Alexopteryx
Post-Delivery FeedbackMay 30, 2026
I placed an order on May 4th for mother’s day. I initially got charged for express shipping, but that was inexplicably cancelled, but the website says two to five business days for standard, and so I hoped that maybe it would be there on time (the 9th or before) or at least on Monday the 11th. However, it wasn’t even shipped until Friday the 8th. At that point, the tracking information said “awaiting pickup by carrier.” After a full week, Friday the 15th, eleven days after I had placed the order, the tracking still said “awaiting carrier pickup, which means La Mer’s warehouse and shipping is utterly incompetent. I called customer service. Super nice woman. They very nicely had the order re-sent (on Friday the 15th), but it didn’t actually go out for another 6 days because, again, the warehouse and shipping must be a disaster. Would have been nice to get express shipping added to that just as lagniappe especially since the warehouse was useless before and was again. Still should have taken less than 5 business days from that to get sent to my mom after the call, but of course it wasn’t shipped until the 20th, when a five business days estimate would be impossible without being overnighted.
So the $600 dollars of product that I ordered, with no back-ordered item, on May 4th, didn’t get delivered until May 26th. Completely unacceptable.
Also the survey they sent me about my purchase experience had expired by the time my mom received the order.
What a horrible company, albeit with exceptional customer service.
I would now never use La Mer for myself anymore (though I really like it!) and would get any future gifts at Nordstrom where employees are generally competent.