Have had the most stressful and…
Have had the most stressful and upsetting time dealing with this company. Wish I had checked all these reviews first as I have now been forced to go to Small Claims for the £3,190 I am owed!
Ordered two dresses as potential wedding dresses (had already tried them on in the bridal shop, but they said they were no longer going to stock them - now I see why!) So ordered them via galvanlondon.com.
First of all they didn't come - so I emailed asking to cancel (by this point, I had already found my wedding dress). Suddenly, they were magically "already shipped" so couldn't cancel. When they finally arrived I immediately returned them WITHOUT HAVING OPENED THE BOX (no point looking at the dresses or taking them out, I thought, just to return them!)
First of all I chased for days to see why they hadn't acknowledged the returns or issued a refund. Then I received an email saying I was due a refund and they'd issue it as soon as possible. Nothing. Chased more - nothing. Then they emailed (two weeks after receiving the return) saying they'd found damage to the dresses and wouldn't issue my confirmed refund!
I chased them, their phone number doesn't work, their store which was listed on their website doesn't exist, they weren't replying to my emails - I ended up going down to their offices and asking to speak to someone, whereupon their Head of Client Experience(!), threatened to have me escorted from the premises (I was literally sitting with a glass of water waiting for someone to come and discuss the issue with me).
They ended up sending me a load of random unattributable photos as "evidence", and stating they'll send the dresses back to me (not that I in any way wanted their damaged stock or anything to do with their dresses at this stage, but surprise, they did not ever send me any dresses back, damaged or not).
One thing I did manage to get from going to their offices was an actual contact number for this person. Guess what - it's not the number listed as their customer service phone number! If I can help anyone in the same position, I would like to, I honestly was having panic attacks and got really really anxious because I kept being told that what I knew WAS true (that I did not open the box or touch the dresses) was NOT true by these scammers. Not to mention it caused so much stress in the run up to my wedding (cost a huge chunk of my wedding budget!)
It also helped me to get responses when I messaged them on Instagram, although that might be because I have a lot of followers. It was the only way I could get any response.
COMPLETE SCAM ARTISTS. Clearly shady dealings are happening since Galvan London went into administration and were bought by another company so they now are officially Galvan International Ltd. I hope this review stops someone from buying from them!
- OH by the way this is the second time I've had to post this as Galvan got it taken down because it contained the name of their Head of Client Experience. You can find the name online (but heaven forbid you can find the Head of Client Experience's name in a review about Client Experience!) This is after they have not responded to my Letter Before Claim letting them know I will take them to Small Claims, or to my Claim. Absolutely no wish to actually resolve the situation but they work to get an honest review taken down. Honestly shocking. I wish I could put my personal experience in this review so people could reach out to me if they've had similar terrible experiences with this awful company.