Wowcher UK has a rating of 1.0 stars from 280 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about Wowcher UK most frequently mention customer service, trading standards, and email address problems. Wowcher UK ranks 702nd among Marketplace sites.
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I ordered a bed frame through this company and decided to change for different style even when I redeemed voucher. I rang them up directly they were so helpful and pleasant as I was so worried cause Wowcher took so long to respond and furniture Italia refunded me straight away through PayPal. I'm very pleased
I was misled by this site's advertising into believing I was buying an actual product, not just a voucher, so I didn't check the details of the confirmation email straight away and only looked for it to find out when the product would arrive 11 days later. I found instead an email with a voucher code that had expired 6 days after purchase. They are refusing to refund me, despite their claim to offer 14 day no quibble refunds for all unredeemed vouchers. Given the other reviews I found here after I realised my misunderstanding, it seems this intentional misleading of customers is a significant part of their business model, which to me makes it a scam.
Ordered goods online from Wowcher (10/08/2021) with payment taken from credit card.
No invoice for goods, payment or delivery information received, one month on and no goods received, unable to contact via telephone... voice message 'phone number for information only', unable to contact via email... messages returned.
One of the most appalling companies I have ever had the misfortune to deal with... stay well away from this bunch of clowns... prime candidates for investigation by Trading Standards.
Bought a headboard - it never arrived, I discovered it had been damaged in delivery and returned to supplier. I didn't have time to wait for another delivery and requested refund. The merchant refunded wowcher. 2 months after purchase I have a wowcher credit to be used within 3 months. A timescale to spend my own money WTF I want the money in my bank account. Lucky for me it's £35 some folk lose hundreds. Take your gamble that's what it is.
Tip for consumers:
Don’t use this site
Products used:
None item was not delivered
I ordered a apple watch that came with no box, no charger, wrong colour and it was a refurbished watch
I've been waiting for a refund for ages now from either wowcher or the company who supplied it helloreferbity. I am just getting fobbed off and am now out of pocket.
Wish I'd read the reviews before I brought
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Poor customer service
Products used:
I returned a apple watch
You buy items from wowcher, and you are left at the mercy of the companies that they advertise for. I have bought three items from wowcher; one I returned and was never refunded despite having proof of postage and delivery, and two I never received. All wowcher says is to contact the company, who repeated ignore me. Wowcher needs to be banned from providing their services. You buy the items advertised only to receive defective ones or never receive them with no refund. Either way, they are taking your money.
What a shambles this company is, nothing is straightforward. Apparently, you pay, claim the voucher on the app and have the items sent. I don't know how long it expires, once it does no refunds are issued, they give a credit note instead. They keep insisting you repurchase it again even though you don't want it. This simple request goes ignored. Refunds are not negotiable. This is a con and a scam. They've scammed me and are they scamming the store by holding their funds by not placing customers' orders? Regardless will warn people to avoid this unethical, thieving site.
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Once you've paid, you have to go back to the site to redeem the voucher to get your purchase sent, once it expires they'll give you a credit note. If this is not redeemed by a certain date, they pocket your money. Beware.
Products used:
None because they didn't send it.
Paid for goods with pay pal got ripped of with goods that are nothing like the photo
Pay pal will not refund me because it was bought with a voucher
The sell wants another £35.00 to take it back
This is a scam
Purchased wowchers - 4 days before they could be redeemed. No dispatch, no communication from vendor. Wowcher finally refunded, but minus a handling fee and the entire cost of delivery for each item was retained. They're still advertising goods from this vendor too. Shows Wowcher are scammers too. Avoid.
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Goods were never dispatched. After weeks of communication with wowcher, refund finally received, but they withheld about 10% plus the entire cost of delivery.
Products used:
Lumberjackbeards products.
Absolutely disgusted. Wowcher take your money then do not deliver. Do not use them, they are cowboys! You may as well pay money and burn it. I have contacted them for a refund but no answer and their form and other contact methods do not work on their website. They make it very hard for you. Deco Matters refunded me but Wowcher did not. Just about says it all really.
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DO NOT USE WOWCHER! TAKE YOUR MONEY AND DO NOT DELIVER! They are also impossible to contact with fake phone numbers that do not work and email addresses.
Products used:
Party banner that didn't arrive.
Very very poor site still waiting for my order should have ride on the 19th of August not arrived yet. Try and get in touch with them waste of time. I definitely won't be ordering from them again. Saying it's been dispatched you can't even track your orders
Placed what I thought a genuine order, didn't receive an email confirmation or voucher. Thought no more about it at that time due to effects of corona virus having effects on businesses. Some 2 months later whilst checking bank statements noticed wowcher had deducted money. Contacted via WhatsApp to be told as I hadn't redeemed voucher it had expired and no refund could be offered. A voucher I had never received
Totally unacceptable trading practices.
My honest opinion of this company "shove it where the sun doesn't shine" AVOID
Tip for consumers:
Avoid using, look for other alternatives that offer similar products at similar cost. They are out there
Products used:
Didn't should have been a garden storage box
I purchased a key board and mouse. It then charged me £3.99 for some thing and then demanded £3.99 for faster carriage on the 25th October. They are now saying delivery by the 14th November! Then they bombard you with unsolicited emails which you have to accept just in case you miss something about your order! Stay away these deals are scams. I guess my keyboard and mouse, if they ever arrive will be shipped from China, its the only reason why it should take three weeks to deliver! At least I paid by PayPal. I am going to file a complaint with PayPal and request my money back.
Tip for consumers:
Don't even think about it they are scam merchants stay with trusted web sites. It look's very cheap and that is what you get! I do not understand why companies like PayPal entertain them!
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Keyboard and mouse takes at least three weeks to deliver. I am asking PayPal for my money back. Even if I don't succeed it will cost them time in their responses!
Bought a mystery jewellery item for £10 supposed to be of high quality brands pandora, etc but instead I got a cheap and nasty unbranded piece that would cost no more than a pound at poundland etc. I paid p&p too so extremely miffed at the company for sending out such rubbish.
The site is very confusing! If you click on something accidently the next thing they are deducting from your bank account for subscriptions you did not want! Heaven help you if you place a order and then cancel it! They have no customer service whatsoever and trying to get your money back which is the law within 14 days is virtually impossible! They just do not care and do not listen to you! I have been trying to get a refund which they insist on refunding with wowchers which I do not want!
Products used:
NONE
CaseID *******
Bought a watch through Wowcher/Easy living or whatever their useless sister company's called. Watch arrived but the watch is stolen (still paired with its original owner).
Emailed Wowcher, someone called Noah picked it up. Helpful at first but then went silent. It's been months since they took my money and weeks since the watch was sent back. And now everyone's silent.
Disgraceful!
Tip for consumers:
Avoid them
Products used:
apple Watch
DO NOT buy from Wowcher.com. It is a rip-off. I had a very bad experience with them! I bought a voucher for a saloon, when I called the saloon they said I have to pay extra (double the voucher) and I decided to cancel the voucher! Here, what wowcher.com does is they give you credit in your Wowcher.com wallet instead of refunding you back to your original payment method. I didn't mind and I thought I would purchase something later. When I checked my credit it was expired! Because I had to use it within 3 months! So they took my cash, turn it into credit on their website, and took it out of my wallet (using the word expired) without receiving anything in return! To me, this is stealing! I tried their customer service, but they kept repeating, it is expired! How cash can become expired! And that was my cash! They literally took my cash out of my wallet!
I accidentally ordered 2items in August. Didn't know until I saw the two amounts had been taken from my account. Despite repeated contact I had no help. Today I was told they'd closed my account and I've lost £224. I'm on a small pension, which was why I was buying second hand, so devastated. I expect wowcher think that's very funny. I don't understand how its legal
Never buy from Wowcher there customer service is non-existent, they take over a day to respond on Whats App and when they do they refuse to compromise on a customer issue they have zero back up they have wasted a weeks' worth of calls & emails between us and the Alexandra house hotel in Swindon. This whole saga has left us out of pocket by £220 and caused my wife undue stress at a time when this is very unnecessary.
I urge anyone to think twice before parting with money to Wowcher,
Wowcher I doubt you have time to read your negative reviews but if you do this is reference order numbers, ******* & *******.
Tip for consumers:
Please do not spent money with Wowcher there is next to no after sales service.
Products used:
Hotel booking
I ordered 2 tables. The supplying company also sent their receipts to me. There was a difference of £10. Wowcher had added on extra cost for postage and increased the unit cost. I spoke to Wowcher on WhatsApp. Their excuse? "you should never have seen those receipts". Why lie about the postage costs for a start? If you find something on Wowher, take note of the supplier then contact them directly. Don't be conned.
It's a real issue for me not being able zero stars on review sites when it comes to firms like Wowcher and the associated below men that use the portal. The products are all just repackaged landfill and the experiences are hollow and poorly delivered by terrible people. No exceptions. If there was ever an argument for strict business licensing in the UK it couldn't be made any stronger other than by the fact that this company is permitted to exist. It should not be.
The business was ukfurniture4u.com which as a legal entity doesn't appear to be a real thing. Also their unfinished website was crafted by handing a laptop and a rock to a chimpanzee and leaving it for half an hour to see what they came up with.
Anyone associated with the truly abhorrent endeavour that is Wowcher should be sent to permanent internment with immediate effect.
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Honestly don't put yourself through the suffering. I'm embarrassed to have been caught out by them to be honest. Yeah wowcher is legal but only because the law is dysfunctional. In a functioning society the directors would have been submitted to cruel and unusual punishment.
Products used:
2 low quality beds offered with fake discounts by liars and thieves. They have a refund policy which is thus; send worthless goods and services and make it very difficult to complain then hope nobody bothers returning it and just chucks whatever it is back into the rubbish dump the products were sourced from in the first place.
No matter how poor your experience, this company does nothing to help.
Rude and unhelpful, they support the merchant, never the costumer.
Shocking experience. I am now looking into the legality of their practices.
Use at your own risk!
Avoid wowcher, they're basically committing fraud. Took my money, won't let me use the voucher and refuse to speak to me. They've been sent multiple screenshots and messages with the issue and refused to engage and I'm now seeking legal advice to get my money back.
Tip for consumers:
Avoid
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None
This website is a scam in the British history. Allowed to trade and continue publicly scamming people using cheap things. They are misleading customer when they are supposed to refund. They try to avoid their 14 day policy and tell customers that they don't refund. Trading standards must revoke their licence. The treatment you get from this company is bad especial when they responding on WhatsApp. They keep asking you what biscuits your reason for cancelling your purchase. But on their policy it says you got no reason to wxplain why are you cancelling. These are scammers do not try purchase anything from here.
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Shipping Cost is hidden and too high. Once you realise that the shipping cost is more than purchase as you try to cancel they is no option for cancel regardless that you have not purchased the product. They keep the money and refuse to refund. The website will refer you to their WhatsApp contact where you will be met by confused scammers who don't even know their own written policy about refunds. Do not buy from these. Trading standards needs to take action on Wowcher. This is the biggest Scam.
Products used:
Laptop
I have used them before with no complains but boy, when you get scammed by them, you truly get scammed. Don't even ask for a refund - you won't get it because all of their "customer service" is bots, recorded phone "guidance", and when you tweet at them the questions are the same I. E. it's automated so you get nowhere. Lost £375 with no help offered in the process. Will not be using them ever again. Stay away.
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