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  • Pottery Barn Kids has 1.7 star rating based on 146 customer reviews. Consumers are mostly dissatisfied.

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  • Pros: Items available for purchase, Products, Cute stuff.
    Cons: Customer service, Lack of real solution, Very poor customer service.

  • Recent recommendations regarding this business are as follows: "Don’t buy from them", "Do not buy from Pottery Barn!", "Make sure you check and double check cause it’s impossible I feel to resolve the problem", "Wait for a coupon", "Check when they’ll deliver before you buy".

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Harisha T

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| map-marker Pattaya, Chon Buri Province

Received Wrong item

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I placed an online order for a backpack and lunch bag well in advance for school for my kindergarten student. The update later showed that the lunch bag was back-ordered and, after five business days, they sent me a wrong item.

Instead of the backpack, I received a different style lunch bag. I called the customer service, and they placed another order for the original backpack, but it shows as back-ordered. This means he's not going to have a backpack for the first day of school. When I asked the representative if they could send me another style backpack with expedited shipping, they offered me a 10% discount, which is like $5.

Are you kidding me? I spent $80 or more for his stuff and didn't receive the correct item nor on time. And they're not even offering expedited shipping. Guys, watch what you're paying for.

This is the worst customer service ever. Instead, use other stores.

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Preferred solution: Price reduction

User's recommendation: Don’t buy from them

Jo Carrion

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| map-marker Brooklyn, New York

All lies were given to me…

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I mean, basically what happened was I ordered furniture in February, 2024 and I was told it was all in stock when I placed it online. The order was over $4000 for furniture and then I started to get emails after that saying that its not in stock and Ill have to wait till April.

I then received email saying the items were ready for deliveryone day before delivery, they notified me that the $2000 dresser was on back order and they would deliver everything else. They purposely let me know only a couple of days before hand so that I would not be able to cancel the dresser because they knew I would want matching pieces in the bedroom. I was so mad so I complained and they told me for my inconvenience they would give me 10% off the entire order which came out to over $400.

Now, May 11 th, they are delivering the dresser so I called up today, May 6 and I was told they will only give me 10% refund back for my delays etc.

on the dresser so which would be one 19 $199 that is a lie they lied to me again!! When I complained and told her I was told the refund would be 10% off the entire order worth over $400, the customer service rep hung up on me.

I would never ever buy from this company again.

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Preferred solution: I would like to receive my 10% refund and I would like an apology for all your shenanigans.

User's recommendation: Do not buy from Pottery Barn!

Susan H Pmp

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Purchase is going to wrong address

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I just changed address and it was my mistake that I missed the delivery box to correct address. My item is going to last shipped item address. And its just been a whole ordeal trying to get it corrected

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Loss:
$142
Pros:
  • Great quality
Cons:
  • Change of address policy

Preferred solution: Deliver product or service ordered

User's recommendation: Make sure you check and double check cause it’s impossible I feel to resolve the problem

Lorey Gea
map-marker Columbia, South Carolina

Problem placing orderonline

I need 2 my first anywhere chairs in navy with white piping . Online is showing available, but not listing as My First anywhere Chair.

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Gina G Xoe

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Bad service

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Bought an item for my granddaughter for Halloween in September. It was a trick or treat personalized cat bag.

Item was initially shipped in September then somehow got lost . Then reordered & was suppose to be delivered Oct 10-13. I checked the tracking number & date moved to March?? Well that wasnt going to work since it was suppose to be for Halloween .

Terrible service !

Difficulty getting a live person on the phone. Will never buy from them again

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Cons:
  • Very poor customer service

Preferred solution: Apology

User's recommendation: Check when they’ll deliver before you buy

Anonymous
map-marker Staten Island, New York

Place order

I wanted to place an order for a childrens sheet set and wanted to know if there were any discounts available. I was told my coupon had just expired, which I must have not seen or received. I also inquired if there was a senior or military discount, but there was not.

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User's recommendation: Wait for a coupon

Lori L Ymi

Cancel order

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Original review updated Mar 02, 2021

Ordered on 11/25/2020. Still not received.

Was ordered for his granddaughter for Christmas but he passed away before it was ever received. I do not want the chair that was being shipped, he wanted the chair we ordered.

Supposedly the 3rd chair shipped. This was not the chair we wanted.

Absolutely devastating. Im hoping I can find something comparable.

Never again would I order from this company.

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Loss:
$250
Cons:
  • Lack of delivery
  • Never sent after 3 tries

Preferred solution: Full refund

User's recommendation: Do not order from here

Anonymous
map-marker San Antonio, Texas

Not satisfied

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Ordered a dollhouse for Christmas gift . Decided to open it to make sure there is no damage .

It was damaged on one window . Was over the 30 days by 4 days so they wont replace it . Pretty sad .

Just make sure when you receive any product to open it within the month . Lesson learned

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User's recommendation: Open ASAP

Elizabeth T Frv

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Merchandise card has not arrived 6mths + over 10 calls/emails later

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Returned a gift for merchandise card and it never arrives. Customer service cannot do anything other than repeat the mistake of voiding the old card and issuing a new one. All manner of errors occur, from forgetting to void to forgetting to issue a new card.

Why is there no escalation path???

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Loss:
$150
Pros:
  • Items available for purchase
  • Cute stuff
Cons:
  • Lack of real solution

Preferred solution: Deliver product or service ordered

User's recommendation: Return gifts instore so they can issue a card on the spot

James S Ydu

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Incompetence and Broken Promises

I purchased the Catalina Twin-over-Twin bunk bed for my son as a Christmas gift. I placed the order on December 2.

My estimated delivery window was Dec. 9 - Dec. 23. As Christmas neared, I called Pottery Barn (PB) for an update and they said I should expect a call either Dec.

24 or Dec. 26. I received no call. On Dec.

30, I called back and spoke with a woman named Jodi. She assured me PB would straighten this out, apologized, and told me someone should have already called me to set up my delivery. Jodi went ahead and scheduled the delivery for Jan. 3.

My wife rearranged her schedule to be home for the 9 AM to 11 AM delivery. Nobody ever came in spite of the fact the Track Your Delivery link in the email said the delivery person at one point was 10 minutes away from our house.

Having heard nothing, at 2:30 PM my wife called to inquire. She was told they were missing a piece and would not be coming. This was completely unprofessional on the part of PB.

My wife waited 3.5 hours past the end of the delivery window when all along PB was never planning on coming and never bothered to let us know. Days went by without hearing about rescheduling so I reached back out to Jodi via email. Jodi said the PB system showed the product had been delivered on Jan. 3 (the day they never came!).

When I informed her it hadnt actually been delivered, she told me to stand by and somebody would call me. Of course, nobody called me.

On Jan. 8 I called back and was told my delivery wouldnt happen until later in the month because a piece was still missing. I asked to speak to a supervisor about a refund.

Of course no supervisor ever called me, but PB set another delivery date of Jan. 11. PB finally delivered the product on Jan. 11 nearly three weeks after the last day in the original estimated delivery window.

I reached back out to Jodi requesting a full refund. SHE TOLD ME POTTERY BARN WOULD GIVE ME A FULL REFUND. On Jan. 27, PB refunded me $640.39 of the original $1,067.86 purchase price.

I again reached back out to Jodi about why I was not given my full refund, and she never was able to give me an answer.

I eventually called PB back again on Feb. 14 and demanded to speak with a supervisor. For the first time in this entire saga and despite repeated requests to do so I was finally able to speak with a supervisor, Courtney **. She asked me to send her the email correspondence with Jodi in which Jodi promised me a full refund.

I did so. I never got a response and had to send Courtney multiple emails over the course of two weeks before she finally responded that Jodi made a mistake in extending to me a full refund, thus PB would not honor the full refund promised to me by one of its employees. Rather than bending over backwards to make things right (like any reputable company would have done by now), PB decided to tell me that it will not stand by representations made to its customers. Its word means nothing.

My wife and I have spent countless hours either on the phone, conversing over email with PB and its employees, or waiting for a delivery that never came.

Every single employee that touched our purchase should be reprimanded and retrained on every aspect of their job. All I asked for was a full refund one we were absolutely entitled to AND promised by Pottery Barn.

Even if we get a full refund, the amount of time taken away from our jobs dealing with this mess would mean we would have still lost money on this experience. It is time for some accountability at Pottery Barn.

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Loss:
$427
Cons:
  • Lack of real solution
  • Incompetence
  • Customer service

Preferred solution: Full refund

User's recommendation: DO NOT SHOP HERE

Anonymous
map-marker Honolulu, Hawaii

Defect products

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I purchased two anywhere chairs twice for my children. And both times the sponges inside get fall a part and have small power falling. That was the reason I purchase the second one and after purchased the second one, I talked to the customer agent and they advised me to take pictures and email them, so they would replace them for free.

Thank you for your understanding and support.

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Hel N

Terrible and confusing payment online DO NOT BUY ONLINE

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I ordered a blanket which I guess was backordered with my credit card and thought I paid the 59 dollars the day I purchased it online. Little did I know this was going to lead to preauthorizations and 10 day holds on the credit card for 6 weeks with the card saying it was charged then being refunded until the item was shipped.

It became really confusing and really annoying. After calling customer service and wasting an hr trying to get through and having the call drop and emailing several times and having to track all the charges on the card to make sure it did not get charged. It was a waste of time and a huge pain in the butt and got a bit confusing.

They really should just charge you at point of purchase, it is ridiculous. DON'T BUT FROM THEM .PlPlenty of other places to get pretty baby blankets where they answer the phone.

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Pros:
  • Items available for purchase
Cons:
  • 10 day hold on credit card

Preferred solution: Deliver product or service ordered

User's recommendation: Do not buy from them

Mscarol F

Terrible customer service

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No resolution for quality issue on a furniture piece

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Loss:
$400
Pros:
  • Attractive styles
Cons:
  • Poor customer service

Preferred solution: Replace bed siderail or whole bed

User's recommendation: Buy from another company!

Erica Wbg

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Never order PBK online - did not refund my cancelled order

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On 11/6, I ordered a bed for my son for his new bedroom - he’s having surgery in December and we promised a new bed for surgery recovery and Christmas.

On 11/20 I called for an updated status for delivery and was told that my product was no longer available and would not be coming. I was not made aware of this and my online confirmation still stated that my order was awaiting more items at the delivery center.

At this time I was offered a $254 credit and that my order would be refunded.

My order was never refunded. On 11/23, I called customer service to find out that my credit card was still charged and that the refund had never been processed for a product that is no longer available. The customer service representative stated that the only thing she could do for me was make sure my order was refunded because someone had already gone above and beyond for me. She then told me that my refund for a product I was not receiving should “hopefully” be approved by a supervisor.

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A product I ordered was cancelled and I was never notified until I called to get more information

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My card was not refunded for a cancelled order that I never received the product.

3. I was told that my refund to my card for a product that is no longer available and I WILL NEVER RECEIVE will be “hopefully” refunded to my card.

Hours on the phone and several phone calls later and my son will still be without the bed he chose.

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Loss:
$2404
Cons:
  • Cancelled order with no notification
  • Lack of delivery
  • Did not process refund for cancelled order
Reason of review:
Problems with payment

Preferred solution: Let the company propose a solution

hattie s Sot

Save yourself the hassle and buy somewhere else

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They canceled my first order. Then I called to reorder and they charged me $600 more for the same item!

I told the rep, her name was Lisa, that this item had a Black Friday discount. Her reply. “That was then. Today there’s no discount.” I went on the website and surprise, surprise.

The Black Friday discount was still being advertised. Shipping was $149 previously. This time it’s $249. What in the world?

Did the box get heavier? And I it’s still on backorder. They keep changing the date. First it was one month.

Now it’s two months. My grand daughter has been born and doesn’t have a crib! My experience with customer service was horrible! I have never in my life experienced such a thing.

Usually, you get what you pay for. I paid $1200 for a crib but I could’ve gotten better service at Walmart.

Pottery Barn Kids, you should be ashamed of yourselves. Is anyone even reading the reviews at your company?

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Loss:
$1600
Cons:
  • Refusal to give price adjustment
  • Horrible customer service
  • Customer service experience
Reason of review:
Poor customer service

Preferred solution: Let the company propose a solution

Leticia J Gqs

Lock if customer service and wrong item twice!

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Pottery Barn Kids Team,

I’m truly disappointed in the level of guest engagement your team has provided when dealing with trying to get a suitcase for my daughter’s birthday. I placed an order on August 23, and was told it would arrive by Sept.

8. When it came in, it was the wrong name on it-it had “SSG” instead of My daughters name. The rep stated that she would rush order it to get it there for my daughter’s bday. The next day, the rush order was cancelled per “customer request.” After another phone call to Pottery Barn and another 30 min on the phone, they completed the order again and “guaranteed” that I would get it by Sept 12 and that they rushed it.

Multiple emails, phone calls, etc. later, it did not arrive on Sept 12. Fast forward to 9/24, where I received the item finally. My daughter opened it right on the front porch, as she was so excited about her new suitcase.

It was the wrong item, and the wrong name. A unicorn suitcase with “Annalise” instead of a heart suitcase with my daughter’s name. Now I have a child who is so excited about this suitcase that isn’t hers…Another phone call with customer service and I’m told to send this one back (another trip to UPS), and I will get a new one at some point. I decided to cancel the order, yet, pottery Barn won’t even process the return of the item I never received properly until they receive this wrong suitcase back and wait 7-10 days.

I’m told to check and call back again to make sure I’m credited. I’ve talked to multiple agents, exchanged multiple emails, Facebook requests, and phone calls. I don’t understand how a service based company like Pottery Barn could have such poor customer service, especially when a guest has been disappointed a first time. It should not take a guest having to call 5+ times to get information, and then still get the wrong item.

I love Pottery Barn products-my beds, duvets, sheets, curtains, chairs, sofas, etc. are all Pottery Barn.

My daughter has countless items from Pottery Barn Kids. While I haven’t encountered an issue before (other than backordered items), the way that you handled a disappointed customer and your lack of follow up makes me question my decisions in purchasing for the future.

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Cons:
  • Not as advertised
  • Send wrong items
  • Lack of delivery
Reason of review:
Problem with delivery

Preferred solution: Full refund

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Summary

Pottery Barn Kids is a company that offers a wide selection of furniture, beddings and accessories for childrens room. Pottery Barn Kids provides products for furnishing girls' room, boys' rooms, baby rooms, and playrooms. Moreover, at Pottery Barn Kids you will find a wide range of gifts and presents for baby showers, birthdays and other occasions. The company ships to more than 75 countries. Pottery Barn Kids was founded in 1999, and since then it has been offering high quality products at affordable prices. All products provided by Pottery Barn Kids correspond to all standards. Today, Pottery Barn Kids has more than 90 stores all over the USA and Canada.

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Pottery Barn Kids is ranked 544 out of 3255 in Furniture and Decor category

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