REIReviews of rei.com

We brought our family of four to the Seattle store armed with a large dividend to spend at the end of winter. After scouring the entire store, we left without a single purchase. The clothes, predominately made in China, were of the typical REI drab colors and mediocre quality. The rare garment that I thought I could possibly wear, was priced twice what I’d guess.

Talk about the most difficult company to try to be a customer. I have an upcoming family reunion and wanted to purchase 20+ Yeti Rambler products for the kids and grandkids. I had one initial test order go through with no problems. I had read reviews indicating REI is not very customer centric and wanted to make sure I wasn't wasting my money. Put through another order. Everything seemed fine. Received an email after an hour or so that the order was canceled. No reason why. No information how to correct. I thought perhaps inventory ran short or I might have a credit card company denying the charge because they thought REI was a scam company. I put through the order again with a different card. Contacted the CC company and there were no attempts to run the order. Contacted customer service. Everyone is very nice, but unable to give an answer and provide actual service. One rep reentered my order and put it through. Told me I would have delivery within 4 days. Another cancellation email. Another call to customer "service" (and I use that word very loosely at this point) and told me they needed to get an "okay for an exception" because of the size of the order. I'm trying to spend over $600 on flipping drinkware and they don't want the sell. Four calls to customer service and no one has a clue why or how to sell their inventory. Never "Let me get a supervisor" or "I'll have someone call you and fix this." I was told I need to call back and they will have notes in my file. Just to be clear for REI - If you don't want to be in the retail business don't pretend to be in the retail business. On top of this I purchased the membership which meant nothing to REI and certainly gained me nothing. I wasted money on the membership. I'll not beg to be a customer again. This is the poster child for why Amazon excels and brick and mortar is dying.

We ordered two pairs of boots worth $300 on Saturday online. Our purchase was confirmed by an email and was to be delivered on Wednesday. We waited all day Wednesday for the delivery, nothing came. When we called to ask the status we were told the order was cancelled. No one ever sent an email to tell us anything or gave us a reason. Ok, now REI is cancelled by us. We will never do business with them again. BUYER BEWARE

The store gave me a return label, I returned everything, the track number says that everything was clearly delivered to their warehouse, but they say they didn't receive my jacket and won't return my $360, I don't know how such a store can operate legally, I will file a police report, If you don't want to be spat on in your face, NEVER USE THIS SITE, rude and stupid support, who treats you with disdain and treats you like garbage. Just a scam office

Placed an order. After DAYS I was uninformed that the order "couldn't be processed." I called the store and a polite but curt store rep mid sentence said "I'll transfer you to customer service", at which point a rep came on said, "the order was stopped because os suspected fraud." She knew nothing else, and wanted to transfer me again. She was just as curt (but not rude) and unhelpful. I was trying to buy a travel backpack. I'm not running a gauntlet to earn the right to be your customer. BAD experience, stem to stern.

I went to REI Marlton NJ to look for a new FatBike MTN bike. I had over $1500 USD in my pocket to spend. I was met 1st with my wife a tall white man works @ this store. I asked about charging bricks for e-devices I was told they are sold out due to the storm 1/24/26. I then went to look @ Salsa Fatbikes I was met by a very mean lady who told me they DO NOT have Fatbikes and NEVER carry them. DON'T come back. Salsa Bicycles is one of the founding companies of Fatbikes ! REI carries Salsa Bicycles and I actually was looking at a bike w/2.6 tires True Fatbikes have anywhere from 2.6-3.0 size tires in this very store one month ago where a store associate very nice signed me up to the loyalty program. I left & went to Pro Pedals in Hammonton N. The entire Bradley family helped me I bought a Gravel bike which I was going to buy @ REI. Then I purchased another bike a Cannondale Adventure 2 for my wife. I doubt anything less than a written apology & monetary compensation from REI Marlton RT73 & Brick Road will bring me back I will Gladly drive the hour from Marlton to Pro Pedals / Hammonton 856-561-3030 call and ask for Jeane or John you will not be disappointed

All the phone reps were pleasant to work with. Only 1 was helpful. It took 3+ hours over the course of a week to get my order to go through. No one on the REI end can tell me why. I placed 2 orders several days apart. One worked, one didn’t. Maybe a payment issue, try again, nope, still rejected. 3rd order, placed over the phone with a REI person holding my hand and a different payment method was rejected for me violating their terms of use. That notice came 3 days after I ordered. REI sent their terms which I violated and no one could help me discover which ones I violated. The phone rep who took order #3 assured me that if I didn’t get rejected within an hour, my order was good to go. Different rep said no, it’s only good once you get a tracking #. 4th order same deal but different payment method. Rejected. 5th try REI phone guy got a back room person to shepherd my order thru. An hour came and went, no rejection, but not processing. More than a week my first attempt and 28 hours after my 5th attempt, my order finally shipped and I got a tracking #. Why did I keep at it? I had a deadline and after the 3rd failure they offered expedited shipping. Also, it was the same item I had ordered successfully a few days before and I liked it so much I ordered a second one as a gift. I wanted to send a written account of my issue to REI. Phone rep says that is impossible, but she would summarize and send my comments up the line and I would get a response. No, she could no put a higher up person in the line. Will I order from REI ever again? Depends on what, if any response I get from them. No response, no more orders. Understandable, fixable issue, maybe.

KELLY Stathos Store Manager has personally ruined the REI Brand in this Reading store for me. I habe been a paid member/ customer for 21+ years and have spent over 30K Dollars on gear here i wish I could return it all now not just my failed Yakima Roof box. The Brand is dying and it's because of leadership like her. I went to the top and haven't heard back so the social media campaign is just starting. I will not be happy until REI is out of business now. I was treated so poorly by this women and then no response from up management a week later. Yakima has made it right by their life time warranty but no thanks to REI. The 1year customer 100% satisfaction guarantee is complete bull shit. They have blocked my online reviews on Social media and a attempt to stop for airing my grievances. In reaserching this i have learned so much more about the company that I want share here... In another review II saw Kelly also called the police on other customers as she did to me and the police were also apologizing for her behavior like it's a common thing. The police and shared a good chuckle at her and the stores expense. Once again. I remind you I spent 30k here over the course of 21+ years as member... it's not the first poor experience but this one was over the top. Not all employees here are awful but Kelly Stathos Store manager, has to go for this storevto even slightly have a chance to Manager, Please read the attached article and send complaints to CEO Mary Beth Laughton. Links aren't allowed here but please Google REI from CO-OP to Corparate