Luna S.
Misleading advertising and a withheld return process
I contacted Everhikes support to ask for the procedure for returning an order. Without answering that question, they replied asking me to explain why I wanted to return it. The reason I am returning the bag is that one of the product photographs depicts a smartphone being inserted into the upper pocket. The actual pocket is internally a small triangular compartment and cannot accommodate a phone at all. I regard that as false and misleading advertising, and it materially affected my decision to buy the product. Instead of simply providing the return procedure and then asking for feedback if they wished, Everhikes avoided my actual question. Even after I explicitly raised this concern, in a second email they maintained that I had to explain my reason for returning the item before they would provide the applicable next steps. Asking for customer feedback is perfectly reasonable; withholding the information needed to proceed with a return until the customer supplies that feedback is not. A misleading representation of the product followed by unnecessary friction when attempting to return it is not an acceptable customer experience.
Response from EverhikesAug 25, 2026
Hey Luna, sorry about this, it's not how it should have gone. We do ask for the reason first, and that's not us being awkward: knowing what specifically went wrong is how we work out the right resolution for you rather than defaulting to the same one for everyone. Where we got it wrong was not explaining that, and just asking again instead. Fair point, and I've flagged it with the team. Thanks for the note on the photo as well — I've passed it to our product folks to take another look. Appreciate you taking the time to write this up. Best regards, Everhikes Team


