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GB
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Awful
September 1, 2017

Not clear that the goods are coming from America and that you will need to pay duty on top of there so called competitive prices... if you make the mistake of ordering from these people do not accept delivery and get your credit card company to chase payment and dhl to chase import fees from them. The delivery driver said that they get this situation a lot with iherb... hopefully it will end up costing iherb so much that this company will go out of business

Date of experience: September 1, 2017
Greece
1 review
3 helpful votes
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It's been 2 years since I made 2 orders, but I didn't receive anything. I contacted them a year ago and they said they would return the money but till now not even a dollar was returned to my PayPal account. Stay away!

Date of experience: May 28, 2019
Canada
1 review
12 helpful votes
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Do not order from iherb. DHL-their courier- is a rip off and iherb does not remotely understand the meaning of customer service. There is no real refund in reality as thier fees are structured in such a way as to make it meaningless.

Date of experience: March 26, 2014
Canada
2 reviews
6 helpful votes
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I ordered 4 products, never received an email confirmation. One product missing. I have no way of getting invoice as they have no copy of my purchase. They claim they cannot do anything unless they have my email address. I provided them with address and it shows I didn't buy anything from them. My Mastercard was charged. They need to find a way to find your order besides an email address. I am pissed because I got ripped off with one product yet they did not include an invoice. I provide as much info as possible including a picture of box with ref #; my phone number; my emails; my last name which is the only one in Canada to no avail. Year 2021 and today's technology and they have no other way to track my order/invoice. Idiots

Date of experience: April 28, 2021
Malaysia
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Basically this is the e-mail they sent me after I request for a refund:

I mentioned in my previous email that if your order is returned to us due to a banned/restricted products policy, a wrong address, refusal to pay customs fees, refused to accept the order or because no one was there to accept delivery of your order, we will refund your credit card as follows: You will be refunded the total amount of the order, minus the shipping charge and the return cost. Also, refunds will not be issued until the returned package is physically in our warehouse. However, since the total cost to return the package, including the duties and taxes is more that the amount of your refund, iHerb requested to DHL to abandon the package, hence, no refund will be processed.

If you have any additional questions or you need further assistance, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Regards,

Date of experience: March 17, 2016
California
2 reviews
4 helpful votes
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I placed an order for product from IHERB and 3 of their shipments were damaged in shipping and never reached me. One replacement shipment was lost. I've been overcharged and the only customer service is outsourced via chat and they're useless.
I'm now out over $100 and unless I dispute the charge with my bank I'm pretty much out of luck. I will be reporting them to the CA Office of Consumer Protection

Date of experience: June 1, 2017
GB
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Frustrating!
November 16, 2016

The first order was ok. But the second order is a misty. The shipping agent is asking for another £28 on top. Yet we had paid the full amount plus shipping costs. We were expecting our products on Thursday but dhl is holding it. I have tried contacting iherb but I am not getting any response for more than 24 hours. Am really surprised because I have seen good reviews

Date of experience: November 16, 2016
GB
1 review
5 helpful votes
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They had two products that looked identical, yet were different. Unfortunately I ordered the wrong thing. It was shipped quickly, however when I tried to return it they were very dismissive. I was told I would have to pay three times the original shipping fee to return it making it a big loss for nothing.

Then a couple of months later I received a customs bill amounting to a third of the order. It has been an expensive mistake ordering from them.

Date of experience: March 4, 2016
Australia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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No shipping
September 25, 2017

A terrible site and bad customer service! I placed an order 3 weeks ago but still no shipping until now although i have contacted them many times. I cancelled my order today and will never buy from them again.

Date of experience: September 25, 2017
GB
1 review
10 helpful votes
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I ordered herbs from this company approximately £50...
I had to pay an extra £21 for vat and delivery charges. I am just fuming. Surely this Should be added to at the time of order. What a dishonest company.

Date of experience: May 5, 2016
GB
1 review
3 helpful votes
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UK Buyers - DON'T
November 8, 2016

Nowhere during the iHerb purchasing process does it tell you that - 1, the goods come from the US and that 2, there are additional importation charges to pay once the goods have been shipped.

For those saying it is up to buyers to research importation charges themselves - I would have done had I known the goods were coming from abroad. But everything is made to look like it is a UK site with a US head office and they do not tell you otherwise.

I will never buy from such a less than forthcoming company again.

Date of experience: November 8, 2016
California
3 reviews
3 helpful votes
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Do not buy from this company. Not sure if they even have people or robots. Placed a repeat order. They sent the wrong product. Have no system to ship correct item and order a pickup of the incorrect item. Nor does each "department" have the ability to know what the other "department" said or did.The same old questions all over again. After 2 hours between live chat and emails I got them to agree to a refund. Then I had to pack and get to a UPS store. 2 weeks after receiving the product back I still did not have the refund. Had to go through the same process over again. 2 days later after this agony, a credit was received. And it is not over, they tricked AMEX and told them the refund was given much earlier. Liars, robots and cheaters.

Date of experience: August 16, 2018
Canada
1 review
7 helpful votes
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IHerb used to provide excellent service. Now it's horrible. Their customer service is non existent. I've been waiting for an order to be shipped for a week and every response I get is different and complete garbage. They charged my credit card incorrect amounts and no response to my queries on that.

Date of experience: August 14, 2018
Sweden
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Extra cost
October 4, 2017

This one star for review of iHerb is because of extra cost, my e.g. is that I ordered order where I payed shipping, but I received another bill for shipping, company who delivered the order to near store where I can pick it up.
IHerb order with shipping: 52 euro
Extra cost for shipping: 18 euro
After all, iHerb support act like that is normal. (without deeper details, but they said "sorry")
Btw. I am usual positive guy and I mean this is my first bad review, ok maybe second.
Peace!

Date of experience: October 4, 2017
Florida
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Not a real company... there are no humans
May 20, 2022

I placed an order and had a question about it. I tried to log in they locked me out. I fought with the robot for 40 minutes trying to get a log in a password. They would not help this could be the worst company ever

Date of experience: May 20, 2022
Michael L. iHerb Rep
over a year old

Dear Valued Customer,

We are sorry to hear of this and want to help. May you please provide the order number in either an updated review or by private message? Once the order number is received, we will gladly expedite this matter to help you as quickly as possible.

We are standing by to help and hope to hear from you shortly!

New York
1 review
2 helpful votes
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This used to be my go to for supplements. Always the best prices and only a $20 minimum for free shipping. The rewards were great too. Now, they don't even have a shipping policy anywhere on their site and i tried to order something today for $37 and they wanted $5 for shipping. There rewards went down from 10% to 5%. Plus, their once great prices are now as high as everyone else's. I'll go back to buying things on EBAY.***SIGH

Date of experience: February 25, 2017
Canada
2 reviews
9 helpful votes
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I guess I didn't do my research like I thought I had. Now I find a review from September telling how they add duties and tax to Canadian shipments. The fine print! I have had other products shipped into Canada and have not had this charge so I sure was surprised. Definitely not economical to ship to Canada by buying from them once you factor in that. Also if you are not home during the day to receive the courier you have to arrange to get your package. Seems to be easier places to deal with as DHL isn't the easiest in our area anyway.

Date of experience: December 5, 2014
GB
1 review
6 helpful votes
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It is not made clear on the website that extra customs charges are likely to be imposed by your home country. If you're not already familiar with the extra costs of ordering items from a company which is not VAT registered in your own country, this could easily be a big shock when the item is delivered. My customs charge was more than the cost of the original item.

Date of experience: April 14, 2017
Minnesota
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I bought 2-items and shipment method was next day but until I don't have what I bought from there portal. I sent email to customer care telling them that I didn't get my items no body answered me yet. At same time you don't see there website phone number and so on.
I'll not wast my time and I don't recommend anyone to order from this portal or application.

Date of experience: June 10, 2017
Hong Kong
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Fu#cking scammer website ( iHerb Provides bad products and I can not get any refund)
I bought something on iHerb on 2022 June 23.
The order number is *******.
When I got them, I found out that the products were second-hand and they were used by someone.
I have issued many refund requests. But, NO ONE refund request is approved.
Fu#cking iHerb!
It is your fu#cking way to treat a new customer!

Date of experience: July 5, 2022
Michael L. iHerb Rep
over a year old

Dear Valued Customer,

We apologize for any issues and thank you for providing the order number with your review. No products we send out are used by anyone prior. Despite this, we can see, by looking into the order number provided, that some refund claims are up for review by our trained agents. They should be making their decision soon. When completed, you will receive a notification regarding their decision.

Please let us know if you have any other questions and we'll be glad to help you further.

Overview

iHerb has a rating of 1.3 stars from 1,051 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with iHerb most frequently mention customer service, credit card and phone number. iHerb ranks 517th among Vitamins & Supplements sites.

service
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value
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shipping
196
returns
141
quality
152
This company responds to reviews on average within 1 day
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