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Overview

PartyCity has a rating of 1.36 stars from 256 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about PartyCity most frequently mention customer service, next day, and order online problems. PartyCity ranks 158th among Party Supplies sites.

  • Service
    77
  • Value
    60
  • Shipping
    43
  • Returns
    44
  • Quality
    48
Positive reviews (last 12 months): 10.8%
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  • Absolutely the worst party city I have been to the people who work there aren't on the same page at.
  • 1-800-727-8925 is the number to party city customer service, but they are horrible.
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Top Positive Review

“Life Saver Bo”

Antoinette K.
4/26/23

First off I would like to say THANK GOD FOR BO! This Youngman listened to my needs and got me taken care of rite away. Federal way Party store Great Job Bo!

Top Critical Review

“The General Managers at any location are the worst, treating employees like slaves.With no respect!”

Alma Lorena A.
3/12/24

Employees don't get any kind of training, same reason why they can't help costumers, they are racist with every one. Worst company ever!

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Thumbnail of user alma198317
1 review
0 helpful votes
March 12th, 2024

Employees don't get any kind of training, same reason why they can't help costumers, they are racist with every one.
Worst company ever!

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Very disappointed

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Nothing

Thumbnail of user hylandsgolf
1 review
0 helpful votes
March 24th, 2024

I wanted to buy item #851-2779 Plastic Rat. Website for Gloucester store shows 5 on hand. They have zero on hand. I drove 1/2 hour there and 1/2 hour back. Disappointing.

Website shows Orleans store shows 10 on hand. They have zero on hand.

I spoke to sales associate and he indicated that this is a halloween item and has been packed up until next Halloween. OK, but inventory still shows on website. This is poor.

Thumbnail of user sw770
1 review
0 helpful votes
June 24th, 2022

I bought 2 blue star balloons at the Oceanside location. It began to deflate by the time I got to my location less than 10 minutes away. They offered to give my money back but the location is a distance from my home. Very disappointed.

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Thumbnail of user racheli309
1 review
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December 20th, 2023

Purchased a large foil "20" and 12 birthday balloons. All deflated less than 24 hours after picking up. And spending. 100$. Thanks for ruining a great birthday.
The invoice below shows price for balloons apparently you pay extra for air now. Because I didn't before. Buy balloon air comes in it. And my husband paid another 38$ at Canadian Tire check out when the girl who called me said he could pay at Party City. It was a total mess. And waste of money and time. When the economy is the way it is, put some substance behind your product. This was a total waste of money I could have just gave my daughter 100$ instead of balloons. Next Time.

Thumbnail of user kimb2677
1 review
0 helpful votes
March 30th, 2024

The employees at the store on Mt Zion are very rude and unprofessional I will never shop there again

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Thumbnail of user christinam1972
1 review
0 helpful votes
February 14th, 2024

This is the worst store ever for one reason because the employees are liars saying they don't have balloons when they actually have them online in store

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Balloons

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Thumbnail of user dianewitham
1 review
0 helpful votes
February 14th, 2024

I'm very disappointed in the birthday helium filled balloons that were deflated the very next morning. They dod not even last 12 hours.

Thumbnail of user tylerd515
1 review
1 helpful vote
November 3rd, 2023

CEO Brad Weston just Resigned and gave himself a $800,000 bonus. Nice! Also makes between $2 and $3 Million a year! Nice! Bankruptcy judge Joned (Who was bought and paid for) Said this to the shareholders. "The math is the math. The company cannot continue if it pays its shareholders"...Then he resigned for Corruption and banging the court clerk. Nice! Thanks Guys! What a great Company. Im so glad i invested $68,000 with you and got back $0.00. Not a penny.

Tip for consumers:
The CEO and Party city should pay out the shareholders. Instead, we all got FUC*ED as they continue to pay themselves millions.

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All of them. I invested enough to own a store. And they stole every, single, penny.

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Thumbnail of user antoinettek48
1 review
0 helpful votes
April 26th, 2023

First off I would like to say THANK GOD FOR BO! This Youngman listened to my needs and got me taken care of rite away. Federal way Party store Great Job Bo!

Products used:
Balloons

Thumbnail of user mariad2492
1 review
0 helpful votes
March 4th, 2024

It was my son's 16th Birthday. So I asked for Number 1 and Number 6 balloons with helium. We were still in the store when the Number 1 burst. They gave me new one without charging extra. I went to the restaurant to decorate, the Number 6 burst. I immediately went to the store, but they were closed. Then I went to Dollar store. There I found it cheaper with better quality. Next day I went to PartyCity Store explaining what happened. The manager said that they are not responsible for anything happened out of the store. I totally understand. But I also understood that their quality is very very cheap.

Thumbnail of user ellah199
1 review
0 helpful votes
January 8th, 2024

I went to party city to get balloons for my moms birthday. Empolyee working there was very unhelpful. He was rude and charged me for things I didn't buy. Manager got me a refund but I will never be returning here.

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Thumbnail of user mirukuinu
1 review
0 helpful votes
November 11th, 2023

Party city charged me $1.50 for each balloons. But half of them sinks, don't even float. I could just inflate them by myself. It is a scam. Don't go to party city.

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balloon inflate service

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Thumbnail of user incotaxservices
1 review
0 helpful votes
October 20th, 2023

Tifny manager at the store has so much attitude. One of the customers service girl charge us with the wrong ballon and inflate and after telling her she is giving us wrong ballon she said she can't do any it's inflated now. Worst service I ever experience,each employee has attitude problem and I can say it's racism. Purely racism. Tifny don't want to listen anything thinking that white skin and has all the rights. No customer service antiquates. They must join some schools to learn that.

Products used:
Ballons

Thumbnail of user er287
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
January 1st, 2023
Verified purchase

I called to cancel order I placed online 48 hours before the scheduled delivery. They require you call to cancel an order, which seems like a scam in retrospect. I was told my oder was canceled, that I would NOT be receiving an email confirming cancelation, and that I'd receive a refund in 72 hrs. Instead, I received my order and it wasn't even delivered during the original delivery time! So yeah, don't try to cancel an online order and expect a refund. OR try demanding confirmation in writing.

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Thumbnail of user aliciaf258
1 review
1 helpful vote
October 2nd, 2023

Unfortunately this company is saying that I received my order when I didn't. So I contacted customer service and they showed me a picture of the items delivered but I let them know that that was not my front door where the package was. So they said due to it saying it was already delivered they could not resend or refund. I basically lost almost $60 and they are doing nothing. I find them very unprofessional and I am not a satisfied customer. I give them

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Didn't receive any of the items

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Thumbnail of user vergenah
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
December 18th, 2023

I hadn't been to party city for a few years. I decided to go to the one in Ferguson Mo. To get some supplies for our family reunion. When I got ready to check out, the girl was on the phone and she told me to hold on. Then she told me to step down to another register which was strange because she was using the one that I was standing in front of. Long story short, two days later, my bank asked me was I buying pizza in Baltimore. I told them know. Whoever it was, we were using the card at the same time. My bank caught it. I think the girl gave my information to whoever she was talking with on the phone. So buyers beware. Use cash if you go inside. That's the only store that I had been in that was different because I backed tracked where I had been and it was party city. FAIR WARNING ‼

Tip for consumers:
Beware of employees at party city sharing your valuable information with scammers.

Thumbnail of user rikkibowermaster
1 review
0 helpful votes
October 16th, 2023

I ordered the Barbie box off the website for a birthday party for my daughter and it was supposed to arrive three days prior to her party. I received the confirmation email and everything was great. Fast-forward a week and I received another confirmation that it just sent. It was supposed to be sent well before the day it was actually sent. I spoke to a gentleman the week after from customer service, on the phone and he stated he would provide a refund. I received the Barbie box package the following week of said "refund".
I never received a refund.
I called customer service YET AGAIN, and was hung up on, and was also told there was no supervisor to speak with. I even called my bank to have the payment refunded to me because I should not have to pay for something that was approved for a refund.
In summation, I will not be shopping at party city any longer and I used to shop here (in store and online) for all my party needs, on a regular basis. The lack of sympathy from the customer service agents at party city was appalling. I have informed my friends and family of the situation, and there is quite a few people who will never return back to this company for anything moving forward. I know this means little to nothing to party city as a whole. However, I don't feel you should shop at a company you cannot trust. There are plenty other party places that offer supplies at much lower cost. I will be using them moving forward.

Products used:
Used nothing. Still in box sealed. Doesn’t matter- because they won’t take it back.

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Thumbnail of user tonyah359
1 review
0 helpful votes
June 10th, 2023

The lady at Party City was extremely rude and rolled her eyes at me when I asked to have an arch for my child's 7th birthday party. She did not want to do it and treated me horribly so I asked her just to fill up 12 balloons and she filled them up so much that all of them popped right when I walked out of the building. Horrible experience and will never use them again. I work for John Deere and I purchase many supplies from them but not anymore, they have lost my business.

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Thumbnail of user chriss4648
1 review
1 helpful vote
August 17th, 2023
Verified purchase

I ordered something from this site because it showed it would be in several days before I needed it. Then tracking didn't track...didn't track...days later it finally tracks and will be THREE DAYS LATE! Now I can't even get this from somewhere else. I contact customer service and was told that the date it should is the SOONEST it would arrive. Wow! Never order from them again!

Tip for consumers:
This site should show the LATEST an item will arrive or at least a range. That is FALSE advertising to make someone think they will get the item faster at this site than others only to fail and cause harm to the buyer. HORRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE

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NONE - IT DIDN'T ARRIVE IN TIME! I'm stuck with something I can't even use now! No offer of a refund and the site showed it would arrive in time.

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Thumbnail of user mjklenk12
1 review
0 helpful votes
September 16th, 2023

Worst job ever. I was a co-manager, but all management duties were pawned off on me. I couldn't even create a fun work environment. And fuggetaboutit if the district manager was on - site. Management didn't care about you. I was forced to drive 25 miles in a blizzard (state of emergency) to open the store because the district manager didn't want to pay the employees for the day of

Tip for consumers:
Upper management sucks. They are slave drivers and don't care about your personal life, or your safety

Products used:
Everything... I worked there and got a 50% discount because the mark - up was insane

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Thumbnail of user kellyb220
1 review
0 helpful votes
October 24th, 2017

After driving the forty mile round trip to return my son's costume party City refunded the total cost of the costume.

Thumbnail of user sarahj1805
1 review
1 helpful vote
June 11th, 2023

I bought a balloon set, 15 in a pack, also paid the balloon fee for them, $1.04 per balloon to be blown up, and scheduled the pickup yesterday. By the time I got to the hospital to celebrate my father's birthday, the balloons started deflating! It was only a 10 minute drive! When I looked at the balloons I could feel the helium leaking out and there was clear tape on them as if they were broken at the time of them filling the balloons the Dollar store has better quality balloons! I'm definitely NOT coming back to Party city. Unbelievable.

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Thumbnail of user ginad466
1 review
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October 31st, 2023

Party city is a huge disappointment. Went to return an item and was refused a refund. Would only give a store credit. The lead cashier was extremely rude and condescending to an employee IN FRONT OF CUSTOMERS and to me as a customer. She needs to be fired!

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I'll never purchase anything else from Party City!

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Thumbnail of user abees
7 reviews
10 helpful votes
February 12th, 2015

I love the variety of items party city carries. I sometimes find their prices to be a little expensive, but there's usually always a sale or something. I've ordered many things online and they've always arrived really quickly.

Thumbnail of user jenniferj2398
1 review
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October 5th, 2023

I am a teacher and I asked for a balloon donation (1 or two) for our teacher of the year. They said NO! What? Party City can not support their community school? AWFUL! Just remember...you are where you are because of TEACHERS!

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so sad

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