Cas C.
Horrendous customer service!
If I could give them zero stars I would. Do NOT order directly from them. I ordered their large skillet and had it shipped to my friend for his birthday. I ordered it on 2/2/20 and got a confirmation email stating they would email me again once the product had shipped. On 2/9 I was concerned because I still didn’t get an email saying it was on the way/shipped. I called Le Creuset customer service to find out the status of my order. Well, here’s when I found out just how horrendous their customer service is. On 2/9 I talked to an uninterested, unconcerned, customer service rep that said that it could take up to 10 days for anything to even leave their warehouse or be prepared to ship. She said my order was still was not ready to ship but she said that it looked like it would be shipping the next day. She said I would get an email the next morning with shipping info and tracking number. The next day there was no email, nor was there an email the day after that. I called back on 2/11 again. I was on hold 23 minutes and then got another uninterested, customer service rep with no urgency who didn’t have an answer for me other than they are working on it. I asked for a supervisor. The supervisor told me that she was so sorry and would give me 35% off my next order. I thanked her but told her I don’t care about that. I want to know the status of my current order. She proceeded to tell me that they were backed up from the holidays, and that they we’re all busy doing inventory. She said unfortunately she had no idea when my order would be shipped. But “hopefully soon” Which is a completely ludicrous response. It was all ridiculous excuses. Then this morning 2/12, I get an email from their customer service department saying my card was declined and that’s why nothing shipped. I knew this was impossible, I paid with a Visa gift card. I immediately called the gift card. The money was taken out from Le Creuset. I called customer service again. I again talked to a supervisor and told her about the email. I told her that my card was NOT declined, and that the money HAD come out. I told her it was now past my friends birthday and I just want to know the status of this order immediately or to just give me my money back! She was extremely rude and hung up on me. YES she hung up on me. I was furious! I called back and asked speak with a manager NOT a supervisor. The manager finally got on the phone after being on hold 40 minutes. She told me that she was sorry for the email I received about the declined card, she said that was completely incorrect (which I of course knew) and she told me the item had (coincidentally) JUST shipped and would be delivered soon. She gave me a tracking number. This entire process has been beyond horrible. I will never EVER again order directly from Le Creuset! This was my first time ordering from them directly and honestly, I don’t even know why I did. I always order from Crate and Barrel, Sur La Table, or Williams Sonoma. ALL of which have excellent customer service, have free shipping on most orders and deliver within 3-4 days! You would THINK that ordering directly from the manufacturer of such a high end, extremely pricy product would be even better than ordering from one of those stores. But NOPE. Not even close. I love Le Creuset’s product (I own a lot of it) but am utterly shocked at the unprofessional, sloppy, rude, and outright horrific customer service they have. I can’t believe a company of this caliber would allow this. I will tell everyone I know to never shop directly from Le Creuset!



