I ordered summer pants after I got their catalogue. The site said they would not be available until August 29. Seriously? Who needs summer pants after August 29. Their excuse was that the catalogue is printed months before the items become available. What does that have to do with anything? Don't print what you don't have or expect to have in a timely manner. Dealing with their customer service from the Philippines is an exercise in frustration. Barely comprehensible.
Also, quality of their items has seriously declined.
I waited months for an item that I ordered. I eventually received an email stating they couldn't deliver it. I asked for a substantial discount to be used on a future order to make up for the inconvenience. The customer service representative only offered me 10%. Not even free shipping. They send me emails at least once a month offering 30,40, sometimes even 50% off. When I insisted they could do better than 10% she just blew me off with "Sorry, no." The long wait and then the customer service experience left me with a negative feelings toward Soft Surroundings.
Blouse fabric was very rough - poor quality. If you purchase and need to return, do not use their prepaid address label since they charge way more than the post office would charge. They don not refund quickly, and they shorted me. 63 on the refund. I won't be ordering from them again.
I impatiently weighted for Soft Surroundings to come to my town. When they finally opened their store, it was a BIG disappointment. The material of clothes is very cheap. Their clothes are cut for one type of body build only-- tall, slim, long necked women. Even their petite sizes fall in the above category. Their clothes are worse than Macy's maybe at the level of JC Penney. I went there many times with the hope to like and buy something. Never found anything that would fit me. I do my shopping at Anthropologie and they have clothes for literally every body. I was hoping Soft Surroundings would be a less expensive version of Anthropologie. What a disappointment... I better spend 2X more in stores that offer quality that buying the trash that this store offers. Ah, another thing is that they offer exactly the same items multiple seasons. It is really strange.
My last order included two expensive tops, both of which are made with poor quality fabric. The worst one has been worn three times and and has to be thrown away because the fabric has a lot of pilling. It has been laundered wrong side out on the gentle cycle and laid flat to dry.
This is a terrible company. I started to try to place an order on Black Friday but could not manage to get the advertise price for my on line order. I called Customer Service who also did not understand how to fix the obvious problem. They promised I would get a call back within 24 hours. No call back. The problem still existed Cyber Monday so I called the main office. A nice woman was able to get me the advertised price. However, almost two weeks later the clothes have still not arrived. I called again and was told my order would not be delivered for several more days. This was a real problem for me as I would be out of town for almost a week when it is now scheduled for delivery and the package would be sitting on my doorstep. I was told to go to the post office and put a hold on my mail! I will never order from them again; they are more trouble than they are worth.
I wish I had read the reviews BEFORE I ordered. Lovely clothing if you ever receive it. I wanted a dress for a wedding, but the couple is back from their honeymoon and no dress or other tops I ordered have arrived. Don't know why they waste money sending out their catalogue if they do not have the merchandise. I will not order again.
I placed a phone order. Several mistakes were made with this order. Worse than this was the response I received from 2 different customer service representatives who were rude and more concerned about excusing and defending their mistakes and poor service than with making me a satisfied customer. I will never make a purchase again even though I like the clothing. It is not worth it and this company does not deserve my business.
We recently bought bamboo sheets from Soft Surrounding on the recommention of the sales staff. The first set I
Ordered had a rip in the top sheet and they did exchange it with no problem. I washed the sheets before we used them, as most people would do? And my husband and I hated the feel of them. Too hot and would not stay in place
On the bed. Well guess what, I should have read the return policy first, they will not refund money for any "laundered" items. Lesson learned!
I placed an order on May 29. Paid $9 for shipping that took 2 weeks. I was on vacation when the order finally arrived (clothes were supposed to be for my trip). When I tried on the clothes the fit was terrible. The pants were tiny in the waist and huge on the hips. The size S shirts were huge.
So I returned the entire order. They received the return on July 8. Paid another $8 in shipping for the return. Today is July 27. I still have no credit. I didn't even get a confirmation of the return. Thank goodness I saved the tracking info.
Not to mention I called CS twice and not only were they not helpful, but their attitude was basically tough $hit. It's like they think they're selling gold bars or diamonds.
So over 2 months and still pending. Had to file a dispute with PayPal to get my refund. Save your money and shop at Nordstrom, JCrew, Amazon or any other legit retailer that offers free fast shipping and halfway decent customer service.
Answer: I would have said, forget it. Their service is very slow, both receiving and especially returning. Plus the shipping to you is high and then you pay a terrible amount to return it. I won't buy from them again. Linda.
Answer: I have no idea what you're talking about. I have never had a bad experience with Soft Surroundings and never fail to get compliments on my clothes.
Answer: There is obviously a valid reason that there are NO reviews of items on their website. And that's because the overwhelming satisfaction rate of most customers is horrible! Save your time and headache, and skip this company over.
Soft Surroundings has a rating of 1.6 stars from 165 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Soft Surroundings most frequently mention customer service, credit card and post office. Soft Surroundings ranks 1877th among Women's Clothing sites.