I should have checked reviews prior to giving this company a whirl. I've now seen broken glass items are the norm as they don't use bubble wrap, a pretty standard and cheap protection barrier for any parcel you would think.
Not only was my card compromised upon purchase, but the delivery was then delayed, only to discover that the items are damage and I'm still awaiting to see what happens next. Customer service have responded promptly, but they never initiated the communication to advise the item has been damaged and sent back, nor the refund. It will be interesting to see what the refund is, as most of the non-glass items will now be ruined and unusable. Pretty sad considering the prices aren't cheap, I purchased on convenience, and now I should have looked elsewhere from the beginning.
They have no control over the courier services they choose to deliver parcels. If they deliver to wrong addresses, iherb does not give a damn. They cannot refund you, resend the parcel or just help with the investigation. You have NO support after your parcel is shipped. And the best thing about it, iherb does not allow to choose any other courier service when submitting an order. A very nice business they run along with scummy CDL, stealing customers parcels one in a while.
Like many others here, they cancel your order without any notification and when you finally ask about the status of your order they basically blame it on you saying they needed additional info (even though they never communicated that in the first place?!?!) dont confirm an order with estimated delivery of more info is needed! BEWARE!
I placed my order on June 18 and they shipped it that exact same day, which shocked me cause it was a Saturday. My order arrived today, June 22! Very happy with my raw honey, Himalayan salt, and African black soap.
Their online store has a wide range of dietary supplements, herbs, beauty products, and health foods to name a few items. And some not so healthy foods (try the Chocolove bars ;).
On a side note, iHerb is the only place I can find the Alba Botanica products for a reasonable price. Even online retailers like Amazon cost more and don't even get me started on the absurd markup by my local stores.
Definitely recommend iHerb.com for the variety, price and fast shipping.
I have been ordering from iherb for two years now. They have outsources their customer support to an online company. You will never speak to a human. Also, their shipping department is totally incompetent. I order several herbs in glass containers. These are destroyed in shipment at least 30% of the time.
I ordered probiotics on December 21/2021, funds were taking from my MasterCard on Dec. 22/2021, on December 24, I received an email form the company told me that the order was cancelled, reason: no payment was received.
Tried email to them, always was rejected tried to chat with them, seems like don't know how to answer my questions but kept asking me for the order no.
You are not getting anywhere whatsoever, the only thing I can do was to dispute my payment.
The process was so frustrated, guess I should never order from this place ever again.
Dear Valued Customer,
We're very sorry for the inconvenience. Rest assured, your MasterCard was not charged for the canceled order. You may see a temporary authorization on funds in your bank account. Please note, this authorization will be released by your bank according to their policies.
We wish you the best of health and hope you'll consider ordering with us in the future.
... really like placing orders from iherb - get the products as ordered - good expiration dates - everything always packed well and received in good condition. And, the products arrive amazingly fast! I see lower star ratings, many from the Brits --- customs, delay and duty could cause irritation - this Irish American commiserates, although not going overboard. It's state robbery - get after your parliament for duty & custom changes... or move to the US - just don't bring your stricter prohibitive gun laws and regulations - it's bad enough here in The States.
In any event, I am able to highly recommend iherb.
iHerb.com has gone down in customer service and shipping. My last two orders both had broken bottles. It was due to inadequate bubble wrap packaging as the boxes weren't damaged. Although they replaced the items quickly, it bothers me that they are too cheap to package according to UPS standards. I am glad now that UPS Next Day Air is now free. I will now stop buying products in glass bottles from them. I do like the fact that they have a large inventory, so some items I must buy from them not available locally. Another negative is no phone support and chat not working sometimes.
We've just come back from our holiday and my order is waiting for me at the Post Office as they couldn't be delivered - there is an £11.90 Customs Charge owing on an £18 order. I needed them sooner, as they took forever to arrive, as I didn't know they were an American based company until after I'd purchased them. A company based in Colchester had 5000 iu Vitamin D3 for £9.365 soft gels, in a plastic flat pack - very snazzy which arrived in 2 days. This is where I'll get them in future.
I was reading reviews of a supplement on Google and noticed that a lot of the 5 star reviews came from iHerb customers that haven't even used the product yet or reported results that aren't even claimed by the manufacturer. In this case, Hydroxycut non-stimulant for weight loss via vitamins, apple cider vinegar, green coffee bean, and caffeine: NOT appetite suppression or water retention reduction. I did some research and learned that iHerb offers reward points to people for reviewing products. They are encouraging consumers to lie about the efficacy of their products.
Dear Valued Customer,
We have an amazing Rewards Program which encourages customers to review products, rather positive reviews or negative reviews, which they have purchased. Customers may then use Rewards credit, granted for positive or negative reviews, on their next purchases. This is an amazing tool for our community and thousands of customers make decisions to purchase or not purchase products based on this authentic user generated content! Customers must have purchased that product to be able to leave reviews. We also moderate content to ensure it abides by the User Generated Content Guidelines and take quick action against any sort of abuse.
The iHerb community is ever growing and the insights customers are able to provide on products they have purchased have proven to be valuable to customers all over the world. We encourage our worldwide community to share their experiences with our over 35,000 product offerings so that customers may find the right products for their needs!
We wish you nothing but the best of health and, should you have any other questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact us.
Have ordered for years as prices and dose sizes where much better than in the UK. However we so have to stay under a certain price or the postage and customs charges double the overall price. Lately a worrying feature is that certain items are 'Restricted in this region or country'. For some reason we cannot order fish oil, gelatin or dhea? I am sure there are many more that I haven't come across yet but it isn't like that at other US supplement companies. This reflects badly on them for all the years I have used them for all my supplement needs. I will consider going elsewhere now as lots of companies are giving equally good prices, service and not restricting.
A WARNING from a person who ordered from iHerb. If you want to receive your order, shop somewhere else. If you don't want to loose money, stay away from iHerb. I read plenty of reviews prior to leaving my own, and I must say I was not surprised to see so many people with similar terrible experience. IHerb lies about the prices, doesn't ship out orders on time and indeed have the worst customer support services I've ever come across. My only advice to those who already placed an order is contact your bank and request a chargeback. Because iHerb won't handle your problem professionally.
I was charged the full amount and never received a confirmation email or order number and it's not showing up as an order on my account so I can't even email them without the order number. I have the receipt with all their details and that's it.
Dear Valued Customer,
We would love to help. Did you purchase directly from our site or from a 3rd party? Please message us directly here on Sitejabber and include the email or phone number associated with your account. We hope to hear from you soon and are standing by to assist you.
Attention to everybody!
Iherb uses shipping companies without checking their requirements and promptness. I've made order on 12th of November and still not delivered. Don't waste time money and nerves!
I ordered muscle tech protein from iherb... Initially price displayed was 3100... then courier charges... 500... then it took hell lot of effort to get KYC and custom clearance... customer support from iherb is pathetic... they didn't reply to email... no tele number... n just a online chat messenger which gives no support... after 1 week late delivery they took 2600 custom clearance charges... so total around 6100... I was getting same product at 5000 at other sites...
IHerp should be ashamed of their selves. Their website is so pathetic it could not even send me a temporary user code so I placed my order with Swanson Health and all was well. The only other sad part was I was trying to buy some vitamins on Amazons website and it sent me to iHerb.com... what has happened to the good old days when Amazon was simple and straight forward. Amazon doesn't care about it's customers either only about generating income from advertisers and trying to shove as much junk as they can in front of you.
Dear Valued Customer,
We regret to hear of this experience and would like to provide support. The temporary user code will only be received if the correct phone number or email account, which has been registered with iHerb, is provided. If not, the code will not be sent. This is done for security purposes. It is likely that the email and/or phone number provided is one which is not associated with any iHerb account. Should you want further help, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at info@iherb.com and one of our excellent customer support agents will get back to you shortly.
We hope you have an amazing holiday season and wish you nothing but the finest of health!
Horrible, horrible, unacceptable shipping and delivery times. 6 days minimum every time to get from their California warehouse to 1 adjacent state away. Nothing but bull$#*! excuses and insults from customer service AND the higher ups trying to tell me that's the way it is. Last order took 7 days. I'm done with this company and have notified all friends and relatives who I previously sent to Iherb to go elsewhere like me. At this point, I'll pay more money for product and shipping to get the items quickly, not via UPS slowboat and non caring customer service@ Iherb.
This company wouldn't allow me to post an honest opinion of one of their products they sell because they claim it violates their terms of giving medical advice. All I did was share that one of the ingredients in the bottle can cause internal bleeding which is what happened to me. Their website gave no warning this could happen and neither does the bottle. Seems they care about making money than being truthful with people. I will never do business with them again.
After you place your order you won't be able to get in the account again they didn't send me an order confirmation and once I opened a live chat they said my order was cancelled due to lack of information. But no refund yet. Wow why are they open? How come they couldn't shoot me an email for more information? Hands down the worst website I've ever used
Dear Valued Customer,
We hate to hear of incidents like the one you reported above. Customers should be able to login to their accounts after they place orders, and they are able to do so 99% of the time, or else we wouldn't be in business and the largest online retailer of health products. It is likely there was/is a technical issue which we have already resolved. Also, certain orders and payment methods need verification to help prevent any sort of fraudulent purchases and protect consumers which is of the highest concern for iHerb.
We would love to look into what may have happened and provide you with an answer regarding the technical issue which prevented you from signing in or details of a possible security concern. In order for us to do so, we ask that you please email appsupport@iherb.com and include the order number. We will be able to look into what happened further once this information is received.
We look forward to assisting you and have the team standing by to help.
If you have any choice - believe me you want to stay away! Yes I was using them for a long time, and Im lucky my orders were smooth, but when a problem occured with address thats when you see how they care for customers. Customer service is absolutly useless - all agents feeding you with different stories and nothing actually happens. They not even trying to solve you problem. I would never ise it again.
Answer: Yes, we have a lot of satisfied customers from the UK who have been ordering from us for many years. The only concern is the customs fees that are charged on the order. Unfortunately some customers are surprised about these fees or the value of the additional fees that get assessed.
Answer: Dear Valued Customer, Thank you for your quick response! If there is a carrier which offers the duties and taxes included then no additional fees will be charged. If the carrier does not state plainly in the cart review that duties and taxes are included, then it is likely that such charges may be required by the local government prior to receiving your order. However, you can email us at appsupport@iherb.com and include the order number and further details. We may be able to look into this matter further. Hope we have helped and we wish you the best of health!
Answer: Dear Valued Customer, We thank you for your inquiry. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide that information simply because we don't make that decision nor receive any of those funds. We recommend contacting the local customs office with such questions as they should be the ones who decide how much based on several factors beyond our knowledge. Please reach out to appsupport@iherb.com with your order number and we can see what we are able to look up in our system. We thank you for shopping with us and wish you nothing but the best.
Answer: Yes, iHerb uses only very reliable delivery services.
Answer: Well dont order from india. When the product will come to your door you will be surprised by the extra custom cost which is almost the price of your product. It happened with me i am from gujarat and i found out later that it happened with many others
Answer: Yes you will be charged extra, they dont make it clear when you place an order, but I was asked to pay an extra £15 sterling before they would deliver my goods to my home, so I refused and am waiting a refund of my order which they now tell me will take up to 6 months, not a good company to deal with, buy from home if I were you, I will not purchase from america again.
Answer: Catherine D. I'm sorry but I have no idea. Iherb is very unreliable on posting things outside US. I would suggest you to search somewhere else for your items if you are not a U.S. Customer. I had problems with not receiving my items, they didn't refund me after chasing them for over 6 months now and came to me with rediculoys excuses blaming UK customs and excise. I did bad reports to different sites to help customers to avoid then
Answer: Dear Valued Customer, We'd love to help but, for the iHerb account associated with the email provided, the last order was placed in December 2023. May you please provide the order number of the recent order so we may help? If this is, indeed, regarding an order placed almost 1 year ago, this has exceeded the time allotted for any claims. However, if this is a more recent order, you may also contact our Customer Support team who is always standing by to assist you.
Answer: Dear Valued Customer, We are sorry to hear this and want to help. May you please provide the order number in this review so we may reference your account? Once received, we will be able to expedite this and resolve the matter quickly. We are standing by and hoping to hear back from you soon.
Answer: Dear Valued Customer, We are sorry to hear this and it looks like an agent was able to assist you and reactivate your account. Customer safety and account security is our highest concern and, although we do our best to accurately identify fraudulent activity, in this instance we fell short. Our teams will continue to work on enhancing every aspect of our operations including identifying risk factors to more accurately identify suspicious accounts. Again, we sincerely apologize and understand the great frustration this must cause. We hope you decide to give us another chance in the future and we wish you the best of health.
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.
Dear Valued Customer,
We want to help and apologize for any inconvenience. However, we need the order number for us to reference. May you please provide that in an updated version of this review? Once received, we can expedite this matter to help you as quickly as possible.