Foyles Reviews 

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TrustScore 4 out of 5

4.2

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great variety of books, very reasonable prices and fantastic service customer where you actually talk to PEOPLE, rather than bots and automated systems!!!Be mindful that you may need to wait a bit l... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Been waiting over 2 weeks for a refund of an event that was cancelled when we got there, Scarlett has more excuses than anyone I’ve met

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Fantastic customer service (Thank you Georgina) - I got a reply within a short time frame that answered my query entirely and politely. I've only ever had a good experience with Foyles as a store, my... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I absolutely love the customer service at Foyles! I live in Italy and regularly contact them to pre-order books so I can collect them when I arrive in London. Every time, their responses are qu... See more

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London’s most famous bookshop offers a huge range of fiction and non-fiction, including medical, business and textbooks, as well as signed copies, gifts, stationery, sheet music and Ray’s Jazz, all available instore and online with savings of up to 40% and free postage on orders over £15 , plus in-store signings and author readings


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TrustScore 4 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Helpful

Never had a problem ordering from Foyles before, but had an issue with a discount code which Georgina sorted by email quickly. Good service thanks.

April 3, 2023
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Reply from Foyles

Hello,
Thank you for your feedback, I am so happy to hear that Georgina was able to ensure your discount code was working so you could make good use of this to place your order!
I will be sure to share your kind words with her.
Have a lovely day,
Foyles Customer Care Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

efficient and friendly service

phoned foyles as pre-ordered audiobook had not arrived two weeks after release date. Georgina was of great assistance, and the order was delivered bright and early the following morning.

March 29, 2023
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Reply from Foyles

Hello,
Thank you for your feedback, I am so happy to hear that Georgina was able to get your Audiobook to you the very next day!
I will be sure to pass on your kinds words to her.
Have a lovely day,
Foyles Customer Care Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Foyals Support tesm

The team answered my questions in s very quick friendly and profesional manner. Very impressed.

March 22, 2023
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Hello,
Thank you for your feedback, it is great to hear that our team and impressing our customers with their professionalism and quick responses!
Have a lovely day,
Foyles Customer Care Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Informative and pleasant to communicate…

Informative and pleasant to communicate with. Answered my inquiry completely and kindly.
Created an alternate plan for me to receive my item, very happy with the personalized level of customer service.

February 27, 2023
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Sorted!

Just a polite, effective response to my question. Lisa offered a solution which keeps me as a loyal supporter of Waterstones/Foyles

January 26, 2023
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Terrible response times

Placed an order and heard absolutely nothing more for weeks whilst my payment was stuck in 'pending' in PayPal. Nearly five weeks after ordering, I finally had a reply from them to say my order had been cancelled but I hadn't been told.

They did deal with my stuck payment quickly once they eventually picked up my emails, but it was overall a very poor experience.

October 10, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Surprisingly Not Great

I was surprised to have such a poor experience with Foyles. Foyles missed multiple delivery dates and took 10 days to respond when I first reached out to them. My items were delivered more than a month after I placed them, with part of the order cancelled.

Foyles did not offer a goodwill gesture. They told me I should have known that they upgraded their systems - even though I'm not a Foyles employee.

I will be supporting independent businesses going forward. I strongly recommend anyone looking to purchase books from this company does the same.

January 6, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Foyles you should be ashamed of yourselves!!! Do not order from this company.

On 3rd November 2022 I ordered and paid for a book on Landlord Law that I urgently needed. I paid the extra postage to ensure it would be delivered within 2 - 3 business days. I emailed Foyles on 11th November to say I hadn't received it. I received an automated email, saying someone would get in touch soon. It's now the 19th November and I've received no book or had any further contact from Foyles. Instead of emailing I thought I would ring them, however it states you can longer contact them via phone. What a disgrace, they take your money and leave you waiting...Fortunately, I paid through PayPal so have applied for a full refund. I gave Foyles one star only because there was no option to give 'no stars'. Foyles you should be ashamed of yourselves, taking people's money and not delivering their goods or responding adequately to their enquiries.

November 3, 2022
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Lost Foyalty card

I lost my Foyalty card, which had a large number of points on it. Customer services - email and phone - were friendly and helpful and I have promptly received a new card in the post with my points transferred to it - despite the fact that I do not have an account, so finding the card details required a bit of work. Thank you.

November 17, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

ERRONEOUS ADVERTISING AND NO CUSTOMER…

ERRONEOUS ADVERTISING AND NO CUSTOMER SUPPORT. I ordered a number of books on the 7th of November with an estimated 3-5 business days delivery advertised on their website. In my confirmation email it says most of the books will arrive between the 21st of Nov to 2nd of December so more like 28 days delivery. I emailed customer support twice to cancel my order but no reply. I have sent a chaser but no reply. Best to avoid this company for online deliveries.

November 7, 2022
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent, prompt and courteous service.

I regularly buy books as raffle prizes for our Arts Society. Of course I try to relate the prizes as closely as possible to the Lecture or other activity in hand. This is sometimes a challenging task when a very specialised subject is on the agenda. Usually all goes very smoothly but in this instance there were genuine problems in sourcing the specialist books in time and I had, with regret, to cancel. I sent off the message late yesterday evening, and by around 08:00 this morning I had a most helpful and courteous reply from the team (Lisa, in fact) cancelling the order and reassuring me that no funds had been taken. I genuinely could not have asked for a quicker or better service.

November 10, 2022
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent service and very kind

I ordered a book through Waterstones, but it never arrived. However, rang their customer care (which must be this company - Foyles) and received brilliant customer care and were also kind enough to call the store, reserve my copy and give me £3.01 credit, so I could buy the signed edition at the original price of my order.

Thank you so much - you do not often get customer care like this.

November 7, 2022
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Great support in my order

Although there was some delay in my order, the customer support were incredibly helpful with keeping me up to date with everything happening and made sure I was on top of all the details.

November 7, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I wanted to use a bookshop based supplier instead of Amazon but . . . .

In trying to support bookshops, rather than on-line only, I ordered two books from Foyles a month ago. Order confirmed by email. No books. No updates. Acknowledgement emails of the two I sent chasing an update, including the last one copied to James Daunt. Nothing from his office either. I used to enjoy shopping in Daunts but this Foyles experience leaves a nasty taste. Somebody at Foyles reads these reviews, and chooses to respond to the good ones. Has anyone here had their issue resolved after posting a poor review?

September 28, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible customer service

Terrible customer service. Ordered a book almost 3 weeks ago but nothing so far: no update. Sent multiple emails but I am not getting any answer. I will never order again with Foyles.

October 24, 2022
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