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About the Business

MiniInTheBox.com has been a worldwide business leader in selling blue-ribbon consumer goods since 2006. From the moment we founded MiniInTheBox, our vision was to empower people worldwide in buying and selling online. Whoever you are, and wherever you are, MiniInTheBox offers the same price to all: the lowest possible. Whether you’re a wholesaler looking to increase revenues, a retailer who refuses to pay the high prices in your country, or a shopper looking to get hold of the latest products, MiniInTheBox.com provides light-speed service and wholesale prices. We buy direct from an ever expanding network of Chinese wholesale manufacturers so we can keep costs low while maintaining the highest of standards. We serve customers from over 50 countries, and we're still growing. But our vision won’t change: One world, one price.


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MiniInTheBox Reviews Summary

The company has garnered a predominantly negative reputation among customers, with frequent complaints about delayed shipments, poor product quality, and a confusing return policy. Many customers expressed frustration over the lack of accessible customer support, making it difficult to resolve issues or obtain refunds. Additionally, the inconsistency in product descriptions and sizes has led to dissatisfaction. While a few customers noted positive experiences with specific products, these are overshadowed by widespread concerns regarding service reliability and communication. Overall, the feedback suggests a critical need for improvements in customer service and operational transparency.

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276
value
262
shipping
273
returns
197
quality
249
Michigan
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
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MiniIn The Box and parent company Light In the Box are willing to take your
Money. BUT, they won't return your requests for return, even if their return directions are followed. Items sent were NOT what was ordered. It took more than 9 weeks to receive the order.
Worst company ever. DON'T waste your time or money. FYI - the picture attached was what I ordered, BUT NOT what I received!

Date of experience: January 3, 2024
Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Absolute conn
October 18, 2023

That's what I order the one on the table is what I got. It's a complete con and the make it pretty well impossible to return. I got scammed.

Date of experience: October 18, 2023
Texas
1 review
2 helpful votes
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This was my first time buying from company and will be my last time buying from them. 11 days already that package has been in progress. Tracking never updates, so can't get accurate tracking details. It's supposedly coming from Illinois, so why it would take that long to get to Texas is just ridiculous. There's no customer support to get in touch with, although I did find a form to fill out, so no clue how long it will take to get back to me. Not sure how to even get a refund since there's no actual customer service. Do not recommend this site.

Date of experience: July 21, 2023
Oregon
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Ordered two shirts for my brothers birthday. Shirts were cut poorly and not wearable. I paid $50 for shirts + shipping. Their return policy said i could only return them to China for a full refund after 2-3 months and shipping was over $40 to do that. Or i could get 15% of my purchase price back, but not the shipping i paid in the first place, so 15% was about $14...so basically i lost $36 on the deal.
Date of experience: June 20,2023

Date of experience: July 17, 2023
Minnesota
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Buyer beware
July 9, 2023

Their return policies are what you might expect from a Chinese company we don't do returns or want it back.

Date of experience: July 9, 2023
Tennessee
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Order never came
July 9, 2023

No**************. Lightinthebox order ******* was placed. Now it shows I never made an order. Received order details. So now it's a rip off. What happened to my order Lightinthebox?

Date of experience: July 9, 2023
Florida
1 review
4 helpful votes
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I took a chance an ordered a few shirts. The sizing is not even remotely close within several inches for the garment being to small. The website claims to accept returns but does not work. The website does not perform any function of Customer Service and does not allow contacting the company. Actually, the website is dysfunctional for everything except taking your money. There is no phone number and the company does not seem to operate in the US. Save your money and buy from a better retailer.

Date of experience: June 12, 2023
GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Ordered a dress for a wedding. Says 5-7 days delivery. It's now 15 days later and tracker says delivery between 5th and 22nd of June! I can't cancel order as it's already been dispatched. I'd very much like my money back!

Date of experience: June 5, 2023
Hungary
1 review
1 helpful vote
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As always, a friend of our family did not contact me before they decided to make another great purchase. So they went on this website (I don't know how they found it), and they decided to order some kind of pressure washer thing. Of course, they picked something over 100$ for their first purchase from an unknown online website, but hey.

The item arrived (at least, that is something!), but it's completely broken. Like not from shipping, the water is just pouring everywhere inside the machine. Even the battery got wet and the thing became unusable after a brief test.

Worry not they thought, they went on the website and filled out a ticket about it. Pressed the button aaand nothing happened. Must be a fluke they thought. Still nothing. So they contacted me, I learned their story, and checked what is happening.

The website feels completely broken. By default, the page's code is broken, so your browser is not even submitting a ticket at all (due to CORS violation, the ticket creation is tied to LightInTheBox site, which is simply not allowed in any browser. You can't just throw data left and right and get away with it.)

So I got around that by enabling these CORS violations (be very careful, these restrictions exist for a reason!) in the browser. And... nothing. The ticket submission now happens, there is no fault during the process, and yet, nothing changed. No email, no interface to show that anything happened.

And so they are stuck now. Overall, I would not recommend using this site. I mean, blunders happen over other competitors too, but at least I can open a ticket there, show proof and get my money back, no biggie. But here? I mean the site is just broken and they are selling goods? It's mildly annoying I would say.

Thanks for reading my review and I hope I saved you a few $.
For MiniInTheBox: Please, fix your website and support, and you could become a great website.

Date of experience: March 27, 2023
Australia
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I ordered in November 2022 I am still being mislead by this dodgy company! After so many request for my order or my money returned all I get are promises that they are giving me a refund, I will never use mininthebox ever again

Date of experience: March 21, 2023
GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Size was absolutely HUUUUUGE! I ordered a small and it must have been a size 16 at least! The material is terrible, really cheap and tacky. The Yoga pants description said butt sculpting, there is absolutely no elastic in these yoga pants at all, its more like t-shirt material. Honestly just an enormous disappointment. Delivery time was 2 weeks, yoga pants look absolutely nothing like the picture, there is no sculpting without elastic, the material is shiny (which all yogis know is a no no for yoga as its too slippery) and the sizes must be American! The entire website works accept for the "returns". It will only work if you agree to keep the product and they'll send you a little gift as compensation! Which clearly shows they're fully aware of the tat they're sending out. See photos. SCAM company!

Date of experience: March 21, 2023
AE
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Very Unprofessional
February 20, 2023

My review is very simple where's my 4 Smartwatches I ordered last December 16,2022. Why until now I didn't receive yet? It's paid already,but always said waits for blah blah days and Christmas finished, New Year finished, Valentine's day finished now soon to March but nothing just likes gone in the wind. Can you just deliver my ordered please,before I will complaints to consumers rights. You already took the payments but even a Shadow of my 4 smartwatches I haven't seen it.

Date of experience: February 20, 2023
Australia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Money taken without delivering item
February 10, 2023

Don't buy from this company they charged me for the product (scarf) and for the delivery and the item was never delivered. They then said that I will need to pay for delivery charge again if I wanted the product to be sent out to me again. Stay away from buying anything from them.

Date of experience: February 10, 2023
New York
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Disappointed - Not Legit - Probably a Scam
January 22, 2023

I ordered a brass shelf from this website, however, it did not provide the full dimensions and the depth of the shelf ended up being way deeper than the pictures made it appear. On the day I received the product, I requested a return as I knew it would not fit the space I needed. Instead of providing me with the steps to return, they stated that because it is categorized as a "bathroom accessory" it is not eligible for a refund/return. They referenced their return policy, which is poorly written and very confusing, and not something that was referenced during the point of purchase. There was never a notice stating this was a final sale item or that it could not be returned. So now I'm stuck with a $80 shelf that I cannot use and a bad taste in my mouth from this pathetic company.

Date of experience: January 22, 2023
Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Horrible service
January 8, 2023

I ordered an item and I accidentally forgot to put in a coupon code, I cancelled the order soon after before it was shipped. I went through the cancellation process, at the end they had said "customer service will reply within 1 working day." I cancelled it on the 5th, it is now the 8th with no reply. I'd like to know the status of the refund, since the cancellation was made soon after I assume I should get a full refund as of your policy.
Order Number: **************

Date of experience: January 8, 2023
Illinois
1 review
0 helpful votes
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The dress I received was of horrible material, the hem was not even finished, the cuffs were not finished. They sent me the dress from an address in the USA, when I went to try to return it, they told me I had to pay shipping all the way to China or they would give me 20% of the cost of the dress, and let me keep it, I wish I would've known these items. Come from China, I would never have bought it.

Date of experience: January 2, 2023
Australia
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Tricky business
December 1, 2022

Send me a different product to what was advertised on there website when I tried to return the shirt it cost $40 aud for return more than what it cost me for the shirt would never ever buy anything from them again

Date of experience: December 1, 2022
Belgium
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Scam!
November 23, 2022

They send you broken products and hope you are not paying the returnshipment! Easy money fir lazy bastards

Date of experience: November 23, 2022
Washington
1 review
0 helpful votes
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FRAUDULENT
November 11, 2022

This is a strait up fraudulent they ripped me off and now the cowards have blocked communication. It is a federal crime so I will be turning their asses into the FBI
Payment Confirmed - MiniInTheBox.com Order #*******.

Date of experience: November 11, 2022
Oregon
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Throw your money away
November 9, 2022

Dont buy from them as it takes a month to get and isnt right and they wont refund you and it costs too much to send it back
If i could give a negative rating i would
JUST THROW YOUR MONEY AWAY AND YOU ARE AHEAD AS THIS CHINESE COMPANY IS A RIP OFF!

Date of experience: November 9, 2022