Macy's: item arrived damaged or defective
Return a damaged or defective item under the return policy, by mail or in store, or call customer service.
What does this mean?
Grade C (use with care: check the source of each value before relying on it). 100% of 9 sources are the organization's own pages or government sites; only 9 sourced values, so the entry is thin; 8 value(s) were read from a search snippet or an archive copy.
Collect
- photos of the item and packaging
- order number
Steps
Photograph the item and the box, then return it by mail or in store within the return window.
Or call Macy's Customer Service for help with the damaged item.
More contacts for this issue
Rules in force
- Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act15 U.S.C. 2302, 2310; FTC Disclosure and Pre-Sale Availability Rules
Federal law for written warranties on consumer products. Warrantors must disclose warranty terms in simple language, may not void a warranty because the consumer used another brand of parts or service (unless those are free or the FTC grants a waiver), and may not disclaim implied warranties when they give a written warranty. Consumers can sue for breach and may recover attorneys' fees.
Source: ftc.gov, verified 2026-10-12
1 citable point
- Policy
Under a "full" warranty, service must be free, available to anyone who owns the product during the warranty period, and the warrantor must replace or refund if it cannot repair the product after a reasonable number of tries. It may not limit the duration of implied warranties or impose unreasonable duties, such as requiring return of a registration card.
Source: ftc.gov, verified 2026-10-12
- Policy
If that fails, escalate
Go up one step at a time. Keep the reference numbers and dates from each contact.
Customer service
Supervisor
Written complaint
Card or bank dispute
Fair Credit Billing Act billing-error and purchase-dispute rights (Regulation Z)
Electronic Fund Transfer Act error resolution and unauthorized-transfer liability (Regulation E)
State agency
Your state’s attorney general. Find it in the list of state agencies (also as JSON:
states/<code>.json, for example states/ny.json).Public complaint
RegulatorBetter Business Bureau
Watch out
- Macy's says it does not accept price adjustment requests submitted through apps or third parties; the customer must make the request directly.
- macys.com and customerservice-macys.com block automated readers, so an agent cannot confirm the current policy text; hand the browser to the person to check it.
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