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Nebraska
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Bad Bridal Set
November 1, 2022

In January 2022 I bought a rose gold bridal set. The rose gold has come off the back of the engagement ring. I took the wedding band out of the box today it is tarnished so bad that it looks like the ring is eroded. This wedding band was never on my finger or out of the box. Called the store today to see about getting my money back they said all they can do is send it in to get me replacement. If it would allow it they wouldn't get any stars at all. Wish never got rings there. Pictures below are of both sides of rings.

Date of experience: November 1, 2022
Florida
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Ordered a matress on May 23,2020. Salesperson said I would receive within two weeks. After 14 days I went on their website and found out it would not be delivered until June 17,2020. Today is June 17,2020 and I called the delivery company and they don't have the mattress. I have been on hold for 46 minutes and I still have not talked to anyone. Buy your mattress from someone who has it in stock. Penny's doesn't stock, they order from manufacturer when you purchase. Still on hold.

Date of experience: June 17, 2020
Michigan
4 reviews
5 helpful votes
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I just closed my account with jcpenney. Their online prices change daily and they dont do price adjustments even though its advertised that they do. Their shipping charges to the store are ridiculous and if the item doesnt fit, they dont refund the shipping charges either. Avoid their credit card which is through synchrony bank. They take forever to give you any overpayment back. I waited nearly two months for a check and when It didnt arrive, I called and I had to forcibly make them send me another one. The girl did not tell me she was putting a stop payment on teh $20.14 check and when it arrived I deposited the check. Five days later my bank charged me for a returned check at the rate of $12. I still dont have the $20.14 replacement check and now that check will only be worth $8.14 since the stop payment on the first one just cost me $12. Synchrony bank wont do anything about it. AVOID JCP

Date of experience: February 11, 2019
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Sleeper couch
July 19, 2015

Ordered a sleeper couch. Paid an extra $900 plus tax for an 11 inch AirDream Mattress. The couch that was delivered only had the 4 inch Basic Mattress. We have spent the last month on hours on the phone getting the run around. Now they want us to increase our credit line to pay for a replacement couch. No way.

Date of experience: July 18, 2015
Illinois
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Disappointed
February 18, 2023

Always previously loved shopping at JCPenney! They had great value was easy to return items. Therr was great customer service, but not anymore during Covid you couldn't go to the store and when you were able to return something they charged a restocking fee. Now things are not as good quality as they used to be there no customer service

Date of experience: February 18, 2023
Tennessee
38 reviews
75 helpful votes
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Never have had a problem with JC Penny, either online or in store. I prefer online because there is more stock and better deals but in-store is ok, too. Just more picked over or out of stock items. I just really like JCPenny overall.

Date of experience: January 30, 2017
Tennessee
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Rude
January 2, 2017

We were the first people in line at the jewelry counter at the Lawrence ks location and we were completely ignored as the employee working helped other people that came after us. After waiting for 10 minutes for someone to help us we decided to walk away, it was incredibly unfortunate as we were waiting to buy a diamond ring.

Date of experience: January 2, 2017
North Carolina
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Zero stars
August 3, 2022

Never ordering a mattress or shopping with jcpenny.com ever again. They messed up and delivered the wrong mattress. I went through a mess to get them to agree to return the error but I would have to purchase the correct mattress (not my fault they messed up) again before a refund for the wrong mattress could be returned. I will be returning the mattress, and shopping locally. I will never use jcpenny.com ever again.

Date of experience: August 3, 2022
North Carolina
1 review
4 helpful votes
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I placed a large order i recieved everything except a pair of shoes instead of resolving my situation they need to investigate why someone did not do there job an place my items in the box i order online alot by far this is the worst experience i have ever had no only is the customer service rude but they place me on a long holds and then hung up on me how can i get any help with this company they took my money but will not give me my product

Date of experience: August 19, 2018
New Jersey
5 reviews
0 helpful votes
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I purchased some items via website because I did not have time to stop by the store.
However, that was my first time to use their website and sent me wrong items... Their customer service pick up phone 24/7(I think.) and she was nice. The item I wanted was sold out when I called them and I had to go to store to return wrong item...
I think first impression is the most important.
I am not sure I am coming back to their web site again...

Date of experience: June 27, 2016
Nevada
1 review
21 helpful votes
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On line system is inaccurate, sloppy, misleading, and does not honor promised actions. Even worse, customer service is populated with incompetent, rude, and extremely unhelpful personnel who delight in transferring calls back to the waiting queue, which is always a LONG time. One star is an accurate representation of their internet customer service, but I gave two stars because actual store personnel, in Meadows Mall, Las Vegas, Nevada, are always outstanding.

Date of experience: June 10, 2020
Florida
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Furniture program
January 23, 2023

Never buy their white leather couches with the protection plan. First of all I found out that white couches are painted and when they come to "fix" it, they just apply another layer of paint, which tarnishes over time and needs to be reapplied. However, they won't do that indefinititely, after the second time they will tell you it is wear and tear if the top coat finish cracks or peels and then the warranty expires.

Date of experience: January 23, 2023
Montana
1 review
0 helpful votes
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After several recent transactions with JCPenny on line, I can tell you this...
I would give them no stars if I could
Your order will get screwed up
After they screw up you will be on the phone for an hour listening to repeated "I We apologize..."
They will not fix it by doing anything to make it right!
They don't have a place to do an online reveiw of their services... that should tell you something!
Buy on line from some one else... if you can

Date of experience: August 30, 2017
Florida
1 review
1 helpful vote
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HORRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVIE
October 16, 2017

Wiregrass location(Jose) would not honor a price match with receipt for an crew t-shirt in store purchase within 5 days of original purchase date and looking to purchase 7 more of the same shirt in different colors. I was told to call customer service to see what they could do for me. Called customer service (Hennesey) and they would not help honor the price either. Left on hold for 20 + minutes to be hung up on by Hennessy. Why does this have to be so difficult!

Date of experience: October 16, 2017
Barbados
13 reviews
2 helpful votes
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JCPenney use to be my favourite online store but I found recently they have drop in the quality of their clothing. I use to buy 3 to 4 dresses in one buy but now I can hardly find one. I still shop there for underwear for my husband as I find the prices are very reasonable.

Date of experience: March 30, 2016
Virginia
2 reviews
5 helpful votes
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Misleading
February 14, 2019

I spent time choosing some make up that was on sale on the site. The 2 main items I wanted from the order were cancelled the next day from because they were "out of stock". The other items from order I kind of added to qualify for free shipping so I'm not to thrilled that they are the only items I received. I went to the site the next day and could still put those same items in my cart. I called and spoke to customer service and asked them to make the items unavailable online. Guess, what I just tried again and can still add them to my cart. Really? That says a lot and I wont bother trying their site for anything again.

Date of experience: February 14, 2019
Missouri
3 reviews
3 helpful votes
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Slow!
July 15, 2021

I recently placed an online order at JC Penney. I paid for the shipping to my local store. I placed my order over 2 weeks ago and I still am waiting for my order. This is ridiculous and unacceptable. No wonder they are about to go under.

Date of experience: July 15, 2021
Arizona
21 reviews
18 helpful votes
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Can't always get good deals
September 17, 2016

JCPenney is a company that is generally expensive. Sometimes I am able to walk in and find deals that I like, but that is not often. Once I heard about a deal about towels for a penny. I went in all excited and turns out that that JCPenney location does not sell bath towels. Biggest waste of time of my life.

Date of experience: September 16, 2016
Louisiana
3 reviews
9 helpful votes
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Stellar Customer Service
October 27, 2018

On a Friday evening, I ordered some pants from Amazon and, a couple of hours later, order more pants from JCP.com. The JCP order arrived on Tuesday morning, the Amazon order not until 3 days later on Friday afternoon. So much for Amazon's amazingly fast shipping. I did not have to return this order but have returned JCP orders in the past with no hassle whatsoever. All things being equal, fast shipping and great customer service make the difference.

Date of experience: October 26, 2018
Missouri
1 review
0 helpful votes
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2nd issue I've had in 7.5 months with orders through online. 1st issue couldn't order item online even though it was in stock. Go to the store and couldn't get the online sale price even though it proved to be an issue with their system as the manager tried on his phone. Now they cancel an order for "payment" when they took the money from my card when I ordered it. They don't tell the truth. Either it's out of stock or probably a horrible marketing technique and didn't even have it to start. Too many times items said out of stock and they actually had stock.

Date of experience: August 9, 2023

Overview

JC Penney has a rating of 2.1 stars from 526 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with JC Penney most frequently mention customer service, credit card and order online. JC Penney ranks 26th among Department Store sites.

service
96
value
82
shipping
78
returns
72
quality
73