The Natural Pet Store Reviews 

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TrustScore 3 out of 5

3.1

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Considering 56 reviews, most reviewers were somewhat happy with their experience overall. Many customers appreciate the speedy delivery and efficient service provided. Reviewers often highlight the ease of ordering and the wide variety of products available. People also generally find the product quality to be good, especially for specific pet food needs. However, some customers also noted significant issues with communication and response times. Many people report unreceived or heavily delayed orders, often without tracking updates or proper correspondence. Additionally, some reviewers experienced problems with products arriving damaged, incorrect, or with missing items.

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Delivery service

Consumers find delivery service to be ambiguous, with many experiencing significant delays and issues. Some... See more

Order

Users describe ambiguous interactions with order, with some reviewers praising easy ordering systems and... See more

Product

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Customer communications

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Response time

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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

My order arrived a little later than expected. An inquiry to check on the delay did not get a response. When the package arrived I found that two packets of dog biscuits were largely broken into small... See more

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

I buy arden grange tin dog food on a regular order . Spending about £200 each month Quite a few tins arrive in a badly dented state in most monthly orders and some are actually burst open and the d... See more

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

The food arrived with dents in and just looking a bit battered. The order also arrived with missing items which were then sent however received a few days later.


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  1. Pet Supply Store

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One-Stop Shop for Natural Pet Products


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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Incomplete order - no communication

Incomplete order delivered, no communication after the issue was raised sadly

June 24, 2023
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Reply from The Natural Pet Store

Thank you for your review. I am unable to find an email from you. Could you please email me at Ashley.freeland@thenaturalpetstore.co.uk

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Happy with order

As with previous order, I was kept updated with this order. It arrived quickly on expected date. Price was quite good so very happy. I will certainly use this site again.

June 25, 2023
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Absolutely shocking service and you will be ripped off. AVOID!

Absolutely shocking service. AVOID.

I bought some tins of dog food from here. They arrived today in a huge box without any packaging. The box also didn’t have “handle with care” on it. Three of the tins were in terrible condition, they were extremely badly dented and popped.

This has happened in the past with previous companies and I’ve emailed them to ask for a partial refund which they have always given.

I did the same with Natural Pet Store, provided a video and photos of the tins and asked for a partial refund.

I got an email back from Ashley advising that the tins would need to be sent back to the company before any refund is issued. This is contrary to their own website and consumer law. Ashley then proceeded to tell me that they would need the tins back to send to the supplier. I don’t have a relationship with the supplier.

All I was asking for was £8.85 (3 days worth of food for us which is a lot in a cost of living crisis) as a refund and I was expected to send the tins back before any refund was issued.

Please avoid this company as they don’t package their products with care and will want you to send back tins and tins of dog food which are only damaged due to their own failure.

I did not receive an apology which is terrible customer service.

PLEASE AVOID!

June 28, 2023
Unprompted review
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Reply from The Natural Pet Store

Dear Lydia

Many thanks for your review. We would like to highlight some inaccuracies in your review. You describe our customer service as shocking. You emailed us at 19.53 and had a response at 20.03 just 10 minutes after your email.

You informed us that you had received damaged stock. We immediately offered you a refund and asked you to return the product to us and agreed to cover the postage costs. You state in your review we have broken consumer law which is incorrect as it’s not unreasonable to request damaged stock back. As a business we are unable to issue refunds and allow customers to keep stock.

You wasn’t happy with our response so you gave us an Ultimatum if we did not issue the refund and allow you to keep the products you would be writing a “scaving” review.

Unfortunately we are not in a position to allow customers to keep stock free of charge.

Your order was packaged tightly with the tins wrapped in the orgional packaging.

You did recieve an apology. What you didn’t get was the opportunity to keep the products and have a refund.

We are fully aware of the cost of living crisis which is why we are one of the most competitively priced retailers.

Thank you Ashley

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The communication confirming my SO will…

The communication confirming my SO will be taken to delivery is excellent.
It maybe the delivery company’s request but I previously ordered this product via another supplier and it was delivered in its original packing and not in a box. I personally would prefer this and I don’t believe the extra packaging is necessary.

May 23, 2023
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Sad to say I wouldn't use this place again.

Website states 'all orders under 1.9kg are processed within 2-3 business days as standard'. Placed an order, 2 days later I got an email saying one of the items was out of stock. Checked the website again and it was still showing as in stock and available to order? Asked for a refund as the item in question was the main reason I ordered with this place. My request for a refund was ignored, the order was sent anyway, and finally arrived TWO WEEKS later.

Upon opening the box, the most expensive item on the order was missing! Not impressed at all, lets just hope I actually receive the refund for the missing item. Sad to say I wouldn't use this place again.

May 30, 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Rotten food. Bad customer service.

I purchased some dog food from this company and part of my order was rotten. I sent photos and requested a replacement. Two weeks later, nothing and I keep being told " it's in the post" not using this company again.
RESPONSE TO SELLER.
please don't lie, no replacement was delivered. I have spent two weeks chasing you for my replacement food.
I've left an honest, factually acute account of my dealing with you.

May 11, 2023
Unprompted review
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Reply from The Natural Pet Store

Hi Julie

I am really sorry you felt our service was only 1 star. You contacted us and we responded straight away. We sent another product out which Royalmail shows it was delivered. We also refunded you as well.

From a customer service point of view we responded to you and sent the product out again. You emailed today advising the product hadn’t arrived with you and refund issued you a refund straight away.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Avoid. Price hike with no warning.

I was a member of their subscription service for dog food. When my last order was due to be delivered, they took payment then sent an email explaining they wouldn't send my order unless I paid a 20% increase in the price. This left me with no food for my dog and having to source an alternative supply. I explained the problem this caused and my view that it was unreasonable to increase the price after taking payment, but the only options they offered were the price hike or cancelling my subscription. Appreciate they have increased costs but the lack of notice and terrible customer service is unforgivable. Avoid.

In response to the reply below. This kind of makes my point. I'm not bothered about the price hike, but if you aren't concerned about the welfare of my pet and think this is a good way to treat customers, I'll pay more to go elsewhere. Also, I was in touch with you two weeks earlier about my subscription so you had plenty of opportunity to warn me about the price hike in advance.

May 9, 2023
Unprompted review
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Reply from The Natural Pet Store

Good evening Geoff

Thank you for your review. As explained in the email to yourself we are a small family run business with just myself and my partner trying to contact our subscription customers as quickly as we can. We would also like to point out that your new subscription price would still have been one of the most competitive on the market and still approx £6.50 below the RRP which we feel still represents great value for money.

We are pleased to announce the launch of our new website in the next few weeks which will offer our customers an improved service for managing their subscriptions.

We hope your be able to take advantage of our enhanced subscription offering with competitive prices again.

Thanks Ashley

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

As others have said they don’t even…

As others have said they don’t even answer phone or reply to email, Don’t buy from them. Edit. They have now refunded but only after I contacted PayPal.

May 9, 2023
Unprompted review
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Reply from The Natural Pet Store

Good afternoon. Thank you for your review. I am very sorry we have offered you a 1 star service. As a small business our phone lines are no longer in action and customers are advised to email. Calls do not come through to us so it’s not a case of us ignoring calls.

If you can email me at Ashley.freeland@thenaturalpetstore.co.uk I can look in to your query.

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