Ann Taylor

I purchased a shirt from Ann Taylor that was too small. I requested an RMA and was told that I would have to pay 7.95. I sent an email complaining about the return cost and Ann Taylor advised that they would send me a prepaid return label which I never received. Therefore, I paid out of pocket to return the item. However, Ann Taylor credited my account for the cost of the skirt minus 7.95 for a pre-paid label that they never sent. In other words, I paid out of pocket to return the item and Ann Taylor deducted another 7.95 for a prepaid label that was supposed to be at their expense as a one time courtesy. I will never shop at Ann Taylor again.

I have been an Ann Taylor client for decades. In February I was charged a $38 late fee. When I called them they said that my payment was done (via their automated payment system) after the cutoff time, which used to be 11:59 pm ET for a long time, and they changed it to 8:00 pm ET. When I asked for a reversal of the late fee since I had paid on the date it was due, the Customer Service agent informed me that I had to wait 18 months for it to be reversed. Wow! I couldn't believe it! I had never heard of such a thing. It left me with a very bad impression.

I've had an Ann Taylor card for years, but was late on a $38 monthly charge. I called and a Supervisor waived the late fee and we changed the due date on my card to a date closer to the first of the month when I pay bills. She then explained due to date change I wouldn't owe anything for another month. She assured me that there would be no other late fees due to the date change and I thought everything was fine. Then I got the new bill but they charged me interest even though I wasn't past due.

I made a purchase with a 50% coupon. They sent me two actually. This was because of terrible terrible clerks and their attitude and rudeness towards customers.

When I used the first coupon - I was told I can use on a marked down item as well as even if the item was in store at 40$ off - it would take 50% off my whole total. The first time it DID. When I went to use the second coupon I bought same type of clothes - an item from marked down rack and a pair of jeans that was 40% off. Yet the coupon did not work on this transaction like the first. Same coupon - same stipulations, etc.

Their return policy went from 60 days down to 30 days - and even less if you ordered online, as they start the 30 day clock from when you placed the order (rather than when you received it, typically 5-7 days after it was placed). I returned a dress and scarf with my receipt to a retail store 31 days after I placed it, and was told I could a) only get merchandise credit and b) the dress' selling price had dropped by $20, so I would only get the current price. Many clothing retailers will give a longer return grace period during the holidays due to stores being closed, not to mention it's just a nice thing to do, but apparently Ann Taylor doesn't care about their customers as much.

My boyfriend purchased 4 shirts for me. Two in store and two they ordered for him online while he was with his mother two hours away for a gift. He ordered petites which I would normally wear. I am only 5'1" but I received them and they are too short- No one at work wants to see my tummy. Returning theses have been nothing but short of a headache. I am told I can return them at the Loft (The only store within an hour of my home owned by this company). I show up and to find out I cannot return these. The sales associate suggested I contact customer service. Customer Service said yes, I could return all four shirts via mail.

This is a very difficult retailer to experience. The clothing is overpriced and has a definite "made in China" look to it, and the actual colors online are nowhere NEAR the actual fabric. For instance, "strawberry red" is actually a dark brick, almost brown, when presented. The clothing is designed for stick figure women, but that is not the biggest frustration with this brand.

Very unfriendly sales people at Ann Taylor store in Deer Park. I tried to return 2 things I bought 7 days ago, they were too big. Girl that works there told me I need to have tags in order to return. I went back home to get tags, spent an hour traveling back and forth, and when I came there, girl run away, and ask another sales associate to serve me. She told me I can not return the items. And that’s ok, but they were so unpolite, like I didn’t spend around 500$ in the store. Terrible experience. Now I’m looking for another store. This one definitely lost a customer that has been shopping at Ann Taylor for years.

I purchased a pair of boots today with vouchers so of course, they are only redeemable in the store and not online. I went to put them on 20 minutes after I bought them, (thank god I was still in the outlet mall), and my daughter noticed that one boot was a size 7 and the other was a size 6. Needless to say I returned them and received a merchandise credit. From what I was told it cannot be redeemed on online either.

I purchased a dress online from Ann Taylor. It was too big so I ordered a smaller size which I decided to keep. When I tried to return the larger sized dress with the original receipt, I was told since it was over 30 days I could only get store credit and it would be for one half the price I paid for the dress because that was the current price. So they essentially robbed me of $40. Very low class.

Shopped at store $75. Paid cash. Month later received bill. Called them, they said it takes few weeks since Ann Taylor & Loft are connected. Couple of months later received another bill for $104 (added late fees). Called them they wanted receipt. I couldn't find my receipt so had to pay the $104. I asked if this is the end of this nightmare & they assured me it was. Now received another $64.44 late fee charge!!? Since I don't have my receipt they are going to keep charging me late fees? I paid the $63.44 but I am so angry? I shopped at Loft store. Customers think they have paid & may lose their receipt but the company should have a proper paperwork to show the transactions. NEVER AGAIN I will shop at Loft. If they send me another late fee I'm hiring a lawyer. Shopped $75 and paid it at the store but had to pay another $108.

I made a purchase in the month of May of $40 on this year. I made a minimum payment monthly. However I skipped a month and then the late fee was applied

I know it was my mistake but then when I authorized the payment over phone they doubled the late fee the next month. I was told that I am cleared over the phone.. but they added it again and again... Casually as I checked my account it was $130 and my purchases were only $40.

I had accumulated quite a bit of loft cash from an earlier purchase. Went to store to use it, only to discover that they placed most items in the store on a slight sale therefore making them ineligible for use with loft cash. This seems very unethical. I did not buy the items I wanted to buy because they would have been far less expensive at the full price using my loft cash than they were with the slight discount. I think this is a ridiculous and deceptive practice.

I have tried repeatedly to order from the website using my Ann Taylor store card but get a message saying that the order "cannot be processed at this time." I called AT customer service; they told me to call the credit card. I spoke with the credit card people and they said the problem is not my card - rather, it's an ongoing problem with the website. (I sense that they get a lot of similar complaints since she immediately know what I was talking about.) I have no idea what the website problem is and nobody over there seems to be able to fix it. Strangely, it only affects the AT store card. I was able to order using my Visa card. If I were more cynical I would think they were doing this deliberately so customers wouldn't rack up so many points on the card.

THE worst experience shopping online. Ordered some amazing items that I was so excited about. Almost forgot about them since I still hadn’t received or had any communication from you over a month later. Looked online and my order was still processing. Sent an email via your website and got some robot email saying the items I ordered were now out of stock. Well of course. They are over a month later! Still waiting for your online team to respond with a real email. Absolutely horrible customer service if you ask me.

When I placed an order for one pair of pants, Ann Taylor hit my bank account 5 separate times for the same purchase amount leaving me with $1.26 in my bank account. I suspect if I had more funds in my checking account, they would have gone for much more. When I called Ann Taylor they told me that it was my mistake, that I must've left my shopping cart, or had an error on my end. I had one submit and one confirmation email from Ann Taylor with the correct amount so I never thought to look for numerous duplicate charges to my bank account. I got off the phone with Ann Taylor feeling violated.

Placed a simple order with promo code and rewards numbers. They could not process the order and kept flipping me from the credit side who said everything was fine to customer service who said it wouldn't could through, was told no reason the order can't go through but it doesn't and spent an hour on the phone only to get transferred 5 times with no end result and my rewards in limbo - so disgusted with this company.

Last Tuesday, I decided to purchase 6 items off the Ann Taylor website. It was extremely annoying because I went through the order and entered my credit card details only to be informed that "there was an error completing this request". I did this with several different cards, thinking I was doing something wrong. Each time I kept going through and refilling everything and it took about an hour of my time. I also tried to register to create an account online but it didn't seem to process. Then I contacted the Live Chat function, only to be informed that they're having issues with their website and the best way would be to call them and place my orders individually. So I rang, and the customer agent was very helpful but it's quite annoying to place an order for 6 items over the phone. Then after the order was completed, she told me I would get an email order confirmation so I waited and still, 30 minutes, hadn't received anything.

Today I placed an order on the Ann Taylor website. After I submitted the order I realized I neglected to change the shipping address to my current address. I looked for a way to quickly cancel my order online but did not find a way. Within 10 minutes after placing the order I called customer service to cancel the order. I was told that the order was already sent to "Processing" and it could not be canceled. However I could place another order for shipment to the correct address and the return the box being shipped to the wrong address when it arrived. There are a few issues with this:

I have been a loyal Ann Taylor customer for years. And when my daughters entered professional fields I continued to purchase clothes for them for birthdays, special occasions and holidays. This year I purchased a number of items for my older daughter in early November. Ann Taylor sent out lots of emails suggesting purchases for Christmas. One item that I bought was too large so my daughter & I headed to the store to return it with the receipt only to be told that we were past the 45 days and the best they could return was the latest sale price. And the store manager was very rude, dumping the return policy on a very nice sales associate that seemed like she'd been in this position a lot lately.

Being 5’11 and wearing a size 8 is rare. On Thanksgiving weekend I order $400 worth of clothes. Only 1/2 got sent. The Loft said the other packages couldn’t be delivered. Which is **. Ann Taylor lost all my business. 8 days later they’ve not refunded my money.

In June of this year I purchased some clothes from Ann Taylor's store in San Leandro. I paid with my credit card (not Ann Taylor's card Comenity). In late August I received an online billing statement from Comenity Ann Taylor's credit card company, This was the first statement and it showed 32.36 dollars charges. I didn't recognize the charges and immediately contacted Comenity customer services. The customer service lady explained that I bought a sweater for 15 dollars and 17 dollars were added as late payment and that I owe them 32+ dollars.

Really bad experience. My order got cancelled while it was still selling online. The person who answered the phone not even mention they would match the price and waive shipping fee as my order has been around $170.

I called Ann Taylor to make an order over the phone. The operator used my previous order to get all my info. I never got an email confirmation and called the 800 number the next day. Amanda ** from Ann Taylor said they used the email of another consumer and sent the email confirmation to that consumer. I asked them to change or delete the email or cancel the order since my name and address and phone number and part of my AMEX card numbers was already sent to a stranger. They said they cannot change or cancel and order and they will CONTINUE to email the stranger concerning my order. They refused to put me on with a supervisor and told me they will train the original operator and send me $20 coupon.

I had such a horrible experience shopping with Ann Taylor, I feel it's necessary to warn other customers. Recently, I was on anntaylor.com to purchase a couple of gifts. What should have only been around a $100 purchase turned out to be a $412 purchase. Ann Taylor had a technical glitch on their site that added more items to my order than I authorized to purchase.

I purchased 4 items online on August 20, 2017. My credit card has been charged the full amount. I called three times to find out the status of my order and no one at Ann Taylor. I was unable to cancel the order within 24 hours. I was lied to many times by the staff and supervisor. I called on August 23 and was told by staff that the order has not been processed yet. I was unable to cancel it. When transferred to a supervisor I was told that the order was shipped. He provided me with a UPS tracking number that did not exist. He kept telling me to read the rules online when I asked for the head office number. Maybe they should have managers with knowledge and education working at customer service.

I accidentally purchased a dress online while trying to calculate the discounts available. I called immediately to cancel the order, but no discount was honored. They said they don't cancel orders and I would I have to wait for the dress to come. They charged my account $138. And later refunded me a small portion after a discount was applied. When I returned the dress because I didn't like it. (Fabric of an old curtain) They had prepaid label that would cost me $7 to send back to them. I tried to return it to the store but Ann Taylor in my area had closed down and loft would take it.

I returned several items I had purchased online at the end of June. I used the prepaid smart label included in the package they sent. By the first week in July, tracking still said "status unavailable," so I sent an email to customer service inquiring about the return. No response. On July 19 tracking finally showed that the package had been delivered, so I emailed again asking when I could expect the refund. Again, no response. Since then I have sent seven emails and tweeted them three times but no replies. I am really outraged by the lack of customer service. I will never purchase anything from the store again.

We had a balance for $80 with them that went up to $235. Every time they send us a letter to make payment we call back and make the payment over the phone. 30 days later we get one more letter saying we need to pay $115 and when we call their excuse was they have the account numbers wrong so we pay again and got confirmation number again and 30 days later we get one more letter for $150. So we call again now they saying we need to call the collection agency to have this matter solved.

I ordered some blouses online and when I received my package, it was not my order and the packing slip was in another person's name with all her personal information. I called the online number, and was treated miserably, and told it was MY responsibility to send back the incorrect items. When I told them it was their mistake, I was told they have NO way of picking up the incorrect package. Then they tried to strong arm me into placing another order. It took 3 calls to reach a supervisor who was as rude as the others, and when I asked for a refund, she said she would "get around to it" and at that time I told her I was contacting my credit card company. She told me that was fine, as if I needed her approval. When I told her I would never shop here again, her response was "Alrighty then." I cannot believe how horrible the service here is.