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Oriental Trading Company

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Maryland
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Rip off
October 23, 2018

I ordered 105 piece of hershey's snack candy.

In the package were 50 pieces of whoppers (3balls) and 15-25 each of all others.

Is there a reason for this? Are Whoppers cheaper?
Disappointed for the high price.

Date of experience: October 23, 2018
Ohio
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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I ordered personalized popcorn boxes only to received folded paper cards that popped into the shape of a popcorn boxes; 72 in total. A roll of stickers that had to individually be placed on each box. Very thin stickers: very similar to the screen protector sheets we have to neatly place on our phones. Super difficult to do. Lots of work; not as described. I called customer service who suggested I return items; to expect refund in 2 weeks after product return; super inconveniencing.

Date of experience: March 6, 2023
Michigan
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Got the run-around
April 23, 2019

I wouldn't even give a one star. I ordered a gift for my grandson in plenty of time. Got lost, somewhere. Ordered again. "Bummer, can't find order" it states. Really? After being told it was shipped twice

Date of experience: April 23, 2019
Florida
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I'm sorry I'm not reviewing an item I bought but I'm starting here to complain about their Halloween commercial. My three year old grand daughter and I were watching
Peppa Pig and this commercial broke into it.
It looked okay at first but the arm falling off and the dog taking it shocked even me. My grand daughter was disturbed by it and though we saw it a month ago she is still processing it.

Date of experience: October 20, 2018
Texas
9 reviews
28 helpful votes
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I really like this site; especially, when I have a themed party to throw. Their prices are unbeatable. Since I have found them, I won't shop at partycity anymore. I knocked off 1 star because sometimes I find their product quality to be a little cheaper than expected.

Date of experience: May 8, 2014
Virginia
3 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Halloween!
October 28, 2021

This website is awesome has a lot of the unique items I am looking for plus they have promo codes and free shipping and beat some of the other sites I was looking at! I had a little issue and CSR offered to refund me for the item and keep it and/or have a certificate, but I just kept item as some of their stuff comes from other suppliers or stores and the issue would come the same so they were very nice and the resolution provided was great. I have been wanting to order from here for years and finally got to do it on my favorited items :p

Date of experience: October 27, 2021
Connecticut
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Paid with a credit card. Safe one might think, right? Oh no! I was having issues (or so I thought) with unauthorized charges on my credit card. Because Oriental Trading's charge didn't say Oriental Trading I thought it was bogus and disputed the charge. *Immediately* upon finding out the error I spoke with my credit card company about my mistake and had them charge my card again. That was in April. I am STILL dealing with this as Oriental Trading can't find the money (despite my confirming it had actually been paid. Now they are threatening *me* with collections? I have sent them documentation from my credit card company about 4 times now and they "can't find it in their records." Will NEVER use this company again!

Date of experience: September 20, 2018
Virginia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Terrible!
August 26, 2022

They. Use photogs that sent accurate and make item look larger than they actually are. Then when you want to return they expect you to pay return shipping. There customer service chat people are worthless too! Will never buy from them again! BUYERS BEWARE!

Date of experience: August 26, 2022
New Jersey
1 review
4 helpful votes
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I bought the graduation banner for my son in April 2021 it cost me $45.89 plus taxes and it was the worst thing I ever bought because in the website shows it on the grass but is too heavy and it doesn't have the holes on each corner to be able to tied it up to the stick or stakes. Maybe it's good if you want to nail it to the wall or staple to the wall also it was hard to find the stakes for it and like you see in the picture I had to put one in the middle to hold it but still it looks very ugly.

Date of experience: June 21, 2021
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Happy
September 4, 2016

I found the stuff I needed and was very pleased with their customer service, delivery, product quality and materials they sent me. The only problem is, because I live in Canada, I had to pay CDN $60.- to UPS for Customs and Duties and paid about USD $50.- for rush delivery to ensure my products arrive on time; other than that, very happy with my order and delivery. I will definitely order from them again but way ahead of time so I am not stressed about delivery date etc...

Date of experience: September 4, 2016
Illinois
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I have used OTC for many years to Christmas ornaments, Easter eggs, and party supplies for my students. This year without my knowledge they signed me up for a fun reward $14.95 a month. I had no knowledge of this nor would I ever want in it. They claim it is a pop up screen at the end of the order. The charges began 11/27/2022. There were 4 scam charges. I will never order from them again. And, I will tell other teachers to never order from OTC again

Date of experience: March 19, 2023
Texas
1 review
4 helpful votes
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I ordered 4 bags of Pastel Pink Sparkle Chocolate-Covered Almonds@ $10 each. Received quickly however when I opened it 75% of each bag was crushed and sum melted. I called up and explained what the problem was. They apologized and said we'll ship out 4 more bags to replace them. I thought great. Got those 4 bags... same thing. I went to leave review on website and it would not allow me to leave negative review. They won't let you leave any negative but truthful review. You can only leave a good review. Well my experience was not good so why can I not leave an honest review. That is very dishonest to me. How many other packages of candy have they sold and wouldn't allow people to leave honest reviews. They are pretty much lying to customers by with holding truthful feedback. I would not have ordered them had I read reviews like that but of course they know that.

Date of experience: October 3, 2016
Massachusetts
1 review
10 helpful votes
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Used to love their items and their fast shipping but can't believe their business practices. Just placed an order and was never told that part of the order was sold out until I got the confirmation email. I would not have ordered the other items if they would have told me that part of the order is not available. But the most unbelievable thing is that they charged me for the full order, even the item that's sold out. Now I have to spend additional time having them fix their mistake! What a scam to not inform people about the status of the order, I feel like the want to dupe you into placing the order even if they can't fulfill all of it!

Date of experience: March 31, 2014
Pennsylvania
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Never had a problem with mindware or oriental trading but this year I bought one gift and they didn't charge sales tax and pay PA. Now I've gotten a notice that says they're reporting my purchase to PA and I'm responsible to file a special form to pay, literally, $2.45. What a pain. I'll never bother with this company again.

Date of experience: February 16, 2019
Missouri
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Wedding goodies
October 28, 2023

I ordered my items on Monday and received them on Friday including personalized items. I ordered an hourglass and it was even prettier than the picture.

Date of experience: October 27, 2023
New Jersey
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Tracking
August 2, 2022

I ordered supplies for my daughter's birthday. I paid $32 dollars alone for the fastest shipping to make sure it got here in time not including the supplies. UPS physically went into my garage and put the carboard box it was in next to other broken down cardboard. They refused to give me at least a partial refund for the shipping I paid because they expected me to not just track it on their website (which I did) but also the UPS website.

Date of experience: August 2, 2022
North Carolina
17 reviews
13 helpful votes
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Great site to buy party items online. They have only in dozens but it is worth the buy if you have more than one kid. They have quality item party items, goody bags etc...
They have a section called the less than perfect but some of the things in that are perfect except a few and they are a great deal for the money.

Date of experience: April 10, 2013
North Carolina
2 reviews
6 helpful votes
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Sales Tax Issue
February 6, 2019

Up until this month, I was a regular customer who was happy with my purchaes. The company did not charge me sales tax and delivered a letter in February saying I owed sales tax. They provided little information so that I am paying tax on exempt products in my state because they mixed taxable and non-taxable and provided false tax information to my state. I will now buy from Amazon who can probably handle state taxes.

Date of experience: February 6, 2019
California
31 reviews
210 helpful votes
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This site is a great place for teacher resources. Parents can also use it to find fun arts and crafts activities and other projects for their kids. There is educational supplies and activities, as well as fun stuff for the holidays and other events. Party supplies, costumes, just about everything.

Date of experience: January 15, 2011
Illinois
1 review
1 helpful vote
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My order of of 6 different sets of items was placed on 12/5/16 and was shipped out thru UPS Surepost on 12/6/16. It was scheduled to arrived by 12/12/16, but I actually received it on 12/9/16! This was my first time ordering from Oriental Trading Company and I am very impressed with the entire process. The items I received were exactly as shown online and the shipping was super quick! I will definitely be happy to order from them again!

Date of experience: December 12, 2016

Overview

Oriental Trading Company has a rating of 1.9 stars from 144 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Oriental Trading Company most frequently mention customer service, credit card and rewards program. Oriental Trading Company ranks 916th among Games sites.

service
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value
47
shipping
46
returns
28
quality
44