Madewell

I wanted to return a new item with tags (didn't fit) that was received as a gift over the holidays. The item was purchased in advance of the holidays. People usually do their shopping "before" Christmas. I was told that they would take an exchange (even though I was planning to exchange it for an even more expensive item). So I'm stuck with a sweater that doesn't fit. Although I appreciated their quality in the past, I will never buy from them. They don't honor the fact that people have busy lives..

I'm a big believer in you get what you pay for, well not with Madewell. Their products are not cheap in the slightest and their shipping was terrible. I usually buy Madewell from Nordstrom; this was my first time buying directly from them. I did not understand they had different ways to get your item shipped so I was confused as to why my product was taking so long to ship. When I contact them, they were completely unhelpful and just copied and pasted a response. When I order from Chanel, I have a tracking number by the end of the day. If you are ordering $150 jeans, you should be able to count on great service. I will never order from Madewell again. It's back to Nordstrom for me!

They cancel your order after taking the money (expensive items on sale to make it interesting). Then no way to access your account, or the customer service. You can ask password reset but enter a loop. The emails to customer service cannot be delivered. This is a SCAM site: https://www.madewell.com/

I am very disappointed with the customer service of Madewell. I bought my jeans over a year ago, and unfortunately, Madewell only looks at the 'calendar age' and not the physical age of a product. I provided photos of the jeans and there are no signs of wear and tear anywhere, while there is a perfect rip in the denim along a seam of one of the back pockets. I rotate these jeans among many others and I wash them minimally and always with cold water. This way my jeans last me about 10 years.

None of this matters to Madewell, which to me means they don't stand for their product. They lost my loyalty for sure.

Bought this shirt at after season sale last summer. Consequently didn't wear it until this summer. Wore once- button broke. I sewed an extra they had included (( hate sewing). Wore the adorable comfortable shirt. This time 4 buttons broke. I called Madewell they don't consider this defective. They did credit 50% refund but still, for less than 4 wearings? It's defective. Beware of Madewell buttons!

I've had two pairs of jeans from Madewell that I have had to throw out within 6 months. The first pair ripped in the crotch area and the zipper broke on the other pair. I also had a shirt from there where the sleeves started to fall apart at the seams. And it's not like their stuff is cheap.

I bought a suede bucket bag from them. It's very nice looking and exactly what I want — except the bag arrived with a foul odor. Online research suggests that bad smelling leather comes from cheap and/or unethical manufacturing processes. Chat and email to Madewell resulted in an immediate issue of a return label. I actually want to keep the bag, but I do want to know why it smells and how to remove the odor. No response. There is no way to connect with someone by phone, and no attention to listening to the customer. You only get chatbot a, virtual assistants, or humans trained to function as bots. When I told my daughter I'd ordered something from Madewell, she told me about their dicey reputation. This confirms it.

I have requested to be removed from their email lists over 50+ times now - and they continue to bombard me with at least one email a day - which I have now marked as spam. DON'T sign up for their email list unless you want to experience this.

They had 70% off sale and I placed an order. My credit card was charged on the third day but I never received shipping confirmation. Two weeks passed I had to contact customer service. They said due to system error they couldn't process my order and will cancel my order. Easy excuse. Why did you charge me in the first place? They still have the item in stock. So they just use the sale to scam you into placing orders so they can charge you and get the money. They refund you later but they had your money for at least a few weeks.