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Georgia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Horrible experience
October 23, 2022

Wow. I bought this cashmere wrap from Bloomingdale's for a trip. $198 plus tax. I used it on the flight to Barcelona. I arrived with my white shirt completely covered in fuzz. I looked like my blouse was mostly grey.
I just tried to return it or exchange it. I had my receipt. I was told NO because it did not have all original tags and I do not qualify for a "no tag required" return. I must spend at least $5000 a year with them for that honor. A manager explained this lovely detail to me while I was in the store today.
I've been a great customer but not to that $$$ tune.
I'm no longer a customer at all.

Date of experience: October 23, 2022
Texas
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Update to my product return experience
February 29, 2020
Updated review

I wanted to provide an update - after 8 months, I finally received a credit on my Bloomingdales's account for the shoes I returned. I never received a note or email letting my know that my account was credited - the credit just appeared in my statement one day. I'm very disappointed with Bloomingdale's overall handling of this issue.

Date of experience: February 29, 2020

I've shopped Bloomingdales for years, and this is the worst customer experience I've ever had. I bought a pair of shoes several years ago when there was no time limit for returns. I tried to return it to the store back in February 2019 but they refused to accept it because they no longer carried the shoes and said they had didn't have the SKU any longer to do the return. I decided to use the return shipping label to return the shoes to their Cheshire, CT facility.

Never heard back or received a refund from Bloomingdales even after spending a couple of hours on the phone with their customer service to follow up on the shipment. I even tried to call the facility where the shoes were sent for a refund but there was no direct line and customer service could not contact the Cheshire facility either. I even wrote a letter to the president of Bloomingdales in NYC in Sept and have not heard back from anyone.

I guess I will have to file a complaint with the Better Business Bureau since Bloomingdales hasn't bothered to contact me. What a disappointing experience this has been!

Date of experience: November 20, 2019
California
2 reviews
15 helpful votes
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I was really excited to find a bag on sale at a price that did honestly seem too good to be true so I ordered it $95 from $350. The next day they cancelled this item in my order and said it was no longer available. It felt like someone had screwed up and listed the bag for cheaper than it should have been. I kept checking to see if the bag would be back online and sure enough about a week later its up there for $185. I tried calling customer service to see if they could honor my order since they had cancelled it since it was "no longer available" but of course because of covid there are no customer service reps to answer the phone. Literally there were no options to connect you to a representative only prerecorded messages.

Date of experience: April 30, 2020
California
7 reviews
14 helpful votes
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It's Bloomingdale's, so the merchandise is pretty darn nice, always authentic, and the customer service is excellent. I've ordered from them many times and pretty much got the items I wanted by the next day. The website, however, is another matter. It's a bloated mess, and I am always irritated by using it. Once, I was doing a search, and I tried to narrow down my selection by picking particular aspects I wanted to see (black, low heel, certain designer), and the website took forever to gather the information and display it. And then it got muddled and the website appeared to stall or get hung up. So, my recommendation is don't ask the website to do too much. Keep it simple, get your merchandise, and then get out!

Date of experience: November 3, 2015
Indiana
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Disappointed
June 4, 2022

On May 30th 2022 I purchased some shoes and paid an extra $5 dollars to have my item gift wrapped when it arrived it was in a beat up box with ripped up paper over it and not gift wrapped the Customer service representative was very nice giving me a 20% off coupon but ill stick with Saks from now on

Date of experience: June 3, 2022
New York
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Defective Rug
September 28, 2023

I purchased a Johnathan and Drew Kristan rug. I love Kristan rugs I own 3 wool. This rug was a different fabric. My daughter is allergic to wool. Upon receiving the rug it looked nice. Bright and clean. Now the fabric colors seem to have bled into the beige and in some color spots gone all together. The fabric material is all matted and some areas piled. In less than 7 months the rug $1000, looks 100 yrs old, dirty and I'm rolling it up and tossing it. Bloomingdales refused any help not even an exchange but did offer a megar insulting loyalist $50 gift card. I'm done shopping at a store that won't bend their policy for a serious situation. No more Bloomingdale's for me.

Date of experience: September 28, 2023
Georgia
18 reviews
14 helpful votes
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I've had my eyes on these boots for awhile but they were out of my price range. Cue Bloomingdale's… as they were on sale plus an additional 25% off. The red suede is stunning in person, amazing quality and even for a tall heel I can walk in them.

Date of experience: February 25, 2022
Arizona
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I wish I could honestly rate it lower. The worse customer service I've ever been through. Her name was Donna absolutely ridiculous communication skills nor helpful her ID number is *******. The rudest person I've spoken to has no people skills. Was rude very and beyond words can't explain how one can work in that industry and be so un helpful. Would cut me off when explaining what's going on refused to even give me a real resolution.

Date of experience: July 10, 2023
Wisconsin
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I ordered a set of decorative pillows on 6/24/22 and have not received them after three plus weeks. Called customer service twice only to be told that they have no control over when the manufacturer ships the item or if it will be shipped at all. What a rip-off! Buyer beware of this company.

Date of experience: July 12, 2022
California
26 reviews
75 helpful votes
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Bloomingdale's invented the trick of moving products around and building a store where people got lost, all so they would come in for 1 product and go out with 2.

They create a very pleasant shopping experience.

In the old days department stores had restaurants, sometimes several, always of good quality. Bloomberg continues this tradition.

There are many people from Japan and Tahiti who visit Hawaii to shop and Bloomingdale just opened a store there.

Date of experience: December 26, 2015
New Jersey
7 reviews
22 helpful votes
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Great place to find quality products. Easy to navigate both the site and physical stores. I love the deals they send in email too which is not the case with most retailers, no useless spam from Bloomingdales!

Date of experience: November 19, 2017
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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"I ordered online...
January 15, 2014

"I ordered online... They cancelled my order after few days claiming I've requested to cancel. I never did!
Customer Service rep said item out of stock finally and could not fetch supervisor to talk to me... promised they'd call me back. I am still waiting for Call!
If I can give them minus stars I would!

Date of experience: January 15, 2014
New Jersey
12 reviews
31 helpful votes
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This site has beautiful clothes, shoes, makeup, and accessories. All their products are very well made and great quality. They also have wonderful customer service. This is a great store to purchase from online.

Date of experience: June 24, 2013
Netherlands
42 reviews
536 helpful votes
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When locking in from my country, a greeting comes on the screen in my native language promising that the amount charged at check-out will be the final purchase price including all local taxes. This is not true. I could only get my parcel after paying local import tax. Bloomingdales of course have not responded to my email to them.

Date of experience: January 17, 2016
AE
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Undelivered Order
June 8, 2022

I ordered online last May 28. Until now i have not receive my orders. I called the customer service i think 5 times already but the same explaination. Nobody even bothered to contact me and update with what's happening or status of my order.

Date of experience: June 8, 2022
RU
4 reviews
2 helpful votes
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Good prices
April 9, 2018

They offer good deals for some items with very affordable prices. I compared them on different sites, this one seems to be the best. I haven't received the goods yet, however I had no difficulty placing the order.

Date of experience: April 9, 2018
Michigan
17 reviews
29 helpful votes
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Not sure what they are doing different than everyone else but they always seem to have the item I'm looking for and shipping and return process are exemplary. Not to mention their first rate communication.
Other retailers should follow and learn from this customer centric retailer. Their buyers, operations and logistics team should be commended. Thank you!

Date of experience: May 24, 2023
Pennsylvania
22 reviews
57 helpful votes
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There are some things that remain the same price no matter what store you shop. That said, when you apply for a loyalty card, you get perks with your purchases, specifically Clinique and other mid-shelf cosmetics. Bloomingdale's also offers free returns. Items arrive in a box outside a very nice inner box with tissue paper and a ton of sample in which you get to choose which ones.

Date of experience: July 28, 2018
Colorado
3 reviews
3 helpful votes
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Good online shopping
April 28, 2022

I've been a loyal Bloomingdales customer for over 15 years and have had their credit card just as long. Their online platform isn't great and neither is their mobile app as they aren't easy to navigate or find specific things. Their merchandise also could use a huge refresh. Time to liven things up!

Date of experience: April 28, 2022
Texas
1 review
2 helpful votes
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THE WORST
October 18, 2020

Not only did they bait and switch me with their "Sign up with your email for 15% off your next purchase" but then I placed my order, they charged me for it, and cancelled it an hour later with NO explanation. And on top of that, they've yet to refund me after several hours! Terrible customer service as well.

Date of experience: October 18, 2020

Overview

Bloomingdale's has a rating of 2.2 stars from 261 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Bloomingdale's most frequently mention customer service, gift card and next day. Bloomingdale's ranks 15th among Department Store sites.

service
57
value
42
shipping
39
returns
41
quality
38
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