Long time customer
Post-Delivery FeedbackAug 1, 2026
I was placing an online order as I have done many times over the years. I have been using their products for 30+ years.
I was eligible for 2-day shipping due to my account "level". Clinique added in 2 "bonus" items that I did not want which could not be provided using 2 day shipping. So, the whole order was to be delayed. I spent a long time trying to cancel the items that I did not want. The system/software would not let me cancel them!
I decided to just go with the longer ship time. Then, the system added an extra $28 item that I did not order. I was able to delete the item from my shopping cart, but the extra $28 was still added to the total.
At that time, I tried to cancel the order. I was within the 60 minutes allowed to cancel. The system would not let me cancel the order.
Then, I called customer service. After some time, I got to a real person. I spent 45 minutes on the phone with customer service. The representative could not resolve the extra $28, and he told me that he could not cancel the order. He said that he was putting a note in the system to have the extra $28 removed.
Later that day, I get an email that Clinique had cancelled the order.
So, I went to Ulta to make the purchase.
That said, after many years of using Clinique, I am considering whether I should find another cosmetics company.
There are obviously software issues in their online ordering system.
I was very frustrated to have spent about an hour trying to resolve the issue and then the order was cancelled.