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MiniInTheBox.com has been a worldwide business leader in selling blue-ribbon consumer goods since 2006. From the moment we founded MiniInTheBox, our vision was to empower people worldwide in buying and selling online. Whoever you are, and wherever you are, MiniInTheBox offers the same price to all: the lowest possible. Whether you’re a wholesaler looking to increase revenues, a retailer who refuses to pay the high prices in your country, or a shopper looking to get hold of the latest products, MiniInTheBox.com provides light-speed service and wholesale prices. We buy direct from an ever expanding network of Chinese wholesale manufacturers so we can keep costs low while maintaining the highest of standards. We serve customers from over 50 countries, and we're still growing. But our vision won’t change: One world, one price.


miniinthebox.com
Founded in 2009
Beijing, NY, China
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MiniInTheBox Reviews Summary

The company has garnered a predominantly negative reputation among customers, with frequent complaints about delayed shipments, poor product quality, and a confusing return policy. Many customers expressed frustration over the lack of accessible customer support, making it difficult to resolve issues or obtain refunds. Additionally, the inconsistency in product descriptions and sizes has led to dissatisfaction. While a few customers noted positive experiences with specific products, these are overshadowed by widespread concerns regarding service reliability and communication. Overall, the feedback suggests a critical need for improvements in customer service and operational transparency.

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service
276
value
262
shipping
273
returns
197
quality
249
France
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Good experience!
March 3, 2017

Très satisfaite du site bien que la livraison sois assez longue ou assez chère
Je recommanderai
Des prix introuvable ailleurs et bonne qualité

Date of experience: March 3, 2017
Brazil
4 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Br. - São as bases de uma relação comercial. Eu afirmo que tudo o que eu comprei eu recebi em perfeito estado e pleno funcionamento. Afirmo ainda que quando ocorreu um problema no envio a empresa respondeu com presteza e exatidão. Estou muito satisfeito com esta relação comercial.
US - They are the basis of a business relationship. I affirm that everything I bought I received in perfect state and full functioning. I further state that when a problem occurred in the shipment the company responded with promptness and accuracy. I am very satisfied with this business relationship.

Date of experience: March 3, 2017
Italy
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Broken promises
March 3, 2017

Initially, I had written a very positive review but I have to unfortunately withdraw it and report that this store does not keep as promised. Following three different purchases I was contacted by them with the promise of a gift (eg torch or USB stick) in exchange for positive reviews on this site.
In the face of the positive reviews published, the gifts have not been sent and there has been no response to my various remarks.
This is an extremely incorrect behavior.

Date of experience: March 3, 2017
Germany
1 review
0 helpful votes
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LED-Ersatzbirnen
March 3, 2017

Alle LED-Ersatzbirnen funktionieren einwandfrei, auch ist die Passgenauigkeit sehr gut.
Nachdem ich bei Lieferung auch Zollgebühren bezahlen musste, wurden diese jedoch infolge der bezahlten Versicherung wieder zurückerstattet.

Date of experience: March 3, 2017
Italy
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Lampadine led a filamento molto luminose e con rapporto qualità/prezzo eccezionale. Ideali per camere da letto. Spedizione dalla Cina con corriere espresso gratuito in soli 3 giorni ordine del 25/02/2017 e consegnato il 28/02/2017. La spedizione gratuita con corriere espresso è effettuata soltanto per alcuni articoli, tra cui l'ordine delle 5 lampadine led a filamento. Fino a 22,00 non si pagano dazi doganali, per importi superiori si deve fare l'assicurazione.

Date of experience: March 3, 2017
Saudi Arabia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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It's always an important action that stay in the customer memory: honesty, follow up and problems solving. Solving customer complaints means a lot to get the loyalty of customers. I was buying feom the right site. No need to look at other places. Thank you.

Date of experience: March 3, 2017
GB
1 review
7 helpful votes
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I ordered 3 pieces voltage regulators, 90-220 volt, 2 kW. I tested them and they are functioning perfect. The maximum load was 2 kW; without any problem the system ran for more than one hour continuously, and we stopped this test.
One part of the test was short-circuiting the unit. Some semiconductors will be open after this type of mistreat, this regulator gets closed (so full 220 volt at the output). Be aware of this fact in your application!
In one of the reviews is the question: "what is the goal of thge blue potentiometer?". This is to set the control-point oif the gate of the triac. With an oscilloscope one can set this point such that the output is really zero with the "normal potentiometer" fully CCW.
In a couple of reviews I see the commenbt about the way of shipping. It is clearly mentioned that the delivery takes some time (15-20 workdays), however what is difficult indeed: it is not possible to follow the shipment! If this could be improved... hurrah! Another not-so-comfortable subject is that the description of the materials is rather primitive. However the company is selling so many products for such attractive prices that I do not feel this as a real problem.
Conclusion: very good company!

Date of experience: March 3, 2017
Germany
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Ich würde immer wieder bei euch bestellen
Zwar hat man eine lange Wartezeit aber das ist nicht so schlimm
Solange die Ware ankommt ist alles super

Date of experience: March 3, 2017
Italy
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Economico e sicuro
March 3, 2017

Consiglio vivamente questo sito a chi vuole spendere poco senza perdere la qualità dei prodotti (nel mio caso make-up, gioielleria e informatica): la consegna è gratuita e pago tramite PayPal; aspetto diversi giorni per la consegna (Italia) ma ne vale di certo la pena! Non posso dimenticare che il servizio assistenza è ottimo e pronto ad aiutare se ci sono problemi, anche con la consegna gratuita dell'oggetto nel caso di perdita del pacco. Ottimo.

Date of experience: March 3, 2017
Germany
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Super, für diesen preis, sieht genial aus und das Handy ist durch das metallgehäuse sehr gut geschützt, wenns mal dann doch mal runterfällt

Date of experience: March 3, 2017
Italy
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Ho ordinato una lampada led wireless per il trucco, e mi è arrivata dopo pochi giorni (tra l'altro mi hanno anche rimborsato le spese di dogana perché mi ero assicurata!), e altri oggetti arrivati dopo un mesetto (ragazzi, arriva tutto dalla cina via posta... non capisco lo stupore che le cose arrivino dopo un mese!). Ho preso a pochi euro i ricambi per lo spazzolino elettrico che qui costano dieci volte tanto. Top.

Date of experience: March 3, 2017
Ukraine
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Получил карман с контроллером. Все на месте, все работает. Выглядит, кстати, отлично. Сборка подкачала, но, надеюсь, в будущем ребята исправятся. Спасибо!

Date of experience: March 3, 2017
Maryland
4 reviews
11 helpful votes
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Ordered a watch band, never received. No way to really contact the company.
They even had the nerve to charge me a "foreign transaction fee".
TOTAL CHEAP CHINESE RIP OFF SITE!

Date of experience: March 2, 2017
Mini I. MiniInTheBox Rep
over a year old

Dear Customer,

Usually we use our ticket center to keep in touch with our customers, your ticket wes replied within 24hours. Please log in your account on a computer (not mobile) You can find your ticket refer to following picture or this link: https://www.miniinthebox.com/index.php?main_page=ticket_after_detail&id=14870528

Please note because the shipping method you chose for this order was postal service. It's the cheapest shipping method we have, while takes the longest shipping time for delivery. It usually takes 10-20 working days (14-28 calendar days) for the package to arrive. And we state it in the shipping method choosing part at the check out page when you placed this order. So it's normal that you still haven't received the package because it's still in transit.We guess you might haven't noticed this so you're inquiring about your order.

Your order was shipped out via airmail on 2017-02-16 with the reference number RN650423547CN. So you shall receive the order before [2017-03-16], which is the 28th day of shipping. However, if you do not receive your order by that day, please reply in the ticket to the supervisor. We'll either issue the refund or arrange a reshipment for you.

Sincerely,
MiniInTheBox Customer Service

Texas
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Deceitful Shipping
March 1, 2017

Paid for expedited shipping, and was led to believe, that we would receive our mouse that we ordered within 2-3 business days. We found out Saturday and Sunday are not business days for SF Express, the place used for shipping by MiniInTheBox. After purchase the shipping in email changed from 2-3 business days to 2-4. First deception. Well, the product was shipped, Feb 23rd 2017, according to the email MiniInTheBox sent. This is March 1st 2017. Which is 4 business days. Cannot find answer to this question. Who does sf express use to deliver the product, I ordered from your site, to me, in Abilene, Texas? Can you please find out why the expedited shipment has not yet arrived, where it is at, and what courier service will deliver to me? I will also be placing this in my review, along with the answer I receive from MiniInTheBox.
Update: Received package March 2,2017. Customer service was helpful and courteous. They replied they would also fix shipping issues. Also UPS is the courier who delivers package for SF Express in USA.

Date of experience: March 1, 2017
Mini I. MiniInTheBox Rep
over a year old

Dear Customer,

We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience. Please don't be worried cause we'll take full responsibility of that.

The supervisor of customer service created one ticket for you. Please contact her in this ticket and she'll definitely solve the problem. Please log in your account on a computer (not mobile). You can find your ticket here: https://www.miniinthebox.com/index.php?main_page=ticket_after_detail&id=14861008

Sincerely,
MiniInTheBox Customer Service

Ireland
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Great
March 1, 2017

I ordered two phone cases they were both great would definitely recommend this website! Great value and great products

Date of experience: March 1, 2017
Mini I. MiniInTheBox Rep
over a year old

Dear Customer,

Usually we use our ticket center to keep in touch with our customers, I guess you might don't know how to create a ticket. No worries, the supervisor of customer service created one for you. Please contact her in this ticket and she'll definitely solve the problem. Please log in your account on a computer (not mobile) You can find your ticket refer to following picture or this link: https://www.miniinthebox.com/index.php?main_page=ticket_after_detail&id=14860882

Please note because the shipping method you chose for this order was postal service. It's the cheapest shipping method we have, while takes the longest shipping time for delivery. It usually takes 10-20 working days (14-28 calendar days) for the package to arrive. And we state it in the shipping method choosing part at the Check-Out page when you placed this order. So it's normal that you still haven't received the package because it's still in transit. And it doesn't provide online tracking service. We guess you might haven't noticed this so you're inquiring about your order.

Your order was shipped out via airmail on 2017-02-11 with the reference number SYLLT42211982. So you shall receive the order before [2017-03-11], which is the 28th day of shipping. However, if you do not receive your order by that day, please reply in the ticket to the supervisor. We'll either issue the refund or arrange a reshipment for you.

Sincerely,
MiniInTheBox Customer Service

Canada
4 reviews
15 helpful votes
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Ordered on Jan 5, still not received by Feb 23 and, after promising a refund, that hasn't happened either. This company should not be trusted. I have been ordering items like this online for business for 5 years and have not found a worse customer service/delivery disaster than this.

Update: Almost immediately upon posting this review, a "customer service supervisor" contacted me and said that a refund was in progress (well, not really a refund, at first... it was store credit in the amount I had paid... it didn't become an actual refund until I specifically requested it) and a "gift" of $5 off a min. $10 purchase. I was also asked to change the review and give it 4-5 stars once the refund was complete.

I am forced to wonder how many other people have done this and maybe this is why the rating is so high? Only speculation on that, no evidence. Take it for what it's worth. As of this writing (March 16) I still have no evidence that the item was even shipped... still feels like they accepted my money and then did nothing.

MiniInTheBox attempted to help this customer through the Sitejabber Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond
Date of experience: February 28, 2017
Mini I. MiniInTheBox Rep
over a year old

Dear Customer,

We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience. Please don't be worried cause we'll take full responsibility of that.

The supervisor of customer service created one ticket for you. Please contact her in this ticket and she'll definitely solve the problem. Please log in your account on a computer (not mobile). You can find your ticket here: https://www.miniinthebox.com/index.php?main_page=ticket_after_detail&id=14849979

Sincerely,
MiniInTheBox Customer Service

New Jersey
3 reviews
2 helpful votes
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Title says it all. Wasn't told shipping would take 11-20 OR 30 days!
I WANT MY MONEY REFUNDED!
AVOID MINI IN THE BOX AT ALL COSTS!

Date of experience: February 28, 2017
Mini I. MiniInTheBox Rep
over a year old

Dear Customer,

Usually we use our ticket center to keep in touch with our customers. Please log in your account on a computer (not mobile) You can find your ticket refer to following picture or this link: https://www.miniinthebox.com/index.php?main_page=ticket_after_detail&id=14849901

Please note because the shipping method you chose for this order was Postal Service - No Tracking. It's the cheapest shipping method we have, while takes the longest shipping time for delivery. It usually takes 10-20 working days (14-28 calendar days) for the package to arrive. And we state it in the shipping method choosing part at the check out page when you placed this order. So it's normal that you still haven't received the package because it's still in transit. And it doesn't provide online tracking service. We guess you might haven't noticed this so you're inquiring about your order.

Your order was shipped out via airmail on 2017-02-23 with the reference number 42011088745. So you shall receive the order before [2017-03-23], which is the 28th day of shipping. However, if you do not receive your order by that day, please reply in the ticket to the supervisor. We'll either issue the refund or arrange a reshipment for you.

Sincerely,
MiniInTheBox Customer Service

Washington
11 reviews
5 helpful votes
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Easy to use
February 27, 2017

I have been shopping for stylus pens there. I get a lot of pens at a great price, and they have a variety of different styles plus many other things to get.

Date of experience: February 26, 2017
Neil P.
Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Don't rely on this outfit
February 24, 2017

ordered in Nov 29th 2016 still not here, apparently shipped from Netherlands to Canada. That is 3 months with out product.

Date of experience: February 24, 2017
Mini I. MiniInTheBox Rep
over a year old

Dear Neil P.,
We're sorry to hear about this experience. Supervisor Fabio will take care of your case at this ticket: https://www.miniinthebox.com/index.php?main_page=ticket_after_detail&id=14820352
Thank you

Massachusetts
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Buyer BEWARE
February 24, 2017

NEVER RECEIVED MY ITEMS. NO RETURN MESSAGES FROM THEM ABOUT THIS. THEY WILL TAKE YOUR MONEY AND NO PRODUCTS SENT.

Date of experience: February 24, 2017
Mini I. MiniInTheBox Rep
over a year old

Hi, please can you provide a valid MiniInTheBox order number so that we can provide help?
Thank you