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Overall sentiment regarding LightInTheBox is mixed. A large segment of customers praises the platform for its budget-friendly pricing, extensive product selection, and satisfying delivery experiences. Conversely, a portion of shoppers highlights frustrations with unexpected fees, sizing inconsistencies, and difficulties navigating the return process for items that do not match expectations.
Yes I have become a regular customer you might say this is the third time I have ordered from them and have been very happy with all the dealings I’ve had with them. Show details
I have had 3 orders with Light in the Box — for myself and my partner. I absolutely love their clothes, great quality products that I can’t stop buying!! My bank account is getting destroyed by Light in the Box!! Show details
Disappointing sizing and missing tags—buyer beware! I ordered a Men's Rash Guard Bathing Suit Swimsuits Patchwork Full-Length Leg UV Protection Quick Dry Elastic Long Sleeve Swimwear Swimsuit Surfing Diving Beach Winter (Order 88396434) from LightInTheBox. The shirt arrived labeled 4XL, but it is global/Asian sizing and nowhere near a standard… Read more
Australian XL. To make matters worse, the size tag on the trousers was completely missing, so there is no way to verify what size they actually sent. When I tried to sort it out, I found out I have to pay expensive international return shipping for their mistake. Not worth the hassle. Save your money.
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Awesome Halloween duvet (doona) and matching pillow cases. A pumpkin filled with fire from the breath of two dragons and adorned with a black cat, mushrooms, and other mystical elements makes this set really come alive. Zippered closure on the duvet and folded pocket style pillow cases. Lightweight and super fun! I really like how the colours pop!
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Ordered two pairs of high heels platform shoes for my daughter as a Christmas gift. Wanted to get my shopping all done before the rush. They arrived today. A black pair and a nude pair. All jammed together in one crumpled, dirty small cardboard box. Not really a box either. Just cardboard taped together. I was disgusted. I opened them and tried… Read more · 15
one on. My daughter and I are the same size in shoes. They were nowhere near the correct size. Couldn’t get them on my feet even. Tried to contact Customer Service. There’s no phone number. No email address. You have to download apps and all this stuff and still nothing. I have sent an email to an address that is their’s but it’s for people wanting to buy so it won’t be passed on I’m sure. I’m gutted and angry. They say they say on website they do not give return labels. Customers pay. But given the state of this order I expect them to send me a paid label. They demand the returns are in original packing. A crumpled cardboard filthy box. If I do do not get satisfaction I’m going to the Office of Fair Trading and it’s so bad, maybe even A Current Affair. Don’t deal with them! I have spent a lot of money for this rubbish.
Plaque exceeded expectations. Clear picture, tasteful design and well made. Wonderful momento. If price stays affordable I will order more
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I purchased a 1080P Vlogging camera, plus a SD card from LightInTheBox as a gift for my grandson. It looked very pretty, but the camera was faulty from the start. Unfortunately when I gave it to my grandson for his 11th birthday, it was outside the thirty day warranty period! And sadly, I had a disappointed grandson because it would not take… Read more
videos at all. Instead it just froze completely. Plus the SD card was corrupted from the outset.
Initially when I contacted LightInTheBox I was absolutely unable to obtain any satisfaction. It took many emails and a great deal of negotiating before I finally struck a most helpful Customer Service Representative called Megha and a shout out to Megha, she managed to arrange a full refund for the camera, for which I am very grateful. Thank you Megha for your help.
But it is a shame that it took such persistent effort on my part to achieve this.
I’ve ordered an Apple Watch band from them nearly two months ago and I got it delivered end of last week. It was a hassle to get it delivered and I requested the refund multiple times although they kept asking me for patience. Anyway I got it delivered but just keep in mind it can take up to two months.
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Different from what I expected and ordered. The picture shows one style but I received different. Missing one part for extra covering. Disappointed! Not recommending from this site
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Do not be fulled by preatty add images, products are not embroidery and are low quality prints wiht out of focus images and questionable fabric. Impossible to down to criminal return "poilicy" - thye ratiin more than 10% of your retund and askin to pay for shipping: "Please also kindly note that, as stated in our return policy at the time of… Read more
purchase, refunds are issued for the item value only. Shipping fees and sales taxes are third-party charges that are not retained by us directly, and therefore unfortunately cannot be refunded."
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Email specials and deals are a lower price to when you click the link and attempt to make the purchase on the website. There are no coupon links to bring the website price to the heavily marketed email price. This is very misleading
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Purchased two shower grip rails. Package arrived however one of the grips was damaged in transit and unusable. Box was damaged and consequently rubber seal will not seal to wall. After requesting a replacement I was notified via email that I would be charged 50% of total price for replacement or alternatively a measly 30% refund of total cost. … Read more
I simply requested a replacement for damaged item and this response is unacceptable. Be wary of this site
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Ordered 2 packs of Unisex Aprons Set, Durable Solid Color Polyester Kitchen Aprons with Adjustable Neck and 2 Large Pockets, Machine Washable through Light In the Box. The product was extremely poor quality to the point that the straps/strings were not even long enough to tie the apron at the back. The fabric almost felt like plastic and was… Read more
hard and even though it was polyester it crushed the moment you touched it.
I contacted the supplier and they offered a 30% refund on the purchase price or a 50% store credit. I said I wanted a full refund and they said I needed to return the product at my own cost. The purchase price was $44.78 plus postage $7.68. To return the product at the cheapest possible price through Australia Post was $38. Obviously they know the cost will be prohibitive so they just opt for a credit or reduced refund so there is no incentive to return it.
I was buying this for a start up charity, so to receive an offer of $13.47 as a refund of a substandard product, when I spent $52.46 and waited over 2 weeks to arrive I was extremely disappointed. The aprons will now become landfill :(
If zero stars was an option, I would have given a 0 star review.
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Well folks if you want to be taken for a ride and waste your money purchase your stitching book from here! I bought one and also bought one from Temu to compare quality etc only to discover the Temu stitching book and accessories are identical to the one I purchased here at Light in The Box and was fraction of the price. I suspect LITB may be… Read more
buying from Temu and then on selling with quite a profit margin. Will never purchase anything from Light in The Box again. Beware!
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Products are terrible and break after one wear do not buy, when i mentioned the elastic broke after one wear on a top they said it was not visible so is a sold on the picture, another top I bough come with ribbon and parts separately and wanted me to basically make the top myself. Sent 2 video to show the elastic gone and would not take responsibility.
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Latest follow-ups
I bought 2 shirts. Same size. Both arrived, both tagged same size. One fitted perfectly. The orher was 5cm smaller. When I complained, they told me it my mistake. I orered wrong size. I gave them another chance to sort the problem and replace the… Read more · 1
incorrect one. No. They do not care about customers. Stay away from them.
Followup: immediately after posting above, they contacted me and offered a full replacement in the correct size. Had they done this in the first two complaint interactions, a negative wluld not have been necessary. I expect they will deliver on the promise.
Follow-up · Light in a Box resolved their sizing issue of 2 shirts marked the same size being different. They sent a replacement shirt at their cost and that was great. The fabric is light and thin which suits the Australian climate, however after the initial glitch, I am happy with the product and problem resolution. Make sure you check sizes by product item before ordering.
My items were delivered in good condition. I would hesitate to purchase items from LightInTheBox again. Show details · 1
Follow-up · I meant to say " wouldn't " hesitate to buy again. Sorry.
I ordered a couple of shirts, which looked good in the pictures........but I received two the same colour, the material was very poor quality, and they were the wrong size! One of the shirts was screwed up in the bag, and was obviously already a… Read more
return from somebody else. I returned them to the place that sent them, in Sydney, at my own expense, but a series of frustrating emails tells me I have to send them to China in order to claim a refund. According to the local Post Office I would have to outlay again what I paid for the shirts, which is ridiculous.......and I have little confidence that I would actually receive a refund anyway. Most sellers encourage you to deal with them, by giving good after sales service. The fault was in their product, and poor service, so why should I be even further out of pocket? After some weeks of email negotiation, and leaving the above review I finally received a full refund today. That is a good result, but it would have been much better without a fight...........and the angst of a continuing chain of emails. Many thanks for your help Megha, I'm just sorry it wasn't easier to resolve.
Follow-up · If the initial admission of fault had come earlier in the process, some of the issues could have been resolved - to the point we may have used them again. It didn't.....and we haven't!
In-depth reviews
It has been over a year that I have been a customer of LITB. I think the App is fantastic, very easy to navigate and I'm not very tech. savvy. I have ordered many many different types of products, and only a few have required contact with customer… Read more
service. My experiences with customer service and in particular the two representatives who usually deal with my queries, Samira and Fabio are above and beyond fantastic. All the reps. are great but these two stand out. They are polite, friendly, extremely respectful and very very proactive in working towards a mutually beneficial solution. I love the range of products, the quality is mostly very good, the products mostly match the description or pictures, the flash sales have some great products and savings. I recommend LITB to many people, particularly those who compliment the products I have bought from LITB and I get lots of compliments. Ladies actually stop me in the street or wherever(including on a cruise ship recently) and compliment me and ask where did I get the product from, and I always tell them LITB.
Follow-up · LITB flash sales are ongoing and the products change daily, with a variety of products from clothing to homewares to electronics to name a few. I have found all the product types to be usually of good quality and value. I live in Australia and the delivery times are excellent, usually only 14 days from order to delivery, if there is going to be a… Read more
This was my first order with this supplier. I ordered a 30 metre long roll of blue string lights which I wanted to place right along the perimeter of my pool fence. In my measurements beforehand, I knew I would need 30m. I do have a different… Read more
well known supplier I normally deal with, but blue lights are a bit harder to get than the regular colours & I couldn’t get it through my regular supplier. A 30m roll is also often harder to get, so when I saw them advertised with Light In The Box, I thought I’d give them a go.
Firstly, I should say that now that I’ve received the lights and they’re placed around my pool fence, they do look quite good. They’re bright & they work well, and one thing I found was that lights that are the furthest away from the charger are much dimmer than those closest to the charger.
However, the order was not without its problems. Delivery was very slow, and I was annoyed with myself for not checking beforehand where they are actually coming from. Their HQ is in Singapore but most shipments come from China.
The biggest problem I had was that when the lights arrived, they looked very different to the photo on the listing advertisement. I expected to see a rounded roll of lights as per the advertisement, but what I got was significantly different. Instead of a rounded type roll, the lights were in fact wound around a small piece of cardboard, and here’s where I encountered my biggest issue. Unrolling them was not easy, in fact they were quite tangled, constantly getting stuck & catching on themselves. It was a long exercise in pure frustration in untangling them and placing them where I wanted. There were several points where I was seriously contemplating giving up & chucking the lot in the bin. But I persisted & I’m glad I did. Overall, now that they’re up & working ok, I’m reasonably happy, but I’ve always said the test of any supplier is whether or not I’d order from them again. Honestly, I’m not sure.
Follow-up · Here’s my follow up to several questions asked. Firstly, although I have updated the rating to 4 stars, my reality is that it’s still only worth maybe 3.5 because overall, they’re “ok”, but certainly a long way from any kind of wow factor. In terms of how durable is the wiring in wet conditions, the answer is honestly surprisingly very good. … Read more
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One of the worst customer service experiences I’ve encountered. I ordered a dress from here that I only needed for Halloween, and ordered it with plenty of time before the date. The shipping time came up as 6 business days (which would have been tight but possible), however this dress arrived a over a week late “due to delays” I have no use for… Read more
this item and should be able to return it at no cost to myself due to the fact it’s arrived late, but speaking to the customer service team has been nothing but insufferable.
“[Name Removed]” I’m quite sure is a malfunctioning AI bot, who replies things like “we regret that you are going through such emotionnal turmoil” (yes spelt wrong) and sent a whole email back managing to speak such nonsense and not refer to anything I’d asked.
Guys give this company a wide birth. Not only are they unethical (and a lesson learnt there) but they don’t have a serious customer service team and you’ll absolutely never get a refund from them if anything goes wrong.
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Positive reviews
I have been with light in a box for the last few years and get compliments on some of the novelity tops and jumpers , I have bought . The prices are reasonable . Shipping takes awhile but Iam in country victoria .
I bought dresses for 2 granddaughters & was so pleased with the fit. I did buy slips for them. Fabric is like seersucker but a tad on thin side. So happy to see the girls excited for their Uncle's wedding in Sept. Show details · 1
The good things about Light in the Box : their website is easy to navigate, a wide variety of products, pictures of all products , all are reasonably priced and orders are monitored right to delivery. So far there have been no problems and it is the first site I go to for anything wearable - including jewelery. Show details · 1
Negative reviews
Beware of this company. I was about to buy a shirt for $35.99AUD but when I went to pay, the total was $68.14.AUD. They had added a shipping charge $7.99, shipping insurance $1.49 Duty Insurance 72 cents and something called Remote Area Surcharge $21.95! I then wrote to them and asked to be removed from their database but to no avail. I am still receiving up to 4 spam emails a day.
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So I ordered a Galaxy projector for $30+ for my birthday back in April '26. Was looking forward to some wonderful ambiance at night and waited 3 weeks to receive a little LED candle. Felt like I'd been scammed again damn it..!! Someone after the fact told me they were legitimate, if so, whoever is picking the items or the manager of quality control should be sacked. Very unhappy. Never trying them again. Thanks [Content Removed]!
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Watch purchased in Jan 26 stopped working after 5 months for no reason after a firmware upgrade. Reached out to support for help several times but was ignored. Went online to order to request exchange but was told by AI it was out of warranty so bad luck no exchange or return. Show details
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Recent reviews
The quality of the costume clothes I have bought for a number of school productions if fabulous. Sometimes I’ve added the odd trim to shake it up a bit and make a set of things look different but they are certainly a great base to start with or stand alone product. Service has been fairly good to Australia Show details
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