written by KHreview on 05/06/2023
I have been a Thompson & Morgan customer for a number of years with no previous plant quality concerns, however I have had to contact customer services re the last x3 orders about nearly dead plants. The most recent order was for x2 hydrangea’s where firstly only 1 arrived. The plant is in an awful state, looking very unhealthy and as though it has been eaten. Seeing as I paid nearly £25 for x2 plants, this is clearly not acceptable. I will not be using this company again put it that way!
written by EFExmoor on 24/05/2022
Possibly the worse customer service EVER! I placed an order on 14/5/22 and received an order number and email confirmation of my order. My bank account shows the payment being taken on that day. The email said it was scheduled for a “dispatched in 24 hours” delivery. After over a week I had still received nothing. I emailed “customer service” (the most inappropriate name ever!) to receive not so much of an apology but stating that although I had received an email and an order number, the order had not been placed. I was asked to provide further information (90% of it I had already submitted but they had not bothered to properly read my email) and then received further emails stating the order didn’t exist, despite confirming the money had been taken from my account. How can you possibly trust a company whose own systems send confirmatory emails, give you order numbers take your money then none of their systems have any record of any of this???? Genuinely appalling customer service, what an utter waste of my time and money. I am still awaiting anything even remotely resembling a helpful reply from them. Truly appalling. Will not be ordering ever again!!! Sadly, I made the mistake to pay to join their “members club” - don’t be fooled this company does not have the infrastructure to support online business. Please, do yourself a favour and avoid them, still waiting for my refund/order to arrive at the time of writing.
written by RodneyO'Connor on 20/03/2022
Thompson & Morgan charge £4.99 delivery per plant on Wowcher and Groupon. They set the delivery cost WITH Wowcher and Groupon. So if you buy 6 plants, you’ll pay 6 delivery fees.
written by SHAHEED on 08/07/2021
Unbelievably absolute rubbish service Unbelievably absolute rubbish service, Paid nearly £1000 for some artificial hedge rolls, and 2 weeks later it is still sitting in the couriers warehouse, call them to ask where it is and they don't eben know, No order confirmation, nor invoice or tracking numbers, I had to constantly chase to the point I gave up and asked for a refund. They don't even know what a VAT invoice or credit note is so it can be filed with accounts.
written by Johnny02 on 05/07/2021
I ordered an item from them with a delivery date BY 30/06/21. After I'd placed the order the timescale changed to being dispatched ON 30/06/21. When I contacted Thompson & Morgan to complain about this, they promised me a "Priority" dispatch on 30/06/21. I was amenable to this, but the date has come & gone. The item is now showing as being dispatched on 02/07/21, yet 3 days on & there has been no movement? I contacted the delivery company & they confirmed the parcel has either not been handed to them (which I strongly suspect) or has gone missing. PLEASE, PLEASE, save your time, money & effort & go somewhere reliable.
written by nfNicholson54 on 24/06/2021
Wish I had read reviews online before I ordered. All sites have some bad reviews, but this company have an overwhelming number of bad reviews. Ordered 72 perennial plug plants in mid March for despatch by the end of April, received them early June. Some were dead on arrival, some obviously dying, so planted them into bigger pots immediately. Very few of the plants survived, and after a few weeks when I lifted the plants found that only one variety (six plants) had thrown out any new roots. A total waste of time and money. So I won't be buying from this company again, and I imagine, judging by the reviews, that they don't get a lot of repeat business.
written by 457Stanley on 16/06/2021
I have been a T&M customer for many years, but things have just got worse. No delivery, yet again, ``must have got lost in transit`` and ``sorry, none left to send to you``. I have put up in the past with less than 90% success rate, but this year, 8 days delivery time on earlier orders has ruined nearly all plug plants. Perennials ordered in January and again in May all failed to arrive. I now read in Which magazine (May 2021) that T&M fall next to bottom in customer satisfaction surveys. I just purchased plug plants from a rival firm with prompt delivery and 100% success rate.
written by Tucker93 on 25/05/2021
I ordered raspberry canes mid April, they kept pushing back delivery date now intimated for end of june and now wont refund. Judging by the amount of complaints from review sites this is there standard operating model. Avoid.
written by Biglife on 08/04/2021
Terrible experience with them who promised the plants I ordered were to be dispatched within 24 hours when I put them in my cart and even emailed me a confirmation of that 24 hour dispatch. This is far from the truth. The 7 which were supposed to be dispatched within 24 hours have still not been dispatched 20 days later. 1 plant was supposed to be dispatched 7 days later and they finally posted an update on my order online saying it would be delivered in August!No message to me, nothing, just wrote a note on my order online, thinking its on me to search for that info. Based on being told that most of the plants would be dispatched within 24 hours I dug holes in my garden to prepare for planting the trees and shrubs and now am left with a big mess and dreadful customer service from Thompson & Morgan. I was told by first phone staff at T&M that I could not speak with supervisor after I requested escalation of the issue! A supervisor called me and left a message on my phone offering £20 refund for the inconvenience and said he would call back to discuss the order. Its 16 days later and have never heard back from him and I have written several emails to customer service team who ignore my questions and just keep insisting that they shipped out compost and fertiliser and support stakes for the tree, even after I cancelled them as I don't need that with no plants do I?Now I have huge bags of compost and feed and big stakes and poles but no plants. They only reply to tell me to send back the bags of compost and they will refund me. I have asked for my refund more than 10days ago and still have no refund. I asked for itemisation of my bill and what they are refunding to get this over as quickly as possible and have heard nothing back. They are still holding my money. I email every day or 2 and ask to speak with a supervisor and they ignore the request. Silence. The phone service is so rude when you ask to speak to a supervisor to sort thru this nonsense, I do not want to experience that again. I even wrote to the holding company Branded Garden Products but have had no reply. All in all a disaster for this years plantings. Go to Waitrose Garden online instead, they delivered great plants to me in 2 days! We don't need to give our money to companies like this who don't value their customers and instead abuse us. I will never order from them again. Thompson and Morgan, refund my money now!
written by doMcCleary3 on 05/04/2021
They can't fulfill the 48 hour dispatch items they have advertised. Loop you in my dispatching the 1p extra special offer plants that you don't really want, take your money (and expensive delivery) then constantly fail to dispatch the item you really wanted. Eventually when it's obvious that they can't send what you paid for, they agree to cancel the item, but the 1p special ends up costing you a fortune as they keep the expensive delivery.
written by buggabrexit on 29/07/2020
Ordered two hanging baskets from this company on 27th march which upon arrival in late june resembled nothing like the pictures in the catalogue or on the website. The Begonia ( illumination mixed)basket contained only two colours instead of five and looked like it was in its final days of life. The Tutti Frutti mixed basket was fit only for the compost heap on arrival but after major care and feeding has developed into a purple and pink petunia basket totally devoid of the other plants shown, with the exception of one small geranium that is so small its bonsai. Customer service contacted twice, who only send automated email replies telling me they will get back in 10 / 14 days and never do. Only after a negative review do You get a reply asking you to contact social media at thompson and morgan with more details and after two messages to them there is still no respose to my complaint. Not to be trusted and the 100 % satisfaction guarantee is nothing but a joke. They will however bombard you every day with plant offers. Dont waste your time or money with them.
written by 1966Boyle on 09/07/2020
We have ordered our plants and seeds from thompson morgan for years so last year we had few problems but thought it was a blip so ordered again this year £67 worth then another £22 .months later told they cannot supply the order for £22 as out of stock (theyre still advertising) got a refund of £13 ??? The only time i get my plants from other order is if i email them complaining but just 1 item at a time so i have to complain again for another delivery so just got a delivery the plants are covered in a mesh when you take it off they all fall to bits well theyve had their last chance I will never ever order from this company again such a shame they were a really good company
written by scoutling on 23/06/2020
I ordered a couple of items with this dreadful company. 2 plants arrived dead and shrivelled. I stupidly did not complain as it was in the height of the corona lockdown, thought they might be struggling ( loads of wonderful plants from other companies) I had also ordered a Bloomerang lilac, expensive £64, but a gift. Didn't hear anything at all, no emails, nothing. I then cancelled as it had been too long. I emailed and rang no response, emailed and rang again. No response, tried again, got an email today, saying they couldn't refund as they had JUST packaged the plant. What appalling people , what a dreadful company. DO NOT GIVE THESE GUYS YOUR MONEY I wish I had known what an awful company this is. I would never, ever have used them. I will tell everyone I can
written by lxmichelle on 30/05/2020
DO NOT PLACE ORDERS - MONEY IS TAKEN BUT ORDER NOT DELIVERED AND NO CUSTOMER SERVICE WHATSOEVER Placed order 01/05 for a birthday on 26/05 11/05 email advising order dispatched 18/05 After tracking the order multiple time’s and finding the tracking was stuck on ‘it’s on it’s way to you today’. I rang T&M but nobody answering phones so I emailed and got an auto acknowledgement advising somebody would be in contact in 7-10 days. 30/05 No contact from T&M. The birthday (26/05) has passed. YOU SHOULD NOT BE TAKING ORDERS AND PEOPLES MONEY IF YOU CANNOT OFFER A BASIC LEVEL OF CUSTOMER SERVICE. Yes we expect deliveries to take longer in this unusual situation but as the vendor you are still responsible for ensuring the order is delivered.
written by markaylott on 27/04/2020
Wish I had checked reviews before ordering with them They took my money for a planter on 14th April and it was never delivered I’ve chased them five times so far and have to wait days for a reply for which the last one stated that they do not have this in stock and refunded me on the 15th Well , they didn’t refund at all So now I’ve e mailed them again asking where refund is and have got an automated response saying that someone will look into this in next 48 hours !!! Shocking company and I will NOT use again
written by Gardenat12 on 16/04/2020
I should have learned my lesson from the last time I bought this product. I thought that after bad reviews on these tubers things would have been changed. Not so the tubers are even smaller than last Time some as small as marbles. Never again! McCarthy
written by BelindaRobles on 27/05/2019
The most shocking customer service from an online retailer I have ever had (I buy most stuff online). I understand issues can arise but usually the company responds and sorts it out the problem which this company clearly does not. I ordered 2 bare root magnolia plants - Magnolia denudata 'Sunrise' (Patio Standard). When they arrived one was snapped in half and the other does not look to healthy at all (both fit for the bin). I wrote to the company over two weeks ago and have had no response. I don’t usually write reviews but after the experience I have received company I feel like my money has been taken from me and want to share with others. I don’t feel the company will make any further contact and I don’t have what I ordered. I would order from another company at all costs no mater what the price.
written by Christinay11 on 22/05/2019
Appalling service. Ordered my fruit canes and strawberry plants mid-March, and was told they’d be despatched the next day. My money was taken immediately. The first items were four weeks late on despatch and arrived in dribs and drabs. The strawberries and some canes were despatched just before the Bank Holiday, so not all have survived. All Busy Lizzies are dead. To add insult to injury, the final set of canes (six weeks late) were missing nine canes from the set of twelve!! I’ve emailed for over two months and never once received a reply, only the holding emails. If you call them you’re on hold for around 20 minutes, and when you do get through they simply do not care, are dismissive and unhelpful. I followed the advice of another reviewer and opened a PayPal dispute (luckily I’d paid that way) - they replied to offer a refund on the canes (which are now out of stock, brilliant), then again to say there was a hold on the funds so it couldn’t be processed (this is something PayPal puts in place in the event of a claim, that the seller has to lift, and is out of the buyer’s control). Just an excuse. I sent the relevant information explaining what they need to do at their end (!) and have not heard from them again, so have escalated to PayPal to deal with. Will never use this company again and am actually appalled that organisations like Gardeners’ World are still endorsing their products - look at the reviews below!!
written by Stps1212 on 19/05/2019
I placed my order 18/4/19, money was taken from my account 20/4/19. I have heard nothing from them apart from order confirmation and I have not received my order. I emailed 1/5/19 and received an automated email saying they would reply in 14 days. 2 weeks later, another automated email arrived saying I would be hearing from them in 7 days. I'm still waiting. I couldn't get through on the phone either. If there has been a delay, they could have at least let me know.
written by tomatogardener on 18/03/2019
I bought two packs of Thompson and Morgan SUNGOLD Tomato seeds from a garden centre. The packs were expensive £3,79 each with an average contents of 8 seeeds. Neither pack had inner foil packs and one had 3 seeds and one had 6. I complained to T&M who initally agreed either to refund the money or send me new seeds. I expected both. When i said I would accept the refund they changed their minds and have now said I have to go to the retailer. I have no receipt and have no idea where I had bought the seeds. I go to lots of garden centres. I am really fed up with their lack of customer concern abd lying deceptive packaging.
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Written on: 17/04/2021
Update- Thompson and Morgan issued a full refund