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Missouri
1 review
5 helpful votes
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This company easily use to be a top retailer that offered luxury goods, not anymore. They have completely plummeted the lack of customer service, shipping items on time, and having a high standard to deliver excellent service no longer exist. Items typically sit for days and then you will face delays with customs, the website isn't updated with accurate inventorying the live chat never works. If someone even reaches back out to you they give typically give responses that provide NO HELP, their prices are better however the hassle to get them really makes it not worth it to shop with them, so I recommend don't!

Date of experience: July 22, 2022
Indonesia
1 review
10 helpful votes
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Unbelievably painful dealing with SSense! Went through the process of their security measure only to be sent numerous emails advising they haven't received my response. Called them numerous times from overseas, whereby they gave me a lecture on advantages of credit card security.

Sure, I understand and appreciate their position on credit card verification requirements, but they totally missed the point. I made the verifications both verbally and via email, yet they claimed not to have received my correspondence!

Will never buy another thing from SSense again! Multitude of competition who do sincerely want your business!

Jack Ng.

Date of experience: August 1, 2014
GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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One of the most satisfying things when purchasing a premium brand item is the packaging... think Net a Porter, Selfridges etc. My Chloe bag arrived in a cardboard box, bag label bent and unattached to actual bag with plastic fillers! Bag was OK but had a pre-owned look about it. Only didn't return it because it was too much hassle. Wouldn't use SSENSE again based on this experience.

Date of experience: September 5, 2017
Carlie E. SSENSE Rep
over a year old

Hi Jayne,

Thank you for leaving us with your feedback. We are sorry that you were unhappy with our packaging!

You are not the first customer to note that we have room for improvement in this area. While small accessories (such as leather wallets) come in the original boxes, as do many other items such as shoes, purses unfortunately do not. We appreciate your comments in regards to this matter, as we are actively aiming to improve the presentation of our packaging and provide an optimal experience for our customers.

If you have any other comments, questions, or concerns, please don't hesitate to reach out to us directly!

Best regards,
SSENSE Customer Experience

Georgia
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Never got what I ordered. They sent the wrong item 3x, had zero explanation as to why, or if the product I purchased even existed. I spend multiple thousands of dollars with ssense every year and they offered a 10% discount but no resolution ever came. Separately, I tried to purchase something else recently despite my better judgment and the price in my cart went up hundreds of dollars at checkout, and still no answer as to why or solution. Truly the worst customer service and it sucks because I want to buy pieces from them but will no longer shop here.

Date of experience: June 24, 2022
California
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Stay away from ssense
June 27, 2021

They are very unprofessional. The item I purchase was sizing way too small (ok, it happens), so I tried to return it. I had to message them 7 times, my first 3 messages were ignored, the supposed automated system doesn't work and never sends you instruction, they send you the wrong document. They do everything they can to prevent you from returning items and from reimbursing you. It's been 5 weeks of messaging them every other day, I just got my "return label"…which is actually an invoice.: facepalm:
If you don't know how to do business online, then don't.

Date of experience: June 27, 2021
Canada
1 review
23 helpful votes
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I would give this site a zero if I could. I bought a coat on Black Friday. Received a note the next day it had shipped. No tracking number. After over two weeks, still no item and have placed multiple phone calls and email to company and no response! Now all of a sudden all their phone lines are closed for several days.I needed the item for a bday gift for dec 10. Date has passed. I will never shop here an again complete scam. Buyer beware!'

Date of experience: December 13, 2022
Kentucky
1 review
7 helpful votes
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12.12.2014...
December 12, 2014

12.12.2014... fast delivery, package came as expected... heres the kicker. If you need to exchange the item you incur the full charge to send back your item... it cost me 63.00 to return a pair of boots... no return label... also no paper work was sent with my item... you have to call in and get a item number which is used for your return... took me three days of being on hold to receive this number... if u usually order w saks/niemans etc. these stores will not do price match to sense bc its a different country... avoid this site!

Date of experience: December 12, 2014
SSENSE C. SSENSE Rep
over a year old

Hi Rhonda - Thank you very much for your feedback about our return policy. We're working on streamlining this policy as a priority for 2015. As of January of this year, we implemented free return labels for US customers. You can review our updated return policy here: https://www.ssense.com/en-us/customer-service/return-policy. Thanks again for letting us know how we could improve - we hope to implement more of your suggestions soon. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions. - SSENSE Customer Care team

Connecticut
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Where is my order?
January 5, 2023

I placed an online order on 12.26.22 and its now 1.5.23 and my order hasnt shipped. Do they make each item to order? For a site that sells luxury items the service is extremely poor. I also tried calling them but it says the lines are closed on a Thursday at 1PM EST. I'm very disappointed!

Date of experience: January 5, 2023
California
1 review
27 helpful votes
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Ok. I used to be one of their VIPs who receive early sales notice, etc. This year I've found their services got worse, especially with their shipping and customer service. I ordered ~$1000 worth of products and never received them. I opened the case and it took them forever to even try to respond back to me. So I had to dispute with my credit card company. Now they blocked my account for disputing it LOL. What an a$$ service is that? Especially for someone who spends $$$$ annually in their website.
I mean I was going to switch to another marketplace with their $#*!ty VAT and duties/tax issues anyway, but this is absolutley disgusting service on their end.

Date of experience: August 23, 2021
Canada
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Hi
January 13, 2015

Hi,

What company in this day in age does not have an exchange policy? I would certainly not recommend dealing with them. As an international company, dealing with luxury brands, how can they treat their customers and merchandise like this?

-unacceptably slow response times to emails
-you have to get their approval to do a return?
-when I called, waited for 15+ minutes, and then asked to speak to the supervisor who was a coward and refused to speak to me directly and would only relay messages to the customer support rep who had no authority.
-only when I got really upset and started negatively tweeting was action escalated

Once the escalation had been created, Andrew was great in responding quickly.

My order number is: *******6849

Date of experience: January 13, 2015
GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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High quality, great look
November 13, 2017

These shoes scream quality as you would expect. Great, original look. Almost like Adidas Superstar/Stan Smith but with a chunkier sole? Feel much more sturdy and look much better. Really comfortable but the fit is large. I'm usually size 9-9.5, ordered a 9 and they're roomy length wise. Overall really pleased.

Date of experience: November 11, 2017
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Perfect shopping experience
September 7, 2017

Shopping was easy, tax free, fast shipping. But they don't insure or have the item delivered with signature required which I think is necessary when item is over $500. The package was simply dropped off at my front door where people could easily just take off with it. I felt that my package was not worthy of a signature required and was unhappy when I saw this and ruined my entire experience with this company.

Date of experience: September 5, 2017
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Fast + Easy
September 7, 2017

I made my first purchase with SSense recently and was really happy with how easy the transaction was. I purchased 2 pairs of the same sandals, a pair for myself and for my sister. My sister decided not to keep her sandals and needed to return them. Called customer service and they instructed me on how to initiate the return through my account. It was really easy and straightforward. Dropped them off at Canada Post and the return showed up on my cc shortly after. Super fast, super efficient. It makes me feel really comfortable shopping bigger ticket items when I know that if it doesn't fit or doesn't work for me, I'm able to send it back easily.

Date of experience: September 5, 2017
GB
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Lol what the actual
December 5, 2016

The site is one of the worst things ive used in a while. Declined an debit credit and amex credit because of some "reasons" (every single card has more than enough on it), wont be able to get my sweatshirt for christmas and the issue will clearly not be resolved seeing as the staff does not want to tell me what to do to make my purchase go through. Only buying my raf, rick, vetts from selfridges from now on.

Date of experience: December 5, 2016
SSENSE C. SSENSE Rep
over a year old

Hi Sof - We apologize for this experience. Could you please send us a private message with more details? We’d like to follow up.

GB
1 review
8 helpful votes
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I put in an order and 2 days l get an email to say it's been cancelled. After contacting their customer service they said it's due to failed security checks. I tired again with a different card, same thing.
Tried again with PayPal and that order got cancelled.

I'm starting to wonder if they are a genuine company!

Date of experience: June 9, 2017
Minnesota
1 review
21 helpful votes
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Don't bother shopping at SSENSE. Terrible company with terrible clothes and service. Go to literally any other store and purchase something there. If you were worrying about their customer service, you should know they have slow shipping and slow responses back.

Date of experience: April 5, 2018
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Happy!
September 7, 2023

Excellent service! Initially bought a bracelet, but it didn't fit, so I had to return it. The process was hassle-free, and I repurchased another one. The delivery was lightning-fast, and I received my refund in no time. Highly satisfied! Thank you.

Date of experience: September 6, 2023
Virginia
1 review
3 helpful votes
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The product I ordered came opened and a fourth spilled in shipping. I emailed this with my order number as prompted. I got an email back saying they were glad I had received my order. Whoever answered obviously had not read my email. I attached pictures to the next email and they asked for the order number I had previously sent. Still not resolved. Horrible customer service.

Date of experience: January 9, 2023
New Jersey
2 reviews
12 helpful votes
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The worst customer service ever! I did nor receive my order. Have been calling them for weeks- i either get a recording saying the phone number is busy, or i get transferred to voicemail that is always full. I emailed several times and got no response. I spoke with someone once and he said he would look into it and call me back- never got a call back- How pathetic! This site is ridiculous- will never buy from again- disputing charge.

Date of experience: July 8, 2013
Brazil
1 review
9 helpful votes
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Dec. 9 I placed an order with them hoping to receive it by the holidays. In a week, when I realized the status of the parcel still hadn't changed and it was still in Canada, I reached out to them asking that they check it ASAP. Apparently they did nothing but replied that such things happen occasionally, so no worries. Still, when I tracked the parcel again and discovered it was still in the middle of nowhere, I asked my money back on my account with no further delays. What did they do you think? Only then they decided to start working on my request and the status of my parcel magically changed in a day - it flew off to Europe. They didn't even say sorry or something - just keep ignoring me as if I've not been texting them every single day in my vain attempts to get compensated for such a delay caused by a simple lack of actions from their side. It's absolutely nonsense and I've never experienced such rude customer care from any of European online retainers! Stay away from them.

Date of experience: January 7, 2020

Overview

SSENSE has a rating of 2 stars from 1,203 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with SSENSE most frequently mention customer service, credit card and business days. SSENSE ranks 229th among Designer Clothes sites.

service
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value
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shipping
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returns
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quality
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