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Michaels Stores has a rating of 1.7 stars from 241 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about Michaels Stores most frequently mention customer service, hobby lobby, and next day problems. Michaels Stores ranks 69th among Art Supplies sites.

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    103
  • Value
    91
  • Shipping
    59
  • Returns
    55
  • Quality
    78
Positive reviews (last 12 months): 12.5%
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Top Positive Review

“Good”

Amanda K.
2/29/24

I love Michael's. The employees were great, but I wish they had more adult ceramics to paint. And more stuff to paint for adults. How about getting I don't know fantasy ceramics that we can paint for adults I would love if they were more stuff that they would carry things to paint for adults

Top Critical Review

“Michael's New Policy No Credit on Bank Card.”

Linda L.
9/21/24

I went to Michael's and was told I could not use my bank card as credit. Cashier said it was a new policy. I cannot remember bank card codes. So Michael's just lost a customer and crafter. Virtually every store let's you use your bank card as credit and without a code. Your will lose alot of older customers because of this policy. Unfortunate I will be one of them.

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Thumbnail of user teresas1040
Connecticut
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August 19th, 2021

Is there a reason why You put stickers on the metal part of the hooks. That defeats the purpose. You can't crochet if the hook is sticky. And yes I tried to wash it and it didn't work. Not to bright.

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Thumbnail of user innaa11
New York
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February 3rd, 2023

I placed order for same day delivery, and used my vouchers. They canceled almost everything but one item. Which still I never received even 2 days later. Never got my vouchers back also!

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Thumbnail of user bebbesrii
Washington
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August 11th, 2023

Michaels is my go to craft store, however their website is a buggy mess. The refresh rate is horrid and it takes up to an hour to set up an order for pick or delivery.

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Thumbnail of user debraw519
North Carolina
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December 28th, 2019

Orderex a frame and was very dissatisfied. For what I paid you would think it would have actual glass but no it was plastic. Did not state that when I was ordered

Thumbnail of user raulh36
California
4 reviews
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August 21st, 2019

MY WIFE ORDERED WEDDING INVITATIONS ON 7/31/2019 WE HAVE NOT HEARD A DAM THING FROM MICHAELS SO WE CALLED THEM ON THURSDAY 8/14/2019 AND THEY SAID IT WOULD TAKE ABOUT 24-48 HOURS TO FIND OUT WHAT IS GOING ON. SO WE CALLED ON MONDAY MONDAY 8/19/2019 AND THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD CONTACTED THE VENDOR WITH NO RESPONSE AND THAT THEY WOULD CALL US WITH AN UPDATED. NO RETURN CALL HAPPEN AGAIN. WE CALLED ON 8/20/2019 AND THEY SAID THE INVITATIONS HAD BEEN MAILED BUT W/O A TRACKING NUMBER. SO WE CALLED TODAY BUT THEY ARE STATING THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO GET A TRACKING NUMBER AND THAT THEY WOULD CALL US BACK. NO SUCH CALL HAPPENED SO I CALLED AND WANTED TO TALK TO A MANAGER AND THEY REFUSED TO PASS ME TO ONE. SO FAR WE HAVE SPOKEN TO CHRIS TWICE, DEBRA. CRYSTAL AND FATIMA.

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Kansas
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July 21st, 2019

Usually love any hobby store, this one in Olathe KS clean, arranged beautifully, great sales... till you ask the cashier (who has no one in line-dead first thing Saturday a.m.)l July 20th) how much an item is and you have the tag. She says nothing, no smile, scans it, tells me the price. Ok. I walk away try out another chair, then find the one I'm interested in has it's legs held with a zip tie. No model like the others. I carry it up and ask if she could possibly cut the tie off or could someone do so so I can sit in it to try out. She sighs loudly with impatience, scans it, and tells me the price. Miffed at this point id still like to buy two of them for my son for his first apartment. I choose two, still no one in line, pull them up to register, realize the tags is low. Ask if she can reach and tell her I could hold the scanner for her? She says no, still no hello or smile, and that I need to lift the chair up for her to scan. Seriously? My friend yanks the lower tag off and hands it to her. Too many strikes. You represent the store lady... Won't return.

Thumbnail of user tylerc358
Illinois
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November 22nd, 2022
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I ordered a Christmas tree from them early November. The shipment came about 5 days after that. A few days after this, I had gone through my order details and noticed that the price dropped on the tree from $252 dollars down to $185... fairly significant drop.

Like many others, I am busy with life and made a note to give them a call for a price adjustment. I had done so a few days later. The customer service rep spoke very rough english, did not seem to care about my problem, and simply stated that I was outside of the 7 day policy period for price adjustments.

I mentioned that it was only a couple of days, and that I could just have easily brought it into the store, done a return, and re-purchased it at the lower price... she didn't budge. Asked to speak with a manager but "there wasn't one available". Asked to leave my number for her manager and give me a call back and she was unwilling to do that but insisted that I call again at another time. Although she advised that I would probably get the same response.

There are 100s of other places I could have purchased the tree from but I did so with them and asked for a simple price adjustment... instead of yielding the difference of that they lost the sale entirely for over $250 dollars when I returned it at a physical location and I wouldn't hesitate to mention the lack of service/support to others. At least the in-person service was smooth.

You won't see me at Michaels when I can order from my home from amazon with stellar customer support. Good luck Michaels.

Thumbnail of user ginah300
Indiana
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November 6th, 2021

Cashier standing at the end of the register I asked her for a price check she said I don't have a price gun on me I will have to go to the register to get I'm thinking it's right there she was rude to the elderly couple in front of me as well she's rude Uncalled for

Thumbnail of user kristinel35
California
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December 18th, 2018

Never ordering from michaels again... they don't allow you to change address nor refund even when it was less then 24 hours from ordering!
Never ever again

Thumbnail of user deed355
Wisconsin
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January 12th, 2022

Buying a gift card here is like giving a person trash they don't want, just give cash. At least a Walmart gift card you can get something you actually need

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Thumbnail of user samr199
Texas
78 reviews
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August 25th, 2018

Anytime I need art supplies or craft supplies I go to michaels and I end up finding everything I need. It's such a good store and whenever they have sales or coupons it's a always a reasonable offer.

Thumbnail of user ethansy
Georgia
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January 14th, 2024

I'll keep this review short and sweet if your NOT white, European, caucasian DONT come to this Park Road Michael's store they are very very racist and rude

Thumbnail of user ritae123
Wisconsin
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March 17th, 2023
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I will never stop with this mf company never again I ordered something and ask the driver to please ring me door bell and I will come to the door and get my stuff and I was told by one of your employees that they txt me and l told her how can they txt a home phone and I no she was lying at that point and she told me to take it up with my bank and I will just take it up with the Better Business Bureau complaints and I will never in like shop with your company and your company get very poor star with this customer

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If I knew it was gonna be taken. I would order it from amazon and pay two hundred dollars instead of shopping with this company and This is the worst experience i've ever had no other company doesn't this at all when a customer ask whoever to ring the door they do just that but not this customer. Fedex usps ups Amazon DHL all do what a customer ask to ring a door bell but not the sorry company

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Thumbnail of user lynnf68
California
4 reviews
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May 8th, 2018

Terrible Website. Hard to use. Long shipping periods. Inaccurate product descriptions. Wrong items sent. Michael's really had so much less products than ever before.

Thumbnail of user rosaf32
California
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December 2nd, 2019

I just got robbed at this store I went
I just got robbed at this store I went to return some items they said I paid with a gift card I told them that's is not right I paid cash and they said the only thing they can do is give me a credit card I told them why I'm gonna get a credit card when I know what I buy and I paid with my money they said they can't do anything about it cause it's on the Sistem I but two items from the same brand they only accept one and the other one they keep saying that I pay with a gift card this store it's stealing they customers I'm sure what I get how I paid and you know what keep your fckn items I don't want your credit card I don't want the cash maybe they need it more than me I'm not gonna be arguing the whole over the money I was a good client from know only hobby lobby exist for me. Thanks and people please be careful with this store

Thumbnail of user rondat45
Washington
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April 12th, 2023

Tombow dual brush pens at Hobby Lobby are $14.99 and for the same exact set at micheals it was $26.99! That's crazy. I have put the ban on Micheals. That's total gouging.

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Thumbnail of user lambertg12
California
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December 25th, 2013

I wouldnt buy online, go to the store instead. The online catalogues are out of date a lot of the time in my experience. Personal experience is always better, and Michaels is a great company overall.

Thumbnail of user pc68
New Jersey
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March 20th, 2016

I ordered a scrapbook kit during the holidays. The delivery was fast and the kit was excellent. I had never done scrapbooking before and this kit had everything spelled out for you.

Thumbnail of user jennifero1458
New York
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January 15th, 2024

Long since gone are the days of customer service and friendly human contact. I went to my local Michael's store in Webster NY and proceeded to get the many supplies I needed and some that I didn't. I had a full cart of well over 150.00 worth of merchandise and proceeded to the cashier. There was one employee who asked if I was paying by card or cash. I asked does it matter which she replied if you're paying by card you can use our new self checkouts. I asked what if I'm paying by cash? She said than it will be a min while I get another employee to watch me cash you out. I asked oh are you in training she said no its just policy because it's cash. I asked what if I don't want to use the self check out. After all I don't work here and I never use them I think they are extremely unpersonable. She said those were my only 2 choices. I then said so let me get this straight. If I use a card I will have to check myself out where you will then watch me to make sure I'm scanning everything in my cart. But if I pay cash then not only do I get you to do your job but I also get another employee to watch you do your job because they don't trust you. The girl just said yeah basically. I was shocked. I know a lot of stores have become very lacking with human interaction with their customers. However I feel if I don't want human interaction then I can order stuff online. However, if I have take my time to go to a store,obtain merchandise and then pay for it than I should at least have the option of having an actual person who is getting paid cash me out. If I'm going to check my items out and bag them than at least I should be getting an employee discount. I'm tired of big corporations cutting jobs, and human interaction with their customers all to save a buck. Pretty soon it will be the customers coming to empty the delivery trucks and restocking the shelves. Needless to say I left my cart full of items and walked out of the store and went to Hobby Lobby where they don't have self checkouts and I wont be returning to Micheals. By the way 2 other women followed me out who were standing in line and ended up going over to Hobby Lobby too.

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Thumbnail of user barbaraw1764
Virginia
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January 11th, 2022

Service was very good today. Cashier had a return on customer ahead of me so another cashier opened up to keep line moving.

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Great prices, good selection.

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Thumbnail of user dianem2645
Pennsylvania
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January 5th, 2023

Ordered 5 items for Christmas gifts. Waited several days for updates. Found out only after I tracked shippment that the items were out of stock and or damaged. Was told they would sne replacements only to find out a week later they were also out of stock. I had to call to find that out. NEVER WILL I ORDER FROM THEM AGAIN

Thumbnail of user js.mcmillan455
Washington
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October 11th, 2023

Really enjoy shopping at Michael's. The app is not reliable. I tried to update, and order in my phone and both computers. Wastes a lot of my time.

Thumbnail of user johna1058
New York
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June 11th, 2018

Always quite busy but carries items my child needs. Good selection of frames and items for each holiday season. Plus they do custom framing.

Thumbnail of user toulac
Maryland
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February 28th, 2021

I shop at store #9709. Serena was very friendly and made sure to greet everyone who walked in. The store is always clean and organized. Thank you

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Thumbnail of user leahn53
India
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July 9th, 2021

They have all kinds of art supply available. I sometime get great deal of discount on very good products.

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