written by BrynnWhitehead on 23/08/2017
This is the worst company out there! We are now 6 weeks after the wedding, 1 of our products has been discontinued, we have been told one of our products will hopefully be delivered in th next 2 weeks, th rest of our products however have no date as to where. They will be delivered!!!!! We have just moved into a new house and have been without any of our dinnerware that our guests spent a lot of money on. Any time I try to email the company the advisor is either on holiday, sabbatical or not in the office, even if you reply 15mins after they email you!! Absolutely shocking!!! Never use this company!
written by Dillond on 18/08/2017
From start to finish the worst service we have ever received from any company. Delivery of the items that were ordered was delayed (no reason). Due to the delay the items were discontinued and went out of stock, so we were given a list of replacement options which were terrible. Then this order wasn't processed. Then it was delayed again. Then the items couldn't be delivered again. No customer service in the mean time - and certainly no evidence of anyone that cares. When the items eventually did arrive, all bar one of them were broken. A joke. I only wish there was some way in which I could have this company closed down to save others the disappointment and frustration of dealing with them, in a situation that should be happy and enjoyable. I feel sorry for our friends and relatives who paid money to this company.
written by Hollye228 on 12/08/2017
I regret using them for my wedding. The site has bugs and lag issues, and when I went to order one of my gists for delivery they told me it would be 8-12 weeks before it arrived in their warehouse, and another few before it would come to my house. When I emailed "my personal advisor" about it I received an automatic email response saying that she was away and to call a number, I called this number during business hours two days in a row multiple times with no answer and no voicemail. I then emailed another email that I could find with no response. I've emailed them again twice today and we'll see. Save yourself and your guests the higher costs and go with Amazon registry
written by RossiItalian404 on 27/10/2016
It's unbelievable this shop is still in business. The way they treat their costumers and the vague clauses in their contracts (and return policy) they try to enforce are ridiculous and the audacity of which is only superseded by the arrogance and sheer dishonesty and disinterest of the staff. My advice is to steer well clear of this company.
written by AdamandSara on 17/01/2016
This website is a total waste of time and a joke, which I am astounded that Selfridges would associate themselves with. They don't offer any of the specials or discounts available on the same products at Selfridges at the same time. They also TAKE UP TO TWELVE WEEKS in theory and SIXTEEN WEEKS in actual practice for a straightforward delivery. They must have the finest working capital situation in the business world. And that's before you talk about the dreadful website and non-existent customer service. They provide the most clueless telephone service so there's no point in talking to them. DO NOT SIGN UP HERE if you are getting married. Trust us on this one. We wish we had found reviews like this before. Just ridiculous. They only survive because they would only be used once.
Written on: 31/05/2016
Firstly, I would like to offer my sincere apologies for the delay in providing a response to your review. This review has only just been brought to my attention, and upon reading your comments, I wanted to take the opportunity to reach out to you immediately.
I am extremely disappointed that the service that you have received from The Wedding Shop has been so disappointing. The Wedding Shop is under new management and it is my absolute expectation that all of our customers, both couples and guests, are offered exceptional service at every point of their interaction with us. In the past three months, we have relaunched our website to focus on the end user experience. Our Technical team are also fully engaged to constantly refine its functionality based on any customer feedback that we receive. Amongst many other improvements, we are also investing heavily in a dedicated Customer Care department that is focused on providing an exceptional service to all our valued clients which they, of course, deserve before and after their wedding.
I would be immensely grateful of the opportunity to discuss your experience with us in more detail and would kindly ask if you would send an email to us quoting ‘Review Centre’ in the subject line. The Head of the Customer Care team will ensure that your message is passed directly to myself so that I can contact you personally at a time that is most convenient to you.
I very much look forward to hearing from you.
Kind regards,
Anne-Marie Jenkins
Managing Director
Written on: 16/09/2022
The improvements to profess to have made are sadly still lacking, our wedding was four months ago and yet items remain undelivered. It is now now a point of laughter at the dinner table, my daughter might turn 18 before the gifts arrive.
What beggars believe is that the items are readily available online and could be delivered within a few working days were we to order them ourselves.
Had we read a fraction of these reviews before our wedding we certainly would not have used your services.
Your delays and poor communication Completely defeat the purpose and spirit of wedding gifts. I feel immeasurably sad for the unfortunate marriages that come to an end before you decide to deliver their gifts months late.
written by Allanfrei on 06/12/2015
As the other review below indicates RUN FAST, I wish I had seen this before we signed their terms and conditions. You think that it will have the same service as Selfridges but this is not correct at all. You sign, they give you prices and then they go up. Exactly the same item may be on display in Selfridges on sale but they will never give this discounted price and never go on sale. They totally hide behind their terms and conditions and treat you as an inconvenience, once signed. We finally made up our mind and then it took forever to get the goods. You can call and call and they don't care and say it is in the terms and conditions. What nonsense! They need to offer a decent, honourable service and Selfridges should kick them out as the are besmirching their reputation. They are awful and we will never ever suggest anybody uses them ever. They need to realise they are thankfully not the only game in town and without their Selfridges space they would be nothing. Run fast!
written by Donahuemj41 on 13/05/2015
We were looking for a flexible service as we were planning to buy a house after the wedding and didn't know what we would need. We had been to nearly evry wedding list service in town and just felt like we would have to do all the work ourselves, until we went to Selfridges. Our consultant helped us a build a list but explained we could change our mind after the wedding and didn't need to place our order right away. We only found our dream house more than a year after our wedding and once we had, our consultant offered great advice. Once we placed our order, it wasn't quick but we were able to get a lot more choice than everywhere else we had looked so it worked out great.
written by on 31/12/2014
They get you in, give prices and then the prices go up. You then are completely locked in by their terms and conditions. You may want a pot that on the main floor is on sale, but NO, they wont give you the discount price! Total rip off and never ever use them. I wish i had read the reviews before going there.
written by lola3456 on 07/02/2014
The web selection was good and the site was relatively straightforward to use, which was why we decided to use The Wedding Shop over John Lewis. We now wish we hadn't. Some of the items our guests ordered turned out to be out of stock/discontinued lines. I guess that is fair enough but I struggle to understand why, over 4 months after returning from our honeymoon and finalising the order, we are STILL waiting for several goods to be delivered. None of them (e.g a wok) are unusual items that could not be found on the high street. Over the months, I have had to repeatedly call and email the shop (in general emails get ignored so you then have to call too). What I speak to someone and they lie and say the goods will be in very shortly I ask them to call me to provide a further update in due course.....and then weeks go by and I hear nothing. Dreadful customer service and appallingly slow delivery. I'm startlingly to nervously wonder whether the shop is in financial difficulty and we might never see our remaining gifts. It certainly won't survive if the format continues to operate in the manner in which we have experienced to date.
written by Silversnapper on 20/03/2013
We have had nothing but problems with The Wedding Shop since we signed up. The staff are rude, not knowledgeable and extremely unhelpful. They don't respond to emails and when they do, it is just plain pathetic. The fact that some of the items our friends and family bought were out of stock is just appalling, and the delivery time is much longer than 10 weeks. Also when the delivery finally came, there were items missing in the boxes, when i emailed about this I got no reply!? And when I called about it, they were rude again! AVOID at all cost. This last bit of our wedding which is supposed to be pleasant and fun, has just been terrible and left a really sour taste as we feel like we have been cheated and lied to.
written by Lou5 on 05/03/2013
Was unsure whether to have my list with The Wedding Shop after reading these terrible reviews, however there were brands that we wanted that we would not have been able to get elsewhere. So we took the risk! First impressions were good and all the consultants were helpful and knowledgable. The choice was overwhelming. It was disappointing when some of the gifts we ordered were discontinued however we were told this could happen. Some items took a little longer to come in than the time frame we were given, but it was things we really wanted so didn't mind. I had my final delivery last week and overall I am really pleased we chose The Wedding Shop.
written by njpdm on 28/02/2013
Started off well, good range of gifts and helpful customer services. As soon as people had handed over their money and we put in our order it went downhill. We are still waiting for some of our gifts and have been repeatedly lied to about when they will arrive, have now given up and asked for the balance to be issued on a selfridges gift card so we can draw a line under it. Do not use them, John Lewis may have a more limited selection but I have heard only good things about their customer service. If i could have given no stars i would have done.
written by on 06/02/2013
Loved being able to swap items after my Wedding. We decided to hold off ordering because we were moving house - really flexible. Great!
written by ingridchauvet on 25/08/2012
It has been a year since our wedding and most of the items have not yet arrived - a total of £1,250. This is money that our friend have bought present for us and we have not yet received any items? The mailing is automated so there is nobody to deal with the issue.
written by on 04/04/2012
Total disaster - we were assigned a 'consultant' at The Wedding Shop who took on average a week to respond to emails, couldn't understand the simplest request, and made multiple, very basic errors. 7 months after the wedding we are still waiting for several gifts. It took threats to involve the CEO of both the Wedding Shop and Selfridges for them to get their act together. They don't look at your list as individual items, bought by your guests, but as a lump sum total of money spent, which they then weasel away by telling you the prices of the goods have gone up since your guests bought them. So you have to stump up the extra. We had gift vouchers on our lists which were mysteriously removed
written by Dorian on 07/12/2011
Terrible from beginning to end. It has now been 7 months since our wedding and still some of the items (William Yeoward glasses) have not been delivered. We have been lied to and lied to time and time again about when they will be delivered. Once they have the money from your wedding guests they just don't care. I guess they work on the premise that we will never be customers again. One of the items - a crystal wine bucket - was damaged and faulty in the book. It took some convincing and several threatening e-mails to actually get this replaced. All you need is honesty. To be told that you will receive something on a certain date and for it actually to arrive. Go anywhere else and save yourself the stress and hassle of dealing with incompetence.
written by on 07/11/2011
Dealing with The Wedding Shop at Selfridges has been a massive nightmare. After the wedding the time came to order the gifts and I discovered that suddenly quite a lot of the items on my list had gone up in price, some as much as 40% (tellingly all the crockery had risen by 20%, which would have been a huge increase had I gone with the full 10 place settings that I initially planned). Needless to say I didn't order any of the things that had gone up in price, especially as I was told rather glibly that it was not their problem and nothing was final until I had confirmed my order through the website. Delivery took months and a lot of the items were damaged when they arrived. Luckily the customer service of the (more reputable) suppliers has enabled me to get most things replaced/sorted, but this process is still ongoing and it has been more than a year since our wedding. I would have expected so much better from a company housed by the Selfridges brand.
written by on 11/05/2011
Pushy service. Can't deliver. Items out of stock.
Poor all round really.
Be advised - do NOT use this company, it will just end in tears!
written by on 04/03/2011
The staff are very rude. They hold onto the money for months and must be chased for the gifts to arrive. 8 months after our wedding and only after we sent emails asking where our gifts were we were told some of our gifts were out of stock. I regret we had our list with them. DO NOT DO IT, GO ELSEWHERE.
written by on 24/02/2011
We used Weddingshop.com independently of Selfridges, but our experience has been no better than others'. Extremely slow delivery time, a number of items out of stock, very cunning terms and conditions that allow them to hang on to your money despite the fact that items promised are no longer available etc. etc. Strongly advise against using them. We had a separate list with thevintageweddinglist.co.uk and everything was delivered to us within three weeks of our wedding in perfect condition. It's not rocket science!
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Written on: 12/12/2016
Good Morning,
Your review has been brought to my attention, and I would very much welcome the opportunity to discuss this matter with you in person, as I'm extremely concerned that you have been left dissatisfied and frustrated. Our customers satisfaction and happiness is of the utmost importance, and if you would be so kind as to allow me the courtesy of personally investigating into the issues that you experienced, I would be absolutely delighted to do so.
May I kindly ask that you contact me, and I will look into the matter immediately and contact you at a time that is most convenient to you.
I am so very sorry that your experience has left you unhappy, and very much look forward to your feedback and making things right for you.
Kind regards,
Vicky Gilbey
Head of Customer Care