Wish.com…whether you’ve ordered from them or heard about them from a friend, you’re aware of their existence. That name fill some with excitement, dread and others with raging anger. I used to be indifferent until I ordered from them, now I kinda get excited when I see the name. If you haven’t heard about wish.com allow me me to guide you through the darkness, not in video form, as is the norm.
Wish.com is a shopping website where you get everything and anything for next to nothing or at an exorbitant price, depending on where you look of course. It’s safe to say that Wish is the “host site” as all the sales on there happens through various shops and not Wish itself, make sense? Some of the products are of amazing quality, others are meh that’s why it’s important to read reviews about the shops and products before you purchase. How do you do that? Well you click on the item you want or desire, at the bottom of the image you will see overview, related products, descriptions, ratings, store ratings and shipping, these are your information hub. You will notice that there’s quite a few items that states, “just pay shipping” which in my experience is anything from R27 to R55 (on the free items). This is not a scam people, every item I ordered from Wish stated that and with every single item I’ve only paid R27, no hidden cost. If you had to pay R24 extra when the item arrived, that’s SAPO and not Wish.
How to order:
As with every other online store, it’s important to create an account with your shipping details, which in my case is either my home or office address. Under your profile you’ll have things like your wish list for your lust-have items, your shopping cart, rewards (when you shop you get points that get converted into discounts) and order history where you can track your orders. I use my Visa debit card as I don’t have a credit card (temptation) and it works perfectly fine. It’s important to scroll through the feed, I know it will take a really long time but sometimes you’ll find the same product 5-6 times and it will be cheaper elsewhere. Once again, remember to read the store reviews, it’s useless for it to be cheaper but the reviews of the stores is not favorable. Prices change quite often and putting an item in your cart doesn’t guarantee you will get it at that price, only checking out does. They often have really good deals e.g. if you order with someone else (these will usually pop up when you click on a certain item) you get the item cheaper or if you order within a certain amount of time like 10 minutes, you get the item cheaper. They also have a “spin deal dash” option where you spin to unlock discount etc. Keep an eye on your notifications as they’ll send you daily deals
Refunds:
Wish had been amazing with my refunds so far. My very first order was over R500 and none of those items arrived and it’s safe to say I was very peeved off. When your item is scheduled to arrive on a certain date and it doesn’t, request a refund immediately. If you wait too long, you won’t get your money back and you’ll only have yourself to blame. Allow about 7 days for the money to reflect in your account but be warned, if the price of the item de/increased in the meantime, that’s the amount that you’ll get refunded. If you receive your order after you’ve been refunded, you get it keep it.
Quality:
It’s important to be realistic about the items you’ve ordered in terms of quality. My bar is set very low hence I’m always surprised when the quality is good. In terms of the price, how often are you able to buy a good quality bikini for R27? Er, never but with Wish I did. Instagram stores sell the very same bikini for R350, same colour, quality etc. I kid you not. On the other hand, I ordered a shirt/dress that was completely see-through and I won’t dare set foot outside without a slip but it was still R27. I’ve never ordered shoes, handbags, household items etc from Wish so I won’t be able to comment on the quality of that but I got a hooded dryer and it made my life (and wash day) a lot easier. A friend of mine ordered makeup brushes and the quality was amazing.. My worst ever experience with Wish, and I wasn’t the only one as I saw the picture went viral on social media, was when I ordered a wig and got a single track of hair.
WISH COME TRUE?
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