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New Jersey
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Horrible
December 20, 2017

Order a Canada Goose parka in graphite. Johnny I thought was great sales rep until I never received order email. After 3 hours I decided I should call. The rep told me I need an authorization code from my cc company? Really how was I suppose to know this. Asked to speak to manager(Latisha). She told me its standard practice and I had to call my cc company for authorization code. I asked for her to hold while I called she reluantly agreed and told me to hurry she didnt have time. I explained how was I suppose to know this and she stated an email was sent to check my spam? Really who checks their spam on a daily basis. Credit card company says the company needs to call for the code. Latisha had no idea that she was suppose to call no the customer. Anyway got the secret code. Latisha processes order and sends email with wrong color of coat then originally ordered! Really. I call back and now the rep tells me Latisha is in a meeting. Right! She finally gets on the phone and tells me the originally color is sold out. Why did Johnny order it for me then? No answer from Latisha. What I learned from ordering from backcountry. There customer service and s horrible, their sales reps untrained and their management is not customer service oriented. Latisha had no answers and this company is very questionable. Not sure how they are stilll in business if they cant process simple $925 order. I would have been waiting for this item forever if I didnt call. Do purchase anything from them. Very unprofessional and scratchy.

Date of experience: December 20, 2017
California
3 reviews
6 helpful votes
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Ben at Backcountry.com went out of his way to ship gear to me before my trip. Helpful courteous this guy knows his stuff. I'm stoked!

David

Date of experience: January 13, 2016
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Attempted to chat to resolve an issue and was passed around, waited over 30 min and finally gave up. This happened twice in the same day.

Date of experience: June 30, 2023
Oregon
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Do not spend your money with this shady website. You'll never get it back, even with legitimate efforts.

Date of experience: January 18, 2022
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Backcountry robbed me
May 13, 2022

In March 2022 I bought some Salomon sneakers through your website that cost me $169.95 and when I received them I realized that they came with a small tear in the toe, I sent a claim and they responded immediately and told me that they could send me new ones the same if I wanted and I told them that for the same reason that they had arrived defective, I no longer wanted the same ones, I wanted a different brand, and I selected some On that cost $157.63, that is, a difference of $12.32 Dlls and so I let it go for a few weeks, and in These recent days, I called them to give me that difference in a new purchase and they told me that it was not possible, because it seemed to them that the price of the sneakers had been the same, and I told them that it was not true that I had the confirmation orders where the prices came from and that evidently there was money in my favor that they had to return to me, in the end they told me no, that is how errors happen and that there is nothing that can be done.

Date of experience: May 13, 2022
Spencer M. Backcountry Rep
over a year old

Hey Uriel,

Thank you for taking the time to leave this review about your experience. I'm sorry to hear about the confusion regarding the difference in your exchange. After reviewing the exchange on your account, using the order number provided in the screenshot, I was able to confirm that the second pair of shoes was listed at $169.95 and did use the entirety of the credit for the second order. That said, it's possible that one of the different sizes and/or colors was listed at a different price. I've gone ahead and applied some store credit to your account for the confusion. If you have any other questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out to our Gearheads by chatting through the site or calling 1-800-409-4502 for assistance.

New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Customer service issues
December 1, 2021

I prefer to shop on smaller sites like this, over giants like Amazon. Customer Service is comprehensible.

Date of experience: December 1, 2021
Massachusetts
3 reviews
2 helpful votes
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Outstanding service
March 5, 2023

Quality goods and reasonable prices, considering todays inflation. Shipping is fast and never had issues with returns.

Date of experience: March 3, 2023
Florida
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
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Order a gift on 11/23 to delivered by 11/30. They have 4 different shipping options with one being the next day and 5-10 days for Free shipping. I chose two days and paid an extra 18.00. I reached out to them on the 28th and they had not even shipped package yet. So I asked for a reasonable solution refund me the shipping money or don't send the item. This is what their customer service said to me: "

"You are completing misunderstanding how the ordering process works and your entire frustration is due to the false expectations you created. To be clear, you have been wronged in no way. You chose a delivery that estimates two days. To be even clearer, the "delivery to your house in two days" you are referencing is something you have made up. The information we provide states that the shipping timelines on the website are an estimate for how long, in business days, the shipping of the package will take. There is no information that leads you to believe the timelines are a guarantee that a package will be at your door in that amount of time after purchase. Given that the order was received the day before Thanksgiving, it logically makes zero sense for the package to be delivered to you by Friday.

You have in no way been gracious, and instead created a false narrative for you to play the victim.

Sincerely, James

Anyways, there's an example of what a T-shirt will cost to have 2 day shipping - the hat was $18. I requested to have my shipping refunded or just don't ship it since you haven't already and refund my money. This is their interpretation of what next day and two day shipping means. I also requested a reasonable solution to a total shipping integrity issue - buyer beware scam shipping policies.

Date of experience: November 30, 2021
Wisconsin
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I ordered a sweat shirt 1 size bigger than the size chart they provided suggested, still way too small. Poor quality for the price i was charged.

Date of experience: October 11, 2017
Alaska
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Clearly this company doesn't know the type of people that live for the outdoor. The petty crap they are trying to pull is aweful.

Date of experience: November 6, 2019
Utah
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Terrible
November 4, 2019

I wish I could give them zero stars. I won't be spending another cent at backcountry.com. They used to be an ok business, but not anymore.

Date of experience: November 4, 2019
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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This is the worst experience I have had with e-commerce. I placed an order of a snow helmet during thanksgiving sales on Nov 28th. First of all, I could not add the product to the shopping cart. I had to use my friend's laptop to add the product to my shopping cart. Secondly, two days after I placed my order, I got an email notification saying the inventory is sold out. I tried to contact their customer service, so-called "Gearhead", but they are always very slow to respond, each response can take them up to 4-5 minutes. Also, the Gearhead chat page crashed. I was reconnected 3 times, so I had to go through the same pain of waiting for them and explaining everything again. When I received my replacement order, the helmet didn't fit. I had to contact Gearhead to get a return label for free, which is another 20 mins conversation. The most important thing is once my return arrive the facility on Dec 8th, they didn't send any notice for receiving return until I contacted the Gearhead again on Dec 14th. The Gearhead told me it takes them 3-5 business day to refund, however, I have still NOT received any refund as of now on Dec 22nd. I had to contact Gearhead again today on Dec 22nd. It took the Gearhead 30mins to tell me a full refund is applied and will take 3-5 business to be back to my bank. I hope I really get a full refund. STAY AWAY FROM BACKCOUNTRY.COM!

Date of experience: December 22, 2022
New York
1 review
10 helpful votes
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Bad bad experience with an item that i tried to return and they refused to refund or exchange.
Never do business with them again.

Date of experience: January 6, 2015
Wyoming
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Poor business ethics
November 3, 2019

This company exercises poor business ethics, using their attorneys to sue every company using the word "backcountry" in their name. Shop elsewhere!

Date of experience: November 3, 2019
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Wrong size
August 15, 2017

I ordered a women's small columbia jacket. I got that jacket but in a kids small instead of a women's small. Shipping was good though.

Date of experience: August 15, 2017
Nevada
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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No customer service
November 4, 2019

Prices are high, coupon didn't work, won't price match and the "free shipping" isn't real. What a joke

Date of experience: November 4, 2019
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Perfect
December 21, 2016

Just received my shark skin jacket and was very impressed. Will be defiantly shopping for more products.

Date of experience: December 20, 2016
Pennsylvania
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Horrible everything. Please do NOT buy from them. Scam. Horrific rude service, discounts don't work.

Date of experience: May 27, 2020
West Virginia
3 reviews
3 helpful votes
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Great experience!
November 21, 2018

Ordered boots for my husband and they arrived the next day! Great price... Much lower than any other site. I will order from them again.

Date of experience: November 19, 2018
Texas
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Ordered sunglasses for my wife never showed up called customer service all they did was lie not happ

Date of experience: May 9, 2020

Overview

Backcountry has a rating of 1.9 stars from 315 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Backcountry most frequently mention customer service, credit card and return policy. Backcountry ranks 45th among Camping sites.

service
88
value
83
shipping
83
returns
69
quality
71