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Abercrombie & Fitch has designed and sold casual clothing and accessories since 1892. Targeting a young adult demographic, it offers a range of apparel, including jeans, t-shirts, outerwear and swimwear.

Pros
  • Easy return process
  • Timely delivery
Cons
  • Poor customer service at times
  • Inconsistent product quality

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 4, 2018

    This company will not cancel your order and will process regardless of my actions to cancel. Then it is your responsibility to return for refund. Called customer service to dispute and was told by the agent that she couldn’t help me and there was no one else to speak to. Managers do not handle customer phone disputes. The agent, Kiwah, sarcastically suggested that I call back to “speak” to someone else. She said it must have been a computer glitch and the order would process even though it had not shipped yet. Sounds illegal to process cancelled orders or orders that haven’t shipped. This could turn into a class action lawsuit for mishandling customer’s money and misrepresentation of ability to cancel order. Website prompted me that my cancellation was “successful”.

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    Reviewed Sept. 12, 2018

    This is what I wrote: Yesterday I reviewed the 60% sale (10 Sept) and found a navy anorak jacket that was at $35, with 30% plus off. I placed it in my bag and when I returned to the site today to purchase I saw that it had disappeared. I know that items in the bag are only taken off if the items are bought and then sold out or if the sale is over. The sale is not over and the price has been raised to $52 plus 30% extra off.

    I spent over half an hour on the line with the chat service who told me all sorts of stories that today it is at 50% (not true, it is $52 down from $130), that yesterday it was at 30% (also not true) and in the end told me I needed to write you guys an email, and I requested the same from him. The long and short of it is that I would still like to purchase the Navy Anorak Jacket Large at the original price that I had it in my bag, namely $35 plus 30% extra off, I see that it is still available. BUYERS BEWARE!!!

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    Reviewed April 10, 2018

    I went into a store and purchased kids' wear and I had to show them the sales online before they were prepared to meet some of them, but even then they wouldn't match them exactly nor supply any discounts that were offered online stating in store or online savings. So I wrote to them. Who's the customer here and why aren't you offering your best price from the get go... Enough of the bull. It should be one price for all. You scan and it gives you the cheapest price.

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    Reviewed March 17, 2018

    I trusted Abercrombie shopping online and I will never do it again. I was very dependent on receiving the package because it was a present for my daughter. I paid 167 pounds for things. They were not provided to me because they said the address was incorrect. I checked and everything was written correctly, and besides ordering, I also left a phone number. After receiving an e-mail, the package cannot be delivered, I wrote to the Abercrombie and they did not do anything about it. It was their mistake and in addition I had to pay for the cost of returning the items I did not get 18 pounds. I will never do shopping there again and I will not recommend it to anyone. It is terribly frustrating and humbling for my person. You are such a great Abercrombie brand and you have failed. I feel a huge dislike for you, a total lack of professionalism and competence.

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    Reviewed Feb. 10, 2018

    Wore a pair of expensive jogging pants no more than ten times. Not even heavy physical exercise and both cuffs at bottom are ripped. Customer service takes no responsibility for poor quality. Won’t buy from them again.

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 8, 2017

    Here is what happened: Purchased jacket on 9/17/17 for $140 via online. Price dropped 9/20/17 to $96. Went to A&F store in the mall to get price adjustment of $48 (refunded to PayPal). Decided to not keep the jacket two weeks later and went to return. Store refused to take it and asked to ship back. Jacket shipped back to Albany, NY. Item received on 10/27/17. No response from A&F representative. Called in 3 weeks after - another representative gave reference number with escalated claim. Heard no words from A&F. Called back after 2 weeks. Another rep said she will escalate claim and a higher team member that will contact within 48 hours. No contact after 6 days, and I decided to call today and the rep said to email orderservice@abercrombie the receipt of the price adjustment. Shouldn’t this information be told 7 weeks ago? I just don’t understand how a reputable company as A&F can run so inefficiently with their customer service.

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    Reviewed Nov. 19, 2017

    I placed an order for 4 items on the A&F online store. I paid Shipping and Handling - $20 - via FedEx (this is the only option, you don't get to choose). The order was shipped to me in Israel and FedEx contacted me. They told me that I need to pay them duties and tax (which is ok), and an additional $30, for Shipping and Handling. Otherwise I don't get the package. Nowhere in the order process was I notified of the hidden additional sum (only the upfront one was calculated and shown).

    When contacting FedEx about this, they sent me over back to Abercrombie & Fitch, telling me it's between me and them. When I contact A&F, they tell me to talk to FedEx. In effect, my package is held hostage until I pay Shipping and Handling a second time. Sort of a ransom. It doesn't seem like lawful conduct, to double-bill a customer. Hiding this during the order process is quite definitely proof of piss-poor attitude towards customers, and bouncing me back and forth when I want to sort this out is horrendous service, in the least.

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    Reviewed Nov. 15, 2017

    I order frequently from Abercrombie kids and shipping has always been slower than any other company (Amazon, Nordstrom, Gap, etc.). It has gotten worse though. My most recent order shipped on 11/9 and when I tracked it the expected delivery date is 11/17! It ships from Ohio and I live in New Jersey. In this day and age this is unacceptable! Please get it together Abercrombie. This falls under Customer Service and you guys are seriously lacking by employing teenagers in the stores who are not knowledgeable or even try to be helpful and your online orders take a year and a day to get to the customer. Please take a cue from just about every other company out there and get your orders to customers in a timely manner.

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    Reviewed Nov. 1, 2017

    I ordered online for around 100 euros. With express next day delivery. It's been more than 10 days now and still no merchandise. Calls, online chats, emails have only added to the frustration. Going back home to South Africa soon and I probably won't have my goods and the money I spent on it. Never expected this coming in to Europe. For a brand that I was hopeful would one day enter our market, I now hope that they never do. This is criminal!

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    Reviewed July 11, 2017

    I ordered a E-Gift card for my boyfriend's birthday and selected to have the card delivered to him the same day and it processed with the same day delivery. I waited almost the entire day and the card never came. I called customer service and was told it takes 24-48 hours to get the card which is not what I was advised ordering. So I canceled the order because my boyfriend's birthday was over. Needless to say, I'm STILL WAITING ON MY REFUND!! I will never in life buy anything from this place and the customer service is Horrible!!

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    Reviewed July 10, 2017

    So done with this company. Literally received the bottom of a bathing suit that was actually soiled. You could see and smell what I assume is menstrual blood on the bikini. Customer service was bare minimum. They offered to resend me another one the next day and two days later I did not receive it. I messaged their FB page who told me it is on back order and I'll know in 7-10 days if the item will be restocked. Basically I could have been waiting over a week when I was told I would get next day shipping. They offered me a refund of the extra shipping and bikini. After the health hazard I got in the mail, I was offered a $10 coupon. Pretty disgusted with the brand after my experience.

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    Reviewed June 21, 2017

    I ordered some shirts online from Abercrombie and Fitch, one of which was the white striped crew t-shirt which was on sale for $10. When I opened the box, the white striped crew t-shirt was not white. Instead, it was a pink-ish hue that does not go away when washed. This company should not even have sent this shirt to me because it was very clearly pink even when first looking at the shirt after opening the box. Very disappointed as an online shopper.

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    Reviewed May 5, 2017

    Overall I am happy with my purchase. I bought a pair of jeans on sale, and they look and feel great. The problem is I paid extra for 3 day shipping, and it took the item a week to arrive at my door. I've selected the 3 day shipping option in the past, and once the item is shipped (not including processing and handling time which is usually 1 to 2 days) the items always arrived 3 days later. In the past when I have selected 3 day shipping from A&F the items are shipped through FedEx, and come directly to my door. This time however they used Fedex Smartpost which basically adds an extra shipping day because Fedex then transfers the items to the local post office for delivery.

    This has happened before, but only if I choose the default shipping option. This was the specific reason why I paid extra for the 3 day shipping. I didn't want to have to wait an extra day for Smartpost. I don't know if this was just a mistake, and someone missed that I had selected 3 day shipping, or if they've changed the way they do things. Either way they shouldn't use Fedex Smartpost for a 3 day shipping option, because that always adds an extra day. I know that the 3 day shipping does not include handling time (just want to point that out so anyone reading this doesn't think I'm being unreasonable). The item shipped out promptly the next day, and this being a Tuesday I was hopeful the item would arrive by weeks end. But it didn't. I ordered on a Monday, and it arrived the following Monday after being shipped out on a Tuesday.

    Had it not been for Smartpost I would have received the item on Friday, but because of Smartpost I didn't receive my order until the following Monday, 1 full week after placing it, meaning that the 3 day shipping turned into 5 day shipping. I understand that once the item ships A&F isn't in control of how fast Fedex gets it to me, but obviously if Smartpost is selected the item cannot possibly arrive in 3 days. But that's why I almost always select 3 day shipping instead of the default option. To avoid instances like this.

    I still love A&F, and this won't affect me continuing to shop there. I just don't think they should offer a 3 day shipping option if they're intent is to ship it by way of Smartpost. At best with Smartpost you're always going to be looking at at least 4 days, and sometimes 5 (as with my most recent purchase). I guess from now on I'll select the 2 day shipping option, and then maybe if I'm lucky the items will get here in 3 days (not including handling time). Either way I still recommend A&F. Their clothes are ultimately worth the wait.

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    After a positive interaction with Abercrombie & Fitch, Ekaterina increased their star rating on April 12, 2017.

    Updated review: April 12, 2017

    i got a refund but company sells bad quality items and its a problem. i did few orders and each arrived with issues. you can shop with Abercrombie but prepare to get sad surprises

    Original Review: March 31, 2017

    I ordered bass duck boots from Abercrombie.com... I have a feeling that G.H.Bass gives them whatever decommissioned ** they can't sell by themselves. I received scratched and covered in glue marks shoes. NO reply on my issue, NO refund. Cheated!

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    Reviewed Jan. 27, 2017

    I have been always fond of their apparel and have purchased a lot of items from them so far. However, I have been having a terrible experience with online shopping. With so limited number of stores, even returning an item is a headache. With one item, my refund was altogether $14 less than what I spent, simply because they will deduct additional charges, and their shipping was not free either. This made sure that I would never purchase an item from them online.

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    Customer ServiceOnline & AppStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 27, 2017

    Abercrombie & Fitch has been horrible to deal with. I noticed the quality of the clothing getting worse and worse, such as going to quality cotton to now mostly polyester & elastane so I decided to write to their design department and hear back what they would do (usually buy their men's 100% cotton woven boxers but they really messed the brand by changing them with 96% cotton & 4% elastane instead now, they're horrible now so I wrote to them about it). I waited and waited nothing.

    I used the instant chat service several times and all they would say is to email the general email address. I did so, so many times and when I finally got a response, they sent me a one short sentence letter, saying "sorry we have no plans to change our clothing, thank you." I was outraged that they said nothing or apologize or anything to see what we can do or anything to handle my concerns. After all I have been a customer for a long time and for them to kick me to the curb and say merely nothing back.

    So I looked on their website and saw where customers can leave reviews on their clothes, you'll notice that they have a leave a review for each garment. I did so and left 1-star reviews on the clothes I was buying how they changed the quality. The website says it takes 3 days for reviews to post but when I noticed if one review got posted, somehow two 5-star reviews would appear on top of mine immediately which I found odd when there was no reviews at all before mine. I then posted some more 1-star reviews and noticed they didn't posted them but they apparently allowed 5-star reviews to post but when I read the reviews, it was obvious the reviews weren't customer reviews but reviews written by Abercrombie & Fitch staff.

    I began to look through the website and noticed there are fake reviews on the website after seeing the fishy reviews. I feel betrayed and lied to but yet they want your business. I understand they want to make money by downgrading their products but it’s the way they are doing it to customers. It is wrong for a long owned company but I am assuming the people who are running now aren't the people running it years back and it shows.

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    Punctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 4, 2017

    I ordered various items of clothing online from Abercrombie Kids. The items shipped quickly and I received them on time even during the busy holiday season. Everything is of excellent quality, the sizing runs a small so I had to take almost everything back to the store in which they easily allowed for the exchanges. The staff member was very helpful in helping me locate similar items and the exchange went well. I didn't have any trouble whatsoever and will definitely shop their website and store again.

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    Reviewed Dec. 8, 2016

    I purchased 6 items on Nov. 6th, 2016, it is now Dec. 7th 2016 and I still have not received my order. I ordered these items early, so I thought. I wanted these items before Thanksgiving. I was then hoping by Christmas, I am not convinced at this point that will occur either. They have shipped the order 2 times, no order received at my residence to date. I have been on the phone with customer service at least 10 times, their response is unacceptable... "There is nothing we can do", "We can not refund your money", "We can not ship another order", "We do not know where your order is", "Someone else received your order and there is still nothing we can do". So, I am at a loss, I have been charged, but have not received my order. Extremely dissatisfied.

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    Reviewed Nov. 28, 2016

    I purchase a pyjamas from the Store on North Point Mall Georgia. I was there on black Friday. I select a XS and asked the cashier if I can come back to change the size if they won't fit me. She agreed. Then I like my pyjamas loose, then I came back on Sunday the 27th to exchange for a size Small instead. The guy that was in the cash register told me he was the manager and I will have to pay almost $9 more because the promotion was not 50% anymore. I told him my intention is just switch sizes. He didn't want to honor my price and made me pay for the difference. I was very disappointed. I paid the difference. Hollister changed a size for me same day, same promotion with not hassle at all. Bad customer service experience. Never come back and I don't recommend nobody to do business with Abercrombie. I am going to publish this in all social media now.

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    Reviewed July 20, 2016

    Seriously! It advertised to have short on sales for $20. Placed the order and waited for 2 weeks. Kept letting me know it is back order. Today, they sent an email and let me know... "We are sorry for the inconvenience, but your merchandise on back order is no longer expected to be available. If you would like a recommendation for a similar item, send us an email or give us a call." Seriously, they are selling the same shorts online right now for $35. False advertising. First time buyer, never ever come back again.

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    Reviewed July 20, 2016

    I ordered a pair of jeans on July 7th for site to store. I received an email that my order was in transit. After about a week of and not hearing anything about my order I sent an email and got a response a few days later stating that someone will contact me in 24-48 hours. No one ever contacted me so I tried calling a couple of times on two different days and no one answers. I googled a contact number and was able to find a 1-800 number which I called. I spoke with the CSR and she told me my order was delivered to the store on July 12th. I called the store to verify if they had my order and I was told that they didn't have it. I called back customer service and they said that they would forward my concerns to the resolutions department. I told her the resolution is to send me my jeans immediately or credit my account. She said she can't and it had to go to the resolution department.

    I asked for a supervisor and she said they weren't available and that someone will call me in 3-5 business days. I called their corporate office only to get blind transferred and when I called back I was told that they cannot help me and I needed to email or call customer service. Finally I sent them a Facebook message and I was told that the jeans were delivered but there is a hold up but they don't know why and will work diligently to find out and that someone will contact me in 24-48 hours. I have never experienced such horrible service. As of yet, they still have my money and I don't have my product, this is pretty much theft. I will never shop there again.

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    Reviewed July 15, 2016

    Never seen such a poor customer and delivery service. My shipment was supposed to get delivered on 11th July and yet it is somewhere in between. I was in continuously follow-up for the delivery schedule but it was being delayed. Later today, upon tracking it shows: Shipment unclaimed and returning back to sender!!! Now, nobody had delivered the shipment at my home and why should I go somewhere to pick it up? What's the meaning of home delivery for the order above few bucks? Taking help of customer service in chat - customer service representative is so apologetic that almost I can see his/her tears! But can do nothing. Only can give toll free # for further help.

    Now, doing EMAIL @ Abercrombie (provided on website for customer care), they have script of reply within one business day. From last 3 days I am emailing on this email ID but not getting reply back! Feeling helpless... Recommendation: Never try to place order online @ Abercrombie, Hollister. Deals are lucrative but you will spend most of the part of your life in just tracking order and if you are lucky, you will hear/get reply from customer service.

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    Reviewed June 25, 2016

    I've ordered several times and clothing has been great and good quality. I've had contact with contact centre staff and staff in store at both Abercrombie and Hollister of which the help has been 2nd to none and considering I was having support with sensitive sizing the staff in all locations helped me personally, and never once just read out the size chart. They thought for themselves outside the box and made me comfortable. Never had issues with shipping. It's £9 UK to send things back which can be a pain but staff are so helpful with sizing. I rarely get it wrong now with their support and when I was having to order a lot with potential multiple returns Abercrombie dealt with me with dignity and personal support with this waivered and a 20% discount to help cover costs.

    Staff have helped me with recommendations for gifts and have always recommended appropriate items in the sale as well as some that aren't - IE recommended the right item not the most expensive. My only annoyance is I'm too short and the jeans come up long so have to have them taken up but to be fair I buy lots in the sale so it still works out very cheap for good quality items. Also as for no help/reply to messages/emails with issues I also had a slight issue and Abercrombie were more than helpful and replied to every message way before the 24 hr guidance.

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    Reviewed June 14, 2016

    Abercrombie online store has a policy to reply all messages within 24 hours, but every time I send a message about cancellation of product or ask for refund they curiously don't answer. Even if I send messages for two weeks there is no reply! They totally IGNORE you if you want solve any issue. THERE IS NO WAY TO CONTACT THEM TO SOLVE ANY ISSUE. THEY JUST DON'T REPLY!!!

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    Reviewed June 4, 2016

    I ordered a pair of classic chino shorts from Abercrombie and Fitch a little over a week ago when they were on sale. Today they arrived, and although I am a size 6 literally everywhere else, these shorts are huge on me. They wouldn't even stay on my waist. They fell down to my feet when zipped up! I called to try to exchange the shorts, but unfortunately, they say that it will be my responsibility to pay to send them back for an exchange. That is unacceptable, because doing so from my country would be the same price I paid for the shorts in the first place! All the sudden my shorts cost double, because their sizing is misleading? Not cool.

    This is not the first time Abercrombie has messed up my order. Of the 5 times I've ordered from A&F, 3 orders had big mistakes. Once they sent me the skirt I ordered in a different color; another time they sent me a completely different sweater than I ordered, then tried to blame me for the mistake, THEN when I showed them the confirmation email showing which sweater I ordered, they changed their tune and told me it was my cost to eat anyway. I am never ordering from this store again. It's way too expensive to keep covering their mistakes! Beware!

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    Reviewed May 19, 2016

    I placed an order over Abercrombie (Order ID: **) website last month. I was told to have a free shipping so I ordered the items for India at my home address. The total item cost was around $150 and Fedex through which they couriered - they asked me to pay 30% custom duty to get it delivered at my house. I was shock listening to such high custom duties. So I asked them let me talk to Abercrombie and get back on the same. Meanwhile I had these discussions and all I got a message from fedex that my order has been abandoned as on instructions by Abercrombie. Yesterday I dropped them mail and they are not sending me refund neither the items. It like a total loss to me.

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    Reviewed April 28, 2016

    I signed up to receive Abercrombie text messages and in return received a promo for $10 off my order. I found a cute top online and applied the amount, but did not want to pay $7 for shipping (which honestly for one shirt is ridiculous), so I looked for the pick-up in store option. I live in Los Angeles and there were no stores that offered in-store pickup within 500 miles! I emailed customer service to see if they could do anything for me and they got back to me the next morning, saying that as a one-time courtesy they would remove the shipping fee to have it shipped to my home. They told me to go ahead and submit the order and they would remove the shipping afterwards.

    I placed the order and sent them my order number right away. It took them over a day to get back to me, in which they said they could not offer the free shipping because I had used a promo code. If I had known that, I wouldn't have even placed the order in the first place! I emailed them back asking them to cancel the order and give me a full refund, but I have not heard back yet. I called the customer service line tonight and asked them if they could help in this situation.

    The girl was totally unhelpful and said she couldn't do anything, and couldn't even transfer me to a manager or tell me when a manager would be in. She said she couldn't cancel the order because it has already shipped... but honestly how is that my problem? They should have gotten back to me to say they could not remove the shipping cost before it actually shipped. She said I could return the item to a store but I would not get my shipping money back. What kind of customer service offers you free shipping but then takes it away after you place the order? Totally unprofessional. I will not be buying anything from them again.

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    Reviewed Feb. 19, 2016

    I placed an order in November, for a hat, down vest, and sherpa hoodie. I have ordered from Abercrombie numerous times before and have never had an issue, until recently. They honestly have the worst customer service that I have ever dealt with. I started to notice that when I would wear the vest, I would find little feathers all over my clothing. I didn't pay much attention to it, until one day I saw something white coming out of the vest. The down in the vest was coming out of the seams. I expected better quality for a $40 vest, especially with it being from Abercrombie and that I've never had any kind of issue with their clothing before.

    I contacted the company through email telling them about the down coming out of the vest and how I no longer saw the vest on their website, and was unsure of what they would be able to do. I was told to send in pictures of where the down was coming out, as well as my order number, and that they would send them to their Quality Control Department, then once they determined if the item was defective or not, they would ship me out a new one. About a day later, I get an email from them saying that they will be shipping out a new one and that it would arrive by February 15. This confused me as I thought if it wasn't on their website it wasn't available.

    A few days later I get a generic email, one that every other person on back order would receive, stating how the vest is on back order and that they have no idea when it will be in stock again. You would think that the woman who told me they would be shipping out a new one or just someone that I had dealt with along the way, would have been able to check into if the item was available or not, and would have told me that it was on back order, rather than telling me it would arrive in about a week. I messaged the woman telling her just that, and all she can say is how she has no idea when it will be available again.

    A few days later, once again I receive another generic email, stating that the vest has been cancelled for back order, and will no longer be available! You would think that I would get an email from someone from the company stating that they're sorry for this and telling me how they are going to resolve the problem, but no. I messaged them once again, telling them how frustrated I am, and how it seems as if they just don't want to send a replacement at all. I asked for either a return or store credit, but after this incident I don't want to deal with Abercrombie anymore.

    I always liked their clothing and thought they were a decent company, as I had never had an issue with ordering before, but not anymore! Throughout this whole process I have been direct from person to person. Not one person can seem to handle the issue. They have almost made it seem as if the defected vest is my issue, not theirs. They dont seem to want to help at all, and they seem as if they just don't care about issues like this. Horrible customer service! If it weren't for me constantly emailing them for updates, I'm sure that they would forget about this, and never send me out a new one or resolve the problem. I will update when I receive another email from them about what they're going to do about this.

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    Reviewed Feb. 11, 2016

    During the last week of January A&F was having a crazy sale and being the impulse buyer I am I spent over $400.00 close to $500.00 online on the store. Because I did not read the return policy I failed to notice that if you pay with Paypal they cannot return you the money instead it would go on store credit. But if you ship it back to the USA you can get the full refund but they do not pay for shipping. I was absolutely appalled when I found out this information at the store because I know tons of retailers that do return the money back into the paypal account with no problem.

    That being said I immediately called A&F asking them, "Is there any way for me to get my money back because I was not going to have over $300.00 on store credit!". They said all I had to do was take a picture of the receipts and then they could return the money back into my paypal. I patiently waited for their email which the person over the phone said it would take 2 days but I ended up waiting for 4. Because I had multiple orders I told the associate over the phone that I had two more orders coming in and I am sure I won't keep all of the products so is there a way for them to waive the return shipping fee. She kindly agreed to that so that made me a little bit more happy.

    Fast forward a couple days I don't hear back from the email and when I went to the post office with the two packages that came in the post office told me I would have to pay around $50.00 for the items to be shipped back. I was not going to pay that much money to ship the items back plus the associate told me that she already waived the fee. I call again and the new associate over the phone told me that it would have been impossible for the other associate to waive the fee because I live in Canada and they do not provide that kind of service. She said since they didn't have proof for what was previously promised. So they totally pushed the responsibility on me. Basically accusing me of lying because I didn't have proof of the conversation.

    So then they told me the only way I can get a refund is if I go to the store with 25 items and return it. Get store credit and redo the whole process that has been taking over a week and counting. Even now I still have not gotten my money back from the first phone call. Their customer service is very slow and they just seem like they do not care about their customers. After having such a terrible and nightmare like experience I do not think I will be shopping from A&F online ever again. The problem is still ongoing and I'm just at the point where I am starting to give up if not for the money. I have NEVER EVER EVER experience such bad customer service over the phone ever in my life from any company.

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    Reviewed Jan. 26, 2016

    I bought a coat for my daughter last Thanksgiving and a boy tugged on the buttons and ripped it a month later. Heartbroken because of how much my daughter and I loved the coat, I contacted Abercrombie via e-mail to let them know what happened. They asked me to send them three different pictures. One close-up of damage, one of the tag, and one of the entire coat. Abercrombie gave me a refund stating that they apologize that the merchandise got damaged. Jessica from their customer service department helped me. I've been buying Abercrombie since high school, although pricey, the quality of their products have been great.

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    Reviewed Jan. 8, 2016

    I've never ordered from them before and never will again. I place an order for some Christmas gifts. There was an option to pay an additional $10 for shipping (which otherwise would have been free) to have it arrive on Christmas eve. They emailed me a day later saying the items were back ordered. Fine. I accepted to keep my order. Once shipped (and when it was obvious it wouldn't get to me by Christmas eve), they still charged me that $10. The items never arrived. I emailed them and they said I could have them re-ship the items or I can get a refund. After learning they can't ship it to a different address (since I'll no longer be home to accept it), they said my best option was to get a refund. They only refund part of my total. So after charging me for shipping when it was obvious it wasn't going to make it on time and not getting anything I ordered, I've lost money. Why would I ever do business with them again?

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    Reviewed Dec. 23, 2015

    I placed an order on Hollisterco.com on 12/7/2015 using standard delivery. Their website states to allow 5-7 days for in stock items. This would have allowed 13 days until Christmas, which seemed very reasonable. I was given an estimated delivery date of 12/18/15. The package was not delivered to FedEx until 12/10/15. There were no reported natural disasters or issues that would have delayed shipment. However, FedEx delayed shipment to 12/24 and again to 12/28.

    As disappointed as I was that the shipment would not be received in time for the holidays, I was appalled at the lack of customer service of Hollister. The company failed to respond to my email at all. I had to complain on their Facebook website to obtain any form of a customer response. The response I received stated that I could arrange pickup from a post office nearly 35 miles away from me. There was no attempt made to remedy the situation or even a good faith effort to retain me as a customer.

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    Reviewed Dec. 12, 2015

    Hi Abercrombie, I am so UPSET! I've been ordering online for years. You guys have the worst customer service I have ever experienced! No one knows, including USPS (although it should have been a FedEx delivery) where my package is! I'm spending hours on the phone with USPS - they have no clue. When contacting your customer service they send me back to USPS! It is not my responsibility to contact them! You should deliver my clothes, you are responsible to talk with them (ask Amazon how they do that). So what did I get instead? 3 horrible representatives, all saying that they are the supervisors (that's interesting) so you have no one to complain for the horrible (most horrible ever experienced) service ever.

    A super rude representative - Shaidi (you seriously need to stop her employment, what is that?) hanged up on me, the other one said (after screaming for 10 minutes) to wait, (I finally thought I'm getting a supervisor) and 12 minutes later same representative picks up and asks how else can she help me. I was a loyal customer. Never going to buy from you again, and will also make sure to forward my message in every forum/blog that's possible. You are the worst. Oh, and I'll obviously charge back my money. You won't see a dime from me.

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    Reviewed Dec. 11, 2015

    My order is scheduled to take 16 days from the point of purchase to the arrival. I ordered one pair of jeans. This is pathetic. Abercrombie has a very long processing time, and even longer (inaccurate) shipping time.

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    Reviewed Dec. 5, 2015

    I ordered gifts for Christmas from Abercrombie Kids and I called to change the sizes but I was told they don't cancel orders that have already been released status nor do they cancel them. They charge twice the amount by adding new sizes and don't tell you if an item is out of stock but charge for those same items. They do to give refunds if you do not call.They also charge for gift boxes and don't send them but charge for them even if they are not included in the order. They try to make money off of people by not letting you know items are not in stock which means that items bought may not be in their warehouse but they still charge those same items.

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    Reviewed Dec. 1, 2015

    Placed an order for an item that was advertised as in stock. Got the confirmation email and it's saying it's back-ordered. Started a chat convo with Katherine and asked her about availability of the item. She said, "It's available," but when asked why my confirmation email says it's back ordered, she said, "I really don't know." Not only is it infuriating to wait forever for a response from this girl and to feel like I was scammed AND being lied to, AND you people have my money, but to speak to a representative who can't and/or won't find out what is going on is really a slap in the face. What is the point of the CS reps if they're not trying to help you or answer your questions, especially when there is an error somewhere??!! This is my first complaint. If I don't get an answer I'm posting to another site and another, and another. I'm off today. I got time!!! I want the item but you not gonna treat me like my $ doesn't count!!

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    Reviewed Nov. 18, 2015

    The total amount of my order was $96.28. Then I cancelled one item (value $22.20) because I ordered wrong size and they did not have the size I wanted. So the item was cancelled and I am charged $94.96. If I had known that I would not have cancelled the item. When I received the invoice I found that all the prices were increased than when I placed the order. I shop regularly at Abercrombie both store and online and this time I wasn't happy with the experience. Customer service was unhelpful. I would never shop here again. Initial invoice, final invoice, as well as emails from customer service are kept safe for evidence.

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    Reviewed Nov. 14, 2015

    I have place a order at the online store. I received the confirmation email and order confirmation number but later on, they cancel my order with no reasons and didn't notice me. At least I check it online in the official website.

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    Reviewed Nov. 13, 2015

    Ordered and was charged $200 for an e-gift card. Did not receive as I should have, instantly as a e-card should be available. The email I got from Abercrombie stated that a card will be shipped to the addressee gifted but after a week I track the order and AF site shows order was cancelled. No reason - just cancelled and NOT refunded! I call customer service. Talk to a rep who says he see order cancellation but can't help me. Says he has to turn it over to the research and resolution department. Meanwhile they are sitting on my money. I will contact the Better Business Bureau tomorrow and never do business with Abercrombie again. Ridiculous that a company this big has an amateur website for customers to be frustrated with.

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    Reviewed Nov. 8, 2015

    I bought a shirt and I was charged 2 times for the item I got.

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    Reviewed Nov. 6, 2015

    I had placed 2 orders online. One was on a Friday and the second one was 3 days after on Monday. My Friday order was fine, I never received any type of confirmation for either one, but the Friday one arrived and when I went to check the Monday order to see if it was shipped, it said it was cancelled. I had 3 items in that order so I do not think all the items sold out as it was still on the website throughout the 2 weeks that I was trying not to reach them. I called twice and they kept saying they will email that specific department that I don't recall the name of - but they are the ones who cancelled my order. I never received a reply and so I did an online chat where the lady gives me that department's email, but my email got bounced back. It's been over 2 weeks and NOT ONE PERSON CAN HELP. Last time I ever order online!

    I rather go into the store, but I might be deterred now...And the only reason which I find stupid that they would cancel my order is because I ordered the same coat in both orders, and one was going to be a gift! Each of my orders were different items and I only ordered 3 items total in each order and only the coat was the same. I don't think this resolution team exist because it's been so long since I called and they told me it only takes 2 days to respond and that was because I called on a Saturday, but that was 2 weeks ago!

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    Reviewed Oct. 29, 2015

    I placed an online order and everything went well. I had a promotional code that I was able to use just fine and everything was confirmed. I got a confirmation e-mail with the amount that I had agreed to pay online. Next thing I know I am getting an e-mail stating my card is declined and that they're trying to charge me over $20 more than what I had agreed to pay. I e-mailed them and asked that they fix the payment issue because this was on their end. They e-mailed back and said I had to call.

    So, I call in and it is clear I am speaking with someone working from their home. Very unprofessional, a lot of quiet pauses, definitely missed the phone service 101 memo. He ends up canceling my order because he can't figure out how to fix the issue. Then he says he is going to re-order and use my promo code. DEAD SILENCE for at least 5 minutes. I can hear some clicking and what not, but then there's a click on the phone. He seriously hung up on me. I got confirmation e-mails that my order was canceled due to my payment method being declined, um no it's because you were trying to charge me more than what I had agreed to pay. I e-mailed them thanking them for awesome customer service, but have not heard back as of yet. I will not be shopping with them again. Horrible!

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    Reviewed Oct. 28, 2015

    This is my first time ordering online from A&F (shopped in store multiple times, so not new to brand). My order was confirmed. (note; everything was in stock when order was placed) I received an order confirmation for ALL my items in the order. The next day I received an email saying 1 item was placed on backorder and was asked if I would like to accept the later ship date. I clicked the button for the "Accept later ship date" and received a email confirmation stating my choice. The next day, I received an email saying they cancelled my item because it was no longer available (sold out). Through another listing [on the website], I figured out that an Abercrombie still lists an item up for sale even when it's already on backorder which is not fair to the customers who previously just ordered the item because they don't even have a chance of receiving the item because it will no longer be available.

    My denim jacket came with a very STRONG chlorine smell. Chat representative was not helpful whatsoever and basically repeated to me what I had already told him. At the end, he was also a bit rude. I generally don't have a problem with shopping at the A&F stores and with the products, but shopping on the website is a whole different thing. Customer service is terrible and the chat representative was not even the least helpful (i.e. after I told him about the STRONG CHLORINE SMELL on the jacket he told me to send an email attaching photos of the jacket to the company's email. Now tell me this: how in the hell are you going to smell something through a photo??? Lesson learned: Only shop in A&F stores so you can actually see and touch the product. Well maybe not even see, since their lighting is so dim.

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    Reviewed Oct. 28, 2015

    I was buying a parka for my daughter and wasn't sure of the size (the sizing chart only gives bust and hip references, not arm length). She is 5'10" and very slender. There was an option to chat with a rep so I asked him about the sizing and gave my daughter's size info and asked if the medium would be long enough in the arms for her. He stated I should order a small as the product would be loose on her. I ordered a medium instead, as she likes to wear hoodies. It arrived today and I am very disappointed. While the coat is very nice (over-priced at $225), the fit is VERY small. It's more like a girl's medium vs a women's medium. The on-line support staff should be more knowledgeable otherwise what's the point of having them there?

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    Reviewed Oct. 27, 2015

    First off I live in Lancaster, PA and my complaint is about the Abercrombie & Fitch store located at the Park City mall. On two separate occasions I had returns (both without a receipt). The first return I was doing for a friend while she was at work. Upon taking the three items in which were a tank top, sweatpants, and long sleeve shirt. The extremely rude store manager Lexi refused to refund me any store credit on both the tops saying there was holes in the merchandise where the sensors would have been. I argued with her stating this is why I am returning the items for my friend. She looked at me and made it seem like the sensors were ripped off and that's why there was a hole. Pretty much saying my friend stole the items and is now trying to return them. I thought this was extremely rude and I walked out with only store credit for the sweatpants and not even at full retail price.

    The second occasion happened today. My boyfriend's mother had bought me 2 sweatshirts that I didn't care for because of the colors. I didn't feel like looking around for something to exchange so I went right to the desk to do the return. Of course the same nasty manager Lexi was there once again. I didn't have a receipt because these were gifts bought and she probably didn't even think of giving me the receipt for them.

    Well this time Lexi took 5 minutes to inspect both sweatshirts entirely, looking for any reason to not do my return. She found a small area on the top of the one sweater where the knit was slight pulled out of place, I said, "Well if the sensor was there it probably got pulled when it was being taken off. And if anyone would look at it you can hardly tell there even was some knit pulled." I argued with her for several minutes stating, "This is now the second time you were very rude to me and I am going to file a complaint with corporate." I received store credit for the one sweatshirt and left the store. I will make sure the company knows about this.

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    Reviewed Oct. 26, 2015

    Purchase items for family members. Keep canceling all my orders. No wonder stocks dropped for them. They did poorly last year. How can this company keep surviving if they cancel out so many orders, it's the dumbest thing I've ever dealt with. I wonder if corporate knows about this.

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    Reviewed Oct. 22, 2015

    I have an issues with all three of my last purchases! Some items were not shipped, or wrong items shipped! Even though they have reshipped the missing item from the first shipment. They have refused to resend the missing item from the next shipment, explaining it by the fact that I have already had similar issue in the past - total BS! Don't lose your time and money, never buy from Abercrombie online!

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    After a positive interaction with Abercrombie & Fitch, Dee increased their star rating on Oct. 17, 2015.

    Updated review: Oct. 17, 2015

    Just to be fair, I did complain to A & F about their products and they immediately offered refunds on everything and would pay for shipping too. They were very helpful.

    Original Review: Oct. 4, 2015

    I can't believe what poor quality these sweatpants are and how overpriced. Within two minutes of wearing the knees were sagging out. I have better luck with Walmart products! Thin material. Bad returns policy. I am so sorry I ever tried this store (online purchase). I spent a fortune for garbage.

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    Reviewed Oct. 1, 2015

    I have order just a few times from their websites. However, last week I saw an offer for some winter coats and since I own a small business I thought it was a good idea to buy the coats as a Christmas present for my employees (we as a company always give Christmas presents and I try for them to be nice since it's also a way for us to thank their service to our company). I bought 12 coats, and got just 8 delivered and I thought that something had gone wrong with their stock but I didn't make a fuzz about it. Until yesterday when I saw the offer again, tried to buy the coats and they cancelled my order.

    Called to their customer service and told me I had to wrote an email, I did and this was the answer: "This order was canceled and we are unable to accept future orders from you. Abercrombie & Fitch is a private label brand and to protect our intellectual property rights, suspected resale of our merchandise for personal or business profit is strictly prohibited. For additional information regarding our Resale Policy, you can check out our website." I am so offended that this people think I am some kind of felon, and that they assume this from me or from any of their customers, this is unacceptable. I will never buy anything from them again.

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    Reviewed Sept. 7, 2015

    I have ordered clothes and other products from Abercrombie's site in the past. However, for some reason, my past three orders have been cancelled. On the last two, this was stated by the customer service team on trying to understand why they were cancelled, "Your order was cancelled and we are unable to accept future orders from you. Our records indicate that you are linked to 2 charges that have been disputed with our company in the past."

    Two things surprise me here, a) I don't have any recollection of the 2 disputed charges and without that Abercrombie is just blame shifting the dispute on me, b) can a brand refuse to accept future orders from a customer without justifying the reason for the cancellation? This is definitely a first in the retail space that I've come across. Further, they continue to send me marketing and sales emails, while they won't accept my notice.

    I feel something more fishy is going on here as I don't remember ever disputing any charges with them, and further, I don't see in my orders or elsewhere any restriction that such disputed charges can lead to banning of orders from customers. I'd like to officially report this brand to customer affairs to understand if this is an unfair practice of denying me to buy products that I'm willingly paying for as per the required price.

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    Reviewed Aug. 20, 2015

    I visited a store in Memphis, TN about 2 weeks ago. I was highly impressed with the customer service that the store presented. My grandchildren loves to shop at your store and as we were in Memphis visiting family we decided to stop at Wolf chase galleria. I don't often send emails about great customer service but when it is excellent I definitely want to reach out to companies to provides them. I am an old man as my kids would say but when I walked in your store I was greeted as if I was just an average aged person. I was asked did I need help. I asked one female did she work off commission and she said no. One girl I had a conversation with told me she was working that day with 3 managers. I took down all the names, it was a girl name Ira I spoke with, I am hoping I heard her correctly and she was very helpful. She gave me her manager's name and it was Dejun, Joceline, and Melanie.

    I really wanted to reach out regarding everyone's help because I was in the store with 4 grandkids and I could not help them. One got on a ladder to grab jeans, another was helpful with dressing rooms, and the guy helped my grandson find a lot of stuff. I purchased a large amount of items that day. This will be the only store I will visit when I come back to see Elvis Presley home. Thank you for finding helpful people for a great store. I did not know who to email. My grandkids loves Abercrombie.

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    Reviewed Aug. 14, 2015

    On Sunday Easter I went to the Menlo Park Mall with my family. My 4 year old son, 3 year old son & my 9 year old daughter, and wife, and also another couple with their daughter. My wife had my wallet in her purse all the time. My 4 year old son happen to needed to use the restroom. My wife took him to the bathroom. While I was in the Abercrombie store with my friend. My wife walked all the way to the bathroom. It was very busy that day, so she had to wait for our son to use the bathroom. She was taking a little longer than the usual. I was trying on some clothes, because I had always purchase my clothes at Abercrombie. I actually love the clothing line. I happen to try on a vest that I really liked, gave the vest to the young girl that was working there to get me a size a Large size. She came back with the size I asked for.. I put the vest on.

    I realized my wife was taking way too long. I happen to walk outside of the store... to look to the sides to see if my wife was coming. I wasn't able to pay for the merchandise because I did NOT HAVE MY WALLET WITH ME. And my wife had asked me to wait till she got there because she also had some coupons. When I went outside of the store I wasn't able to locate my wife... There was a lot of people in the mall that easter Sunday. I went back in the store, that was extremely hot... I do recognize I had the vest on me.. I wasn't concealing it at all. I had it on. Clear view from everyone. I kept on walking around the store looking for anything else I may like. While my wife calls me... saying that she was on her way... I happen to walk outside of the store waiting on my wife. I never left the front of the store. I was always there. I never intended to steal anything.

    My wife shows up with my 4 year old son... and the security comes up to me saying that I needed to follow him to the back of the store. I got a little upset because I was right in front of the store. I NEVER LEFT. I wasn't concealing the merchandise. He was very rude and started to push me in front of my family! I realized that it was a misunderstanding and I went to the back of the store. My wife followed us to the back. Manager asked me to take everything out of my pockets, asked me where I was from and if I ever had a record. I was surprised about the question because what the misunderstanding has to do with where I was from and if I had a record. He said that he was giving me the benefit of the doubt but he didn't.. He wrongly accused me, we are actually in court right now..

    I am fighting the discrimination of the store. I was WRONGLY accused. I am a hard working parent of 4 kids and thanks god never had the need of taking something that wasn't mine. I am very disappointed at the way the company is handling a honest misunderstanding. I am a long time customer, hard working person. I honestly do not deserve this discrimination.. The fact that there is a Spanish person purchasing at your store, doesn't give Abercrombie the right to discriminate us.

    Totally disappointed with the store... the manager... ABERCROMBIE! The manager.. before they arrested me said "don't worry I will help you drop the charges" "if my boss finds out that I saw you walking in and out of the store and I didn't do anything, I will get FIRED." He was watching me. He waited for my family to show up. I was standing in front of the store for 6 minutes. He was watching me all the time... When I was making my 4 steps in the store with my family he stopped me!!!

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    Reviewed July 8, 2015

    Abercrombie and Fitch once charged me twice for one purchase. I first called their customer service in attempt to resolve it, however I was given extremely ignorant and bad information so I went on to dispute the charge with my bank. After the mistake was fixed by Abercrombie I stopped the dispute. Now they cancel every purchase I try to make. I have no Abercrombie and Fitch store near me now (the store at our mall closed) so I guess no longer privileged enough to wear their clothes. Sorry I didn't passively stand by as they tried to charge me twice for one purchase!

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    Reviewed June 30, 2015

    Abercrombie's clothes are so cheaply made, yet are sold at such ridiculously high prices. Their clothes aren't even stylish! This brand is just pure crap and Abercrombie should just die already. Kill it, kill it with fire! I'm surprised people even still want to shop at a place that claimed they didn't want "ugly, fat, poor" people to wear their clothes. And just because they realized what a huge mistake they made when they opened their fat mouths about its discriminatory ways and decided to actually sell some bigger sizes, doesn't mean one should start buying their products because they can fit in them now. To be honest, I'm actually really disgusted that anyone actually shops there anymore after that epic failure.

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    Reviewed June 29, 2015

    Long story short...placed an order online and received an e-mail stating all items were in stock. Shortly after placing my order, I received another e-mail stating the backorder has changed for one of my items. (Um, I was never aware any of the items were backordered?!) I received the e-mail shipment confirmation without the backordered item, and e-mailed customer service to let me know what was going on with the backordered item, and I was assured on two separate occasions that the item had shipped, and would arrive the following week.

    After not receiving the item as promised, I called customer service where the representative informed me that the item never shipped, and was still on backorder. After all of the frustration, I asked to speak with a manager where the representative refused to let me talk to anyone higher up than the worthless employees they have working for the company. All in all, I still don't have the item & will never spend another dime at a company with such poor customer service.

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    Reviewed June 14, 2015

    I had made online order on 5/29 and told I was going to receive my package on 6/4. By June 4th I had not received a package from Abercrombie and Fitch so I gave them call to figure out the issue. When I finally spoke to a representative on the phone they said that they could reship or refund me my money. I also spoke with FedEx the carrier that Abercrombie contracts out. I told them my situation that I never received my package. FedEx then informed me that I would have to contact the FedEx driver and ask him what happened to my package. So I performed all the tasks FedEx instructed me to do and I was told once again that my package was delivered to my address. I ask to speak with a manager and the FedEx driver gave me the manager's number and said "Don't tell him I gave you this number or I will get in trouble."

    When the driver told me that, I was shocked at how unprofessional FedEx was. I spoke to the manager at FedEx and he finally helped me locate my package! When I filled out the address on the website I had made an error but instead of resending it back to Abercrombie and Fitch or calling me they look up my past information and dropped it off to an address I no longer live at. It had been five days since the package was delivered to that address and we find out that the package is gone and can't be located. I then call Abercrombie and Fitch and tell them what had happened and they said they will inform their shipping and handling team so they can reship another package. I wait 24 hours to hear back from Abercrombie and I get an email saying they will not reship the package because I have had a shipping error in the past.

    Now at this point I am furious because the incident they were referring was absurd. The past shipping error was a mistake made by Abercrombie and Fitch. I had made a really large purchase of 14 items and when I received my package there was a pair of shorts missing and they resent them to me. The shorts they sent me were $20.00 and now they were saying they couldn't help me because of the error made in the past. I was livid. I have been a loyal customer for 15 years and spend over $800.00 in the past two months and nothing can be done for me. I was also told that if I was to make a dispute they would ban me from making any online orders. So lesson learned. I will never again shop at Abercrombie and Fitch. I hope one day they will value their customers just a little more.

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    Reviewed May 22, 2015

    I've visited the same store located in Perimeter Mall in Dunwoody, GA on two separate occasions to try and buy some shorts and both times could not find a single representative who could help me get in a fitting room. Both times I saw one store employee ringing up some sales, but no one at all out on the floor who could help me. I had a hand full of shorts but just put them down and left.

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    Reviewed May 17, 2015

    Well... to begin with, I am fond of Abercrombie. I have always bought clothes there, and I am willing to shop there in future. However, I am very disappointed with my experience at Abercrombie in the Westfield Mall which is located in Hawthorn, Illinois. The employees are usually friendly and kind, but this employee in particular, which I do not remember her name, was very rude and disrespectful. My experience with this employee begins like this. She was handling the transaction of the products that I bought today. Today, May 16th, 2015, Abercrombie was doing their sale of giving 30% of discount when bought $150 and more. We bought $400 amount of clothing, and we had our whole family in the store. She printed out the receipt of $300 (we got our 30% discount there), saying that she cannot process more of the transaction due to Abercrombie's rule.

    Afterwards, she had processed another $100 of our purchase with lower amount of discount, which we were supposed to get the same discount as the one before because we had purchased over $150 in total. When we asked her to make it of the same discount as we received, she declared, "NO!" Also, she was mocking us by saying, "You should be grateful that I had let you buy more than 20 items." However, this rule does not apply to us because we had four people in the store, so we could at least buy 80 items in total. How ridiculous! Anyway, we asked politely if she could take out some items off the first transaction and give it as a store credit to process our another transaction (the $100 one). She was very rude and obnoxious at the beginning, and the intensity increased as we asked that. She became very disrespectful, and she was being nasty against us by her actions & words.

    This was one problem, and another problem was that she consumed up so much time! She herself admitted that it would take up to 20 minutes to change. This is a serious problem because she should have done the right thing at the beginning so that she won't take up so much time of ours. To wrap it up, the woman who works at Hawthorn, who had brown or dirty blonde hair with glasses and tall, was so rude and obnoxious in her behaviors and words. We are very displeased with this experience because one, we weren't being treated right, and two, this consumed a whole 40 minutes.

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    Reviewed April 28, 2015

    On November 9th, 2014 I was in Abercrombie & Fitch store at the Valley Plaza Bakersfield, Ca. I made a purchase for a A&F ALL-SEASON WEATHER WARRIOR JACKET, blue color in medium but because I needed a Medium size and there was none available, I paid a store employee so she would ordered a medium for me which did on an iPad, her iPad... I was told I’d receive the order in a few days. I paid with my ATM debit card.

    The following week I DID NOT RECEIVE the order as promised. I waited a few more days since it was a Christmas present and it wasn't a rush order. I call the store days later and was told that the iPad order program was used before it was ready to launch and that my order had been lost or dropped from system. However I was charged and did not receive refund nor did I receive my merchandise.

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    Reviewed Feb. 11, 2015

    Shopped sale jeans. When I got to the register they weren't on sale. Manager (Liz) came to let me know they've all been misplaced. It's a slow time of year in retail, figure out how to merchandise your store without wasting people's time. That is Abercrombie's error, the right thing to do was honor the price. Of course they didn't. I contacted Abercrombie and I received an email saying "we will contact the store with your feedback." Of course, nothing was ever done or said about it...

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    Reviewed Feb. 7, 2015

    I have been shopping at Abercrombie faithfully for the past 5 months.. But the problem I have is that out of the 7 shirts I have bought, 4 of them have holes in them. I'm skinny so it has nothing to do with my weight. But it seems to be that a lot of their tops are cheaply made. I'm wearing one now that I bought 2 months ago and just realized a big hole where its been sewn. GREAT - yet another to take to cleaners. And watch out for the crochet sweaters!

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    Reviewed Jan. 22, 2015

    I ordered a winter coat for my son on Jan. 13, 2015 for 2 days delivery. 11 days after, I still have not received it. I have called and spoke to several customer service agents. First they told me it was on back order and the 2 days delivery would not be charged. Then they said it will be delivered on the 19th, then the 21st. Every time I ask for a tracking number they are unable to provide one. Obviously it's still in back order. My credit card was charged $188.30, the original charge. To this day no coat, no price adjustment, and still no idea of when would I be getting my coat. Every time I ask for a manager, one is not available. This is the worse experience. I would not recommend this store at all.

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    Reviewed Jan. 21, 2015

    Cute clothing but way too long pants - Okay so I'm skinny but I am not tall and I don't even know anyone who is as skinny as me and as tall as me! And I'm a small, not an extra small. The clothes are really cute but really talk about having body image... no one can live up to A&F standards.

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    Reviewed Jan. 8, 2015

    I purchased four hoodies in November last year as Xmas presents for my grandsons. Whilst wrapping the presents we noticed that one of the hoodies was faulty and had a large hole in the hood and further holes at the bottom of the garment. I have contacted the firm and been informed that this was the look of the hoodie but there is no way as the holes are too big and laddering. After numerous emails the best they would offer is that if we bought another top they would only charge the sale price, thus meaning that we would have bought the hoodie twice. They also requested the return of the faulty hoodies, so consequently I would have paid the full price. The person dealing with the complaint (George) has been completely unreasonable and treat me as if I didn't have a brain in my head. I can assure you that I am far from this. I would definitely advise my grandsons and his friends not to deal with this firm as their after care is very very poor. This would not happen in the UK.

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    Reviewed Jan. 4, 2015

    I bought a Christmas gift for my daughter - a $40 infinity scarf. At the time of the purchase, I didn't notice that the employee neglected to remove the plastic sensor from the scarf. We realized it two days ago - weeks past Christmas - she loved the gift and the receipt was nowhere to be found. Yesterday, I took the item back to the Novi, MI, mall youth Abercrombie & Fitch to have them remove the sensor that they erroneously did not remove in the first place. Not only could the inefficient clerks do nothing, their manager did nothing, their computer system seemed to be a stone-age relic because no one - not even after I called their customer service representative on the card they give everyone who raises a voice - could figure out, with my credit card and ID that I actually purchased this scarf.

    My husband sent me a screenshot from our online credit card status indicating my purchase on December 16 with a store REFERENCE NUMBER and the store manager had this to say: "I'm very sorry." Meanwhile, I was with my 7-year -old son who wanted to visit other stores and became understandably embarrassed. As we ventured out, I began setting off sensor alarms all over the Novi mall because of the sensor still attached to my daughter's gift. Afraid I might be arrested for shoplifting, I went back for one last pleading with Abercrombie & Fitch - not a flinch from them of remorse - so I told them to keep the item. They basically stole this item from me and I frankly feel like a fool.

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    Reviewed Dec. 29, 2014

    My daughters and I were shopping in A&F spending Christmas money. I call this the "line store" because we have to stand in line to try on clothes, stand in long lines to pay, lines, lines, lines. Now the customer service people are giving me "lines" lines of lies. We go to make our purchases and bought over $100 worth of clothes for my 11 y.o. Then there were two dresses that my daughter (14 y.o) wanted & were not in stock in the store. The cashier offered to order them online for us. I told her "no" because I didn't want to hold up the in-store line, but she insisted. I reluctantly agreed since my daughter really wanted two dresses and the in-store lady seemed to really want to help us solve the problem. At Nordstrom they do this all the time and there is NEVER a problem there. Then she, the cashier, was not able to take the cash for the online purchases of the dresses so I had to put it on my card. My 14 y.o. was happy to be getting the dresses in a couple of days in time for NY Eve.

    Today I check my e-mail and the first e-mail says shipping. The 2nd e-mail says "canceled the order". I get on the phone with the customer service and explain that the dresses are suppose to be at my house by tomorrow and now I have a canceled order! He was not able to do anything. He had no power. He had no supervisor that would get on the phone. He said that I should not re-order because that may mess up this order. He said that the best he could do was have someone e-mail me in 2 days to discuss this with me. WOW that is pitiful!!!

    It is hard enough to get a 14 y.o. to wear a dress. Even harder for her to use her own Christmas cash money to buy the dress and now her order was CANCELED!!! Instead of getting someone on the phone with me and clearing up this MESS that A&F made I am writing and venting on this website. I see that there are a lot of other unhappy customers. A&F has wasted a lot of my valuable money and time!

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    Reviewed Dec. 24, 2014

    I disputed a charge from Abercrombie & Fitch on my American Express. I later went to purchase something from them online and they wouldn't let me. It took me from my initial charge on Sunday until today (Wed) to find out why. It took numerous phone calls and emails (because the research and resolution dept ONLY emails). They are not allowed to call anyone nor is there any management at the Customer Service level permitted to speak to customers, I was told. The charge was from Hollister (same company I presume) but it showed up as Abercrombie and Fitch on my statement which is why I reversed the charge. They said until the bank reverses the charge, they will not allow me to make any purchases. If they would used their correct company name, the problem wouldn't have been there to begin with.

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    Reviewed Dec. 16, 2014

    I ordered an Abercrombie gift card for my 12-year old niece. The card arrived today and has a picture of a young man pulling his pants down to reveal his groin-- how can I give THIS to my young niece???

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    Reviewed Dec. 15, 2014

    I placed an online order on 11/30 with A&F kids to purchase few items for upcoming Xmas for my daughters. ON 12/03 I got shipment notification. The delivery date was not specified. When I contacted customer service I was given different dates for delivery. Finally, I checked online order status and was surprised to see "delivered". I checked for a package few times daily and could not miss it. I contacted A&F numerous times (online via live chat and via phone). This is the only retailer from my shopping experience with such a pathetic, unprofessional and poor customer service. It was beyond my frustration when a representative who supposed to help you resolve an issue is sending you back to USPS to find out about delivery, etc.

    Without clear explanation or offer they simply credited my account for a lost package, despite of the fact that I brought so much business to this company over the years and that I trusted my Xmas shopping with them. The items I have purchase were out of stock, so there was no chance to re-order. Buyers, be aware if you want to order online: if it comes to any problems or issues with your order, A&F customer service is NOT in the position to assist you. They talk to you and apologize, do NOT serve the purpose. They simply do not stand by consumer's side. Their market stock shares are declining in value and there is a clear reason why. Pretty soon this company will go down to drain.

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    Reviewed Dec. 7, 2014

    Extremely disappointed in my first experience. Looking for an infinity scarf, we found the one we wanted and the sales people didn't want to give us the only scarf left in the store because the store policy didn't allow them to take it off the mannequin. I left the entire purchase of jackets, sweaters and winter hats because I was so disappointed. Never going back to this cheap perfume smelling store.

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    Reviewed Dec. 2, 2014

    It must be very difficult to find people with good customer service skills that match the look of the Abercrombie and Fitch label. But this is America and you can be fat, skinny, horizontal or vertical. You give us good customer service with a smile and we will come back to your business and blow our whole budget. Any time I visit the store the employees are rude. When I asked for a particular item they point to where I need to go rather than show me where it's at. Be ready to get crappy service if you show up at opening time. None of the employees seem ready to work or ready to help. If I were allowed to guess: I would say it is full of a bunch of kids who party the night before and barely made it to work in the morning.

    I submitted a complaint to Abercrombie and Fitch corporate email address and I received an email, which appeared to be an automated response email stating, "we are sorry that we did not meet your expectations." I will not be going back to that store (changing brand names too) but if for some reason I did, I will lower my expectations of good service before going inside. I only purchased a couple of items during that visit. If the customer service was opposite, I definitely would of tripled or quadrupled what I spent. But instead, within 10 feet of the door, I was already making my complaint to their corporate office.

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    Reviewed Nov. 29, 2014

    This is a complaint. I made an online purchase today (11/28) and I ordered a product that later on I had called in and removed one item on the shopping cart/bag, and that unfortunately made my shopping experience the worse I have ever had. I called back and spoke to a customer care representative (whose name I cannot mention for privacy reasons). She ended up canceling my original order all due to her lack of attention. "I made a mistake" were her words. So she remade one, putting a hold for both orders to be held on my account, the first original order, and her order mistake order, thus holding over $500 of my account when I only made a $233 worth of merchandise. Not only that, she didn't care enough to ask me where the product was going, which is pretty important don't you think?

    Now I had to call back to ask someone to change the shipping address, which took me 45 minutes. But now they couldn't modify the order because the order had been released. So he had to send an email to the corporate Abercrombie in order for the products to be sent to the correct address. Can you understand my rage? All this commotion and extreme aggravation because of a horrible horrible horrible customer service provided by one very bad employee. And not to mention I never got my confirmation email for the order that she made which she said she'd send me. Abercrombie is a great retail store to purchase clothes from but now because of one little employee, makes this very big company look extremely bad. Not shopping there so soon again.

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    Reviewed Nov. 26, 2014

    Very easy returns in store or ship back. Will be returning. Very high quality jeans, I love them. I got my money's worth. Very happy customer.

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    Reviewed Nov. 24, 2014

    I was trying to understand the promotion but basically it only apply on two thing T shirt or Underwear but I decide to call customer service to see if the website had a glitch or needs to be updated. Crystal by chat and Susan by customer very rude and aggressive customer service. They do not respond your inquires or give any solution of it. They disconnect you by any of this two methods, chat or phone. So sad it seems my money has no value for this company, I guess it's time to move with the competition.

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    Reviewed Nov. 4, 2014

    Gosh, I never imagined an international company such as A&F would be so difficult to deal with. They offered me a discount for screwing my order and when I applied the discount, it was not accepted. They dishonored it when I called. I really want to write to the manager of customer service, but as you all probably know, it is not easy to find their email contact or speak to them. I was told I cannot bypass customer service!! Does anyone have the contact info for some kind of manager?

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    Reviewed Oct. 15, 2014

    I placed an order on line using a discount coupon sent in an Abercrombie email. I received an order confirmation, but no shipping confirmation. I used their chat on line and was told the order had been cancelled. No reason given. I paid for express shipping because I needed to take the items with me on a trip as gifts for relatives. I tried emailing on the email given - orderservice@abercrombie.com and it did not work. I also tried emailing on other emails given to me, but have had no reply whatsoever. So I have nothing for my nieces and nephews as I leave for my trip.

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    Reviewed Sept. 16, 2014

    I have had 1 out of 4 orders actually sent out from Abercrombie in the last month!!! My wife has a credit card that she got me that has a 250$ credit. I have spent at least 200$ on all 4 orders as well. At first we had thought it was the credit card that was messing up and giving us the problem, but when we called Comenity Bank they said it was on A&F's end. First let me just say, I'm not in a 100 mile radius of any Abercrombie and Fitch, so all I'm able to do is order online". Every time I have called A&F to see why my order was cancelled they say "we will have to send this to the A&F research team, they will get back with you". They lie.

    I have had 3 orders cancel in the last month and there was no A&F research team ever get a hold of me to tell me why my orders was cancelled. I have called and called and called, all they say is "So and so had sent your request to the wrong department we are sorry. Our research team will get a hold of you." I'm just thinking about closing the A&F credit card my wife gotten me and just say to hell with it. I have had way too much trouble with this store!

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    Reviewed Aug. 22, 2014

    I normally buy AF items in the stores, just because I like to see the actual item when it comes to clothing. I believe in the past I've only used their online order once for 2 T-shirt that I wanted to get and had already seen it in the stores. Recently my relatives came from overseas for vacation and wanted to buy their clothing. Since my aunt and cousins all wanted some stuff, we decided to just order it all together online and have it shipped next day. When I didn't receive my items, I realized they've cancelled my order with no explanation and no follow-up email. I went ahead and called customer service which was useless because all they can tell me is that they are sorry but they don't have any information aside from what I already know. Then they said someone will get back to me via email.

    The following day I received an email from their Research and Resolutions department which was quite rude. First they didn't address me as Mr., Sir, or valued customer or anything. They just called me by my first name. Then they copy and pasted a line from their terms and agreements page of unauthorized reselling of their merchandise, and said no future orders will be accepted from me.

    "This order was canceled and we are unable to accept future orders from you. Abercrombie & Fitch is a private label brand and to protect our intellectual property rights, suspected resale of our merchandise for personal or business profit is strictly prohibited. For additional information regarding our Resale Policy, you can check out our website."

    That was it! What in the world does that mean!? What does reselling of their merchandise has to do with my order being cancelled? Did I order too much in one purchase? I went back to read their terms and there is nothing about how many items you can purchase in one order. I tried writing back for more information but all 3 emails was completely ignored. This is just ridiculous and it seems like I've been banned from purchasing from them. I tried to order 1 item afterwards and was also denied. I must say, I am extremely disappointed at the way your company handled my situation.

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    Reviewed Aug. 16, 2014

    I just got home from being at Park Meadows Mall and wanted to share with you the experience I had in your Abercrombie and Fitch store. I am very disappointed in the customer service that not only I received but also my sister, a wonderful family of three and another family of two. First things first, when I walked into the store no one greeted my sister or I. Then after finding clothes to try on I had to wait 10 minutes to find myself someone who could open up a dressing room for me. Then once I was ready to purchase my items I waited in line for thirty minutes before getting to the front of the line (which only had two customers in front of me).

    I counted a minimum of 6 employees and no-one came to the other cash register to help. Then when I had to wait in line again for my sister to purchase her clothes the line took 40 minutes. The manager on duty was **. She was extremely rude, ignored everyone, would not open up any other registers, when I asked for a customer service email she rolled her eyes at me and gave me a snarky remark and did not apologize to anyone for the wait. A father, daughter and son in front of me in line found another employee and asked the guy if he could open up another register and the guy walked to the front and then turned and walked away without saying anything just ignoring the father's request.

    I spent a total of $224 in your store and got treated with disrespect and condescending attitudes. When I got home and looked in my bag, I only had 3 out of the 4 clothing pieces that I purchased. And it is now 9:15 pm and the store is closed. I am extremely busy working 7 days a week and planned the last 2 weeks to go shopping this evening and came home in absolute distress and tears from the awful experience I had. I am so frustrated with your store as were many others. I hope that General Manager hires better employees that enjoy their job and make customers feel welcome. I feel like this experience ought to be shared with others so that they do not have to go into your store and receive such awful customer service. I hope that this reach you and that you act accordingly to this experience.

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    Reviewed July 27, 2014

    I've spent approximately $100 on Abercrombie & Fitch every month for the last three years, both in store and online. I have purchased around 11 times online. I have never had a single problem with any of the people who work there and I've been to the stores they have in LA, New York, London, Paris & Copenhagen. Never have I had one problem. As for their online service, there have never been any problems. Yes, their stores are loud and dark. Yes, they hire people because of their looks. Yes, they can have up to a half hour wait for the changing rooms. But there are people, teenagers (which are after all Abercrombies target) that love it. If you don't like it, don't go there. But there are plenty of loyal customers like myself, who don't have a single problem with it.

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    Reviewed July 21, 2014

    Used to be a loyal customer of A&F and I was not pleased with A&F's decision on banning me from purchase on their website for stupid reason like buying too many of their products and got accused for reselling. However, after a while, I am glad that they did! It completely stopped me from spending few hundred dollars a month on their clothing. It's a saving for me (more than thousand dollars), loss for them.

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    Reviewed July 14, 2014

    I checked an Item on AB website and I did the searched per store to look for item availability. I went to my store at GA, Perimeter Mall. Surprisingly the store price did not match with the one online. The item online did not specify that was online offer at all and the store keep telling me that prices online are different from store. If that is the true why they did not advertise that. Online $34 and Store $49.00... They are misleading the customer.

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    Reviewed June 3, 2014

    I have yet to have an issue with ordering online, so most of my complaints go to visiting the stores. They really need to consider who they hire, because all I've ever seen are a bunch of spoiled rotten kids with literally no prior working experience. And I know there are plenty of good candidates to hire that also fit the appearance that the company hires. When there's signs for sales I ask what they mean and what items apply. Someone gives me an answer. I get those items and I go to check out. AND NONE OF THEM APPLY TO THE SALE.

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    Reviewed May 5, 2014

    I am not a kid anymore, and I wear it if it's cheap and comfortable. And I only buy Abercrombie online from the clearance section because it is cheap. But Abercrombie cancels all my orders every time and when I call to ask why, they claim I am reselling their clothes, as I have a commercial address (UPS Store). Now, all my items are M size, and it is not that many. Now I try to ship my purchase to my own house, and it got canceled anyway and for the same reason. They want me to walk in to a store and pay full price. I am not going to do that as their product is not worth that much. I guess my money is not good to them, and I am taking my business somewhere else.

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    Reviewed April 28, 2014

    On Friday, April 25, 2014 I went into the Abercrombie store at the South Street Seaport (Water Street, NY, NY). My daughter is graduating and was looking for a simple dress. She said she found one at Abercrombie near our home but they did not have her size. At the Water Street location, I found the dress in her size. It was the only one in her size. However, I could not find a salesperson anywhere on the second floor where the dress was displayed. I went back downstairs and the only two salespeople I found were behind the register with a line 5 people deep. I did not have time to wait.

    I returned to the store another day when I had more time. Upon returning, I again, could not find a person on the second floor; however I did find an associate wandering around the first floor. I asked him for assistance. He explained to me that he was the ONLY person on the first floor and could not leave his "post" to help me. I explained to him what I needed and he explained that he was not permitted to sell me that dress - "Only the people who work at night can unlock that". He did use his Walkie-Talkie to ask ** who was on the second floor to assist people. There was no reply.

    He then requested ** to come and assist me because, of course, he had to guard the first floor. ** never appeared. He then reached out to another associate (one who was previously behind the register). This associate walked me upstairs and when I showed him the dress I needed, he told me "I can't sell that to you because it is damaged." I assured him it was not damaged ~ however, it WAS the only dress in XS. He said it was "stretched out by the mannequin". IT WAS NOT A MANNEQUIN ~ IT WAS ON A HANGER. He told me I should go to the Fifth Avenue store ~ and that was the extent of his assistance.

    I have been to stores where they have taken clothes OFF of mannequins to sell to me. I have been to stores who have called their other stores to see if the item I was looking for was in stock. I can honestly say I have never been to a store with a more useless staff. I understand that Abercrombie has to hire a certain "quality" (and a lacking quality at that) of personnel who will justly display their clothing ~ that is obviously clear. However, I am sure there are plenty of people out there who will fit this physical requirement YET still be able to provide decent customer service. To sum this up, Abercrombie has clothes on a hanger, on display, with tags but they ARE NOT FOR SALE. They are not marked "For Display Only". They are not marked "Damaged". They just hang there, in the dark, never to be sold. That is a FABULOUS way to make money and to make customers happy.

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    Reviewed April 25, 2014

    I agree with another of the posters, here on this thread. I can't stand going into the store. The employees are generally full of attitude, lazy and rude. The music is also so loud and obnoxious that I can barely speak to my daughter while shopping. Yes, the styles are targeted at our kids, but please, Abercrombie, know who is holding the wallet. Parents are your real market and if we are unhappy, you will eventually feel our pain.

    Ordering online is not much more fun. Often times, the online store has very limited sizes. As the earlier viewer also stated, once the online store cancelled my order with no explanation. I had to call a few weeks into the process and have the order investigated. Unlike her though (the earlier poster), the second time did go through when I ordered through a customer service agent. Even she was stumped why the initial order got held up.

    When you get the wrong size though and want to do a "speed exchange", forget it. A real misnomer. The physical store didn't have the size we were looking for, and I feel that if we walked to the next town, we would have gotten the replacement order faster. Customer service says the "Speed exchange" takes 5-7 business days, but as of today, it's now been 7. When I called, I was told it will be here in another three business days. Whenever I order standard shipping from other trusted sites, the package gets here in half the time, even though they quote the same amount of time.

    Abercrombie & Fitch is NOT one of my trusted sites. If the shipping department is anything like the physical store, then I can only imagine they took their time preparing the order before actually shipping it out. Kids may love A&F, but parents all over hate it. Your service, your attitude, your disrespect for the people that pay. At one point, we may have enough and direct our kids in other directions to shop. I think I am getting dangerously close to that point now. If my package does not arrive by tomorrow, when it gets here, I will brave the store and return everything extra I bought, beyond the exchanges, and that will be the end of my relationship with A&F.

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    Reviewed April 8, 2014

    On multiple occasions, I have attempted to place online orders with Abercrombie and Fitch and Hollister. Every single online order is cancelled with no explanation even after trying to reach their customer service agents and sending multiple e-mails. I guess my money is no good. Finally I decided to try one more time as my daughter wanted some items from A&F (I refuse to go into the store and purchase because let's just say those kids who work there are just the definition of rude and lazy). Of course my order was cancelled but this time I was gonna talk to a human about it. I got a very friendly customer service rep who could only apologize and had no authority to do anything else but tell me someone will be in touch. LOL!

    A week later nothing. Finally sent another email and got a computer-generated response that my orders were being cancelled because one time in 2011 I had disputed a charge on my credit card. Well DUH! Someone stole my information and they accepted it and sold the person merchandise. I cancelled that card eons ago. But I guess they won't sell to me anymore. I even placed an order once through PAYPAL and they wouldn't take it. Correct me if I'm wrong but that is cold hard cash transferred from a bank account. SHEESH! How long can they possibly stay in business with these kinds of business practices...

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    Reviewed March 21, 2014

    On a consistent basis for the last year and a half every time we have shopped in the Boise, Idaho store, located in the Boise Towne Square Mall we have had a negative experience. The employees have consistently ignored and have been downright rude to us. I am a mother with a 15 year old daughter. This is her favorite store so I have overlooked the poor service and rude employees. No more... Our last experience was the final straw. We were standing in a long line waiting to pay when a female employee decided to rearrange the line so the line started at the other end of the counter. In doing this she put about ten customers ahead of me. I made direct eye contact with her with a questioning look. She just shrugged and walked off. I was about to purchase over $300, instead I dropped the clothes and walked out of the store.

    On several other occasions we have stood in a long line while employees have stood behind the counter laughing and goofing off and ignoring customers. They have generally had a very rude attitude. Trying to get a fitting room opened is always a big game of jumping through their hoops. Additionally, I purchased a sweater for $80.00 for Christmas. My daughter wore it once, I washed it on gentle and laid it out to dry. It's stretched out to her knees and piled up. This is the only item I have ever tried to return. I was told if they can't resell the item they won't return it. I told them I'm not telling them to resell it as it was obviously a defective item. They would not help me.

    There are a lot of other stores to shop at. My daughter's favorite "thing" is clothes and we do a lot of clothes shopping. Our money will go to American Eagle, Hollister, Victoria's Secret and other stores that welcome our business. It is time for this store to look at their personnel. They are rude, the girls that work there act like it is funny to act stupid... which is not behavior I want modeled to my daughter. They act like they are actually doing the customer a favor to check them out or provide any type of customer service. Paying is always an aggravating experience... and I do mean always, without fail.

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    Reviewed Feb. 13, 2014

    My order was canceled without even telling me. I called "customer service" and they told me someone would email me within 48 hours explaining why my order was canceled. "Customer service" was not able to give me any other information. Even when I mentioned how unhappy I was and how I was never going to shop at their store again the "customer service" representative told me she was unable to help me. A simple courtesy email stating A & F canceled my order would have been nice, but not even that! This is the WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE I have ever experienced from any store. I will never return or shop online.

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    Reviewed Feb. 11, 2014

    I was read my email and I find a lot back order from my purchases that I did last week, and then I decided to call and find out more information about it. So I got a TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE OVER THE PHONE from the number ... 866.681.3115 or +1 614 219 3026. I got hang up 2 times. The guy that I was talk to, he canceled my order with OUT my permission, and I CAN prove that because when I called the message says "THE CALL WILL BE RECORDED". I call on 02/11/2014 at 12:24 AM. So what I do not understand, how he canceled my order with OUT my authorization? How the company ABERCROMBIE expect the customer continue purchase from them when customer like me have the HORRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICES likes this? How I will be able to fix this? I lost a lot time looking over Abercrombie website and select item for me to purchase and I will like to be better treat than what I got tonight. I HOPE THE management team will be able to fix that or otherwise I won't be purchased from ABERCROMBIE AGAIN.

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    Reviewed Feb. 9, 2014

    I bought a lot of clothes from their store when I was travelling in US. The next day I found they have much better price offered online, so I ordered online and returned everything to their store. After that, my order just disappeared and I never able to find anything in my account. So I called and emailed them. They told me they suspected I am a reseller so they cancelled my order. I was very mad because 1) they have no evidence at all for claimed me "reseller", that was my first order ever placed with them online. 2) Fine, they have the right not to sell me... but if they cancelled my order, they should have inform me instead of letting me keep calling and tracking my non-existing order and wasting all my time.

    Well, after they did all these to me, I found they charged me from my credit card!!! Wow, this is exactly a thief. You don’t want to sell me products but you took my money!!!! What kind of company is that? I believe this is too much!!! The worst shopping experience I had ever have. I will report this to BBB and all the online reviewers, so everyone can aware of this.

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    Reviewed Jan. 29, 2014

    "Michael, This order was canceled and we are unable to accept future orders from you. Abercrombie & Fitch is a private label brand and to protect our intellectual property rights, suspected resale of our merchandise for personal or business profit is strictly prohibited. For additional information regarding our Resale Policy, you can check out our website. Abercrombie & Fitch, Research and Resolution"

    Dear Abercrombie & Fitch,

    I will never order from a more stuck up company ever again. The only reason why I'm buying was because it was cheap because your "private label" is cheap. Something that I can wear and after to be used as a dirty rag. I buy multiple clothes from any other brand and never ever have a problem. Yes your crap is a little bit better than H&M congratulations but hey they got better attitude and it's even cheaper! Thank you for sending more and more sales to them. Your Research & Resolution department need to look a closer look at why your sales have decline for seven straight quarter and had to close your Gilly Hicks store. Your company should have your department to thank for that.

    The only reason why you have sales right now are due to the people who resale your **. If none of them resale your clothes I think your company would be closing by 2015. Then you would say our department store have sales, guess what!? Those "SALES" around 50% are from people who resale your ** shocking isn't it? So your "strictly prohibited" is getting raped repeatedly and don't even know it. Oh yea that's right most of your clothes are going towards resale anyways. You should be happy and honored that I even buy your clothes after all the racial discrimination, anti-fat "bias" horrible customer service crap. Your investor agree with me because look at your Gilly Hicks store. It's been closed. If they really want to help your company it would still be open. Your company can check additional information on "attitude" regarding how your company is going downhill.

    Sincerely, Who the hell wants to resale your **.

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    Reviewed Jan. 25, 2014

    Bought my son 2 pairs of jeans and cologne for Christmas. He decided he did not want them. He took them back. They refunded the jeans to my credit card and put the cologne on a card for in-store credit. We do not normally shop there so I wanted my money refunded to my card. Manager at store gave me an EMAIL ADDRESS to get my refund. After jumping through hoops to get my refund, still no refund to my credit card. They had me send pictures of the store receipts, and stated that I would have my return in three weeks.

    It's been three weeks, and now they want me to send a picture of my credit card statement to see if there was a refund. Pretty shady to only deal with people through email. No phone contact, and no refund process. All I want is my $63.36 back. This is no way to treat a customer. However, I will no longer shop there, so you can't call me a customer. I recommend shopping elsewhere, where the prices are better and the customer service is WAY BETTER!!!!

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    Reviewed Jan. 1, 2014

    They refused to sell my son a hat, would not open the dressing room, when I tried to call and speak to customer service supervisor/Manager, there are not any, they are rude as well. Is anyone even running this company??? In 45 years this company is the WORST, I refuse to buy from companies that think they can treat people like trash and charge for it!!! When there are some great companies, that provide outstanding service all the way around, why not give them our business, they deserve it! This is my first time ever writing in Truly Abercrombie & Fitch in my opinion gets No Stars. I rate them as 2013 worst company. I will be spending our money at Aeropostale and American Eagle, they gave Outstanding customer care, very impressed, after Abercrombie's abuse, it was healing.

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    Reviewed Dec. 24, 2013

    I made an online order which gave free shipping, offering it to arrive for Christmas. One order they instantly sent me an email stating it will not arrive in time and instantly gave me 20% off. I just wanted it cancelled since I need it for Christmas so instead of canceling it, they gave me another 10% off. My son will only be there that day. I do not want to give him nothing. Now the order is shipped and I now have to return it. The other Order I paid $6 per package to have boxed items boxed. Only one box came - they threw the entire order in the box. I went to the Abercrombie store in state college. The manager never apologized and said there isn't anything he can do. The gift boxes are nonrefundable. I never received them. He said there isn't anything he can do. So Abercrombie stole 6 dollars. I never got the box. They aren't even going to give me a box for the items I bought. Between these two orders, I spent over 250 dollars and this is how they treat their customers. They lie, cheat and steal.

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    Reviewed Dec. 22, 2013

    I placed an order last week and it was cancelled immediately, I sent them an e-mail to ask the reasons why it was cancelled but they only said, "It doesn't say the reason why it was canceled," so I asked them again and this time no one answered. Again today I tried to buy again and the order was canceled again. I asked to the bank if there was something wrong with my account and they said it's all good, that it must be the store rejecting my orders. Really, Abercrombie has terrible service and it's like they don't want to sell and they just don't give a damn about customers, people who actually want to buy things from them and use them. I think they just don't care because they can't even give a good answer. I mean they can't tell why they cancel orders? That is absurd and stupid.

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    Reviewed Dec. 18, 2013

    This email is regarding today's incident dated 12/17/2013 around 6.00PM. Complaint Store: 10402, Complaint against Store Manager (**). I was having coupon with 15% discount to be offered during 12th till Dec. 19th Dec on $75 USD purchase, I selected full item price fragrance $74 & clearance item. After standing 15 min in billing line, the billing executive told that only full item price would be allowed for discount, hence he asked me to select another item and be in line again for billing. After 1 hour of search in whole showroom, we were unable to find single item on full price, because today, 12/17/2013, the whole showroom was offering 50% discount on every item.

    I came in to line again, waited for another 15min to get to billing person & asked him to bill only item selected from clearance and asked him details about the coupon. He mentioned that coupon is not valid on clearance or sale 50% off item, I told him that then what is the fun of giving coupons to customers of specific date when on that date store would be offering 50% discount. This means none of the coupon will work and make no sense to offer coupons to customers, he said he doesn't know and would not be able to answer anything.

    Then store manager pitched in and she said it's all company policies and they will not be able to do anything and these offers come from company and not from store. She had the same view of coupon not working because entire store is on 50% off, then another sale executive came in and told this may work on 50% off, they asked me to select 50% off item now. This was another waste of time to select another item which is 50% off and be in line again. I asked manager to give this in writing to me. I have written version from manager and also coupons still intact. This was complete waste of my time and complete dissatisfaction. I will take this to legal department as I have written statement from the store manager.

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    Reviewed Dec. 11, 2013

    We try our best in the world to satisfy our customers but do realize we have an army of executives giving us work for a group of 30 people but they hand it to 6 people in store and in all honesty 85%!!!! OF THE CUSTOMERS ARE SMART **! If we don't have something in the sales floor, we don't have it in the back. If we are annoyed, it is because we are tired from 7-10 hour shifts and that tends to make us get grumpy like any other person and Abercrombie employees try our best but we do get tired when customers (hint) tear things apart and don't realize we have to handfold every piece of clothes, put it in size order and make sure it looks like what the corporate office wants it to look like. We don't honor coupons because we have coupons for each store. Yes, they are all owned by the same person but in reality, if you can't exchange Hollister clothes and A&F, you can't get the coupon to do the same!

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    Reviewed Nov. 17, 2013

    When I was going to pay and put a out the coupon from my purse, the lady told me sorry but that coupon is only for the kid's department. I think that it would be nice if you honored the coupons, mostly because are from the same store. Now on this day, everybody does it. Walmart honored any coupon from any place, Publix onto red coupons from other Supermercado. That should be a no-no red thing to the manager...

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    Reviewed Oct. 17, 2013

    I went to the Abercrombie and Fitch store located at Garden State Plaza on Friday, October 11 to buy a few gifts. I was greeted by a very nice young man who helped me and said to let him know if I needed anything else. I noticed that Abercrombie had a good sale, so I decided to do my Christmas shopping early and buy gifts for the rest of the family. At one point, I had a few questions about some items, and I spotted a young woman who appeared to be an employee of Abercrombie. I approached and asked her, "Excuse me, do you work here?" She gave me an unwelcoming look as if I was bothering her. She looked clearly annoyed. It was odd. I asked the same question again, thinking I might have made a mistake, that she was not actually an employee of the store. She said, "Yeah!" with again, a clear look in her eyes of being annoyed and put out by the simple question.

    I thought it was so absurd the way she responded and the way she was looking at me that I said, "Never mind," and instead of apologizing and offering to help, she turned around and walked away. I was so upset that I decided to just pay for the merchandise I had in my hands (despite the desire to buy more) and leave. When I went to pay, that same young woman was there at the register, with her back to the register. She took a look at me and just turned around again and didn't say a word. I then went walking through the store and found someone to help me pay for the merchandise! I asked to speak to the manager so that I could complain about how I was being treated. To my surprise, I was told that that young woman was the manager! Her name is Lauren.

    I left the store and went to a few other stores in the mall, but decided to not let Lauren ruin my shopping experience and I went back to Abercrombie to buy a sweater I had liked. After I grabbed the sweater, I stood on line with about eight to ten other customers. Lauren was still working the register. Another employee of Abercrombie approached Lauren and said something to her to which she said loudly in response, "Is she kidding me?" for all of the customers to hear. Then she just walked away from the register without anyone replacing herself with another staff person or providing an explanation. She simply left the register empty and left us -- about ten confused customers just looking at each other standing on line. Some people just left the merchandise and walked away; others waited without understanding what was happening since there was no one to help!

    A few minutes later, another employee spotted all of us customers just standing there with no help and opened a register. She looked puzzled looking around as if to ask, "Where is Lauren?" It was a bizarre and terrible shopping experience. I had no idea that an Abercrombie store would allow its customers to be left so abandoned. Lauren acted as if she was either quitting that day so she didn't care what happened, or she was above everyone else and so it didn't matter what she did because there would be no consequences. I feel it was an obligation, as a customer, to write, since I still would like to shop at Abercrombie and it was the very first time I was mistreated like that there. Even if the store was understaffed that day and the manager was struggling, it would not justify treating customers that way. This is especially true for someone given the responsibility of managing a store.

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    Reviewed Oct. 8, 2013

    Has anyone tried calling A&F's customer service? To either place an order, track an order, process a return etc.? WOW - May I say idiots? I don't know if they hire young morons but I cannot believe people are this rude, asleep, not with it, gone in Never Never Land; they seriously need to do some firing and re-hiring of better quality employees. How many times can their system go down where they cannot do anything for you? "Call back in a couple of hours". WOW - What system are you guys using? It's 10am PST. Really?

    A&F sent me the wrong item; their mistake. They sent the wrong size. No big deal. I went online to do the speedy exchange because their moron employees are the most annoying to speak to over the phone. They act and sound like they don't care and you are just bothering them while they are either eating or sleeping. I processed the speedy exchange and noticed I was being charged more or a higher price than the original item I had just received. Ok that seems odd I thought.

    I called customer service and one of the great employees told me that the online price through the speedy exchange would be different than if I called in and did it through an employee. So why would I even exchange this item? I would just do a return then. "Oh we can't do anything right now because our system is down for at least a couple more hours". WOW really??? Point being, remember Mossimo? Used to be a great brand that went out with a bang.... Well stop buying Abercrombie and Fitch Clothing! This company needs to just go out of business and let those snotty, ridiculous employees in OHIO go work for another company or just go on welfare. Such a joke.

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    Reviewed Oct. 8, 2013

    Went into Abercombie store in the Glendale mall 10/6/13. Made a purchase of $270 and another one for $20. Looking at the receipt, I saw a charge of $39.95 for a shirt that was on the SALE shelf with other shirts at the cost of $25. I let her know that the shirt was on this shelf and there was 1 more shirt at the same location. The supervisor ** told me that she is sorry but she can't do anything about it. I told her that they are putting new items with the sale items on purpose and this is wrong. So next time anyone buys at Abercombie, they need to check their receipt. I returned all the merchandise after my husband and I spent 1/2 hour in the store choosing clothes for our son. We got out and we will never buy at this location ever again.

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    Reviewed Oct. 4, 2013

    I was in the Glendale store this evening and could not believe that this type of poor customer service even exists! There was only 1 cashier with at least 4 other associates roaming the store and "folding". The customers that were being helped would get rung up then brought another item. The cashier would ring that item and provide them with a receipt and then they would want something else.

    This kept going which is what made the wait in line very long. He finally told the girls they had to go to the end of the line if they wanted anything else. In the meantime, I asked him if he could call for some backup. Here come 2 other employees and they are just hanging behind the register, doing nothing. Finally, in comes what they call a manager, **. I made a comment about the wait and she replied, "The line is not that long." That’s right, there was a no-no.

    I told her that an apology to the customer for the wait is what she should have said. I commented on the 2 employees behind the register. She told me they were on their break. I told her then maybe they should not be hanging behind the register. Again, I reiterated that a simple apology for the wait or "Someone will be right with you" would have helped. She kept arguing with me and as I was being rung up for $263.00, she told me I could leave the store that they didn't need my business. I was appalled! OMG! I'm taking all 3 items back tomorrow!

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    Reviewed Sept. 15, 2013

    Abercrombie shipping is horrible. I placed my order online and then started all the confusion and frustration. Sept. 11 - order placed through website, website shows for the std delivery time is 5-7 days but it becomes 12 days when you actually place the order so the information given on website is wrong and misleading. Sept. 11 - got one email order is "HELD" because of some credit card issue, order was cancelled again through customer support and the customer support executive upgraded the shipping for free and told the order will reach by 14th Sept. or 16th Sept. Sept. 13 - chat with customer care to know that order is not shipped yet. She told shipping date cannot be confirmed but yes shipping is upgraded

    Sept. 14 - got the shipment email from Abercrombie and it was a std. shipment, so again started chatting with the customer care, executive didn't have any idea and all she said was sorry. Sept.14 - called customer care and the person on phone was not able to understand the issue, wasted 30 minutes. So they did very well to spoil all my plans and will need to do shopping again :( Company is extremely unprofessional when it comes to online shopping, even small small companies are doing much better.

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    Reviewed Aug. 18, 2013

    Enduring the noise, lack of lighting, and fake sweet scents of perfume I went to the counter to buy a gift card for my 13 year old niece. I was presented with a card with an all but nude boy/man on the front! I said “no, don't you have another card” - No that was it. Salesman said "doesn't your niece go to the pool?" This was soft core **- this is their promotion? Declined and went next door to J. Crew.

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    Reviewed July 30, 2013

    A month ago I ordered online from Abercrombie and Fitch when they had a great online sale. Two days before my order was supposed to arrive, the tracking stopped on my package. After calling FedEx and my local postal service it was confirmed my package was lost and to call Abercrombie for a reshipment or a refund. When I called Abercrombie's customer service I had a nice girl who was very helpful and told me she would send me an email for a promo code but said they couldn't do anything until after 12 days. A week later I called again and had an extremely rude employee who told me I couldn't do anything until July 30 and didn't really have a clue what to do and insisted she try tracking my package even though it was confirmed lost.

    Today, July 29, I called Abercrombie again and also had another rude employee who told me they couldn't reship my order and could only refund me because the items may not be in stock. I checked the day before and all my items were still online and in stock so this made me mad. She then told me I would have to create a whole new order if I wanted to order from them but some of the items I had originally ordered were no longer on sale. I told her how I was very upset with the company and this was my first time shopping with them and certainly my last. She then went on talking over with me; it wasn't their company's fault and it's their policy order. I asked to speak to a supervisor or manager and she put me on hold, then came back and said her manager confirmed the policy order. Basically I was told 3 different stories and refused to talk to a manager and had no help and a month full of inconvenience. Sorry Abercrombie but you will never see me as a customer again.

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    Reviewed June 6, 2013

    I'm writing to inform you that I had a negative experience at your location in 700 Paramus Park (store# 10717), Paramus, and New Jersey on Jun 5th at 12:13 pm. This shop has a female employee's behavior and attitudes that has seriously hurt A&F company's image and reputation. I hope A&F can investigate this case and let the female employee not face the consumer again.

    When I was in the checkout line, the female employee complained loudly about the previous customers at the counter and said some negative words letting us listen very uncomfortably. When I finished check out, I found the same clothes charged different prices on my receipt. Then I showed the receipt to another A&F girl and asked the price issue. This female employee came to help and I told her, "If you cannot find the reason for the price, I want to return that piece of clothing. Prices have problems." She did not help me to find the price issue but was loud and fierce to see me. Finally she helped me to return that incorrect price of clothing but her attitude was very bad.

    Before I left the shop, I did a re-liquidation shopping bag of clothes. I found missing one piece of clothing in my shopping bag, then I came back to the counter and asked for help again. This female employee came back and helped her colleagues to liquidate my clothes. I saw that piece missing on the counter and told them it's in the counter. Later, she put it in my shopping bags, and accused me saying it was my fault - I did not count correctly and she loudly told me to leave the store immediately and never come back to shop. The female employees who not only did not stop her unreasonable behavior followed me to leave the store and stand outside. She loudly accused me of using a mobile phone taking her photo. I told her that I did not take her photo.

    Then I left, but she still followed me and asked me to remove the phone photos. Then, I showed her all the photos in my phone. She could not find any photos of her. She left and did not say any sorry to me. I was so upset by the situation and shocked at her accusation. A&F should not continue to allow employees who have emotional problems to face customers. Today's things made me feel deeply humiliated. The staff really can't work now and she does not have normal behavior and emotional state. Please help investigate what happened today and check the store's video to see this issue.

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    Reviewed May 16, 2013

    Abercrombie & Fitch has shocked its customers, the parents of its customers, advocacy groups, and just about anybody else who is paying attention with provocative marketing images of very young people modeling Abercrombie's latest styles in ways that many find to be sexually explicit and exploitative. For years, they would only hire, what they claim, are good looking people. Now, they are actively excluding XL plus sized clothing in their stores, as they see plus-sized people as not worthy of having A&F clothing. There is so much wrong with this company. Parents and college students, the government won't intervene in these terrible practices, so it is up to you to complain to Consumer Affairs and others, and more importantly, don't buy their clothing!

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    Reviewed May 13, 2013

    Beware of www.abercrombieandfitch1892.co.uk (Abercrombie & Fitch 1892). This company or any other that claims to sell the real thing such as Abercrombie & Fitch, do not buy anything from them. If you do get some products, they will not be the ones you ordered. If they are, they are 100% fake. They refuse to allow you to return the products (they have no return address) and their offer of a £10 refund is a joke on a £100 order. It was my own silly fault for trusting a company like this. However, they have copied the official A&F site pretty much word for word (apart from the returns). Don't part with a single penny to this company.

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    Reviewed May 11, 2013

    I purchased a t-shirt and after a couple washings, the lettering turned to threaded garbage. I will never purchase from this store again. Overpriced trash. No wonder stores have been going out of business!

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    Reviewed Jan. 27, 2013

    Not sure if you guys know that the A&F website updates itself constantly. When you refresh it, the item you want could be there one minute and gone the next because there are a lot of traffic on the website. They were having a promotion going ($10 off $50, $25 off $100, and $50 off $150, plus free shipping over $100). So I've been refreshing the website to see what I want and I would buy it on the spot. After purchasing 6 different orders, all with $10 shipping on them, I chatted with the first rep who told me that he cannot combine the orders so that my orders would equal to $150 (free shipping), which 6 of my orders would equal to more than $150. What he said was that he has to delete my orders and see if my items were still on the website (um hello, of course not, these are hot items that come and go. Plus what I don't understand is that I have the order to the item and confirmation, so why would you need to check if the item is in stock?) in order to add (combine) to one order.

    He told me that the items are not in-stock, so I cannot add the items to one order. So I had no choice but to cancel 5 of my orders (due to $10 shipping fee on item, some orders only had one shirt in it for like $10 and the shipping is $10 - a total of $20). I didn't believe him and chatted with the second guy. I told him the same story, "Everything was purchased on the same website and on the same day, could you combine all the orders and do a price adjustment?" He said, "Yes," I just have to email customer service and they would be able to do it. I told the second guy what the first guy had told me and he said that he swore on it and that he was positive that I could do the price adjustment without deleting my orders, and seeing if it were in stock in order to add it back to one of my orders.

    I don't know who to believe. It wastes my time refreshing the screen for so long just to buy stuff. So frustrating. Lesson learned. Never buy anything from A&F ever again. Rude customer service on chat, keeps rushing and telling me to email whatever problem I have. Rude phone customer service. I tried to explain another situation where I forgot to add the promo code to my order and she didn't even let me. I had to cancel.

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    Reviewed Jan. 11, 2013

    Abercrombie and Fitch sent an email on January 9 that they have a secret sale, 60% off, and gave a list of items that were on secret sale. I ordered immediately online thinking that I gotten a good deal. The following day, I checked the website and they have a new promo that says 30% off. I checked the list and was surprised that 4 items in my previous order were reduced further. I called the customer service and asked if they could adjust the price. I talked to Bill from Ohio who said they couldn't. I asked him if I could talk to a manager. He said it's a company policy that customers can't talk to managers. How ridiculous was that, a call center where customers can't talk to managers?

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    Reviewed Jan. 3, 2013

    I am a mother of teens and chose to shop at your store when I saw the sign 50% off everything in the store. I was delighted and spent almost an hour of my very valuable time choosing clothes for them. When I went to check out, not one of the items was 50% off. I immediately complained to the manager and refused to buy a thing. Several employees were standing by and all said that they had many, many complaints about this practice and were helpless to take the sign down. So not only were their practices deceitful and disrespectful of a customer, but they give their employees no power. They just lost a customer. I will never shop there again.

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    Reviewed Dec. 30, 2012

    I went to Abercrombie & Fitch at Rosedale Mall on Friday, December 28, 2012. I was going to purchase two pairs of sweatpants for my son - one grey pair and one navy pair. After the sales associate (**) rang it up, it came up to $81.60. I told the sales associate I thought they were on sale and to take off the navy pair and I would purchase the grey pair for $40.80. The next day, December 29, 2012, I returned the grey sweatpants because my son could not fit them.

    The manager (Katie) told me I was unable to return them because the receipt didn't match - it showed that I purchased a navy pair. I tried to explain to the manager Katie what had happened and she said there was nothing she could do - I’m pretty much stuck with the sweatpants. It was an error on the part of the sales associate. I just want my money back. Please help!

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    Reviewed Dec. 6, 2012

    So last year I bought my brother A & F lotion in Orland Square Mall, IL and I've noticed that they have discontinued it. I've been searching everywhere for it! So I decided to call that store today and asked if they indeed did discontinue it. She answered the phone so rudely! "Hello, this is Abercrombie," and I asked, "I have a question; do you have the men's lotion?" She abruptly said no and I asked, "Well do you know why or can I talk to the manager" She said, "I am the manager," and so I said, "Well, do you know why?" And she said no and hung up! I was furious. That is the last time I ever shop there!

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    Reviewed Dec. 5, 2012

    My mother (in her 60's) and I (in my 30's) went to Abercrombie Kids on 12/4/12 at The Woodlands Mall in TX to buy a few items for a relative. The music was so loud we literally had to yell to hear each other. Although we counted at least 3 females and 1 male sales people in the store, and although there was never more than 1-2 shoppers in the store with us, not once were we greeted. Sales were not marked clearly, so 4 times I brought items to the counter to be scanned. 3/4 of the times the price was different than marked, although the salesperson scanning the items assured me (with an exasperated sigh) that all of the prices in the store were as marked.

    At one point, we were in a section adjacent to the checkout counter by about 3 feet. There were items hung high out of our reach and 3-step stool next to them. The sales people were chatting, so we decided to use the stool to check a few sizes. We did this for 10-15 minutes, up and down, before a young woman who looked somewhere between 16-20 approached us and curtly demanded we not use the stool. I appreciated the instruction, but not the lack of service or the attitude. I asked her why no one had greeted us or offered to help. She made a rude remark that no one saw us, an inaccurate defense.

    Now I know stores like this in the mall hire young adults, even teens. I actually worked for their parent store during summers in college. Back then, the music was also loud, but not so much that I literally had a throbbing earache with a migraine on the way after 20 minutes. Not so loud that I had to yell to try to get some assistance. I remember a competent and customer-friendly adult always present as part of the sales force. Most importantly, I don't remember ever before being spoken to in such a disrespectful manner by a salesperson, never in my 37 years of life, never in front of my mother. I let bygones be bygones for the moment, made my purchase of 7 clothing items and left calmly, but I will never return.

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    Reviewed Dec. 4, 2012

    On December 3, 2012, I purchased two gift cards from the store as Christmas gifts. On December 4, 2012, I attempted to return one gift card after learning that we did not need two of them. When I went back to the same store with gift card and receipt in hand, I was told that they would not process the return for the one card. In today's economy when every dollar counts, it is very disappointing that a store will not honor this simple transaction. All we were looking for was to reimburse the same credit card that was used for the purchase. Pathetic! I will never use this store again and will inform all friends about their anti-consumer attitude!

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    Reviewed Nov. 25, 2012

    I placed an online order with A&F in May 2012 and did not receive the items. After a month of several unhelpful calls with A&F, I called my credit card company to dispute the charges, but A&F disputed the case and said the order had been delivered, so I had to pay them $200 for the items (which I never received). I have been shopping online with A&F for many years and had not encountered any problems but realized that once a problem arises, A&F will not work with you to resolve the issue. It was such a hassle to deal with them that I finally gave up. Surprisingly, a month later, the items showed up & I assumed that A&F had re-sent the undelivered items. I kept what worked and returned everything else via mail using their return label.

    This time I did not get the credit back for the returned items so I called and the customer rep confirmed the receipt of items and said we will credit you shortly. That was 3 months ago. They changed their statement later on to - we did not receive anything and since you got your credit company involved, we refuse to do business with you! Several calls and emails later, they have refused to refund the money on returned items and the reps have been nothing short of hostile, even saying that I am trying to make money off them. I used their return label so they can track the items but they have removed all the past orders info from my account, so I cannot even go back into my account with them to discuss what I returned. I have given up on them but want other consumers to know about A&F.

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    Reviewed Nov. 14, 2012

    I recently ordered a sweater from the website and was sent the wrong one. After returning it, I noticed I was charged twice for it and then was later charged the shipping fee for the exchange even though I used the "prepaid" label. I should not have been charged at all because it was not my mistake. This was the first time I've ordered something from Abercrombie and it will definitely be my last.

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Sept. 13, 2012

    On July 27th, I purchased a light wind jacket for my daughter. When I got it home, it turned out I had purchased the XS instead of the S. The jacket was at full price $85.60, plus tax. I paid using PayPal in the store. I then brought it back to get the right size. The cashier just simply applied an even exchange without confronting or explaining to me what would happen on exchanges. Later on, after thinking it over, my daughter was trying to help us financially that this is very expensive for a thin jacket. I took it back a week later - now we are talking Aug. 10th. The cashier who was doing the return was simply going to without asking, returning it to me with a merchandise credit. I told her that I paid using PayPal.

    A manager came to help out, he didn't know that they honor PayPal as a form of payment. The cashiers didn't know how to return anything with PayPal. Since she started this process, I was told that we can go ahead with a merchandise credit; the store manager is on break; and she will be able to reverse the credit. I came back 1/2 hour later. I had to explain what had happened. She assured me that customer service would be able to reverse it. I have been emailing back and forth. They basically left me hanging! I sent out an email asking them what's happening. They wrote back "Sorry, due to the fact that you made an exchange, we cannot assist you any further at this time." End of discussion.

    Today is Sept. 13th! I am still dealing with this issue. I had to call PayPal to try and dispute this charge. She is working on my case and she had me call customer service again, speak directly and see what they can do. Apparently at Abercrombie, if you have made any kind of exchange, they're keeping your money. You're stuck with a store credit! PayPal doesn't think that's right and further, they think Abercrombie should advocate their employees on how to handle all PayPal processing! Even the managers. For this matter, I'm stuck with a merchandise credit that I will refuse to shop there or their online store ever again! They are thieves!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 7, 2012

    Every time I go into AF #10974 in Westfield Mall, Brandon FL, there is only one register open. This day, I brought my son in. I noticed a line starting to build at the register so I got in line while he tried on his items. There were only 2 people in front of me and it took more than 20 minutes to get rung up. (My son had tried on his clothes and come out during that time). I asked the girl at the register if they can get her some help, and she said no. During that minimum 20-minute wait, the line had grown to 15 people. There was a young girl and a guy employee standing and chatting during the entire wait, right in front of the register! They could obviously see the 15 people in line and had no response.

    When I was done, I went up to them and asked to speak to the manager. The young girl replied that she was the manager. She offered no explanation as to why 4 other employees in the store could not come and open another register. I got the business card with the store number and left. Now, reading all the other complaints on here, I understand that AF has the worst customer service ever! The majority of the complaints are about customer service! What would be your reasoning, as administrators, to let your employees treat customers in such a way? The things I have read on here today just blow my mind. They make my complaint seem benign and petty. At least I wasn't yelled at, spoken rudely to, or accused of stealing for no good reason!

    I would have come unglued on the spot if talked to in some of those manners. I don't have much confidence that there will be a resolution in this matter seeing that the other 254 complaints have no corporate response to them. All that I can do is get it out there on Facebook about this humongous problem and encourage people to speak up and stop shopping there.

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    Reviewed Aug. 17, 2012

    I love Abercrombie's clothing, and it is unfortunate that I finally am writing the commitment not to purchase to any merchandise at the retailers. I have never actually expressed any complaints about the service at the retailers even though I have seen/experienced many episodes of rude attitudes and low quality of services. However, I had happened to stop by the store at Glendale Galleria and had decided never again will I visit the store. Let me describe the situation.

    It was after work around 6:30pm, when there was a woman returning things at the register and seemed like she was taking a while, so I lined up. There were two shelves right in front of the register. It was almost like people can choose to line up on the right, left or middle. Last time, I remember people were lined up on the right side of the register, so I was the first one to wait behind the woman on the right side.

    Next thing I know, there was a huge line in the middle, not behind me. It was already rude that people were cutting me off without saying anything even though I was clearly the first to be waiting. What was even more upsetting was the girl at the register just kept ignoring me, as if she didn't recognize my existence and it was never an issue. In fact, I know this happens a lot because I have been to the specific store before and the same thing happened to me the very last time.

    I was standing within the shelves, which was where the line is formed today, and people happened to line up on the right side of the register (which is where I was standing today). They tried to cut me off, but the customer service man was nice enough to ask me if I was the first one to line up that time. Today, however, I had to go up to them after three groups went ahead of me and claimed that I was there first. The customer that was next in line tried to argue with me, and the register girl completely ignored as the man accused me of cutting off people. I had ended up being in the line for 20 minutes, when it could have been just 5 minutes.

    I have seen Abercrombie customer service representatives giving mean attitudes to customers many, many times. I feel like it is almost what you ask for when you go into the store, but I never expect good services. For example on one of the very hot days, I went to the store and then a customer asked the girls at the register if they had any water as she was going to purchase. The girls at the register totally laughed at her as soon as she left, saying something like "Is she crazy?". "How is that so crazy to ask such a simple question on a such a hot day", and who are they to criticize the customer when she is providing businesses?

    As a corporation, the HR really needs to focus on hiring the right personnel. The selection of clerks is just awful. I also assume training of the clerks is not properly done. I mean, some of them might be good looking, but come on, does it make any differences to the customers experiences in the stores? I don't think so. There is nothing customers can gain because the clerks are good looking. But hiring those who can't even appreciate customers, obviously have a direct impact on customers experiences.

    The image I have right now for Abercrombie is childish, rude, and snobby. I believe many of them share the same perspectives as well. It is unfortunate that such a successful company couldn't do the most important thing right; hiring ethical and honest individuals. They are ultimately the ones to establish and share the brand images, which means they can destroy it simultaneously. Clearly, it is shown in their stock prices lately.

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    Customer ServiceOnline & AppProcess

    Reviewed Aug. 16, 2012

    I ordered two parcel from Abercrombie online store on July 30, 2012. My parcels have not been delivered for more than 2 weeks so I sent an email to the company. First, they said our payment is expired and then they said they refunded my money. Without getting my confirmation, they refunded my money to a closed bank account. No one gives information about the process. I sent more than 20 mails to gain information. I ordered 5 times from their website and each time, I face different problem (stock problem, payment problem, shipping problem). I will apply consumer protection and I will never offer you buy anything from their website. I have still sent an email to figure out my problem. I hope I will solve this.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Aug. 14, 2012

    Rude manager in Cleveland, OH - I went in to the Abercrombie store in Beachwood, Ohio twice in the past week. The first time, we had a few items we were purchasing for our daughter and stood in line to check out. Since the cashier was taking an inordinate amount of time with the customer ahead of us, we went to a different register to check out. The young man standing behind the register merely looked up and pointed, yes pointed, to the register we were just standing at. We walked back and completed our transaction, after which I asked to speak to the manager. I relayed what happened to her and she stated he was filling out paperwork and didn't understand what was going on. I'm sorry, at what point did common sense jump out the window? He could have said, "I'm sorry, I'm not actually working but they can help you at a different register." Pointing doesn't cut it. Clearly, the manager has some customer service training deficits she should address!

    I returned to the store, despite my better intentions to purchase a few more items. I had a 20% off coupon on my purchase and bought some shorts, jeans and a sweater for my daughter. They had signs all over the place saying 30% off sweaters. I checked out and left. At home, I checked my receipt and noticed that the sweater actually had been full price. I had a 40% off a full priced item on my phone but didn't use it since everything, I thought, was already on sale. I went in the next day and spoke with the manager Jessica and explained what had happened, especially that their signage certainly implied that all sweaters were 30% off, not "selected styles" (which appeared nowhere on any of the signs).

    Now normally, I would go through the hassle of re-buying the sweater with the coupon and returning it on the old receipt, but they didn't have an XS in that color. So, I had hoped that Jessica would work with me. I know the rules, has to be on a new purchase, etc. but again, here was an opportunity for Jessica to turn this into a positive outcome. Instead she said, "No, I won't do that." There is a great book that every employee at A&F should read called "Waymish: Why are you making it so hard (for me to give you money)." I told Jessica, "Great. I will return all the items I've purchased here over the past several weeks and re-buy them at another store."

    Up to this point, I have always purchased online since my daughter really still fits in kid's sizes. I absolutely hate going into their stores - loud, smelly and rude employees who, if you don't look like their typical customer, tend to ignore you until you drop hundreds of dollars down at the register. My husband and I would never personally wear A&F, but our 6th grader does. We are both highly educated and have a significant amount of disposable income, income that I will just as happily continue to spend at J. Crew and similar, but A&F is out.

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    Reviewed Aug. 7, 2012

    I just went to return some clothes. I had my receipt with me and it was before a month. The manager got mad, she said no, go to another branch, get out of here. I’m going to call the police and a guard came and took us out from the store. That's it, easy, I can't believe it!

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPricePunctuality & SpeedOnline & AppStaff

    Reviewed July 3, 2012

    I have received two messages advertising "Take an additional 50% off redlines." I click this link, and it immediately brought me to the sale section of Abercrombie and Fitch's website. I invested time and care to select items. After placing them in my shopping cart and going towards the final steps in purchasing the items, I noticed that there was no deduction in the "redline" items. On July 1 at 10:35, I called the customer service line. I spoke with a Catherine, who told me I had to go to a different area on the website where it lists that prices online were already priced at the final sale price. I told her that this was extremely misleading and her company should honor the advertised offer. She said should would not. She concluded the call and hung up the line.

    I then called back, only to get Catherine back again. I requested to speak with a supervisor. She informed me that they do not answer calls. I told her she had an unsatisfied customer and would like her to put me on hold in order to relay that information to her supervisor. She refused to do this. She told me she was going to hang up on me, and she did. I am very unsatisfied with this company's customer service policy. Even asking for resolution and assistance, the only mentality they have adopted is "That is just how it is, so deal with it!" This is not a professional nor even civil way to deal with the public.

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    PriceStaff

    Reviewed June 19, 2012

    I visited the Champs Elysees store on a trip to Paris last weekend. It was the request of my 11-year old daughter, who finds the store very 'cool' obviously. The complaint is very simple. I was not allowed into the dressing room with my child to help her decide which clothes fitted and looked well, and where I could sit my no longer very young body down and rest a moment. I found this so stupid that I said out loud how insufferable it is to have to shop and find things in in the gloom, being deafened by loud music and having to inhale this sick-making fragrance (And I further now add to be patient with assistants who have no idea how to find the right fit before climbing stairs to changing rooms on another floor, all in order to buy overpriced clothes.).

    I was overheard by a member of staff who replied “It is not my **.” (I think the interpretation is 'it is not my problem') and he walked away. But where was I meant to wait? Where was I meant to sit down? I bent my legs and sank onto my ankles and squatted against the wall outside my daughter’s large dressing room and waited protectively for her. I was not going to leave her alone in the large and dark building (I have read the stories) with this type of 'youth' to deal with (my daughter does not yet speak French). However, happily, the sweetly spoken young lady who had told me the 'rule' of not allowing two people into the changing rooms reappeared and said kindly that I may go in and help my daughter. How civilized.

    I whipped into the large changing room, shut the door against the maddening noise and the stink of that perfume and sank down onto the large bench (I also ran up against the same 'one person only' rule in the A&F store in London). Now, I know if I go into this store, I have to take on this assault on the senses and must not be irritated by the set-up. It is very imaginative and clever and successful and I admire that. However, the objective of this story is to wake Abercrombie and Fitch up to the fact that certain credit card holding clients require to stay with their young ones and if they must stay outside the dressing room, will require a seat. Be realistic.

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    Staff

    Reviewed May 7, 2012

    Is it common practice for people representing your stores to proposition, approach young girls and ask if they want to model in your store? Absolutely appalling especially these days. These girls were also not with an adult!

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed April 24, 2012

    I went into Abercrombie to return a pair of shorts that did not fit. They were unused, still had tags, and have been in my mother's smoke-free house for the week I bought them. I had a cigarette before entering the store and was told I could not return them because she smelled smoke. I informed her they were in a smoke-free environment and the smoke she smelled was coming from me. In fact, when anyone else smelled them, they still had your signature cologne smell and that was it. She was very rude and refused to smell them, saying she could not put them on the shelf. This shorts was not touched in my mother's closet and was not cheap in the least. I am very angry and will not be going to this store, previously my favorite store, anymore.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupStaff

    Reviewed April 12, 2012

    I have been trying to obtain a copy of my W2 form, so I can file my taxes. I have followed all instructions. I have contacted W2 Express. The representatives have explained there is not a W2 form on file for me. I have visited the store on three separate occasions. I have spoken with two managers. Neither manager is able to provide me with a telephone number for the main office. I called 1-866-367-1892. The lady explained she does not handle HR issues. She suggested I keep trying the number and maybe someone would come on the line to assist me. I find it hard to believe Abercrombie & Fitch advocate this type of customer/employee service. At this point, I am filing a complaint with the Better Business Bureau.

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    Staff

    Reviewed April 7, 2012

    I purchased items in store on 4th April, which came to $82. I paid with my debit card and put my pin in and then it said remove card. The man serving said it didn’t go though as the receipt didn’t come out so I did it again and then the receipt did come out. When I later checked my bank, the payment has come out twice and basically the store says there’s nothing they can do and can’t give me my money back even with a bank statement stating two payments have come out. This has also happened to a couple of other people. I think the stores are up to something very dodgy indeed. I am very angry about this and will never be going into their shop again.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed April 1, 2012

    I am a 60-year-old woman and do not wear A&F clothing, however I do purchase things there for my sons and my daughter-in-law. I have visited two A&F stores in Indiana and had two diametrically different experiences. The A&F store in Bloomington, IN is great. The sales staff is helpful and pleasant and I have never had a bad experience shopping there. I wish I could say the same for the A&F store in Lafayette, IN.

    The times I have shopped there, I was completely ignored (probably because of my age) and when I finally got someone to break away from the gossip ring that was taking place over the t-shirts in the men’s department, I was treated as an inconvenience. I hate to break it to you kids, but my demographic has the most disposable income. Being old does not equate to being the invisible woman. The clerk who rang up my sale didn't smile, didn't respond to small talk and practically shoved the bag with my purchases at me. She couldn't get rid of me fast enough.

    Needless to say, the entire experience left me with a very bad taste in my mouth and I do not intend to shop at another A&F again. If my family members want their clothes, they can order them online and I'll reimburse them for their purchase. I know this isn't fair to the A&F stores where patrons are treated well, but it is human nature to remember the bad experiences and generally assign those negatives to the entire chain. On a side note, I have never had a bad experience shopping at Hollister in any location. To me, the clothes are very similar, with Hollister having more reasonable prices and much nicer personnel.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPrice

    Reviewed March 23, 2012

    On March 22, 2012, I made an online purchase at www.Abercrombie.com. I purchased several items from their clearance section (red lines). Today, March 23, 2012, I received an email that stated "30% off All Redlines". I contacted their customer service about a price adjustment and received this response: “Thank you for your email. If you check out our promotion details, they state the online price already reflects the discount. It also says that for in store purchases, the discount is applied at checkout. This would explain why you received the discount at the checkout in store.”

    I replied back saying the following: The redline price at the store is $38.90, same as it is online, and the store gives you an actual additional % off (like it says). The price most certainly isn't reflective of the additional 30%. I made the purchase online yesterday the price was $38.90. Today, it says take an additional 30%, it did not say that yesterday. So how can the price reflect the additional 30% as the price is still $38.90? If it is, then it's considered false advertisement.

    I think Abercrombie "plays" funny games and not faithful about their sales. Furthermore, I was at the store the previous week, purchased one of the same items I purchased online, but in a different color, and it was at the redlined price of $38.90 and they gave the additional discount. It just doesn't make any sense and I think they are unfair and not truthful. Please let me know if I have any basis for my complaint.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 20, 2012

    I was in A&F at the Greensboro, NC Four Seasons mall around 11:30-12:00 pm. I had several shirts number to be exact and I waited for a helper to open a dressing room so I could try them on. As I stood by the cash register, because that was were the nearest assistant was at, she looked at me and then turned her head as if to ignore me. A ** woman came to the register and the assistant, who I later found out her name is **, assisted this ** lady. I stood by patiently, but after the lady left she had 2 minutes to assist me but she didn’t.

    So when I asked her if I can get a dressing room, ** snatched the items out of my hand so hard that they fell on the floor. She walked over them and then looked back at me and said, “Well, come on, **." I was like, “What! Hold up.” So then she was like, “You need to leave the store.” I said call the security. So she acted like this ** man was going to ** her and ran hysterically to the phone and called security. I asked another employee for the A&F headquarters’ number and she acted dumfounded. Okay, don’t. All A&F stores have a camera because you can see were she snatched the clothes out my hand and they fell on the floor.

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    Reviewed March 14, 2012

    This is to update to my previous complaint about my refund check. After over 15 email communications, 1 complaint filed at BBB, 1 filled at Ohio Attorney General, my refund check finally came after 66 days. This is the process for you to get your own money back from this company. So do you still A&F? Not me, shopping should be happy, enjoyable and hassle-free.

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    Customer ServiceSales & Marketing

    Reviewed Feb. 28, 2012

    I ordered on 2/27, and was charged $130.75. Today, 2/29, a second charge came through for $130.76. The company claims that the first charge was a pre-authorization, and was not deducted. The bank clearly shows that it was deducted from our account. Customer service was of no help. This happened before with Hollister, and it took me two weeks to get it fixed, and get my money back. I think it must be part of their corporate policy to try to scam people who don't check their statements. I don't think it's just a fluke.

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    Reviewed Feb. 27, 2012

    I went to abercrombie kids store on Westfield Brandon Mall in Fl. on 02/24/12 at 13:31. The lady behind the cashier told me that because I didn't have the promo code with me I can bring it later with the receipt and she will honor the discount. I went today to the same store in my lunch time and the guy behind the cashier told me that I had to bring the pants I bought. The pants are already washed I told him and he said, "Then is nothing I can do." At least you should train the people to agree in what they said. It was a waste of my lunch time and gas for me to drive there. And that is why you lose your clients. I'm completely unsatisfied with the customer service.

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    Online & App

    Reviewed Feb. 22, 2012

    Got banned for no good reason. Ordered only a few items from their website and got them cancelled with a note saying that I was a possible re-seller. Don't see how they can make that statement without and research. Mind you, I was purchasing for my brother and I (we are the same size) so, all the sizes were the same. I feel stripped, since I did spend time looking over the best deals and waiting for the correct size before ordering. I feel as if I did nothing wrong, yet they punished my household by banning us.

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    Reviewed Feb. 22, 2012

    This is additional information to the email I filed back on 01/24/2012. I was told that I will get my refund check on or before 02/07/2012. But as of today, 02/21/2012, I still have not received anything. When I asked them what happened, they told me it is not their fault, it all depend on the mail carrier. So I asked them to check the status of my refund check, such as the date they send out, or any signs that they send out the check. They replied that it will take 3 days, yes another 3 days to find out what is the status on my refund check.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 21, 2012

    I've been to many A&F stores and they do stand there and talk to each other. But they are probably just trying to make their day go by a little better. The customer is not always right, in fact, they are usually wrong. The people were rude after you said the smell offended you, and she went and sprayed more. Have you thought she was spraying something new to cover the smell? And really? You wanted to return something without receipt or tags? Really? Just because someone works, service doesn't mean they have to be your maid, slave or treat you like gold. They have to be there to make money and to live. You however, don't have to be there. Stay home and quit crying. I never had a problem. I go in stay quiet and follow rules. Let's have class and respect.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 16, 2012

    The experience I had on the 13th of February, 2012 at the Abercrombie & Finch store at Fox Valley Mall in Aurora was the worst retail experience I have had in my life. I entered the store with the intention of purchasing an item I had seen on their website and making a return. When I asked your employee, Kristin, (a blond female around 53, who claimed to be the manager of the store) to help me, she refused to check the inventory to see if the store had that particular item. It was noticeably palpable that she had no intention of assisting customers and seemed outright lazy. It was her lack of professionalism; however, that really struck me. Not only did she lack customer service skills, but she was blatantly rude and arrogant.

    Next, I asked her to assist me in returning an item I had purchased a day ago. She actually told me that she would not do so, without inspecting the item or receipt. I was utterly shocked by her bizarre behavior. When I tried to explain to her that the terms of the contract stated on the back of the receipt allows a customer to make a return, she interrupted me and began yelling that she was the manager and had the liberty to do as she very well pleased. When I asked her to refrain from screaming, she summoned a male employee who was standing in another room to vouchsafe on her behalf that she was not yelling. Following which, she asked me to leave the store.

    Manager Kristin’s behavior was simply unprofessional, disgusting and ludicrous. She was obviously on a power trip and seemed very unhappy to be working at the store. Kristin’s arrogant and rude behavior makes her unfit to work in the retail industry or to work as a manager. This is not Europe! In the United States, customers are always right! And customers are treated with dignity and respect. You really need to train your employees and teach them about customer service which is a concept that is unmistakably alien to them. When a customer walks away with such a poor experience, it clearly reflects on the brand. In fact, the experience is associated with the brand. The brand and the so called A & F experience they are selling are pretty pathetic. They have forever lost a loyal customer. I will opt to purchase clothes from SuperDry instead. They can also bank on the fact that I will relay my horrendous experience at the Aurora store to everyone.

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    Customer ServiceOnline & App

    Reviewed Feb. 15, 2012

    I was banned from buying clothes from their website because I buy too much! Is that a joke or what? I placed an order on Feb 11. It has been canceled. I was surprised to received this email when I asked them what happened. The order is for whole family .They consider that all customers are suspects or potential criminals. That is fine. I will help them spread the word from Facebook to major forums.

    "This order was canceled and we will not accept future orders from you. Abercrombie & Fitch is a private label brand and to protect our intellectual property rights, suspected resale of our merchandise for personal or business profit is strictly prohibited. For additional information regarding our Resale Policy, you can click here."

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    Reviewed Feb. 14, 2012

    Let me preface this by saying, I almost never complain and something has to be truly offensive in nature for me to want to speak out. I shopped this week with my eight year old son at the Abercrombie and Fitch store in The Woodlands Mall, located in The Woodlands, TX. I am writing this because the cologne smell in the store was so horrifically overpowering and sickening, that I was worried I would have an asthma attack on the spot. When I walked into the store, there was a young lady at the door, and when I told her that I thought the odor was offensive, she went to get her spray bottle and started to spray more cologne on the clothing all around me. Had I not had to buy a gift, I would have exited the store immediately, and when I finally completed my transaction and did exit, both mine and my son's eyes were burning. My son's nose was also red.

    I placed the bag in my backseat and actually had to pull over on the drive home at a gas station to use my inhaler and also to place the bag in the trunk. Why do they do this? What in the world is this outrageous store policy. The employees can come down with cancers later in life from strong smells. Also, not everyone likes this scent... my nephew, who was the recipient of the gifts I bought that day had to wash the clothing twice before he could wear them. I don't understand this policy. Maybe, if others who feel the same would share their experiences, someone in corporate will listen. Needless to say, I will never step foot in that store again, and I may possibly never again buy the brand as well.

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    Reviewed Jan. 22, 2012

    In store #10423, I purchased a shirt on 12/31/11, total: $32.63. I paid with gift card: $16.20 and cash: $16.43. On 01/12/12, I decided to return the shirt. Per cashier, I will get $16.43 cash back and $16.20 gift card, but the cash register just put the total $32.63 in gift card, so I asked why. The cashier said she did not know why so I have take what the cashier offered, then she called out for the next customer right away.

    So I contacted the customer service on 01/14/12 by email for the issue. I got the response saying that I should get $16.43 cash back and the rest in gift card, so Abercrombie & Fitch will issue $16.43 in check to mail to me. Waiting for 6 days, I emailed again for the status of my refund check, I got the response saying I will get my check in 3 weeks which no later 02/07/12.

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    Reviewed Jan. 19, 2012

    Today was the first and last time I will shop at A&F. While I was looking through the racks a girl employee saw a liquid spilled on the floor. Instead of cleaning it up (like any employee in any other store would do), she saw me with my child and started blaming it on him. I told her we did not have a drink and she proceeds to ask me if he had a bottle and how it got spill. Did she expect me to clean it up if it was my child that made the mess? I found some items I liked and went to the checkout.

    Stood in like for 20 minutes with only one register open and the store had maybe two customers shopping. They have an additional 50% off their clearance items, so I watched as she wrung the items up and one of the prices was wrong. She said sometimes they miss mark things but she would honor it anyway. She honored the price but didn't take the additional 50% off. When I brought it to her attention she was very persistent that she was right. The $10 wasn't worth the fight. That is the worst customer service I have ever received!

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    Reviewed Jan. 19, 2012

    Today, January 18th, my son and I went to the adult Abercrombie store at Washington Square in Portland, Oregon after I picked him up from school. We had many basics we needed to purchase as he had just experienced a growth spurt. I will preface this by stating that I am a well groomed, well dressed woman and my son is also quite clean cut. He had tried on a polo shirt and came out of the dressing room to show me the sizing. We saw a great blue sweater on a mannequin and went in search of it. We did find it and he tried it on. A young woman came rushing over to us and demanded my son immediately remove the sweater. I was very confused. She stated that she was the manager and it was customer policy that no clothes could be worn outside the dressing rooms. There was no apology or offer to help, she just stood there glaring at us. We were both treated as if we were shoplifters.

    I will no longer shop at Abercrombie or Hollister. If they are so concerned about shoplifting, they might try putting a charming/cute young person at the front of the store, turning down the music and up on the lights as well as train their staff to help customers and not just fold and talk to each other. As a mother of a 12 year old girl and a 14 year old boy, I will also encourage my friends to no longer shop in your stores in person and on Facebook. Even my son no longer wants to shop at these stores based upon the treatment he received.

    We did finish our shopping at other stores today and purchased over a dozen items totaling over $1,000.

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    Reviewed Jan. 10, 2012

    I want to introduce myself as the Assistant Chief of Staff Environmental Security (ACS/ES) Operations Manger. The purpose of this email is to let you know that I had some of my German family members staying at my place for three weeks. After Christmas they went to the Abercrombie & Fitch at Promenade Temecula (CA 92591). They bought some clothes and a week later they tried on a polo shirt and noticed it was too small.

    They went to the Abercrombie & Fitch at Promenade Temecula with me to help them exchange the polo shirt. I did not realize they already taken the tags off and did not have their receipt; however I went into the store and found the same shirt with the same size and one with the larger size. I took them to the customer service desk and explained the situation to the manager.

    He was very rude and said he cannot help me to do the exchange. I then explained to the manager that we could remove the tags and place them on the shirt we wanted to return. The manager then walked away from us and would not assist me. I understand in some situations many people try to take advantage of your store, however it was my worst experience I ever had. My German friends have left to go back to Germany and I still have the polo shirt, which I will be donating to a non-profit organization. Thank you for your time on this matter. Respectfully, Gerry **.

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    Reviewed Jan. 5, 2012

    Recently I visited my sister in Pennsylvania. To show me around, she took me to a family mall where we also visited Abercrombie and Fitch. She has three young kids, all under the age of 5 who accompanied us. At the door we were greeted by two half naked models. Really? What purpose do they serve besides being overly exposed and sending out a crude message? My niece immediately asked, “Ma, why are they naked?” I would like Abercrombie to explain to me how her mother should address this issue.

    Once we were in the store, there were more pictures of half naked men and women intertwining, against the walls of the store. We didn't stay there an extra minute and left quickly without even looking at any merchandise. I don't know what vision Abercrombie and Fitch is trying to honor, but the company image is becoming increasingly inappropriate. You can't even bring their shopping bags into a home with children, because they too have naked men and women plastered all over them.

    I understand that parents have the utmost responsibility to protect their young children from obscenity. But stop for a moment and think about how we exist as humans. We live in communities and the health of that community should be a concern to each member. And as members of a community, we have a certain responsibility to one another. I guess what I’m implying is that I’d like Abercrombie to be more responsible about the images they use to represent their company, keeping in mind that there are young children out there that are too young to understand sexuality.

    Another thing that i want to say is that Abercrombie has refused to process my online orders because they 'think' I'm going to resale the purchased items. i have two sisters and to avoid spending so much money on shipping, we try to order everything together. Their accusation is completely unfounded and quite offensive. I have emailed and called their customer service, who is good for nothing, numerous times to no avail.

    In light of my frustration and the run-around the company has given me, I am officially boycotting Abercrombie. And you bet I will get the word out to all my family and friends. You will not be missed! I never really thought the quality of their clothing was good. My sisters always forced me to buy stuff when the company had sales, but if will not be doing any such thing anymore.

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    Reviewed Jan. 5, 2012

    The day before Christmas, I went into A&F and I was greeted. All of sudden as I was about to check out something, a lady came up to me and told me I'm not allowed in the store and I asked her why. She told me I was in there stealing before and they told me I wasn't allowed to go back there. I told her, "Can you tell me my name and if you can, I will leave your store". She couldn't tell me my name, I told her she had me mistaking with someone else and she just swore she knew I was the person she thought I was.

    I asked her if she could call security and she told me no. I said, "Well, can I speak to a manger?", she did not let me to. I told her if I was the person you think I am, you would have called security and you would let me speak to your manger. Then she told me since I'm not the person they thought I was, "Don't do anything sneaky". I asked her what was that supposed to mean. She told me to do nothing that will make her think I was stealing.

    That's nothing you should say to a customer. Every time I went in there since that day , they followed me. Seemed like I was harassed for being the wrong person. I can't never just walk in there and just shop without someone literally on my back every time I told around. I felt she handed the situation wrongly and she embarrassed me. Something needs to be done or i'm going higher than this .

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    Customer ServiceOnline & App

    Reviewed Dec. 29, 2011

    I was banned from buying clothes from their website because I buy too much! Is that a joke or what? I spent the entire month Christmas shopping online for my entire family, friends and of course, myself. I paid extra for 3 day shipping and I never got my items. They never sent me an email cancelling my order either. I was checking my credit card bill and realized I received a refund for the items I had purchased. I was so upset. I had to spent December 24th shopping like a crazy maniac because Abercrombie decided to cancel my orders! That is absurd to me. This is what they emailed me after I sent them an email and called about my order:

    "This order was canceled and we will not accept future orders from you. Abercrombie & Fitch is a private label brand and to protect our intellectual property rights, suspected resale of our merchandise for personal or business profit is strictly prohibited."

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    Reviewed Dec. 26, 2011

    A sales clerk at Abercrombie & Fitch picked out 4 items for me to give my daughter for Christmas, knowing we would probably be back the day after Christmas to exchange them. When we returned today, it seems one of the 4 items (a belt) was from Holister and even though I had the receipt for the belt and did not pick them out, the rudest manager I have ever dealt with in my 44 years accused me of shoplifting! Her name is Jevae at store 10546 at Oak Park Mall in KS. Another manager overrode her decision but this did not stop Jevae from continuing to make accusations, talk horribly to me and my daughter.

    I will never go to this store again! It is sad that a person with her attitude and obvious lack of customer service is placed in a position of management. She would be fired on the spot if she was employed at my company. Period.

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    Reviewed Dec. 16, 2011

    I visited your store in The Mission Viejo mall for some Christmas shopping. I picked out about 12 items that were going to be purchased. I stood in a long line, with only one employee ringing up at the register. Everyone in line was getting restless. There were two other employees folding clothing. I walked over and asked the male employee, if someone could please open another register, because by then there about 8 people in line. He said he would have to get "ok" from his manager. He disappeared and after a few minutes a female employee came by and looked at the line and walked away. Again, I along with others stood in line for another ten minutes...then I told the lady behind me that this store does not want my business. So I left everything I was going to purchase and started to walk out.

    As I was walking out, I asked the girl closest to the door who the manager is. She called her. Caroline came and I realized she was the employee who came looked at the line and walked away. I told her how I had asked for another register to be opened and how everyone was frustrated to be standing in line with only one register open. She said, I'm sorry but I can not open a register. I have to walk to the store for loss prevention reasons. I said you just lost my business and on top of that I am going to bring back every single Christmas gift I purchased and I am posting on Facebook and Tweeter my horrible experience and asking people to boycott your store, until you show that you value your customers. I stood in line over half an hour with two kids and to hear a bunch of excuses from an inexperienced manager, while 3 employee were folding clothing and the manager was "walking the store for loss prevention purposes." No thank you!

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    Customer ServiceOnline & App

    Reviewed Dec. 15, 2011

    Abercrombie Kids, beware! When you order through their website, everything comes up in stock. Then, you check out and pay. Then finally after about 5 days, your order ships. Upon arrival, you discover an item missing. When you call, they tell you it is backordered and you may never get it. They don't guarantee that backorders will come back into stock.

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    Reviewed Dec. 12, 2011

    I was shopping in the store at Tyson's corner, Virginia at 3:00 pm on Monday, December 12. I was trying on a sweatshirt in the dressing room when I was accused of trying to steal my sweater that I worn to go shopping that was purchased last year from the same store. I was harassed by two employees. I went to the manager and all I received was, "I'm sorry." This is unacceptable.

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    Reviewed Dec. 12, 2011

    After receiving a 25% discount card through an online purchase from Abercrombie Kids, I tried to use it at the Abercrombie Kids store where we usually shop at. When cashing out, the clerk said the card was only good at the Abercrombie store, not the Kids. I said that I got the card through the Kids store; they must have made a mistake and sent me the wrong card. "Please honor the card as I am a really good customer, " I said. She wouldn't; now this is after I have spent thousands of dollars on my kids since the beginning of the year.

    They should know me at this store by now; I am in there every other week! I told the little snot I would call head office and complain and she just gave me a dirty look. I then went straight down to the Abercrombie adult store and told the manager what happened and she overrode the whole transaction and gave me my discount. The Abercrombie Kids store at Memorial City Mall Houston will no longer receive my money! Thanks though to the wonderful manager at the Abercrombie and Fitch adult store at Memorial city. Someone taught you great customer service and you showed my kids today what that is.

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    Price

    Reviewed Dec. 1, 2011

    I am complaining about your Hollister located at Menlo Park Mall store #30570. I had purchase a pair of jean on Black Friday with 50% off. I went there today for an exchange is different length. The size, style and color are the same as my original purchase but they will not allow me to exchange the item for the same price. They want me to pay the difference since it's no longer 50% off. What kind of service is that? I had no problem at Abercrombie & Fitch, they honor the exchange. I am very upset with the service and feel I'm being discriminated and embarrassed with the incident.

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    Price

    Reviewed Nov. 27, 2011

    Abercrombie on 11/26 an offer on the AF Kid's site hoodies for $15.00. The locations listed below were exempt. I went to South Coast Plaza in Costa mesa at 11:00 A.M. only to find out that Abercrombie made a mistake. There was an error on the stores that was listed below as the store's details were misprinted.

    This is called baiting and switching. I was baited to come into the store and once I took the time to shop at the store the offer was switched. I walked out and it's the principal. It was A&F's error, but I paid the price by getting hooked to drive to the store. I wasn't about to spend a penny after the store manager refused to honor the offer. Below is what was online along with an offer banner for $15.00 on hoodies.

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    Sales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 20, 2011

    While waiting in line to purchase a t-shirt for my nephew, my 6 year old daughter busied herself by examining the perfume bottles on the table next to the check out line. After about 5 minutes, I noticed she was standing completely stock still. I looked down at her, and she was staring at the large advertisement backing the perfume bottles. It was a large black and white photo of a man and a woman. The man is completely naked. The woman is only wearing jeans, which she is pulling down at the front, while she presses her backside into the front of the man. He is pushing against her and pulling the back of her jeans away from her. It is completely sexual and provocative, and has no place in a store that sells clothing to kids.

    I was completely taken aback and shocked. My daughter is 6 years old. She is too young for me, to even try to explain that photograph. She still watches Franklin! If I had known that such extremely suggestive advertising was used in that store, I would never have gone in with my daughter. I told the manager, and she said that the photo went with the company vision. That is fine. I won't shop there again, and plan to tell everyone I know about it. However, there should be a sign outside the store, letting parents know that images inside the store are inappropriate for children.

    I'd like someone from Abercrombie & Fitch to let me know how I am to explain that photograph to a 6 year old. I plan to do everything I can to educate my daughter about sexuality and advertising. However, she is developmentally too young for me to start now. I was so saddened to see her face looking at that. Shame on Abercrombie. I have contacted the mall, which is a family mall, by the way. I am waiting to hear back from them.

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    Price

    Reviewed Nov. 16, 2011

    I went on the internet looking. There was a plain white tank top that cost $130.00. Who in their right mind is going to pay $130 for a white tank top? So then I found on clearance a t-shirt for $8. I ordered it, and standard shipping and handling cost me $13. Why did the shipping and handling cost more than what I bought/was being sent to me? I know Abercrombie has cute clothes and all, but there is no way in hell I'm paying $130 for a tank top that I can get a look alike at Kohl’s. And I just think it is pathetic how I paid more for shipping and handling and taxes than the shirt.

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    Reviewed Nov. 12, 2011

    I went to the A & F at Southpoint Mall in Durham, NC. I wanted to purchase 2 gift cards for my niece's birthday. She will be 14. When I asked for the card, the clerk asked for her age. I said 14. She showed me the card with a picture of a almost naked man. I said "no" that is not okay, expecting to be offered another card. She said it was the only one available. She told me to go to the kid's store. As anyone would know, a 14 year old does not want the card from the kid's store even if it can be used. I left. As I was leaving, I spoke to another clerk indicating my dissatisfaction. He was rude and made a crude and dismissive gesture. I am sure that A & F encourages this behavior, but I for one will not purchase anything again.

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    Reviewed Nov. 11, 2011

    I placed my first order with Abercrombie & Fitch on November 10, 2011. After almost an hour of trying to check out online with no success, I finally gave up and called the toll free number to place my order. At that time, I had twenty-three items in stock in my cart. After spending a long time on the phone with the agent who taking my order, it was finally complete at 10:02 AM, but I had lost three items that were now not in stock. I placed my order to be shipped the next day through plane because I needed it to arrive on November 11, 2011.

    I did not receive an order confirmation, so I called back on November 11, 2011 to ask about my confirmation. The first agent had taken my email address incorrectly, so the second agent corrected it and confirmed that I would receive my order the next day through air on November 11, 2011. I never received the tracking information, so I called the toll free number at 7:00 AM of November 11, 2011. The third agent I spoke to said that their distribution center has been doing this a lot and they are not shipping orders when they are supposed to. My order was not even processed by them. He did offer to waive the $30 next day shipping charge, but he could not confirm if my order would be shipped.

    I called back again to get a corporate number, as the agent said there was no supervisor to speak to. The fourth agent I spoke to told me to go online and to find the information on my own. She was very rude; she said that they are very busy because it's Christmas, and they could not confirm when my order would be shipped. I told her they should prepare and hire more personnel to cover the increase in business. She said that the call was not productive, and she hung up on me. I then called the 614-219-3026 number; the fifth agent said that he could not give me the corporate number, but I could send an email with my complaint. He apologized and said that they have no control over when orders will be shipped. My order was over $500 and nobody can help me with the information on when my order would be shipped.

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    Reviewed Oct. 28, 2011

    This was my first on-line experience with A&F. The issues addressed took place between October 23 and October 27. My complaint addresses two issues: false advertising and customer service.

    On 10/23/11, I made my 1st on-line purchase with Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F). At the time, they had a promotion. In order to receive a 25% discount and free shipping, the order must be placed no later than 12:00 midnight on 10/23. My 1st checkout attempt was well before the deadline. I had 3 items in my cart that came to over $100. After entering the promo code, I was notified that while my grand total was more than $100, this figure excludes shipping and tax, and if I wished to qualify for the promo, I need to add another item to my cart. To ensure that I met the restrictions, I added a fourth item in my cart that amounted to over $45, thereby placing me well above the limit. Despite this, I was still unable to check out. To ensure that I received the promo, I e-mailed customer service at abercrombie@abercrombie.com advising them of the problem.

    The following morning, 10/24, I placed a long distance call to A&F headquarters at 614/219-3026. I opted to dial this no. because all my attempts to call the toll-free number resulted in my being placed on hold for over 20 minutes while never speaking with a live person. It appears that calls placed to the corporate office are answered faster versus the toll-free number. I found myself speaking with Emily. After explaining the problem, she said that the issue is I had clearance items in my cart. I said that the promo requirements exclude shipping and tax, not sale or clearance items. Emily indicated that this is a recurring problem that management is aware of. I told her that it is false advertising. She stated that she would apply the 25% discount to my order & next day shipping for my inconvenience. She advised me to call their offices once my order is placed and give them the reference number **.

    After placing my order, which came to $126.24, I again called corporate office. I do not recall the name of the individual with whom I spoke - he is a male. After providing him with the reference number, he assured me that I would receive the 25% discount, making the grand total of $85.77 plus the next day shipping. Within minutes of our call, I received PayPal confirmation that I had issued a payment of $126.24 to A&F. Clearly, the 25% discount had not been applied.

    I placed a 3rd long distance call to the corporate office. This time, I was assisted by Antonio. He advised that the previous representative made an error. He assured me this was corrected bringing the new grand total is $85.77. While he had me on the phone, he placed the $85.77 charge through PayPal and advised it was accepted. He confirmed that my order would be sent by FedEx, on the next day delivery on 10/28. Therefore, it came as a complete surprise when later that same day, I received an e-mail notification indicating that my order was placed on hold because my credit card company declined the charge. By the time I received the e-mail, customer service was closed.

    At 5:30 a.m. on 10/27, I called PayPal and was informed by Earl that PayPal had not declined any charges from A&F. Following this conversation, I placed another call to the corporate office. After waiting in excess of 20 minutes, I found myself connected to Will. I said I want to speak with a supervisor. After confirming my name and mailing address, I again asked to speak with a supervisor. Will said he would help me. I told him of the numerous issues that had transpired beginning with Sunday evening. Incredibly, he said that my order was not on hold. I advised him of the e-mail I had received the evening before and asked if I could send him a copy. He said no. I told him that someone had made an error because PayPal advised me otherwise.

    I told him the initial transaction of $126.24 was still in a pending status. I communicated that it was imperative that I receive my order on 10/28. He flat out said no, I will not guarantee that. I again asked to speak with a supervisor. He rudely said no. I asked why. He said there is no supervisor there. I said why didn't you tell me that in the 1st place. He exclaimed, ** lady and hung up the phone.

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    Reviewed Oct. 17, 2011

    I took my daughter and 10-yr-old granddaughter shopping at A&F. Inappropriate music was playing, with lyrics saying "my girlfriend's ** are bigger than your girlfriend's ** ". I asked the young man to please turn off that song but he refused. Then Alissa ** told us that the three of us could not be together in the dressing room. In addition, we could only have 5 garments in the room at one time. We asked her if she could take the garments we wished to purchase to hold until we were finished as we were purchasing over $400 of merchandise ( more than 3 items). She said they were not allowed to hold merchandise at the register. Then she laughed at my daughter and I because we objected to these policies.

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    Reviewed Oct. 13, 2011

    The Hollister Co. located in Francis Scott Key Mall, 5500 Buckeys Town Pike, Frederick, MD, 21703 has their speakers right in front of their main entrance door. They play their songs so loud that even the store opposite has a hard time listening to their customers. The representatives are fine but the loud music forces you to communicate by shouting. Please, could anybody relay my message of requesting them to turning down their volume by 60% and sabotaging those speakers out in their main entrance?

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    Reviewed Sept. 21, 2011

    I have never been disrespected like this! I was so outraged at how I was treated in that store. There were several occasions I have been in this store and nothing has been done on the matter. On July 4th, 2011, I went into the Hollister Co. at the Kentucky Oaks Mall in Paducah, Kentucky. Usually, I have a good experience with the employees. I came on the girls side of the room and was greeted by a male employee. He was polite and offered me assistance at anytime I needed.

    Out of nowhere, this woman wearing huge boots on her feet proceeded to yell. She asked me how I was doing and if I needed anything. I smiled and said no. She then gave me a look and walked off with an attitude. She then started to yell at her associate who offered to help me. She kept making accusations against him that he was being arrogant and rude. I felt so bad for the associate. He just looked down and kept folding clothes. This young lady with the boots on her feet was running around the store. She came up to me again when I was checking out the clothes in the lounge area, she asked me if I needed anything. I smiled and politely said no. Then I saw her give me a dirty look by the cash register and I walked into another room. I looked behind me and there were two associates following me! They were looking at my every move. I felt violated as a customer. I confronted that young girl who kept staring me and asked her if there was a problem. She said there was no problem and if I needed help. I had it up to here and demanded to speak with her manager.

    She later admitted to me, that the young lady in the boots was her manager and that her manager told the girl to follow me around the store. When I asked why, the girl said my manager thought that I was shoplifting. I could not believe it! I was accused of stealing. I told my husband and he was disappointed. We got into line to checkout. This manager was sitting on a stool with her feet on the table of the register! She was dressed very inappropriately. Her clothes were way too tight! All the other associates were dressed just fine. Her breasts were out of her shirt and her shorts were squeezing her hips! There are young children in the store and everything on her body was exposed! I was just disgusted. How could they allow a manager to dress like that?

    After 15 minutes of waiting, this same manager checked us out. She greeted us and was making small talk, but I did not say anything at all. There was another male associate who was moving items onto the floor. As she was checking out, the manager yelled the associates name and told him to come here. He did and she pointed at the clothes and told him to fold. He was trying to explain that his other manager had him on another task. This manager started to yell and said "I am your manager now! I told you to fold! " The other customers were in shock. The associate was folding and she told him to "cut with the attitude and stop being disrespectful. " I also felt bad for this associate as well. Another female associate asked this manager a question and she said that her feet were "broken" and that she couldn't walk. The girl walked away and the manager called her back, she told her never to roll her eyes at her again. I was being impatient. She kept flirting with a male associate by the fitting rooms.

    Then the manager had the nerve to ask me why I was in the store for an hour. I told her it was none of her business. She stopped checking me out and pulled me to the side. I was so angry and embarrassed. She then claimed that she was the manager and that she had every right to know what I was doing in her store. My husband finished the transaction. As we proceeded to leave, the alarm went off. She RAN! She ran to us and demanded to see our bags. My husband said there was a sensor. She grabbed the bag from my husband and started going through it. The way she did it was so disrespectful. I grabbed it back and said "I didn't steal anything! " She said "I just want to check the bag ma'am; I suggest you give it back. " I just wanted to get out of here so I gave her the bag. She took the t-shirt with the sensor and then asked for my receipt. I got angry and said "You just checked me out! You're the one who checked me out! " My husband tried to calm me down but I was in rage. I've had it. She said she wouldn't take off the sensor if she didn't see the receipt. I was outraged and requested that I speak with her manager. She kept telling me that she was the manager. I just walked out and she just laughed at me. I will never go back to that Hollister again!

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    Reviewed Sept. 19, 2011

    I bought a pair of jeans from abercrombiefitchonline.net a couple of weeks ago. They had taken the money from my account but so far, I haven't received my item nor even a tracking number. My order number is ** and I was charged $43. I need this to be resolved ASAP.

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    Reviewed Sept. 13, 2011

    Despite fourteen people waiting in line and seven or more employees, the store manager refused to open another register, stating that he only allowed one cash drawer out at a time. No one could give us corporate information to make a complaint and the manager told me that I was welcome to leave.

    The corporate web-site link to customer service doesn't work; no phone or e-mail address is given.

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    Reviewed Sept. 4, 2011

    I am very unhappy and sadden by the lack of respect and culture that your employees exhibited. My family visited your store at the Mall of Georgia Store #10566. We left the big city for a reason but I guess, ignorant, racist people are everywhere. One of the bubble gum managers, Jyll **, assumed that because my kid looks different, he was out to no good.

    By different, I mean black! He is from racial family and this has been yet proven again that the South has never moved to the 21st century. My son was singled out by the manager just because of how he looks. This white woman made my son practically ashamed of who he is. My son was walking around the store with bags from other competitors and this woman assumed that my kid was there to shoplift! I asked if she would simply just take his bags so that he can shop more freely, but clearly, that was not her intention.

    Not only was the store busy with a very diverse group of people, but I am sure as you know nowadays the diverse group is supporting this nation. We live in an affluent part of North East Georgia and though we were discriminated against, I showed my son that he does not need to be tolerant of **. The store has nice, expensive clothes made by diverse people but manage by ignorant racist **. Be certain that I will continue to write until we receive an apology from your District or Regional manager. As everyone knows, we are digitally connected society. So yes, I will post on my Facebook, twitter and other social networks.

    Signed,

    Very angry ex-customer!

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    Reviewed Aug. 31, 2011

    Where to start? My husband and I have been buying clothing from Abercrombie & Fitch and Hollister for about 9 years now. We never had any problems with their clothing before. The clothing was great and lasted for years. My husband is in the military and he had just returned home from a year deployment. We decided to get some new clothes for a family vacation we were going on.

    We ordered some clothes from hollister.com men's and women's, we spent over 300.00 dollars. After the small weekend vacation, we came home, washed the clothes and we had just gotten noticed tiny holes in our clothes. The clothes now look like rags just from washing them a few times since May till now (August). I tried to call Hollister corporate office to tell them this story and figure out what could be done. They told me that they try their best at what they do and he would patch me through to someone who could help me. When he patched me through, all it was was a recording to email them. I was in shock and upset, when all I was trying to do is get answers as to why our clothing was falling apart.

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    Reviewed Aug. 29, 2011

    My husband, son and I went to the store to exchange an item, which I had my receipt for! We shopped and exchanged our item. After doing so, the manager Nick asked me if I am Sherly **. I smiled and said no! He then asked me for my ID. I showed it to him. And then, he said okay! We left the store and then went into another store. But my husband noticed we were being watched by Nick! My husband said, "What's going on?" I said, "I don't know, but let's go and see!"

    We then proceeded back to the store and asked for a manager. Nick then said, "I am the manager!" I asked, "Well, what's going on?" He said, "Oh nothing, but when you leave this store, you are banned from this store." I was stunned! I said, "Sir, what have I done?!" He said, "Well, it's something that has been going on. That's all." I was like, "What sir?!" He then became angry and turned to use his phone. He called security on my family and me like we did something! The security came and asked what's going on. I explained it to him. He said, "Well, could you all please come with me?!" We came with him. We walked through the mall like we did something wrong!

    The security men, which is Reynaga, talked with us. But he too made us feel like we were wrong or did something wrong. He then laughed out loud. He said, "As soon as we've seen you, we then knew that the girl on the picture was not you." He then showed it to me. The girl was black but a brighter version with tattoos on her body. I have tattoos too, but we look nothing alike. Nobody apologized. I am still banned from the store even though I did nothing wrong. It was all because I'm a black young lady with tattoos! This is not right. I have spent a lot of money at this store only in a span of few months and I got treated like this.

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    Reviewed Aug. 18, 2011

    I went to Abercrombie & Fitch to shop for my son’s back-to-school clothes. When I got there, I was ignored by the young gentleman working at the front of the store. He did not greet me and did not offer assistance as I looked at the ruffled navy tank (approximately $68.00). I proceeded to buy about $75.00 of merchandise with no assistance and no offer of it.

    I am short and had to climb on top of store displays to get the tees my son wanted. All the staff seemed to be very busy to assist customers. One female was talking and texting on the phone. One male just hung out, while the second male was, at least, merchandising new shirts. They were all pompous and smug. This is why you have a reputation of racism among African Americans. I was prepared to spend more but wouldn't dare. My son loves your clothes but this is the last time that I will ever spend there. I maybe alone in this but I will be sure to tell others.

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    Reviewed Aug. 12, 2011

    I shopped with my two teens at the Abercrombie store at Ridgedale. I was always helped by the manager there (Cate **) and she ran the store so well. Clean, neat, efficient and the employees all seemed to enjoy themselves. I had a few problem returns and the transactions were always handled quickly and happily. When this manager was transferred to the Hollister store in Burnsville, we followed her there and received the same wonderful service. We came in to shop last weekend and were told by the new manager that Cate had been "let go". It was obvious. The store was a mess, the manager was rude and distant. The salespeople were not helpful and the upbeat attitudes were nonexistent. I've never been treated so poorly.

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    Reviewed Aug. 9, 2011

    My girlfriend and I have shopped at Abercrombie & Fitch / its partner stores many times in the past. The main reason is that few stores, apart from Pacsun and perhaps Zumiez, offer clothes that are in her style and especially her size. So we spent a whole day looking through the mall's stores for some new clothes that would both fit and look good on her, and after maybe 3 hours of walking around we had found a total of three items. Our next store happened to be Abercrombie & Fitch.

    We went in and she spent probably another 40 minutes trying on and rejecting clothes because they did not fit, even if they looked good. Throughout the time we spent there we noticed that the mannequins had a nice looking jacket on them and did not pay it much mind because we knew that they did not ever put those things on the racks, or rather usually did not. As we were leaving we caught a glimpse of a rack we had missed that had several sizes of the jacket on it. The first few sizes had been mediums, larges, etc., but then I picked out a small and she proceeded to get excited because rarely do we find a jacket that nice in her size that fit so well in the mirror. The price tag was reasonable, and it was on the rack so we took it up to the counter to pay for it.

    Virtually 30 seconds into ringing us up / taking the jacket off the hanger the employee simply sets it down and tells us that we cannot buy the jacket. He told us that he would check the back for more of the size, but that "they did not sell the clothes on the mannequins."

    This seemed reasonable until I realized that not only was this jacket not on a mannequin, it was on a rack with a hanger -and- a price tag / label. The only reason that he would not sell it to us, despite every mannequin having its own jacket, was that it was a small and that was their size.

    So how does a store justify not selling merchandise to its customers when there is no indication or REASON that it should not be sold? Are women that are a size small always going to take second place to a mannequin when shopping at Abercrombie & Fitch? If so, then this business has lost all of our business.

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    Reviewed Aug. 8, 2011

    A&F has accused me of fraud, saying that I am selling their items online. I have never and would never want to sell clothes online but they seem to think I do.

    I lost 45 pounds this year (2011) and it was nice to get into some nice clothes. Now, I would not buy a button from them. I purchased over $2000 in clothes and because it was over a 3 month period, they assumed I was selling the items online. I have never been so insulted in my life. I had to buy all new clothes but they were not the only ones getting my money (which they never will again). I was purchasing several good deals online over those months with a few different online stores. I cannot believe that this has happened. However, this has not ended; I am pursuing this issue and filing as many complaints online that I can about my situation as well as having a few clients investigate the company's policies and hiring standards for both domestic and international production.

    What has happened to our world? You are guilty before you even had a chance to explain your situation and you have to explain yourself or even find someone to explain what has happened to you. Every single person I talked to on the phone or online, could not help me and seemed to not even want to. This has to be one of the worst companies I have ever come across and to think they have been around for so many years. It's sad.

    Also, if you want to purchase these clothes, I found out a lot about where they come from which I did not know when I bought them, otherwise I would not have done so. They come from just about every corner of the world but the United States of America, so think about that when you purchase your next muscle shirt or $180 pair of jeans. This will only be the beginning of what you will hear in the next year about this company because I have made it my yearly goal to expose this company and its horrible service, products, and the lack of contribution to the USA. This company is on the top 10 list of contributors to sweatshops throughout the world.

    This I know is a very long entry, but I feel it's all necessary to make my point. Thank you.

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    Reviewed Aug. 2, 2011

    Two charges of $41.45 for single order (double charged) removed from my debit card account causing an overdraft fee of $35. I spoke to Ryan (employee #**), who advised it was a hold and refused to do anything more, claiming he could not. I advised him it was NOT a hold but two separate debits. He tried to explain that I didn't understand the difference between a hold and a debit. He would not allow me to speak to a supervisor and refused to give me information regarding A&F physical corporate address. He further advised me that A&F would not reimburse me for the fees incurred by my bank for their error (claims no policy for such) and that the "hold" would be released in three-five days.

    I have confirmed with my bank that neither of the charges is a hold and that the moneys have in fact been removed.

    I went to email a complaint on the A&F website...surprise, surprise, their email form didn't work and was advised that I email it to abercrombie@abercrombie.com. I did so, and I doubt it will matter.

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    Reviewed Aug. 1, 2011

    My daughter saw a top she liked but only saw them on the mannequins. When we couldn't find any on the racks or tables, she asked the floor salesperson if they had any more in the back. He immediately said no and turned his back on her. I counted 7 mannequins that had this top on display. When I asked this same guy if we could purchase one of those, again he said no. He started walking away and I asked him if he could check and be sure we couldn't buy one since there were so many on the mannequins. He asked one of the cashiers and she too said “No, we don't sell clothes that are on the mannequins!”

    I've never known a retail store to refuse to sell you their merchandise. I guess they don't know the business. The employees were very rude to me and my daughter. We will never shop there again. I am shocked their management allows this to happen. If I was an investor in this company, I would be calling HQ and questioning the owners of Abercrombie & Fitch.

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    Reviewed July 20, 2011

    Very rude employees, all of them, including management. I asked for help several times asking for sizes and they barely stopped to answer. Once they did, they answered in a very rude manner. They did not even make eye contact at any time and kept walking while answering my requests. But, since I was already there with some items in hand, I proceeded to walk to the check out counter just to find more rude people who were there talking to each other while I was standing there.They ignored me. Finally, since they not even asked or made suggestions and they did not help me at any time, I said to them, "you are all a bunch of rude people and you don't know a thing about costumer service."

    Soon the manager ( a woman) got there and ask me what happened and I explained to her about how I was treated by her staff from the time that I entered the store (I was there with other 2 friends and my husband). I was mistreated and I told her that her employees didn't have idea or clue about customer service. I said that her people in the counter ignored me then I said "I guess that might mean you don't need my business." She replied, " it's up to you if you want to check out your stuff." I replied again, "I can take my business somewhere else" and she replied that, " well, it's up to you." They are so nasty, far beyond words.

    This incident took place on July 12, 2011, in the store located at Westchester Mall, White plains, NY.

    I can assure you that I will stop buying clothes from all of this chain, alone with all of other stores working under the same factory yet using different chain name. It's a total shame that after reading hundreds and hundreds of complaints filed again this store, they are still in business. I will make sure to spread this issue with friends and family and my community to make sure they can soon go out of business since they don't care about how they conduct business and can care less for customers. For what I know, they seem to have an issue with sizes, races and ages. All of this is contrary to the Bill of Rights. The only reason this people are still in business is because of paying costumer - well they will not have my money anymore, I rather purchase stuff from Salvation army and not give it them.

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    Reviewed July 8, 2011

    I ordered from Abercrombie and Fitch which was over $400.00 worth of clothing. The box came with a huge hole in it. This has happened twice, to date. I called; they told me to file a claim with FedEx. FedEx said the store needs to file the claim. We have a contract with them and they must do it. The company said no. I called 3 times. It's wrong. I had a 3-way call, and Abercrombie hung up on the call. They are responsible for all damaged goods! I called back again. They said to file a complaint on their site. There is nowhere to file a complaint!

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    Reviewed May 19, 2011

    First of all let me say that it does not surprise me that Abercrombie & Fitch does not have a site for customer complaints or that you cannot speak with anyone at the corporate office. I'm sure they don't want to be bothered just like their store salesman who don't wish to be bothered as well. My cousin and her boyfriend were visiting from Brazil and wanted nothing more than to shop at Abercrombie & Fitch. So we went to the Brea store in Brea California. We had already been at the Brea mall for 4 hours shopping, we walked into Abercrombie & Fitch with at least 30 bags in our hands between the 3 of us.

    We came from stores like Hollister, Coach, Michael Kors, Sephora, True Religion and they must have spent about $4,000 already at these other stores and were saving Abercrombie for last. From the moment we walked into that ** store we were followed like we were shoplifting. I asked for assistance several times for sizes and different colors, etc. and was rudely told they were out, didn't make them that size and they never even looked. I already had some pieces of clothing in the size that they said they didn't even come in. At one point they lost their patience and did nothing but roll their eyes and speak under their breath. I even assured them that they would be spending a lot of money in their store.

    Then the manager proceeds to tell me they only allow 20 pieces of clothing per paying customer and I had to laugh. I never heard of such a thing and when I asked why, the sales clerk said because they don't want their clothes becoming too trendy. Well nevertheless they sold us more than 60 pieces of clothing worth $800 in that store. As they were ringing up the sale I noticed that a sweatshirt rang up the wrong price. It had come from a 50% off table and the clerk said someone must have put it there by accident. So I said well you might want to get the other 12 that were also left there by accident off the table. Now at this point you would think they would have given us the 50% off, but they continued to be rude and unprofessional.

    I find it very hard to believe that this company trains their employees to be this rude and disrespectful to paying customers. If it had been me shopping there I would have fanned that $800 under their nose and said smell it because you're not getting my money here. I wouldn't dress my dog in Abercrombie and Fitch.

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    Reviewed Jan. 19, 2011

    I ordered a coat for my daughter for Christmas. It arrived in the wrong size so I sent it back asking for a larger size. They didn't have it so I asked for my money back. They told me they were taking out $22 from my payment for nothing. I have to show for it and I still haven't gotten my money back into my bank account. minus the $22 for their unfair fee for nothing. I paid a total of $113.00. They said they will refund me $91.00 which I still haven't seen and it's been over a month now.

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    Reviewed Jan. 4, 2011

    I purchased a $25.00 Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F) gift card for my daughter for Christmas at the Paramus Park Mall in Paramus, NJ. My daughter also received a $50.00 A&F gift card, however, I do not know where that card was purchased. We attempted to redeem the gift cards for merchandise at the Garden State Plaza stores in Paramus, NJ on Dec. 30, 2010. Our first stop was Abercrombie Kids. The $50.00 gift card was not scanning, but the store employee rubbed off the pin code and was able to track the card. The purchase was $23.70, leaving a balance of $26.30 on the gift card. We then went next store to Abercrombie & Fitch and made a purchase for $49.00. I handed the cashier both cards. She swiped them, said they had a zero balance and threw them in the garbage.

    I demanded that she retrieve them, adding that both cards were carrying a balance. I was told that I had to show proof of purchase for the gift cards. I showed the cashier the receipt from my purchase at Abercrombie Kids where I had a remaining card balance of $26.30. The cashier honored that card but told me that I needed to go back to the store where I purchased the other gift card and resolve it with them. I was outraged at the employee's lack of interest in resolving the issue. What if I had not purchased this particular card? What if the card came from a friend or relative and I had to go back to them questioning the validity of their gift?

    To complete the sales transaction, I paid the difference ($23.00) in cash. The following day, I went to the Paramus Park store with the gift card and receipt showing proof of purchase. The store employee took both the receipt and card, scanned the card and told me the card did in fact have a $25.00 balance. I have to wonder if she would have told me that the card did show a balance if I was unable to show proof of purchase for the gift card? I also have to question how many other A&F customers had similar experiences since there was an issue with both gift cards at the time of redemption? I still have not redeemed the $25.00 gift card since I paid for the balance of my transaction in cash at the time that the gift card was not scanning. It was a fast and easy way for A&F to earn additional sales dollars during the holiday season.

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    Reviewed Jan. 2, 2011

    I am a 41-year old woman who happens to be disabled. I only mention this because I have a condition which makes trips to the mall very difficult. We have a friend who has a 13-year old boy who loves Abercrombie. So for Christmas 2010, I purchased him some shirts on Abercrombie's website. One of the shirts was too small. So within days of receiving the item, I tried to return the shirt to the store. I failed to bring the packing slip and the girl at the counter told me that she could only give me store credit. I told her that we had probably thrown the packing slip away and she suggested that I print out the order confirmation that was sent to me from Abercrombie and we could use this to return the item.

    So I took yet another trip to the mall and when I presented the receipt to the manager, Brittany, I was told that they could not accept my return without the packing slip. I showed her the order confirmation, which included all of the information that she needed and she said that she needed a barcode. I pointed to the barcode that was still on the plastic on the shirt and she said she needed the barcode from the packing slip. I explained my condition and what I was told and asked her to help me. She basically shrugged her shoulders as if she couldn't care less what I was told or that this was a hassle.

    What kind of ** are these ** at Abercrombie? Is this Generation X really as lost as everyone says they are? They act like they have no brains and certainly have no common sense, or even a sense of right or wrong. I told the manager, Brittany, that her policy was ridiculous and she told me to get out of her store, that she was at the bottom of the food chain and she didn't make the decisions on policy. I wanted to slap the smirk off her face. I have $4-5K per month of discretionary money to spend on whatever. I also have a boy and a girl that will soon be wanting certain brands of clothes. Sorry Abercrombie, you won't be receiving any business from me.

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    Reviewed Dec. 13, 2010

    I had made a few orders through online store of Abercrombie & Fitch. After a while. I discovered that all my orders were canceled. Customer service representative told me that he doesn't know reason for cancellation of my orders and gave me an email address which I have to contact to figure out this reason of cancellation. I contacted them through that email address and I received a reply from them that my orders were canceled because they believe that I buy their product for resale.

    They are absolutely wrong about it. Everything I have ordered are only for personal use and for my friends from Russia. Because my friends from Russia are not able to order goods through their online store because their billing systems do not accept bank cards issued in Russia. Later, I tried to place one more order through them website and that order also has been canceled.

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    Reviewed Dec. 13, 2010

    I have made a few orders through online store of Abercrombie & Fitch. After a while I discovered that all my orders were canceled. Customer service representative told me that he doesn't know the reason for cancellation of my orders and gave me an email address, which I have to contact to figure out this reason of cancellation. I contacted them through that email address and I received a reply from them that my orders were canceled because they believe that I buy their product for resale.

    They are absolutely wrong about it. Everything I have ordered are only for personal use and for my friends from Russia. Because my friends from Russia are not able to order goods through their online store because their billing systems do not accept bank cards issued in Russia. Later, I tried to place one more order through their website and that order also has been canceled.

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    Reviewed Dec. 6, 2010

    I was in the store on Sunday mid-afternoon timeframe around 2:30 pm in October 5th. I picked out several clothes for my kids and the place is always so dark in there and so crowded that you can barely move around at all. The boss of the store, Elizabeth, is the rudest person in the world and she thinks just because you are a different color and not the small size figure that you do not belong in her store. She really is a ** and needs to be fired now. I mean she does not have clue what is means to be managing.

    When you walk in the store all she is doing is looking at her self in the mirror or playing around with her hair. She does not know how to help customers at all but she know how to ** the employees in the dressing room. Well, there was no help at all at the counter, so I walked over to the dressing room area and hear some noise going on.

    What did I find was there were (2) ladies, the manager, who I know because I am a regular customer, and the other girl and the guy who worked that day. Believe me, I am black, too, but they had no right to be doing what they were doing in the dressing room. The black skinny guy, they call him Jeremiah, was ** the manager and the other girl was ** him. Like I said there was no one around in the store to help anyone and I was the only one in the store at that time. I was shocked and I ran out of the store screaming my head off and crying. I will never go back to that store again and I will file a complaint against this store to the main office this week. Read more: **

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    Reviewed Nov. 21, 2010

    I wanted to send my granddaughter a gift certificate from Abercrombie and Fitch, but the ad of the young man with no shirt and developed abs was totally inappropriate for a store selling to children.

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    Reviewed Nov. 13, 2010

    We were wrongly accused of attempted theft, at the children's Abercrombie and then rudely asked to leave the store. We received no explanation for why this happen to us even after asking for one.

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    Reviewed Oct. 25, 2010

    I was in the Abercrombie Kids at North Park Center Mall in Dallas, TX last night around 6:00 pm and the manager, Elizabeth? Oh my God! She is so arrogant and rude to customers and absolutely unprofessional! She has a mouth that even a good bar of soap cannot clean. She does not know how to talk around her customers or handle any of her customers at all. I have been a loyal customer of your Abercrombie & Fitch store and Hollister store. I only come in this store because of my kids, they want the clothes that are sold there, so I come.

    I have seen this manager, Elizabeth, many times rude to customers in the store and tell them off. Your other two stores, they have it going on but not Abercrombie Kids at all. They have a young guy working there that my kids do not like him at all. They tell me, "Mommy, this guy is so rude and he scares us because of his smell that he has". My kids said, "Mommy, he stinks like he never takes a bath." So I looked to see what my kids were talking about and it is so true he stinks and he clothes are dirty.

    While we were in the store, they both disappeared for a few minutes and left the store unattended. Anyone could have walked out with clothes and no one would have known anything. So my kids went running about the store looking for someone to help me, and they heard, and saw the manager and that guy in the back room making funny noises. So my kids ran to get me and told me, "Mommy, come here and see what they are doing." My kids are not that old to know exactly what they were doing but they said that they hear a sound and saw they wresting each other.

    So like a dummy, I went over to see what they were talking about and to my shock, I could hear and see them groaning each other in the back room. Her hands all over him and his hands all over her. When they saw me, they stopped and came out of the back room. She asked me if I was ready to check out. All I could do was just throw the clothes on the floor that I was going to purchase and left the store with my Kids. My God, this lady needs to be fired because if you want to fool around, do it on you're off time and not during store hours, and when customers are in the store. We were the only ones in the store at the time.

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    Reviewed Oct. 12, 2010

    It's probably coincidence that out of all the apples in the barrel I happened to pick the rotten ones. The last time I was at an A&F store wearing A&F clothing was on 9/5/10. As I remember the incident, my blood begins to boil and the humiliation I endured is unacceptable! I shop at the Topanga Westfield Shopping Mall and I never leave the mall without visiting the Hollister and A&F stores. I'm in line ready to pay for the items I dedicated my time in selecting, trying on and eager to take because they were gonna look stunning for the occasion I was gonna celebrate that night. Thirty minutes in line with 3 other guests ahead and another 3 behind me. The salesperson was having a difficult return/price adjusting transaction and none of the other 5 employees working that day acknowledge anyone in line or offered assistance to the young man having difficulty on the register.

    All the customers in line were looking at each other in disbelief that none of the employees displayed a sense of urgency. A couple of my neighbors in line started to think aloud for a second register to open when I finally petitioned the 45 minutes later, I don't get it sales clerk to please call for help or please get another cashier to help the rest of us in line. Out of nowhere behind me, a tall man asked the clerk what did they just say? And the clerk responded that customers were asking for an additional register to open. The man behind me, Christopher, the store manager, never introduced himself as a store manager and he as well never once tried to assist us or his employee with the now infamous return/exchange merchandise that was taking more than the usual 15 minutes the transaction should of lasted. Christopher told the troubled clerk, "They are gonna have to wait it out, it's labor day weekend," and shoots, "That's too bad they don't like it? That's to bad because its labor day weekend!"

    I didn't find his answer appropriate or an acceptable excuse as to the poor customer service we were receiving and I as well as others were expressing discontent because any store executive who manages a clothing retail store and whom is interested in growing within the company would of scheduled extra staff precisely to take advantage of the labor day sale to maximize good customer service which we all know would produce the sales all manager must meet and exceed from last year. I asked him who are you, can you call your manager? Mind you, the music is loud and the approach and solution he provided in my opinion were not of an assertive executive so I never thought I was speaking to the store manager. Christopher right away took a defensive kind of demeanor and asked me and who are you?

    I'm a customer who pays your check. We are the reason why this store exists. Christopher became hostile and started snapping his fingers screaming in my face, "You don't pay me you ** . You don't have to wait in line, I don't need you to buy a ** thing in my store. In fact I refuse to give you service. Get out of my store or I will call security on you and have your ** handcuffed and escorted out. Get the ** or else." I started to smile. First, I couldn't believe he was not allowing me to purchase my selected items. Second, he was verbally abusing me in front of my family and other customers and 3rd, if I don't start to voluntarily head out the store. He probably would of lay his hands on me to throw me out which would of made it worst . The only thing I did to show my frustration because he had the upper hand being the store manager to kick me out. i threw the items in my arms to the floor and said this doesn't end here, what's your name and corporate number which he refused to provide.

    He said he would not give me ** and so I walked out. I was so upset, I ran into a rack which fell down and I saw him and another employee also male coming towards me running and at that point, they frightened me to the point I had the mall security walk my family to our car and until now, I'm able to talk and not cry. Unfortunately, the company doesn't care! I spoke to the district manager who is numb to all complaints and speaks to you in a tone that is non- sympathetic and not real when she claims she will investigate the matter. Ive heard that the owner of the company doesn't care at all. I believe is true because leadership is not present when you communicate or try to voice your concerns. The store staff has no way of distinguishing who is a store manager or a regular employee for assistance if needed, no name badge as to refer a good /bad reference to a higher executive rank. And to voice your opinion or complaint you get an email address, that's it. They don't want to hear you!

    That is clearly the message A&F sent me and I might love the clothes and all, but I love myself even more and that ladies and gentlemen was more than sufficient for me to take my business and even more importantly my word to where I am truly appreciated. Good luck to you, Chris. Life truly isn't bad!

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    Reviewed Oct. 5, 2010

    The manager (Elizabeth) is so rude and does not respect the customers at all and talks down to the customers all the time. The employee Jeremiah always smells his clothes, they are stinky and dirty. He and his manager are always touching each other in front of the customers in the store. Her hands always touching his groin area and he is touching her front area. It is disgusting to see so I have brought to their attention several times and they both just laugh at me. I have kids and I have to keep them out of the store now because of the stuff that is going on in the store.

    They keep it so very dark in the store that you cannot see anything at all, you bump into the tables that they have the clothes on and it is so tight in the store that you have no room to walk around. I am looking for another store in the area to shop at, because I am tired of seeing the type of mess where a manager and an employee fool around with each other during duty hours and around customers and do not care at all.

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    Reviewed Oct. 5, 2010

    I was in the store on Sunday mid afternoon, time frame around 2:30pm and I picked out several clothes for my kids. The place is always so dark in there and so crowded that you can barely move around at all. Well, there was no help at all at the counter so I walked over to the dressing room area and hear some noise going on. What I did find was there were 2 ladies, the manager who I know because I am a regular customer, and the other girl and the guy who worked that day. Believe me, I am black too but they had no right to be doing what they were doing in the dressing room. The black skinny guy, they call him Jeremiah, was **** the manager and the other girl was**** **** him. Like I said, there was no one around in the store to help anyone and I was the only one in the store at that time. I was shocked and ran out of the store screaming my head off and crying. I will never go back to that store again and I will file a complaint against this store to the main office this week.

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    Reviewed Oct. 4, 2010

    I have been in this store a few times. Every time the music is so loud I get an instant headache! I can't even ask my kids anything unless I literally yell! It gets to the point I just have to leave! I keep telling myself I will never go back in that store ever but my kids beg me. I am putting my foot down now, never to return!

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    Reviewed Sept. 19, 2010

    First off, I was shocked when I just read the post below mine from Alba, as this is the exact store I had a problem with just yesterday, as Christopher was there. I came online to let corporate know what happened, but couldn't find anything on their page to post complaints.

    I love the clothes at A&F, but had some major problems yesterday that actually kept me from spending more than I did. For one, in the back area, the lights were so dimmed that I couldn't see the clothes that well. I looked up and noticed that out of 18 bulbs, only 6 were on. The 'outer frame' of bulbs were turned off. While in that area, a young woman came in and said to a worker, "We're on a scavenger hunt and need to take a picture of A&F workers!" Manager, Christopher laughed and said, "Of course! That's what we're here for hun!" And, they all gathered and smiled. He then followed it with, "Oh my God, there's only like 5 of us working today and we're all back here."

    Meanwhile, I was still digging through the clothes trying to find my size that I couldn't even see. Not one person ever asked to help me. A few minutes later, Christopher was interviewing a girl for a job there (he said his name was Christopher). I know that she was a shopper because she was standing in back of me in line to try on clothes. Which by the way, had no attendant. I walked in the room with 12 items and could easily have stolen something.

    When I was ready to purchase my $175 of items, there was one shirt that I wanted but because it was so dark, I couldn't find if they had my size. Also, the sale area was a mess! (That's where it was mainly dark). At the checkout, my cashier was talking to the other cashier (gossiping) and reaching for me to hand her my items. But I didn't because I wanted to ask her if she knew if they had one more thing I was looking for. Then she snapped her fingers at me! As though to say, "Here, give me your stuff."

    I said, "Excuse me (remember, she was talking to the other cashier), I really want this too but it's too dark back there. Do you know if you have it in a Medium?" Her answer was simple, "Whatever we have is out there." I couldn't believe it! I just told her that it was too dark to see so she obviously should have said, "Let me have someone check for you."I paid for my items and that was it. That manager, Christopher is obviously losing a lot of business for this store. Oh yeah, the rounders by the register we're filled with dust.

    Christopher never should have pulled a customer aside for an interview in the middle of a store, he should have been helping customers! Plus, a good manager would know to have those lights on, have the place clean, and not be chit-chatting w/ staff setting a bad example (when they were taking pics and joking about all of them being in the back).

    If I was a thief, I could have easily ripped off that place. 12 items in the dressing room and no one watching! As a 44 year old woman, I have seen good stores and bad. This ranks as one of top for bad (management, customer service, cleanliness,...). I still love the clothes. Just wish I could have bought more! Too bad for A&F shareholders.

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    Reviewed Sept. 9, 2010

    On September 06, 2010. I took my family shopping. As always, we like to shop at Abercombie and Fitch. It has been our store for many years since my children were small, now there are teenagers. Anyways, as I was getting ready to pay, I saw that there was only one cashier charging and 3 more individuals were just walking around instead of him with the line. I stood there watching them for about 30 minutes until I got tired and I told the customer behind me and told her, "Why is it that they don't open another register?" She completely agreed with me and so did another customer behind her. Everyone that was waiting was getting tired of standing there and no one to help us. We were just been ignored. The customer behind me asked the only cashier that was working if he ask for help. He didn't answered.

    Suddenly, a young man behind us asked him, "What did they say?" the cashier replied "if we could open up another register?" the guy behind us said, "They're gonna have to waited out." Wait a minute, the customer behind me said, " And who are you sir?" because he did not have a badge or introduce himself before talking. He said, "I'm the store manager and who are you?" The customer behind said, "I'm just a customer that is just trying to pay for my merchandise since you are the store manager maybe you can help us out."

    The store manager said, "It's labor day, you gonna have to wait or you could leave." All of us standing in line were in shock, this guy have no customer service skills and him being a manger makes it even worst. He is putting the company's name on the bottom. The customer behind got really upset and crying because she could not believe she was being treated like this. The store manager told to leave his store and if she would not leave he was going to kick her out. The customer had no other choice than to leave. As she was leaving the store the store manager was after her and screaming out loud, "We don't need your business, the owner does not need your money. don't ever come here again." His name is Christopher ** and he works at Topanga Mall. The company can't tolerate this kind of behavior, this guy should get fired.

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    Reviewed Sept. 7, 2010

    We purchased a jacket on sale for 1/2 the price at the above location. The price was $79.90 minus $39.95. I purchased it on 8-21-10. We took it back to store on 9-5-10 to exchange for a larger size (XS to Small). Same jacket! Candace (manager) said they have a strict 14-day return policy and we waited 16 days, so she said our only option of getting a size small is to pay them the other $43 because the 1/2 price sale is ended and she would have to pay full price for the jacket now. There were no signs in the store that told customers of the 14-day policy and Candace admitted there were none. She kept telling me that the 14-day notice on the back of the receipt is the store policy that said she can't accept returns.

    To this day, I still have not received any call from their regional manager, Lorraine. The store employees refuse to give me contact info on Lorraine and she will not return calls from messages I have left at the store. Can youhelp me to resolve this? Thank you for any help you can give me.

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    Reviewed Aug. 17, 2010

    The first encounter with the rude male Richie ** look alike with an dirty blonde Afro stated he was the manager Matt was around August 02, 2010 at Abercrombie and Fitch men/women store at the Orland Square Mall in Orland Park, IL. I came in shopping for school clothes for my teenagers and when going to the register to purchase my items, I found my credit card was misplaced. I asked Matt could he go to the next customer while I looked for my card since the line was so long. Matt rudely responded No. Matt was rude and not courteous and tried to embarrass me. I told him to cancel the purchase. Then he went to the next customer. I found my card and did purchase my items.

    Today August 17, 2010, I went into Abercrombie and Fitch and I needed to exchange a shirt that I had bought to small. When approaching the register, their were two men at the counter, the rude Matt at the register and George. Matt ignored me and walked away from the register, while George assisted me and was helpful. Until rude Matt walked up stating he had to charge me extra for the shirt because I bought the shirt at Woodfield Mall Abercrombie. I refused because I felt it should be an even exchange of the same shirt , but larger size. Matt appeared unraveled in character throwing my items back into the bag and sending me on my way.

    This guy should be fired. He is a bad representative of management and the store. No employee should work under this type of display of management.

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    Reviewed Aug. 15, 2010

    I have a major complaint about all the employees that are working at the Abercrombie and Fitch store at 5680 Bay Street, Emeryville Ca 94608. All the employees there are extremely rude. Customer service is horrible. Now I've been a frequent customer for a very long time and every single time I go there, it's always the same kind of treatment. The employees avoid eye contact. They choose who they want to say hi to. They never ask if I need any help with anything. They walk away from me every time I'm trying to ask for service and when I'm ready to purchase my items, they would walk away from the counter.

    This store by far has the worst employees and customer service I have ever encountered and that is absolutely ridiculous. Most of the time the employees there make me feel like it's a race thing and that is unacceptable. I am a paying customer and I deserve to be treated equally by the employees there. It's ridiculous to have employees like that working there, something seriously needs to be done. This has been going on for way to long and I've just about had it. I'm fed up with the rudeness of these employees.

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    Reviewed Aug. 14, 2010

    Today August 13, 2010 about 7:30pm, I visited the Abercrombie & Fitch store located in Beachwood, Ohio. I was greeted by a very rude employee. I didn't get her name. I ignored her and proceeded to the counter with some items I recently purchased for my children. There I was greeted by a very warm young lady with manners, I did not get that young lady's name either. I told the young lady that I just recently purchased some items for my children and wanted to return them she asked if I had a receipt and I replied no and she said no problem, and called the manager who told me her name was Lisa, This young lady came over with a terrible attitude immediately tearing through my bag inspecting the item as if something was already wrong.

    She showed me a pin hole in one of the item and threw them on the counter and told me she would not return my items. I was very disturbed by this because I and my children are loyal customers of the Abercrombie and Fitch label,I have never encountered so much disrespect and insults at any store ever,Ever! I have returned many items with receipts and without at many stores but no one ever treated me like a thief. I asked her was it because i was black, because she had a problem even before she knew if I had a receipt or not. This Lisa who has the nerve to call herself a manager needs to be reprimanded this behavior will not be tolerated, and I will not stop until something is done about this.

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    Reviewed July 30, 2010

    My complaint is the two murals behind the counter at this store of young men and women coming out of what appears to be where they are trying on clothes, yet they are coming out of them nude! Men with their clothes wadded up in front of their private parts, women as well with their breasts blurred. One man going into the dressing room nude. My granddaughters are 9 and 11. Most of the customers in there are about that age. I want to know what message those murals are making other than just how sick our country is.

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    Reviewed July 24, 2010

    I purchased a pair of white shorts for my daughter at the Oxford Valley Abercrombie Kids store. After one washing, yellow spots appeared on the shorts. Nothing else in the wash had yellow spots on it. I tried bleaching them out, and the yellow spots would not bleach out. I called Abercrombie's customer service and they told me to go back to the store and see what the store manager would do.

    If it didn't get resolved through the store manager, I was to send an email with pics to Abercrombie for their decision. The store manager said, she would not exchange the shorts. I came home and emailed and sent pics to the company and got back a response that it was up to the store manager to remedy the situation, and if the store manager wouldn't exchange the shorts, we were out of luck. I will never buy anything again from Abercrombie. Their customer service is horrendous and I work too hard for my dollar to give it to them!

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