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Overview

SOUQ.com has a rating of 1.38 stars from 440 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about SOUQ.com most frequently mention customer service, next day, and credit card problems. SOUQ.com ranks 2374th among Women's Clothing sites.

  • Service
    36
  • Value
    34
  • Shipping
    34
  • Returns
    27
  • Quality
    32
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  • Alisa's job is literally to represent the company to customers, as CUSTOMER service, and I'm not impressed.
  • As of May 27, even 10 days after the delivery date passed, there was no sight of the delivery of the material.
How would you rate SOUQ.com?
Top Positive Review

“Great website for online shopping. SOQ.com is an Amazon company”

salah S.
4/7/21

I would like to give my opinion today on Souq, this respectable site that fulfills all your desires and they have a lot of things out of all the products for me. I recently bought an iPhone and a bunch of other accessories, the products were good and in excellent condition, the packaging was very good, the delivery speed was very good. This shopping site is very excellent and I deal with it personally and I buy everything I need from here and they have the ability to fulfill the order in the shortest possible time and there are people who are really professional in both preparing the shipment, taking care of it and following up as they also have a customer service team for shopping, selling, after-sales service and asking for opinions About their product and reassuring that the product will reach you and fulfill everything you need,

Top Critical Review

“Worst Online Store”

Muneeb A.
4/12/19

I can not believe Amazon bought Souq because seriously they are destroying Aamazon brand name. Worst customer Service ever, and now they have came up with a new tactic, they would not let you write a bad review on their website and throws an error "Sorry, your review wasn't submitted due to an error, please try again" Trust me I have tried multiple times and every time I got the same error.

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Thumbnail of user kus3
1 review
0 helpful votes
August 15th, 2022

I bout a perfume and they sent me a fake one. They filled a used container with some terribly smelly liquid and charged me about 50$. You are warned! DONT BUY anything from here. There is a reason behind their cheap price tags

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Thumbnail of user yassinc11
1 review
1 helpful vote
June 25th, 2021

During the past 3 orders at least which span almost a year now, there is always an item that isn't the that was ordered. Always giving an alternative and seem to hope that no one notices. And we always have to call them and they tell us it is a mistake and then they give us the correct item after more than a week. Horrible service and bunch of liars.

Tip for consumers:
They will always deliver the wrong item for you so take extra care of that to not get scammed

Products used:
Different variety

Thumbnail of user muneeba2
1 review
22 helpful votes
April 12th, 2019

I can not believe Amazon bought Souq because seriously they are destroying Aamazon brand name. Worst customer Service ever, and now they have came up with a new tactic, they would not let you write a bad review on their website and throws an error "Sorry, your review wasn't submitted due to an error, please try again"

Trust me I have tried multiple times and every time I got the same error.

Thumbnail of user jasonw675
1 review
20 helpful votes
January 8th, 2020

This was the worst delivery service. I have used and been a prime member at Amazon.com for years. Then I ordered an item off Amazon.ae. I was called the day before it was due to be delivered and told that they won't deliver the item and that I'd have to go 4 hours away if I wanted to come get it. Then I noticed it was recorded online that "I" wanted to pick it up and then it was marked "Delivered". What kind of business is this? I've never felt so scammed.

Thumbnail of user bilala14
1 review
17 helpful votes
January 6th, 2018

The 1st one was very fast within 1 day i received the item (xbox controller) it's still working... then 2nd I odered a tripod for phone it was a fake it was just damaged and I returned... 3rd I ordered a Samsung tv even though the item was amazing but there was few problems so they said they will take back and will give... mashallah I had good experience correct refund and good response to customers... but I had an important thing to say that always buy Souq fulfilled items or other May be fake...

Thumbnail of user amarnadhn
1 review
17 helpful votes
March 8th, 2019

I recently purchased a mobile device from this website, i got a defective device, when i tried to return the item, they do not accept it and they are saying that the device working fine, the customer service is the worst, do not believe their warranty of 2 years, there is no buyer protection in this website, my advice s do not use this website to buy even a single item, also they sell many fake products, you cannot expect genuine items from them, use other websites like noon.com.

Thumbnail of user shaymaam3
1 review
3 helpful votes
June 10th, 2021

Second time to buy from them and they sold a fake products as its original, i bought a perfume then i returned it on 21/5 till now I didn't receive my money back. Will never buy anything from them again

Tip for consumers:
Not recommended to buy from them

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Perfume

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Thumbnail of user kathr3
1 review
1 helpful vote
August 14th, 2018

Multiple delivery is stressful. I hope Souq will work on consolidating a customer's purchases for a more convenient experience.

Thumbnail of user diasv
1 review
20 helpful votes
June 24th, 2018

I ordered a Curtain(Livingroom) from souq as it was such a beautiful photo. When I received the product it was just a plastic sheet like a bathroom curtain. They then took the product back. I ordered a shoe from their website for the same amount. After 4 days I call them about the delivery and they said that the product is not available. Then I ordered some decorative golden mirror butterflies! To my surprise I got yellow matte colored paper cuttings!

Tip for consumers:
Please be careful when you buy from souq. its an amazon company but not regulated by amazon!

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Thumbnail of user vaishakhim
1 review
14 helpful votes
February 16th, 2020

I had ordered 3 perfumes and one hair fibre. It shows I had to pay Sr 364.71. My parcel did come today with only my 3 perfume bottles 2 of Jaguar and 1 of Elizabeth Arden. My hair fiber didn't come, but the price I had to pay was 397 SR. I was shocked. I asked the delivery boy, he said ask the customer service. I am not happy with the service.

Thumbnail of user amrom
1 review
19 helpful votes
July 14th, 2018

Honestly. I have bought numerous items from souq for months. With little mistakes here and there and refunds whenever applicable, the problem is with souq is the problem with every other service in the UAE. A bunch of customer service guys who are so limited to help you and can only raise a ticket. My last ticket was 4 weeks in that time I completely stopped using souq. They deliver water and food items hotter than the temperature of the weather. Over 50 degrees all melted, they outsource delivery to a horrible company where all the drivers don't know any locations and call you for days while they drive with your products till they become melted sand. The last straw for me was waiting 4 weeks for a refund calling 5 times in 4 weeks with 0 result or care from anyone there and in the end they gave me my money in the form of wallet coins. My advise. Wait a year or more before using souq.com until amazon cleans it up completely before you buy anything... because souq people are still there. And trust me they say sorry and we are doing our best. But that's far from the truth. And if even a little bit of excess orders can delay everything and completely ruin your experience...

Thumbnail of user malur1
1 review
14 helpful votes
October 28th, 2018

1. Unable to purchase as it doesn't give an option for delivery which is an address which I have been received many times before for orders. I did follow up after follow up but no use as irresponsible people attending the call and doesn't bother to take further resolution on the complaint
2. Customer service - Extremely poor... its now weeks since I complained... No one even bothered to give a call back to update... nor resolved...
3. Many of the products now I find much cheaper in the market and I dont see its worth doing shopping on line when you are supposed to be cheaper and reliable on cost effective purchases.

Thumbnail of user mohamedm55
1 review
17 helpful votes
May 27th, 2018

Ive tried to avoid a shipment delay given that some of the goods Ive ordered might not stand the spring heats of the Arabian peninsula, the customer service were not responsive at all out of three emails Ive sent Ive gotten one response blaming the problem on the shipment company that souq.com acquired not long time ago, it was like go talk to them thats not our problem an amazon company hu! What a pathetic slogan Souq.com shame on you. I dont recommend this site given that Ive not collected my good nor gotten any refund till this moment.

Thumbnail of user ahmeds221
1 review
0 helpful votes
April 4th, 2021

My product has "Fullfed by souq" yet they fail to pick it up and deliver it to the seller to fix it.
Extremely disrespectful customer support, very frustrating experience. I'd rather deal with amazon directly than deal with them again.

Tip for consumers:
My product has "Fullfed by souq" yet they fail to pick it up and deliver it to the seller to fix it.
Extremely disrespectful customer support, very frustrating experience. I'd rather deal with amazon directly than deal with them again.

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Mouse and headset among others.

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Thumbnail of user dinof6
1 review
11 helpful votes
April 21st, 2019

Especially for same day delivery.it wont happen, if it comes, it will be 11pm. But very rare. U are paying extra.
I had a consistent delay of 5-7 products i've ordered. U can contact then on their facebook page. But rarely can do any help. If there is another choice, dont go for souq.com. And if u want to add a review on the website/page.it will just say error pls try again. Then again and again.

Thumbnail of user salahshabans
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
April 7th, 2021

I would like to give my opinion today on Souq, this respectable site that fulfills all your desires and they have a lot of things out of all the products for me. I recently bought an iPhone and a bunch of other accessories, the products were good and in excellent condition, the packaging was very good, the delivery speed was very good. This shopping site is very excellent and I deal with it personally and I buy everything I need from here and they have the ability to fulfill the order in the shortest possible time and there are people who are really professional in both preparing the shipment, taking care of it and following up as they also have a customer service team for shopping, selling, after-sales service and asking for opinions About their product and reassuring that the product will reach you and fulfill everything you need,

Tip for consumers:
I advise all my dear ones to deal with this respectable and upscale website

Products used:
1-Apple iPhone 12 mini 128GB 4 GB RAM, Blue
2-Anker A2633L22 Nano Fast Charger with Power IQ 3.0 Technology for I phone 12 , 20 W - White
3-For Apple iPhone 12 mini 5.4 inch Case Clear TPU Bumper Anti shock with round corners
4-For I phone 12 Mini 5.4 Inch 6D Screen Protector Full Coverage Big Round 2.5D
5-Zero Keyboard ZR-2608 Multimedia for Computer and Laptop , Green Black

Thumbnail of user oso1
1 review
0 helpful votes
February 3rd, 2021

It is really an excellent experience and I thank them very much for your cooperation with me. You really deserve all the marks of excellence

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Thumbnail of user dinam47
1 review
13 helpful votes
February 12th, 2019

Souq.com has by far the worst customer service representatives. Ugly attitude and very unprofessional.

I had to cancel my order due to the horrible service that I received and I had asked two representatives to have a manager contact me and was promised yesterday that within 2 hours I will receive a call from someone but again false promise and nobody has called.

It was my first order with souq.com and the last for sure. And I will make sure to spread the word of the horrible experience I had.

Thumbnail of user sajithl
1 review
17 helpful votes
July 18th, 2018

I was order Bluetooth headset. After five days it doesn't work. I called many times. Always they send massage. """Our courier pick up your Souq.com return order today from the registered address. If you wish to reschedule please call *******"" until now no one come. Please please please if you can't send some one don't send massage. U guys wasting my time.! I'm really disappointed souq.com!

Thumbnail of user bassema3
1 review
11 helpful votes
December 10th, 2018

Those people at souq.com delivered to me broken package and they refuse to take it back and refund the money. Those people should be in Jail. Now they posted on the site that the product is delivered, What they deliver to me is two broken jars of Honey. The delivery boy calls every couple of days to tell me he's coming to collect it, but he never shows up.
I don't know how these people are still running a business in Egypt.

Thumbnail of user husseink6
1 review
17 helpful votes
May 7th, 2020

I have very very bad history with souq and i have problem till now do not solve from 46 days and i try by every way but him do not care about any problem for customer and him take my money and do not give me my item till now from 22 march

Thumbnail of user nelsond18
1 review
4 helpful votes
April 9th, 2018

Wrong product delivered, the ordered which i had placed was not the same as i received, i wrote n number of mails to souq customer but every time i got a reply saying that they are sorry to hear and will get your query resolved... when i asked for a refund or exchange these people say thats not the policy... SERIOUSLY!
Neither i got the phone exchanged nor i got my refund...

Advice to all - Do not purchase things from Souq (#####)

Thumbnail of user jaic11
1 review
13 helpful votes
March 8th, 2019

It has been 1 WEEK since I ordered from souq. Website tracking says "DELIVERED" but I STILL haven't received my order. I have followed up several times with their customer support- it seems like nobody is taking action/ quick action is not taken. Not to mention order is "FULFILLED BY SOUQ".

Refund system is also taking WAY too long. They promise 5-7 days. Until now, my refund (on a cancelled order) hasn't returned.

Truly disappointing. Better opt for CASH ON DELIVERY or trust another website.

Thumbnail of user madujithd
1 review
15 helpful votes
June 7th, 2018

For approximately 10 days Im following up with Q express to arrange for a pickup to return an item. Im a regular buyer from Souq and Im really frustrated about the incompetence and non commercial rofessional behaviour of Q express. I have been calling the call centre and I have escalated complaints to 2 managers but the result is the same - courier never shows up. Its a disgrace to the company that they are not even able to give me a proper commitment on a confirmed pickup. Im really frustrated and annoyed to deal with Q express

Thumbnail of user probuxp
1 review
16 helpful votes
July 15th, 2018

I have ordered a lot of items here, but from time to time I get to recieved fake items which they refund but the problem is when you leave a comment on that fake item/sellers account, souq will not accept your review and will tell you the it was a complaint. How are we suppose to tell other people that a specific seller is selling fake items or trying to fool other people if they only accept positive reviews?

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