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posted Jun-06-2013

"A word of warning: when you look at delivery options be aware that the shipping time DOES NOT INCLUDE how long it takes their crack fulfillment department to get it to the shipping dock! I ordered something (that was in stock too!) under the belief it would be shipped to me within 7 days...you guessed it: 7 days later they had not even pulled my order yet!

Pathetic. It is no wonder these fly-by-nights don't participate in ResellerRatings - they would have to have a staff of thousands to field all the complaints!"

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posted May-02-2013

"Very poor service!!! Non-existent customer service. Reminds me of Jomashop.com. I ordered a foot massager. I only received a confirmation that the order was placed and then silence...I waited a week to ask for an order update and again SILENCE...Then I e-mailed them after finding out that my funds were withdrawn from my account, to see if it was delivered...again SILENCE. After, three attempts and no answer. I wanted a refund because I didn't know what was going on with the service or product. I needed to know the delivery status because I have three office business locations and I wanted to be able to schedule my day to pick up my order at one of the locations but NO SHIPPING UPDATE OR CONFIRMATION!!! I e-mailed customer service and REPLY AGAIN! I must've e-mailed them 5 times with no success or reply. If you want to buy a product and need service or shipping confirmation good luck! And their products are overpriced!"

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posted Mar-08-2013

"Beware. This company also lists their products on ebay. I did a "buy it now" purchase. It listed 10 items available with only one sold.. mine. Once the auction, I purchased from, ended it was immediately relisted. I waited nearly two weeks without receiving a tracking number or the product. I contacted the seller only to find out the order had been cancelled because the product was out of stock. They waited for me to contact them instead of contacting me as soon as they knew the item wouldn't be shipped. Nothing was offered to make this right. It's clear Brookstone doesn't care at all about their customers. I have yet to receive a refund. After reading all the negative reviews, I imagine I'm going to have to get paypal involved. I will never ever buy anything from Brookstone again!"

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posted Mar-02-2013

"I agree with other comments here, this store is the worst. Do Not Buy From Them. You have been warned. Ordered a tablet portfolio that said was in stock. Received an order conformation email within the hour saying the order had been placed. A week later there was no shipping notification. Went to the online order tracking and my order # came up as invalid. Called the customer service number and went through the automated order tracking system which also came back with order as invalid. Asked for an operator and it stated none available. Called back twice trying to reach an operator on the order tracking option, each time it came back a none available. Called back a third time and selected new order option. Low and behold someone picked up on the second ring!! After giving the order number, I was placed on hold for 10 min. Then was informed that the item was no longer available and the order had been canceled. What the _ _ _ _ ? You couldn't send me an email when you canceled the order? No status online ??? Only when I called a week later did I get an answer. No one available on the order status line, but sure as heck available to take another order. "

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posted Feb-28-2013

"The absolute worst online store experience I have ever had - and I do 90% of my shopping online.

Their customer service is disgustingly incompetent and I will NEVER buy something from them again. "

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posted Feb-19-2013

"I ordered a lumbar support pillow from brookstone.com as a valentine's day present. It said on their website it usually takes 5-7 days for items in stock to ship, and this was listed as "in stock." I ordered on the 6th and hadn't received any email about it shipping or anything days later, so I checked online but my order number was coming up as incorrect or not processed, so I called. They didn't have the order number either, but when they looked up my info they saw the order, apparently it was being shipped from another factory to them(why was it listed as in stock?)and they had no idea when it was shipped from there or how long it would take, so they took my # to call me back with that info when they got it. They never called. I called back again (now after valentine's day) to just cancel since I had never heard back and was having such a hard time getting any answers. They said by now it had FINALLY shipped, this was a few days ago, they said I should have had it by yesterday (still no tracking # though) and surprise, still hasn't come. Last time I will ever order anything from here. Lied about it being in stock, never got a tracking number, taking waaaaayyy too long to ship and customer service never got back to me when I called the first time. "

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posted Dec-27-2012

"Horrible customer serviice. Trying to return an online purchase is a nightmare. Will never buy from here again!!!!!"

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posted Nov-02-2012

"I purchased 2 (two) hand-crank generators through Brookstone online. The items looked like little transistor radios and I returned them for an exchange which they did't want to provide but informed me I could return them for a refund and replace the order. I sent them back and the customer service representative kept placing me on long holds then coming back and asking for more information and telling me they had to received an authorization from the distributor who sent the radios to me from their warehouse. I purchased the item from Brookstone...BROOKSTONE owes (yes, STILL owes) me the refund - NOT the distributor!!! I was actually going to reorder the item I initially wanted, but there is NO way I will deal with this company again. I have been to their impressive looking store in Los Angeles, but I really have my doubts about their products and certainly don't care for their service tactics. Do NOT purchase through Brookstone - at least not online."

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posted Oct-06-2012

"Purchased Brookstone's top of the line wine opener about six years ago, and last week the unit broke in half. For the $65 I paid, I expected this product to last much longer. They don't even have warranty information listed for this product; only information on extended warranties. I posted two reviews on Brookstone's web site for this product, but neither of them show up. It appears that they are filtering bad product reviews from their site."

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posted May-11-2012

"Do not buy from this store, they have the worst customer service ever. After all was said and done, and the chair that we bought (a 3500.00 massage chair) finally was delivered, I got an email then a ph call from the director of customer service (Mike Hensen) whom after explaining to him what had happen. He finalized the call saying, "let me get your address, I'd like to send you something on the mail, so you can change your image of Brookstone" a few weeks later I receieved via UPS a catalog! LOL What a joke, I will never buy anything from this store again!"

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posted Mar-24-2012

"This is the "overpriced" store. Bad customer service. Bad return policy, Bad bad bad!
Just avoid buying there and you will just be more satisfied.

Bought an unsatisfying item from them. Could not get the money back....just a stupid gift card! Since everything they sell is crap....wont be very useful.

They sell mostly useless gimmick,overpriced items. It is surprising this type of store can survive in our economy. It shows there are still plenty of uninformed people around, sadly! Buying there is agreeing to get taken advantage of.
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posted Mar-05-2012

"IF I COULD GIVE THIS COMPANY A ZERO, I WOULD. I SUGGEST NEVER WAISTING YOUR TIME. PRODUCTS DON'T WORK, AND THEN CUSTOMER SERVICE IS AS BAD AS IT GETS."

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posted Jan-14-2012

"Ordered a sale item reportedly in stock on 1/5/12 and bought another item from the same luggage collection from zappos.com to coordinate with it. There was no communication from Brookstone until nine days later (1/14/12) when they abruptly cancelled my order. Meanwhile, the item is still listed on their website. I'm disappointed and won't attempt an order at brookstone.com again."

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posted Dec-29-2011

"Ordered an item, "in stock" on their website, a week before Christmas. Next day got an automated notice that it was out of stock, with a delivery date of 12/27. Notice said if I didn't cancel, that would be my acceptance of the later delivery. Promptly sent a cancel e-mail (12/20). Only got an automated "we received your e-mail" reply - no acknowledgment of cancellation. Sent another e-mail - same thing. Finally called them, only to be told that they'd contact their vendor and couldn't assure cancellation. So if you order, and it's not in stock even though they say it is in stock, you may or may not be able to cancel."

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posted Dec-23-2011

"I ordered a xmas present on 12/9 & didnt here anything for few days so I sent customer service an email to get the tracking number. I got an email back saying the item shipped on the 19th & will be there before xmas & the tracking number will be emailed to me soon. On the 23rd I recieved an email that they are out of stock & have a merry xmas. I will never order anyhting from this sight again. "

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