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Canada
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Like many others here, my shopping experience with Cooks Store has been mostly negative. The length of time between order and delivery is excessively late, nine times out of ten. I usually choose not to leave a negative review, but this time was just just too much. After waiting for almost nine weeks, I contacted the store again and requested a refund. Another week went by without the refund, and my inquiry about it went unanswered, so, in the next email, I characterize the service as 'horrible' and demanded my refund, which elicited a confirmation email the next day, but neither acknowledged the gross inconvenience caused nor offered a token apology (even though I have spent several thousand dollars at this store). When a store has inconvenienced customers, wasting their time unreasonably and causing repeated disappointments, acknowledging the inconvenience and offering a token apology (however empty) makes a huge difference in lessening the negative impact of the shopping experience. I seriously doubt I will ever patronize this store again.

Date of experience: September 1, 2022
Canada
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Excellent communication and follow through. Received product in tip top condition and exactly as advertised. Highly recommend your company.
Lynn Mason

Date of experience: July 16, 2020
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Great service
October 9, 2019

My order arrived sooner than expected and the price was better than other online retailer.
I definitely will tell my friends where to go for kitchen products.
Stefan E.

Date of experience: October 9, 2019
Canada
1 review
20 helpful votes
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Ordered kitchen aid mixer on May 02 - it is now August 07- no delivery just vague excuses - I have cancelled the order through my credit card company (first time ever I have had to do this)

Awful experience - do not use - this screams a company on the edge of going under - run away - do not buy you will throw your money away - go to the Bay or any high st place but not here

Date of experience: August 7, 2020
Texas
1 review
23 helpful votes
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I placed an order on March 31,2020 for a KitchenAid mixer. It's already April 21,2020, and I haven't received a tracking number or any update on my order. The support team always comes back with the same cookie-cutter answer saying they can't help. I asked for a refund and they keep ignoring me, they basically stole my money. DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM THESE GUYS, this store is a scam. I'd give 0 stars if I could.

Date of experience: April 21, 2020
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Wish I new!
December 17, 2022

I really wish I knew about all the bad reviews this store had before placing an order for a very expensive pan. There is no one to talk with as their answering machine doesn't take calls and they don't respond to emails. I ordered online for Black Friday and I am still waiting for the product. DO NOT ORDER FROM THEM!

Date of experience: December 17, 2022
Canada
1 review
10 helpful votes
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Not worth the hassle
May 5, 2020
Updated review

Good news -yes they did refund my credit card after a month+ after much time and effort on my part. One can only assume they follow such practices to cover their own money flow issues.

Date of experience: May 5, 2020

Liars
January 24, 2020
Previous review

I ordered an item-over $600 value, decided to return item unopened directly back with shipper (as directed by cookstore). Item ordered beginning of Jan 2020, item received back to cookstore on Jan 13. I have called and emailed regarding refund and have not received anything. Everytime i am in contact with them there is a different story. I don't know if i will ever get my $600+ back. DO NOT order from cookstore- they do not act in good faith

Date of experience: January 24, 2020
Canada
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Scam store.
January 11, 2023

No order sent. Money taken. PayPal dispute, omitted taxes charged on refund. Totally not honest! Do not buy from here.

Date of experience: January 11, 2023
Canada
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Very Bad Experience
June 3, 2021

Over two months of placing my order,
When I call (the very unprofessional customer service), they don't have any information on when the order will arrive at their store,
I was stupid to place another order, which also (Backorderd) and no ETS time as well,

Don't advise anyone to deal with this company

Date of experience: June 3, 2021
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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A rip-off site - touting Canada as their base.
February 3, 2023

Order at your peril. You will NEVER receive and please don't believe their website reviews especially as Canadian-based. Slow delivery = NO delivery.

Date of experience: February 3, 2023
Canada
1 review
7 helpful votes
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They does not meet their deadline.We can't talk to anyone. They say write and we will respond in 24 hours.no response. We have been waiting for our coffee maker for more than 4 weeks.

Date of experience: March 2, 2021
Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Quick service
July 25, 2019

Given that I hate making the behemoth online supplier even richer at the expense of local companies, thought I'd try a Canadian company. I bought a brand of knives that I could not find in a local store - Victorinox - Blue 8" Fibrox Pro Straight Blade Chef Knife - (supporting local retail is always my first choice). Placed the order and It was confirmed, shipped and I had it a few days after I ordered it. Easy peasy!

Date of experience: July 25, 2019
Canada
1 review
4 helpful votes
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They take your money upfront
Don't have your good in stock
Keep telling lies about it should ship shortly
Then you ask for a refund and you need to check again if refund has been done
Worst ever
It happen to me twice

Date of experience: May 9, 2020
Canada
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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I bought the Global boning knife for my daughter who is about to compete in the Skills Ontario Culinary Arts competition and the knife is perfect, very sharp and size options where great. This has been my second purchase and I will continue to use this store for all of my daughters culinary needs Thank you

Date of experience: March 26, 2021
Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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THIS "BUSINESS" IS NOT FULFILLING ORDERS. THEY ARE JUST TAKING MONEY FROM PEOPLE AND NOT DELIVERING ANYTHING. THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE IS NON-EXISTENT AND THEIR PHONE NUMBER JUST LEADS TO AN AUTOMATED MESSAGE THAT IMMEDIATELY SAYS THEY'RE EXPERIENCING A HIGH VOLUME OF CALLS AND TO TRY AGAIN LATER. THIS FEELS BORDERLINE CRIMINAL. CONSIDER YOURSELF WARNED.

Date of experience: December 14, 2022
Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Happy Purchase
February 5, 2020

I placed my order and srarted worrying when I saw some negative reviews on internet. But my experience of this purchase turned out great. Parcel arrived two days later and package was good.

Date of experience: February 4, 2020
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I placed an order on Nov. 12th & realised it was incorrect. I then had an on-line chat with Sara. She helped me exchange my item & told me a partial refund would be put thru. Nov. 29th shows no activity so I followed up. I am now told that it is backordered 2-4 weeks. I asked them why the delay from the 12th to the 29th just so I can exchange this and get a partial refund when it was verbally confirmed on-line. Hanna, Sara and Now Hanna again. They are not responding to their emails, & when you go-on line for chat, they just kick you off and state NO LONGER accepting current orders, you must go thru EMAIL. These guys will only HELP you if you give them $, otherwise they drop you like yesterdays garbage. I am still waiting for a full refund & a response. Who knows how long THAT will take? So much for their VM stating "They're #1 in Customer Service" (insert choice words) sooooo NOT TRUE.

Date of experience: November 30, 2021
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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We found that they have a variety of kitchen items which impressed us. Our local off-web stores don't provide i. E. finding 2 knives to match our collection for the 4 Star brand from Henckel (Zwilling -Henckel) was just not available - 4" paring along with 5.5" vegetable prep knives. I also asked for a matching handguard for our Mandoline veggie slicer that was misplaced. This part was also impossible to find locally or in WA state. CookStore was able to find that Handguard for us. A tip of the hat to them

Date of experience: September 25, 2019
Canada
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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No hassle purchase.
November 29, 2020

Website said Braun coffee maker was made in Germany. I suspected not and when it arrived, sure enough it is made in China. Otherwise a convenient place to shop for kitchen stuff.

Date of experience: November 28, 2020
Canada
1 review
9 helpful votes
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This is scam. After you place order, then you will not get your product. I already started credit card dispute process. Does anyone know how to report this website to fraud department.

Date of experience: September 26, 2022

Overview

CookStore has a rating of 2.4 stars from 618 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with CookStore most frequently mention customer service, credit card and business days. CookStore ranks 1st among Cookware sites.

service
193
value
163
shipping
172
returns
111
quality
132