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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
2 helpful votes
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The Worst of the Worst
November 6, 2016

If I could give this company negative stars, I would. I purchased 2 hats on October 18,2016. 37 days later, the hats still had not arrived, even after numerous complaints. Each time I was told they were having "system" problems. In reality, I suspect they use the drop ship method of "merchandising" and actually have no idea of quantities on hand with their suppliers.

I was originally charged $51.94 as soon as I placed the order. However, the order still showed "submitted" on their website even 37 days later. I complained several times and was eventually refunded $15.59 after about two weeks but still no hats. Eventually, after 37 days, they finally sent me an email stating that the hats were not available. They offered to refund me $14.71 for one hat and $6.05 for the other, but this doesn't add up. I will do the math for them: $51.94 - original price. Attempted refunds $15.59 plus $14.71 plus $6.05 equals $36.35 (not $51.94). Where is the other $15.59?

In the end, they refunded the full amount and then offered me two $10 discounts for my next order, but all I wanted was my original $$$$ back. I would NEVER do business with this pitiful company again anyway.

How does a company like this stay in business? There are literally hundreds of bad reviews on various review websites with pretty much the same story over and over.

STAY AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY.

Date of experience: November 6, 2016
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Paul. Thank you for the feedback! We apologize for any inconvenience regarding your order and refunds. We show the refund for $15.59 was actually issued before the refunds were issued for the cancelled items. Please accept our most sincere apologies. Thank you, Karmen

Australia
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Terrible
November 5, 2016

Ordered a jumper, being in AUS I realise it'll take a while to come. Nothing after a month. Contact them and the ship another one, 2months after my original order has been placed still nothing and they think refunding the SHIPPINGCOST only is ok? I don't think so. I'm not even getting responses to my emails now asking for an update on either item. Would not recommend this company to anyone. Useless at every aspect

Date of experience: November 4, 2016
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Amanda, we are terribly sorry to hear that you have not received your replacement item! Upon review of your tracking, we see the package crossed the border on November 1,2016. The package should have been delivered by November 4,2016. Please check with your local customs and post office to confirm if they have the package. Please contact us at [email protected] if you need further assistace. We apologize for the inconvenience you have been caused. Thanks, Chastity

Vermont
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
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HUGE SCAM!
November 4, 2016

I ordered a NY Jets football jersey for a friend of mine with his last name on the back of the shirt. I paid $58 for it when all was said and done, and when it came, it was from CHINA, there was no packing slip, and when I opened up the jersey, THE NAME WAS SPELLED WRONG! It was supposed to be BARDEN, and it arrived as BARDE! When I send an email to *******@servicecentre100.com, I was told that yes, they made a mistake, but will not make good on the shirt, and will not refund my money! Not only do I have a jersey that can't be given as a gift because the name is wrong, but I'm out more than $50! I am BEYOND PISSED! I have again tried to get in touch by email, and now they won't respond! SCAM, SCAM, SCAM!

Date of experience: November 4, 2016
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Kathy, we are terribly sorry to hear about your negative experience! Unfortunatey, our email is not [email protected]. We do suggest contacting your bank to confirm the merchant you were charged by. Please contact us at [email protected] if you need further assistace. We apologize for the inconvenience you have been caused. Thanks, Chastity

Illinois
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Huge Scam
November 4, 2016

I ordered 5 items on 10/07/2016 for my husband's birthday on 10/29. I emailed on 10/14 because the items were still in process and not shipped. No response to my email inquiry. I called 10/18/2016. They promised me the items would be shipped and out to me before Friday. I get a tracking number that says all 5 items are shipping the next day. Sunday 10/23 i get a package. 2 of the 5 items, are missing. 1 of the items i did get, had the University of Utah on the front and Rutgers on the back. No, that is not going to work. I call 10/23 and state 1 of the items has 2 different universities on it, i need a new one. I ask where the two missing items are. I am on the phone for 45 minutes. The representative assures me the mistake will be corrected and the other two items are on their way. I inform her i need them by friday 10/28 they are a birthday present. She reassures they will be there. Friday comes and goes, no package. I call monday 10/31, where are my items? The customer rep says to me (i cannot make this up) "oh no one has done anything with it. It isn't made or shipped" Well, i was charged $132.00 for all these items on 10/07. I've so far received two items, that together cost less than $20.00. Where are my items? I wait on hold another 45 minutes. One items is no longer in stock. They will have the warehouse ready the other two now, they will overnight tomorrow. Okay. 11/03 i get an email both items are shipping. 11/04, i get one item, in the wrong size. Other item, missing. Unbelievable. I would call but lucky for them i have bronchitis and cannot talk easily. I'll dispute the charge through my bank.

Date of experience: November 4, 2016
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Megan, we are terribly sorry to hear about your negative experience! We would love to have the chance to make this right. If you will, please contact us at [email protected] with more information regarding the missing and wrong items. We would like the chance to look at this further and completely resolve this for you. Again, we apologize and hope to hear from you soon. Thanks, Chastity

Colorado
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Almost a 2 month ordeal
November 4, 2016

Purchased a hat in September and as of now still don't have it. Have been back and forth with 'customer service' and nothing. Horrible service all around!

Date of experience: November 3, 2016
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Patricia. Thank you for your feedback! Without your order number, we cannot give you specific information regarding your order. Please send all information to [email protected] and we will be happy to investigate this further. We look forward to speaking to you soon! Sincerely, Chastity

Arkansas
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Whatever you do, do not order merchandise from Fanatics. Not only did they not deliver merchandise as promised, but they still have not responded to my email. I have tried to call. Nothing. And... unbelievably... they billed me for the order. It's a scam.

Date of experience: November 3, 2016
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Rick. We apologize for the shipping delay of your order. We have escalated your package for quick and expedited shipment. You will receive an email confirmation once your order has been shipped. We have refunded your shipping costs, please allow 2-10 business days for the credit to reflect. We truly apologize for the inconvenience this has caused you. Thank you, Chastity

Pennsylvania
1 review
3 helpful votes
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BAD!
November 3, 2016

Awful experience plan BAD ordered item on 26th oct and all customer service says it was ship on 7th of nov...? Why charge me if it takes weeks to herb me! Used shop runner too but why bother like all others I'm pissed!

Date of experience: November 3, 2016
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Jeremy. We apologize for the shipping delay of your order. We have escalated your package for quick and expedited shipment. You will receive an email confirmation once your order has been shipped. We truly apologize for the inconvenience this has caused you. Thank you, Chastity

Illinois
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
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Paid $30 for one day shipping and jersey hasn't arrive in 3 days. When I tried to return the order, I was only refunded the price of the jersey so they kept the extra $30. Cheap scam of a company. Shut them down immediately.

Date of experience: November 2, 2016
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Jake. We apologize your order was not received when needed. We have processed a refund of your shipping, please give 2-10 business days for the refund to reflect. Please use the return label at no cost to you to return the package or simply refuse delivery. We truly apologize for the inconvenience this has caused you. Thank you, Chastity

North Carolina
1 review
4 helpful votes
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WORST EXPERIENCE EVER!
November 2, 2016

I placed an order on 10/18/2016 and it is still in 'new' status, my card was charged on the same day. I have contacted customer service twice and I get no explanation as to why my order hasn't shipped and they said my order was too late in the process to be canceled but will waive the $5 return label fee. BULL$#*!! I will NEVER order from fanatics.com again and will tell everyone I know not to do so either, we are BIG sports fan and are constantly ordering new things for our favorite teams but will NEVER use this website again! I am going to file a dispute with my credit card company since fanatics.com refuses to cancel my order and refund my money.

Date of experience: November 2, 2016
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Sara. We apologize for the shipping delay of your order. We have processed a refund of your purchase, please give 2-10 business days for the refund to reflect. We can confirm the package has been shipped and will be delivered next week, please use the return label at no cost to you to return the package or simply refuse delivery. We truly apologize for the inconvenience this has caused you. Thank you, Chastity

New Jersey
1 review
3 helpful votes
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NEVER ORDER FROM HERE
November 2, 2016

I placed an order for 2 shirts on 10/18/16 and received an email on 10/25/16 that they have not received shipping confirmation but are working diligently with fulfillment center to provide an update. The email stated that I can call to cancel the order. Since this was a gift that I needed I called to cancel the order so I can have the money refunded and place an order on another site so I can receive in time for my boyfriend's birthday. When I called the representative said that it was too late in the process to cancel (even though the email stated that I can), but she said that she will expedite my order and it should ship out in 2 days. I waited 3 days and still never received confirmation. I called back and was told that my order was lost, re-entered back into the system but could not be given a time frame of when I would receive it and could also not be refunded. I just called again and spoke to a supervisor and was told the same thing. Apparently there was a glitch in the system and thousands of online orders did not go through. What makes this even more frustrating is that my dad placed an order 2 days later than me for the same items and HE ALREADY RECEIVED IT. The supervisor said the orders that were part of the glitch have been pushed back because of new orders coming in, which is very frustrating and no way to treat customers. They should be working MORE to fulfull orders that have been placed before new ones. I WILL NEVER ORDER FROM FANATICS AGAIN. The fact that NOBODY is able to give me a timeframe of when I will receive my order, but they are ensuring me that it is NOT LOST is very disheartening. I am now out $$ and had to spend more $$ so that I can have my gift on time.

****UPDATE: I did receive the refund and finally did receive the order yesterday BUT ONE SHIRT WAS MISSING. When I called I was given no explanation as to why but told that "they will expedite and ship it within 2-3 days" I've been told this so many times in the past few weeks that it's actually comical at this point. I did however get $10 fan credit for the inconvenience. I guess I'll use it to purchase something for Christmas 2017 since that's when I'll most likely receive it!

Date of experience: November 2, 2016
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Meghan. We apologize for the shipping delay of your order. We have processed a refund of your purchase, please give 2-10 business days for the refund to reflect. Once the items have shipped, you will receive a tracking confirmation email and you are not required to return the items. We truly apologize for the inconvenience this has caused you. Thank you, Chastity

Virginia
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Slowest Shipping EVER!
October 30, 2016

Took over 2 weeks for me to receive 1 t-shirt! Totally unacceptable. Ordered September 29,2016 and received the one t-shirt October 13,2016. Advertised was 3-7 Business Days.

Date of experience: October 30, 2016
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Ty. We apologize for the shipping delay of your order, however, we are happy to hear it has been received. We have provided a discounted refund of your purchase. Please 2-10 business days for the credit to reflect. We truly apologize for the inconvenience this has caused you. Thank you, Chastity

Florida
1 review
3 helpful votes
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28 Days and waiting.
October 30, 2016

My first order arrived with one shirt when I ordered five. They told me to wait to see if the items shipped in another package. A week later I told them I didn't have my shirts. Nine days later I still have an order that still says processing. It has been 28 days total and I don't have what I ordered. I will never order from them again. Horrible. I will stick with Amazon and Ebay.

They gave me fan cash for my missing items, but I still don't have what I ordered. Fan cash is WORTHLESS as you will never get your products.

Just give me my money back. I have spent a couple of hours now contacting you guys for missing items. Ordering new clothes / sports memorabilia should fun. My teams suck, and Fanatics makes it worse.

Stop advertising on TV and take care of the customers you "had."

Date of experience: October 29, 2016
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Bradley. We apologize for the shipping delay of your order. We are working diligently to have the package processed and shipped. We have processed a discounted refund for this inconvenience. Please give 2-10 business days for the refund to reflect. We truly apologize for the inconvenience this has caused you. Thank you, Chastity

Canada
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Don't buy their $#*!
October 29, 2016

This is the worst $#*!in company out there, so if you want to fork over cash just to have your jersey not even ship for two weeks, then I would highly recommend this piece of $#*! company.

Date of experience: October 29, 2016
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello, we are terribly sorry to hear about your negative experience! We would love to have the chance to make this right. If you will, please contact us a [email protected]. We would like the chance to look at this further and completely resolve this for you. Again, we apologize and hope to hear from you soon. Thanks, Chastity

District of Columbia
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
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This place is a total scam! They take you order, which they claim will fill in 7-10 business days. Two weeks later, still NOTHING... Don't waste your time!

Date of experience: October 28, 2016
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Victor, we are terribly sorry to hear about your less than satisfactory experience with Fanatics. We would love a chance to make this right. If you will email [email protected] with your order number and name, we will be happy to make this right. We apologize again for the inconvenience and hope to hear from you soon. Sincerely, Chastity

Illinois
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Like many other people on this review site have commented. I ordered World Series gear for the games this week with 1-day shipping and paid the ridiculous fee to have my stuff on time. 5 DAYS LATER STILL HASN'T SHIPPED! Keep getting lame excuses from customer service about how their sorry about their terrible service and want to give me coupons for my next order which is insane because I'LL NEVER ORDER FROM THEM AGAIN. Good customer service would be to remove my overnight shipping fee and send my items ASAP!

Date of experience: October 28, 2016
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Jen, we are terribly sorry for the inconvenience. We have passed your experience along to the appropriate department and it is being looked into. We have confirmed your order has been shipped and will be delivered within the next two business days. Please feel free to reach out to us if we can help you further in anyway. Thanks, Chastity

New Jersey
2 reviews
5 helpful votes
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What an experience!
October 27, 2016

Between here and their sister company I have placed 2 orders.
Both orders were delayed with "technical issues". I received the sister company order, but spent an hour with customer service trying to sort that one out.
I have received 2 of 15 items from fanatics.com thus far, and have spent at least two hours with customer service trying to resolve this.
I placed both orders on Sept 30.

Date of experience: October 27, 2016
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Ashley. Thank you so much for your feedback! We are truly sorry to hear about your unpleasant experience. We would love an opportunity to work with you to resolve this matter. Please reach out to us and provide your order number. As soon as we have this information we are confident we can work with you to get this resolved to your satisfaction. Thank you for your business and we look forward to hearing from you soon! Sincerely, Karmen

Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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DO NOT SHOP HERE!
October 27, 2016

I will never shop here ever again. I had the worst experience. When I made my orders online which was a women's T-shirt and men's jersey, it stated both items were in shock and I also paid extra for shipment in 48 hrs. I made my transactions on a Monday night and did not expect for them to go through until Wednesday and then received my items on Friday. This seem to make sense but this is not the way it went. First, my jersey that I had purchased was not in shock and the warehouse refunded my money. No email was sent explaining this and I had to figure it on my own. Second, things are not shipped out until 3 days later and of course weekends are excluded. So what is the point of paying extra money to receive items if they are being standard shipping. The customer service reps on the phone were EXTREMELY poor and gave the worst service. Reps spoke to me in any way they wanted as I'm not the customer and continued speaking over me. VERY UNPROFESSIONAL! Long story short, I will not recommend this company to anyone. You will be better off purchasing items off of nfl.com or simply off the website of the team of your desire. You will thank reading this post in the long run...
Rating this company is a 0. Receiving 1 star is being overrated...

Date of experience: October 26, 2016
New Jersey
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Unhappy Customer
October 31, 2016

I placed an order on 10/17/16. My credit card was charged on 10/18/16 but when I track my package there is no information about it and when I called customer service today to cancel my order it was already at the "getting ready to leave warehouse" stage and could not be canceled. How convenient. Supposedly I will be getting it in 7-10 days. This is the worse company I have ever ordered on line with. Will never order from them again.

Date of experience: October 26, 2016
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello, we are happy to take care of this for you! We are terribly sorry that you item has not been shipped yet and that we were unable to cancel the order as requested. If you will email us at [email protected] with your order number, we will be happy to look into and solve this as quickly as possible! We appreciate you reaching out to us and look forward to speaking with you soon! Thanks, Chastity

Washington
1 review
0 helpful votes
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2 months and nothing.
October 25, 2016

I placed an order on Aug. 8th. And I still don't have the product that I already paid for back in August. I still have my confirmation email for the purchase. I've sent several email trying to get some info. My first email was answered with "its back ordered". But every email since then I've gotten no response. I want a response from somebody or my money back. Please.

Date of experience: October 25, 2016
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Jeffrey. Thank you so much for your feedback! We are truly sorry to hear about your unpleasant experience. We would love an opportunity to work with you to resolve this matter. Please reach out to us and provide your order number. As soon as we have this information we are confident we can work with you to get this resolved to your satisfaction. Thank you for your business and we look forward to hearing from you soon! Sincerely, Karmen

Australia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Dissapointing
October 25, 2016

Honestly an order that is purchased on the 8th of this month and now were at the 25th and the only shipping information given is data upload. Is it being sent or not I would have thought within 15 days it would have been shipped by now. I'm always online ordering and this is by far one of the worst tracking features whether its not working or it hasn't been sent its ridiculous.

Date of experience: October 24, 2016
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Joel. Thank you for your feedback. I am so sorry that your order has been lost in transit. I have issued a replacement for you at no extra charge. Your replacement should ship by the end of this week and be delivered 4-10 business days after that. I have also given you some Fan Cash in your online account with us and will be sending you an email explaining how to access. Sincerely, Karmen

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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