are too small. Don't waste your time and money.

Date of experience: December 9, 2013
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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First of all, I pulled up Zulily to review the quality and style of their merchandise. Right away, I had to give them my email address and password and then they wanted my name address and telephone number. I exited the site. From what I could see of the merchandise, it was tacky, substandard.

Date of experience: December 8, 2013
Florida
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I've ordered from them several times and yes shipping is slow but, I expected that after reading their website. However, my complaint is about ordering a few things that never arrived. After contacting customer service they tell me " I'm sorry you were never contacted but, your order of this/these items was canceled because of a stocking issue." So, I was sitting here waiting on stuff that would never come. This did not happen once, but twice in the last two months. I will not be shopping with them again. Most of the time stuff they have on their site is the same price on amazon anyway. Very disappointed. Would not suggest ordering from them at all.

Date of experience: December 8, 2013
Pennsylvania
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Don't be fooled by this site. Their clothing is a very poor quality. The prices are not cheap for the quality of clothing they sell. Shipping takes months! Customer service is awful. I'm done w/ them!

Date of experience: December 8, 2013
North Carolina
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I bought from Zulily for about 2 years off and on. Although you get good deals on some items, most of the clothes are of poor quality(some brand name kitchen items not too bad). The one thing I found the most disturbing is the misleading pictures. I bought a little scully cap for my infant. The picture and discription had no mention of a ball on the top of it. When I recieved the product there was a ball of 100%FUR on top! I am anti-fur so this was very upsetting. I stopped buying from them altogether.

Date of experience: December 8, 2013
New York
1 review
2 helpful votes
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HATE IT!
December 7, 2013

HATE IT! This is the 2nd order and the 2nd time the clothes are RIDICULOUSLY too small! I KNOW what size i wear! This time, i saw this beautiful dress. So I went UP a size. NOPE! It came today after over a week of waiting. And shock. ITS TOO SMALL. WHAT THE F*CK is up with this? The first order, was a pair of jeggings. They were SO SMALL. At least by 4 sizes. There is NO way. NO EFFIN WAY they were the size i ordered. But the label said they were. I was totally disappointed..

Date of experience: December 6, 2013
Washington
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I find it odd to see so many negative comments on zulily, any time i had a problem, they take care of it, I had a shirt that came with a hole in it and they gave me my money back and I got to keep the shirt, just fix the hole. And yes their ship times are slow but it CLEARLY noted on the site. I have found the customer service to be Amazing. As for quality of items, it sometimes is a crap shoot, but again I found the customer service reps empowered and ready to help out, even if it is store credit. I did order a shirt and wonder why it fit so small, but my bad I didnt look at he size chart. You really have to read over the whole description and site rules and stuff before you can get too upset.

Date of experience: December 6, 2013
Texas
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I will admit that some of the giftware is fine but the clothes run very, very small. I decided to only order brands I was familiar with if there was a good deal. So far 2 pair of size 9 shoes, dansko and earth, have been passed on to my size 7.5 friend. Will not do this again. The shipping is slow but that is clearly stated on the site.

Date of experience: December 6, 2013
Texas
8 reviews
15 helpful votes
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Shop name brands only
December 5, 2013

I've bought lots of times from Zulily and what I have learned is to shop name brands only. I read a lot of reviews of the cheap workmanship/fabrics their low priced clothing is made of and my experience has been the same. If it is a brand with it's OWN website, it is a safer bet. I only wish a $20 dress would look as cute in person but it never does and there is no return policy so buyer beware!

Date of experience: December 5, 2013
Washington
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I placed an order over a month ago and the order still hasn't arrived. There hasn't even been one email to update me on the status of my order. This company is a joke. Please avoid at all costs. I fell for their slick advertising and polished website. I wish I had been more diligent and read the reviews of this site before ordering.

Date of experience: December 4, 2013
Illinois
1 review
2 helpful votes
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My purchases from Zulilly took over a month to receive, none of the sizes were correct, very cheap material for the pricing, Would not recommend ordering anything from them.

Date of experience: December 3, 2013
Illinois
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Just received shirt I ordered for my son that showed 'Pluto' brand on tag in picture online. Received shirt and its the cheap 'Rabbit' brand you can buy at Walgreens--not a Pluto shirt.

It is not legal to bait and switch but they do. When emailing them with a pic and asking for a explanation, they did mot respond. Just noticed a $10 credit I can use but NO notification even in regards to credit.

BUYER BEWARE! You may not receive what you think you ordered!

Date of experience: December 2, 2013
Georgia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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It's been nearly a month and my stuff still is not here. I am soooo sorry I decided to give this outfit a try. If and when my merchandise gets here their emails will go to my spam. No chance of returning anything if it's wrong; I could kick myself as I NEVER order things that can't be returned. (Where was my brain that day?) But they did say that up front. However, I have a feeling that if anything is defective it'll be a cold day in Hades to get it taken care of. 12/2/13

Date of experience: December 2, 2013
New Jersey
2 reviews
10 helpful votes
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This site is absolutely ridiculous... I can't even speak for the items because I have not received anything and it's almost been a month since I placed my order... I will NEVER shop here again... I'll stick with Amazon where I get my items in 2 days... even ebay where I've ordered items from China that are here by now... what a waste of time and money...

Date of experience: November 30, 2013
Minnesota
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I have placed more than 20 orders with Zulily and have managed to score only a couple of really good deals. Overall, I feel scammed and cheated. My most recent order included two shrug sweaters (same sweater/differant colors) that looked really cute in the photo. When I got them both had the collars on upside down! Add to that all the items that were not true to size, the sweaters that did not show in the photo that they were "glittery" instead of the finish they looked like, the shoes that have such slippery soles they are unwearable, etc. etc...

I'm done ordering from them.

Date of experience: November 30, 2013
Oklahoma
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Ordered a maternity coat, recieved a NORMAL FITTED COAT and there is no return policy. I will never order from them again.

Date of experience: November 30, 2013
New York
1 review
1 helpful vote
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This site sells crap from places like Walmart, big lots, etc and prices it above the in store prices... if you guys are going to scam customers, at least take the store label off first!

Date of experience: November 29, 2013
Colorado
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Don't be fooled, these aren't great deals! Had been ordering on this site for over a year spending hundreds thinking what a deal I was getting! Then one day I ordered a kids indoor/outdoor tent for $20, went to Ross the next day and saw the EXACT tent for 14.99. Fast forward a few months, bought a kids learning puzzle at Ross for $4 went on the site the next day and saw the exact same puzzle for $8.99!

Date of experience: November 29, 2013
South Dakota
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Shipping takes WAY too long. I still don't have my order. Notified my credit card company.

Date of experience: November 28, 2013