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Japan
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Good but...
May 11, 2023

Customer service is 10/10 and will always try to resolve issues including offering an extension should connectivity problems be down to them. The downside to using this vpn is the amount of updates. Many updates sometimes only a few days since the last one. In fairness their software does sometimes provide a notice when it is launched but its still an annoyance having to update so frequently. Notice to users in China - the vpn there has had a lot of connectivity problems in the last 9 months which is still ongoing so, while they do try to fix it it is not 100% reliable for use there. The cost of using ExpressVPN is very good and because of their commitment to offering good service it is well worth the outlay. 6 month deal at a time is the best option in my opinion in case something else comes along that is as good or better.

Date of experience: May 11, 2023
California
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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I have been an Expressvpn customer for many years, previously the service has been excellent but recently they have gone bad. Website are failing to load, timing out and speeds have dropped significantly. I don't know if the business has been bought by idiots or if they just can't get good staff but it is definitely not worth paying for anymore.

Date of experience: November 27, 2023
New York
1 review
2 helpful votes
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They claimed the VPN works in China. After using it for 3 weeks. It stopped working. No internet connection at all. Offered free extended subscription that nobody wants if it's not working at all. Be aware.

Date of experience: June 18, 2023
Hong Kong
1 review
4 helpful votes
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5 months ago I signed in to remove my subscription and even my account since I did not need their service anymore. I did not think about them until I realized I was charged 12.50 USD every month for almost half a year. I called and asked for a refund and was told that they did not received my request. The reality behind the story is that they use a vicious auto-renew system that charges you even if you delete your account. It looks like barely legal if not more. Pay attention to this trick and choose more ethic people since their VPN service is just average compare to other providers.

Date of experience: October 16, 2023
Texas
2 reviews
5 helpful votes
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Doesn't work well in China. I renewed but the account says expired. Works only on phone. I cannot extend to other devices. Chat help didn't help in any meaningful way. I DO NOT recommend this service. Note pic says July 2024, so they know I renewed.

Date of experience: September 24, 2023
Alabama
1 review
3 helpful votes
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They might provide good service but if you want to stop using then they make it very difficult to leave. You have to go on the website to cancel but there is not option to cancel, just to stop auto renewal. So you select that and think you're done but then you get a thank you for renewing email and new charge when the service is supposed to be over. It's so frustrating and infuriating. They have no respect for your money and no customer service when it comes to subscription issues. You make a helpdesk ticket is what it amounts to which will be ignored. I know the internet says they are the best at what they do and that may be true but they are not the only ones, find a company that won't just take your money.

Date of experience: July 18, 2023
GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Ranz spent 20 minutes in chat trying to convince me that £5.42 a month over 12 months would mean a total payment of £81 which would be taken as $99.
The site is misleading its customers on the price as basic maths makes 12 times £5.42 equals £65.04 which would be approx $81
https://www.expressvpn.com/order

Date of experience: December 29, 2023
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I contacted the fraudulent company and they said too late pal we got you no refund. I have contacted the Department of Justice and every other company or agency I can to complain about this BS. I suggest you do so also. Expect a class action suit in the future against these frauds.

Date of experience: August 10, 2023
California
3 reviews
24 helpful votes
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It's sad because Express VPN used to be terrific, but they just haven't kept up with technology. Whenever I attempt to employ the service to hide my IP address, it's often detected and many websites block the service and suddenly I do not have access to my accounts unless I turn Express VPN off. And try getting help with a connectivity problem... good luck! This is their favorite phrase: "We seem to have exhausted all possible resolutions at the moment; try again at a later time." So save your money! Either look for another more responsive VPN with better customer service, or just let it go. Express VPN is not worth the price.

Date of experience: October 14, 2023
Ohio
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Junk service. Advertisements misleading and lies. I dont know who they paid off. Probably Google, but advertises faster than Nord. It's not. Much slower. Less compatable. Worse customer service. Basically it's not at all what they claim. Buy anything else first. They spend all their money on publicity and not their service. Don't buy this ever. Claim 580 mbs. Yeah right. Lucky to find a server ever over 20 mbs. Junk. All marketing but no follow through.

Date of experience: May 23, 2023
Georgia
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Bad experience
January 24, 2022

The only reason I got ExpressVPN was because I was looking for a VPN and saw an ad from Ben Shapiro. Terrible decision. My computer has froze twice since starting my subscription a week and a half ago. In the first picture, you can see that it completely shut down and left this error message. Don't think Apple had anything to do with it. Hoping to get my money back soon.

Date of experience: January 24, 2022
Florida
1 review
5 helpful votes
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I won't speak to the quality of the VPN service itself because I did not use it that much. What I will comment upon is their cancellation process which is so misleading that I think it must be deliberate. You are required to click on a button that says "Turn Off Automatic Renewal" 4 times in order to actually cancel your payments. After checking my credit card statement, I noticed that my subscription was not cancelled months after the fact.

Each click of the button takes you to a separate screen. The third screen strongly implies that you successfully disabled automatic payments by stating "Be sure to make a payment by #date to keep your subscription active". It also notes you will receive an email reminder before your subscription expires. In reality, you have to click the same button you just clicked again in order to actually cancel. It's so bizarre that I believe it is deliberately misleading.

I've included images of the process. Honestly f these guys.

Date of experience: November 28, 2022
GB
1 review
4 helpful votes
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As of today's date I can no longer access Netflix in any other country using Express VPN via Virgin broad band... Netflix USA will not load and Netflix Canada is being blocked. On complaining to Express VPN they are aware of the issue but have no fix and no timescale in which they can fix... their only resolution was to give me free time at end of contract... when I declined and asked for refund, they then offered more free time, but not being able to use the service for which I bought it for is in my view pointless... I asked again for a refund... this time they said they don't give refunds unless it's within first 30 days. They also now do not have a telephone service and had to do this all through live chat, which believe me... you lose the will to live... 45 minutes... when a phone call would have 10-15 mins... Please don't buy this VPN if you are looking to stream Netflix USA or any other country from UK... it's not going to work

Date of experience: August 8, 2021
Canada
1 review
10 helpful votes
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Went to their website to get a deal they were advertising. The promotion was 49% off of a 12 month subscription PLUS another 3 months for free. They showed the regular price as $12.95 and the discounted price as $6.67 (which is not 49% off). When I went to the payment form I saw in small, faded type that they will bill once for the 15 months at an average rate of $6.67 for each of the 15 months. So the "3 Free Months" are not free at all. You don't see a total cost until you get to this payment form, and it equates to more than $6.67/mo for 12 months. I'm betting they are counting on people not noticing the higher price before they hit the buy button. I will not be purchasing from them.

Date of experience: February 12, 2023
North Carolina
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Nightmare
May 2, 2021

After signing up, name, address and AmEx #, oh, no, doesn't support our 1 year old router. Really? But -- we could buy one from ExpressVPN, which we are not techy, so it would sit in box. Then comes the headache of being sure the charge is cancelled. Immediately upon cancellation, our inbox is flooded daily with spam emails -- going on from December 2020 to May 2021, seriously endless.

Date of experience: May 2, 2021
New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Works the fastest and is by far the safest way to surf anonymously online. They have worldwide, extensive coverage that consists of over 3000 servers based in 90 locations so connectivity speed is never an issue. Their service also comes with top-notch encryption for enhanced security and they are as trustworthy as they come.

Date of experience: May 12, 2022
Oregon
1 review
4 helpful votes
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DO NOT. They are happy to bend over backwards and do cartwheels to get your money, but when you need a teeny iota of help from them (such as showing a screenshot of e-mails sent out to you but never received, so you can contact your e-mal service to ask why, oh no, impossible. Been without my VPN for 24 hours -- on chat with them for 12 hours at least trying to straighten out something super simple. There were at least 5-8 major hurdles to overcome to overcome this problem. Can't spend time recounting all now.

Date of experience: June 12, 2021
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Charged monay insted of get trial period.
August 2, 2023

When I click to "trial button" I expect use trial without charge. I understand if thay want credit card data for prevent spam account, but "tial" it is meen free, not charge with oppotuniti chargeback. Be cafule.

Date of experience: August 2, 2023
India
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
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Getting bad and bad
November 29, 2020

It was a good service when I signed up. Now it is getting worse. As someone commented, the customer support is all canned messages. They don't reply to what you say. In a lookout for better alternative.

Date of experience: November 28, 2020
Pakistan
1 review
6 helpful votes
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I play apex legends and my friends shifted to Europe. Now in order to play we needed to connect to an European server of the game.
The VPN didn't connect to any European regions (at lest for me) and a few times it did, the speeds were just bad.
Applied for a refund where their help gave me a 100 reasons why I shouldn't. When I finally got them to refund, my account got suspended instantly which was fine. But it's been 40 days and still the amount deducted from my account has not been refunded.

30 day money back guarantee is just false.

Date of experience: December 1, 2021

Overview

ExpressVPN has a rating of 2 stars from 151 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with ExpressVPN most frequently mention customer service, credit card and free trial. ExpressVPN ranks 92nd among Vpn sites.

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