All the negative reviews are for the online business. The store is not the same as the online catalog. The brick and mortar store is great. Every kind of supplement and natural remedy you can imagine. The staff is friendly and knowledgable. The prices are better than anywhere else, including Amazon. read more

A pathetic company with total disrespect and disregard for the customer. They have refused to accept a credit card because it was not issued in the US, even if they had accepted it in the past for years. Only idiots would refuse payment because a credit card (VISA, Mastercard) is issued outside of the US. When I escalated the issue this is what I finally got for an answer, which was totally disrespectful: I am terribly sorry for the frustration caused. I was able to check with a supervisor and they confirmed your orders may not be going through due to the card used. I would suggest trying a US-based card to see if we can narrow down this issue. If it is a card issue, we have recently partnered with iHerb to serve our international customers. Same great Swanson products you love on a site catered to take international cards. Please visit iHerb.com to check out their selection! If you have any further questions, I am happy to help! Have a lovely weekend! You be well, now! MaKenna D. Online Correspondence Specialist Swanson Health Products read more

I received a 40% off coupon for my first order. When I applied it to my cart, it only removed 5% off. I contacted Swanson and the rep said that the 40% off only applied to certain items. I'm very unhappy with their apparent deception and will not be buying anything from them ever. read more

We placed our online order with Swanson on Oct 19, 2024. It is now November 10, 2024 and we still have not received our order. On November 1, 2024, we contacted their customer service via the email shared on their website (customercare@swansonsupport.com). We explained that "our order appears to have gotten lost as it is now going on two weeks since we placed it...plus, the tracking presently shows it is sitting in a Colorado warehouse and hasn't moved since Friday, October 25, 2024. Our confirmation states to expect "delivery within 2-6 days" to the P.O. Box address entered during our ordering process...which is clearly noted on our order confirmation (along with that address). When asked for an explanation for the delay, we received a bunch of mumbo jumbo (canned responses)...and continue to await our order. We've used Swanson on and off for many years...occasionally with mishaps (damaged items, etc.)...and have been able to reasonably sort out these mishaps, but, have clearly not experienced anything like that this time...which, sadly, may have caused a permanent severing of our relationship with them. For us, ridiculousness is not a desired method for doing business. liz c. read more

Not bad until you need customer service, I was shorted an order and reached out 3 times, never got a response back. I will take further action and not do business with them anymore, several years ago I the same issue with Vitaminshoppe and they immediately took action, Swanson has lost my confidence, I have no reason to think they treat the quality of their branded products with the same lack of attention. read more

I've been a customer with Swanson for many years. Their products look to be what they say on the labels. And they're mostly affordable. However, I had to wait almost 2 weeks, and still no product. Very disappointing. And there was no tracking information emailed to me. I believe i only got the vitamins rushed to me because i called them, and demanded a status. Hence the mediocre rating. Great products, but they really need to improve their shipping/tracking system. read more

Beware! They are trying to charge me a $20.77 handling charge on a partial shipment of a $38.60 order which was touted as having free shipping. Update. It seems to be only sloppy reporting. The bill read: Subtotal $38.60, postage $0, Handling $20.77. What it meant was $20.77 for the partial items shipped, with $17.83 to be applied when final item is back in stock. read more

You already submitted a review for Swanson. If this review is for the same purchase please edit your previous review instead. Pending Zero starsSwansons has a REALLY WEIRD WAY of processing orders. Meaning they don't even put a hold on the money for 24-48 hours THEN they charge shipping SEPARATELY 2-3 days later when they finally ship the order. Oh and good luck getting the order refunded after they've overdrafted your account by charging at weird times, they'll 100% blame the banks and you'll be lucky you get anything back at all. Still waiting on what I thought would be a FULL refund but customer service says is only ten bucks (not my whole purchase) and swears they've already issued despite it not being in my bank. 100% sure they're crooks and I'll be telling everyone I know not to trust them. Please excuse the unnecessary info as I ATTEMPTED MANY TIMES to edit the review only the review box refused to allow me to put the cursor anywhere EXCEPT at the end so no editing is possible. read more

Sensory overload thanks to a young knowledgeable associate that assisted us, we'll see if her recommendations is what we were looking for!

If I could give negative stars I would. Bought supplements from them then received a barrage of mindless emails and text messages for products that I do no need or want. They offered a particular supplement for a posted price then changed the price in the cart. Avoid this company. read more

After 5 years of suggesting they should have online cancellation "feature," on their website -- they still don't have it. It takes a day for them to change anything but the shipping happens early next morning. I really prefer to not order from Swanson if I don't have to, but sometimes choice is limited. read more

DO NOT BUY FROM THIS COMPANY! I received an email saying 'thank you for your order' confirmation for almost $65. worth of items. I had not ordered anything. The order was placed by someone in Georgia, and was to be sent to someone with my name in Texas. I live in New Hampshire. The customer's name and address were clearly stated on the order and it was not me. Someone there was too stupid or lazy to make sure the order went to the correct account, and just picked the first person in their files with my name (evidently). This was the beginning of a nightmare. I immediately called them trying to correct the situation promptly. I got nowhere on the phone, with the foreign person telling me they would 'talk to the supervisor' and get back to me. They never did. Instead they sent another email saying "MY" order had been cancelled! (It wasn't my order, you idiots!) They also said my account was "flagged" and I should change my email address and my password. Are you kidding??? UM, NO! They actually tried to punish me for their stupidity. (I have lived at my address in NH for over 25 years, and had my email address for almost 20. The person who actually ordered has the same name, but lives in TEXAS. I have never lived in TX). In addition. the person who actually ordered this merchandise has still not been informed that their order was cancelled because they emailed me instead of to the email address of the 'orderer'! All this has just happened this week. In addition to trying to resolve this by phone and getting nowhere, I emailed them multiple times, also to no avail. I found the email address of their LEGAL DEPT. and I have just emailed not only customer care but also the legal dept. and demanded that they completely DELETE MY ACCOUNT, AND ALL MY INFORMATION from their site. If I don't receive confirmation of this, we will have our attorney contact them. I WILL NEVER ORDER FROM THEM AGAIN, and want everything deleted from their site, and to be taken off their mailing list. STRONGLY ADVISE that you buy elsewhere. I have now found very good deals on what I need on Amazon, and it's not Swanson brand. read more

I want to thank the Swanson online live chat agent Graham for doing extra work to find out for me that the Source Naturals S.O.D. Superoxide Dismutase that does not have Glisodin is not vegetarian. He researched and found for me the vegetarian S.O.D. with Glisodin. It turns out that the non-Glisodin S.O.D. has a bovine source. read more

For years I was a satisfied customer of Swanson pharmaceuticals to purchase vitamins and supplements. Either ownership or management has changed, and ordering is now a horror show. Yesterday I started an online order to restock things I had depleted and could not check out because a chat box pops up on the checkout page and blocks access to closing checkout. This happens whether you use Paypal or a card. I advise now not using a card. I tried chat and received a "closed" message. I next tried calling customer service and met a recording that my call was received "after hours" and the recording noted to call back during normal hours. Spent two hours trying to get through their defective (designed?) checkout. Next day, I returned to the Swanson site, logged in, and tried to check out my cart. Same cart appeared- now with a price of $81.06 - Also, same defect of chat blocking checkout. I try another web browser and see same defect problem but my cart price jumps to above $93. I call customer service and after an interminable wait I am connected to an obvious call center which I learn is in the Phillipines. The respondent discloses they cannot do anything about the live chat blocking checkout. I ask to be connected to a manager in HQ and I get put on hold and bounced around to more Phillipinos. One finally gets me a transfer to the states who starts playing the helplessness game too and starts to hand off my call to yet another person. While on hold, I think maybe if I can set my cursor arrow at the low end of the page and can click the checkout box before the live chat box loads to block the page, I might get my stuff and get out. After two failures I succeed in beating the live chat reload, but the checkout price is now $101 and I'm charged for shipping that was free when I started. Why should any company need a live chat popup on the cart checkout link anyway? Another two hours shot, and I'm through. When it was operated from Utah, it was great. With whatever happened, it is now a nightmare, I won't go back again and I advise no one else to buy here either. read more

I am writing this review on this site because there was no way to review the online ordering facilities for Swanson I want to thank Preston the supervisor online, and Jon the representative who when I was missing a shipment stepped right in and reshipped I can't thank them enough Swanson is the place to buy vitamins! They carry everything and the quality is impeccable I wish I lived in Fargo Rob Keller North Easton, MA read more

Customer care Swanson vitamins, I received my vitamins on May 13, 2020 under the Order #: 75175520 and Order Date: 05/08/2020. I was very upset and angry when I saw the package. You shipped my vitamins in a cheap thin plastic bag. All of my vitamins with small boxes were squashed and a section of the plastic bag was torn. You should've never shipped my vitamins of total $90 in a cheap thin plastic bag. Instead you should've ship them in a secure cardboard box. Whenever I order vitamins through Lucky Vitamins or Amazon, they always ship them in a secure cardboard box. So I'm not sure weather I would order my vitamins anymore through Swanson or not ! I'm going to write my feedback experience with Swanson in Yelp and other appropriate organizations. I'm very sad. Roobik read more

This is to explain to all Yelp reviewers and writers that when you write a review of a local store that's great! Some yelp review writers in this thread are damaging our local shop's reputation over their terrible experiences of online ordering. This store has great staff and they are kind! They help you understand more affordable and alternatives for your needs. Be cautious of "star" ratings with out first reading them. Sad that Yelp reviewers aren't being more responsible for the proper reviews going to the proper listing. Please be mindful and be sure you're giving props to the right stores or people you are reviewing. read more

This company is very deceitful in selling vitamins. They do not put accurate information on the front of the label for what you are purchasing. I purchased Albion Magnesium Glycinate, 133 mg per capsule. My husband was going to purchase this product because this is the best form of magnesium to take. When you read Swanson's label on the back; in fine print, it says (and Magnesium Oxide). This is the cheapest form of magnesium and the least absorbed in your body; but, the front of the label in big letters says Magnesium Glycinate! I will bet it has very little of the more expensive magnesium in it. They use deceitful and misleading information in the vitamins they sell. READ THE LABEL...I didn't read the fine print and got snookered!! I now have 8 bottles of this poor quality product remaining. I am a long time customer; but, I am done with Swanson Vitamins. Oh! And, when you go to leave a review on a product, if you give it one star; Swanson blocks you from posting the review. Very unethical company! read more

Re : Unsubscibing from Emails There was no place to "Unsuscibe" at the bottom of the Swanson emails. I had to click on "Reply" to ask to be unsubscribed. Four days later, I had to do it again, mentioning that further emails will be sent to "Spam". They then replied with an email that it would take "24-48 hours" Emails have since stopped. Re ". Response from Swanson about Refund (the reason for initial review) I waited a few days for a response from Swanson to my email about questionable refund and company practices in general before writing my initial Yelp review about them and unsubscribing from their emails. Since I unsubscribed by sending a "Reply" email, I also mentioned that if I ever noticed good Yelp reviews--as opposed to the many bad reviews by other disappointed, long - time customers - - about their company, I would probably reconsider doing business with them. Coincidentally (??), one hour and two minutes after sending my unsubscribe email, I received a very nice email that explained how they processed the credit in detail, apologized for condition of the shipment and sent a link to a $15 Off coupon. If they could have taken the time to send that detailed email explaining how they were processing the credit when they first issued the credit, this would have been a different review and I would still be a customer, however, I would not be ordering any canned goods. Unfortunately, it took three additional phone calls and two emails to have them explain exactly how they processed the refund this time. This used to be such a fine company. I just don't want to spend the time or have the patience to deal with them these days. read more

Be careful to purchase vitamin from this company. They will ship vitamin product which had very closed expired date. I'll will remove this review if you remove www.swansonvitamins.com as your website. I'm pretty sure shipment is from your location. By the way your customer service in the website sucks. read more

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I am writing this review on Yelp because Swanson will not accept a poor review on their web site! I know this because I tried to post a review that I wasted my money on one of their products and they rejected my review! They sent me an e-mail that it didn't meet their criteria! Ha! I ordered 4 bottles of Keratin that was supposed to be for my hair. I not only didn't see any benefit from taking the product, but more hair started coming out than before I took it! I thought it was strange that there was only a few reviews of the product and those few were all 5 star. Now I know why! I doubt if those reviews were even from actual customers. So, I just want to warn people not to believe the reviews on this company's web site! They have lost me as a customer and I will never again give my business to a company that won't let a customer post an honest and truthful review. read more

I've been doing business with Swanson for a number of years, but today was the last. They are located in Fargo, N.D. but when you dial the 800-437-4148 number, you're getting their co. in the Philippines. So, I waited 10 mins. & found out it was the other country & then they transferred me so I had to wait again. No, there is no separate tel. no. Not only is the phone service getting slower, but I'm not amenable to supporting employees in the PHilippines. I just spoke to the manager (another wait) who transferred me so I could make my LAST order, & yet I am waiting again - on a "V.I.P. number she temporarily gave me. Oops! My last order of 5/31 went up in price: from $7.22 to $7.99, from $8.09 to $9.49, from $16.29 to $19.17, from $8.49 to $10.39, & the folic acid is not available. Something wrong with this picture?? I said "Nevermind the order for the 5 items; I am going elsewhere." read more

Products arrived on the 10th day after payment. Products arrived in very thin shipping bag, with no padding or protection. Very bad shipping and handling from a very good company. Will order Swanson products from reputable sellers now on that package the products as they are supposed to be. It's incredulous that the maker of its own products doesn't care enough about them to package them professionally. Instead, Swanson's takes the absolute lowest bidder route. I was right, however. The horse and buggy stopped by late this afternoon. Got a clue when I heard the hooves on the pavement. Well, okay. But ten days after payment in the contiguous U. S. is not acceptable. read more

I've been using Swanson's products for many years. In my ginormous grandma purse I carry parsley pills http://www.swansonvitamins.com/SWR054/ItemDetail They're great for natural breath fresheners, especially important when eating Italian or Korean food. Pop one before AND after a meal and in a couple hours you're no longer humming or sweating garlic from your pores. I also like their 5mg Biotin pills, great for hair and nails http://www.swansonvitamins.com/SW877/ItemDetail My hair and nails grow really fast! (great for growing hair out, not so great for mani/pedis). Shipping is always prompt and their prices are very affordable. I am a longlife fan. read more

I have been a long time online customer of Swanson, but I will never over from Swanson again. I purchased during a 35% off sale, however the items ordered were backordered. At the time I authorized the order (last week), my total included the 35% discount. Today I received an email that my order had shipped, however instead of $102 I was being billed $157. I contacted Swanson via their chat function of their website and "spoke" to Nick. Nick said he didn't know how that happened, and I would receive the over billed funds within 3-5 days. I brought up concerns I had recording this response such as, how do I know this will not happen again? What about your other customers? I just happened to notice that I was billed incorrectly. I was given no assurance this would not happen again. I was not told that they would do anything to look into why this error occurred or if they would be looking into any other customer orders to confirm that the mistake did not effect anyone else. I was not even offered a coupon for future orders. When I stated that I was unhappy that my $50 that I had not authorized would not be refunded for 3-5 days, Nick's Response was basically, that is how it works. I will not continue to business with a company with such poor customer service. read more

"Going Downhill Faster than Ever!" Double check your promo code during checkout! They will switch it to a lower % promo code right before you finalize your order! Unscrupulous. Higher prices but more fillers like maltodextrin and modified food starch (msg); Quality is trash now! The pills are often different colors in the same bottle! If I order from them I rarely order Swanson Brand Products anymore because the quality is so trash! Sometimes the pills come out whole in my poop! Imagine how the tablets go through your digestive system... read more

I live in Phoenix so I order Swanson Health Products 4075 40th Ave SW Fargo, ND USA I placed a nice order with several products. I LOV Swanson Lutein 40 mg 60 sftgels. They have other brand name products also. But first let me tell you about Swanson products that are really great. If you order $50 or more it is FREE SHIPPING. Also they have different periodic sales on their products. I tried all the products that I ordered and loved all with one exception. I though "O my, what hoops am I going to have to go through with a return"? I am very happy to report that there were absolutely no hoops, none. I chatted with the CSR and by the way all the CSR I have dealt with were a-1. Who knew! service with no BS or rude people, what a great surprise. I must say it felt like 'IN THE DAY". My username on the site is devilorange. Tell them I recommend them highly and take a minute to read my reviews. I like to read the reviews myself before I buy you can't do that in retail stores. Let me know what you think. It is great to have your products delivered to your door even greater to not get hassled when you have a return. read more

This is a review for Swanson's catalog/online store, not for its retail outlet in Fargo, North Dakota. (I have no idea about THAT.) After having dealt with one of Swanson's less than ethical online competitors (i.e., Piping Rock), Swanson seems like a slice of heaven. Shipping can be funky sometimes, yes, but -- all in all -- I'm a satisfied customer. read more

There doesn't appear to be a place on yelp for their online business so I'll have to go here. I ordered a variety of items online and paid with Amazon pay. Unfortunately, and I think this is the usual, I didn't receive a confirmation email. I called them a couple days later and a lady said that the order has for some reason been locked up and that it was not going to go through. She then asked me for my credit card number, which I didn't give her, since I wanted to make sure the order had been cancelled. She also talked to her manger and he said the same. 4 days later the order comes to my house. I called them to question and they had no record of the prior lady I had talked to. I had similar experiences with this company in the past, and am happy to be avoiding their confusing shopping experience. read more

I don't know what has happened with this company, customer services are terrible ,someone or myself accidentally put me on auto refill when I tried to cancel I was kept on hold for 1hour and disconnected .The person who finally picked up the call sounded like they were in the Philippines.I have been a customer over 25 years and besides minor issues all was good till now. The customers I have sent them over the years must be over 100 and noone ever gave me bad feedback,.There was a time you couldn't beat the prices,and for the most part that is still true.I may have to try Purity Products but I've been a customer for so long ,what a disgrace. read more

Bait and switch. I receive a $50 off a $150+ order promotion email. When I order $152.07 and ask for my $50 off they told me the price is now $188. I told them the $152.07 is right from their site. Did not matter, they would not honor their own prices. SCAM ALERT!!! read more

I've tried them all, and this IS the best for supplements and other health-related items. . Besides having a wide selection of various supplements & brands (NOT only the excellent Swanson brand) , and great periodic discount offers via email (especially on larger purchases of $50-100-150), and free shipping on $50 or more, I find Swanson's LIVE customer phone service to be a rarity nowadays - very efficiemt, fast & helpful. This, as opposed to some similar outlets (like iHerb), where you need to move mountains to speak to a live person about an order or a problem if needed Great work Swanson! If you sign up for their emails you will be alerted to discount offers and sales. Shipment is even faster (2 days) if you buy enough to use their "Shoprunner " service. Using Shoprunner also avoids the recently added $1.99 fuel surcharge on all deliveries - AND it's very fast. Normal delivery is 2 to 5 days. If you have difficulty tracking a shipment simply call the automated service at 800-824-4491, where you can input your order number. It' also the phone number for live customer service & [hone orders (option 3). In addition if an item is lost or not right for you then are very accomodating in replacing it or issuing a credit. Ten stars Swanson! read more

The product I bought was great - lemonade-flavored Ultima Electrolyte Replenisher, but it took a week and a half to get here because Swanson chose Fedex Smartpost to send it without letting me know they had chosen this method, which is slower than the Pony Express. When I wrote a review, Swanson refused to publish it because I mentioned a competitor (Amazon) and I complained about shipping. Hey Swanson - you are responsible for choosing this shipping method (and you charged me for it). I was simply alerting their potential customers to the fact that they could have gotten free shipping with Amazon Prime and they made a bad choice shipping by Fedex Smart Post. For those of you who don't know what Smartpost is, it is a combination of Fedex and USPS. The product is picked up by the vendor and held in a warehouse until there are enough packages to ship via USPS. It arrives in your mailbox - not at your doorstep like regular Fedex. Because it has to wait in this holding cell, it usually takes 3 weeks to receive your package - archaic by today's standards. read more

I am never buying anything from this company again. First of all when you apply a coupon code for a 20% discount... all the prices in your cart (shopping online) go up... so the discount doesn't really matter at all... it's actually ridiculous since the total price ends up being more expensive than the original total price. Secondly I ordered the products over a week Ago and I haven't received another email confirmation stating they have shipped the products. Processing an order takes so long with this company. read more

After many years of dealing with this company, my Swanson account got hacked. Within 3 days 6 orders totaling over $600 were placed on my account using one of my stored credit cards. The hacker was using fake email addresses and Swanson didn't bother to check the email address, shipping address, or even ask the hacker for my credit card's CVV code. I reported this as soon as I found out to Swanson, and my credit card company. Swanson's only suggestion was to change my password, which I did. Now, having placed a new order using a different credit card and waiting for shipping info, I go into my account 5 days after placing the order and find it has been cancelled. They couldn't even bother to send me an email. I called them and the representative told me that a fraud alert was put on my account because some person/outfit somewhere had made fraudulent orders, and mentioned that I would not be able to ever order from them again. This is extremely poor customer service, with a "ha-ha" we don't care attitude, and they have lost a long-time customer. Warning: if you have any stored credit cards on your account, delete them immediately - Swanson is seriously lacking in security measures read more

If I could give them 0 stars I would. I ordered product from Swanson and when it arrived there were 2 days left until expiration. So I contacted customer service who couldn't have given a crap about it. Just referred me to the manufacturer. I guess they just saw it as my problem and didn't care about "my" inconvenience. Seems like they got ride of it before they had to throw it out. Asked them to deactivate my first time customer account and received no argument. Not even an attempt to salvage a new customer. Business must be great!!! They obviously don't care about service after the sale. Will "NEVER" visit them again. read more

Great place to shop for all of your wellness needs. They have a wide selection of quality vitamins and supplements, as well as natural and organic foods, and even a pretty extensive refrigerated goods section. The staff is knowledgeable and friendly, and I love supporting a local business. read more

Oh my word. This was a train wreck from the start. Botched my order. Sat on hold. Then what I wanted never got sent because it turned out it was on backorder. Never again. First, last and only time I will try this antiquated and pathetic brand. Bye. read more

Don't bother! The customer service sucks. They charged our card, but didn't ship because they say that there was a discrepancy with our address? We have been in business for 7 years and are pretty well aware of our address at this point. We tried to re-order and they flagged it claiming fraud?!? Now won't ship the order and can't give an explanation. Smh... A google search turns up too many options to hassle with this company. read more

Order from this company for years . Thank them to provide me the best herb Not the drug. Don't work and kill people .the herb get me healthier . Thank Swanson again . Yes the service is decline little. Instead of give a 1 star on wed just call them and talk to the supervisor Preston nice person and collect the mistake .good company good company that is all I can say. Swanson I support you. Good vitamin and good service. Nothing is perfect and I am not perfect read more