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2.3

Overall Score

Author: Kalicia Bateman

LAST UPDATED: December 19th, 2021

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The Good

  • Many different themes
  • Fast shipping
  • Wide variety of alcoholic beverages
We were taken away by the many different themes of gift baskets for all occasions, including:
    • Many different brands of chocolate and truffle gift baskets.
    • Gift baskets "for him" and "for her."
    • Monthly clubs, offering gift basket varieties for all times of the year.
    • Substitutions, for if a particular item or variety is out of stock.
Also, GiftBasket.com is great about getting a gift out on the same business day. 99.7% of all gift baskets ordered by 4pm will ship out on the same business day. Of the gift basket companies reviewed, we also felt that GiftBasket.com had the largest variety of products and services to choose from. Also, the beer and wine gift baskets were a nice theme. The gift baskets we saw were able to help customers select from a wide variety of liquors, spirits, and wines that might be appropriate for a particular occasion.
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The Bad

  • Large restocking fee
GiftBasket.com has a generous refund and return policy. However, we were concerned about the $25.00 restocking fee and loss of shipping and handling fees for the customer. If a customer were truly not satisfied with their product, they stand to lose a minimum of $25.00 for their investment.
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The Bottom Line

We recommend GiftBasket.com for its wide variety of products. Also, themes change throughout the year for the season. The blog gave us a wide variety of products, including the different chocolate truffle packages, the Valentine's Day themed materials, and other packages. We also liked how hard GiftBasket.com worked to get orders out on the same day, offering free shipping via UPS ground. Other types of shipping, however, did cost somewhat more.
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1.5

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54 Reviews

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Maggie O’Reilly Leitchfield, KY

I sent this to a friend for her birthday and for $75 I expected her to be excited about it. She said it was nice. When I got to talking to her more after her birthday had passed I asked about it in more detail and it was much smaller than I’d imagined and all that was included was a plain white coffee mug. It says a Starbucks mug, which should be a $15 value at minimum and many of their mugs are much more than that. We are great friends and I asked her if she thought it was worth $75 and she actually said that she felt really guilty that I paid that much for that. Not the experience I was hoping for. I send gifts often as I live out of state from family and friends and I will not be a repeat customer with this experience nor would I recommend this company. The item was not as described.

7 years ago

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PM Story City, IA

Totally unhappy about their shipping policies, specifically in relation to informing the customers about the policies BEFORE THEY pay ridiculous prices for "overnight" delivery that will not arrive for 3 days. I called just seconds after my order to switch the shipping, was informed that the shipping was changed, and TWO HOURS later was told that they were "so sorry, but the package shipped before they could stop it." So, evidence of their agreement to fix the shipping did not stop them from scamming $48.00 for overnight shipping that will definitely not occur overnight. I was "compensated" with a 20% off coupon. Too bad for them, I will NEVER order or recommend their company again. Even if the basket turns out to be delightful.

10 years ago

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mary patrick Westfield, NJ

Ordered my basket for family. They won't stop sending advertising e-mails. I have unsubscribed but as of yet to no avail. I have tried to use their site to tell them of my annoyance The site put you through many pages in order to get to the comment pages. I don't find that "user" friendly. Of course they upgraded their web page for buying purposes and to their advantage but they should also address these constant e-mails. I will not buy from them again. There is enough junk in my inbox

4 years ago