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Arizona
2 reviews
8 helpful votes
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STAY AWAY
November 14, 2020

I tried so many times to call and order some items for Christmas. Once I waited over 1 1/2 hours (I went and cooked dinner while the phone was on hold) and they still never answered. Sad but true.
If you have to wait that long to place an order, imagine what happens when you have a return or a question.

Nothing they have can't be bought somewhere else, which is just what I did.

Date of experience: November 14, 2020
Texas
1 review
16 helpful votes
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They sign you up for a VIP program and use your credit card Months later without your authorization hoping you will not notice. I will never order from this company again. I want to warn everyone that this company is dishonest. They charged my credit card 14.95 for some silly VIP that I never signed up for or authorized. This was the text notification from my credit card company. They are hoping after you place an order with their company you won't notice their dishonest charge 6 months later. Very sneaky, and dishonest. When I called the company the customer service person sounded like a thug and was so rude and never apologized. They know exactly what they are doing. Very dishonest!

Date of experience: August 22, 2020
New York
1 review
9 helpful votes
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Scam
July 7, 2021

I ordered an item a year ago. I pay my Discover online, just check my balance and pay. One day I was playing with the app and notice recurring charges on it for $16.98 every month, 13 months. I never authorized any such thing. My credit card company advised me to call Whatever Works and I disputed the charges. Still waiting. The charges are for some VIP program I never authorized.
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Date of experience: July 7, 2021
California
2 reviews
8 helpful votes
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We placed an order by check. Two months later we received a letter saying they had turned down our check! This despite our having considerable money in the checking account and an excellent credit score. We checked with our bank - there was no trouble with the check. No one at WhateverWorks or at "Certegy" their check verifying company would give us any information. I don't know what their merchandise is like - but their business practices are appalling!

Date of experience: January 14, 2021
Kansas
1 review
5 helpful votes
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What DOESN'T Work
January 23, 2023

Whatever Works uses an unscrupulous tactic of signing you up for their VIP program when you place an order. In very small print the tell you that the program is free for 30 days. After that they keep charging your credit card a monthly fee because you didn't cancel the membership that you didn't even know that you had signed up for. When calling them about the charge they give you varying reasons why it is YOUR fault and why they can't refund you money.

Date of experience: January 23, 2023
Indiana
1 review
3 helpful votes
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They automatically sign you up for a "rewards" program and begin charging you $18.14/monthly. If you order on-line, they do not advise you they are doing this and do not give you an option to opt out.

Date of experience: October 23, 2023
California
1 review
7 helpful votes
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I placed an order on Feb. 3 and paid for expedited shipping. #1, they didn't even ship my order for almost 7 days. #2 it wasn't expedited and has been in transit for more than 10 days. I paid $27 in shipping costs on a $150 order. It's now Feb 20 and the order hasn't arrived. Two times they gave me delivery dates that have now passed. I don't have the products to see if I even like them. NEVER EVER AGAIN will I order from this company.

Date of experience: February 20, 2022
Colorado
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Goods not received
December 21, 2021

On 10/25/21 I attempted to order an item (robocall suppressor) from their website but it was down for several days. I used the mail ordering form in their catalog and waited. On 11/22/21 they cashed my check. I have yet to receive the order. A call to customer service was useless.

Date of experience: December 21, 2021
Missouri
1 review
9 helpful votes
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I have purchased many items from this company in the past, and satisfied. That all has changed. I purchased an Ionic Air Cleaner that does not work. In this Covid19 times, I've simply requested a prepaid UPS return shipping label. I won't have to enter any building with that label. That is all. I've contacted Customer Service five (5) times over 8 days, they have failed to respond even once. I do not wish for anyone else to be burned by this company. Do not purchase anything from them. The Boston BBB needs to investigate, perhaps the MA Attorney General's office too.

Date of experience: November 22, 2020
Washington
2 reviews
7 helpful votes
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Do not do business with this company. They engage in fraud. They charged an unauthorized fee to my credit card for eight months without my knowledge. When I eventually discovered it and complained they agreed to refund the charges. But subsequently they only revoked four of the charges and claimed my bank agreed to absorb the other four. My bank did not agree to this arrangement. AN OUTRIGHT LIE!

Date of experience: June 27, 2022
Illinois
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Buy from somewhere else
September 10, 2020

I ordered an item that came almost two months later. I was dissatisfied with the quality of the product and wanted to send it back. There wasn't a pre-paid label and I contacted customer service which recommended to ship it back at the cheapest price. Well, the cheapest price was higher than the product so I ended up being stuck with the product. They are also charging you a monthly fee that I needed to "unsubscribe" from. Not buying again from them. I wish I read previews reviews before ordering

Date of experience: September 10, 2020
Nevada
7 reviews
9 helpful votes
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As a NEW customer I placed an order Dec 2,2021 for qty 4 of one product... Later, not hearing anything or getting a tracking # I emailed them Dec 11,2021. NOTHING. Dec 20 my package arrived... took 19 days! Bottom line is the product is thin and poorly made and will not do what it was intended to do. **** Today is Jan 7,2022 and I finally got a short note back about my Dec 11th inquiry - almost 1 month later! This company shouldn't be doing business in the US and as for me - I will NEVER order from them again. To top it off they charged me shipping, which their promo said would be FREE! I hope people read these reviews - which I didn't do BEFORE I ordered. My bad. Live and learn.

Date of experience: January 7, 2022
New York
3 reviews
0 helpful votes
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9-25-21 I placed an order online. A week later I call to ck on my order & it had been cancelled. So I placed the order with the representative. It was cancelled. Placed a total of 4 orders different 4 times, each one was cancelled. What I don't understand, it was cancelled as soon as I ordered it. I asked why, they said they didn't know but would put me through to Level 2. Whatever that means. NEVER got Level 2. Asked for that phone #, they said they could not give it out. Spent 3 weeks trying to buy a jacket and wanted to find out why my order was always cancelled. Never have found out so I decided it's not worth it. I'm just thankful they didn't rip my money off. I would give it a minus star if I could. THROW AWAY YOUR MAGAZINE & DON'T EVEN LOOK AT IT. I would leave a photo but never got a produce, but the item # is N0021, Women's Plaid-Lined Denim Jacket. If you want to look it up.

Date of experience: December 26, 2021
California
1 review
13 helpful votes
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Unbelievable
June 4, 2019

Got a new catalog today and under the name it says, Garden Home Pest Control. Imagine my surprise when there were 2 full pages of sex toys. You are disgusting. Put that stuff in a catalog appropriately titled and send to customers that want that stuff. This is not appropriate for elderly customers. If I could I would give you a big fat ZERO

Date of experience: June 4, 2019
Michigan
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Selling sex toys
November 10, 2019

The people who publish this catalog should be charged with using a Federal agency to distribute sex toys and unsolicited pornographic material. This is illegal and will be reported. Disgusting material that easily fall into the hands of minors.

Date of experience: November 10, 2019
Florida
1 review
10 helpful votes
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Rip off stay away
June 5, 2019

This company has a habit of selling little junk items $12-$19 and charging you more for the shipping than the item is worth hoping you'll return it and they make their money on the shipping. Real slick operation. Second time this has happened but yet I gave the a second chance-Stupid Me!

Date of experience: June 5, 2019
North Carolina
1 review
5 helpful votes
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I bought a power washer nozzle in November. They advertise full Customer satisfaction. The nozzle did not work as expected. I have asked for a return FEDEX label 3 times, still waiting for 1!

Date of experience: May 21, 2022
Arizona
2 reviews
14 helpful votes
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Whatever Works and its parent company, Potpourri Group Inc (PGI) have a 100% guarantee which is totally worthless. Customer Service responds with "someone will get back to you within 48 hours" but never does. The phone number is never answered. Believe the almost 100% one-star rating.

Date of experience: May 19, 2020
Arizona
1 review
9 helpful votes
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These do not work at all. L placed in our garden in the Florida sunshine hoping to illuminate my plantings at night, & they have remained 'black', not lit up, every night since. The 3 star rating above is for the Website, not the product. The product, the lights themselves, deserve less than 1 Star. They do not work AT ALL.

Date of experience: July 2, 2019
Texas
2 reviews
13 helpful votes
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Ordered an item on 8/28 and it is now 9/12 & still haven't received. Paid for expedited shipping but this is faster shipping? Called them directly last week and spoke to the rudest agent ever who told me over & over again that I made an assumption that my item would be shipped faster even though I paid to get it sooner. Said they would refund me the expedited fee I paid but that hasn't been refunded and that was a week ago. NEVER again will I buy anything from this joke of a company, I paid 12.00 for something that doesn't even weigh a lb and they shipped it FedEx Smartpost which is the absolute slowest shipping out there. The delivery dates have changed 3 times since it was shipped which is very inconvenient for any customer. Wished I read reviews on them before purchasing, I should've bought from another seller of off Amazon or EBay who treat customers right.

Date of experience: September 12, 2017

Overview

WhateverWorks has a rating of 1.1 stars from 53 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with WhateverWorks most frequently mention customer service, credit card and sex toys. WhateverWorks ranks 3054th among Home Shopping sites.

service
12
value
7
shipping
6
returns
6
quality
6