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Shop Lids.com for jerseys, t-shirts, hats & more from official leagues & brands. Ship FREE to any store or on $50 orders online! LIDS: Any Team, Any Time, Any Where.


lids.com
Founded in 1995
Indianapolis, IN, United States
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Lids Reviews Summary

Lids has a rating of 1.5 stars from 149 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Lids most frequently mention customer service, business days and credit card. Lids ranks 67th among Hats sites.

service
44
value
36
shipping
36
returns
29
quality
26
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North Carolina
2 reviews
13 helpful votes
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I purchased 2 items. A shirt and coffee cup. Items arrived quicker than estimated so I was pleased with that. As it was a gift and I was already late on ordering. However, when my items arrived it was a large box. And when I opened my coffee cup that was wrapped in very little bubble wrap was broken! So much for my gift timing! I went to there site to access customer support and their is computer robots of no help. And only option of returning items damaged is to mail them back and then to be approved and then your refunded! What kind of crap is this. Iailed item back. We will see if I receive a refund. I should have looked at reviews before purchasing anything from the company.

Date of experience: November 2, 2020
Texas
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Terrible
October 22, 2020

I ordered hats that cost $75 bucks and they don't fir. Can't return or exchange them. It such a hassle. Now I have 2 hats that just sit in my closet and look pretty! I DONT recommend them at all!

Date of experience: October 22, 2020
Florida
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Bad business
July 24, 2020

Young lady that was working at store #6461 on 07/24/2020 tried to close the store 15 mins early. Then had a attitude because I wanted to buy a hat. Didn't ask for my rewards information and engage in zero conversation. Idk why she's working there tbh

Date of experience: July 24, 2020
Mexico
1 review
10 helpful votes
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Horrible service
May 22, 2020

Just horrible service, and over inflated shipping prices. 1 months to ship 4 hats, because they use the cheapest possible shipping service available. (But you pay DHL prices.) Customer service is just... well a joke. Absolutely last time i order anything from lids.com

Date of experience: May 22, 2020
Connecticut
2 reviews
13 helpful votes
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I ordered two hats for $41.98 plus $7.99 shipping, a total of $49.97. When I received the hats in two separate boxes, they were a size too small for my head. I took a trip to a Lids location to make an exchange and they claimed I could not do it in store and had to ship the hats back.
I followed the prompts on Lids.com to initiate a return. I found out that return shipping would cost $9.99. That's an absurd amount for a package that weighs well under a pound. They populated two return labels, one for each hat. I only used one label and put both hats in one box with the other label because I thought they might charge me twice. To get the right size, I'd have to make a new order and pay $7.99 shipping again. That's $25.97 in shipping for a simple exchange for size. That's a lot of money to ship two hats that weigh next to nothing.
But it gets better... they did charge me $9.99 twice for shipping despite me sending the two hats in one box. Out of the $49.97 I paid initially, I received $18.03 refunded to me. So two hats that did not fit which I simply wanted to exchange cost me $31.94 only to end up empty handed.
I recommend you do everything you can to avoid shopping online with this company. They are clearly thieves and can't be trusted to provide quality service. I've never seen anything like this before. Their customer service never responded to my message about this theft. I will never do business with this company ever again.

Date of experience: March 19, 2020
Hong Kong
1 review
1 helpful vote
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What's the $#*!, there are no response since i send to fanz mart 1st email at Feb 2020
Just ask the track no. And how's going about the delivery. I bought the jersey from your site on Feb, it is going over 45 days and just charge me $40

SUCK!

Date of experience: March 18, 2020
Minnesota
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Trash
February 10, 2020

They want 10 bucks to return a 20 dollar hat. They used to take returns at the store but now they are separate companies. Stay away.

Date of experience: February 10, 2020
Florida
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
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Lids
December 9, 2019

I wish I'd have read up on their non-existent customer service before placing my order. They have sent me the incorrect size.

Date of experience: December 9, 2019
Germany
1 review
7 helpful votes
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I ordered the wrong size frame and I sent it back and the correct was mailed out to me without waiting for them to receive the wrong one back. Great service. I would buy from them again. Thanks for everything. Troy D.

Date of experience: October 23, 2019
AE
1 review
11 helpful votes
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Poor service
April 16, 2019

Ever since Lids merged with Fanatics it's been nothing but a hassle for loyal Canadian customers to get the products they want and deserve. The Lids Canada website says things are in stock or available in store but nothing seems to be correct about that.
Even when searching for an item online... all you get is... Oops. We couldn't find the page you requested and apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Being a long loyal customer doesn't seem to matter to this company now. I had a Lids access pass account and in transition I lost all points. I know I'm not the only one having this problem but talking with their customer service has proven ridiculous and provided no solution. They post twitter, instagram, Facebook...
Showing Canadians things they can't purchase because of lack of availability. I realize Lids isn't the same anymore but this is a pathetic excuse for a way to treat its longstanding Canadian customers. I think they need to apologize to customers and put more effort into fixing this website problem soon.

Date of experience: April 16, 2019
California
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Not a very good place
March 23, 2019

The first time I order a hat for my husband was great the second time I order one the middle of December 2018 and I still haven't received anything it's already March 23 and I'm trying to track it and it won't let me

Date of experience: March 23, 2019
Washington
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Slow shipping
March 19, 2019

5 days to put a hat in a box and ship it? Don't pay for 2 day air shipping, it seems as though it is via hot air balloon not plane.

Date of experience: March 19, 2019
Kentucky
1 review
3 helpful votes
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False advertising
December 20, 2018

Don't buy from them! They don't care about their customers! Ordered 2 day air on the 18th. Checked tracking today to see it arriving on the 27th via ground shipping... Contacted them several times with no resolve. Basically told me it is what it is & didnt care at all.
These were Christmas gifts... Thanks Lids! You blocked me on every social media site except this. Real professional

Date of experience: December 20, 2018
New York
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Horrible experience
December 12, 2018

I made two purchases with Lids. The first I never received. The second, they told me the purchase was sent to the store. I went to the store they didn't have it. For 8 days I call customer service trying to locate my order and figure out why I was told the order was at the store. They could not tell me. They then told me the package may have been lost and I ordered the last one. But they still were not sure, and could not give me any answers as to what happened to the merchandise I ordered. Customer service could not answer any questions and refused to give me a number for corporate. I will never purchase from them again.

Date of experience: December 12, 2018
Alabama
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Bad Customer Service
September 28, 2018

Received incorrect merchandise. There is a Lids nearby, but unable to just exchange. No cooperation to get exchanged timely.

Date of experience: September 28, 2018
Germany
2 reviews
25 helpful votes
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In the past two years I've accumulated approximately 300 to 400 hats, including college, covering all the divisions for as low as $5.00 per hat. All the major pro sports hats starting at $10.00 per hat. I'm on a fixed income, and try to get as many per month as my budget allows. At Lids.com I've amassed quite the collection. They have so many ways to save on their site, I am the biggest sports nut, and Lids totally satisfies my cravings for hats. That's not all, they have everything, such as jerseys, pants, and all types of things. Simply go to Lids.com and check it out.

Date of experience: July 23, 2018
California
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Ripoff
June 1, 2018

Shipping charges are a ripoff they dont ship your items any faster by choosing to pay extra rather than just getting free shipping even the next day air is the better part of a week just remember the items lids sells are not lids exclusive items. There is other places to buy these things and they dont offer you to pay more for shipping to get your merchandise in the same time frame

Date of experience: May 31, 2018
Utah
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Order unfulfilled
May 24, 2018

I order $250 worth of items online at Fanzz.com and 2 of the hats I ordered did not arrive. I called the customer service number multiple times when the message stated they were open and just got VM. One of the items didn't fit, so I went to one of their local stores. They didn't have my size either so I ended up giving it to my son. But I mentioned to the store employee, that I was unable to reach anyone at their office and he said he would reach out to the main office for me. Later that day a customer service manager sent me an email saying that the 2 hats I ordered were sold out and they will email me a new gift card # by the end of the day. This was 4/23/18. I have still not received my new gift card # and I have emailed the CS mgr ever week since then, without a reply. This is unacceptable and no way to run a business.

Date of experience: May 24, 2018
Utah
1 review
0 helpful votes
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FANZZ is a joke
May 24, 2018

The only reason I gave it 1 star was because -100 stars wasnt an option. SO. I got a jazz sweatshirt about 3 weeks ago. So I order it on FANZZ. Well, about 9 days ago I hadnt heard anything from them, so I emailed and asked for my tracking on it. Didnt hear anything back. So I called, like, 10 times. No answer. Emailed AGAIN today, no answer. Called them AGAIN, THREE TIMES, no answer. So I messaged them very unhappy via Facebook. They said they would send my info over to a sales manager who could take care of me. NO ONE TOOK CARE OF ME. Instead they told me the sweatshirt was out of stock, I wouldnt get it, and a refund would happen in 10 days. You take my money 2.5 weeks and want me to wait 10 days for a refund? You guys are a joke. Dont buy.

Date of experience: May 24, 2018
Louisiana
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I ordered three hoodies for a $25 sale they had. I received one of them but was charged full price for it. On top of that, they told me that the other two were out of stock and couldn't be shipped. I still haven't received a refund for those. This is by far the worst online shopping experience I've ever had.

Date of experience: May 3, 2018