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Overview

Vitamin Shoppe has a rating of 2.67 stars from 48 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about Vitamin Shoppe most frequently mention customer service problems. Vitamin Shoppe ranks 359th among Vitamins & Supplements sites.

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    10
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    11
  • Returns
    7
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  • Michael is a classic example of the worst customer service has to offer.
  • I placed my order long before 6pm and it was NOT shipped the same day.
How would you rate Vitamin Shoppe?
Top Positive Review

“Always pleased with products.”

Chanda J.
3/6/22

I generally order Grove products from this company and save money with a slightly lower cost and free shipping to boot!

Top Critical Review

“Awful business practice!”

Jennifer G.
1/17/23

I ordered several cases of energy drinks and was disgusted at how they were delivered. All of the boxes were ripped open, dented cans everywhere, the outer boxes weren't even taped shut. When sending a complaint and pictures the response was equally as disgusting. They offered a coupon for another order. They are too complacent with their customer ls receiving unacceptable packages and really expect you to want to order again? NEVER! Don't waste your time or money and order from a company who cares what they represent.

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Thumbnail of user jenniferg2786
1 review
0 helpful votes
January 17th, 2023
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I ordered several cases of energy drinks and was disgusted at how they were delivered. All of the boxes were ripped open, dented cans everywhere, the outer boxes weren't even taped shut. When sending a complaint and pictures the response was equally as disgusting. They offered a coupon for another order. They are too complacent with their customer ls receiving unacceptable packages and really expect you to want to order again? NEVER! Don't waste your time or money and order from a company who cares what they represent.

Tip for consumers:
Order from someone else!

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None. Although there is no leakage the chance of tampering is still present and I would not consume them.

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Thumbnail of user martah4
12 reviews
70 helpful votes
November 4th, 2023

I ran out of a Solgar product. It took too long to wait for online so I went to local Vitamin Shoppe. Product was out of stock but was sent in two days. The bottle was huge. I discovered it was reformulated with same number of pills. Cost is double what you pay at Amazon. It goes back. What is the point except to encounter another hard sale.

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Thumbnail of user jamesm9492
1 review
0 helpful votes
November 4th, 2023

They are sending items to my old address, after I updated to my new address. Customer support said they may not be able to cancel all of the order. That's weird. So they are going to still charge me for items I can't receive? Yep. That's exactly what's happening. So now I have to contact my bank's fraud department to get my money back. How does Vitamin Shoppe think that their handling of that mistake is ok?

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Thumbnail of user kayw353
1 review
2 helpful votes
June 30th, 2023

Do yourself a favor and order your supplements/vitamins directly from the manufacturer or from Amazon. The Vitamin Shoppe operates on a 55% markup. They bring any and every supplement into their stores, good or bad. They don't care about health & wellness, just profit! If you are a person of color do NOT support The Vitamin Shoppe! Their CEO is extremely racist.

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Thumbnail of user ronw82
27 reviews
40 helpful votes
March 18th, 2018

I have been ordering dietary supplements from the Vitamin Shoppe for awhile now. One can use their website to order or just walk in to a store near you. Personally, everything I order is either shipped to me in a timely fashion or is available for pickup at the nearest store. Four stars because the website definitely could use a face lift as navigating through it maybe tricky.

Thumbnail of user cm987
1 review
3 helpful votes
May 8th, 2022
Verified purchase

Went to the Bangor, Maine store today. Made the mistake of commenting on the lack of a plastic barrier. WRONG comment! I believe the person waiting on me was the ACTUAL STORE MANAGER! Response was very curt…"If you haven't been here in awhile, it's been gone"! So UNPROFESSIONAL! I certainly DON'T want to go back. Was that the desired outcome, and YOU'RE the STORE MANAGER?!?!?

Thumbnail of user yanab8
1 review
2 helpful votes
May 15th, 2020

The store in west palm beach on Okeechobee rd is the worst store I have ever visited. The management there is just horrible, rude and uneducated. Never get a hi when walk in the store, they always turning away from you, never even acknowledge you in the store, never helpful. One day they require masks to wear the next day they don't, they will argue with you too. I worked as an asset manager at vitamin shoppe before and I know companies values and the customer is the first priority. Well, not in this store. Please revisit that store because it's just so bad.
Also would love to talk to DM in this area.

Thumbnail of user dm796
1 review
2 helpful votes
March 18th, 2022

Bohemia Long Island New York store refused to ring me up. I asked for help and David's co worker yelled at me that she was to busy to help me. I asked David what her name was( they wear name tags) as a result he did not answer me and the refused to ring up my order. I was not allowed to buy anything. I had spent 1,200 over the past month. I asked David why would you refuse the company money and he said he does not care. I have a witness to this. Both workers were rude and mean and allowed the store not to ring up a couple hundred dollars. When I first walked in the girl was not helpful at all. Do not go here! This was in
Bohemia Long Island in the afternoon March 18,2022.

Thumbnail of user melissal520
1 review
1 helpful vote
September 2nd, 2020

They sold me bottle of Aloe Vera Gel (Aloe Vera Gel 99% Pure - Topical Oil to Soothe & Moisturize, Item #: VS-3854/*******) that smelled unbearably bad, like decades-old unwashed gym socks, truly sickening and they refuse to refund the product to due their Covid policies. I tried to put up an honest one-star review (would like to give zero stars but can't) of the product and they refuse to post it, it gets taken down almost immediately after posting it and this happened twice. I also posted question on the product page as to why they won't allow an honest one star review to be posted and they wouldn't post that either. All this smacks of being very unethical, of trying to boost an already low ranked product (VitaminShope brand ~ their OWN brand) and misleading the public about a likely rancid or defective product that they refuse to return. I will never shop here again!

Thumbnail of user shirleym1367
1 review
1 helpful vote
December 31st, 2022
Verified purchase

The website fails to provide a preview order before submitting with Google pay. Instead it took the cached date of an old address even though support mentioned they see the updated address in my profile. I reached out to their support immediately after seeing the error to cancel since they gave no option to update the address before shipment. They informed they would try to cancel. They shipped it anyway to another state. Support said I can ship it back and I asked how am I going to do this when it is hundreds of miles away. They disregard standard fail-safe features on their website, options to update an address, and an avenue to cancel before shipment. Poor service all around! They charged me $164 that I will never get back and shipped anyway. Be careful when order online with this company.

Tip for consumers:
No way to cancel or update order information after submitting the order and before shipment.

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Thumbnail of user akash.shah2588
1 review
0 helpful votes
October 12th, 2023

I recently applied for a job at Vitamin Shoppe (an unnecessary "e", it's just Shop). Speaking of making things complicated, I think the reason I was not considered for the position was because of racial differences. I had all the skills and experience that they asked for, the interview went really great, and I'm jutting surprised why I didn't make it. I waited patiently and calmly but this is just not fair. I'm not saying because I got rejected and I'm hurt, it's actually because I believe it was a perfect match and they wanted to not hire me beacuse of my skin color or my Ethnicity. This is unacceptable and I request spread this message asap to the hiring team. I am not going to let it go. Thank you. Name: Akash Shah. Contact: *******526

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Thumbnail of user zackw42
1 review
1 helpful vote
December 23rd, 2020

These guys took out $900 from my account in a SINGLE day. Never bought from these guys (never even heard of them) and I have no idea how they got my card number!

Thumbnail of user sandiw74
1 review
0 helpful votes
December 7th, 2022

I have purchased their product for years, usually I just drop in and pick up an item when I need. I bought 4 items, paid and was going to my car. I asked the clerk if I could get my items put in a bag. His response was "yes I can bag for you but it but it will cost you 50 cents. What! You have to buy a bag now? That is crazy! I will be buying my items from Amazon from now on— it's cheaper and The beauty of it is free shipping to my door.
I normally go out to buy my items because I want to support the shops near my home. I will not be supporting Vitamin Shoppe anymore just because—.50 a bag. Their customer service is sucks..

Thumbnail of user americanw5
3 reviews
0 helpful votes
February 9th, 2021

I was discriminated and I will not be going back to the vitamin shop I have a health issue and I was not allowed to shop in there I've shopped there for years and years and all of a sudden I can't shop there very disappointing very ugly staff

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I was discriminated from shopping there I have health issues and I was not allowed to shop there

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Thumbnail of user elleb15
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
February 28th, 2018

Very, very poor customer service at VitaminShoppe.com. Out-of-stock items listed as Ships within 24 hours, multiple unanswered emails though their own Feedback Forum, discourteous agents operating Live Chat Overall, incredibly poor communication and a dreadful shopping experience.
Avoid the lure of the occasional coupon and avoid VitaminShoppe.com. It is not worth the trouble.
I would recommend GNC or of course Amazon for nutritional supplement purchases.

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Thumbnail of user cindym143
1 review
0 helpful votes
May 19th, 2017

I hate to keep asking the prices of everything. Not a well maintained store. Things are way up top or in sealed boxes on the floor. Associates drinking and eating meals at the front desk.

Thumbnail of user maddyr8
1 review
2 helpful votes
August 10th, 2018

Worst customer service I have EVER received. I cancelled my account 3 months ago by speaking with a representative on the phone. On the 3rd, $30 was taken out of my account with no email no order number, nothing. I called and was told I would get it refunded that day by a SUPERVISOR. I was lied to and after calling 3 more times, and every time they said it was already refunded. Turns out it wasn't, and they will not pay back the charge for overdrafting my bank account. DO NOT SHOP HERE OR GIVE THEM YOUR CREDIT CARD. SCAM

Thumbnail of user benm131
1 review
1 helpful vote
September 8th, 2017

Terrible service they dont tell you your productis coming from the new Jersey warehouse. I could've went to the store in my city to get it, instead of waiting 3 days. I never would've ordered online if i knew this would be the case

Thumbnail of user chandaj4
1 review
0 helpful votes
March 6th, 2022

I generally order Grove products from this company and save money with a slightly lower cost and free shipping to boot!

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Thumbnail of user dianal74
3 reviews
7 helpful votes
November 14th, 2017

SLEAZY VITAMIN SHOPPE you have to put a debit or credit card in before you can use a gift card. I ordered in store then was told they didn't have it in stock. Order was cancelled and they still tried to bill me. Cheated me on points spent 169.00 said I only had 124 points. Called 4 times already and still need to call back because problems still not resolved. Most horrible place I have ever dealt with. Looks like I will be shopping at GNC thanks to the vitamin shoppes poor service and incompetence. Not that cheap to have such poor service. Products are not that high quality either. Wont be a vitamin shoppe customer ever again was a horrible experience to say the least.

Thumbnail of user jj747
1 review
0 helpful votes
March 26th, 2023

.54 for a bag. Really? The prices are high AND we are going to charge you for a bag to carry them out.

Thumbnail of user henryl33
1 review
5 helpful votes
April 20th, 2015

I first entered the store and was greeted to turn out later as a snotty, rude girl employee. I asked her some questions, which were returned with short, brief answers. I had done some research on this product, and she was not even correct with a answer to my questions. I suggest you hire employees who are knowledable about your products and that are more friendlier. I wont be back again to this Geneva store ever again.

Thumbnail of user elsam20
5 reviews
22 helpful votes
June 6th, 2019

I have never used the online platform, when i need to order online i use another source, but for offline purchases I have always had a great time here. Customer service is helpful and the prices for their liquid Vit D are the best around.

Thumbnail of user jeralynnk
1 review
0 helpful votes
July 22nd, 2018

Ive always had a great experience at Vitamin Shoppe every time I go. Staff has been very helpful even on the days that they were super busy. Yesterday, I asked for Pyruvate at the Vitamin Shoppe in Boynton Beach, Florida and, even though its discontinued, they pointed me in the right direction for a deeply discounted Pyruvate that was 25% of the usual cost.

Thumbnail of user brandys18
1 review
4 helpful votes
December 19th, 2016

This is for the company in general. I ordered 2 items from their website both of which stated that they would ship out that day. The money was then held in my account, as expected, and I didn't think much else of it. A week or so went by and I still had not received an email of shipping, again didn't think much about it and just assumed I had missed the email and it would be here any time. Another week had gone by before I received an email saying that 1 of my items shipped where the money for that was officially taken out of my account. I emailed them asking about my other item and they stated that it was on backorder and would not be in stock for another 4-6 days. So I waited... the day after the money was placed on hold again in my account but I had not received a shipping email. Finally about a week later I received a shipping order and the money was taken out of my account officially. This is now 4 weeks AFTER I had put in my original order - I received no email stating that my order was on back order or that there would be a delay of any kind or that the money was not all taken out after the original order had been placed. So I emailed them expressing my anger about this whole situation and it was like they didn't even care... I exchanged about 10 emails stating everything I had above and in each email they skirted around the email without answering any of my questions. Each email had a very generalized message of "we are sorry for your recent problems." Finally after not receiving my order after another 5 days of waiting I asked for my money back, to which they replied they would not do and I was given absolutely no compensation for my extremely long wait (nearly 5 weeks all together from when I ordered 2 items and receiving them both). This company is absolutely the worst. I will never order from them again.

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