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Fanatics

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Fanatics Reviews Summary

Fanatics has a rating of 1.7 stars from 3,951 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Fanatics most frequently mention customer service, day shipping and business days. Fanatics ranks 141st among Jersey sites.

service
916
value
632
shipping
704
returns
512
quality
542
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Texas
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Worst vendor experience I've ever had. Ordered World Series gear from the park when first available, paid extra for quick delivery, received an email that items had shipped, items are 3 days overdue and my kids are disappointed. They failed to deliver but succeeded in taking my money. Customer service available by "live chat" that loses its connection before you can get an answer.

This is a business that you need to avoid. This is a business that needs to go out of business.

Date of experience: October 28, 2017
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Steve, we are terribly sorry to hear about your negative experience! We would love to have the chance to make this right. We have processed a refund for the shipping fee back to the original form of payment. We do see you paid for 2 business day shipping but FedEx choose to ship it out under standard shipping. Again, we apologize and hope to hear from you soon. Thanks, Brandon.

Illinois
1 review
1 helpful vote
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So I ordered two tumblers (mugs) and a baseball cap. I signed up for free 2 day shipping by filling out a ShopRunner form. The order page tells me that only my baseball cap was eligible for 2 day shipping and not the two other items. The two tumblers show up 4 days later and yet the baseball cap that was supposed to arrive in 2 days is still not here. Layer on top of that, one of the tumblers was the wrong item. Then I contacted customer service but they could not articulate the reason why everything was screwed up. They offered zero assistance in helping me understand what went wrong and they did not even attempt to make things right. They basically told me that I was S. O. L. And hung up on me. Yes - they hung up on me. Apparently, they don't care about their customers and I'll be surprised if they're in business much longer. My only regret is not doing my research and reading these other horrible reviews prior to making my purchase. And the worst part is - now I have to deal with their return process.

Date of experience: October 27, 2017
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Anthony, we are terribly sorry to hear about your negative experience! You have to be a member with shop runner in order to receive the free 2 business days shipping. If you did not log in to your shop runner account and place your order through shop runner you will not receive the free 2 day shipping. Again, we apologize and hope to hear from you soon. Thanks, Brandon.

Alabama
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Awful shipping time
October 27, 2017

This site overall is fine but I have never been so disappointed by someones shipping time. I paid $15 extra for overnight shipping and my scheduled delivery is still a week and a half after I placed my order. Absolutely absurd and because of this I will probably not order from them again.

Date of experience: October 27, 2017
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Casey, we are terribly sorry to hear about your negative experience! We would love to have the chance to make this right. For the inconvenience we have processed a refund for the shipping fee back to the original form of payment. Please allow 2-7 business days for refund to post depending on financial institution. Again, we apologize and hope to hear from you soon. Thanks, Brandon.

Texas
1 review
1 helpful vote
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As far as ordering, it is decent and I received my item in only a few days. The shirt was too small on my son so I returned it with the label they provided. The process is ridiculously long to even receive it, much less to process and to finally receive a refund. This is the reason i am always skeptical about ordering anything online.

Date of experience: October 27, 2017
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Maureen, we are terribly sorry to hear about your negative experience! We have not received the item in the warehouse as of yet. Once we receive i will process a refund. I will put a note down to continue to check the order to see if it has been received in the warehouse so we may speed this process up. Again, we apologize and hope to hear from you soon. Thanks, Brandon

Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Pissed off
October 26, 2017

Paid for express delivery through DHL and it has now been 10 days Ive contacted them 20 times and they never respond looks like Im out 100$ thanks guys **************

Date of experience: October 26, 2017
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Would like to review this order with you. Can you please update your review with your order number?

Rhode Island
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Orders take forever, by the time I get the Jersey I ordered for my sons birthday the player will have been traded or my son will have outgrown it! Even though I called last week and was told item shipped after waiting 4 weeks, today I received an email that order is delayed, with no estimated time frame. When I called no one could give me any idea of timeframe and no apologies for the misinformation or delays. This site is the worst service ever!

Date of experience: October 25, 2017
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Would like to review this order with you. Can you please update your review with your order number?

India
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I received the wrong item, not once but TWICE. Had to return both times. They expect you to return items when it was THEIR mistake. Don't take into account time and trips to P. O. Item was out of stock. Now I get an e-mail saying no refund because another item was shipped. UGH! I could scream. The more I try to fix their mistakes the worse they get. The need to take some lessons from other Companies about good customer service.

Date of experience: October 25, 2017
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Kathy, we are terribly sorry to hear about your negative experience! We would love to have the chance to make this right. Upon reviewing we see only one item was returned. Did you return both items at the same time or separate? Thanks, Brandon.

Colorado
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Called to check on my order that I placed on 10/17/2017 provided them with the order # that I received from Fanatics confirmation email and no one could find my order or give me any information about my order. In speaking with customer service through the chat application it was a complete waste of my time. The gentleman gave up and said I would need to call and speak with someone regarding my issue. I called customer support and the lady answered and was short and no help at all she stated sorry I can't find your order not sure what is going on. I'll create a ticket and someone will get back with you. She gave me an excuse that this is a busy time and there is an influx of orders due to the World Series. All in all terrible customer experience I will never order anything through Fanatics again.

Date of experience: October 25, 2017
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Would like to review this order with you. Can you please update your review with your order number? The order number provided is either missing a number or too many numbers.

New York
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Without exaggeration, my dealings with Fanatics have been the worst customer experience I have had with any company! They created an issue with an order that I tried placing, cancelled the order without telling me, and now refuse (or are just too inept) to fix it--I have never had the experience of begging to buy from a company, yet have them do nothing about fixing their own error. I will take the hint and take my business elsewhere...

Date of experience: October 25, 2017
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Kenye, we are terribly sorry to hear about your negative experience! We would love to have the chance to make this right. Please contact customer service and ask to speak to Fan Protection so they may review your order so this does not happen again. Again we apologize for the inconvenience.

Ohio
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Ripped off
October 25, 2017

Purchased a Notre Dam women Jersey for a birthday present. Was wrong size and ordered a correct size. Tags were not removed and was never tried on... They stated it had makeup on it. When I received it it looked horrible to begin with (must have had makeup on it then). Not ever going to purchase from you again and will advertise to friends to avoid also.

Date of experience: October 25, 2017
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Todd, we are terribly sorry to hear about your negative experience! We would love to have the chance to make this right. We have processed a refund for the item. Please allow 2-7 business days for refund to process. Again we do apologize for the inconvenience.

Indiana
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Stay away from this company, they charge huge amounts to return items and then only refund for customer gift credit. Shady operation. BUYER BEWARE, this company isn't customer friendly. Thieves!

Date of experience: October 25, 2017
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello FAN, we are terribly sorry to hear about your negative experience! We would love to have the chance to make this right. We see you returned 302335 Pittsburgh Steelers Black Art-Glass Switch Plate Cover. It states all returns has a $5.50 fee.

Kentucky
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
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I ordered a shorts just now but I didnt received any confirmation email? I've seen some bad reviews regarding to my case.
When I insert the order# into track order it shows "Your order could not be found. Please check that you've entered the order number correctly."
Seriously? Payment has been made in a second but processing takes forever?

*Updated*
Chastity responded to me and it showed the shipping label has been created on the same day but not shipped yet. Will look forward and update the event. 5 stars will be given If I got it on expected delivery date. Thanks Chastity!

***LATEST UPDATE****
I received my parcel on time and it looks great! I am happy with the service! Thumbs up. Thank you very much! =D

Date of experience: October 24, 2017
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Upon reviewing we do see the order for the 2698500 Men's Nike Royal Duke Blue Devils Practice Performance Shorts. You checked out as a guest is the reason you did not receive an confirmation email. Your order shipped out today 10/25/2017 and scheduled to be delivered no later than 11/2/2017.

Massachusetts
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I ordered two shirts and paid extra for 3 day shipping so the shirts would arrive before we left for Houston to see the Astros play in the World Series. Guess what? The estimated delivery was after we leave. Customer service could only refund the extra shipping cost and said to ship the items back and they would waive the return fees. Doesn't help me, I bought the shirts for a reason. Now I have to wait for a refund after I ship the items back. I WILL NOT be doing business with Fanatics again. Total inconvenience!

Date of experience: October 23, 2017
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello FAN, we are terribly sorry to hear about your negative experience! We would love to have the chance to make this right. Upon reviewing we see you placed your order Sunday October 22,2017 with 3 business day shipping method. It states on the website that each item will ship within one business day. The processing time frame does not change the shipping method. Your shipping method only applies after the processing time frame. Your order states it will arrive 10/26/2017. That is 3 days for the day your item shipped meaning your tracking information is correct.

California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I ordered a Falcons shirt and cut the tags to try it on. I returned to exchange the shirt for a larger size and their customer support said it was donated and will not refund the amount. Will never use this website again for any business.

Date of experience: October 23, 2017
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Jeff. We apologize for the inconvenience of the item being donated. We will process the refund for you. Please give 2-10 business days for the refund to reflect. Please accept our most sincere apologies. Thank you, Dariana B.

New Jersey
1 review
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Poor Business Practices
October 22, 2017

Ordered five (5) shirts for my son. I requested that the order be shipped to the FedEx office located at the university he attends and noted my son's university's student ID number on the order. Order and payment was confirmed from Fanatics via email.

I told my kid the order (his birthday gift) was placed
And that he should receive the order soon. The next morning I wanted to confirm the shipping address as the confirmation Fanatics sent to me via email did not have his student ID # on it. After being placed on hold I was directed to Fanatics "fraud" department and was told that Fanatics unilaterally cancelled my order. The Fanatics representative indicated that based on their experience a lot of fraud occurs when shipping merchandise to universities.

Here is my issue. If Fanatics will not ship to a certain address, their electronic purchase interface should NOT let the order be placed. Additionally, if Fanatics does let the order through, like they did with me, Fanatics should have confirmed the cancellation to me via email. I should not have to find this out by calling customer service regarding my order.

Essentially, Fanatics should not have accepted my order, nor billed my credit card, and should let customers know when it unilaterally cancels its customers orders.

Date of experience: October 22, 2017
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Jim, we are terribly sorry for the inconvenience. We have passed your experience along to the appropriate department and it is being looked into. We do see that you have been assisted with the order, we wanted to reach out to you and apologize immensely for the troubles you have encountered. Please feel free to reach out to us if we can help you further in anyway. Thanks, Dariana B.

Pennsylvania
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I ordered a polo logo shirt from Fanatics over the phone--they were supposed to send it to my son in South Carolina; however, they shipped it directly to me. I called them when I received the shirt and asked them to either send him another shirt or credit a shipping fee that I would incur to send it to him. They said they could credit 4.99, but when they tried to process, it would not work in their system. As a result, there wasn't anything they could do. I asked him what he would suggest, no real answer. After I got frustrated, he put me on hold to ask his supervisor who said the only thing they can do is provide me 10% off my next order (it's in the notes!). Nothing to resolve this issue at all. HORRIBLE customer service (I have been in customer service for 30 years and cannot imagine handling customers this way). I am a past Fanatics customer but taking my business elsewhere.

Date of experience: October 20, 2017
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Katherine, we are terribly sorry to hear about your negative experience! We would love to have the chance to make this right. Upon reviewing we see you did not pay for shipping is the reason were unable to refund your shipping fee. We have offered 10% off on your next order for the inconvenience.

Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Item never even shipped
October 20, 2017

Ordered a Houston Texans jersey and a Lions. Lions showed up late but it came, the Texans jersey did not. Been on their online chat and called three times. One guy told me it was out of stock and waiting to be shipped in two or three days (nothing), one told me the order was lost and they have to submit a ticket to investigate what happened and that i should hear from them within two business days(nothing happened). Toady marks 18 days since i placed my OVERNIGHT delivery order and today they told me they cant give a refund until i received the package and send it back. How can i send back what i dont have, i have filed a complaint with the FTC and will be sending a legal letter demanding my refund under the Federal Trace Commendation act. From witch time they have a set amount of time to give me my money so we will see.

Date of experience: October 20, 2017
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello FAN, we are terribly sorry to hear about your negative experience! We would love to have the chance to make this right. We have processed a refund for the lost item back to the original form of payment. Please allow 2-7 business days for refund to post depending on financial institution. Again, we apologize and hope to hear from you soon. Thanks, Brandon.

North Carolina
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Wrong item sent
October 19, 2017

Ordered a womens Carolina Panthers T-shirt and received a mens Houston Astros T-shirt.
WTF
I placed my order on 10/6/17 and it just delivered today 10/19/17
This was supposed to be a birthday present for the 23th.
I didnt think it would take that long and I would receive the wrong product.
I will not do business with his company anymore.
Customer service claims I will get a replacement by the 23th and no charge for express shipping. Wow, how generous
They should discount my item for the inconvenience

Date of experience: October 19, 2017
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello FAN, we are terribly sorry to hear about your negative experience! We would love to have the chance to make this right. We have escalated this issue to the correct department to get this issue resolved. Again, we apologize and hope to hear from you soon. Thanks, Brandon.

Washington
1 review
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Lousy Customer Service
October 19, 2017

Ordered 2 gift certificates on 10/9/17 for a birthday gift. Receipt shows purchase completed and gift certs would be emailed within 24 hours. 5 days later contacted company and was told anticketnwas opened and would hear from them within 72 hours.

After not hearing from anyone I sent email to customer service and was told ticket was there and we hadnt reach 72 hours yet. Now its been over 3 days and still nothing. Im hoping to get my money back if I can ever get someone to follow up.

Will not ever use this company again!

Date of experience: October 19, 2017
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

We are truly sorry that you have not received your gift certificate. The request has been reviewed and escalated to our gift certificate team. We do see that your refund has been processed. Depending on your financial institution it can take anywhere from 2-7 business days for the refund to post. Please let us know if we can assist any further.

New York
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I ordered a jerse from OSUfanatic.com that is a part of Fanatics. I ordered this jersey on 09/29/18 and the tracking number I was given is showing that my package was in china on 10/08/2018. First of all had no clue that my product was being shipped from China and I expected to have this for the Ohio State vs. Penn state game on 10/28. Whenever I email or try to reach out for an answer on when I will get jersey there is no way to get in touch with them and no response.

Date of experience: October 18, 2017
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Would like to review this order with you. Can you please update your review with your order number?

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Fanatics is the leading online retailer of officially licensed sports merchandise and provides the ultimate shopping experience to sports fans.


fanatics.com
Founded in 1995
Jacksonville, FL, United States