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Canada
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Ordered 4 balloon bouquets in advance. Not ready when I arrived - asked and paid for individual travelling bags - not bagged and they combined the bouquets. Suppose to have green ribbons hanging - no ribbons at all. When "manager " called he was rude and questioned why the person didn't notice when they picked up? Why didn't staff check the order is what I say. Will never shop there again! FYI - I am a small business myself in London Ontario and would not be in business if I treated my customers this way!

Date of experience: October 25, 2018
Virginia
1 review
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Price Gougers!
May 23, 2022

My wife was in a pinch and needed 2 balloons inflated. They wanted $9 PER BALLOON just to inflate them! So she bought 2 of their balloons and was charged $28… for 2 balloons! Enjoy your $28 Party City. I hope it was worth losing two customers for life. Oh, and thanks for the story to tell others.

Date of experience: May 23, 2022
Virginia
1 review
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TEACHERS
October 5, 2023

I am a teacher and I asked for a balloon donation (1 or two) for our teacher of the year. They said NO! What? Party City can not support their community school? AWFUL! Just remember...you are where you are because of TEACHERS!

Date of experience: October 5, 2023
Kentucky
1 review
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This Hikes Point Plaza store in Louisville offers curbside pick up, which is great for a parent of a child with special needs. However the service is horrible. After the store texted ready for pickup, we sat in the parking lot for 35 mins calling and texting and no one picked up. I ended up having to bring my child into the store to let them know we were out waiting. The manager responded they were really busy in the store and would not be able to bring the balloons out to us. I had to wait in line and get my order myself. If you offer curbside pickup, then don't make it optional only when it's convenient for the staff. This store is so unmanaged, I wouldn't go back. I'll drive somewhere else. They had 7 people behind the desk

Date of experience: October 22, 2022
New York
13 reviews
52 helpful votes
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I ordered several items for an upcoming party. Order arrived with everything thrown into a big box with one package of "protection". The piñata had several loose strings (not even sure how that happened through delivery). The fondant box was stained, damaged, and opened. I contacted customer service 2 days ago and have yet to hear a response. Very disappointed with their customer service and shipping

Date of experience: March 5, 2019
Florida
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Terrible staffing
February 12, 2023

For an organization that sells their products at such a high price they should have adequate staffing and better customer service. It's is unacceptable that there is only 1 cashier and no self checkout stations.
Horrible and staff attitude is terrible. I would give this a 0 star rating but then I couldn't post a review.

Date of experience: February 12, 2023
Massachusetts
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Ruined day!
June 18, 2021

My 11 yr old daughter wanted to have a few balloons made up for "pops" ( her step-dads name, for Father's Day we celebrate his day earlier). We went online to see if could pre-order with our limited time we had. Unfortunately not. We called on Earlier this week, put on hold then hung up on. The store is like 30 min away and we where trying to save everyone time at this point. I looked online again to see if for day of I could get curbside, no. I called about 7:20pm they put me on hold so as I was driving there I stayed on hold. We ran in and the older lady at the register questioned someone if balloons r done, yes. So she mumbled we r fine blowing up balloons tonight. I said I was on hold for over 20 min, no where is there a sign saying they stop blowing up balloons 40 min before close time! My 11 year old bAlled her eyes out the entire 40 min ride home! Thank you for ruining our day! Never again!

Date of experience: June 18, 2021
Illinois
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
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Not amazing
March 28, 2017

All my experiences at party city have not been pleasant. Not only do the stores have a strange oder but have horrible employees. I have had my fair share of bad employees, but party city really tops them all. Not only are they rude but also mannerless. Eye rolling, throwing bags at the customers, smacking their lips, completely flat out ignoring the customer, saying racial slurs, etc. ive complained several times and ive never seen any improvements.
PartyCity really needs to work on who they are employing and how they're training them. I would also recommend hiring mature managers that will handle a situation with an unbiased mind set.

Date of experience: March 28, 2017
Texas
1 review
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Angry customer
June 25, 2021

I ordered online May 8th and it's now June 25 th still haven't received my items. I've made two calls to party city and was told twice my items were sent back without reason of why. Second person did a reship out and promised me I would get it in three days, well it's the end of the week and still no items have arrived to me. And there's no tracking. Now I'm going to call again and demand a refund now. I don't even want it anymore and my event is July 3rd.

Date of experience: June 25, 2021
Colorado
1 review
2 helpful votes
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If you risk it and order online from Party City. Watch your account. They charged me twice and deny it blaming on my bank. You cannot reach a real person. You go on a wild goose chase and get recordings that never give you an option to talk to someone. If you email them, they stop responding after they tell you it's the banks fault. They told me my bank is just holding my money until they release it. That is absurd. My bank of 34 years tells me that they are lying. That Party City has submitted two charges for the same amount. My bank is taking action against them for the erroneous charge. What a waste of time. NEVER again!

Date of experience: January 23, 2018
New Jersey
1 review
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Piñata fail!
October 19, 2020

So disappointed! Bought a gender reveal piñata with pull strings and it FAILED! Damn near ruined the party. Spent close to $30 and am totally disappointed. I should have purchased one online instead of trusting Party City. Will NEVER make that mistake again.

Date of experience: October 19, 2020
Canada
1 review
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Dead Balloons
January 28, 2023

Bought two balloon bouquets filled with helium. Two days later most of them dead on the floor-just in time for the party. Waste of money. That Party Place's balloon bouquets last for a month. Won't make the mistake of shopping at Party City again. Junk.

Date of experience: January 28, 2023
Massachusetts
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Chelmsford Mass.
June 11, 2022

Went into store at 8:15 am and asked for one Mylar balloon. Was told no 'walk in orders' So wait, what? Can't get one balloon at a party store? Asked 'manager' just one balloon? Nope.
No wonder these stores are going out of business. Great customer service. Great management.

Date of experience: June 11, 2022
Florida
1 review
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Delivered to a random incorrect address. Support told me that I put that address in myself. Ya Ok. How would the bank confirm payment with incorrect address? The help offered, you can place another order through me. So glad companies like this will get disrupted by the customer centric companies like amazon. Good riddens and I hope you go out of business.

Date of experience: October 22, 2019
Canada
1 review
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Had a problem in store. Ordered 13 letters for a saying. 2 of the letters deflated making the saying useless to me. Called manager to return and she was fantastic and had me come in. When I was there 2 guys in wrinkled clothing mocked me saying who returns balloons? Continued to tell the manager to tell me they don't return balloons. Come to find out they were her bosses. Thankfully she returned my purchase but then had to deal with these people she called her boss. I went in a few weeks later and found out she was fired! Store was a mess and nobody even offered to help. I will never step foot in a party city again. Judging by these reviews I'm not alone.

Date of experience: December 12, 2018
New York
1 review
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The lady at Party City was extremely rude and rolled her eyes at me when I asked to have an arch for my child's 7th birthday party. She did not want to do it and treated me horribly so I asked her just to fill up 12 balloons and she filled them up so much that all of them popped right when I walked out of the building. Horrible experience and will never use them again. I work for John Deere and I purchase many supplies from them but not anymore, they have lost my business.

Date of experience: June 10, 2023
Canada
1 review
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They suck
October 27, 2019

They suck in customer service. No one knows where the products are. I bought a wing for the Halloween and confirm the return policy. The cashier said it is 30 days after purchasing in original package with receipt. I came the day after and they refused for a return, exchange or store credit. The manager emphasized it is on the receipt that we won't. I told her I will only get the receipt after purchasing and once purchased I can't return that's why I confirmed with cashier. Way to ruin special occasions and lose customers

Date of experience: October 27, 2019
Florida
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Party city charged me $1.50 for each balloons. But half of them sinks, don't even float. I could just inflate them by myself. It is a scam. Don't go to party city.

Date of experience: November 11, 2023
Louisiana
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I arrived at the Greensboro store just after opening on Sunday to get 15 balloons for a Monday social event at my office. I went on Sunday because I needed them before the store opened on Monday. While blowing them up I noticed that they were not using any type of sealing mechanism other than the string tied to the end. I questioned this, but figured they must know what they are doing. Needless to say, Monday morning, I was greeted by all the balloons deflated, on the floor.

Date of experience: December 27, 2019
New York
1 review
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Worst thing ever
February 14, 2024

This is the worst store ever for one reason because the employees are liars saying they don't have balloons when they actually have them online in store

Date of experience: February 14, 2024

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