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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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New York
1 review
7 helpful votes
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I received a shipment which was supposed to contain a xmas gift I ordered on 12/20/18. When I opened the box it was not my item and not my name on packing slip. And something really ugly! Emailed three times and got nothing but the canned response. Very poor customer service

Date of experience: January 2, 2019
Texas
2 reviews
8 helpful votes
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OK... So I too do NOT enjoy anyone keeping or trying to keep money that simply put... is MINE. That said, hold ZULILY to the same high standards they expect from you! Here's how...
Does the item you received MATCH or come close, to the sizing chart you were shown at the time of your purchase? WRITE THIS DOWN WHEN YOU ORDER! If not, get a supervisor & insist on a refund! If the merch is not presented appropriately, (and 80% of the time it's not!) then you have every right for 1 of 2 things to happen... They must EXCHANGE the item for one matching the sizing posted, (not gonna happen ladies) or they may refund the purchase! No loopholes girls. If they refuse, call your bank! A GOOD bank will back you up (credit OR debit) oh, and they MUST provide you with a FREE RETURN SHIPPING LABEL! Hope this helps, then perhaps they'll finally Get The Message.

Date of experience: January 1, 2019
Oregon
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Zulily used to be good. They used to sell excess products from reputable department stores. So... i ordered two sweaters as Christmas gifts. Not cheap - totalling around 75.00. I ordered on Nov 28th. It is now Dec 31st and NOTHING. I now find out they're selling crap from China, and blaming the federal government shutdown for the delay. Their customer service response is some canned, say-nothing-in-100-words BS. They have become nothing but a go-between for crummy products from China. DO NOT BUY FROM ZULILY - OR SUZANNE BETRO PRODUCTS ( the Brand Name of the sweaters)

Date of experience: December 31, 2018
Virginia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I have since ordered from zulily and I had a pretty good experience. I didn't understand the process at first but now that I know I will give extra time to receive my purchases because they have a lot of nice things. They also offer a payment plan that allows you to split up your payments if they are over a certain amount.

Date of experience: December 31, 2018
Illinois
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Not even once!
December 31, 2018

Zulily supposedly changed their return policy. If something doesn't fit (a regular occurrence for most of us), they KEEP our money as a store credit. No choice. So, let's see - an item or two doesn't fit, we send it back, THEY keep our money, no refund, only a store credit MINUS the shipping/handling $8.95 which we have NOW paid twice for - and then each time we are forced to use the store credit we didn't want in the first place, and something doesn't fit? We get dinged again $8.95 and pretty soon, they have not only kept our money the first time but we will have in essence paid through the nose again for nothing. FIGHT BACK - CUSTOMERS - do NOT take this BS from Zulily.

Date of experience: December 31, 2018
Virginia
1 review
6 helpful votes
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I have purchased twice from Zulily and received terrible quality clothing. First of all, it took a month and a half to get my order (!) so be prepared to WAIT if you are dare to make a purchase... Refunds are only applied to store credit, and you have to pay $8.95 shipping to send anything back. So I tried to spend the store credit and received clothing of terrible quality again, again a month and a half later, only to send it back and be docked another 8.95 for shipping. After three phone calls to Zulily, two folks told me I could get my money back on my credit card and the last one said they all were wrong and I could only get store credit... again. At this point all of my original money will be spent on shipping inferior products back to Zulily. I will never again shop at Zulily and neither will anyone I know.

Date of experience: December 29, 2018
Indiana
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Horrible Company
December 20, 2018

Products are not as described and of low quality, and nothing ever ships or is received on time. Customer service is a joke and will refuse to address any concerns, instead giving generic, canned responses and excuses for their terrible practices. THE definition of a shady company. Stay far away, there are hundreds of other merchants with better products and shipping, and WAY better customer service.

Date of experience: December 20, 2018
Maryland
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Made in Italy purses
December 13, 2018

I do not believe these purses are coming from italy... shipped from Ohio... customer service rep said they come from an international vendor? China?... very sketch websites

Date of experience: December 13, 2018
Georgia
1 review
5 helpful votes
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I placed an order on 11/26/18 for a personalized item as a Christmas present. I received a confirmation email that the estimated shipping date would be 12/07/18. Well 12/07/18 came and went with no update from Zulily. On 12/11/18 I reached out to check the status of my order and was told by Zulily that they apologized that no one had informed me that there was a delay with shipping my item and they did not know when it would ship. I asked to cancel the order and was told they would get back to me within 7-10 days! Are you kidding me!?

Date of experience: December 13, 2018
Illinois
4 reviews
4 helpful votes
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They keep your money
December 12, 2018

I have occasionally ordered clothing from Zulily for years. Despite the return/stocking fee of $8.95 being a bit ridiculous, I really never had major problems with Zulily -

UNTIL DECEMBER 2018!

Most women order a couple of different sizes because sizes are
All over the place. So imagine my shock and dismay when I decided to return a
Few items, and they tell me I get a STORE CREDIT.

I replied that I didn't WANT a store credit, I wanted my
Refund via PayPal and my credit card, the original method of payment.

And I get another email stating "our return policy has
Changed."

Oh, how convenient for you, Zulily.

What is really sad about this is that I really liked the
Variety of clothing on the site, and I had always told friends who asked "where
Did you buy your amazing dress?(or top, or jacket, or tunic.) to check out Zulily website.

Apparently Zulily doesn't care to retain loyal customers.

Especially at Christmastime, when most of us are spending
Extra money, it's rather a sickening stomach punch to be told my good faith
Purchases and possible returns would result in Zulily keeping my money.
Reminiscent of the old bait and switch game.

Shameful.

Date of experience: December 12, 2018
Arkansas
2 reviews
5 helpful votes
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The quality was poor, the sizing all wrong, this is the second time I was foolhardy enough to shop with zulily. Each experience was bad, I need to return, because the jacket I ordered is sized wrong, does not match the size chart at the website, and the quality is terrible. I paid 5.99 to have it shipped, now they want 8.95 more for me to return it because of the zulily website misrepresentation of the item and the size chart. The balance would have to be store credit, so that I am forced to spend it on their sub quality merchandise. I am opting to keep it. These people need to be shut down.

Date of experience: December 9, 2018
Kansas
2 reviews
10 helpful votes
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I have been a big fan of Zulily. As a matter of fact, it is safe to say I did a large majority of the Christmas shopping on their site this year and many years prior. With this said, I have had issues and now enough that I may stop looking at their site all together. First, the cost for return is stupid ridiculous. Yes... you can add multiple items. But to return one item is $8.50. That's just wrong. Second, many sites offer free shipping whilst Zulily makes you pay plenty. I understand items are being shipped to Zulily and then to the consumer... but COME ON! Finally, this season I began to question advertising for original price vs. list price on the Zulily website. Two examples: The Muk Luks I purchased were advertised as roughly $60+ for original price. I thought that $29.99+ the shipping cost of maybe $5 was a bargain. Low and behold... Walmart has the exact same pair for $24.99 with free shipping. Hmmmmmm... were these REALLY originally $60+ dollar shoes? Then, I purchased 2 claw machines for my kids stockings. I had never seen them before and really thought $19.99 (x2) plus a 7 or 8 dollar cost for shipping was okay (Original price was listed at either $29.99 or $39.99... cant quite recall). Then, I saw them yesterday at Menards for $12.99. There sign says that orignal cost was $19.99. Now how can that be so different for the exact same product. Are they scamming us? Maybe they are. Something doesnt seem right here.

Date of experience: December 2, 2018
Tennessee
2 reviews
7 helpful votes
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Just bad
November 30, 2018

First off, their "deals" aren't THAT great. I paid over $10 for shipping and most of my items have taken almost 3 weeks to be recieved. AND you can't even do a real return! STORE CREDIT MINUS SHIPPING COSTS! So no doubt they are STILL making money off of you when you try to return an item you don't even want... I will NEVER buy anything from Zulily again!

Date of experience: November 30, 2018
Oklahoma
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Cheap clothing!
November 28, 2018

The clothing is cheaply made. "Cardigans" are t-shirt fabric with buttons. Sizing is WAY off and colors aren't as described. There is no live person to talk with. Returns are not easy either. Now that I know QVC owns this company, I'll stay away from them as well as HSN.

Date of experience: November 27, 2018
Kentucky
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Don't buy from Zulily
November 26, 2018

Ordered shoes on 11/16. Got an email today 11/26 telling me it will be another 10 days until the shoes ship. In between they sent me an email saying that slow shipping was the primary reason their prices were low. They must think the public is stupid.

I feel stupid because i did not read reviews of Zulily before I ordered.

My order is happening just like the 1800 other bad reviews say their orders happened.

Date of experience: November 26, 2018
Pennsylvania
6 reviews
3 helpful votes
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I use many many web sites for purchases but this site is the BEST! I love the products, so many to choose from, so many original items also! From Men, woman, kids, toys, house wares, Bedding Everything! LOVE LOVE LOVE!

Date of experience: November 26, 2018
ROSEMARY P.
California
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Don't bother!
November 23, 2018

The sizes for their clothing are way off base. The dress I ordered looked as though I had borrowed it from the circus strongman. Free returns? Well, store credit minus 8.95 for shipping makes it extremely unappealing. Don't order from here again.

Date of experience: November 23, 2018
Indiana
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I ordered 5 blouse items from Weekend Suzanne Betro before looking up reviews. My heart sank as every one complained about not receiving their order. I had spent over $100. Fortunately I got all my items! Two came within a few weeks and I had them all within the month. They did all originally ship from China. I got updated emails so I could follow the shipping progress. I did received my items in 3 separate shipments. I kept reading complaints that sizing always runs too small, so I ordered mediums. Should have ordered smalls, in my option, they all actually do run true to size. I think the quality is as expected, no flaws. So all in all, my experience ended well.

Date of experience: November 21, 2018
Texas
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Never Again
November 20, 2018

I will never place another order with this company. Today is 11/20/18, I am still waiting for an order I placed on 11/6/18. The order was supposed to be here yesterday... it hasn't arrived so I checked tracking again and my order will not be here until 11/24/18... REDICULOUS!

Date of experience: November 20, 2018
New Jersey
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Update
November 19, 2018
Updated review

I processed the return online; saw that i was going to be charged 8.95 to return the knock off coat so I called c/s and explained that I wasn't happy with the purchase, my reasons why and that I didn't feel I should have to bear the cost of returning it. The c/s person processed the return and emailed me the return label. She assured me that I would receive credit for the full value for the return and not be charged the 8.95.

Date of experience: November 19, 2018

It's hit or miss
November 15, 2018
Previous review

And my last order was a miss. So they advertised a Jones NY Wool coat. What i received was a blend (burlap like) coat that had a Jones NY tag sewn in it. I was unable to go back and get the description so i'd have a leg to stand on when i tried to return it. What i will do moving forward is screen shot the description of anything i buy so when i get it, if it doesn't match the description provided I have some proof. I will say though i have also gotten many items that i've been very happy with.

Date of experience: November 14, 2018