Very frustrating dealing with ULTA .com. Credit card charged 5 times with no order ever going through and no error message received. Told by ULTA would take 3 days to come off my credit card. It is 3 days now and it is still there. Customer Service rep very rude and no responses to my emails sent Sunday night and Tuesday morning. It is now Wednesday night!!!

I ordered a few products from ULTA .com as Christmas gifts for my friends. I got completely different items shipped to me. Called customer service, they read from a script, was of no help. Took all of the items to an ULTA store, they could not help me either. There's some discrepancy between their online ordering and shipping systems. I compared the sales and packing slips. The SKUs are the same on both, but the items/item descriptions do not match up. Unless this is fixed, there will be lots of unhappy customers.

Three days ago, I tried to place a simple online order that consisted of a hair straightener and a free sample bag that was a special one-day deal. After going to the check-out, and hitting "submit, " an error popped up saying my transaction could not be completed. I checked and found out that not only had my sale NOT gone through, but my debit card had a "pending" charge. I called Ulta and the man on the phone told me that the pending charge would be wiped off my card within 72 hours, and to try again later. OK, that was fine. I tried one more time later that day, and got another error, and another pending charge to my account. Frustrated, I called back. A different sales rep logged in to my account to see if she could fix the problem. When she hit submit, she said the error popped up again. She said she would try again but I told her not to, as I did not want any more pending charges on my account because I wouldn't be able to touch that money until they were wiped off. And three days is a long time to not have access to over $100. I hung up, checked my account, and saw that the sales rep must have hit "submit" 4 more times, making my pending charges total $651!! I was furious. I called back and through the course of the next couple days, was transferred to probably a dozen people, several of which told me different things. Some claimed they were taking care of it, some claimed I had to wait the 72 hours or talk to my bank (which I did and my ban said I needed Ulta to fax them the info), and one sales rep even told me their IT department would void the sales immediately. They did not. I had to wait the full 72 hour before the funds were restored and I have bills to pay!! Not only did they inconvenience me greatly, but NOT A SINGLE SALE actually went through so I missed out on the special deals that were one-day-only. And the sales reps told me they were not authorized to give me a free voucher for the sales I missed out on. I am beyond furious with how untrustworthy their customer service is, and the fact that their web site did not allow me to make any purchases. I will never shop with Ulta again.

Guess what happens when a manager wrongfully accuses a customer of stealing? Nothing!!! They keep their job. The customer for the horrible experience...oops sorry!

Hey Ulta, do you really give bonuses to employees that catch shoplifters? Maybe a few lawsuits will change the way you look at your customers.

I recently purchased some Dermalogica products on Ulta.com. that I was so excited about. I spent over $140 on the products. One of the reasons why I ordered them on Ulta was because their Advertised Specials showed that I would receive a free Dermalogica Microfoliant with any order over $40 thru April 3 (two weeks away). I didn't purchase the product, specifically b/c I knew it would be coming with my order.

Well, I received my products in the mail, but no free gift. So I called them and inquired about what happened and if I could still get my free gift sent to me. The woman on the phone was nice, but pretty clueless. She didn't know how to navigate the website and asked me SIX times what product I was supposed to receive! After thirty minutes on the phone, she told me that she had all my info. and that customer service would call me back tomorrow about my order. What! Isn't the point of calling customer service to talk to someone in customer service?!? But whatever, I said "Are you sure someone is going to call me tomorrow?" She said "Yes, absolutely." So imagine my surprise when I didn't receive a call the next day. So I tried to send an e-mail instead. A couple days later they e-mailed me back with a blunt response. "Sorry for the inconvenience. The advertisement states while supplies last and we ran out. Sincerely, Ulta.com"

The page I was looking at (which was the virtual advertisement), DID NOT SAY "while supplies last". Why should I be held responsible for their mistake? So, I called customer service again and the customer service person tried to give me the same spiel as the e-mail response I received. Her response: "If I give this to customer service, they are just going to come back and say that we are out of the product."

I kindly asked to speak with a manager. I told him that one of the reasons why I purchased the products was so that I could receive the free gift. The manager said, "Well, I am looking up the product right now and it says we are out. You can return the product online or at the store for no charge if you would like. There isn't anything I can do." I was so pissed!! I responded, "That seems like a lot of trouble for something that wasn't my fault. Can you send me a free full size product of something else?" He said "No". Finally, after a lot of trouble he agreed to send a $10 gift card. In the future, if I ever need to order body, skincare, or makeup supplies (which I do quite often) I will NOT choose Ulta.com. They only caused me frustration and totally wasted my time.