"I placed two separate orders after shopping Barnes and Noble's 'Buy One, Get One Half Off' sale on their collectible books. On both orders I was not charged the correct price. I have contacted Barnes and Noble by email several times and they have refused to honor the prices advertised on their website.
Order #4003934819 - this was for two books (Jane Austen: 'Seven Novels' and 'The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe'). Each book was $18.00 originally. The sale would make one book $18.00 and the second book $9.00. When added to the cart, the sale price was not reflected. Both books were still showing as $18.00 each instead of $18.00 for the first book and $9.00 for the second book. I thought the discount would be deducted at the end of the check-out process, so I entered a 20% off coupon (saving me a mere $3.60 on one book). To my dismay I was charged $35.24 total.
Order #4003934820 - this was for two books (The Iliad and the Odyssey' and 'The Inventions, Researches and Writings of Nikola Tesla'). Each book was $18.00 originally. The sale would make one book $18.00 and the second book $9.00. When added to the cart, the sale price was not reflected. Both books were still showing as $18.00 each instead of $18.00 for the first book and $9.00 for the second book. I thought the discount would be deducted at the end of the check-out process, so I entered a 20% off coupon (saving me a mere $3.60 on one book). To my dismay I was charged $35.24 total.
Barnes and Noble did not honor their advertised sale price and refuses to adjust my price to reflect the proper amount. Their customer service representatives (Melody Joy on 12/9 and Robert on 12/11) are claiming that because I used a 20% off coupon on each order that I am not entitled to the sale price. However the sale price should have been shown FIRST and then there should not have been an option or ability to enter any coupons or promotion codes. Why would someone want to save $3.60 on one book ($7.20 on two books) when they can take advantage of the sale price and save $9.00 on one book ($18.00 on two books) ?!? This is a problem/glitch with their website that they are attempting to mask as a 'rule' about coupons & promotions in order to charge the customer the maximum price.
I even offered to forfeit the coupons (which I shredded anyhow after using online) and they still refuse to adjust my order by crediting me the $18.00 that I am owed. "
"absolute worse company I have every delt with they will not answer emails,return phone calls,and there customer service does not have anyone who speaks clear understandable English,and since I heard a Baby crying and angry conversation with someone else during on of my attempts I assume they are working from home. They sure charged my credit card the very day I ordered but email I received with tracking numbers was worthless,none of them worked as tracking number,and every person I attempted to talk to could not speak English and just repeated same thing over and over again without listening at all to what I was saying and them got angry with me because I could not understand them, Please your company is in America get English customer service here and let the others take care of there country's people instead of cheapening your service. If and when I receive pkg it will be returned to store and I will never order on line ever again from this company. oh and I ordered with express shipping going on 16 days and no package I realize its Christmas but come on people "
"I ordered an audio CD which would be sent "standard shipping". I now find that this will take at least 14 days and possibly as much as 21 days, I receive several shipments per week. I never pay for expedited shipping as most things arrive in two or three days. To me, that is the standard. If I want it overnight, I will pay extra. Barnes and Noble hides this information in the ordering process. I am sure that somewhere I agreed to their rules, so I am out of luck on this one. It is a gift and this will be too late. I plan to order a second copy from a more honest seller. I have bought many things at the Barnes and Noble store in Santa Rosa, CA. If anyone there is reading, you can count me as a lost customer. I will never cross your doorstep again. Shame on you, Barnes and Noble. There is nothing Noble about you."
"honestly, i would not give any stars at all. i ordered a rental book online and had it expedited. it said itll be here tuesday the next week. Then Wednesday at 2am, i received an email saying that the book is delayed and itll be shipped in 1-5days. id understand if they emailed me before tuesday if it was delayed but they told me it was AFTER the expected date, like i didnt notice it was. i needed the book on the expected day of delivery, thats why i had it expedited the first place. now the online site's telling me that ETA is tuesday week after. that doesnt make sense. i payed 15 dollars extra so i could get the book a week after the expected date? i emailed them with my concern, no response. i called their customer service and she told me that the reason was because they didnt have the book in stock? thats just stupid. barnes and noble shouldve told me that the book was not in stock so i couldve made other arrangements for my class. Then the lady from customer service basically didnt give me any choice but to cancel the order. thanks so much barnes and noble. that was a very CONVENIENT experience. you just lost a customer. "
"Absolutely disgusted!! Placed an order on barnesandnoble.com in the early mornings of Friday, November 20th for an item. Their site advertised that they item would arrive no later than Friday, November 27th, which was perfect because I needed the item for a Christmas party on the 28th. It is now the 27th, and the item is not here. I lived chat with their CS team, only to be told it won't be here until at least 12/2. So, now of the 18 kids coming to the Christmas party, one will be without a gift. Not only were they unsympathetic about their lie - the CS agent on live chat went as far as to suggest that I reach out to USPS myself and have them deliver it tomorrow!! That's right - they screw it up but I should fix it. The manager on the phone was just about as useless!! So, not only am I out the money for a gift that I won't use - I have to make a special trip out to find another present!! I wish I would've checked here before ordering - their rating says tons!! DO NOT ORDER FROM THIS SITE - THEY WOLVES IN SHEEPS CLOTHING!! I will be reporting them to the BBB as well. "
"I ordered a book 11/8/15 to be delivered to my home using Barnes and Nobles "express shipping". The book has still not arrived at my house. Not exactly express shipping. When I track the delivery, the expected arrival date has changed twice. As of now, it is to be delivered 11/16. I will NEVER order from Barnes and Nobles again. From now on, my business will be on Amazon!"
"Store located at 8358 S Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando, FL 32809 407-856-32809. On 10/21/2015 I purchased a lunch box and a binder pencil pouch. I thought I had 60 days to return it. On 11/13/2015 (23 days) I went to return it and I was told I could not return it because it had been more than 14 days. The back of the receipt has a 14 day policy and a 60 day policy. The 14 day policy states "With a sales receipt or Barnes & Noble.com packing slip, a full refund in the original form of payment will be issued from any Barnes & Noble Booksellers store for returns of undamaged Nooks, new and unread books, and unopened undamaged music CDs, DVDs, vinyl records, toys/games and audio books made within 14 days of purchase" The lunchbox or pencil pouch is not a Nook, book, CD, DVD, vinyl record, toy or game which are all of the items listed in the 14 day return policy section so I thought I had 60 days. The cashier told me the 60 days only applies if I had a gift receipt and if I had a gift receipt I could have returned it. I did not have a gift receipt because I did not know I needed a gift receipt and they did not give me one. I ask for a Manager and Kristen came and told me the same thing. She was not the Manager. I was told the Manager is Katie Beresheim and she was not in. When I got home I call the store and ask for Katie Beresheim. I was informed she is on vacation until 11/21/2015. I hung up and call Corporate Barnes & Noble at ***-***-****. I Spoke with Shamika. I was told they would have to discuss the matter with the store manager and get back to me in a week. The return is only for $4.28. In my opinion the return policy on the back of the receipt is unclear. In my opinion if Barnes and Noble intends for all returns to be subject to a 14 day return policy the receipt should state that. In my opinion I do not understand the 60 day return if you have a gift receipt or how you would know to request a gift receipt to get the 60 day return option. In my opinion I am confused about their return policy and none of the 3 people I spoke with were clearly able to show me the return policy in writing that said the lunch box and pencil pouch were subject to a 14 day return policy."
"I ordered a book on november 9th. I got an immediate order confirmation but 4 days later I was told that my order is cancelled since the book is no more available on the Market place!
So either B&N fills their catalog with non existing books or their information processing is very poor!
F H from France"
"I am a college student and I paid $50 plus $5 dollars shipping on a textbook (This is a lot of money for a broke college kid). I had paid for my book to arrive within a week and it has been twice that long now and I still have no book. I am currently taking a hard hit in my grades for this course because of Barnes and Noble not being able to follow the shipping plan that they had. I logged in to check on my order and it still says that it is being processed!! I wrote an email to customer service and, shocker, they did not even bother to respond. I just canceled my order, and I will be surprised if I get my money back within a month. The prices are outrageous, the customer service sucks and they cannot get items to you in a timely manner. I will NOT be shopping with Barnes and Noble EVER again. "
"Order 500$ worth of textbooks from their website. Paid 30$ for expedited shipping. 9 days later still did not receive any of the 5 text books that I ordered. When I called the 1800# on day 5 to see where the books where they told me I ordered them from numerous locations and they were on their way. Every shipping number on my on-line order form was bogus. Every vendor listed on my order form was a bogus vendor with contact information. So I ordered books elsewhere and they arrived in 3 days (before my B&N books) When I contacted B&N to get contact information for the vendors so I return the VERY LATE and one incorrect book, it took 3 customer service emails to get the information. The first email told me to look at my order form even though my email told them my order form did not contain the info. The second one sent me a copy of the first email and the third one finally gave me the information I needed which gave me 2 days to meet the 30 day return policy. Moral of the story is DO NOT ORDER TEXTBOOKS from Barnes and Noble. It will take you 2-3 billing cycles to get your money back if you get it back at all."
"I ordered a book from a used book seller on Barnes and Noble Marketplace. There was an issue with the seller, so I contacted Barnes and Noble via email. They never responded. Long story short, I had to dispute the charge with my credit card company. I received a refund because Barnes and Noble did not respond to the dispute by the deadline. An odd way to do business. "
"Ordered a book for my wifes birthday payed for it to be there on her birthday and also have it gift wrapped. Was shipped they said by UPS and then UPS sent it to USPS why I have no idea I paid for the fast delivery on that date. So the bottom line is they suck. And there customer service is a bunch of dopes on the phone. I don't think I was talking to anyone from the US. Never again Barnes & Noble online service sucks. They did say they would refund the shipping and gift wrap. Okay thats fine but they screwed my surprise gift. Dopes.
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"I ordered by book on August 18th, received an email that my seller had shipped the book August 19th. Hadn't received it by September 4th so I called customer service and they said it was my job to contact the seller. Contacted the seller to no avail, call barnes and noble back and they say that they will try to contact the seller and I would hear back in 1-3 days. I never heard back. Call back September 8th and they say "well the shipping option you chose said it could come anytime until September 9th, so call us back if it doesn't come tomorrow..." I'm thinking, not only did he not respond to my request, what is to say he ever shipped the book? Also why does one book, supposedly shipped on August 19th from Texas, take over two weeks to get to New York? .. Not surprisingly the book did not come on the 9th, I call barnes and noble AGAIN (THIRD TIME) and they say well we need to wait another week until we can mark it lost in transit and give you a refund. I said i refuse to wait another week and I would like to speak to a manager. The manager assured they would refund my money in the next day or two. Instead I receive an email that the seller has now provided tracking information and it would be here by the end of the day. I did receive the book a week short of a month after I ordered it. I will NOT be using Barnes and Noble Marketplace again and warn all others to do the same."
"Zero accountability. Ordered a textbook for one of my college class. I take it, im new at this renting college books. Anyhow the book that i rented, i expected to have an access code, which it was specified on the title. During the process of ordering my book nowhere did it say it would not include the access code. Once my book arrived thats when i noticed that that access code package was not included. I sent them an email and their response, though not literally, basically was, "fix it yourself". Least to say i won't be ordering any more books from them. "
"Ordered my book on August 31st and signed up for free membership. Online it says my order will be expressed delivery by September 3. Called customer service today September 5th. Said they won't refund me because it is shipped and will arrive by September 23. Therefore, I have to wait until October to send it back and actually get my refund. Offered me no compensation for my inconvenience AND they can't refund me yet. "