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Ohio
2 reviews
5 helpful votes
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I am currently 17 years old working a part time job and I saved five weeks of paychecks to to pay for a surface three. Then after using it a total of four times the screen went blank and would not turn on and the surface logo kept blinking. After I saw this I sent it back to get a new one because they said they could send me one due to it still being on warranty, and it cracked while in shipping AND they blamed it on me saying it was intentional damage. They were telling me I had to pay $220 if i wanted a new one for something I didn't even do this is BS. $220 should be about another two paychecks for me... do you think I'm made of money? Don't waste your money OR TIME paying for the pieces of crap they're selling.

Date of experience: June 23, 2016
Switzerland
10 reviews
8 helpful votes
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Old new Microsoft
May 16, 2016

Their rebranding and a better quality has increased their sales. Anyhow it is still Microsoft, not Apple.

However, their do provide nice discounts for students and decreased prices for many products. Keep going guys!

Date of experience: May 15, 2016
Oregon
1 review
3 helpful votes
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They refused to honor the price guarantee list on the terms of sale right on their website. They made up bs rules and spouted them at me, and after two calls refused to even connect me with a supervisor, hanging up on me twice. This was after several failed attempts to contact them.

Fail!

Date of experience: March 21, 2018
Texas
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Original order never shipped. I had to call to check on it. Was told somebody would call me back. Never did. Called back to be told my order couldn't be complete because of a 'glitch'. Reordered on phone with person that answered phone. I can't really call them a customer service rep because there is no customer service. Was promised discounts for my inconvenience. Received tracking number for package 2 days after it arrived. Never received all the discounts promised. Over 2 hours on the phone with them. Most of it being put on hold so they could check something. Transferred to 3 different people on one call. Still waiting on call back that I know will never happen. Avoid this site or you will regret it. I posted a review on the website that was censored. Buy somewhere else and avoid Microsoft products when you can.

Date of experience: October 5, 2015
North Carolina
1 review
4 helpful votes
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DO NOT BUY FROM HERE
November 29, 2013

DO NOT BUY FROM HERE. Their website and customer service are so lacking I spent over 10 hours on the site and phone but still did not end up with the tablet I wanted. Their customer service representatives have no accountability and lack basic training. I was hung up on twice, misquoted prices and they messed up the transaction so many times four different credit cards were locked out. They told me they would call be back within two hours to resolve my issue, I never received that call. I am so completely disgusted that I decided to get an entirely different tablet just to avoid future dealings with them.

Date of experience: November 29, 2013
Kansas
1 review
12 helpful votes
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The Microsoft store won't even let you download something you own. It's extremely frustrating, and the fixes you find online are a joke. I don't see how Microsoft allows this to continue, as these experiences are going to hurt thier reputation, and make people not want to buy things from them at all! Where is the damage control!? Another issue is the almost complete lack of support for thier PC game pass service. It easy enough to fin Xbox game pass on PC... But not the PC games!?!? Seriously, you're hurting yourself everyday more than you know Microsoft. I'm a out to change over to lynex over this rediculousness.

Date of experience: November 29, 2019
Canada
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Purchased a sweet laptop... the graphics card did not work... sent it back for exchange... meen while. The laptop goes out of stock and they can't to anything to replace it... stupid systeme... Worst shopping experience ever! NEVER buy from this site!

Date of experience: April 29, 2016
Missouri
1 review
0 helpful votes
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YOU ARE RUBBISH
October 29, 2022

FIRST OF ALL THEIR STORE TAKE SO LONG TO LOAD EVERY DAY OF MY FREAKING DAY OF MU LIFE AND THEY SHOW HOW NOT TO RUN A STORE AND THATS WHY NINTENDO AND SONY ARE BETTER THAN THE RUBBISH THATS MICROSOFT STORE FIX IT!

Date of experience: October 29, 2022
GB
3 reviews
8 helpful votes
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Mobile/Pc Apps
July 2, 2016

There is a vast choice off things to keep you busy on the go mobile apps and games free or pay for ok if bored on the train plane and theres also plenty off apps and games for Pc as well to do work or at home relaxing free or pay for fast easy all in one place connect windows mobile to Pc and you can use apps off there all so upload download

Date of experience: July 2, 2016
Texas
1 review
13 helpful votes
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Microsoft is not supporting the store very easily. I made a $26 purchase & it doesnt install. There is a phone number if you jump through enough hoops, but every link is to a chat bot that misdirects you. If you have issues installing anything you purchase, it'll take hours to resolve. I wish I could work on the desk supporting this line because they likely get 3 calls a day due to how hard it is to get transferred to the right place.

Date of experience: June 6, 2020
GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I came back for holiday and I found my app gone for no reason. I tried uninstalling and installing it but it said "something happened on our end" and it keeps asking for microsoft edge's latest download! Come on, I have microsoft edge (latest version downloaded) but it still does not work! What else does this thing WANT! WHY THIS THING?! I pay good money for good apps, not ones that don't work. I WANT MY DISNEY + BACK NOW!

Date of experience: November 29, 2023
GB
5 reviews
7 helpful votes
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Truthfull review
July 1, 2016

To say they make the products they sell them for high prices compared to other third party retailers which us a shame. They supply most goods quickly and the goods have warranty that goes with most products. No problem with the products just the price.

Date of experience: June 30, 2016
Texas
20 reviews
16 helpful votes
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Don't trust them
September 21, 2015

I have an old computer running Vista yea Vista but the computer is solid and it just does invoices and quotes, mostly. One day I got an update from Microsoft (among many) that uninstalled my Microsoft Office that I payed for! I see they believe I used it long enough and should just flat out buy another MS Office or computer. I bought MS Office back in the day before they started leasing their software out... no shame lot's of greed for money.

Date of experience: September 21, 2015
Minnesota
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Microsoft is the worst system I have ever attempted to use I would rather get a vasectomy from a lion on meth than continue to use Microsoft I finally understand why people want to kill themselves, I hope Bill Gates gets lost in a mine field, I'm coming for your little skinny behind and when I find it I'm going to kick it all over this town-o, town-o, town-o. Microsoft has caused me to take up a new hobby, binge drinking Microsoft gives me an itch on the roof of my mouth that only the barrel of a shotgun can scratch. Eat $#*! you greedy bastard

Date of experience: June 15, 2022
Oklahoma
3 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Microsoft store is the worse app ever. I love Goggle play store it let you install whatever app you want. Microsoft store only what they want i search apps I want to install they don't even come up only bring up what they have total waste of time.

Date of experience: July 28, 2022
New York
3 reviews
0 helpful votes
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I stand in the middle
August 23, 2023

I have been going back and forth with Microsoft products and apple products with the pc. I will continue to have an apple product for certain things and Microsoft for some.

Date of experience: August 23, 2023
Wisconsin
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I purchased a app from the Microsoft store that I was able to download and use the first day. When I tried to use it over a week later I couldn't. I tried to troubleshoot, I even attempted to uninstall and reinstall, all this was to no avail. I asked for a refund and did not get it. I was finally able to uninstall and reinstall today 16 days after purchase and I am being prompted to repay for the same app I purchased, When calling MS I was on hold with rep 15 minuets to be told I was at the wrong department she then transferred me without assistance where I sat on hold almost 20 minuets, I am very disappointed.

Date of experience: September 26, 2022
New York
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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The only...
February 18, 2017

... thing I got here is Win10. And it was free... I dunno if the store is worth using, guess just not for me. But if to say about the store - its navigation is quite convenient and intuitive - good design.

Date of experience: February 18, 2017
Oklahoma
2 reviews
15 helpful votes
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Windows 10
December 14, 2015

Garbage! Very Sloooow, many many imperfections. If you haven't downloaded it yet; DON'T! Crap apps, to try to sell you shti, that eat your computer's memory. 1/2 hr later after disabling them all, you can almost use it. Good for the nostalgia of 1920's radio when you had to wait 10 minutes before the tubes warmed up. They rushed this ludicrous DOWNgrade, so maybe in 2018 they'll have most of the bugs out.It should never have gone live. Now I Have to pay to have windows 8.1 reinstalled. What a treat! No steps forward & 7 back.

Date of experience: December 14, 2015
California
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Have to give it one star
February 6, 2014

Have to give it one star. Was simply trying to purchase and activate pre-installed Office on a new computer. Even after the charge showed on my credit card account, the store did not (and could not through Chat or phone) send activation code until "authorization" review had been completed by accounting, but accounting wasn't open.

Then after receiving code and following all the annoying steps, Office still would not activate.

Long story short: avoid this site unless you want a quick trip back to the 1970s. Ante-diluvian in all respects. Possibly the worst online site I've ever dealt with.

Date of experience: February 6, 2014

Overview

Microsoft Store has a rating of 2.3 stars from 157 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Microsoft Store most frequently mention customer service, credit card and business days. Microsoft Store ranks 110th among Computer sites.

service
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value
22
shipping
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returns
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quality
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