Belkin

If you want a truly unique experience in the worst HDMI cables on the market, then Belkin is for you! I have bought several of these cables now, and every time within three months of use, the cable will completely stop working and won't even register it has been plugged in. It also has a great habit of ripping out its connector inside my laptop, so I then have part of the cable stuck in the laptop's HDMI port. If you think you are paying for a "quality product" as advertised when buying one of these cables, then think again! Belkin is only here to waste your time and take your money.

We outfitted our new house with WeMo light switches and plugs, fourteen in all. At any given two are not recognized by Wemo, requiring physical reset. We got Wemo to coordinate with Amazon Alexa. More often than not, a switch or two is not recognized by Alexa. Often we have to tell Alexa to turn on device, then turn off the device and then turn on again to make it work. We travel a lot and like the Away Mode, however there is no way to reset a Wemo device when we are traveling. Yes, we have reset, reinstalled and all the other tricks Belkin recommends. All to no avail, problems persist. Again, Wemo is a great idea, it just doesn't work very well.

I ordered a USB hub (F4U088tt) for my iMac. The USB-C/Lightning Bolt cable that attaches to the hub continually falls out. I even contacted Belkin and they sent a replacement, the wrong replacement (F4U073tt). I let them know it was wrong product and have yet to be called back. Their customer support seem to only have their script to go by and do not wish to process anything other than what the script calls for when speaking with them on the phone.

We paid about $50 for our Belkin router, worked great until just recently. We called customer service because our router, after 2 years, had slowed down significantly and after calling our internet provider and running tests they told us to call Belkin and ask them to switch our router channel from auto to 1,6 or 11. Well, we call for them to tell us they can't help us unless we pay $29 to extend our warranty. All they could do over and over again, is apologize and tell me all they can do is offer me the warranty or if I want to, I can purchase another Belkin router... ha! That is never going to happen. I looked up how to change the channel myself. It was literally the click of a button. $29 for a 3 month warranty so you can click your mouse, no thanks. I will never buy from Belkin again. I have never been so frustrated talking to someone in CUSTOMER SERVICE!!!

Bought this Belkin signal expander N300 several years ago, got it set up with a few problems but then seemed to work fine extending the EE signal to areas of the home which previous I had to use a wired connection. However... now changed internet provider and the Belkin will not reset, go back to factory setting, basically will not connect to the new BT route. It continues to show the old router on the list of computers and gives an orange flashing light. I have referred to my original instruction disk but cannot open "Belkin.range" on my browser.

The customer support/technical support I just received was of very poor quality. Instead of trying to help me troubleshoot the product that I purchased from this company, the representative tried upselling a new device. He suggested that because my router is so old I would need to start over. Or, and here's the reason for my review, I could pay a small fee for him to help me. It's one thing to say my router is old and outdated, I need to buy a new one period, because there's no troubleshooting it. It's another thing to say you actually can help me, but for a small fee. This is ludicrous! I paid for a Belkin, and I should receive technical support complimentary for purchasing this product!

I have got to say that I have received the most horrible customer service ever from Belkin. Not only did I have to repeat myself several times that I have already done all the troubleshooting, but they persistently lied to me about what I said. I even told the person that he was not listening to me and he just kept repeating himself with the same commands. I told him several times that I was following the commands.

I do not have an issue with the quality of Belkin's products or their ability to protect my valuable electronics equipment and wireless network. What I have an issue with is when technical support blatantly lies to me and gives me technical advice that is totally useless. A thunderstorm struck the area in which I live several days ago. The Belkin surge protector took the hit and it fried the SAD and MOV levels of protection and the unit clearly needed to be replaced. I get that. I have an issue with a technician that tries to evade my direct questions and lies about it.

Belkin N600 Dual-Band Plug-In Wi-Fi Router - Will not open HTTP:// router or HTTP://192.168.2.1. Called tech support - got a lady from India and could not understand her. I do not speak Hindi. Asked for an English speaking person, because that is a law in the USA. Was told no one available. Will return this product and not do business with this company again.

Lightning Audio +Charge Rockstar 4" WHT - I received this part today and it doesn't work! Been on to customer service for over two hours but just kept being put on hold! Nothing sorted! Would never touch them again!! What a rubbish firm they are!

They make terribly cheap products in order to charge you for support when the "warranty" expires. Don't expect anything from them. They have no intention of providing a quality product, only to squeeze every penny from you by creating products to fail. I will never buy anything from them again.

I ordered an expensive cable from Belkin on Dec 10 and paid $1 for 2nd day delivery. The item was in stock and Belkin's stated policy is to ship within 24 hours. Belkin sent me a confirmation email on the 10th. On the 13th I called asking for the tracking number. Despite the email in my inbox Belkin claimed I ordered the item on the 12th. UPS cannot confirm the tracking number. I will not do business with them in the future. Dishonest company.

I bought a Belkin Mini Displayport to HDMI Adapter from Amazon in Sept 2014. A few months later it stopped working. Amazon told me to contact Belkin directly, which I did. After a somewhat tedious discussion with customer support, shipped the damaged item back to Belkin (at my own expense) and they sent me a replacement (cheaper-looking by the way). Less than 6 months later, the replacement dies. I contact Belkin again, who tells me that there is no guarantee on a replacement!!! More tedious discussion, and I finally obtain for that one to be replaced. I send the broken item back to them at my expense again and they send me another one (different model again), which died after 3 months! I gave up and bought from another brand, one that, unfortunately lasted me... 2 months!

I bought a Belkin router 4 weeks ago. When I called the company to do the setup we could never do the set up right so the speed of my internet went from 115 to 18 with the router. No wifi. I called several times. The last time it took 4 hours. I could not download the upgrade software. These people from other country very difficult to understand. Could not help me do anything. Now I have to return the router and buy a router through the cable company which is what I should have done to start with. Trying to save money, I wasted the $200 that I spent in the router. Never again.

The product issue: I loved this product from the day I bought it. 2 USB ports, three grounded plug-in spots for other devices and it was all on a single swivel three-prong plug for wherever your power source happened to be. It worked great for travel and work, but then the swiveling plug kept starting to pop out a bit. No bueno. Eventually, I lost the prongs (I might find them by end of day) after they fully popped out of the encasing and I couldn't put it back together. My surge protector was finally defunct. So, today in doing personal chores I came across the box for my Belkin Mini Surge Protector box for my sadly "departed" (and by that, I mean broken) device and saw that my Belkin product has a "Lifetime Warranty." Awesome! So I called the number I found on the website.

The customer call to India resulted in my being told that my PC had the Zeus Virus and that was causing my router not to work. The Belkin support guy set me up with another service tech at Cisco to remove the virus. I was smart to not take the bait, he was charging me $150 to remove the virus. I spent the next day running virus checks with the help of a support service I had. The virus did not exist, they lied and my router still doesn't work.

Just watched my second Belkin router die in the past 3 years... Called "tech support", was told that my 2-year warranty ended 2 months ago and I need special approval to receive a replacement. After arguing and screaming at some Indian people (first guy barely spoke English so I had to hang up and call back) for about 2 hours. I received the authorization!!! Amazing! Then all I needed to do was pay for shipping and give them my credit card number to keep on file. Easy peazy... Why don't I just send over my social security number and my dead grandfather's ashes! Soooo after another 30 min of screaming... I was told to calm down because quote unquote they are doing me a favor by replacing my second broken router instead of what they did last time which was tell me to buy a new one. I believe this is their normal response when customers call to discuss why all their Belkin products are malfunctioning.

I purchased a pair of Belkin earphones last December from a local retailer. I got it on sale which I thought was a good bargain even though it was still priced at the high-end. But, with just a few months of use, the quality of the sound started to deteriorate having static noises until it won't play anymore. I went back to the retailer together with the receipt to have it replaced due to a factory defect.

Both of the keyboard pads came loose and fell off. I called Belkin support and after 20 minutes they said "no support will be offered" and the magnets that hold the Belkin keyboard to the iPad are weak and insecure. Bought from Amazon for $132. No more Belkin for me!

When I purchased an iPad Air 2 a little more than a year ago, I wanted a keyboard case for it. I checked out the reviews and chose the case I was led to believe would be the best choice for me - Belkin Qode Ultimate Pro Keyboard Case. As a Canadian, my challenges began because the product was not yet available in Canada. Belkin in the U.S. would not send it to me and so the only way I could purchase it was to have it sent to a relative in the U.S. who mailed it to me. Hence, I ended up paying postage twice. From the beginning I had difficulty pairing the keyboard case with my iPad Air 2. The connection was unstable. I contacted the Belkin technicians who did not help or admit to me that many of the keyboards are defective. Since I had purchased the product in the U.S., I then repeatedly looked for online support on blogs and did find a little help from others with similar problems.

I can describe this company in three words: "piece of **". The tech support is trash. They're non English (proper English) speaking workers in India who only want to take over your computer to either hack your passwords, or bank account info while charging you a fee to fix a problem that takes them over 45 mins, which can actually be done in 5. NEVER use Belkin products unless you have a fetish for annoyance. Someone should really report these people to BBB and have them investigated.

Terrible experience. Tried ordering a $25 item online from the Belkin website with a 25% coupon. The site would not accept the promotion code and I called customer service. After 1 hour on the phone and being directed to 4 departments, I was asked to send a copy of the email verifying the 25% off to the Belkin website (as customer service could not activate the coupon either). I was told that my case would be reviewed and someone would get back to me in 24-48 hours. I explained that this was totally unacceptable as I expected my product to be shipped in that time frame. It was a continuous holding pattern. I went to Amazon, found the same product for more than 25% less and I will receive it with free shipping within 2 days! What a coupon scam!!

Belkin International tried to sell me $99 fix for loss of internet/Roku access due to router issue. Also tried to sell me antivirus/security software that costs $119 initially and $69 per year. Told me it would take 35 minutes to clear more than 8000 corruptions from my desktop computer and get me connected to internet. I declined. Fixed problem myself in less that 10 minutes and saved a lot of money! BEWARE: Belkin just wants to charge you for stuff once a year.

I bought two phone cases and a charger from their online website. On one phone there seems to be this discoloration all over the case which is kind of sad considering that maybe why they're on sale in the first place. Definitely not worth the $7 for that kind of quality. The charger works but there is a kink in it that I can't flatten out.

I purchased on Jan. 25th 2016 from Best Buy store a Belkin router. It worked for less than a month and died. I spent 2 days trying to contact Belkin support to get a replacement. They kept putting me off trying to delay or not replace the router to begin with. They wanted me to hook it up so they could go online and check it. My computer tech tested it and it is dead. Belkin customer service does not exist. They do not want to replace defective items and make it impossible to get service.

Ordered WeMo sensor on the Belkin UK online store. They sent me a "used" product then tried to deny it on the phone. Was told that there was no "complaints department", the agent I was speaking to was in the Philippines, very unhelpful. I had to repeat everything about 4 times. Still not sorted. Very annoying because they have some good products, but it's put me off buying from them now.

Have bought two Belkin products, both of which have been disasters. The router frequently drops from the internet and there is nothing that can be done to get it back on. Called customer service and they informed me that there is a problem and that it will have to be replaced but since it is "out of warranty" they won't do it. Mind you, they have no idea when I actually bought it, they were going entirely upon an honor system and with me being a fool I told them the accurate date of purchase. I also purchased a Ethernet to USB adapter that is apparently not compatible with Windows 8. This too stopped working and they said that there is nothing that can be done. Lesson to be learned: Don't buy Belkin products. They are easily dated and do not work.

I want to write this to warn others. I feel like it's the right thing to do considering Belkin is out to screw customers over. Their wireless routers do an AWFUL job connecting to internet and they know it, which is why they constantly tell customers to SPEND MONEY (!?) for technical service after 80 days. Are you kidding? Spending money on crappy tech service for their lousy product? Disappointing.

I have bought 10 or more of these plastic phone chargers, and they fray after only a couple months and stop working. It is very frustrating paying so much for something that I really need and that doesn't last long at all. Incredibly frustrating when I rely on my phone for work and other important things, and suddenly the charger just stops working. I'm switching to android after this phone to avoid this type of crap in the future.

I called the Technical Support Singapore. Obviously this staff has completely no knowledge at all. All she do is asking me to plug in and unplug, reset and restart the cables between the router, computer and the modem. All I want is to connect the router. She wasted more than an hour of my time and at the end of it, tell me she can't do anything. Her name she says is Nasiah. Not sure is that her real name that she gave. Belkin is such a well known brand and yet don't even have the capability to employ a qualified staff that can do technical support hotline. I really wondered how she got the job in the first place. Really pissed me off totally! I am pleased to announced that I will never buy Belkin brand and will not recommend anyone that i know to purchase anything from Belkin... What is the point of buying item from them and cannot get connected and is of useless to us! Feeling cheated and wasting my life away!