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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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Colorado
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Outrageous shipping fees
December 12, 2021

Yesterday I allowed myself to be ripped off in the purchase of a hat. The hat - $21.99. After beginning the process of checking out, which displayed the details of the charges I was outraged. Shipping - $14.99, handling fee- $1.99, tax (including shipping) - $3.12. There was no option to modify the shipping. I took a long look at this and finally in anger, completed the purchase. I will never order from this company again.

Date of experience: November 12, 2021
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Carol, 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, Jessica

Florida
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Game Day Bust
December 11, 2021

I ordered a jersey for attending a Thursday night NFL game (Miami v Baltimore), paid extra for 1 day delivery, 1 wk later, no jersey. LaserShip, the local delivery company, had the Jersey for 4 days and failed to deliver it. Their ratings are extremely low for late deliveries. Why does Fanatics continue using this service? Poor management. Game Day Bust!

Date of experience: November 10, 2021
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Selling items they don't have in stock
December 5, 2021

Order 2 Real Madrid jersey over 2 months ago, they took my money but they don't have items. It's 11/5/21 they'd still can't get my stuff and there solution is to refund after all this time. BS! Isn't taking people money for something you don't have Fraud?!?

Date of experience: November 4, 2021
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Good morning, Manuel. This is unacceptable. I will be happy to look into this for you. Please send the order details to [email protected]. Thank you, Maribell

Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Return run around
December 4, 2021

I ordered a Jersey to Canada and it arrived on time. It was too large and I tried to initiate a return. The website told me it was taking longer than expected and that they would email me. That email has not come. If you're in Canada do not order from them. Look elsewhere.

Date of experience: November 4, 2021
Colorado
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Terrible shipping!
December 3, 2021

Don't go cheap or free shipping if you want it within 2 weeks. They pay FedEx the minimum so your packages just sit in their warehouses for days at a time. And Fanatics offers ZERO customer service. Worst company to deal with when you expect 3-7 days and it's been 2 weeks. Terrible service. FedEx is terrible too.

Date of experience: November 3, 2021
New York
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Buyers Beware
December 2, 2021

Buyers beware the shipping costs are high and they even charge a separate handling charge. Also, if you need to return the items they will charge you $9.99 for the label, unless you chose to get a e-gift card to their store. So, I paid $56 (taxes/shipping/handling) and am only receiving $38! Back in return. Use a different site!

Date of experience: November 2, 2021
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Your business is truly important to us. I do apologize for the experience you have had. I have reviewed your order and see that the item you purchased was sent to a third-party warehouse to be fulfilled which is why you were charged for handling. I do not see that we have had any returns on this order to deduct any return fees, we will be more than happy to discuss the rest of the concerns on your order and make this right for you today! Please reach out to us at [email protected] so we can resolve your issue.

- Ciarra

North Carolina
3 reviews
0 helpful votes
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The last 2 orders have been horrible as I initiated returns in both cases; in the first case my label was supposedly never activated and it took me a month of correspondence with fanatics and the post office. After a month of chasing a return (that was supposed to be an e certificate) I was finally refunded by the fanatics team to my original payment method and charged the return shipping. I just initiated another return this one is being tracked in the system however was also requested as an e-certificate which is supposed to be almost instant when the package is picked up (I was looking to repurchase a different size) but tracking is indicating it is being credited to my account once again which means again I am paying for the return and now I have to wait up to 10 days for the credit. I tried to chat with customer service but that is not an actual thing, you cannot get to an agent it just points you to an FAQ. Come on Fanatics, do better.

Date of experience: November 2, 2021
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Good Morning, Carrie. I apologize for your experience. I will be happy to look into this issue for you. Please send me an email at [email protected] with both order details. Thank you, Maribell

Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I had to sift through many pages on the site to even find a "contact us" phone number. They encourage you to use the online chat function, however, there are never any agents available to help you. I called to see where my order is when it reached 7 days of sitting in the warehouse to be picked up, they said I would be refunded on the 3rd. Now 11 days later, I called back because I ordered this jersey for a game on the 7th and it still has not moved. They say now that I would be refunded on the 6th. They sent me a 30% off coupon that I will not be using - oh yes and right now they have a 65% off deal on the site so I would be stupid to use a 30% coupon code versus the 65%. I am clearly not getting my Jersey so I just want my money back.

Date of experience: November 1, 2021
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Terrible Product
December 1, 2021

I ordered a women's XL Astros baseball jersey on 10/26/2021. I paid 18.95 for 2 day expedited shipping. I received my order on 10/31. This jersey is a joke. There is no way possible this is a women's XL. It looks like a kids size. Very disappointed. I will be returning this product. What a joke... now I am also out the expedited shipping I paid and a return label fee of 9.99. I will not order from this company AGAIN!

Date of experience: November 1, 2021
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Shipping terrible
December 1, 2021

Ordered my custom cowboys jersey on october 7th 2021 it is now 11/01/2021 my order still say processing it was supposed to ship on the 28th of october but yet still showing processing called customer service who then tried to cancel my order when i was asking where my order is the game is sunday and still no jersey no tracking info or anything

Date of experience: November 1, 2021
Pennsylvania
5 reviews
4 helpful votes
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I needed a college sweatshirt to celebrate ED application day, so I selected something on Fanatics site that was listed as "In Stock and Ready to Ship" and paid $17 extra for express shipping. The next day I received my order confirmation, check on it using their "track order" system and it said it was scheduled for delivery in SEVEN WEEKS! I contacted customer service (boy, that's not easy) and they told me this was because they needed "time to produce it". So, they're selling pre-orders but representing them as items that already exist in inventory. VERY shady business practices. I have requested a refund and we'll see how long that takes. If a company needs you money in advance to produce goods, that's one thing... but if they need to advertise it falsely as being "in stock and ready to ship" in order to get your money, that's fraud! Sitejabber's photo upload isn't working, but I do have screenshots showing it as "In Stock - Ready to Ship", my order date of 10/28, their estimated delivery date of 12/14, and the chat transcript where their agent says to me "We need additional time in order to produce it and ship it out and currently are experiencing some massive delays". Note they still need "TO PRODUCE" their "IN STOCK" item. False advertising. Delays, pandemics, shipping apocalypses, etc. aside., they have control over how they advertise things on their website. I will never purchase anything from them again. I don't feel like funding the "pre orders" for a company that expects me to invest in their inventory because they cannot.

Date of experience: October 29, 2021
Texas
3 reviews
14 helpful votes
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Shady trashy site
November 28, 2021

Buying beware. They send you stuff that doesn't fit and if you try to return it with their shipping label it costs almost as much as the item itself. Total rip-off.

Date of experience: October 28, 2021
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Tak, we are terribly sorry to hear about your negative experience! We would love to have the chance to make this right. I have waived the return label fee, if you have any questions or concerns you can email us at [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, Jessica

Florida
1 review
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Paid $44 for a quarter zip. The company sent an email that my product was delivered and gave me the tracking number. No delivery of the item. No human will respond at this company. It puts you through a useless chat do-loop. I contacted my credit card issuer and they refunded me the money. Don't be fooled by the nice school logos and their official sounding status as the school's trusted online merchant. They are a very untrustworthy company.

Date of experience: October 27, 2021
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Good Morning, Bud. I apologize for the inconvenience. The order details provided are not one from our store. I will be happy to look into this further for you. Can you please send me an email at [email protected]? I look forward to assisting you, Maribell.

Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Bad business
November 25, 2021

This company does not give credit back to your credit card when something does not fit. They insist on giving you store credit; when I insisted that they put the money back on my card, they charged a $10.00 service fee; Additionally, they charge way too much for the FSU shoes and other college gear. I won't EVER use them again.

Date of experience: October 26, 2021
Indiana
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Excellent Customer Service
October 25, 2021

I accidentally selected the wrong method of shipping. One call and the situation was corrected immediately. More importantly, the representative to whom I spoke offered friendly and exceptional customer service.

Date of experience: October 25, 2021
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Thank you so much for the feedback! We are so happy to hear that you had such a great experience with your most recent order with us! Thank you so much for taking the time to let us know about your positive experience.

Texas
51 reviews
44 helpful votes
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Great website for any sports fan. They have one of the biggest selections of sporting apparel I've seen. They run sales often and usually have a code you can use for free shipping. I'd recommend it.

Date of experience: October 24, 2021
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Mousy. Thank you so much for your feedback! We are so happy to hear that you had a great experience with us. Thank you for taking the time to let us know! We truly value your business and we look forward to the opportunity to serve you again soon. Sincerely, Karmen

Washington
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Shady business
November 21, 2021

They charge $9.99 to process a return shipping that costs them a couple bucks. Talk about being a customer unfriendly company! Never seen any other online business rip off customers like this.

Date of experience: October 22, 2021
District of Columbia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Weird consumer experience
November 21, 2021

Received birthday sweat shirt bought from Fanatics. Fit was 2x tagged size.
Wanted to exchange for smaller size.
Rep told me Fanatics doesn't exchange, only return and refund. Imagine that!
I agreed to return for a gift certificate. I have the rep my contact information to facilitate return and credit.
Received mailing label instantaneously. But, you won't believe this. Fanatics sent the credit back to the gift giver - not to me the gift recipient!
Giver went through the trouble.and ordered shirt in smaller size.
Replacement shirt will take 2+ weeks before I receive it. The Gift now will be received 10 or so days past my birthday.
Fanatics doesn't seem to be able to handle single consumer orders.
I recommend finding a different merchant and not Fanatics.
Good in my story - customer rep was very nice.

Date of experience: October 22, 2021
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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No Customer Services
November 19, 2021

Hello, I purchased a product from Fanatics on Sept. 12th still haven't received as of 10/20/2021 the tracker says I will not get it until Nov. Trying to email or call and talk with someone is impossible. You can't cancel or get a refund or even get a credit NOTHING!

Date of experience: October 20, 2021
Virginia
1 review
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Just in Time
October 19, 2021

We had an awards event. And only had two days to get our order in for the event. Brittany expedited the order and the event was a huge success! They are rock stars!

Date of experience: October 19, 2021
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Thank you so much for the feedback! I'm glad to hear the event was a success.
-Mariah

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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