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Texas
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Unreliable service
November 22, 2016

Sorry to say this, because I really like their products and prices, but these guys aren't reliable. I purchased many times from their site hoping things would get better, because shoot I love their stuff! But fool me many times, shame on me! I've experienced it all, shipping delays, products arriving damaged, wrong items shipped etc etc. I don't think I've ever had one purchase from them without problems, and I've purchased several times! I no longer shop with Dot & Bo and I recommend you don't either.

Date of experience: November 22, 2016
Washington
1 review
9 helpful votes
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No Chair.
January 31, 2016

On December 14,2015 I bought a chair for 540.00 plus shipping. This and other stores were having great sales. But I went with this store due to liking the teal color of the chair. On December 24 after most of the good Christmas sales were done they canceled my order. Dot and Bo then gave me a 30 dollar credit and told me about other chairs in a similar style different colors. The other chairs that I saw cost 999.00. When I requested that they honor the holiday price the company said that they were unable to do that.

Date of experience: January 28, 2016
Service D. Dot & Bo Rep
over a year old

Hi Jennifer,

We want to sincerely apologize for any inconvenience that arose from the delay in notifying you of the discontinuation of the Paddington Deux Lounge Set. We see that the order placed on 12/14 was canceled on December 24th, and we sent out a notification that afternoon. We're truly sorry that this item was discontinued by the designer.

Thank you for caring enough to share your thoughts with us. You have provided us with valuable insight, which is always appreciated. We hope you have a nice day and I’d like to thank you for your interest in Dot & Bo.

Kind Regards,
Dot & Bo Community Management

New York
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Garbage
September 14, 2015

I ordered 2 Joanie chairs. While trying to assemble them I noticed the holes did not line up with the chair to the base of the chair feet. I immediately called and I was told they would contact their service department to get me the correct feet. After submitting photos that clearly show the holes do not match no matter how you try they advised me that those are the correct feet and I need to turn the feet 90 degrees. At this point I'm very frustrated and certainly no idiot to try and assembly a chair. No way in hell will those feet work. Laura contacted me through email and explained that they no longer have that chair available and they could refund my money or find something else. Well of course they will refund my money that is convenient for Dot and bo but certainly not me as a consumer. And find something else? I ordered those for a reason. Very disappointed and would not recommend ordering from them.

Date of experience: September 11, 2015
Service D. Dot & Bo Rep
over a year old

Hi Elvera,

Thank you for taking the time share your honest feedback and experience. We appreciate you taking photos so we could get a better understanding of what’s going on with the chairs.

Our operations team did verify that the bases sent were the correct bases, which unfortunately means the bases received were defective. There have been no other reports of this item being defective, so we are hoping it’s a one-off experience!

We’d want nothing more than for you the received what you ordered, but these chairs are currently sold out. Rather than hold on to your money for an extended amount of time until this piece becomes available again, we've refunded your card in full instead.

You are free to either keep or donate the chairs in your possession. We hope that you will forgive this unusual circumstance. The overall shopping experience you’ve had with us is far from ideal, and an example of where we need to improve our services for our valued customers such as yourself moving forward.

Again, we appreciate your patience and I look forward to helping make this a better experience for you.

Very Best,

Dot & Bo Community Management

Texas
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Terrible shipping delays
October 29, 2015

I ordered several items on September 21. As of October 26, half of my order still hadn't shipped. I contacted Dot & Bo on October 9 requesting a status update, and while their customer service was very polite, I did not get any real information about the cause of the delay. On October 15, I got another email from customer service that my order was expected to ship "in the next few days." Obviously, it has not. I have requested my order be cancelled.

Date of experience: October 26, 2015
Service D. Dot & Bo Rep
over a year old

Hi Alina,

Thank you so much for taking the time share your expereince and for bringing this to our attention.

We cannot apologize enough the delay you’ve experienced with your order. As a young company rapidly growing, we’re currently transitioning warehouses to better assist our valued customers such as yourself. Unfortunately, a few orders did get caught in the transition and for that, there’s no excuse. We truly apologize for any inconvenience this has caused and hope that you’ll forgive this unusual circumstance. It couldn’t be farther from the type of experience we want for our customers.

We want to confirm confirm that your order for has been canceled and your refund is in process. The refund should be reflected on your bank statement within 10 days (it sometimes takes the bank a few days to update).

Again, we cannot apologize enough for this inconvenience and appreciate you bringing this to our attention.

Very best,

Dot & Bo Community Management

California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I work with lot of old documents that have faded over the years so I need a magnifying glass often. This little gym is perfectly functional and so beautiful, I can leave it sitting out all the time. I couldn't be happier!

Date of experience: October 6, 2015
Virginia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I recently ordered bookends, a wall rack and photo/frame collage. I was very satisfied with the pricing and quality, but mostly, the shipping! Someone definitely took time to properly package the items and ensure they arrived to me in one piece. I love how eclectic each of the pieces are, and I look forward to ordering from Dot & Bo again soon.

Date of experience: April 29, 2014
California
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Dot and Bo's daily collections and products selected are high quality.The design and user experience of the site is engaging, and the e-mails are also beautifully curated. I can tell they are really trying to give consumers moments of joy with things such as their daily inspiration and their blog posts. It seems that they have had some shipping/product issues but they are a recent business, and I understand that all new businesses have growing pains. Looks like they are trying to tackle the problem head on, as they strive to continue to give the best customer experience -- everyone I have spoken to on the phone have always went above and beyond to try to help me when I had an issue.

Date of experience: August 11, 2014
Colorado
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Thank you so much! I had such a great experience working with Dot & Bo customer service. Your products are high quality and desirable and your customer service is exceptional. I have never worked with anyone so open and amenable to my concerns and so quick to act! You can be sure I will continue to visit and purchase from your site. Again, thank you so much for making this an enjoyable shopping experience.

Date of experience: April 20, 2016
Philippines
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I love these tables!
March 26, 2021

I will be fluid painting the tops of the tables and coating them with resin. I will be spraying the basket portion with clear acrylic spray to keep them from rusting. I live on the Gulf coast so everything rust! I will be using these beautiful tables out by our pool to hold extra pillows from our patio furniture. These are well made table with an excellent look and I look forward to using them for a long time!

Date of experience: March 26, 2021
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Super Happy!
May 9, 2020

I just received my air conditioner and got it set up! IT WORKS PERFECTLY! I am so happy! It was shipped nicely and I received it much quicker than anticipated. In fact it came early! I will not hesitate to order from Dot & Bo again. Thanks for the speedy delivery during these trying times!

Date of experience: May 7, 2020
New York
1 review
17 helpful votes
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Awful company!
September 3, 2014

Awful company! Should not even be in business. I ordered a small item ( I was planning on ordering furniture later on) and have gotten the run around on ship time for about 2 months. They blame everything on systems integration and rapid growth. The only growth I have seen from them has been in their horrible reviews. 25 BBB complaints in the past year.

Date of experience: September 3, 2014
New York
1 review
14 helpful votes
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They really sucks
July 24, 2014

They really sucks.
I bought a lamp, but there was not any notice after the day I supposed have it.
No reply for mail or voice message, after a week I finally got them on the phone then they says "oh sorry we didn't know we got mails from you."
Well I reached them and they say they will let me know, I thought it is finally coming. But it was NOT.
I got a mail that they canceled my order and will refund my money.
I have already saw somebody wrote the EXACT SAME thing happened to them.
They are not getting any better, what the waste of my time.
I'm definitely never coming back to shop with them, don't wanna even see.
Worst experience of my entire shopping.

Date of experience: July 24, 2014
Service D. Dot & Bo Rep
over a year old

Hi there Takushi, we're extremely sorry for any difficulty you've experienced in ordering with us. We hope that you have received your refund and if there is ever anything we can do to help you, please let us know by emailing service@dotandbo.com or by calling 1-800-693-9937. Thank you!

New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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After countless AOL Searches and browsing the overwhelming number of Amazon and Overstock options, I've finally found a site which has just the right number of options to review with very competitive pricing. I love how they categorize their furniture by themes to help take a lot of unnecessary sifting out of my day. My first purchase was a smaller version of the green glass lamps pictured which I returned because they were too small. I was able to discover that the original manufacturer had created larger versions and asked Dot & Bo if they could add to their site and I made a very happy exchange!

Date of experience: July 16, 2015
California
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Email Unsubscribe
February 23, 2017

I have never purchased from this company and, out of the blue, a few weeks ago, they started emailing me daily. I've tried multiple times to unsubscribe, have contacted customer service, tried messaging through Facebook, and no luck. Given this level of disregard and unprofessionalism by their customer service for something this simple I can only imagine what a miserable company they would be should anyone be so misguidedly obliged to purchase one of their products.

Date of experience: February 23, 2017
New York
1 review
12 helpful votes
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Not trustworthy vendor!
September 23, 2015

I ordered a table from the dot & bo website. It came late, damaged, and was never replaced. After months of reaching out to the company (as they still had my money) they told me the table would not be sent. They refunded, but it was after many months and no proper customer service. I wouldn't recommend this vendor at all.

Date of experience: September 20, 2015
Service D. Dot & Bo Rep
over a year old

Thank you so much for taking the time to share your honest feedback and experience. This is the last way we want one of our valued customers such as yourself to feel. We apologize for any frustrations and miscommunications in regards to your order.

Your Marble Tulip Dining was ordered on 6/28 with a delivery estimate of 7/20-7/29. The table was delivered to you on 7/24 within it’s estimate, but with defective screws. A replacement was ordered and in transit to you by 8/3 with tracking provided for your reference.

On 8/21, we received word from our shipping partner the replacement table was severely damaged in transit. This item has had issues in transit before, and based it’s poor track record, the table was discontinued.

Our rep worked tirelessly with upper management between 8/23-8/28 to see if there was any kind exception to be made in order to get you this piece as we know how much you truly wanted it. We apologize for a lack of updates during that time. Your refund was processed in full as of 9/3 after we received final word this table would no longer be available.

We hope you can accept our sincerest apologies about this overall expereince. Again, we appreciate you sharing your feedback so we can continue improving our services going forward.

Very best,

Dot & Bo Community Management

Michael J.
New York
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Ordered a dark blueish/green duvet and it showed up an incredibly light blue. Though it was listed as non-returnable on the website, I certainly didn't expect to receive an entirely different color. I even sent them a picture of what was delivered next to the picture of what they advertised and they are obviously different hues entirely.

As a first time customer I was looking forward to making further purchases with them, however, I won't ever be doing that again. When I told my friends about this - they all said they had similar experiences and avoid Dot & Bo and often tell people to do the same if they know they are going to use it for a purchase.

They have refused to refund me or offer me a credit. This is pure false advertising.

Avoid Dot & Bo at all costs.

Date of experience: May 24, 2016
Service D. Dot & Bo Rep
over a year old

Hi Michael,

Thanks for reaching out and taking the time to share your feedback with us. Please know that this does not fall on deaf ears.

We take any claims of misrepresentation very seriously here, which is why we do request photos. The images that you provided us with were reviewed by several members of our Customer Relationships team, and we were not able to identify any discrepancy between the item as depicted on our website and the piece that you received.

We certainly understand that this has been a disappointing experience for you and sincerely apologize for this.

Very best,
Dot & Bo Community Management

Ohio
1 review
12 helpful votes
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EXPENSIVE LESSON
February 12, 2016

I ordered a copper alloy occasional table which I was very excited about. I'd been looking for a copper table for ages. When I received it, it was a cheap metal table painted with copper spray paint. I paid $135.45 for the table and freight. When I contacted vendor to return I was told there is restocking and freight charges. Everything has to be done within 14 days or "no soap". My credit will be $72.05. How about that? Expensive lesson. I will not use this vendor again.

Date of experience: February 9, 2016
Service D. Dot & Bo Rep
over a year old

Hi Virginia,

Thank you so much for taking the time to share your honest feedback. We apologize that our copper alloy table did not meet exceptions and for any frustrations with our return policy. Our 14 day return policy is here for your reference. http://www.dotandbo.com/help/general#general-02

This means you have a full 14 days to determine whether or not a new item is a perfect fit for your space. If you decide for any reason you’re not in love, contact us within 14 days of delivery so we can facilitate the return. We apologize for any misunderstandings.

We hope that credit provided by our rep will help us in proving you with a night and day expereince if you ever decide to give us another shot.

Very best,

Dot & Bo Community Management

Arizona
2 reviews
8 helpful votes
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I ordered a round coffee table and the cuts on the top that sets into the base of the table are very uneven and sloppy... not bad enough to send back, but bad enough to make me think twice about ordering again from this company.

Date of experience: February 27, 2016
Illinois
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I purchased a bedding set in May of 2020. Yes I know we are in the middle of a pandemic however it is now August and I still have not received my item. I have emailed their customer service four times over the last months and received nothing. I cannot return my item for refund since I don't have it and it will not let me cancel. I get that 2020 has certainly been a different type of year but come on. It still shouldn't take this long. Highly dissatisfied

Date of experience: August 25, 2020
Washington
3 reviews
9 helpful votes
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I ordered 6 Eiffel slope chairs. Two chairs arrived damaged and none of the plastic feet were included for any of the chairs. After returning the two chairs, they once again arrived damaged. After sending them back a second time I cancelled my order. I finally received the feet some time later after 2 more emails asking where they were. In the same order I purchased a sideboard which I waited weeks for and it also arrived to the delivery company damaged. From there I cancelled it also and will never order from Dot & Bo again! Whoever packages and ships their products is beyond terrible! Not to mention the fact that their shipping charges are outrageous and then still arrive damaged!

Date of experience: August 21, 2015
Service D. Dot & Bo Rep
over a year old

Hi Thor and Catherine,

Thank you for taking the time to share your honest feedback and experience. We sincerely apologize for the lack of communication and delay with your refund. We’ve escalated this experience to multiple departments including:

-Merchandising (who will do a quality inspection of the products)
-Operations (who will check into quality of packaging AND take corrective action with our shippers)
-Finance to get you refunded as quickly as possible.

We want reconfirm this refund was processed 08/25 at 5:20 PM PST. We stand by our products and are taking this with the utmost seriousness. We hope that you will forgive this unusual circumstance. The overall shopping experience you’ve had with us is far from ideal and something we will be going over with our upper management at the next appropriate meeting.
Also, we've applied a credit towards your Dot & Bo account as a sincere apology for the lapse in communication. We hope that if you ever decide to give us another chance, this credit will help us in providing a night/day experience on a future order.

We hope you can accept our most sincere apologies.

Very best,

Community Management at Dot & Bo

Overview

Dot & Bo has a rating of 2.6 stars from 270 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Dot & Bo most frequently mention customer service, credit card and phone number. Dot & Bo ranks 463rd among Discount Shopping sites.

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