Makro Online
Reviews and Complaints

I have no reason to believe that I will receive any response from this email, since my experience so gat has been that Makro is content with taking money from online buyers, not delivering PURCHASED goods, and then washing their hands of follow-up customer service.

I ordered a KIC chest freezer from Makro Online on 25 November 2019, and of course my credit card was charged to confirm the transaction. Indeed, Makro's Carnival Store Fleet Division phoned me to arrange for delivery, which I explicitly requested for 8 December 2019 (this was also communicated via email on the date of purchase), only for my purchase not to be delivered - ever.

I have phoned Makro's Customer Care Centre three times since only to be told, without exception, that my query has been escalated to the follow-up team. Clearly no one is following up on the follow-up team's dedication, since I have yet to receive so much as an SMS.

It is more than an entire month later, I am approximately R2900 out of pocket, without anything to show for it and no recourse. The last agent I spoke to, couldn't provide me with Head Office's details, but I assume since the general staff don't portray any commitment to customer service, the morale in the Ivory Tower won't be much different.

Is this the kind of "First World Commerce" Massmart brought to RSA...?

Chanté Dunckley
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Good day.
Purchased a fridge with Makro online with the Black Friday week special Makro was running.
That was on the 29th Nov. 2019
I have yet to receive the item. Though online it shows it has been delivered. This is really unbelievable. These people play with your money and time. Everytime I call theres excuses. And I'm the one spending my airtime money calling to hear these excuses.

I requested my money back and now hear after I asked them to refund on Tuesday 24th December, that they haven't logged the refund. Makro makes promises they cannot keep. Call Centre provides no help.

One sits in dire need and they do not understand what they put is through. I don't just have this kind of money laying around that I can just go get another fridge.

Deeply disappointed and want this reported. And I want my money back as soon as possible.

24 Dec 2019

Call Center. What customer service do customers get from call center?

Macro doesn't even have there land line on the internet. How poor for such a big store. I needed something urgent which I found on the internet at Macro and wanted to call them first to find out if they have in stock, because I am in a hurry. When I searched the internet, I could only find a call center number. I called the call center, but like all call centers, you always have to hold on for ever. After almost 10 min, someone answered the phone and gave me the land line for Bloemfontein. I immediately called them, but until now, which is 2 hours later since I started to call them, still no answer. Poor, poor, poor

Luzelle Britz
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I was at Makro Brakpan with my two small children. I didn't find what I was looking for as it was sold out. I went to the entrance as I did not buy anything and the queue was very long. A lady by the name of Dawn then said I must stand in the queue to be able to go out? I then continued walking out at the entrance as I waa not spending three plus hours in a queue only to be able to leave the shop. She then continued threatening me and saying next time they will lock the door. That is appalling customer care!

I bought 3 TVs from makro edenvale.
I reported the one not working. Th call centre didn't help. I went back to the branch. They didn't help and told me to call a third party (which I did - 011 524 0764 - Xecutronix) this was company was recommended by the onsite support. They also did not help. I then called multiple numbers of makro support
-Edenvale branch manager (didn't answer)
-Customer care ( call ref 458174 - 40 mins on the phone nothing accomplished) asked to talk to a supervisor. Wasnt put through nor was given a call back after 4h.
My problem is still not solved.

Today is 20 Dec. I have finally received the first half of my order that I've done on-line on 27 Nov as part of your Black Friday promotion. Pity that the quality of the small plates of the dinner set (read chips at the bottom and on the edges) is rather disappointing
Outstanding still are the gazebo and two bottles of red wine.

Please advise of the road ahead - will this still come in the next few days or otherwise you will have to refund me?

If I look at all the complaints on the internet, Makro is certainly not yet ready to offer online shopping because you simply do not deliver.

Please note: you the worst company to do business with... I will post you all over internet... And hello peter... For people not to make use of your store... I bought dishwasher through your store online... Then got notified that you had no more stock... After trying several times you'd number online... And been putting on hold... To find out about my refund of r5999.00 that you people are to lousy to refund my money back into my account... I will proceed to hand this over to my attorneys... You lousy as I a company I ever came across!
My contact number : [protected]...!

I ordered a parcel (MAK2273903) on Black Friday 27th Nov, received an email saying it was at the locker on the 3rd Dec, and I would receive a code. No code arrived and since then I have emailed numerous times and called 6 times to the call centre with zero help, and no feedback.

All I get told is the parcel was despatched. No one calls me back or replies to emails or gives me any feedback. Its been 3 weeks of extremely frustrating, annoying calls - worst customer service ever. And still no parcel!.

The follow up department can't be spoken to directly, team leaders are unavailable and the call centre people have zero ability to help in any way or do anything.

Good Day

Please can you urgently assist me. My call was logged on the 27/11/2019 and on the 5th Dec my TV was collected. Till today I have no feedback on what is going on with my TV and when will I get it back. My ref 400962. This is rather urgent and need a response as soon as possible. I have been called your call centre and was holding on for 30 min plus with no answer. This is very upsetting.

Kind Regards
Bibi Fatima Van Dawson
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On the 02/12/2019 i did an online purchase for Samsung 7 inch tablet.
The item was supposed to be delivered from the Makro Pietermaritzburg to springfield branch.
I have been tracking the order for 10-12 days - Phoned the customer care on the 18/12/2019 they tell me the order is ready to be picked up from Pietermaritzburg- I told the agent i requested it to be delivered to springfield- she told me she need to get her follow up department to check with the pietermaritzburg branch. After speaking to the agent i went back online to track and see status delivered . however no sms received to confirm pick up. Called again customer care agent tells me she does not know where the parcel is she need to get follow up department to check with the courier service and it will take 48 hours. I cannot believe what a pathetic service has been provided. I need this matter resolved urgently as this was a christmas gift bought and i demand to be compensated for the frustration and anger created.

Online order #MAK2256398 NOT DELIVERED
I purchased a lawnmower online on the 27th of November 2019.

On 11 December 2019, I received an SMS to notify me that the item was handed to the courier and that I would be contacted soon.

On the 17th of Dec I had still not received the lawnmower so I checked my account and it shows that the lawnmower was delivered?

I called the online support number and after waiting for 15 minutes for an agent to answer I was then put on hold for a further 10 minutes while the agent tried to contact the courier.

The agent came back and said they are unable to get through to the courier and that they would escalate my query?
They were also unable to give me a waybill number?

I have since emailed Online support, Makro care and have sent private messages on Facebook all with zero response.

Can someone please advise when I will receive my lawnmower?

Regards

Marylynn Andrews

Good Day

Below mail was sent to Makro with no feedback.

Thank you for the delivery of my purchase but am really disappointed at the state that it was received in. This is an electrconic item and obviously very expensive.

Please arrange for this to be exchanged as I am not prepared to accept an electronic equipment per the attached pics.

Many thanks for your assistance and co-operation in this matter.

Thank you

Rabeen
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hi there

i would like to say thank you to David and Wesley from Macro Woodmead for assisting me with my issue today,
my name is ruth i work for Adcorp blu and we purchased a gift voucher for the amount of 870 at woodmeead store for our retiried member but the cashier sold us the hollyword gift vouchers . I called in the store to explain what has happened and they said we should come in and this will be sorted. when we got to the store the front line manager didnt take our problem serious we wated for 2hours and she did not have a solution, then i asked the ladies at the infomation desk to call the store manager for me, the guy can his name was David who listerned to our problem and he call in the Financial manager Wesley to assist us and it took them about 15 to 20 min to fix the problem . I want to say thank you for the service that they gave and also to apologies for the inconvience that was made by the cashier regarding the voucher .

Good Day

I went to Makro yesterday 16/12/2019 to do my grocery shopping and got a shock of my life when I got home. The disappointment I felt because we hardly check our slips and to think maybe how many people this happened to and they didn't notice. I was charged R880 for Rama Spread which was supposed to be R80 for 2.

Now this will inconvenience me because now I will be told to go back to the store to get this sorted out or maybe will also be given a run around.

I have attached the slip, Hope this gets sorted soon.

I placed an order online Order no MAK2305523. Cornubia phones me on Thursday confirming full order delivery will be on Friday. I waste the whole day no one arrives. Today I email and call almost 20 times, calls and emails aren't answered. Absolutely disgusting service and there online help is useless as well. Never will I buy online again and I will put up a post on hellopeter

Customer refernce: MAK2258374/[protected]. Ordered by Mrs C van Rensburg for Mrs S Soulsby.
Order: KIC 314l Combi Fridge/Freezer W-WTR. Cost with delivery: R3989.00.
Delivery address: 10 Plane Crescent Silverglade Fish Hoek.

The fridge/freezer was delivered on Saturday 7 December. I was told to leave it standing for at least two hours before plugging it in and to let the freezer cool down for 24 hour before loading any foods. I followed these instructions.
Neither the fridge section nor the freezer section is cooling, although for a short period the freezer made a small quantity of ice.
An email was sent via the Makro website line on Wednesday 11th December. I phoned on Thursday and again twice on Friday. The answering service on phone calls is on average 10 minutes waiting time - and then I was cut off.
I have been told that deliveries for the year are now over and that the firdge is out of stock.
I want a full refund, including the delivery fee. Kindly contact me on [protected].
Customer refernce: MAK2258374/[protected].

Order detail #MAK2276150
I have never seen a dysfunctional Makro store like Carnival especially the dispatch & delivery section. Since I paid on the 29th Nov 19, I still don't have my fridge. My food is being rotten. I waste my airtime everyday phoning Lindiwe & Rita about my delivery with no success. On the 13th Dec, Rita promised to deliver my order after 4pm. I waited at my house & no one came. Why is Makro Carnival so useless & incompetent. When I called on the 13th around 4pm, I was told Rita left without informing me about the whereabouts of my order. My fridge is always on the delivery van for 3 days & I wonder if its still good working condition or its now a second hand. They refused to give me number for the delivery driver.
I need my order as soon as possible with NEW fridge not the one that has been transported for 3 days for many kilometers even up to Soweto. Can Makro Carnival deliver the fridge on the 14th Dec 19 anytime as I am waiting for it for a very long time. Its very disgusting & incompetent by Makro Carnival Delivery department.

NB: Please call me to inform me the time for my delivery on the 14 or 15th Dec 19, not excuses please on failure to deliver.

Sikhonde
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Ref: 440215. The above oven was bought on line on the 19th November 2019. It was a gift for a very elderly couple whose oven had packed in. They were absolutely delighted to receive this new one. The microwave is working but when they tried to use the convection oven it would only go as high as 100 degrees. They are unable to cook at all and the festive season is upon us. They live in a remote village on the West Coast.

I am handling this on their behalf. I have called Makro 3 times, on each occasions I have waited 20 minutes for the call to be answered and on the first two occasions, my call was dropped. I had to phone back and repeat everything all over again.

Defy is a well known brand and we never expected this. We do not want the oven fixed as it clearly has a fault. We want it replaced as we paid for a brand new one and want a brand new one.

This has put us off buying from Makro and buying Defy products ever again. Such poor service!

23 Jamieson Road, Rondebosch

Hi, I purchased a Hisense electric gas stove online.it was delivered on the 2/12/19 .on the 9/12/2019 when the installer came to install the gas line.we noticed the stove was damaged.and we found a whole lot of loose screws.
I logged a return call on the 02/12/19 I was given a reference number 431291.
Original order number MAK2256501
I was told I will get a response within 48 hours for the return pick up.
I am still waiting, I am sitting with a damaged stove.
Please can you escalate this query urgently?
Mr A Sirkhot
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