Birchbox UK Reviews 

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Used to be a loyal Birchbox customer back in the day. reactivated my account and paid subscription over a month ago and have received nothing. Emailed customer service 3 times to be told they’re switc... See more

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

I used Birchbox years ago and absolutely loved it, however I joined again this year and have had the worst experience! Boxes not arriving and they blame the courier. I was waiting for my February and... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Boxes not getting shipped, impossible to get honest answers. Standard "we value your business" responses to any emails or comments on sm. July, through September boxes were late abd duplicate prod... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

After being subscribed for pretty much 6 years I'm incredibly disappointed to see Birchbox UK has gone the same way as Pink Parcel. No communication to customers, deletion of social media, taking mone... See more

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Like beauty? Love Birchbox Get the UK's No.1 Beauty Box, your 5 personalised beauty treats delivered every month Treat yourself to a beautiful box of 5 beauty goodies every month Discover new brands and products personalised to your skin, hair and style Buy the ones you love in our shop, get 10% off products in this month’s box No commitments, no contract, cancel any time with our monthly option Every month you choose an element of your Birchbox, such as a product or the box design. Tell us about your Beauty Profile (in your account) to help us select products we think you’ll love to try. It’s like a present to yourself every month! 5 personalised beauty treats and you choose either a product in your box or the design.


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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Similar to other recent complaints

Company went bust last year and I was still owed one box that I paid for and never received. Recent email (26/6/23) to say that this owed box was being dispatched and an Evri tracking reference was provided, the reference isn’t recognised on Evri even today (14/7/23). Another monthly charge has been taken from my account also for this month. The link within the email to contact customer services doesn’t work, they have prevented anyone from commenting on their social media posts - likely as there are so many issues. My old web account is limited and states that the website is still being worked on, I can’t delete my information/cancel the account and they aren’t making it easy to get in touch with them. Guess I’ll have to ask my bank to be involved and dispute the charge

14 July 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Fraudulent

Taken money from my account in June 2023 for a box in October 2022 said they have posted it gave a tracking number not recognised ! Did not give permission to restart subscription with new owners. I’m assuming I will have to do a charge back grrrrr

14 July 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

SCAM!

They tried to renew my subscription even though I'd cancelled! Over 2 weeks ago said they had posted the box I was owed from Oct 2022 no sign of box and the tracking number is not recognised

8 July 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

June box - what box? Shambles!

Replacement box (only been promised one even though my annual subscription had more remaining when they went bust) was supposedly shipped last week. Tracking number is invalid. Courier has no details on the shipment. It’s been over a week so I hold out absolutely zero hope I’ll ever get this box or the ones that I paid for.

Seems these “new” owners want to start the same was the previous ones left off.

4 July 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible company, renewed my subscription without permission.

I cancelled my subscription about a year ago and 3 days ago, money has been taken out of my account for a new subscription. The company has terrible customer service, and the product is not worth the hassle of all the issues they have caused me over the last year. I am considering contacting my bank and reporting the money taken out as fraudulent and blocking them because I do not trust that this won't happen again.

27 June 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Birchbox scam, restarting subscriptions after being cancelled!

Cancelled over 12 months ago and received a notification that they had take £75 from my account on the 26/06/23. No phone numbers to contact them so sent an email, waited 72 hours without any reply and have now reported them to my bank as fraudulent transaction. Shout out to Halifax for acting fast once contacted, card cancelled and new one in post, blocked any transactions with Birchbox in the title. Also refunded the money immediately!

26 June 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Fake tracking number

They've been sending emails for several months announcing they bought the company out and were resuming the service so it wasn't a surprise when they charged me. What's surprising is they sent me a fake Evri tracking number (shows as number that doesn't exist). So no money and no box. Great.

26 June 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Restarted my subscription without my consent

Like a number of other reviewers on here, my subscription ended 6 months ago. Today, they randomly decided they would restart the subscription and take my money. This is terrible, I have not asked to restart my subscription. Their customer service have not responded to my complaint.

27 June 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Taken money from my account without permission

After disappearing for months and not completely fulfilling my previous membership, Birchbox have taken money from my account this morning for another year’s membership without my permission. I contacted them in May 2023 to ensure this didn’t happen, I notified customer services I no longer want to be a member, I deleted my payment details and cancelled my membership via my account login but this has all been ignored. It is disgusting how they have relaunched and not got permission or authorisation from previous members that they still want to be a member. This surely a breach of customers rights and data protection. Awful company.

27 June 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

They've actually stolen money from me.

They've actually stolen money from me.

I had a 12-month subscription that ended in July 2022. For some reason, today, they have taken £12.12 out of my account. I haven't even so much as visited this website in a year. They've actually stolen money from me

27 June 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

@birchbox you still owe me two boxes…

@birchbox you still owe me two boxes for last year, locked me out of my account when you went bust last year, I was forced to cancel via email in December, you have the audacity to restart my subscription without asking me for your 'relaunch' and bill me 38 quid - this is theft.

27 June 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Took my money without notifying me…

So I've just been charged for a 3 month subscription after almost a year of no contact from the company. I have been unable to log into my account since last year and now they've randomly taken my money without my permission, with the same details I used before. I have emailed them and hoping for a response soon and also a refund as now I will be facing bank charges for going overdrawn. Charged me 2 days before my payday !!

27 June 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I paid for a 12 month subscription…

I paid for a 12 month subscription in June 2022. I only received boxes in July, August and then the September box was delivered in October, nothing since… so out of the 12 months I’ve only received 3 boxes.
Customer service has ignored me, tried doing a chargeback from my bank but they can’t get the money back either. There’s no way to contact Birchbox and no way to get my money back.

1 October 2022
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

They took just short of £100 from me

They took just short of £100 from me for a 12month membership on the 24th October 2022 …..
Never received a box, an email, a refund, a letter, nothing 😤
I’ve emailed and keep getting automated nonsense that I’ll be updated in due course.
Livid …… I just want my money back.
Is there no other way of contacting them ????

14 February 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Disappointing

Its disappointing, I had been with Birchbox for coming up to a year I think last december I would enjoy receivng the box and seeing what products I got. However since about August 2022, it started going downhill with the date you were supposed to receive the box being pushed back. The last box I receieved was the September box which I received at the very end of October. The October box money came out at the beginning of the month and since then there has been radio silence. Ive contacted support twice, once at the end of OCtober to chase up the box and one in January. I had tried to leave it after the first email as they had mentioned that if you emailed again this would push back when support would get back to you - buit it had been 3 months and I was impatient.

I thought I would check in on their website and apart from the message they had displayed regarding no longer taking any orders there has been no news with this October box. I went to see if I could go to their help and support page and this appears to have now been taken down.

The only reason I havent given this review a 1 start was purely for the enjoyment I used to receive with these boxes. I hope they get this issue sorted out soon or at least start sending out refunds for these October boxes that are now running far too late.

3 February 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Shocking company

Were really good, not sure what happened, but this company has gone monumentally down hill. I am owed a box or refund but they won't reply to my e mails. Have been e mailing since November. Thank goodness I cancelled when I did or they'd have thieved more of my money!!!

21 January 2023
Unprompted review

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