Mighty Ape Reviews 

7,194
TrustScore 3.5 out of 5

3.5

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Evaluating 196 reviews, most reviewers were somewhat happy with their experience overall. Consumers frequently mention that the website is exceptionally easy to navigate, making online shopping extremely straightforward and efficient for all customers. Many people also deeply appreciate the prompt delivery service, helpful order tracking updates, and reasonable prices offered across a wide variety of different quality products. However, some people mentioned experiencing significant delays regarding delivery times and frustrating issues concerning tracking information that never updated correctly. Others expressed clear frustration regarding difficulties with product returns when items failed to work properly, alongside unexpected shipping charges applied to smaller customer orders.

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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

I had to return an item due to a fault and the process took longer than expected. Initially I was given a hard time and the issue wasn’t recognised straight away. After escalation, the supplier ver... See more

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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

UPDATE 25.06.26 - I actually received my package today! Thank you Mighty Ape for actioning this if it was indeed you - or NZ Couriers. I am very happy now however it was still annoying to have had t... See more

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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Please make it more obvious if an item is not currently in stock and will be shipped later. I placed an order at Christmas and when one item didn’t arrive I checked my order confirmation and saw t... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

When l went on line to purchase the product ,they were very efficient and prompt.The delivery was also efficient and prompt and well packed and the instructions how to put it together very clear instr... See more

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Company details

  1. Gaming service Provider
  2. Book Store
  3. Children's Store
  4. Computer Accessories Store
  5. Furniture Store
  6. Hobby Store
  7. Movie Rental Store

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New Zealand's most popular online store! We have hundreds of thousands of products in-stock, including: Games, Books, DVDs, Toys and more. We offer overnight and same day delivery on in-stock products.


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TrustScore 3.5 out of 5

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Visa credit card was compromised by Mighty Ape

My credit card was compromised by Mighty Ape. I never bought anything for a while and my bank canceled my visa card as the fraud team were alerted by a purchase via Mighty Ape

9 June 2026
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Reply from Mighty Ape

We're sorry to hear that, please reach out to us directly so we can assist with this and locate the payment for you. We take unauthorised payment cases seriously and would like to assist with this ASAP.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

My payment for an item said it failed…

My payment for an item said it failed so I did it again and then it ended up putting through 2 transactions and sending me 2 of the items. They wouldn't let me return the extra item, they wouldn't refund me for it and it cost around $200 per item. Now im stuck with the extra item and I had to pay just over $400 for it. Customer service took 2 weeks to get back in touch with me, they said no failed payment on their end that they could see and to take it up with the supplier. The supplier put it back on Mighty Ape. So much wasted time, shit service, no help. I didn't even open the 2nd item it is still wrapped up same as when it was wrongly delivered to me. Now I have to try and sell it to make back some of my mo ey but it will be at a loss. Cheers Mighty Ape, that's the last product I buy from you pricks.

21 May 2026
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Reply from Mighty Ape

I am sorry to hear this, I can see this purchase was from one of our Marketplace sellers and not directly from us. I've taken a look at your communication with our seller and I can see that they've offered a return on this and a refund, so we would recommend communicating with them so they can assist with providing this return. We're keen to help here, so please reach out to us for more help and we can assist.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

3rd party company

I think the so called 30,000 good reviews are a lie this company is a 3rd party company selling the same items for different prices from small businesses that you can buy directly from and some you can't and selling refurbished phones without saying they're refurbished and my latest and last purchase have not received a tracking number for. if you want kiwi owned and good prices use kiwibuy. Mighty ape is a shark company.

9 June 2026
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Reply from Mighty Ape

We're sorry to hear about this. Mighty Ape offers a Marketplace platform where third party sellers are able to list their own items and dispatch these directly from their own warehouses. Mighty Ape still dispatches and sells items directly from our own warehouses as well. We really recommend getting in touch with us directly if you have noticed any sellers with incorrect listings so we can raise this with them and ensure this is fixed, as we take ensuring our sellers listings and information is accurate very seriously.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Mighty Ape is now a giant rip off

Mighty Ape is now a giant rip off, everything i used to buy from Mighty Ape now has shipping attached so im paying $10 every time i buy my things monthly this is WITH primate which has actually gone up $20 a year to $89. So to save $2 on a box of gloves i buy monthly the $89 is not worth it. I also buy a lot of other stuff but sadly i have just canceled my membership if im paying full price shipping anyway i may as well buy from elsewhere as the prices are not hat great to begin with! Mighty Ape used to be great now its just a nickel and dime at every turn.

2 June 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Only picked my item because it was…

Only picked my item because it was advertised as it would be delivered by 8pm I wrote to them no response payed extra for it to be delivered by 8pm and as soon as id payed it was 3 to 4 day pathic as I would of just gone to kmart waste of time

28 May 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Talk about drag it out had a treadmill…

Talk about drag it out had a treadmill as a gift broke after 5 months trying to get it fixed or replaced is turned into a nightmare never again will we buy from weak ape You already have confirmation from the person who purchased it this has gone back in fourth for more than 2 weeks you have the error code and your still not doing anything.

15 May 2026
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Reply from Mighty Ape

I am sorry to hear this. It looks like we were waiting confirmation from the original purchaser on this, as this is required in this instance as you did not purchase the item yourself. I can see our team has replied now and is hoping to assist you further with a return

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I don't really blame mightyape for…

I don't really blame mightyape for this. I got a 32' kogan tv, from them. Its my second one. The first one I got from kogan. The quality control is so bad. Both had scratched screens. I'm not even going to bother sending this one back. It wasn't worth the money even. It feels like a cursed tv.

25 May 2026
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Reply from Mighty Ape

I am sorry to hear this! Please reach out to us directly and we would be happy to help resolve this due to this manufacturing damage

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Delivery quick but return policy is…

Delivery quick but return policy is absolute rubbish and you can only talk via online chat. You are supposed to be able to see if the product is going to be what it is assess its quality without opening the box. Once opened you are out of luck for any chance of a return as it is classed as "changing your mind" not that the product is not what you were expecting. Not impressed at all.

18 May 2026
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Reply from Mighty Ape

I am sorry to hear this. Our Change of Mind policy is in-line with other retailers, as we provide all information about our products on their listings, available prior to purchase. As we are an online store that strictly sells brand new items, we are not able to take back used or opened items. I do apologise for the disappointment with this

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Dont invite third parties if you are unwilling to provide support for them

Orginisations that invite suppliers on to their web sites and then refuse to help when the service goes bad need to realise that prople dont see the third party suppler as the entity they bought off.

Product delivery two weeks late and counting, last act the 3rd party got the address wrong. No help from mighty ape only a "We will get the supplier to message you in 2 working days."

NOT GOOD ENOUGH

18 May 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This company is not trustworthy

This company is not trustworthy. I’ve used them a couple of times, but now they are sub contracting to Grabstore which is a thoroughly disreputable company. I bought a weighted blanket from them, which was advertised as a very nice blanket. It arrived made of cheap material and clearly substandard manufacturing. It looked nothing like the advertised product. When I asked for a refund there was a bunch of mucking around to return it and I was handed off to a different company entirely to deal with the refund. Awful.

23 April 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Never ship on time

Used to actually meet their own standards. If they said dispatch by X, delivered by Y, you could trust it. Now they’ll almost never ship an order on the same or next day, even though the order status will say as much. It will literally be multiple days past the “delivered by” date specified in your orders tab, and the order still won’t have shipped. Terrible service since they were bought out by Kogan, and the website usability has drastically deteriorated since the redesign. Overall a brand to be avoided where possible now.

6 May 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Absolutely lousy communications, no phone available.

I fact if I could do less than 1 star I would.
Mighty now have no published phone number. If all goes smoothly then I'm sure you will be satisfied, HOWEVER, when something gores wrong you will find them unresponsive to your queries or concerns. They will continually send you requests to say how happy you are theith their service, but they will not actually deliver any.
And if your product happens to be being dlivered from an off-shore location the best they can do is send your concern on to that outfit. You didnt seal with the offshore deliverer, so again, you find inadequate responses. In my case I'm over $1,000 out of pocket, and have no product. I have had a NZ Customs demand for GST. Mighty APes webstite states their advertised price is all you will pay, no extras.
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

10 April 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

False advertising

I bought a product on Mighty Ape as they advertised next day delivery. That was 5 days ago and the product has still not been delivered even though they are advertising same day delivery on this product now.
Not impressed at all as I needed the product by yesterday, definitely false advertising.

5 May 2026
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Reply from Mighty Ape

I am sorry for any disappointment on this, I can see that this order has been shipped out and we had some delays originally on this, and we do apologise. The order has now been misdirected by NZ Post, and I can see you have not been in touch with us about this order. Please reach out to us directly so we can assist on this and ensure you get your order.

Please note, same day delivery is an optional express service for orders, and incurs an additional fee. Your order was shipped out on standard NZ Post

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible experience

Terrible experience. Purchased item on 19 March. The item was advertised as estimated delivery on 1 April but it is now 1 May and the item is not even delivered yet!! Misleading advertisement on delivery times I am still waiting for customer service response. I will never buy from Mighty Ape again. They are not reliable at all!!!!

1 May 2026
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Reply from Mighty Ape

I am sorry to hear this, please reach out to us directly via service@mightyape.co.nz and we would be happy to look into this further

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Ordered a pot set

Ordered a pot set. Order too far away so canceled. No refund. Just a credit. Asked for a refund no response. Trying to order something else and no where to apply my credit on the order!! So frustrating!! Will not be buying from Mighty Ape again.

10 April 2026
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Reply from Mighty Ape

I am sorry for any confusion on this, I can see our team are communicating with you about this. As you cancelled the item, you selected "Account Credit" as your form of refund as we do not typically give credit refunds unless customers request this. As you chose this, this is why it was refunded back in this way. Our team is currently assisting you with this to get this refunded to your payment method instead.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Truly disgusting service

Truly disgusting service! I preordered an item through Mighty Ape. Days after the release date of the item and it not being shipped yet, I contacted support to be told the item had been "delayed from the supplier" (despite all other stores in the country receiving stock).
Only a couple hours after this, I received an email saying my order had been cancelled and I would be refunded because they "oversold" the product. Which is disgusting practice. If I had been told before the product released I may have been able to track it down and buy it elsewhere, but it was a popular item and it was sold out NZ-wide by the time this all happened, so I missed out entirely because of Mighty Ape and their terrible practice. I am incredibly disappointed.

28 April 2026
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Reply from Mighty Ape

We really are sorry to see this, sadly while we do our best to ensure the stock our suppliers are confirming with us is accurate, occasional issues can arise and in this instance our supplier was not able to supply the amount of stock we had planned. We've refunded you fully for this order, and we reached out to you as soon as we had confirmation from our supplier that this was oversold. We do apologise again for this experience and understand the disappointment

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great products

Pretty straight forward process when ordering online. I've never had an issue purchasing products on this website. Great delivery service as well.

7 April 2026
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Reply from Mighty Ape

Thanks for taking the time to leave a review, and for shopping with Mighty Ape!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Insensitive approach

One of the top most frustrating and disappointing customer experiences of my past 25 years of my life! I ordered a robux gift card for a boy who had a birthday. The website mentioned that it will be instantly delivered to my email. It never arrived even on the day after his birthday. Ruined it. There is no way to ring the customer service. They don't even respond to my several messages left on their chat box. I cannot believe their insensitivity and escapism. They don't even offer any assistance or support to help you deal with this issue and no reparations either. I can submit the chat history to show how they deal with such issues, highly disappointing and cortisol raising experience.

27 April 2026
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