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Light In The Box terrible service/product

Terrible experience. The dress I received is nothing like what was pictured; the picture showed a stretch satin dress with beading. I received a dress with a non-stretch satin with a tacky lace overlay and sequins. There was a tear in the skirt area. Contacting the company is not possible as they are in China and list no phone numbers. The website has a live chat option that is only for pre-sales questions and cannot direct to a further source of communication. Sending emails grants you a generic macro-ed email response that has nothing to do with what you have asked/stated. Terrible experience.

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AlRam
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Mar 08, 2017 10:11 pm EST

TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE! They sent me a wrong item (totally wrong wall art piece!). I sent it back to them, and then they refuse to reimburse me! They are illegal scammers and thieves, and must be shut down!

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Feb 26, 2013 7:57 am EST

made in CHINA. REMEMMBER THIS.

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C-Kay
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Jun 23, 2011 8:15 am EDT
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I ordered a dress in April. In May a month later, I contacted them and they said they did not receive my money and to my surprise they had withdrawn the money from my account. So then they processed the dress but whenever I'd go to track it, there was no information. So I waited. I received the dress today and it doesn't fit. The train is too long. The color is too light and the zipper has a hard time zipping. I contacted customer service to get an RMA code but they didn't help me. They just told me to wait until I'm contacted. I would like to send the dress back and just get my full refund of $177.26. I have to travel for a wedding in 2weeks and I know I won't get the exchange back in time. Please just refund my money.

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C-Kay
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Jun 23, 2011 7:43 am EDT
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Hello,
I received the dress that I ordered back in April today but I didn't realize the train was that long. I am travelling to Africa and I can't have the train that long due to the dirt and this is also the wrong size. The zipper also seems to have a problem with zipping. It seems to have a hard time going up. I would like a full refund of my money. I tried to go on to my orders page but it says I have no orders on my page. I contacted customer service and they said I have to wait until someone contacted me and they couldn't help me any further. I have a wedding to attend in 2weeks and I know I won't get my exchange back in time. Please start my return process and send me an RMA code.

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Eden Bremner
Perth, AU
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Mar 16, 2011 1:08 pm EDT
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I honestly wish i had red this before i ordered my dress. I had three friends who had ordered from lightinthebox.com and who were so happy with their orders. I however received a ball dress that was two sizes too large only two days before my year 12 ball. I am a fairly slim and tall girl with curves and in this dress not only did i look as if i was drowning, but I looked unflatteringly large! Congrats lighinthebox you ruined my dream dress. I am not having to run around the city tomorrow and miss school in order to find a dress before Friday, problem is tomorrow is Thursday. The dress gaped at the back and there had been an extra two inches added to EVERY measurement despite the extra $30.00 we paid for custom measurements. This was unfixable due to the design of the dress. I am so disappointed ad will be returning the dress and i expect a FULL REFUND.

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stephanie wright
mt vernon, US
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Feb 20, 2010 10:06 am EST

I have read the previous comments and couldnt agree more. I ordered my bridemaids dresses from light in the box. When they came 5 out of the 8 had major zipper problems. One dress had a crooked zipper a rip in the bodice and the seams puckered on the sides. Ligh in the box was already supposed to be sending me a refund of $300 for incorrectly charging my credit card twice which I never received. When I contacted them to return the dresses I was given the run around. Their customer service is non exsistent. And TRUST me once they get your money they dont care. If your thinking of ordering from them DONT DO IT.

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maryves
Richmond Hill, CA
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Jan 29, 2010 11:13 pm EST

I found the dress of my dreams on light in the box.com. I order and anxiously awaited it's arrival. When I opened the package, I was absolutely devastated. I was supposed to receive an custom measurement A-line satin gown with brush train and a fitted lace overcoat. What I actually received was a modified mermaid gown two full inches short on each measurement, a lace overcoat big enough for myself and two friends, no buttons' nothing. To top it off the lining of the dress had several blood stains on it. First I was told keep the dress, don't send it back, full refund on it's way, then send it back and we'll check it out, back and forth. No straight answers and they have a disclaimer stating that they do not give full refund if their product is not as pictured. Personally, when I shop through a site or a catalogue, I fully expect the item to be as pictured. Finally, I received an email stating a full refund has been issued. Two weeks later, no money. I have been fighting them for three months and they left me scrambling for a dress. I advise everyone to run very far, very fast if anyone mentions light in the box.

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Baligirl
Perth Metro Area, AU
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Jan 29, 2010 3:34 am EST

I ordered my Wedding dress with this company and when I received it, I was devastated, it did not look like the picture at all it was missing the detailed beading from it and the flowers and the back of the train was also mising, they replaced the dress and I was sent another dress exactly the same, I was shattered by this point with my wedding day now 2 weeks away...I did received a refund after a few weeks but then was left to find another dress at short notice for my Wedding...I will never buy from them again and I have sent pictures of the dresses to my Australian Wedding contacts...who have also put pictures up of other girls who have ordered Wedding dresses thru these scammers and they wont be getting our business ever again...Its just terrible that they can do this..they should make the dresses exactly as it is stated on the website...And trying to contact them is a joke...they never answer the phone and speaking to the chat line is just annoying because they dont help you...Never again light in the box...

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Dec 04, 2009 12:23 am EST

Dear customer,

On behalf of LightInTheBox.com, we apologize for the unpleasant experiences and the late reply. We are extremely concerned to read your comments. We would like to know more details so we can address this issue promptly.

You can reach me at CustomerCare@lightinthebox.com with your order number and contact information and we will assist you very soon.

Thanks and Regards,

Wei Jin
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Light In The Box customer feedback

Dear valued customers,

On behalf of LightInTheBox.com, we appreciate your feedback. We would love to address every single complaint posted in here, so if you can include your order number in your post, we will contact you to resolve these problems.

Best regards,

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Feb 17, 2016 5:55 pm EST

On Feb. 03 2016 I ordered # [protected], before I submitted order the page said 3-5 day shipping, after I submitted it was 10-20 business days, it's been only 14 days but I'm concerned after reading some of the comments, on this site you said include order # which I did at the first of this comment and you will contact me, I trusted your company to do their part, I did my part when I ordered and paid in advance. Please do your part and send me my products, # 2Pcs 3157 18x5050SMD 80-100LM Red Light LED Bulb for Car (12V) Quantity: 3 $11.97 + $4.00 Shipping GRAND TOTAL $15.97, I expect my parts or my money. DO THE RIGHT THING. Thanks, Tom P.

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nana78
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Feb 18, 2011 11:19 am EST

light in the box is full of horse [censor]. They take your money and never send you your package. If this happens to you file a claim with your financial institution and let them know with in 15 days from the first day ordered. They will refund your money for you. If you use your visa and pay expedited shipping and it's no there by the last day. They have a strict policy they will also refund your money. Do not wait longer than 15 days it will make it a little harder. Good luck all I hope light in the box burns down by natural disaster. I hate them. lol

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M.Sal
Edmonton, CA
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Jun 09, 2010 3:46 am EDT

Hello All,

I have purchased a gps/dvd player for my car. I ordered it and got it after 9 days. HOWEVER! The device had more problems that I could ever imagine. DVD would freeze, gps did not work, there was a gps button but nothing happens if I click on it, Device would freeze and not turn off, I had to hard reset it few times, then hard reset would not work, I had to disconnect my car battery to reset it.

Nine days later after receiving date I contacted Lighinthebox. I was advised to ship item back for a replacement and they will cover the cost of shipment up to $70. For that amount of money the only option was to send item back through ground/sea. Usually it takes 4 to 6 weeks for the item to be delivered to china.

Here I am 58 days later, and I have not received a working item yet. Lightinthbox has refunded me the shipping cost (about 50-60 dollars). Unfortunately I have paid over $100 to get device installed. & will have to pay another $100 to get another wiring done, or to get the manufacture radio back in.

I have recently contacted the company to follow up on current status of order. I was advised item will be processed around June 7. So now we're past June 7, I contacted them yet again. I was advised that item is not available due to demand. Yea I'm sure people are dying to buy the same in dash gps.

I was quite patient with them. The main reason I purchased this device is for the road trip I'll be on very soon. So I guess if I’m on the road I’ll have no radio/audio player installed.

I have contacted my VISA Company, the one I used to pay for item, and filed complaint to dispute this sale. I was advised 4 weeks to get issue resolved.

At this point I DO NOT RECOMAND lightinthebox to other online buyers. I would have defiantly paid the extra $200 and purchased in dash gps from Best Buy or Future shop in my local area.

I will defiantly not recommend it to my father and sister who wanted to get in dash gps for their car as well.
If lightinthebox owns up to their promise and take serious action I will post updates to this post and let everyone know how they handled the case.

If by any chance someone from lightinthebox reads this, I have opened 4 tickets regarding this matter. I'm not sure what different it would make if someone from lightinthebox replies to my posting asking to resolve this matter. But If you do get a chance to read this my order number is: [protected], maybe you can post a reply on how you resolved this matter.

So yes I agree, they have the worse business practice I have dealt with online so far.

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done in
Richmond Hill, CA
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Feb 22, 2010 10:03 am EST

I have been fighting light in the box for 4 months for a refund on a defective wedding dress. Initially it was refund within 2 days, then 5-7 days, 30 and now 40. The comment by light in the box is just a lie. I sent back the defective dress, so they have the dress and my money. All of their emails just say be patient. Truly, their behaviour is criminal.

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Light In The Box fraudsters

Absolute scammers!
Beware buyers do not use!
They took my money and never heard from again. I opened a complaint with paypal and was advised that if I wanted my item to close the dispute and they would send out 9-14 business days later! That was how long it was supposed to take after the recieved my payment!
Anyhow, I havent closed the dispute and am now fighting for a refund! Will not give up either! The telephone number they give ppl is never connected so the number I have obtained (By telling them I wanted to make a large purchase) is +[protected]. I think his name is gugu. Keep fighting fellow scammees, we all need to stand up against # like this!
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Kathleen Sullivan
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Jun 28, 2011 10:20 am EDT

Buyers Beware. Lightinthebox is a total rip off. I returned almost 200 Euros worth of merchandise through UPS and lightinthebox refused to take them back. I never experienced in my life what they have put me through. Excuse after excuse rather than deal with the problem. I have lost all this money through shopping with them. There should be away to stop their scam . They have our money and we are left with nothing but shoddy merchandise. Very unhappy Irish shopper.

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Light In The Box no reply, no feedback no, updates on my order.

I placed an order from this site,
and they said It will take maximum 1 week to get my order shipped.
So, I placed an order, and they took my payment very next day,

It's been 3 weeks now,
No reply, No Feedback No, updates on my order.
and I am still waiting for my order updates.
This is one of the most Awful shopping experience I ever had.

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bruyant
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Aug 24, 2014 10:13 am EDT

je voudrais une réponse rapide et un numéro de téléphone pour pouvoir vous joindre

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bruyant
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Aug 24, 2014 10:10 am EDT

j ' ai passe Commande LE15 août le Montant a

Été encaisé MAIS je n ' ai Toujours rien Recu

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mkrao
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Jan 27, 2011 10:56 am EST
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Hi,
The lightinthebox people are cheaters. I also ordered some products 20 days back. I didnt get any products till now. I think they are cheating people. I suggest not to order any things from that website.

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jennyl
Philadelphia, US
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Mar 30, 2010 6:53 pm EDT

i ordered my dress 3-6-10 and now its 3-30-10 and still no dress am getting married 4-17-10 and i have no dress

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AngryCustomer951
Hemet, US
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Feb 24, 2010 6:48 pm EST

I too have ordered from this company on Feb 13, 2010 and they got their money on feb 14, 2010 from my credit card. I still have not recieved my order. All I keep getting is excuse afterexcuse about when they should be shipping out my order. This is insane. Very regrettful of doing business with this so called company. Beginning to think its nothing but a huge scam. I mean come on they have no phone number to reach anyone in their company. hmmmm something just aint right here and I am getting fed up

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Brandibear89
Newport News, US
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Feb 23, 2010 6:09 pm EST

I have had the same problem!... and after reading the complaints on this site i am beginning to regret ordering from them... Did you ever get your order?

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finn82
Toogoom, AU
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Oct 24, 2009 6:57 am EDT

So was your complaint ever attended to? Was it rectified?

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Denny_
CN
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Oct 19, 2009 5:56 am EDT

Dear customer,

On behalf of LightInTheBox.com, we apologize for the unpleasant experiences and the late reply. We are extremely concerned to read your comments. We would like to know more details so we can address this issue promptly.

You can reach me at Denny@lightinthebox.com. Include your order number and contact info (a reachable phone number is best) and we will assist you very soon.

Thanks and Regards,
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Light In The Box broken item

i ordered an mp4/p3 touch screen it took about 15 days to get and then i finally get my player it looked good
i charged it for alittle bit and then turned it on and was able to mess with it for a total of five min. then the stuipid thing just froze and that it, it wont unfreeze i even tried to reset it and it still wont work. I spent 50.00 for junk there has to be a way to close this site so no more people can get ripped off . the people from this web site are stealing and should be stopped

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sandeeww
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Apr 08, 2010 9:51 am EDT

i have used lightinthe box and love the goods... all the things i ordered are great... even when one item was missing i emailed and recived a new one with in days... would use them again...

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anonymous 12
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Jan 24, 2010 8:35 pm EST

same here except with my iphone i ordered

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Candy Marcel
Houma, US
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Jan 02, 2010 5:30 pm EST

I also purchased a mp4/p3 touch screen player and it will turn on and freeze it doesn't turn off and it won't except the computer at all. I purchased it for my 7 year old daughter for Christmas and now the one and only thing she wanted doesn't work and I can't get anyone to help me. I will never buy another thing from them and won't let anybody else order from them. I have sent over 8 email and tickets and have got not one reply.

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Oct 19, 2009 5:59 am EDT

Dear customer,

On behalf of LightInTheBox.com, we apologize for the unpleasant experiences and the late reply. We are extremely concerned to read your comments. We would like to know more details so we can address this issue promptly.

You can reach me at Denny@lightinthebox.com. Include your order number and contact info (a reachable phone number is best) and we will assist you very soon.

Thanks and Regards,
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Light In The Box rip off

This company is a classic online ripoff operation. They sell merchandise at cut-rate prices that is designed to look like it works — but nothing works. It's all a gimmick. The electronics are not even supplied with some of their merchandise — just a casing that looks real.

They are an online scam outfit that flourishes off first-time buyers who are deceived by the front that they put up online. You can't find them. You can't call them. You can't get a refund. You can't get a return. All you get is screwed.in my case, I lost several hundred dollars. It was the worst online experience of my life.

You'll never find anyone out there who ever goes near light in the box again. Avoid them like the plague. Stick to major retailers who can actually be held accountable.

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Gary Dannenberg
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Dec 09, 2022 8:47 am EST

Took my $68.00 now, cant seem to find my "ticket"? Total thieves. never again.

[censored] THE CHINESE.

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Angie Kicklighter
US
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Nov 13, 2022 6:05 pm EST

HORRIBLE! Cannot get any info to return $300 dresses! DO NOT USE THIS HORRIBLE COMPANY! SCAMMERS!

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Tim Passmore
US
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Jun 29, 2022 8:00 pm EDT

Terrible return policy. Trying to return a dress that we paid a total of &155 for and if we’re lucky, by the time we get a refund, it will be less than $80. I thought I researched the company before purchase an they had a us address an phone but nope, just for show. Everything is done from China. Do not use this company. Scam 100%

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May 12, 2022 11:40 pm EDT

They are TERRIBLE! I ordered a blouse and then I couldn’t access the website to check tracking. There is zero possibility of reaching them and I was recently told by another unlucky consumer that they tried to return something and they wouldn’t return emails. (That’s the only way to contact them)…but you won’t reach them.

You might get your product, but be prepared to be stuck with whatever misleading junk they’ve sold you.

I work too hard for my money, and now it’s just, gone.

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May 12, 2022 11:39 pm EDT

They are TERRIBLE! I ordered a blouse and then I couldn’t access the website to check tracking. There is zero possibility of reaching them and I was recently told by another unlucky consumer that they tried to return something and they wouldn’t return emails. (That’s the only way to contact them)…but you won’t reach them.

You might get your product, but be prepared to be stuck with whatever misleading junk they’ve sold you.

I work too hard for my money, and now it’s just, gone.

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Ruth Moneke
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Mar 19, 2018 4:34 pm EDT

LIGHT IN THE BOX NEEDS TO BE SUED! THIS IS THE THIRD TIME I HAVE ORDERED FROM THEM THINKING THE MAIL WAS SLOW...NO ...NOT THE CASE...THIS COMPANY IS CROOKED. I ORDERED 2 DRESSES FROM THEM IN XXL AND THEY KEPT SENDING A SIZE 4 DRESS INSTEAD. YOU CANNOT CALL THEM OR EMAIL THEM...THEY ARE NOT GOING TO RESPOND AND I THINK THE BBB SHOULD BAN THEM FROM DOING BUSINESS IN OUR COUNTRY OF THE UNITED STATES PERIOD. I AM NOT SURPRISED AT ALL THE COMPLAINTS I SEE. IF THEY CANNOT BE FAIR AND SQUARE WITH CUSTOMERS THEN DO NOT TRY EVERY AGAIN TO DO BUSINESS WITHIN THE UNITED STATES BECAUSE WE ARE NOT GOING TO PUT UP WITH IT ...WE ALL NEED TO COMPLAIN TO THE HIGHEST TO BAN THEM FROM DOING BUSINESS WITH THE U.S.

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walkerd79
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Dec 07, 2013 10:09 am EST

I am showing that the 5 tablets I payed for a over a week ago still have not shipped. I spent way too much $$$ to risk these Christmas presents for kids. Light in the box also withdrew an additional $8.xx from my bank account a few days ago. I am considering asking for my money back, but negative reviews I have read state that customers from that website never got in touch with a person. How do I look up international website business information?

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walkerd79
Midland, US
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Dec 07, 2013 6:58 pm EST

I am waiting on contact from this company. I was able to discover a couple of emails in China

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Ann Whicker
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Jan 07, 2016 9:08 am EST

Ordered Dec 2nd amount of $12.79 went thru my bank on Dec 4th have not received these order #[protected]

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Dec 29, 2015 11:06 am EST

I ordered a pink wig for my granddaughter for christmas. It arrived after approx 3 weeks and she loved it. I paid for postage and packaging. I then decided to order 2 more, they arrived today but DHL demanded £17 in VAT and advance payments ? I was NEVER informed of this added charge. I am absolutely discusted with this company!

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Light In The Box fake football tops

hello,
i have recently brought two liverpool football shirts from Lightinthebox, when i received the tops, they were both the wrong size, but i also noticed that the shirts were not the real thing, as there was no Adidas logo and the spelling on the inside tags was rubbish, the colours on the 2009/10 shirt was wrong on the back, it is suppose to be all gold not white, this i have checked on the proper shirts in the high street stores.
I did send Lightinthebox an e-mail regarding the sizes to see if they would e-mail me back, which they haven't, i have also read some off the other compliants regarding this company, and it is my belief that i will never receive any correspondence from this company.

Many thanks
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Denny_
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Dear customer,

On behalf of LightInTheBox.com, we apologize for the unpleasant experiences and the late reply. We are extremely concerned to read your comments. We would like to know more details so we can address this issue promptly.

You can reach me at Denny@lightinthebox.com. Include your order number and contact info (a reachable phone number is best) and we will assist you very soon.

Thanks and Regards,
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Light In The Box awful experience

Ordered one and then two lettered and numbered jerseys from this company. The first came. After one wash (gentle cycle), the letters peeled. Notified them and they said they would give me 30% off on the other two shirts, which were not processed. These are fast e-mail communications (IM speed). I told them to cancel the orders. Within 60 seconds, they processed the orders so that they could not be cancelled. These people are not honorable. Not only do they sell these defective shirts but they do not replace them, even with other defective ones. Obviously, this is a company that one should not deal with. Do not buy soccer or sports jerseys from this company. The letters are just peel-off stickers that will not stay adhered to the fabric. And they do not care except for the money they collect from you.

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Light In The Box rip-off company

Do not do business with light-in-the-box!

I ordered an anime costume from this company, paid extra for the package that included the matching slippers; included free shipping. When the package arrived, slippers were missing (Rejected by us customs), and ups needed $20.75 for shipping charges (Brokerage fees? Because the package originated in china).

Ups tells me if litb had ordered a different shipping/billing method, I would not be been billed the extra $20.75.

When I try to contact litb, I get an unmaned phone # (No voice mail, just "call back later). When the order was placed, I received an email from my"customer service rep", I tried to contact him. His reply: contact litb!

Litb says they will send new slippers — what good will that do?! If the first pair were rejected by customs, i'm sure the 2wnd pair will be too! And they didn't say a word about the ups shipping charges.

Ups has be a bit ticked off as well, as the driver told me proof of these shipping charges would be online, through the tracking number. There is no such proof. Its taken me several phone calls and numerous transfers to get anything from ups — everyone I talked to there says there is nothing available to proof that this was billed to me and that I paid it. How can a big co. Like ups not be able to print an invoice for their shipping charges?! I finally got a screen shot of the charges. But from what i've read about litb, I doubt that is going to help. Sounds like i'm just sol.

Do not do business with light-in-the-box!

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Jun 04, 2016 3:12 am EDT
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Dear Customer,

At the time we do not provide a 800 number. but we have our ticket center for customers who can contact us, all the tickets submitted by customer will be replied within 24 hours.

Here is how to contact customer service:
Here is how you can contact customer service: http://www.lightinthebox.com/knowledge-base/c1192/a2974.html

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Jun 03, 2016 3:23 pm EDT
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Does Light in the box have a 1800 number?

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michelle gebara
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Aug 27, 2015 9:29 pm EDT
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i ordered some items a month ago you have catched the money right a way .iam still waiting for my orders so far no way to reach your company.what is going on why did your company remove their phone number, how can the customers reach you guys.please reply to me at phone#[protected] or contact me on emaILgebara55mg98@gmail.com thank you

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Regima
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Jul 20, 2011 8:07 am EDT

Customers with a means for timely feedback . WE NEED!

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Gladys B. Stern
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I am awaiting a reply to the cocktail dress I mailed back to you on March 14, 2011.
Has it been received? In addition to the dress, mailing costs were substantial and I've heard nothing. Your phone does not reply nor does the website provide any helpful information.. The dress was returned unworn, with tags still on because it did not fit me.
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I can be reached at [protected] in the US.
Dealing with this company has been extremely frustrating. Kindly respond to this Email.
Gladys B. Stern
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Denny_
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Oct 19, 2009 6:02 am EDT

Dear customer,

On behalf of LightInTheBox.com, we apologize for the unpleasant experiences and the late reply. We are extremely concerned to read your comments. We would like to know more details so we can address this issue promptly.

You can reach me at Denny@lightinthebox.com. Include your order number and contact info (a reachable phone number is best) and we will assist you very soon.

Thanks and Regards,
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Sep 05, 2009 7:21 pm EDT

It looks like you should be mad at the US customs and UPS, not LITB. A store in China can't predict that one of the items they send you will be stopped by the US customs, or what extra fees UPS will decide to charge you.

Just in case you didn't know, UPS is a terrible company. They'll always have the highest "fees" to be paid when you receive the package. They also have a huge problem sticking to their delivery schedule and will always come when you're not home and then make 2 more imaginary attempts to deliver your package (yes, imaginary because the never really come back). And their customer service...well, I am not sure why they have one since they are utterly useless.

I have never tried LITB, but I did try UPS (regretfully) several times and I don't recall having a single positive experience with them. Just remember LITB is in a whole different country on the other side of the world and therefor communication problems, specially over the phone, are pron to happen. Besides, for what you described, even with all that they did try to fix the issue.

If they sent you what they were supposed to send, it's not their fault if YOUR country's customs decided to keep your slippers or if UPS decided you should be charged $20.75 to get your package.

According to what you said, the only mistake LITB made was using UPS to ship their product.

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Light In The Box company is a rip off!

I purchased from this company 3 times. The first time I was scared, because they are in China, but everything arrived and I was happy with the product, so I ordered a second time. More than 1/2 of the items were incorrect, and one wasn't even in the box! I contacted them, and they sent me the missing item. And assured me that they would fix the other items. In the meantime I ordered again. This time was worse. Most of the stuff was incorrect, or never shipped at all. I was charged almost $180.00 for shipping, and only received about 3 pounds of merchandise. No refund on shipping was available - even on the stuff they never shipped (out of stock). It has been over 6 months and I can't get an answer on their phone #, no one returns e-mails or "tickets" left on the website!
THEY WILL RIP YOU OFF - PLEASE PROTECT YOURSELF AND DO NOT BUY FROM THIS COMPANY!

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Feb 25, 2011 8:43 pm EST
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DENNY
your reply seems to be one of concern to the customer who describes your company as a "rip off" if that is so, then i feel confident that you will put right an order which was meant for a wedding but on arrival only one of the items were fit for purpose but the other one could only be described as a shoddy piece of work which had poor quality stitching which rendered the garment un-wearable If you are to apply to this mail then i want it confirmed that return of goods will not have further shipping or any other costs adaded
Our understanding was that we were going to get a garment fit for purpose at a price of approx £32 but the invoice stated £52.oo so here is your chance to honour your word that your company can produce the goods, because without that you will just go to prove to myself and many others that internet shopping is not as good as it seems and there are a lot of social networks out there who will carry a positive message or a damaging negative one which can create large deficits to any company and one of those social networks is run by my son
order no s016520900001(2 short sleeve faux fur bridal wedding wrap ) maybe you could return the favour and provide a contactable phone number for us to gain contact with you and to restore some element of trust because after alll you were asked to provide some items for a special day in the life of someone

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Oct 19, 2009 5:52 am EDT

Dear customer,

On behalf of LightInTheBox.com, we apologize for the unpleasant experiences and the late reply. We are extremely concerned to read your comments. We would like to know more details so we can address this issue promptly.

You can reach me at Denny@lightinthebox.com. Include your order number and contact info (a reachable phone number is best) and we will assist you very soon.

Thanks and Regards,
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Light In The Box still have not received refund

I purchase a cell phone from this company back in December of 2008. After several e-mails and such they assured me that it would work. When I recieved this phone (which was a present for my daughter) I look at it and it looked like it was new. Well when we went to get this cell phone up and running it would not work. Then I relized it was a used cell phone. The manual had writing in it and such. I contacted this place about it and within the 7 day returned policy. I shipped it back in Jan. after a ton of emails back and forth they quit responding. It is May now I still havent received my refund of over $200.00 yet. I would suggest that nobody does buiness with this company.If you do BEWARE

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Finn Soerensen
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Why use paypal? I have always used an ordinary credit-card (Master/Visa) - and if I don't get the goods which I have ordered, I can ask my Danish bank - to refund the money paid/which have been drawn on my account (Possibly a problem when using an extra, outside agent for the payment?)! And I have bought several items from L.I.B. also with one faulty item. When I complained I got the missing part, a bolt in an envelope - or actually 4 new bolts!
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May 27, 2009 5:49 pm EDT
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I ordered some items from this company in June 2008 and they did not ship the some of the items, so I initiated a dispute on my paypal account. They emailed me that the ONLY way to refund my purchase was to close my paypal account of which I did because it was the first time I've used international payment thru my paypal account. They LIED and LIED to me because after I closed the dispute with paypal, there was no recourse for paypal to initiate the investigation process. After numerous emails back and forth and having tried the U.S.A # (which is a fake # because no one answers), they've stopped responding to my email. I sent them several nasty emails that they were a POOR and UNPROFESSIONAL BUSINESS and I will NEVER do business with them and will definitely tell my friends and families about their POOR SERVICE. It is now May 2009 and still have not receive my refund.

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Light In The Box merchandise misrepresentation

Purchased what I thought was a cute mini dress for my daughter. What arrived was completely different from what was on the website. I have contacted the company numerous times to receive even a partial credit but they keep ignoring my requests. Customer service does not even respond. DO NOT SHOP AT LIGHTINTHEBOX. There is a reason the prices are so cheap. The merchandise is tacky!

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Feb 23, 2011 6:20 pm EST

400 bucks put into this site to never even receive the product i feel your pain.

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Easton, US
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Aug 24, 2010 10:35 pm EDT

I am sorry for what you went through! I also had to deal with these rip off artists!

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Light In The Box product misrepresentation

Do not purchase anything from Light in the Box. I ordered my daughter a size 2 mini dress. After paying a ridiculous amount for speedy delivery (speedy for them was 3 weeks) the dress arrived and it is a size 2 on the top and about a size 8 on the bottom. Instead of coming above her knee, it is down to her calf. Not to mention the quality is terrible and it looks nothing like the picture on the website. Everyone I showed it to could not believe it was the same dress in the online picture. I should have known better for shopping at an online site that does not allow returns. Of course the site indicates partial refunds but, they are telling me now they will not allow me to return it. I will complain to as many websites as I can warning people not to shop here. I don't even think Good Will would want this dress.

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Nov 25, 2014 7:00 pm EST

I usually dont order out of the country and next time Ill pay more attention. My order was placed on October 24th A month later I have no package and still to see a refund. I was going to return to sender since the wedding I ordered it for already passed but I have no package to return to sender. The customer service is automated they have answered all my messages and keep saying that it will arrive soon. Im tired of logging in everytime I want to message customer service. The shipper tracking information is chinese so I have no clue where it says my package is. I explained this to them and after I pressed the supervisor button he just said to be patient. Paypal now has a feauture that until the package reached the buyer the company will not get paid, boy do i wish i activated that prior to this order or i wouldnt be asking for my $44 back.

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I ordered hair extentions for my customer to put in hair for her on 26 th may I have still not received order and no way of contacting light in the box once link I contacted just sent how to track order which I already did it's not even shipped yet Iof not received this week will be going to get my money back

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david e. cisek
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Sep 30, 2015 9:25 pm EDT

Ordered August 6th. Credit card charged 8-6. On 8-15 they advised the product had been shipped. On 9-5 they advised product mailed on 9-5. Now 9-30 and no product received. Scam company. No phones, no customer service. Bombard your e-mail with unsolicited advertising. Avoid at all cost.

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Aug 23, 2012 7:13 am EDT

I ordered a dress from that site a dress for my brother wedding and they said it need 3-5 days shipping after 7 days I was told customs in my country might need 10-12 days, so after 2 weeks I asked and was told they are gonna investigate...after 3 weeks no follow up from them I sent them their law of Overdue Orders
[[[[If an item cannot be shipped by the time originally stated, Customer Service will offer you the option of keeping or canceling your order. Customers whose item(s) are overdue by no more than 10 days can choose to cancel the item(s) and get a full refund, or keep the item(s) and get a 30% reimbursement upon delivery. Customers whose item(s) are overdue by more than 10 days have the option of canceling for a full refund, or keeping the item(s) at no cost except shipping fees.]]]]
they told me they can arrange a 50% refund or full refund if I refused to sign for the package, I sent them again their law, and told them the address is a work address and anyone in company can sign for it so this is not applicable, and complained to supervisor...
do you know what she said she want to refund me only shipping cost if I decide to keep the dress... can you believe that going from 50% refund offer to just ...shipping cost refund, and their law says full refund... so can you see how they trap poor customers like me which I fell for that trap. and she said the plane was reduced due to Middle east situation I am not living in the middle east! and that means the package is still there and not shipped at all... so its not true what they said that it has been shipped 5 weeks ago.

I have read in numerous reviews online, after my situation unfortunately. Upon sniffing out those complaints lightinthebox representatives always give THE SAME USELESS DEFAULT answers that are copy and pasted, and this is my situation they keep responding with a twist but same information as if they don't even read what you send them
Now I have no dress, no refund, and a wedding to go to next week... poor me of course. I will file a claim with my credit card.
Please save yourself from future headaches and do not buy from this site!

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rn2be
North Chesterfield, US
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Jul 02, 2015 10:04 am EDT

I ordered approx. $30.00 worth of clothing from this company. I was apprehensive because I was burned one time before on a online order from China. When I checked out, I used PayPal for payment. I never received confirmation of the order, and marketing emails from them indicated that I did not buy on my last visit. After about a month without receiving the order, I contacted PayPal to investigate the problem. Not long after contacting PayPal, I received a package from them, but it contained items that I did not order, don't fit, and I don't like, It seems as if they lost my order details, then when contacted by PayPal they figured they should send me something! I failed to contact PayPal in time before this case closed, so they paid the company the $30.00. As of now, there is nothing I can do about it. I will not be ordering from this company again!

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kirsten Gauci
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Jul 14, 2011 3:35 pm EDT

Way back in April I returned a dress i ordered (which fitted too big). I sent the package registered too, to make sure they received the item. However to this day (3 months after) I haven't received any acknowledgement whatsoever. A dress which shpuld have cost 100 Euros ended up costing me double. Due to having to pay, custom duties, parcel registration and parcel costs. I sent the dress to the following address:
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Light in the Box 3f No. 5 building no. 885 ZHU Jiang RD. SUZ HOU, JS 215011 China

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claudia p kunin
Senoia, US
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Mar 02, 2012 6:40 pm EST
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Bought tablet took 22days for it to come, turned it on went dead, tried to charge it no charge. Very cheaply made also. Sent it back, 30 days later still no refund, do not buy from this company

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Dyanne Bennett
Arvada, US
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May 30, 2013 12:52 pm EDT

I bought a dress from light in the box. The order was messed up but finally completed and I recd t he dress. It ws needed for a wedding and hardly got here in time. Then when I tried it on Inoticed that the dress wasnt sewn correctly. The seams didnt match, the zipper was not in right, the hem ws a disaster. One sleeve on the jacket was smaller than the other. So I referred to the return policy. They told me to return and Id be refunded my money but not the postage to return. Also when I read the info to return policy prior to buying, it left out the details that caused this complaint. After requesting a return I was given time slots for refund. It, the way I figure would take over a month. if not more. Then Ihave to send it to China for gosh sake and the postage was very high. nearing $50. That isnt reimbursed. So if and when I ever get reimbursed, Im out at least the postage, maybe restocking fee or whatever they call it, and I dont have the money for another dress for the wedding which is in 10 days! This was THEIR fault, not mine. My measurements were right, theirs werent. Poor workmenship which I should have known as I lived in China for three years! I see other complaints but they still continue. I will say, their customer service reps are nice and professional, however, they dont make the rules. Im sure others just let it go as it is hardly worth the effort. Im not but I feel I should be reimbursed for the postage to china also...and the full amount I paid of $138. I also think they double charged me for the jacket which would be another $43 ...that they are cking out, I hope...Thank you. Dy

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Lia
Chicago, US
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May 04, 2011 9:24 pm EDT

Beware of lightinthebox!
If you dont want to get screwed by them!
Learn from my mistake!
I ordered several items from lightinthebox on jauary 26, 2017, mainly home improvements about 200 usd. Of course a the shipping took forever, when finally I received the merchandise in march, it was already too late and did not apply the 30 days warranty. They figured it out how to get rid off the crappy, defective products they sell! The shipping will take for ever and they only give you 30 days of warranty to even dispute about a defective merchandise and of course it will be denied. They will take payment immediately on line, to
Ship or resolve anything, it is like "waiting for godot".
They will give you the run around and you will never going to see anything resolved. They are in china and the buyers are in the otherside of the world. Eventually they will completely ignore your emails. What a fantastic customer service : they are wrong you are right but "you should be undarstanding" about the crap's not working.
Now what I don't understand that if there is a bad, defective product wouldn't make sense to have it replaced? Afterall if a product does not work after a couple of weeks, then there is an issue with that particular product. It is defective!
Not with light in the box. Apparently the don't have enough light in their heads to figure out that how powerful internet is and for the cheap crappy product they are selling eventually, they will not have any buyer left to cheat and screw.

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Janine-Cloe
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Jun 06, 2013 7:48 am EDT

I had no problem with buying my phone and everything looked good and the phone was shipped in time. But when I started it it was mirrored, so I restarted it and it was back to normal. After that I was about to call my mother and saw that I didn't have a mobile network. So I can't send a text-message I can't receive a text-message, I can't call or receive a call. So I thought 'what if I test to reset the phone and see what happens.' and I did. And look it worked, in 5 minutes... So now I have a phone that doesn't work!
I have tried to contact them, but I don't get any response from them, and that is not OK. Oh I almost forgot, a week after the broken phone got to my door I received an invoice from UPS that didn't emerged when I bought the phone. And is not OK either.

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Light In The Box email scam

A friend of mine was looking for bridesmaid dresses and found light in the box! She emailed me a picture of a dress, I looked at the email and all was fine. I then he following day went into my emails to find that my home page was telling me that I was on vacation! I went into my settings to see what was going on and then I found they had accessed my settings and sent emails out to everyone in my address book with an email starting dear friend I have found this great Eshop... it went on to say how amazing this shop was as if it had come from me. They had changed my settings to say I was also on vacation! I cant not believe they could do this and I feel this company needs to be shut down! Please no-one risk using them they are a scam.

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Billy Harrison
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Apr 06, 2017 4:28 pm EDT
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This is about Lightinbox. My order #[protected]. Since [protected] they emailed me back out of stock. Wanted refund. Refused. Sent information that is false. Everyday I email them. Will not answer back. Take these liers and theives off the internet.

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Rosierosierosie
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Nov 20, 2014 8:34 am EST

Beware buying from Light in the Box if you are in the UK. Your item will be withheld by the courier until you pay DUTY of about £30, on top of the large delivery price you already paid to Light in the Box. November 2014

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faizi143
london, GB
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Sep 06, 2014 3:58 am EDT

I ordpostage and silly item WARNING WARNING I was charged rxtra For postagring even I paid it already some dort of duty extra charge no other good company does that...shut this company down

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fabiola tafoya
Ukiah, US
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May 12, 2011 2:46 am EDT

hi this is Monica Para can u give me a phone number to communicate with light in the box or send me the number at fabiolatafoya@att.net

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Clive CARTER
Fort Myers, US
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Apr 20, 2011 6:11 pm EDT
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On March 28th 2011, I MADE AN ORDER ON UR SITE LIGHT IN THE BOX 4 A SML KEY RING SPY CAM...AND UNTIL NOW NO RESPOND/ NO E-MAIL NOTHG...IT LEVE ME NO CHOICE BUT TO TNK OF ALL THE OTHER AS A SCAM( 2)...U ALL NEED TO STOP DEPRIVING PPL OUT OF THER ARD WORKIN DOW...WEN U JUS SIT ON UR NASTY ### AND COLLECT...WATS NOT URS...

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Oct 22, 2009 12:06 am EDT

Your friend is the one who send the email not the company. And what it sounds like to me is a virus has attached itself to your computer attacking your email account. These are everywhere and most people don't even know they have one when they send a email. That is how they are spread around via email. As for changing your setting to being on holiday. Never heard of that in my 10 years on the net. But who knows with today's technology. Email viruses attack your email account and steal all your friends email address then uses your account to send the emails. You get these viruses from open attachments or clicking on links in emails. And yeah you can get them from someone you know. Cause like I said most people don't even know they are under attack. I have had personal experience with this. I had one a few years back and my internet company at the time wanted me to pay excess fees for a going over my quota. I got the tech to tell me what was causing the "over the quota" and they said I had been sending out mass emails and I mean thousands of emails. I told them this was untrue and they told me I must have had a virus. I told them that because I was on my first trial fee month and that they had knowledge of this going on and did not notify me that I would not pay for the excess for that month. Funny thing is I was in the right and they didn't press the matter. So I didn't have to pay it. Thank god. Just so you know I am not in any way affiliated with light in the box and not sure about them either.

I was thinking of using them as a dropshipper I did my first purchases as a test. To this day I am not sure if the item has been received or not I am waiting for my customer to let me know. But that was a while back now. I found that it took 8 days to process the sale even though I use my credit card to make the purchase. I got two emails telling me it has been sent. I had 5 items listed on ebay and got a question about one of the items. I sent a email asking them for the answer to the question but never received a reply. Even tho although the lead up to my first sale they where helpful. Makes me wonder if they actually want my business?

Well that is my experience as to weather they are a scam or not who knows. But to say they are scam because they come from china is very raciest as many people have said. They don't hide the fact of where their company is based. Scams usually hide behind a front for instance a website. Well good luck with your virus hope you don't get stung by a big bill.

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Apr 19, 2009 2:28 pm EDT
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FREND THTA IS IMPSOBLILE UN LESS YOU'RE GAVE TOO THEM YOU'RE "" E MAIL "" PSASWODRD, ,

IN WICH CASE'S I HALVE TO SAY THTA WAS A BIG MITSAKE MY FEREND

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Light In The Box poor customer service

Ordered a phone and dig camera from this iste operating out of China. I paid fro express shipping which should've been 7-9 days but low and behold the CHinese New year happened and my order took a whole month to be delivered. When I ask for compensation on lengthy delay-all they offered was 7.99 the difference between express and normal shipping.

My order arrived without all the bonus accessories which should have accompanied the camera. I emailed customer service, Took them a while to understand that items were missing and they promised quick delivery. After 2 weeks I emailed again to find out why shipping was taking so long. Customer service emailed me back with what appeared a tracking link. I couldnt open any infromation from the link and emailed back to say that.

This time the reply from customer service said airmail does not provide tracking and should take between 10-30 days. I am still steaming with rage!

DO NOT DO ANY BUSINESS WITH THEM. Their service is really slow and customer service really lacking!

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Hasenkam1
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Oct 24, 2009 9:10 pm EDT

Thats seriously sucks, did you get the product though?

I have the same problem now. The link that doesnt work and DHL and other webpages not confirming the tracking code...

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Light In The Box do not buy from them

I ordered a phone almost a month ago and they sent me an email saying the phone i wanted was out of stock. well on the site it still doesn't say that the item is out of stock. i sent them an email telling them another item to send instead, but i never got a reply back. i have sent more emails, all with no response. my order status says processing, but it shouldn't take a month to process an order, ever. do not order anything from this site, don't let the fact that you can pay with pay pal fool you. they are very unprofessional and have terrible customer service, as in none. DO NOT BUY.

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sally Jameson
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Mar 11, 2012 8:33 am EDT

Umm, I just sent in my order today. Now, what I have seen so far tells me no one has any common sense. How high quality/well made do you expect your items to be if you are paying $5.00 for a dress or $50 for a digital camera? I ordered only clothes, never even CONSIDERED getting any electronics. Yeah, you want a beautiful full-princess wedding gown with a 40-foot train- and it only cost $300? Hope you noticed the notation that they are all 100% polyester. And they have every right to be. ITS A THIRD THE COST OF A GENERIC CRAP DAVID'S BRIDAL GOWN! Also, a woman posted she ordered her gown for a May wedding in April. That doesn't give time for alterations or if they send her the wrong dress. It has to come from the OTHER SIDE OF THE PLANET. How is it the company's fault this person doesn't understand internet purchases, or have any forethought other than "Oh my God! These dresses are soo cheap!" That's the operative word here, cheap. It's not "a Deal" or "a Bargain" or "cost-effective" or "inexpensive" Its CHEAP.

Everyone goes in drooling over the low prices, but I was taught that you get what you pay for. I personally don't mind cheap clothing because with the rate things go out of style, it doesn't make sense to spend tons of money on cute trendy clothes. Buy trends cheap, but for staples that last, spend the extra dough.

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Feb 28, 2011 2:26 pm EST

I bought an underwater sports video camera RD31, it doesn't work but the most annoything thing is that when I loaded the camera driver into my system it turned off my ant virus and ran it's own virus checker which locked all the system then took me to a website to pay £49.99 for their ant virus. I agree with takenin2010 "Don't do business with China

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takenin2010
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Mar 06, 2010 2:46 pm EST

sadly you can add me to the lists of the taken in. i ordered a memory card for a psp, they charged my account for it but i have no memory card and no proof of buying it on their website. thankful im only out $12.50... moral of the story dont order things from china

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Nov 13, 2009 11:37 am EST

while i havent dealt with this company, always use paypal, if its hasnt arrived in adeququate time, open a paypal dispute and only comunicate thru paypal, if they request copies of identification, which is completly unnessecary,

Immediatly escalate your claim,

Dealing with another shower of B#@$@$@ chineese wholesalers, just the threat of complete escalation was enough to get a full refund.

Never ever ingage in email/livechat communication, it gets you no-where and is un-recorded in relation to paypal.

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Jun 08, 2009 5:35 pm EDT

Same for me unfortunately !
Do not buy from them!

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Mar 17, 2009 9:30 am EDT

I totally agree! They have ripped me off over $300 and they refuse to give me my money back! And half of the items I didn't even order and they still charged me...I wrote to their customer service department and no response. Not only that, but there was not packaging slip or return information for the items. I had to pay out of my own pocket for shipping of over $60 (standard mail) just to return all their crappy products that were poorly made and other items I didn't even want! It took them over a month and a half to process my order. Even then I had written several email complains about my order. Customer service won't email you back and their 1-800 service number is disconnected! I reported them for fraud to my credit card company. DO NOT BUY FROM THEM! YOU WILL BE SORRY, like me.

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Light In The Box bad business practice

Lightinthebox is an awful place to do business. I ordered a dress from the company after reading their "mission statement" and testmonials from previous customers. They advertised their ability to make a dress in 12-14 business days. Privided you pay for the extra shipping, the dress would then arrive in 3-5 days. All I can say is lies, lies, lies! They advertise the amount of days but that's false. They give you a contact number to call but nobody ever answers. You either get the answering machine telling you to leave a message or you hear mailbox is full, no doubt from the calls of other pissed of customers leaving messages! Their on-line chat is a scam. I used this feature several times. When I grew to be a pain in the ### they stopped chatting with me. You have to begin the on-line chat by entering you email address. I guess when I would sign on using my email address the intake would flag it and wouldn't patch me in to anyone. I would just get a message stating someone would be with me as soon as possible. I signed on to the on-line chat service using a different email address and low and behold, someone responded! They asked me for my account number to check my account, the next thing I knew I received a message telling me to hold for "gugu" the name of a different operator. Needless to say "gugu" never came to chat with me. I email them, they don't respond for days but if you read their advertisement, they say they respond in 24 hours. I have the emails to prove when I sent an email to them and their email to show when they responded. None of the operators speak english well and alot of the messages they send are computer generated! When you ask about the product you ordered, they say that it's in "packaging". I think that's their standard text book answer. To present and future customers, all I can say is BEWARE!

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Apr 11, 2013 12:35 pm EDT
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I have ordered a dress for my girl on the 22nd of March, 2013 and as of today April 11, 2013 it has not even been shipped. This is a heart braking outcome for me because my daughter's First Communion is this Sunday which means I have to go and buy her another dress as this one will not be delivered in time. The customer support system is terrible at Lightinthebox.com because there is no way to get with customer service to resolve it. I am very disappointed. My order number is [protected].

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Slidell, US
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Sep 17, 2013 9:38 am EDT
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Do not recommend ordering from this website! I ordered 2 bridesmaids dresses from them and received three charges on my bank account, the third extra didn't even match other two. They also have no after sale customer service, no phone numbers nothing, wrote a ticket and the person claimed they had no record of charge. Have had to cancel debit card and wait for bank to send me form. They need to be reported for this!

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Dear Customer, please note that usually customers can submit tickets to Customer Service on the website and will be replied within 24 hours guaranteed. Here is the guide of how to submit ticket. http://www.lightinthebox.com/knowledge-base/c1192/a2974.html

【NOTE】If you don't know how to submit a ticket, please kindly clarify the problem with the Order Number and details. The supervisor will create a ticket for you within 24 hours as long as we can locate your order.

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I ordered curtains and at one time the website stated my order has shipped blah blah. NOW today I'm checking my shipping /Tracking. The website is now showing NO ORDER.. I either want my curtains or I want my VISA card refunded for the full amount. I have copies of my order status to prove I've ordered these curtains and payment was processed. Thank you

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Jul 20, 2016 6:25 am EDT
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Will you please advice us more information so we can help you to locate order? Or if you may private message me your account, i can check the order for you.

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Jul 14, 2016 3:50 am EDT
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I wanna buy wedding dress on Lightinthebox, but i don't have any ordered experience from them and i like several style dresses.now, it's weekly deal and dresses are 75% off shipping, it's a good news, but they do not have color swatches to send out, so i'm afraid receiving one bridesmaid dress being the wrong color.Has anyone ordered from them and had a good experience?Give me some suggesistons.

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Mariet193
Lichfield, GB
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Jul 14, 2016 3:50 am EDT

I have paid for my three items in full now UPS took my parcel away because I never had £28 payment at the door there was NOTHING. On the website about paying extra import taxes I want my £90 back I'm a working single mom and can never afford these kind of luxuries so I treated myself on my credit card and now can't get in touch with anyone to get my money back or at least delivery with no extra charges

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US
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Jul 14, 2016 3:50 am EDT

Thieves! Don't wast your money. If you want a refund it doesn't happen even though they say they will. Terrible customer service

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melmom35
New City, US
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Jul 14, 2016 3:50 am EDT

This place is the biggest ripoff I have ever seen. They sent me a defective netbook which I returned to them in the middle of January and they have not do right by me. They keep promising to send me a replacement then the next email I get is that they will send me a refund. I would not purchase anything from these people, they are not reputable and they are not reliable.

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Terry Petrie
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Jul 14, 2016 3:50 am EDT

I ordered cell phone from LightInTheBox.com. The price mentioned on their website was $60 but they charged me $126 for some reason. I can’t return the money via PayPal as they claim that it is too late. The seller doesn’t want to return the money too. But I don’t want this cell phone anymore!

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Light In The Box artwork / painting = bogus

This sight sells popular contemporary canvas artwork that they claim is hand painted. Well I ordered a peice that was a Laurie Maitland called "tabbacco and chocloate". It got here and it was definitely hand painted by someone that has no talent. It was a bogus hand painted rip-off that looks nothing like the original. Do not buy artwork from this place. They also run other websites. lightinthebox.com, eshopwalk.com, and others. Don't be fooled by the cheap price, spend the extra bucks and buy from overstock.com or some other reputable source.

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anonymous 12
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Jan 24, 2010 8:31 pm EST

I would buy from overstock or amazon their the best lightinthebox.com never gave me my iphone i wasted 100$=(

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CarlaCoe
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Aug 10, 2009 3:25 am EDT

I don't think eshopwalk.com has anything to do with lightinthebox.com. They sell some cool bags... I bought a Gucci at eshopwalk.com and it was nice.

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LILLY
Palmdale, US
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Feb 24, 2009 6:55 pm EST

WELL THANK GOD NOTHING BAD HAPPENED TO ME I JUST BOUGHT MY WEDDING DRESS FROM LIGHT IN THE BOX. I RECIEVED IT SOONER THAN WHAT I WAS TOLD AND MY DRESS IS GORGEOUS! I THOUGHT THEY WERE GREAT! AND I WOULD USE THEM AGAIN IF I NEED TO!

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Light In The Box order not recieved

In November of 2008 I began searching for a company who sold NFL jerseys at a discounted price. I gathered 82 friends and compiled an order for 143 NFL jerseys.

I contacted Lightinthebox.com and due to the order size was referred to a man they called Jack. After a series of emails and lists of desired jerseys, we finally worked out an order they could fulfill. The price given per jersey was $19.98 and they agreed to pay the cost of the Western Union transfer ($26.00) and Jack said I could deduct $40.00 for two free jerseys for doing the legwork in putting the order together. The final amount sent was $2791.00 and was transferred on December 3rd of 2008.

Within two days of taking our money, Jack came back and said he needed $300 more or he would be fired. He said he was wrong for making the order and couldnt sleep, ect. I told him that he should send back our money but then reversed his position and said he would make it right. Then after many days of emails back and forth asking for order numbers from them, tracking numbers, ect... he sent me an email with a shippig list that would span two shipments over two days.

To date I have received a total of 66 jerseys and the remaining jerseys ar still unaccounted for. The first 4 boxes were shipped on December 17th and made it to my doorstep in 4 days via DHL, however the remaining jerseys which were to be shipped on the 18th were never sent. I have sent repeated emails, phone calls, and IM's trying to get answers. I have used their chat and contact info on their website only to get run around and brushed off by the persons on the other end.

I have found that their offices (US phone numbers) come from the 650 area code in the US which is in the San Fransico area in CA. and I will be making contact with the BBB in CA to see what can be found out about them there.

It is my opinion that if a company were to do business like this in the USA, they would be in litigation up to their necks within a week. If you want to buy from Lightinthebox it is a gamble in my opinion. If they do send the remainder of my order I will return here and remove or retract this post.

Thank you

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Feb 09, 2013 2:28 am EST
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Any company that calls a US size 10 an XXL is a bit daft to begin with...a waste of time. !

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Jan 24, 2010 8:32 pm EST

try overstock.com or amazon it really works my friends recommended it to me.

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eva
Carrollton, US
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Apr 27, 2009 2:24 pm EDT

but why now select paypal as the payment method? i had order lot of nfl jerseys from www.stylesell.cn, they run a good business, so far i am very pleased to doing business with them

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Feb 23, 2009 6:17 am EST

please try www.onthesource.com if you found lightinthebox is not good.

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slickersal
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Feb 14, 2009 6:07 pm EST

lightinthebox sucks and spams. Don't buy from lightinthebox. They also hide their outragous shipping cost!

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Light In The Box wedding dress

I bought a wedding dress, back in august 2008 for my oct 2008 wedding, I ordered it to my exact measurements and requested for my dress to be as it was in the picture. Black and white, when I recieved the dress it was 3x smaller and not black and white it was navy and white, I called lightinthebox.com, the man was very rude and said I had to pay to ship the dress back and I was not getting another nor a refund. I kept it, and thankfully I had some one alter it!

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Tacoma, US
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Feb 10, 2010 10:48 am EST

I ordered a wedding dress from light in the box, I read all their guarentees and shipping times because my wedding was a short time away. They advertise that it may take up to 14 working business days to make a dress and then another 3-5 day for expidited shipping, so I ordered what was at the time the dress of my dreams. With constant email updates and even two personal thank you's from two different account managers I thought everything was perfect, I even got my dress in two weeks total time, but when I got my dress the nightmare began! I had the WRONG dress! I imidiatly started calling but no one ever answered and I went back in the website to file a ticket it said my email and shipment number was unrecognized! I must of tryed it at least 60 times before I gave up. So I tryed calling again and to my surprise someone answered when I told him everything and give him my info all he knew what to say was go online and submit a ticket. For what good do they provide a number if they cannot help you! So once again I went online and tryed to enter a tickect and it worked my best guess is the guy on the phone must of turned on a switch that allowed my complaint to go through? The next day I got a generic message telling me that the dress sent out was the dress I ordered? When in fact the dress I ordered did not even strike a similarity to the one advertised! It is I HORRIBLE place to do business with !
Moral of story is, Brides DO NOT get you Wedding dress at lightinthebox.com if your reading this posting and maybe even more it's cause it's happened to people before! Trust me you don't want to get Ripped off

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Why not try this website ? www.youtoimport.com

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I put this up a few days ago, but I have my issue resolved and they were great and real fast I thought it's only fair to let you know it's not fraud it was just a mistake.

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