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New Jersey
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Horrible Customer Services
June 20, 2023

I bought a monitor, and the sale assistant sent me the wrong item, so I have to return it and re-order the correct one. After that, it has been a problem with no solution. I make payments for my monitor, but they still have the other returned into my account as a debt, I have been looking for help to refund or remove it from my account, but nobody has helped me. I have made so many calls and chats, but the only department you can talk to is sales, so they only want to sell their products but ignore the customers after buying them. Now they are making me pay for something I don't have, saying that they will send me to a collection even if I return, and also, I have the FedEx email confirmation. Once again, they only want my payment, but nobody has responded to my problem. I don't recommend this company to anybody.

Date of experience: June 20, 2023
Illinois
3 reviews
10 helpful votes
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Poor tech support
April 1, 2022

I've had my dell laptop for over a year now and It works well for me. The only issue I have is their tech support. I've called them twice already regarding issues with my screen and they have failed to resolve it both times. They are not reliable nor competent in my opinion. I wish they would improve in the department.

Date of experience: April 1, 2022
Ohio
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
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For me dell is the best pc. For about 4 years I had no problems with it. It works perfect and runs very fast. I'm planning to get better pc for complicated multimedia stuff, and dell definitely will be choice number 1.
Thanks!

Date of experience: April 25, 2013
Texas
4 reviews
7 helpful votes
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Great website
March 1, 2012

Great website. I was able to customize and order my laptop just as I needed it. I have heard terrible things about their customer service and support, but have not used them first hand, so this point is not reflected in my rating.

Date of experience: March 1, 2012
Georgia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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DO NOT ORDER FROM DELL!
September 19, 2022

I was promised 2 day deliver for my Dell monitor which I ordered on 9/7. It is now 9/19 and my order has been delayed 3 times. The latest estimate for delivery is 9/22, but I do not believe that date either. What is worse is that they will not allow me to cancel the order. Hope this helps someone not to experience the frustration I have had with Dell.

Date of experience: September 19, 2022
New York
48 reviews
72 helpful votes
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I still love PC's
August 18, 2016

I realize a lot of people use smart phones and other wireless devices but I think PC's are better for productivity, a great visual experience, you can watch all region DVDs without needing an all region device such as a PAL player and the keyboards make life very easy, particularly for older people. The list goes on and on. So Dell provides very good products and very good 24/7 tech support. I would give it a 5 star if Tech Support was tweaked a bit better. They're also fair with product returns.

Date of experience: August 17, 2016
Texas
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I made mistake of calling about additional extended warranty. I still have until Oct left
The rep got impatient. I was using my phone & explained I am not accustomed to that. He told me it was easy if I did it his way & would only take 3 minutes or I could do it stupid way & take an hour. This was in reference to dell finance. 2 additional years of warranty ended up being over 600 & that was with senior discount. I should have hung up but proceeded. Next morning I tried to get back in touch to cancel. Another representative told me she would forward the message to the agent I had spoken with. I also sent the agent a email. I found it difficult to get to someone who could help. After reading forum info I called. *******076. After speaking to another person I was informed a cancellation would be permitted & to give 48 hours. That rep promised to email me with that information but over 5 hours later there isn't an email. Dell needs to take a Serious look into how difficult it is to get decent customer service. I have been a dell customer for a longtime but am extremely frustrated with customer service.

Date of experience: February 21, 2024
Canada
6 reviews
26 helpful votes
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I'v had good and terrible experiences with Dell. Every purchase is a crap shoot, although I have only had dell laptops fro the past 10 years. I like their products but shipping and delivery is way too slow. Its a great site with awesome customization ability. But customer service lacks a bit.

Date of experience: September 7, 2011
Oregon
3 reviews
5 helpful votes
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I bought a computer and a couple days later it went on sale. It says there is a price guarantee so I called in. I was bounced around between the chat, email and phone including several transfers. Then they gave me false information stating it was for a different computer (which was false), finally they agreed to give a partial adjustment and it was not worth the stress of arguing and wasting more time so said okay even thought it should have been more money. They said it would post in 7-10 days and it did not. I emailed back 3 times with no response, then tried the chat and was directed to call in and am now on hold again! I think they are trying to just give me a run around so I finally give up. I will not buy from Dell again.

Date of experience: June 22, 2021
Canada
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I made an order for three items from Dell over three months ago. One item arrived and the other two never appeared.

I have repeated emailed, chatted and called Dell (running up international call charges) and Dell to no effect. I have wasted many hours and dollars and Dell still have my money and I don't have my product!

I have been repeatedly told that they will resolve the situation, send my products, escalate the situation, get back to me etc etc. They never do. After all these broken promises I eventually asked them to cancel the order, repeatedly and in desperation I ordered the items elsewhere. They haven't cancelled the order and they haven't returned my money.

DO NOT order anything from DELL! They are a terrible company! You risk losing your money!

Given this ongoing experience I now see the only solution is to publicize my experience as widely as possible on the internet. Maybe I can shame them into returning my money!

Date of experience: December 28, 2022
Ohio
3 reviews
5 helpful votes
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My desktop purchase was in January. The sales part was okay, but the support is awful. On dells website, the words used to describe options offered when selecting a "customize" desktop, are misleading. The person I configured the machine with over the phone emailed the build sheet. The build sheet does not show pricing of all selected items.

Once I made the purchase, I received an invoice that showed itemized options with the cost of each item option. There were options I chose that initially showed no cost on their site and where some were no cost options that come built in.

Surprise, I was charged an extra $125 for options I did not want. Offshore dell says 15% restock fee to return. That is $250! I could not get any help with dell customer support. The two humans I spoke with kept me on the phone for an hour only to tell me to I should have studied the cost options closer.

This is dells way of providing good customer service. Dell is in Texas, but their support is offshore, utilizing humans that do not speak the best English. With dells directive of putting the responsibility of support with those overseas, it's likely your support will be less than satisfactory.

I do not recommend the purchase of a dell product. Read the reviews. There are just not enough good scores that support a confident purchase. Dell deceived me.

Date of experience: February 22, 2024
Kansas
1 review
2 helpful votes
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They replaced my motherboard. Didn't fix it, even more problems now. Won't replace and in college. Have to send it in which is going to take a month to get it back. Very disappointed and this could cause me to fail a class, this is the only computer I have. Worst customer service ever, I have have a warranty and premium support.

Date of experience: December 21, 2023
Ohio
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Needed a new hard drive installed new software but Dell computer blocked installation of WiFi driver no natter what I do. Tried to load old soft ware back on from recovery but wouldn't work. Tried to go back with new software now it want load stuck in Dell boot screen. I bought a Dell because I thought I could change hardware and not have issues I guess I was wrong they are just as bad as all the other company's. So I guess new hard drive is junk now thanks Dell you piece of $#*!.

Date of experience: October 16, 2020
Georgia
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Wow, Dell has really dropped the ball on my business order (#*******). First, a month delay, and now it's been cancelled with no explanation. Efforts to contact support have been like talking to a brick wall. I see no reason to do business with Dell again, and my IT Director agrees. This will be our first and last order, thanks to the terrible service we've received.

Date of experience: December 4, 2015
India
3 reviews
0 helpful votes
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A fan of dell now
August 20, 2017

I have a dell laptop which is 4 years old. But no one will tell that it is that old. I did not have to change anything and get it repaired except the batter once. I use it everyday, and have not yet felt anything wrong. I am very satisfied with this company. However, i hope they will soon launch other products such as mobile phones and cameras.

Date of experience: August 20, 2017
GB
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Dell Does Not Care
June 10, 2020

Dell does not care, do not order anything from them. I ordered a £1,700 laptop which didn't arrive. I am now faced with dealing with a call centre in India, and have now been told to deal with the police. Such a rubbish company, with no support, or customer care. I will never deal with this company again, so be warned.

Date of experience: June 10, 2020
Florida
4 reviews
29 helpful votes
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Very dependable
September 24, 2016

Bought my first Dell in2003-lasted 10 yrs. Had a bad monitor after 4 mo. And they replaced it quickly. XPS laptop 6 yrs ago, still works great. Second hand XPS desktop over 5 yrs ago, still working great. Have just ordered an Alienware Aurora 5 from Dell for gaming. Hope It goes as well as the others!
Just a bit. Of advice-Don't depend on the pop-up chat service person to fix your order for you-Always check very carefully that you are getting all the configurations you want for price advertised.
Update: My Alienware arrived exactly on the expected date. I have tested it out and am very happy with it so far. It would be helpful if Dell customer service people could advise you that you'll need to get the correct adapter if you have an older monitor that doesn't
Fit the new graphics card. Of course the CS guy(barely spoke Eng.) did not tell me the right thing and neither did Best Buy. I spent half a day researching online and finally found one for $4.95. Works great.

Date of experience: September 23, 2016
New York
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
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A high end Dell $2000 kept in pristine condition, always monitored failed after less than 2 years. They will not do anything! It's outrageous. Reported them to the BBB. Charged $500 for a repair that made it worse. No refund!

Date of experience: August 28, 2023
North Dakota
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Dell Make Junk
February 26, 2022

Spent over $3300 on a Dell XPS 17 - it has so many problems I don't know where to begin.

They sent me a refurb, and said that's the best they can do (are you serious?).

Their support doesn't even respond.

Date of experience: February 26, 2022
Washington
27 reviews
165 helpful votes
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I have had nothing but great experience with dell service. The website made it very easy to enter my computers for warranty information, and requesting service took about 5 minutes chatting online with a customer service rep. A technician showed up 2 days later and replaced the motherboard in my laptop. Great service and great products.

Date of experience: February 4, 2011

Overview

Dell has a rating of 1.6 stars from 538 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Dell most frequently mention customer service, tech support and hard drive. Dell ranks 184th among Computer sites.

service
199
value
182
shipping
154
returns
131
quality
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