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Florida
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Don't buy balloons here
November 26, 2021

I spent $40.00 on a balloon bouquet and in 3 hours most of them deflated and on the floor. Rip off! Don't buy here

Date of experience: November 26, 2021
West Virginia
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
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This is the 2nd time this year that i have had issues with them, the first time was in January and they never shipped one of my things for a b day party and they delivered it after the date they said they would. This time, i noticed after the fact of the delivery date-my invites wont be here in time to hand out and mail so i called them with in 5 minutes of ordering and the order said it wont ship until the next day, so i called and the unhelful lady said it still might ship today and i told her it was 5 minutes ago and she couldnt change the order but told me that i could go to a store 45 minutes away to return it... i needed the invites the say it said it would be here before i ordered not the date it gave me after i placed the order... this place has horrible customer sevice, they dont care about customers. I will be taking my business to other party stores and not enable this one any longer. They are horrible and dont work with you at all but they also lie to you telling you the order wont go out until tomorrow but that it still might...

Date of experience: April 25, 2017
Indiana
1 review
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Lost my business
September 17, 2020

Sent the wrong item. I called to straighten it out and they refused to correct their mistake. Buy elsewhere, if you want customer service.

Date of experience: September 17, 2020
New York
1 review
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Will never shop there again the workers are lazy and so rude ask a question they say they're busy but they're doing nothing

Date of experience: August 12, 2019
Texas
1 review
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"Forgetting an item"
October 28, 2020

I ordered a sparkly witch costume with a light up dress, a wand, and a hat but they forgot the hat. I got mad after this experience and would like another costume BEFORE Halloween.

Date of experience: October 28, 2020
New York
1 review
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The store Whistone in Queens, College Point NY, the personal ego pero in there, they are prepotente, unpolite, one of the maneger the name David treat with bar actitud and prepotence. I ask to speak with the maneger above, he was in the store and he didnt show in any moment, nos name is Peter When you call customer service they put you on hold for 30 min and them they hang Up the thelephone. Nobody care and proyect the customer. Dont lost your time to buy or order anything in this place ir hoy have to exchange or need a service forget it about. I will never in my life visit this place. Im fustrated. I spend 300 dollars and a lost all my money.

Date of experience: October 29, 2018
Oklahoma
1 review
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We went to pick up balloons that were supppsed to be ready for 11am (said so on the receipt) for a party at noon. Not only were they not ready but the employee that mumbled all of his words said o well we just saw an order for 150 balloons that we did not know about so your going to have to wait at least an hour. Well, you knew about our order right?! Whatever, canceled the order and was told to get a refund. When the clerk was refunding the balloon order, he did not refund the whole order. When questioned, he said o well you have these charges on here and I don't know what they are. The only thing purchase was napkins and balloon and the napkins sure didn't cost the $30 additional $ that were in question. We asked to speak to the manager and he said I am the manager and I did not take your order. The MANAGER of the store couldn't read the receipt?! Also, he kept trying to pass blame by saying I didn't take your order?! Is that what all managers are taught at Party City?! This was the last incident that put me over the top. There has been so many other incidents that I just bite my tongue until I get out of there. I will never ever shop at that location again. It can't be that hard to show some professionalism, can it?!

Date of experience: September 12, 2017
Wisconsin
1 review
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Horrible Service
May 16, 2023

I agree 100% with all the negative reviews.
The service & quality of balloons are just bad.
Pls save your money/stress & go to a different place.

Date of experience: May 16, 2023
North Carolina
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I ordered $75 worth of balloons for my son's 13th birthday party. The original party date was moved due to a snowstorm. I contacted the store in advance and was told that it would be no problem to fill the order at a later date when the party has been rescheduled. After we rescheduled the party (just a couple of weeks later), I went to fill the order and the manager told me that they were out of helium. There was a helium crisis and no store was able to get any from a vendor. I had to ask her several questions in order to get some kind of resolution. I decided to reduce my order and the suggestion she made was that I try to get the balloons blown up elsewhere. I tried other stores but they wouldn't blow up the balloons since I didn't purchase them at their stores. I ended up going to the Party City in Mooresville. They had helium and blew up the balloons. They explained that per my receipt, the North Lake party city charged me for balloons and helium. I was quite angry after all the hoops that I had been overcharged. I would say don't go to the North Lake party city. They were not helpful at all. I should not have had to go through all of the hoop jumping. They should have cared that I spent money in their store and tried to help me to the best of their ability. Very poor customer service. The party city in Mooresville was much nicer and willing to help.

Date of experience: January 28, 2019
Canada
1 review
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I am busy, and I am tired and was told I can't order over the phone---i was ordering for my husband's 50Th and wanted to call it in, and pick it up tomorrow---really?

Date of experience: January 10, 2020
Michigan
1 review
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Watch your account! They took the amount of order out twice and blamed my bank! What a terrible company and I will never order again!

Date of experience: June 20, 2018
Florida
8 reviews
100 helpful votes
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I bought candy for a project at party city and during the project I was staying awake after how much candy I was eating it kept me up all night I love party city :D

Date of experience: March 11, 2019

bad costumes bad security
February 21, 2019
Previous review

This company ruined parties a lot they don't have any useful things but costumes and candy they don't help you at all stay away!

Date of experience: February 21, 2019
California
3 reviews
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Broken Heart Valentine
February 14, 2021

I ordered a bouquet of balloons, $45, the night before Valentine's day. Everything I ordered at the moment was in stock. On Valentines' day, 3 hours before they were to be delivered as a gift I am alerted that the red heart valentine's balloons were not in stock and that they will still deliver the rest of the order (12 black balloons and an L... IT'S NOT A FUNERAL!). I could not get a hold of anyone to cancel the order except the delivery driver. My friend is now going to be without balloons for Valentine's day (wanted to make him smile since he's been sad the past few years) and I am now out $28 (the rest of the amount I was charged without the Valentine heart balloons) due to Party City's inventory error. I can't even go into the store because I ordered them from California which makes this even more frustrating. I feel as if I've been stolen from. This is not professional. I want a full refund or to have all the balloons I paid for to be delivered to the address listed once they are all in stock even though THE SENTIMENT WILL BE MOOT SINCE IT'LL BE AFTER VALENTINE'S DAY!

Date of experience: February 14, 2021
North Carolina
1 review
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Great service
August 26, 2022

My sister loves her bouquet, All thanks to Destiny, she did a great job.
I will be coming back again.
Thank you.

Date of experience: August 25, 2022
New York
1 review
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No good costume
October 31, 2020

Costumes isn't good and my son costume didn't even have his mask or the rest of his outfit inside the bag

Date of experience: October 31, 2020
New York
1 review
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Bad online shipping
October 29, 2016

This is such a bad company because they are not organized and they tell you that the package is coming but it is not never buy any consumes here

Date of experience: October 29, 2016
Maryland
112 reviews
595 helpful votes
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I love Partycity so much. I have been shopping at this store for years. The site is really cool. They have almost everything that someone could possibly want to throw a party. They carry such a wide variety of matching table clothes. Cups napkins for all types of party themes. They have such a nice selection for children. They carry all kinds of favors and decorations for any party. Children as well as adult party favors. Streamers in every color you can imagine. Compared to other stores they are reasonable in prices. They also have Halloween costumes for children and adults to. I love the wedding things they have. There balloons are really cool. Buying from them is very easy and the products are what they show. They stand buy all there party supplies. If you have to return something that you changed your mind about, refunds are easy. Because I may be getting married soon I have been shopping for a cake topper. The toppers they have are really cute. I especially like the one with the just married couple in the little car. The Hollywood theme party items are really neat. The candy buffet with the different colored jordan almonds to match any theme. I think are really cool, I like the wedding shower favors a lot. The wedding bell candies are very nice. Since I am planning my own wedding and want it to be a day I will never forget I want things perfect. If I choose what I want for my party then no one can make mistakes when getting my supplies. If I make the mistake I can send it back myself to Partycity. I have been using this store for many years. I have never had a bad experience with them. I will always shop at Partycity for anything that has to do with party needs. I hope this site is helpful for someone. If you like planning things yourself check out Partcity. For now happy shopping. http://www.partycity.com Lorraine W.

Date of experience: June 25, 2011
Canada
8 reviews
24 helpful votes
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People following you around and around but NO help so annoying too racist and not friendly place to shop

Date of experience: January 21, 2019
Texas
1 review
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We went to that store to do some shopping on Tuesday 12/28/21 around 04:35PM and while we were standing in the checkout line to pay/exchange the items we had, 3 police officers came and arrested my husband accusing him of stealing. We were in shock and asked what was going on and the manager stated that he saw him on camera stealing. We asked him how? Since we were still in the store standing in the checkout line with those items to pay/exchange those items. That's how we found out that that manager watched my husband on camera for few seconds, did not take the time to watch the entire video, did not ask his employee what him and my husband had discussed prior to my husband getting those items, he did not take the time to actually see if he will get out of the store without paying what he had, but that manager literally did a racial profiling on my husband, jumped to quick conclusion and called a police on a good citizen shopping in his store, standing at the check out line like every body will normally do to pay for things you got from the store. We are so traumatized from that experience. That manager did not even apologize after the cashier told him that he actually said it was ok for my husband to get the items he preferred and to bring them to him for the transaction. That manager threatened my husband by telling him that party city is a private business and that him the manager has the right to decide who can shop in his store and who can't. That manager was so rude and we are wondering how can somebody with that manner and personality can be a manager at a store like party city. I really hope he gets some diversity training, de-escalation training, critical thinking, I can only name few. I was there with him and I witnessed the whole drama unfold, it was very sad because we know that's how things happen and usually bad things. We really hope this helps every person of color shopping at that store.

Date of experience: December 28, 2021
Canada
1 review
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Never order from party city online as you will never get your order. Worst company ever. Unbelievably disorganized.

Date of experience: October 15, 2019

Overview

PartyCity has a rating of 1.5 stars from 261 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with PartyCity most frequently mention customer service, next day and order online. PartyCity ranks 152nd among Party Supplies sites.

service
80
value
63
shipping
44
returns
47
quality
50