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Review summary

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Looking at 137 reviews, most reviewers were let down by their experience overall. Many customers expressed significant dissatisfaction with the products, citing poor quality, inaccurate sizing, and items not matching their online descriptions. Reviewers also faced considerable challenges with the return policy, often finding it difficult to return items and secure a refund, especially as returns frequently needed to be sent to China at their own expense. People also reported issues with their orders, including long delivery times and some items never arriving. The refund process was a major point of contention, with many struggling to receive their money back even after returning products, and some being offered only partial refunds or alternative solutions instead of a full reimbursement.

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Product

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Return policy

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Quality

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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Still waiting for my order, it's not amara London, it's China never would have ordered a bit embarrassing as I usually check this out. Benefit if the doubt if it ever arrives I will give it an hones... See more

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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

I thought they were London based, so a return wouldn’t have been a problem. The sizing was way out, far too small in the bust. I asked for a different style, which they kindly agreed too, but a £10... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

DON’T TOUCH THIS COMPANY……TOTAL WASTE OF MONEY WHICH YOU WON’T BE REFUNDED FOR THEIR POOR SERVICE, REFUSAL TO ANSWER EMAILS FOR GOODS NOT BEING DELIVERED AND INFERIOR PRODUCTS WHEN THEY DO AS YOU C... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Waited five weeks for delivery, was sitting in China airport, when eventually received item was poor quality and poor fit. Started returns form, needs to be track and trace which cost £28.90 to return... See more


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About AMARA

When Sam and Andrew Hood had a vision to make luxury homeware accessible, AMARA was born. After nearly two decades of meticulous curation, AMARA has grown to become the No1 destination for luxury homeware with collections from brands including Versace Home, Fornasetti and Kartell.


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TrustScore 1.5 out of 5

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Worst customer experience

Worst customer experience I have ever had. Every time I email their customer service team I have a new person respond back and it’s treated as a new case. I have to re-explain the situation every time. It’s infuriating. It’s taken 3 months of communication with them and I still don’t have an answer to my question. Do not buy from this company. It is not worth the hassle.

11 April 2024
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Reply from AMARA

Good Afternoon, Thanks for taking the time to leave a review. 

I am so sorry to hear this. I can completely understand your frustrations. 

Unfortunately no details have been left behind so I am unable to reach out to
you to resolve. However, please PM us and we would be more than happy to have
this looked into.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

AVOID this company!

Please avoid this company!
I have never ever experienced receiving emails from different agencies such as "Sports Direct", "Flannels", and some others, even if you purchased a product from "AMARA"!!!
Also, these customer services told me a different status of my order, some told me my order had been dispatched, but the others told me it was still in the warehouse!!
Luckily, I have successfully cancelled my order!!

1 March 2024
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Reply from AMARA

Good morning Jieqin, 

Thank you for your review. 

I am really sorry to hear that you are unhappy with your recent experience when
shopping with us, we would like a chance to rectify your experience. 

Please could you reach out to us by the Contact Us portal, so we are able put
this right. 

Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience caused. 


Kind regards, 

Courtney
Customer Service

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Order chaos bad customer service

Used to be an organized
Company with decent service.
Twice I have ordered items
That were few hundreds pounds
Each, and they were never
Found in their stock.
So money was taken immediately
And then for more then a week
They had been stalling time
Till I have cancelled the orders,
Both events.
Of course they are not
Giving back the money
Same way they took it- immediately.

11 March 2024
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Reply from AMARA

Hi Tali,


I hope you're well.


Thank you for your Trustpilot Review regarding your order. 



I would like to extend our sincerest apologies for the inconvenience and
frustration you experienced with your recent orders. It's disheartening to hear
that we fell short of meeting your expectations, and we genuinely appreciate
your patience and understanding during this time.

We understand the importance of a seamless shopping experience, and we deeply
regret the delays and issues you encountered with the availability of the items
you ordered. 

To address the concerns raised about the refund process, we assure you that we
are actively working to process and in order for us to assist you further please
get in touch with us via email and we will do our best to help you. 


Thank you for shopping with us, and I hope you have a great day.


Kind Regards 


Oskar 
Customer Support

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Money taken, item not received. Not trustworthy.

After seeing the pet photo necklace online I was so excited to place an order and receive it. Unfortunately the money has been taken from my account and I have had zero communication from the company, despite multiple attempts on Facebook, Instagram and their website.
They currently have a sponsored ad running on Facebook and quite a few people in the comments are in the same situation as me. Such a shame they are taking advantage of those grieving the loss of a pet.

UPDATE: Their customer service is absolutely appalling and seem incapable of giving a definitive answer - just a standard "your order is being processed" regardless of what you ask. So worth the wait for a reply...NOT.

3 February 2024
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Reply from AMARA

Hi,

Thank you for taking the time to leave us this review.  

We’re sorry to hear that you have not received your order, we understand how
concerning this must be for you.

Please can you send us an email via the contact us section on our website so we
can assist you on this matter further.



Kind Regards,
Customer Services 

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Not a reputable trader

Purchased lovely agate ornament for gift on 1/2/24 and received next day. No invoice only Dpd messages of delivery. Liked so much so ordered myself one. Received next day but different in shape and size. I had read there could be differences but 2nd one looked so unbalanced. With no invoice number, could not access customer service online, also drop down boxes not opening. Amara do not appear to want you to contact them. Finally got through on phone and emailed pics. Offered refund if I returned at my expense. I had just wanted item exchanged for one shown in their advertising. Not a customer focussed trader, I find. Wished I could enclose photographs.

1 February 2024
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Reply from AMARA

Hi Angela,
 
Thank you for taking to leave a review. I apologise to hear of your issues. If
you wish to discuss this further please get in touch with us via email, live
chat or social media.


Kind Regards


Molly
Customer Service Advisor

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Customer Service is Awful, ignoring trading standards

in general items they are selling are decent on a borderline of great. Should you, God forbid, need customer service to do something, you are soooo on your own. They delivered a wrong item (kilim wrong size) to me and were driving me mad for 3 months trying to convince me that the item they sent is correct because label that they put on the item over the manufacturers label read correct size...no person i communicated in customer service department has any common sense and all they are saying is 'computer says no' REAL HORROR of customer service, will report them to trading standards

25 January 2024
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Reply from AMARA

Hi Trustpilot,

Good morning thank you so much for leaving us a review.

As I have got no order number I am unable to assist you any further with your
concerns.

If you would like to reach out to customer services again we can then attempt to
assist you further.



Kind Regards, 
Beverley
Customer Services

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Oh dear what’s happened to amara the…

Oh dear what’s happened to amara the luxury goods company!
I have ordered from here for several years for various items for various home moves. I always enjoyed receiving the items well packaged in amara branded boxes with their lovely black amara embossed tissue paper. To my surprise on my last order the order was delivered although this wasn’t the case with a photo of nothingness from Evri, I thought this was strange but the next day my parcels arrived I looked a little confused at the courier he said amara but what I was handed was two plastic bags with sports direct emblazoned on it!!! Not really the luxury brand it once was well done Fraser Group another one headed downwards!

11 January 2024
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Reply from AMARA

Hi Jason,

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. Our team is constantly
striving to improve our products and services to ensure our customers have the
best possible experience. Your feedback is valuable to us, and we thank you for
sharing it. If you need any further assistance, please don't hesitate to reach
out to us via email, social media, or live chat on our website.


Kind Regards,
Yazmin
Customer Services

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Dreadful fraudulent company

Dreadful fraudulent company. I placed an order in December and still have not received. Tracking says it has been returned to the company/ Amara which they do not dispute however they will not refund me.
`several different agents all say different things and although buying from Amara they email you back from Sports Direct and House Of Fraser with clearly no communication as they all dispute what the other says. Criminal company . Do not order from them.

18 January 2024
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Reply from AMARA

Good Morning, 

Thanks for taking the time to leave a review.

I am sorry to hear you have still not yet received your order or the refund. I
can appreciate your frustration with this.

Unfortunately no details have been left with your review. Please PM us and we
would be more than happy to look into this for you. 

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Despite having 13 emails between myself…

Despite having 13 emails between myself and customer services about my return that was returned to them on the 7th December (tracking and evidence provided it was delivered back to AMARA Living), I’ve not received a refund. All I’ve received is the same message saying how they are sorry I’m having difficulty and understanding how frustrating how this must be. I guess the response I will get is to contact customer services, but clearly that’s not working, hence the 13 emails.

12 January 2024
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Reply from AMARA

Hi there, thanks for your review, we're sorry to hear this.
 
Please contact us directly on any available platform and we can look into this
for you.
 
Take care, and we hope to hear from you soon.
 



Kind Regards
Amber 
Customer Services.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

An £800+ Order never arrived as they…

An £800+ Order never arrived as they didn't pay the courier the correct shipping fee and I am now stuck in a customer care vortex where they refuse to refund until the equally incompetent deliver team (Evri) return the item too them, which they may have lost in the process of not delivering it to me! Will avoid in future - know that it is a sports Direct company and you get that level of service vs the high end retail that amara used to be before it was acquired!

11 January 2024
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Reply from AMARA

Hi Dan,

Thank you for taking the time to leave us this review.  

We’re sorry to hear that you did not receive your order, we understand this must
be disappointing for you.

Please can you send us a message via the contact us section on our website so we
can assist you with your issue.



Kind Regards,
Customer Services 

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Really impressed

WoW, first time ordering from Amara - order arrived the following day, Sunday delivery 🚚. Really impressed and will definitely order again. Return label included, which I like, just in case I needed to return.

7 January 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Ordered on Sunday several items

Ordered on Sunday several items, and delivery promised by 19th (Tuesday) of all items. Received half items on Tuesday. Some items still not arrived, and delivery notification now says earliest arrival is the 27th potentially later.
Very poor. Asked for a return and full refund and refused, will have to look at going through my credit card company now.

20 December 2023
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Reply from AMARA

Hi Jon,


Thank you for taking the time to leave a review,
 
We are always looking for ways to improve our service and appreciate all
feedback.
 
Unfortunately I have been unable to contact you directly as no order number was
provided. In order for me to assist you further, please reach out to us via
email, live chat or social media.

Kind regards
Jordan
Customer Service

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent

Excellent - 5 Star Company:

Quality products
Unique finds
Shipping in record time
Excellent customer services

2 December 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Awful customer service

Awful customer service. I purchased some Christmas decorations for my tree and some of the items were missing upon opening the parcel. The very same day I sent them an email with the order number and the product number and description for the missing items, now you'd think that would have been enough. But oh no...after chasing and chasing, they finally came back and asked for the information I had already sent on multiple occasions. I didn't have the order details anymore due to the delay in getting a response from them but I did provide my home address, email address and information on what was missing. many frustrating emails later they have now asked for photos of the items that I HAVE received, which are now on the Christmas tree and the reason is to 'conduct an investigation to ensure it doesn't happen again'. How can. pictures of Christmas decorations on a tree form part of an investigation process??? I have lost the will to continue communicating with them... AVOID!

In response to Amara’s response, I have provided the order number as requested along with my email address and home address many many times. Your response was to take pictures of the items I’ve received, when I asked why you said to prevent the situation happening again. Taking a picture of the items I have received doesn’t make any sense, it’s the items I haven’t received I am querying.
Order number: AMAR40000079763874

8 December 2023
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Reply from AMARA



Good morning/afternoon, 

Thank you for your review, I hope you are well.

I firstly want to apologise for how frustrating this has been for you, I do
understand how this is not acceptable and I would like to look into this further
for you.  

I am afraid, I am unable to see your order number through this response so I
would kindly ask you to please email us and I will be more than happy to assist.
 

I can see that you do not wish to keep communicating with us but we will do
everything we can to resolve this matter for you,  if you still wish to reach
out we will be waiting for your email. 

I hope you have a wonderful day.

Kind Regards
Brittany 
Customer Service Advisor. 

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Buyer beware

UPDATE: I received the jewelry box yesterday. I would like to thank Emma for her followup and actions to make this right. The jewelry box is exactly as I ordered. Thank you Emma. Buyer beware, I ordered a jewelry box on Oct 12, the money was taken from my bank account on Oct 13. It’s Nov 27th and I still do not have the product. Supposedly it was delivered to Norwalk, CT and signed for by me on Nov 24. The issue is I ordered the product to be delivered to my home in Ridgefield CT and was out of state on Nov 24 so there is no way I could have signed for the merchandise. The company has responded to emails but is unable to deliver the product to me in a timely manner. They ship from Berlin Germany and based on my experience do not seem to have a handle on delivering to the United States

24 November 2023
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Reply from AMARA

Good afternoon Debra, 


Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. 


Please accept my sincere apologies this has happened to you, of course I can
completely understand your disappointment caused. 

I am happy to investigate this for you. Firstly, can you please confirm a few
details for me; 

Full Name
Billing address and postcode
Order number  
Are you the person who placed the order?


If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact and I will be
more than happy to help. 


Kind Regards,


Ashlee 
Customer Services 

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

What’s not to like!

Recent purchase of very heavily-reduced items (husband loves my ‘bargains’!): Easy ordering of nice, genuine products, arrived next day well-packaged….what’s not to like!

14 November 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Bought a light that cost £800 less than…

Bought a light that cost £800 less than a year ago - it has a 2 year warranty - now day 5 of them not bothering to respond to me

13 November 2023
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Reply from AMARA

Hi Lindy,


Thank you for getting in touch.


I am sorry for any issue with your lamp, I understand this must be very
disappointing for you. Unfortunately we cannot assist you over a public
platform, I apologise for any inconvenience caused but please contact us
privately via https://help.amara.com/en/support/home
[https://help.amara.com/en/support/home,].




Kind Regards
Charlotte
Customer Service

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Like other October 2023 buyers…

Like other October 2023 reviewers my order went astray. Paid for next day delivery. Had an email order had processed. Then it did not progress beyond taking the funds out of my account. Had to telephone Customer Service today to be told it may or may not be lost may or may not have been loaded on to a wagon may or may not have been lost on the M3. May or may not have never left our store. Will be several days to may or may not find it. So I cancelled the order - they cannot re-order until they have found or not found the original order ! I now have to wait 5 working days for my card to be refunded. NEVER AGAIN.

6 November 2023
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Reply from AMARA

Hi,

Thank you for leaving us your feedback, we are sorry to hear about your
experience with us on this occasion. We can see that our team are working hard
to resolve your issue for you. Please raise any questions or concerns via your
original ticket and we will be happy to help. 

Kind regards
paige
AMARA

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Amara won’t honor voucher

Amara issued a gift voucher when I returned a damaged item. They have since cancelled my account and say they have no record of my voucher. The gift voucher was for $6000. Numerous emails, phone calls and messages have failed. Do not trust Amara.

3 October 2023
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Reply from AMARA

Hi Eugenie,

Thank you for taking the time to write the review, I hope you are well.

I am sorry to hear that, I apologise for any inconvenience caused, I understand
how disappointed you must be. 


I have requested for additional information to be provided to us. This will
allow me to reachout to you in private and assist further. 



Kind Regards,
Customer Support

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