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3.1· 258 reviews
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3.1/ 5

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What reviewers say about bol.com

Generated with AI from 258 reviews on Trustburn · updated 34 days ago

Customers are split in their views: many praise bol.com's large selection, fast delivery, and responsive customer service, while a sizable share report recurring problems with damaged goods, delivery delays, and difficulties reaching the company for refunds, giving an overall average rating of 3.1 out of 5.
What does bol.com do?

bol.com is a Dutch webshop offering millions of products with delivery, advertising free shipping on orders over 20. The description on file positions it as a large general online retailer ('de winkel van ons allemaal') with broad selection and standard customer service.

What are the most common complaints about bol.com?

Based on the critical reviewers, the most common complaints center on third-party sellers: items that never arrive and are only refunded, suspected scam sellers operating on the platform, and bol.com's handling of third-party mistakes such as wrong deliveries, where customers feel the burden of returns and reordering is unfairly placed on them.

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Wouter Smook
Reviews 1

DO NOT BUY HERE !! - if it goes wrong YOU are the victim -

1) Called for the fourth time tonight because an order had not arrived: got sent from pillar to post.

2) Request to speak to manager was declined: "was procedure".

3) Order canceled, but not accepted: "was proceeding".

4) Money requested to be refunded: an investigation is first done, and the product SHOULD be found ... only then will the money be returned ... (?)

5) The postal collection point indicates that there are problems: only the sender is allowed to contact them about this

6) The most hopeless ...: the operator hung up the phone in the middle of the conversation!

7) A day later another conversation with customer service did not go as planned: DO NOT BUY HERE!

Piotr Andrzej
Reviews 1

Other product in my delivery. When I asked to change for good one, they make the price 50 more!!! Customer service didn't help me, and didn't want to tell where can I sent complaint.
So when you buy something, really quick check your item because they can sent you different, cheaper product en if you sent it back the price will be bigger and you have to wait for your money. Still waiting for my money.

mark C1963
Reviews 1

Ik bestel bij BOL een artikel. Dit komt dan blijkbaar bij Art en Craft vandaan. Ik zou het de volgende dag ontvangen en krijg daarvan een bericht. Vervolgens krijg ik een bericht van de vervoerder dat het artikel niet ontvangen is en dat het niet bezorgd wordt.
Even laten stuurt BOL weer vrolijk een email dat het wordt bezorgd maar uiteraard krijg ik niets. Ik moet dan zelf bij de verkoper er achteraan. En dat terwijl ik bij BOL bestel en betaal.
Ik stuur een email naar Art en Craft en dan zeggen ze doodleuk dat het OLV Hemelvaart is what ever that may be, en dus maw kan ik wachten tot ik een ons weeg.
BOL is dus niet echt een handig bedrijf om bij te bestellen. En zeker niet als het artikel dan bij Art en Craft vandaan komt.
Bestellen gaat verder wel makkelijk en betalen ook. Maar als er problemen zijn moet je bij een derde bedrijf er achter aan.

Na een tijd weer eens wat besteld. helaas is het er allemaal niet beter op geworden. bol lijkt wel een soort marktplaats. zelfs als ze garanderen dat iets de volgende dag bezorgd wordt dan is dit een keiharde leugen.
Maar ook nu ligt het eraan wie het verstuurt en hoe het verstuurd wordt.
Als tracking wordt gebruikt dan komt het op de afgesproken dag. Helaas versturen veel partners van bol met een simpele envelop. Dan kan het heel lang duren voor post het bezorgt! allekabels is zo een bedrijf.
Geef dan geen lever datum af als je het niet kan waarmaken.
Goed dat er ook nog winkels zijn.

pier de vries
Reviews 1

The largest web store in the Netherlands. I have ordered the book Opvoedtakel. I use the book daily at home and in my work and with a positive approach give new insights to help children grow up. Nice illustrations and fun experiments. The book is recommended. Both for parents and professionals.

Vedat Sekerli
Reviews 1

With all due respect but I feel very scammed. I got Intel i3 instead of i7, I got Windows 7 control instead of Windows 10 control. Worst of all, I get a message that the software is illegal. This is disrespectful. Normally I never give 1 star but this is abnormal.

Philippe Cottenier
Reviews 1

Na een paar bestellingen die de dag nadien niet aankwamen, nu nog slechter!
Ik ben betalende klant voor select, verzekerd de dag erop thuis? Niet dus.
Ik bestelde 1 art op voorraad, de zelfde nacht, mailtje dat jet niet zou lukken maar wel 10dagen! later. 11d later nog steeds geen pakje.
Dus opnieuw via klantendienst (niet echt vriendelijk) opnieuw besteld. Een week later niets ontvangen en plots een retour mail. Ik zou mijn geld terug krijgen en daarmee was het voor hun opgelost.
Ik bestel voortaan liever bij de concurrent die wel op tijd kan leveren.

Bri Pinter
Reviews 1

Honderd sterren voor Astrid van de klanten service.
Maandag , over 5 dagen naar het Wilhelmina Kinderziekenhuis, dus kan slaapbank die dag niet bezorgd worden. Stuurt Astrid haar vriendje mee ; een allerschattigst konijn, met te grote voeten, die je aan het lachen maakt.
Verrassing dus !!!!
Krijgt ons kind maandag te zien. Zus riep meteen : "Een vriend voor Snuffie," haar konijn knuffel, waar ze onafscheidelijk mee is.
Super ontroerend.
Wordt de dag meteen veel beter, voor iedereen met zo'n grote vriend op pad.

Bol Zuig
Reviews 1

DO NOT BUY E-BOOKS HERE!

They are scammers. After a while they deactivate the e-books and you can no longer download them. And if you want your money back, you get a bell slave who only says "We don't do returns"

Kay Vossenaar
Reviews 1

Ordered June 4 - June 20 still awaiting settlement of the chaos.

I ordered some via #bolcom from reseller A and C elektro (Art and Craft). This was to be delivered on June 5th. Without any form of good communication, the order has already been canceled 4 times and rescheduled once due to a sorting error at Dynalogic.

We are now doing everything possible to please deliver our order. Twitter, Phone, Mail and Chat with #Bolcom, Art and Craft and Dynalogic. But all this effort that is already ridiculous that we have to do this is to no avail.

Today it took another day off, Art en Craft had promised that it would actually be delivered today.

What does a #bolcom customer have to do to have their order delivered? Unfortunately, the Internet is full of the above complaint, which gives no hope.

We are already in contact, but hope that you will now ensure that if something is ordered on your site, this is also delivered.

Customer journey -1

Of course, I will also let you know if #bolcom will solve it properly and how this went.

UPDATE 6/13 4:50 PM:
Another new appointment has just been made for delivery, attempt 5. We remain in the same circle from #sort error to contacting, #bolcom contacts the reseller, they again with dynalogic, then we get a new delivery date and then again see a sort error canceled delivery.

This problem always has the same solution for us that results in the same no delivery every time.

Again we have to wait and see if the package is delivered, if not we will do the same round again .......

UPDATE 6/14/2018 11:45 AM
We received something from Dynalogic, then you finally think the TV is here! But no, it turns out to be a different cheaper model than the one we ordered and paid for. How difficult can it be to deliver the right TV within the set deadline. Now we have been with #ArtenCraft #Bolcom and #Dynalogic for days to please deliver our TV. Then you get him it's the wrong one.

Are we going to do the whole story over again, beg again, etc.?

20-6
The TV has now been picked up and BOL has a suitable solution for us that we appreciate. HOWEVER, the TV was picked up last week and we now have to wait until it is returned by AC elektro (Art and Craft reseller on bulb). According to Bol, this could last until the end of this week. Which probably also means that AC electro will only then process the payment. WHAT A DRAMA THIS IS! IT LOOKS LIKE THIS JOKE WILL LAST ANOTHER 5 OR 6 WEEKS IN ADDITION TO ALL EFFORTS.

wouter lannoeye
Reviews 1

Unfortunately it is impossible to give 0 stars. Very poor customer service where 2 times lies on the phone about the supplier of the product and the line was also severely cut off the line.
'Black Friday, gone = gone', but I have no desire to buy something here.

Philip Maikov
Reviews 1

Ordered before 22:00, delivered tomorrow. Unfortunately that did not happen and I called customer service.
I had a very friendly lady on the phone and she explained the problem to me.

Received this today, very thoughtful.
Instead of being negative, the lady in question may be put in the limelight for the after-sales .

Thanks daisy!

mark schubert
Reviews 1

In the past few months I bought two presents for my 7 year old son. The first time a completely different item was delivered, the second time the item was only delivered after 5 days. While the site simply states that it will be delivered the next day. Very disappointing.

Lisa Beijne
Reviews 1

3 items ordered, all in stock and available within a day, then get a message that it will be the 23rd (one week later than the order) best separately since it was available and within a day. On the 22nd message that a product is not available, a product has already been delivered and the 3rd I hear nothing about, contacted several times through and it is always said that it will be the 23rd (the last 2 items) finally canceled the order because it was not available until at least the end of January. Next day ordered on whekamp and the next day everything in the house.

Niels
Reviews 1

ALWAYS worry about delivering items on time, delivery times that are promised will not be met last minute. Apologies enough, it is always up to third parties, sub-suppliers, etc. What on earth do I have to do with that, do I order it on bol.com?

It is counting down until Amazon has really arrived here, because of this amatueristic bullshit I am happy about it.

Erik Dwangnaam
Reviews 1

Two products that were ordered in stock. 3 weeks later received nothing. I call (otherwise OK customer service), I am told that both products will be delivered within a week. Then I receive half of my order (so a month later) and I can wait another month for the other half.

That's neat nie hea.

(P.S. Can't be a Christmas rush. Ordered much earlier. Otherwise I understood.)

Update; Customer service is still friendly. Unfortunately, that does not make things faster. Second half still not in, and has been postponed for a second week. I am going to move in May (now JAN) and I am starting to wonder if I have to report an address change ...

Oguz Yildiz
Reviews 1

Super service previously ordered a case drilled together despite the fact that it was allowed to return a watch a few days ago that immediately had a scratch on it called and the same day a new one was sent from now on I order everything here super service callagent promised that would be resolved quickly and was the case really is not very common nowadays

Johan Vandenburgt
Reviews 1

I have been a customer here for many years and suddenly I received a gift in the form of a voucher of 2.50 for my birthday.
oh yeah ..............
On my next order, that knuckle didn't apply to anything, it can't be redeemed on just about anything that can be invented.

Nice gift ball
It will cost you quite a few customers because me and family NEVER buy anything here and we download books from the Pirate Bay.

Marco van den Brink
Reviews 1

Crappy service they put a DVD title on their website that they don't have. It is 3 DVD for 20 euros. Get a DVD that my son already has instead of the right one. If you call they cannot just send another title that he does not have yet, then I have to order it separately. And I get a credit voucher. From 1/3 of the price but I have to buy the next one at full price. Really bad service than everything but return and buy elsewhere.

Marieke Reeskamp
Reviews 1

Ordered before 23:59, not delivered the next day. Written off no package the next day, even ordered 2x because I had not received confirmation. Don't recommend if you want it the next day.
Monday ordered on time, Wednesday without a gift to a children's party ....

Martin Keesenberg
Reviews 1

Ordered a computer game (Minecraft) for my daughter for three weeks and I still don't have a working code to download. Customer service can not help me and will pass the message and do not know if I can get a refund. Second notification about activation windows (two laptops purchased via bol.com) I receive information by email that does not help me.
They are now working with both complaints, but have been calling and emailing for weeks without any result.

Vincent Holtmaat
Reviews 1

Nice that you pay afterwards. But don't do it too often, then you are suddenly known as a negative fraud check. It is strange if everything is paid for on time. I also had to find out because I contacted me, my orders were only canceled with the standard phrase "Your order was canceled, because we can only supply a limited quantity of the chosen items".
Too bad this is, I might as well go to CoolBlue.

Paul
Reviews 1

The best and most reliable web store with super customer-oriented customer service and very fast delivery. We have been a satisfied customer for many years. BOL = top! Even if something sometimes does not work properly or breaks down, you will always get a new item or money back without grumbling. At Bol, the customer is king.

Bob van Biezen
Reviews 1

For me, bol is a preferred web store. Order stuff there for years (from coffee maker to games) and you just know that your order will arrive nicely. Sometimes also some nice offers and find the possibility to order items at partner shops or 2nd hand items very nice.

Kitty Heur
Reviews 1

I would like to thank Chantal from the customer service. She helped me enormously with the order that I had not ordered correctly. And after listening to my story why, I received a very sweet present today. Chantal I don't know you, but you're a nice person .... thank you Kitty Heur
Unfortunately the parents of our grandchildren have sent all the presents back. It was meant so well, but they don't accept the presents. These are difficult times.

Jan Bree
Reviews 1

I have tried to make a review at BOL but they are too schooertig to place it.
I ordered a cutting, rasp and planer, costs 129, - but is supplied by ART & CRAFT, if you read the terms and conditions of ART & CRAFT you dare not open the package, let alone use it. So I refused it at the front door. Now I bought it at Amazon.fr for 85.71. A price difference of 43, -

Butterfly Kristali
Reviews 1

These people are scammers when you place an order you don't get the right items anymore and they send you an invoice. Many workers are rude accuse you of theft they open the products themselves and steal this send you empty boxes also they are in together working with aliexpres many things are from ali and they sell it more expensive so order no more here go nice in a shop buy eant if something happened you can see it very bad they treat you

M & V
Reviews 1

Ordered a Miele dryer with full service, they dropped it in the hallway and did not install it, said they had no tools. Bol is working with Dynalogic now for such deliveries and installations, probably the worst logistics company in the Netherlands based on the reviews I've seen...i would not recommend you buy anything from here that requires installation. Amazon will be in the Netherlands soon, as long as they work with competent logistics companies, they won't have much competition...

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About bol.com

bol.com, de winkel van ons allemaal. Kies uit miljoenen artikelen. Snel en vanaf 20,- gratis verzonden!

Bol.com is a Dutch online retailer that has been in operation since 1999. The company's name is derived from Bertelsmann On-Line, which was the original owner of the website. Bol.com has grown to become one of the largest online retailers in the Netherlands, offering a wide range of products to customers across the country.

The company's mission statement is "de winkel van ons allemaal," which translates to "the store for all of us." This reflects bol.com's commitment to providing a diverse range of products that cater to all types of customers. Whether you're looking for electronics, books, toys, or clothing, bol.com has something for everyone.

One of the key features that sets bol.com apart from other online retailers is its fast and free shipping policy. Customers who spend over €20 on their order are eligible for free shipping within the Netherlands. This makes it easy and affordable for customers to get their hands on their favorite products without having to worry about additional shipping costs.

In addition to its extensive product selection and fast shipping policy, bol.com also offers excellent customer service. The company has a dedicated team of customer service representatives who are available via phone or email seven days a week. Whether you have questions about your order or need help finding a specific product, bol.com's customer service team is always ready and willing to assist.

Another unique aspect of bol.com is its commitment to sustainability. The company recognizes that it has an important role to play in protecting our planet and reducing our carbon footprint. To this end, bol.com has implemented several initiatives aimed at reducing waste and promoting sustainable practices throughout its operations.

For example, all packaging materials used by bol.com are made from recycled materials whenever possible. Additionally, the company encourages customers to recycle their old electronics by offering free recycling services through its website.

Overall, if you're looking for an online retailer that offers a wide range of products at competitive prices with fast and free shipping within the Netherlands while also prioritizing sustainability practices then look no further than Bol.Com!

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