Anaconda Midland staff were Really helpful when my 80l Oztrail Dual Zone fridge broke. It was still under warranty. I was initially told the fridge needed to be assessed by an authorized repairer before a refund could be given. I explained to the staff member at Anaconda Midland that I lived approximately 50 minutes away from the repairer and it… Read more
was not financially worth 2 return trips to the repairer for a fridge which was under $500 dollars and still under warranty. They agreed and spoke to Oztrail regarding my situation. as I no longer had a receipt they found it on their system and printed it off for me. I have since received a full refund and purchased another fridge from them. A big thanks to the helpful staff at Anaconda Midland
⭐ 1 STAR — TERRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE Absolutely disgraceful experience. I was charged $19 for delivery of a fridge that I did not receive, yet this company refused to refund the delivery fee. I raised the issue, and even after it was escalated to a supervisor, they still refused to resolve it. Instead, I was told the matter was closed and would… Read more
not be reconsidered. It is not about $19 — it is about honesty, fairness and accountability.
The fact that this company is willing to damage a customer’s trust and goodwill over $19 is astonishing.
When something goes wrong, this is how they choose to treat their customer: hide behind “policy”, refuse to listen and simply close the complaint.
Absolutely unacceptable.
I would not recommend this company to anyone who expects decent customer service or fair treatment.
⭐ One star because zero stars isn’t an option.
Average boots, terrible retailer. First pair broke the first time my wife wore them, Anaconda made us pay more for the replacement by forcing us to get a refund after the sale ended and buy the boots online. They made some weak excuse that they cannot replace an in-store order with online stock and refused to match the price on the online store.… Read more
Lost a customer for life.
Tried to post the above review to their website and they sent me an email saying the review didn't meet their requirements and they won't be posting it.
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Terrible customer service and breach of warranty – I purchased a "Dune 4WD Nomad Deluxe Hardtop Rooftop Tent 140cm" on a click and collect option in August 2022. In June 2023, one of the widows in it stopped working (zipper). After that, I made a warranty claim asking Anaconda to either fix the issue or replace the product as it has 2 years warranty. After a month of many phone calls and emails,… Read more
the customer service finally decided to issue a return and replacement order (by email). However, I went to 3 different stores around the Northern Beaches in Sydney, where the managers refused to take the old RTT, and neither would give me a replacement. (The manager at the Warringah Mall store couldn't help as they don't have this tent for sale there, the manager from Belrose was rude and unprofessional, and the one from Chatswood just completely ignored me)
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I bought a jacket on sale and during delivery Anaconda recalled it without explanation. Sale price was $19.99 and full price was $129.99. I requested they honour the sale price, and I was told to order the jacket again and advise when it had been dispatched and provide the order number - they said they would honour the sale price and refund the… Read more
difference. I received $19.99 back and nothing more. That was in June, it's now September and I am still fighting for my full refund. They have advised the refund had been processed 4 or 5 times which it hasn't. They have basically stolen my money - they advised I contact my bank to ask where the funds were which I did and the bank said they were just fobbing me off and no refund had been made. Anaconda supplied an 'Acquirer Reference Number' which the bank had never heard of and provide no information to them. I will continue to follow this up as they owe me a fairly large sum of money. I just want people to know they are dodgy and not to trust them as they are fighting paying me back. Happy for Anaconda to respond to me so I can provide the Request # of all my enquiries with them. Have mostly been dealing with someone called [Name Removed] in the chat room who continues to say I will be refunded. I am continually told 'thank you for your patience' which doesn't exist anymore to be honest. I'm definitely out of patience. If something doesn't occur in the next week in terms of me getting my full refund, I'll escalate it to the Office of Fair Trading and/or the ACCC and report them for theft.
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Visited the Hervey Bay store today based on advice from Anaconda head office in relation to a warranty claim on a 5 year old (has 10 years warranty) vanford reel where by the bail arm sprang apart which has rendered the reel completely unusable. We were advised to present the reel for them to send it to Shimano to be assessed and repaired. Upon… Read more
arrival we were greeted by 3 lovely ladies who were fantastically helpful and friendly. 10/10. One lady named “[Name Removed]”. They called forward a bloke “won’t name for privacy” who pretty well immediately dismissed it banging on about “they’re not gonna fix your flogged out reel”, “there’s corrosion on it”, (see photos). It is a 5 year old well used salt water reel and there is a pissy amount of corrosion on the chrome plastic which literally has 0 effect what so ever on parts of the reel failing. It is well looked after, washed thoroughly, dried and stored after every use along with the thousands of dollars worth of other high end gear we have. I personally take great offence to the accusations that I have not maintained this reel. I have been a maintenance fitter my entire life and take great pride in looking after my gear that I pay good money for. All this bloke had to do, was take the reel, and send it to Shimano but immediately refused to help in anyway. He claimed “you didn’t scan the QR code on the warranty card and register the warranty”. (no where does it say on the card to do that nor is there a QR code even on the card). But he wasn’t having it. It was absolutely disgusting behaviour and I am severely disappointed in the service we received from this one person. Be warned if you buy fishing gear from Anaconda and take it to Hervey bay, even on the advice on head office for any help pertaining to warranty. Don’t bother. We have rang back head office and they were immediately helpful. Anaconda literally has NO influence on Shimano decisions to honour a warranty. We’re not going to be buying ANY fishing gear from Anaconda again. Thankfully there is now good competition here. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this reel what so ever other than the bail arm bearing sprung apart and there is 10 tiny pieces which vanished into thin air (spent hours searching for them to fix myself). I am not asking for anything from Anaconda other than for them the send the reel away. All I wanted was for them to send the reel to Shimano to be assessed. As per their duty as a Shimano supplier. See the attached photos and try tell me my flogged out reel is beyond repair. It is in perfectly reasonable condition for a reel that does get used very frequently. It didn’t wear out. The bail arm screw broke or fell out which caused a catastrophic failure (product is unusable) as described in the ACCC consumer warrenty rights.
Bought a Body Glove snorkel set on sale from $50.00 to $30.00 for my trip to Sardinia Italy. On the very first use the plastic pin holding the strap snapped off the face mask rendering them useless. Cheap made Chinese rubbish at a premium price. Avoid this place. Show details
They said this doesn't go with the guidelines not sure why its being honest nothing was said that was inappropriate. Don't get they crocs give the kids blisters
Appalling quality control. I ordered shoes for my Husband for Christmas and the security tag was still attached. I live in rural New South Wales and it will be a 4 1/2 hour return trip to visit a physical store to have tag removed. As Christmas is next week, they did not provide any solution apart from a $30 partial refund. This of course will not… Read more
assist me financially as this was my husband‘s Christmas gift. The only option was to Travel four and a half hours to fix their mistake, or return the item and have nothing to give to him for Christmas, or the $30 partial refund. Anaconda management should value their clients and not be so dismissive of their circumstance. A very poor outcome.
Poorly trained staff at stores, slow customer service centrally. Repeated attempts to track and follow up an overdue order with promises of a response that never happens. When things go wrong, you are better off ringing the bank and declining the transaction then actually getting someone in customer service.
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After dealing with incompetent staff, then being false accused of abusive and threatening behaviour and calling out a staff member for attempting to intimadat me ,now supposedly reported to police and being banned from a store .but no documentation… Read more
forwarded as requested ,but very eager to demoralise customers who call out their staff for attempting to falsely accuse people !!! Zero customer service or accountability. Was no need for banning as I would never give anaconda any business anyhow and recommend o r hers do t he same !!
Follow-up · Banned from anaconda,spotlight and harris scarf by inept pathetic management who simply failed to investigate their own staff and how they treat people !!! No great loss ,plenty of other retailers that actually have customer service !!!!!
Purchased croc thongs, sole was wearing out within a week, we are travelling in WA currently and are 18 hr drive from a store. Anaconda online won't honour the warranty even though crocs said they should, unbelievable their refusal to take according action. Won't be shopping there ever again after spending heaps there previously
Follow-up · 2 parts - 1 Anaconda are terrible and won't do anything unless I drive to a store, which is a 18 plus hour drive from NE wa. Online store which is the same company won't do anything. I believe this is a contravention under consumer law. 2 Crocs came to the party and said Anaconda are not on their registered supplier list and replaced them anyway, thank you crocs.
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I was given a Dune 4WD 75Ltr Fridge freezer as a GIFT. It had cooling issues. I contacted through email and asked what could be done. Did i have a receipt. Well no it was a GIFT. So i was told without a receipt of proof of purchase they could not… Read more
help me. IDIOTS. Its there own brand name. Cant be bought anywhere else. So the 5 year warranty is a waste of time. So is Anaconda.
Follow-up · I didnt get any reply since my last email. Seems to be a common review about the after sales service. Useless. So i just wont shop there anymore. Easy as.
Positive reviews
Thankyou to Tracy and Vicky for great customer service at anaconda at Mt gravatt store .They were very helpful and professional made my shopping experience enjoyable
My husband and l had an exceptional staff member Grant help us today at Anaconda shop in Warragul Victoria. 4/5/26 Grant went above and beyond with helping us work out what we needed in changing to a lithium battery in our caravan and the extra attachments we needed to go with it to make it all work, acdc battery charger and an mppt solar… Read more
controller that was needed. Not cheap items. His knowledge and patience was great, and questions we asked were answered. He was even quite late going for lunch because of us. The shop is very lucky to have a such an intelligent man who is happy to spend time to help out, because of Grant, we bought all the items we needed. Anaconda you are very lucky to employ staff like Grant.
I purchased a pair of sandals. I went to leave a review about them. It was a good review. I noticed while doing this the sandals were much cheaper elsewhere. I went back to store. I was refunded the difference +10%. I must’ve had a good day dealing with the person I dealt with that has a lot to do with your experience in store. I was just lucky I… Read more
guess from the reviews I’ve read it’s nice to deal with an honourable company that’s just my luck on the day. Best Hugh.
Negative reviews
Extremely Poor customer service at Anaconda - not too mention there were more staff standing around chatting to one another than there were customers in the entire shop.. I was greeted by a quick hi on entering the store but that's where it ended. Staff were lack luster and offered no sales assistance what so ever - I had to seek help on a number… Read more
of occasions - items I was thinking of buying but the customer facing service was 'nil'. I felt they thought they were doing me a favor by being there - the store was 'empty' of customers..
An extremely disappointing experience at this store tonight - the night Manager appeared to be at odds with having to treat its customers with a good customer experience - she seemed quite unimpressed by being there and quite frankly she shouldn't have been. An extremely non-customer Centric experience tonight - shame on you Anaconda. Departure from this store made me think twice about ever returning. Please do something about your staff Anaconda or lose your customer base - the staff at this store tonight need to wake up to themselves.
When attempt to return a faulty product, staff at the Geelong Anaconda Store were dismissive and unhelpful. They had little understanding of the return/ exchange process for the particular product, and they refused to acknowledge Anaconda had any responsibility for refund or exchange - they attempted to shift responsibility to the manufacturer. … Read more
There was no ‘customer service’ and no consideration of the disruption which had been caused by selling me a faulty product - they made me feel I was the one burdening them with a process they knew little about. I have lodged a complaint.
Attended Mt Gravatt Brisbane store on Sunday afternoon 5 July 2026. A gentleman (blond with mustache) was very patient and helped us to locate certain items. A lady at the middle service lane also showed us where rain pants were located. However, the good service we received were ruined when I was waiting at the counter to pay for the items. At… Read more
that time, there was only one lady ([Name Removed] according to my receipt) servicing the counter. She was servicing a gentleman in front of me. As I was next in line, I picked up the items I left on the unmanned counter next to me getting ready to be served once the gentleman in front of me was finished. This movement triggered [Name Removed] telling me to stay where I was. She said words to the effect of “All day I have been overcrowded by customers. I need some space”. Shocked by [Name Removed]’s comment, I told her I wasn’t moving towards her. In fact, I was about one and a half meter away from her. When I told her I was not moving towards her, [Name Removed] continued to stress that she was overcrowded by customers. Not a pleasant experience!
Recent reviews
I bought a duffel bag from the Anaconda stand at a camping show on a weekend. When I opened it up that evening I found that that the stitching on one of the seams had missed one of the two sections of material. This meant there was a hole that I could almost fit my hand through. As that had been the final day of the camping show, I took the bag… Read more
and reciept to the nearest Anaconda store expecting a quick exchange. I had to speak to a Manager (about 18yo) and showed him where the line of stitching from manufacturing was clearly faulty. He was very rude and even suggested that I had done it myself (for what purpose?? and impossible without leaving a line of holes from previous stitching) then tried to claim they didn't have to exchange it. I stood my ground and he grudgingly exchanged the bag then suggested I shop elsewhere in future. No problem, I won't be back. I later found 2 family members (one is in his 80s) have had similar experiences, one at a different location. The entire large extended family have blackbanned Anaconda. Note, this was some years ago but I hadn't thought to put it on here until now.
they did it to me again!!! purchase 4 x socks online...no problem transaction went thru okay. next day email from them saying they cant supply although the online stock was okay. I am sick to death of stores allowing transaction that cannot be fulfilled. its WRONG and should not be allowed. Now i have to wait to get my money refunded. the whole thing stinks. I will never shop at anaconda again.
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Worst experience ever with click and collect. Online said it would be ready in 2 hours but apparently a glitch in system hasn’t been processed. Can’t say when it will be ready and the “customer care” can’t even contact store to verbally put my order through. No compensation available for inconvenience. Can’t go elsewhere as refund would take days. Unacceptable
My issue is with the security tags on items .. I walked into Anaconda and picked-up a basket ready to fill it full of fishing gear (eg spend prob $500 or more) .. but every decent item has a security tag stopping you from removing it from its shelf/rack ? No exaggeration, but the entire fishing line section had every rack locked-off via security… Read more
tags .. eg probably 40 racks. Similarly the lure section had another 50 shelfs fully locked-off and customers unable to remove from the shelf.
Look I get why as pilferage must be huge, but like many visits before this one, I stood there trying to attract the attention of a store person with no such luck.
So I had to say goodbye to the quality products and pick-up the crappy ones as I didn't have time to search the store for someone to personally escort me with each item I chose ?
So my question ? .. yes I'm sure these shelf locks reduce pilfering considerably, but is Anaconda in the business of product security, or actual retail sales ? eg whats the point of putting items on the shelf if they are physically locked-off to the customers and no staff to assist ?
I do wonder whether stores stock these quality brands however use them to lure unsuspecting people like myself into the stores and then sell them the more profitable lower quality brands ... eg I may as well have scales myself as Ive been taken hook-line-and sinker (worst pun yer I know) ... one word - Corporatism ... buy at local tackle shops and support the people doing the right thing by us all ... stepping off my soap box now as getting head-spins.
Parcel 1 arrived promptly through auspost. Parcel 2 is still sitting at label created and has not moved in over a week. Calls to the loosely named ‘customer care’ have been a complete waste of time. Promised to escalate and get back to me have not materialised. They do not have a clue where it is and seem pretty disinterested in helping. This… Read more
item is an icebox, not cheap, and I’m beyond annoyed. Do NOT order online with these guys, if something goes wrong support is non existent, they genuinely do not care.
I bought a Dune 8-Person Instant Tent, and the very first time I used it, the whole thing buckled and collapsed in light wind. It’s supposed to be an outdoor camping tent, so if it can’t handle a basic bit of wind, it’s completely useless and unfit for purpose. Simple as that. When I took it back to the Epping (VIC) store for a refund, the… Read more
customer service was non-existent. They took my tent out the back but failed to give me a single shred of paperwork or a receipt to prove they even had my property. Then it got ridiculous. The store called me later to deny the refund, claiming they set it up in a back room and a sheltered concrete loading bay and it stood up fine. Obviously it’s going to stand up in a sheltered concrete dock with zero wind! When I told them that wasn't a real test, the staff member basically called me a liar, told me "no wind would blow it over," and then sarcastically said "maybe a hurricane would." To top it all off, when I was originally in the shop questioning their return process, the assistant manager actually followed me out of the store and all the way into the car park just to keep arguing with me. Customer care didn't care either and just backed up the store's useless "indoor test." I’ve left the tent there and officially lodged a formal dispute with Consumer Affairs Victoria. Anaconda would rather insult their customers than fix a faulty product. Do yourself a favor and bypass them completely.
Convoluted account and delivery address system. Online checkout doesn't work. "Proceed to secure payment" goes to the home page. "Contact us" page is FAQs. Chat box in the bottom right corner is for chatting with a bot. Bot says a way to contact a human is to go to the Contact page, where there's FAQs and the bot. Bot says another way is phone,… Read more
but it's 5.25pm on a Sunday. Was supposedly one click away from spending $330. Now reviewing where to spend.
Ordered two rods click and collect. Being in a regional area I had a 3 hour round trip. When I got there the rods weren’t the right ones. Basically just offered me a refund and an apology. Terrible customer service Show details
The problem with Anaconda Online is two-fold: 1. Their customer service is really bad. They keep saying they've referred the problem to the relevant team regarding your delivery. That team is non-existent. 2. What it really means is they've sent an email to their courier company, in this case, Aramex. Yes, the worst couriers in Australia,… Read more
especially if you live more than 11.4 kms from a regional city CBD. Aramex do not respond to most emails, including mine. So the item never arrives. Fortunately, I paid with PayPal and was able to organise a refund via them. In-store, Anaconda are great if something is in stock, but their online store is not competitive and lacks real leadership.
Staff are young dumb and completely incompetent and probably the laziest dough heads I’ve ever encountered, I don’t know what’s this company problem with stock control or lack of it, seems every time you see online something is in stock in stock the staff are too hopeless and lazy to actually find it out the back and will just lie to you and say… Read more
we don’t have it! Don’t know what happens back there they probably just go on their phones and don’t even try to look or they are so badly run stores they can’t organise a bloody thing back there!
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