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Converse has a rating of 1.65 stars from 91 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about Converse most frequently mention customer service, and order number problems. Converse ranks 714th among Shoes sites.

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    38
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Top Positive Review

“I love converse but they don't last very long.”

Max F.
10/19/23

Converse are my favorite shoes. They're comfortable, stylish, and have a long trusted history in the shoe business. I have 7 pairs, 3 new ones and 4 older ones; the only reason I own so many is because some of them I got lucky to find at a Goodwill shop; otherwise, I would have spent about $600 for all of them combined. But if I'm to be frank, that's the typical cost for shoes these days. If you think about it, $90 per pair isn't bad, but after only 1 1/2 years, all of my Converse have wound up with no grip, holes in the sole and side fabrics, as well as discoloration in the fabric and the laces from the metal in the shoelace holes. Though that is normal for most shoes, the sign for tearing and wearing out appears within a year's time. The shoes in the pictures are one of my newer pairs i got in March of this year and i haven't worn them that much but the tear and discoloration is obvious. I still wear them either way, but as an active 16 year old it's bothersome when I accidentally step in a puddle or if it's starting to get cold outside. Yes that does sound unsettling, but I would much prefer to have on a comfortable pair of shoes that actually look quite nice, rather than an uncomfortable pair just to look super nice. To some people it's about the look; for me it's the comfort that matters. So if you're like me, Converse are the shoes for you.

Top Critical Review

“My experience with the Converse brand”

Randa B.
3/16/24

I'm quite disappointed. I bought a pricey pair of Converse shoes three months ago for my daughter, and they've already started to tear from the side. They should make it clear to the customers that these shoes may only last up to three months. When you reach out to the customer service their reply would be "We are sorry the shoes do not qualify for a warranty for flaws in the manufacture.".

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Thumbnail of user randab24
1 review
0 helpful votes
March 16th, 2024

I'm quite disappointed. I bought a pricey pair of Converse shoes three months ago for my daughter, and they've already started to tear from the side. They should make it clear to the customers that these shoes may only last up to three months. When you reach out to the customer service their reply would be "We are sorry the shoes do not qualify for a warranty for flaws in the manufacture.".

Thumbnail of user paulaj492
2 reviews
5 helpful votes
February 1st, 2024

I have purchased close to 12 pairs of Converse custom "By You" and was excitedly waiting for my birthday to purchase 3 pairs using my birthday discount.

My birthday is in two day, and I received my birthday code today. NOPE...
YOU CANNOT USE YOUR BIRTHDAY DISCOUNT TO BUY WHAT YOU WANT...ONLY WHAT THEY WANT YOU TO HAVE!

It's like a slap in the face to receive a 20% off birthday code, only to discover I can't use it to buy what I really want...only what THEY choose.

That's TERRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE!

I'll shop elsewhere for my hi-tops.
Converse doesn't give a d*mn about their customers

Thumbnail of user ntsikiw
1 review
0 helpful votes
December 14th, 2023

I ordered 4 pairs of sneakers, only received 3 no explanation, no response to my follow up email and when I call, I get transferred to a number that rings till it drops. No one is attending to my query and the status of my order is "complete" on their system. Lack of communication is frustrating, assuming they don't have stock, they should refund me then. Order Number *******

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Thumbnail of user barbe62
3 reviews
0 helpful votes
December 11th, 2023

Ordered a pair of shoes for granddaughter. Waited for shoes to ship. When checking tracking info, see that package was delivered to a UPS Access Point. No notification to me or anything. Converse does it care that order was not delivered to me…said once it leaves then it is UPS responsibility. HORRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE! Never ordered before that package was shipped to someplace other than me and no knowledge of delivery!

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Thumbnail of user dans2266
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
March 30th, 2024

My shoes started falling apart after a few months. I made a warranty claim and they rejected it for no reason. I filed a complaint with the better business bureau and converse never bothered to respond so the case was closed without resolution.

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Thumbnail of user joeb3047
1 review
0 helpful votes
December 21st, 2023

Ordered 11/28 during Cyber Sales event. No delivery dates displayed. Checked next day, site message said "Order by 11/29 for guaranteed Delivery by Dec. 24th". Thought I was fine. Then received delivery email saying 12/19. Great news! Except I tracked the order with UPS and a label had not even ben created until 12/12, and that was in Viet Nam (where these shoes are made). By 12/21, shoes had made it to Hong Kong. Needless to say, Xmas missed, gift ruined. I would not be upset by the late delivery if Converse were simply accurate and truthful. I suspect they give "optimistic" delivery updates so that you will take receipt and then may decide not to go through return hassle. This makes them more money than if they told you upfront order would be late, so you could cancel outright.

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Thumbnail of user ashleyj899
1 review
0 helpful votes
December 30th, 2023

Me and my cousin ordered custom converse august 2021 we were told that they would get sent within a month and they never sent them at all and blamed it on the shipping. It has been 2 years and they are still telling me it's the shipping. For spending so much money on these shoes I wish I were able to wear them. Don't order anything online from this company if you live in Canada or anywhere, the customer service was no help and if you are going to spend over $100 on shoes I'd spend it else where.

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Thumbnail of user keishab115
1 review
0 helpful votes
January 10th, 2024

I bought shoes from Converse during their after-Thanksgiving sales, which were great, but my second order was canceled and reimbursed by the company. On my third order, the extra shoelaces I ordered were canceled by the company. My first order was great, however, my daughter needed a bigger size. I called to do an exchange within the thirty days and they said that because of the holidays they would extend the exchange/return time period to 60 days, which is great, but I have twenty days left to return or exchange them and they don't have them in stock. I was told almost two weeks ago that they should restock within two weeks, because they aren't a limited edition shoe. I called today because I saw that there was a size in the same shoe that would work for my daughter only to be told that it was no longer in stock. I asked if they could extend the return/exchange window and they said, "No." I'm frustrated because now their sales are not great and if I exchange for something different, I'll have to pay a lot more and my daughter's heart was set on those shoes. She had even tried on her sister's Converse shoes to make sure the size was right before I ordered them. I feel like their shoe sizes are a little inconsistent. Anyway, fingers crossed that they get more in stock before the return/exchange window ends.

Thumbnail of user anona189
1 review
0 helpful votes
December 29th, 2023

I received a pair of Converse shoes as a gift for Christmas and wanted to return them as they are not my style and I cannot wear shoes with no arch support. I had no idea where these were originally purchased and did not want to alert the gift giver that I was not thrilled with them, so I contacted Converse as the manufacturer. I chatted with an agent that was perfectly pleasant only to find out they cannot do returns without a receipt or order number. Additionally, they can only refund to the original payment method. When asked what they do for gift returns, she gave me no alternative and when I stated I was unable to get the receipt or order number, she told me they were unable to process a return as they don't know that the shoes were purchased from the website. They're brand new Converse shoes, how can I not return them to the manufacturer for store credit at the very least. I was very willing to take whatever lowest price they had been at, which is typical of no receipt returns to other stores, but I was provided zero options. I will not be shopping at Converse ever due to this ridiculous policy.

Tip for consumers:
Their actual refund policy is only 45 days in-store, 60 online - only if you have the receipt or order number. Any other version of a return is not accepted.

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None, the shoes are not usable by me.

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Thumbnail of user kimz163
1 review
0 helpful votes
December 8th, 2023

I ordered shoes in the wrong size and contacted them right away after placing the order, within 30 minutes. The customer service rep said they could not cancel it, but rest assured I could return the shoes for a refund. Well, I returned the shoes and it's been two weeks since they've processed my return. I understand it's the holiday time, but my gripe is their inability to cancel an order immediately and now making me wait for my refund. How much energy was lost because they could not simply cancel an order that was placed in less than an hour? This is a Nike company, so you're telling me that their software or procedures does not allow this?

They are quick to ship, so if you know exactly what you want and don't think you'll be returning items, then the site is fine.

Tip for consumers:
No gripe with products, only order canceling and returns

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Converse high tops

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Thumbnail of user baileychrisea
1 review
0 helpful votes
April 12th, 2024

I ordered LACELESS but received lace and they refuse to correct their order. DO NOT SHOP HERE! I do not recommend.

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Thumbnail of user jaumeb3
1 review
0 helpful votes
April 1st, 2024

A disaster. I bought two pairs last Thursday while traveling in the USA. When I arrive in Spain, the two boxes have the alarm on that they did not remove in the store (even though the alarm went off, the employee does not think of telling me to remove the alarms).

The second disaster comes when one of the shoes has a different size than the other, a 37.5 vs a 39.5! My fault for not checking, but I didn't do it because in Spain it is always checked by the employee

Lastly and almost the worst, I write to Converse Europe who tell me that this is carried out by Converse USA, which are different. I call the store where I bought and they tell me that I should deal with it with customer care converse. When I call they tell me, no, that the store must resolve this only if it accepts returns via postal mail (the store subsequently tells me no...).

Gentlemen from Converse, don't you have a unified policy regarding operations? Don't customer care know which stores accept returns or not? Since you cannot accept a return via postal mail, but instead you can accept it in person (taking into account that I want to pay for the shipping! Although you should pay it...). It's surprising that you don't want to do anything to fix it, you ruin the relationship with a person who has been buying Converse for 30 years and that my children also wore because they didn't want to fix an issue that was easy to solve.
My email es *******@hotmail.com

Tip for consumers:
I only want that converse help me, because is incredible that they prefer to lose a customer that help with the problem

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Thumbnail of user nicolep1157
1 review
3 helpful votes
March 4th, 2022
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My daughter loves Converse, unfortunately they are falling apart. I got them for her for Christmas at the end of 2020. So they are a little over a year old now and falling apart. The rubber has pulled away from the fabric to where you can stick your fingers all the way through. These shoes are pretty expensive to only last a year.

Thumbnail of user samr199
77 reviews
47 helpful votes
November 28th, 2021

I can only wear their shoes for a few hours because after that they really start to hurt my feet. If it wasn't so narrow, then I would wear them all the time.

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Thumbnail of user lyksimz
1 review
0 helpful votes
December 27th, 2023

The QR code doesn't click yet I purchased from the legit south african website. Maybe it's because I ordered this from Estcourt.

Thumbnail of user jonj218
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
November 27th, 2022
Verified purchase

Converse offers coupons then disallows them. There is a nasty word for that which I will not express here. Euphermistically I will describe Converse as money hungry.

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Thumbnail of user drake66.jd
1 review
0 helpful votes
December 7th, 2023

I have shopped on Converse.com many times in the past and each time there's been an issue but because I love the shoes so much, I kept coming back. The shoes are not readily available as they used to be in retail stores so you don't have a choice really if you want Converse shoes. The last four times were worse than usual. The shoes were sent to Walgreens instead of the shipping address listed in my account. I was picking up a Chewy order from Walgreens and they let me know I had a package from Converse which is sent UPS, not FedEx. When I double checked my shipping address, it WAS my home, so not sure what the mix up was. I wanted to exchange the shoes I had because the recommended size was too small. I was told I had to send the shoes back and get refunded and they would then ship the "exchange" once they received the return and I ordered again. They got the shoes and ordered the correct size, the order never showing up in my account, and three weeks later, I was still waiting for information on my "new" order. I called and no one had a clue, talked to a manager and he apologized but also had no additional information for me. I'm also signed up to receive text messages for updates on my order. I've yet to receive one, ever. So the shoes I really wanted, I decided to give it another shot, they were 30% off with free shipping. Ordered 11/27, received a text message on Sunday 12/4, that the order was shipping and would arrive by 12/7. I decided to check today because I hadn't heard anything and saw that the shoes were returned on 12/5….so they shipped overnight and were returned the next day? And all I got was an apology, and "your return will processed within 7-10 business days and you will get a full refund. You can order the shoes again and we will give you 20% coupon now and once you receive the shoes, contact us and we will process the additional 10%". They have lost their minds and a customer. I will have to shop the outlet stores for my Converse shoes I guess from now on.

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Converse Shoes

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Thumbnail of user jom631
1 review
0 helpful votes
November 22nd, 2023

The service I rec'd from this Co recently was nothing short of appalling. These idiots they have working at C/Service was awful. Email after email of purposely sarcastic responses to a PAYING CUSTOMER. Order from a separate outlet & not these turkeys.

Tip for consumers:
Yes, DONT ORDER FROM CONVERSE DIRECT

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Converse Trek

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Thumbnail of user aliciawhitehill19
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
December 10th, 2023

Made an exchange over a week ago and it canceled after talking to customer service saying it would ship soon. Not buying again

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No refund yet

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Thumbnail of user beverlys522
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
August 30th, 2021

I purchased two pair of Converse All Stars at a mall store not a Converse store/outlet. I haven't worn high tops in MANY years but due to a fractured ankle I decided to try them for the extra support. Both pair look the same on the outside but looks are deceiving. One pair has a tongue lock (Navy) but the other pair (Electric Purple) doesn't. Shoe laces weren't the same length. One pair is canvas (Navy) and the other (Electric Purple) feels like it has very light padding. I called Customer Service for an explanation and the rep was very polite but couldn't tell me why there was a difference. They have different style numbers but one pair couldn't be found on their website. Converse needs to post an in depth comparison chart for their different model sneakers so consumers can know the differences and their reps need to be able to access it. Oh, the people in the store were no help AT all.

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Thumbnail of user jeremydpollack
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
November 25th, 2023

Ryan who was the supervisor I spoke to yelled at me and threatened to hang up on me. He was rude and makes me never want to buy converse again. I wish this company cared about its customers.

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Rude customer service based out of Canada and would not connect me to someone in the usa

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None bc I never got the package

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Thumbnail of user kim.shimonek
1 review
0 helpful votes
December 10th, 2023

I never got the 15% off. After filling out the info, I just got an error message. I called customer service and they were not helpful.

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I did not buy their product

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Thumbnail of user kl578
1 review
1 helpful vote
April 19th, 2023

Received a product that is not brand new/no discount or anything. Denied to replacement or partial refund. The point is not gerring refund but bad experience and waste time to do all refund/purchase/ Never shop again

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Thumbnail of user christopherk1418
1 review
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September 19th, 2023

I have 5 pair of chuck taylors none are a year old. All of the shoes the soles are coming apart or falling off. These used to be great shoes. Called customer service and they were useless. Id like the shoes replaced not a refund.

Thumbnail of user dahliaw9
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June 16th, 2023

Most $#*!ing uncomfortable shoes on the planet. It's like wearing a piece of paper around your foot. You
Can't walk more than 2 hours without absolute agony. Do not ever wear these shoes for a day out I'm in pain xx

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