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LightInTheBox

Overview

LightInTheBox has a rating of 4 stars from 13,655 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with LightInTheBox most frequently mention good quality, fast delivery and timely manner. LightInTheBox ranks 2nd among Wholesale Clothing sites.

service
1,948
value
1,867
shipping
1,925
returns
1,507
quality
1,804
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Australia
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Refunds
June 8, 2022

After expending copious amounts of energy and wasting time-this site promised to refund-I'm still waiting! I was refunded the postage and nothing more as of yet-my patience is running out! Maybe the ACCC will have to deal with this…so their trade ceases!? Or where is my refund light in the box!?!?!

Date of experience: June 8, 2022
LightInTheBox F. LightInTheBox Rep
over a year old

Dear customer,

This is Bloo, supervisor of customer service, Lightinthebox.

For your issue I have created ticket# 26138377, Would you please login you litb account and reply when you feel free?

Sincerely
Customer Service.

GB
1 review
11 helpful votes
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If l could give zeros stars l would. Purchased items as they were cheapest. Was informed parcel would take 7 days max only for it to be sitting in the DHL sorting facility for 10 days waiting for £30 duty and taxes to be paid, which turns out they are more expensive than anywhere else. Duty and taxes is not in their delivery section on their website. I am so angry l am going to report them for misleading information. Hopefully, so no one else get caught. Don't know why they want invoice to reply, when it takes them ages to answer a mail.

Date of experience: July 8, 2020
LightInTheBox F. LightInTheBox Rep
over a year old

Dear customer,

We apologize for the problem. Could you please firstly provide us with your Order Number so we can help you what caused the problem?

Please also be advised GBP30 tax fee was charged by your local Customs. The taxes is noted in our knowledge base as below:
http://www.lightinthebox.com/knowledge-base/c1229/a3021.html

Your local custom office usually will charge you tax fees for imported products. Being aware of this situation and we would like to offer better service, we started the tax insurance service. As long as customers have paid for tax insurance, we will fully refund the tax. The tax insurance could be paid to the payment page when you place the order: https://www.lightinthebox.com/download/3a39381c-3ae3-4376-8bde-800c4058d8f7

So if you had paid for this "Tax Insurance" of your order, then you will be fully compensated the tax fee. Please don't be worried.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation in advance.

GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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SCAM
November 18, 2022

Pictures are nothing like what you receive. They try and copy the design and it just looks and feels cheap. Do yourself a favour and spend your money else where.

Returning good is a long process too going around in circles it's so annoying.
Trust me, and your welcome.

Skip this website

Date of experience: November 18, 2022
LightInTheBox F. LightInTheBox Rep
over a year old

Dear customer,

This is Chloe, supervisor of customer service, Lightinthebox.

For your issue I have created ticket# 27390259, Would you please login you litb account and reply when you are free? The ticket message will be also sent to your email related with LITB account.

Sincerely
Customer Service

Maryland
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Published review 3/14/21
BEWARE! Worse purchase I ever made. The dress arrived 30 days later after I was promised 4-7 day shipping and the wrap is worse material than my shower curtains buttons are loose poorly sewn together. The color is off. I reached out to customer service and ask them can I return they stayed no. I will never purchase from here again. The stitching is uneven. And off track. I will be reporting to tbt better business bureau. Shipping was over $60 dress was 195 my total was $260 something dollars. Material so thick and cheap not trying to be a comedian but I wouldn't put it on anybody grand-mother. The threads are loose abs showing. Beware beware beware. Worse garnet I ever purchased. I should of listened to the reviews. Please beware this is an honest review. This company has completely misappropriated this garment.

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Date of experience: March 13, 2021
LightInTheBox F. LightInTheBox Rep
over a year old

Hi,

This is Customer Service Supervisor from Lightinthebox. I sincerely apologize for what happened and all the inconveniences caused. I will follow up this case and resolve the problem, in order to meet your satisfaction. I had conducted new Ticket ID = 23104738 in our ticket center and provide a new solution for your case. Please log in your light in the box account--go " personal center"--"my ticket" to check our reply. Thank you for your cooperation.

India
2 reviews
4 helpful votes
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WTF IS THIS
November 1, 2015

Customer support said that they shipped my laptop but its now 8 days and the tracking is showing nothing!
This guys dont really ship anything just grabs funds from My cards
Pathetic support and no response! Very bad experience.
My order number is **************
Please respond soon what is going on!

Date of experience: November 1, 2015
LightInTheBox F. LightInTheBox Rep
over a year old

Dear Melanie,

We saw that our customer service team already opened a new ticket for you, and now it is solved. We will try to send you a new one, hope it could meet your satisfaction.

Sincerely,

Lightinthebox

Oregon
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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My new favorite site! I managed to track down several outfits I had not been able to find in the US. I was a little worried my items would arrive and be cheap knock offs (I'm not sure how well policed some of the China based companies are) but my items arrived Exactly as described! I had read that shipping could take awhile (witch was fine because I understood the items were coming from China) but was pleasantly surprised when my items arrived after only 9 days. The only thing you should know before purchasing is you have to pay a fee because you're shipping from a foreign country. So whatever the price of the item double it.

Date of experience: July 3, 2014
Florida
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Buyer beware
June 9, 2022

Product not as advertised. Extremely over priced expedited shipping that takes almost 4 weeks to arrive. Measurements are incorrect. Quality is very poor and customer service is worse. They do not offer returns unless you accept price gouging and lose most of your $. $200 spent on an item I can. Lot west based into just incorrect measurements. Material is poor quality with thick side seams visible. Dress is very stiff and not as described.

Date of experience: June 9, 2022
LightInTheBox F. LightInTheBox Rep
over a year old

Dear customer

This is Bloo, supervisor of customer service, Lightinthebox. Thank you for leaving a comment with us. Your advice is very essential for us to improve quality issue and service level.

Please understand that our products are quality-checked before shipment,therefore, we are fully responsible for the items which are in confirmed quality issue.

In order to protect your info and solve your problem. Would you please provide your e-mail address and order number so I could offer proper solution for you?

Waiting for your kind response.

Sincerely
Customer Service

Hong Kong
1 review
1 helpful vote
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It is next to impossible to receive the promised refund. On April 30 '21 Customer Service agreed to a full credit in 3-5 days but nothing happened so far and it's not possible to contact them. Buyer beware.

After posting this review Lightinthebox refunded the amount due to my credit card

Date of experience: May 19, 2021
LightInTheBox F. LightInTheBox Rep
over a year old

Dear Mildred,

This is Customer Service Supervisor from Lightinthebox. I sincerely apologize for what happened and all the inconveniences caused.

Please allow me to explain that the refund was returned to your credit account on our website on 2021-05-02, and now I have submited withdraw for you. The refund will return to your original paid account within 7-`15 days.

Please check your mailbox, we've send you an email (ticket #23611262) and if you bave any other problems, we're glad to help.

Virginia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Sizing is off, I followed measurements and even went up a size and still too small.
Quality, fabric on some items was awful. Black dress sewn with white thread. Soft jacket was so uneven I could not even fake it so it looked good.
Shipping was cheap, however I was also charged a "shipping service" fee. What!?!?!?!
The items I want to return, they asked me to take photos for proof and asked me to measure each garment. Really! And now, they do not have a US return facility, therefore I have to send my items to China at my expense. This is all just unbelievable to me.
Membership fee - never agreed to becoming a member, $20.00. Need that refunded.
Customer service, via email only, no phone number to be found.

Date of experience: September 20, 2023
LightInTheBox F. LightInTheBox Rep
over a year old

Dear customer,

This is Megha, supervisor of customer service, Lightinthebox.

I am so sorry for the inconvenience caused. Now you will receive personalized assistance quickly.

I have created ticket # 101630979 for your issue. The ticket message will be sent to your email related with LITB account. Please review it, we will be waiting for your response.

My pleasure to help you!

Sincerely,
Megha
Customer Service Lightinthebox

Massachusetts
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Absolutely the WORST experience. Cheap poor quality clothing that appears nice in photo and in person is not. Very slow shipping and in reality no returns! They say you can ship back at your expense (mine was over $40) or give you a credit of 10% of your order to use on your next order. Fell for this scam but never again and I'd advise anyone not to either.

Date of experience: March 28, 2022
LightInTheBox F. LightInTheBox Rep
over a year old

Dear customer

This is Bloo, supervisor of customer service, Lightinthebox. Thank you for leaving a comment with us. Your advice is very essential for us to improve quality issue and service level.

Please understand that our products are quality-checked before shipment,therefore, we are fully responsible for the items which are in confirmed quality issue.

In order to protect your info and solve your problem. Would you please provide your e-mail address and order number so I could offer proper solution for you?

Waiting for your kind response.

Sincerely
Customer Service

Ireland
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I ordered a wrap and shawl for a wedding in the same colour both supposed to be blushing pink one arrived in pink the other is peach, not that I would use either of them as they look cheap and tacky with threads hanging from them very bad stitching on the hem and really overall very tacky. Do your self a favour and stay away from this website, to top it all after paying €12.95 for quick shipping it too 10 days to get here with an added €6.80 I had to pay for excise duty, I though I was buying this reduction in the U. K not China hence the extra charge.

Date of experience: April 17, 2014
France
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Worst site on the web
December 20, 2015

I ordered a pair of ski goggles with 6-8 business days delivery to take with me on a skiing trip over Christmas, I also had the 404 error message when trying to track them and only today it will give me a tracking statement to say they are still in transit. I have been trying to contact the customer service for days but every button you click on takes you round in circles making it impossible to get anywhere and speak to someone! Would strongly advise not ordering from this company as they obviously do not care about delivery dates and customer service! Very disappointed.

Date of experience: December 20, 2015
GB
3 reviews
15 helpful votes
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Hidden costs. Poor quality. Tricky calculations on costs. Absolutely hate our experience with this company and am warning all to stay away. If I could return the so-called "artwork" (which looks like a 5 year old smeared finger paints all over a canvas... absolutely awful!), I would do so but I'm not spending another penny on this terrible experience.

Date of experience: June 30, 2015
Arizona
1 review
1 helpful vote
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They shipped a faulty Shower system. Items would not screw into each other properly + valve was not working properly. Hugh waste of time as plumbers were looking to instal, so then had to rush around getting something locally on the fly. Big waste of time, did eventually get a refund, but by the time you ship item back etc, and deal with getting another one quickly (so costing more), this was a very poor purchase and experience.

LightInTheBox attempted to help this customer through the Sitejabber Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond
Date of experience: April 15, 2017
LightInTheBox F. LightInTheBox Rep
over a year old

Dear Customer,

We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience. The refund was returned to your store credit. We sent you 3 tickets for this issue but you haven't checked it yet.

You can use it to pay for your next order or you can withdraw it via Computer (Not mobile). If you want to withdraw the credit to your Paypal account, please follow the steps below:

1. Go to this link:
https://www.lightinthebox.com/index.php?main_page=store_credit
2. Click the "Withdraw" button, and then click the "Submit" button on the next page.
3. After your submitting the request, we'll confirm your withdrawal request within 3-4 days, then the credit will be sent to the original account you paid with the order, you may refer to the following link about the refund processing time:
http://www.lightinthebox.com/knowledge-base/c1295/a3494.html

We created one new ticket for you. Please log in your account on a computer (not mobile). You can find your ticket here: https://www.lightinthebox.com/index.php?main_page=ticket_after_detail&id=15195766

Sincerely,
LightInTheBox Customer Service

Colorado
2 reviews
9 helpful votes
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It was a nightmare and they offered no solution did not even care that they messed up my order. I ordered from there many times and this time they just royally screwed up! I took getting a hole in one of my items or them coming in the wrong size but they just decided to not give me anything and keep my money. It is supper hard to get any customer service and when you do they just don't care so they don't do anything about your problem. I ordered April 07,2015 at 02:17 PM, it is 01/04/2016 still no resolution. Just an $8 coupon that cannot be used upon checkout - which in no ways covers the items I purchased but did not receive. Maybe use PayPal so at least you can get your money back.

Date of experience: February 18, 2014
Australia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Bathroom taps & fittings
September 20, 2018

Communication is definitely a problem. My questions were not really answered and in one case, links that didn't work were provided after the order was placed! Shipping was also expensive.
The goods however, did eventually arrive in good order. Yet to be installed so we shall see...

Date of experience: September 19, 2018
Mexico
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Good experience, decent products
April 27, 2023

Ordered 8 clothing items which arrived on time. All items fit nicely, except 1 dress which was smaller than size guide and another dress got soiled upon receipt. But customer support handled it efficiently, even though you could be required to do some size measurements to show proof as to why outfit didn't fit, which is reasonable. Overall, happy with products and service.

Date of experience: April 27, 2023
Nevada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Thank you Light in the Box!
September 12, 2014

Thank you Light in the Box! You totally made my Wedding Day memorable with such an affordable rate! I'll suggest this site to all those people who want to wed in style without compromising on quality!

Date of experience: September 12, 2014
New York
2 reviews
6 helpful votes
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I ordered 2 Makeup Erasers on Aug 12 and still have not heard about my tracking number. The price was great but their shipping is so slow. After reading several reviews I am a bit concerned. How can I find out when I will receive this order? I need them by Aug 30. I wanted to order 60 of them as a favor/gift for a social group, but there is no way to contact the company. Very disappointed!

Date of experience: August 26, 2016
New Jersey
1 review
2 helpful votes
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LightInTheBox is an overall fun website with many different fashion styles that can be browsed. They always have amazing deals for the product that you are looking for and receiving the item doesn't take long either.

Date of experience: September 30, 2014