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Maryland
1 review
1 helpful vote
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NO CUSTOMER SERVICE
April 16, 2021

Placed a very good size order with them about 6 weeks ago. Have not heard or seen anything from them! The number that is listed doesn't even ring you just get a "user busy" message! I don't do business with anyone you speak to! Considering filing a complaint with IL Agriculture Dept. never again

Date of experience: April 16, 2021
New Jersey
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Don't Waste Your MONEY Ordering From Burgess!
June 10, 2021

I thought I would give them a try, even after reading some negative reviews. I was wrong! Don't waste your time and money, since they take forever to get you your order, the plants are really teeny weeny and one of the plants that was shipped as bare root had no roots! I contacted customer service for a simple replacement and all I got back was the standard, you must send back the shipping label, blah, blah, blah, when they have all of that information in my order. I am supposed to waste more time and money and their customer service is not customer service or even logical. They figure they can wait you out and then you will get frustrated and not bother! Look at the picture of the bare root Sassafras "tree" that they sent. It is a joke! They should be investigated by their State Attorney General's Office for Fraud. Hey, that's not a bad idea. Does anyone have the contact address for the Illinois Attorney General's Office?

Date of experience: June 10, 2021
Tennessee
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Worst company ever
June 18, 2018

I don't write reviews but this company screwed me over good. I'm a retired Air Force Veteran and all I wanted was some trees to create a privacy fence. Ordered 195.00 worth that never showed. Company says they shipped fedex never delivered. I could not file a claim with fedex because I argued with Burgess over 90 days about where they were. Customer service is by email only, cant call. I didn't ship them or choose the shipper or decide when to ship. I simply ordered, paid, and got nothing but terrible service. I hope they go bankrupt on that 195.00 of hard earned money.

Date of experience: June 18, 2018
Illinois
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Stay away
May 23, 2022

Placed order in April received order late June. And not what I ordered they substituted for something else. Ordered the sampler trees, received unnamed dead twigs with a very few roots, will never buy from again. If you need beautiful trees with fast shipping go to conifer Kingdom

Date of experience: May 23, 2022
Kentucky
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Customer service
March 16, 2021

Cust. Service got back ahold of me after about 3 months. They said my 100 strawberries, and large elephant ear, and big $#*! hosta, were going to be replaced. We will see. Have had this problem with this co. Before but had never saved the ship label. So far this has sucked. Will see how they do

Date of experience: March 16, 2021
Connecticut
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Plants arrived after 6 weeks, and 2 emails to CS, in a plastic bag with no shipping protection. The bag was mucky inside with rotted leaves. One plant had no leaves, the other had a few black diseased leaves. I'm going to try to save them, but who would want to ever order from this shoddy, shady company again. Their refund policy, if you don't ship the dead plants back, is for money off on your next order... who would order twice from this disreputable company!. Still waiting for my seeds... maybe I'll receive them in time for Christmas!

Date of experience: May 18, 2020
New Jersey
1 review
11 helpful votes
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Waited 3 months for my plants that came barely alive. Emailed them countless times. First i was told there still growing. But when u look at em nothing looks like its been growing. Not only they shipped em across country in a plastic bag and expect usps not to break it. One of them was a wheeping rose which looks like a barely alive stick with no pot no dirt no water. Im not sure if any of em r even going to make it

Date of experience: May 4, 2020
Texas
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Ordered plants April 16,2018. Cancelled via email on May 21 due to hot and dry Texas weather. Burgess still shipped a few days later. I refused package unopened on June 4. Called Burgess on June 13 regarding refund. They claimed no record of return. I sent them copy of receipt for return. On June 26, no correspondence or refund. I called CS and questioned status. After a several minute wait, I was told refund was "in process". I asked why I had not received any email about refund. CS rep stated she did not know why, but she had heard the same complaint from other callers. Still no correspondence, but received refund (less shipping and return cost) on July 9. Customer service is virtually non existent with Burgess ( except to help you place an order). Once Burgess has your money, they do not want to make any returns. Will NEVER do any business with this company again and I suggest you do the same.

Date of experience: July 10, 2018
Wisconsin
1 review
9 helpful votes
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Buyer beware
April 12, 2021

I purchased an established peach tree which arrived as a 10" stick with roots. The goji berry vine died. The butterfly bush was also supposed to established. It was 3" tall! Customer service does not exist. Emailed the company and tried calling.
Don't waste you money on sub-par plants. I wish I had check reviews before wasting almost $100! The image attached is of the established peach tree after I planted it in soil and tried to get it to grow for the past 3 weeks!

Date of experience: April 12, 2021
North Carolina
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Sham business
October 13, 2021

Ordered 2 weeping rose plants on March 6 2021 & received them on May 1... apparently DEAD. Planted them in effort to revive them and 2 months later gave up and contacted Burgess for refund. Was told to return product in original wrapping at my expense for replacement... not refundable. Original packaging had been long discarded, so I disputed charge with credit card company. Burgess acknowledged responsibility but in Oct. 2021 re-billed credit card and denied culpability. Don't deal with Burgess!

Date of experience: October 13, 2021

Overview

Burgess has a rating of 1.3 stars from 289 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Burgess most frequently mention customer service, credit card and dead plants. Burgess ranks 124th among Gardening Supplies sites.

service
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value
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shipping
107
returns
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quality
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