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MonsterSteel has a rating of 3.5 stars from 117 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with MonsterSteel most frequently mention customer service and fast delivery. MonsterSteel ranks 1st among Tattoo sites.
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Sent the wrong items, never have what i need in stock. I have started using another company.
The products i did order, are exactly what its supposed to do.
I'd order frm here again.
The price was average for the product I ordered but the checkout and delivery of my product were fast and easy
Stencil maker didn't even come with directions. Had to look it up on line. Does not work goid and it's very slow
I am very sorry you had a bad experience with one of our products. Please contact us at 1800-630-9256 so we can assist you with this.
Speedy delivery, awesome printer. I love it. Thank you monster steel!
Really good place to get supplies. My order was here in less than a week and everything was accounted for and packed up with care.
Always happy with the products and timely delivery
Been ordering from y'all for several years now and I love the new look.
Keep up the great work.
I've used Monstersteel for over 5 years and they have a great staff of professional tattoo staff. Any questions I have is quickly resolved.
I actually buy from them all the time. I have learned not to buy piercing tools or jewelry because they rust. They are supposed to be stainless steel. Terrible product. When I called them and sent them pictures of the 6 rusted tools they offered me a 25 % discount/refund. My pictures weren't clear? They finally offered to give me a refund once I mail everything back. They are rude. They don't care about making things right for customers. I asked that a manager return my call, never got that call back. I ordered tubes, received the wrong ones, took them a week to ship out the right tubes and they had no interest in expediting the right order. I do continue to buy Cavicide wipes and rubber bands, piercing needles etc, because they are good and priced well. But the customer service sucks so bad, I'm not sure the prices are worth it. I have figured out the hard way, what is okay to order from them and what isn't.
We are really sorry to hear this. We absolutely do not want our customers to have such an experience. We are a professional tattoo supply company and have been in the business for 15 years. When an item is identified as not meeting our standards, it is quickly removed. Please contact us directly and privately about your order so we can make this right for you.
The first time i ordered from them it took 6 weeks this was part of a Christmas present i was upset but brushed it off as a busy time. Then we get it and the machine is rusted! Obviously rusted! They let us keep it (but its no good). Sent us another one but it wasn't even the same one we originally purchased. However he liked it so he kept it. Our bad is that we ordered from there yet again. To once again 3 weeks later never get our stuff. Here is the kicker It was never even sent, it was just there sitting int here shop because someone is to lazy to call Fedex to come pick it up. I gave them the benefit of the doubt multiple times DO NOT ORDER FROM HERE ITS A JOKE AND YOU WILL NEVER GET YOUR STUFF! We will see how long it take them to refund our money. This time we asked for a complete refund. Wast of our time and our money. WE ARE ANGRY!
Thank you for your review. Monstersteel has been in business and an industry leader for 15 years. We know that items can sometimes get misdirected and that may be the case here. Please contact us at 1-800-630-9256 so we can quickly resolve any issues you may have.
I ordered a few items (10 needles, one bottle of black ink) three weeks ago. Waited 11 days for my package to be updated as "shipped". Four days after that, I had a full refund in my account, and no correspondence from MonsterSteel about why that would be. So I called, and the woman who answered the phone basically told me I shouldn't be upset that I'm not receiving my items because I received a refund.
Me: I'm not receiving my items? They were marked as shipped.
Her: Well you have your money back so we don't owe you anything.
Me: Debatable, but can you tell me why I didn't receive my items, and why I wasn't notified? If I hang been going through my visa transactions I wouldn't even have known, I'd still be waiting!
Her: You got your money back.
Me: Okay, thanks for clearing that up for
Her: *hangs up*
So yeah, only order from this site if you have no intention of ever receiving your products.
I am very sorry to hear you had such a bad experience with us. Let me confirm that this is not the norm and I will look into this. Can you please tell me the order number? We strive to exceed your expectations in all respects, including customer service. I am sorry we let you down on this instance.
I've made 3 orders so far. The first one was fine, just took forever to get to me. The second order I didn't know some of my items were out of stock until I opened the box and thought it was missing, only to go online and see it was refunded. They have no communication. My third order I ordered NITRILE gloves and received Latex. Sent emails, called, left messages, and nothing. The girl on the phone was extremely unprofessional and rude. Its now past the time period I can return gloves I'm allergic to, and still no answer. Ridiculous. Filing complaints everywhere I can so someone else doesn't have the headache I had. Go somewhere else to order jewelery or supplies, unless you like being ignored, lied to, and waiting forever.
I am sorry to hear about your experience. This is not how we do business and I will look into this. We try to harbor a great customer experience. We will use this information to improve our ongoing efforts.
I ordered some jewelry from them and it took them a week to put my order together and ship it out. When I called to check the status, the girl on the phone was was rude and condescending. I order body jewelry from other companies all over the United States and it only takes 2-5 days to get the order to my shop. So they send me a tracking email because my order has finally shipped, with a tracking number. Tracking number does not work, so I call MonsterSteel to check on my order. They informed me that my package was with a PRIVATE SHIPPING company, and then they give it to USPS to continue to me. What?! Why is a private shipping company even needed to ship something using USPS? They are located in Florida, are they on their own island or something? But when I started to ask her why, she hung up on me. So, I will no longer be ordering from MonsterSteel.com, and I hope that others read this review and think twice before placing an order with them!
Thanks for your review. I can understand your frustrations. In order to offer free shipping on orders, we use third party carriers such as DHL, who in turn work in conjunction with USPS. Your order was likely shipped by DHL which simply means that DHL picks it up at our location, sorts it, then hands it off to the US postal service for final delivery. Sorry for any confusion.
I have read the reviews and have to say for myself that buying items from them for my shop was a freaking nightmare. Paid them over $900 and they couldn't even get it right. Power supplies came without thier foot pedals my jewelry was missing have the balls. I have called and $#*!ed. And there is no communication. THIS COMPANY IS A JOKE AND BAD FOR OUR BUSINESSES. I will never order from them again.
Hi Steph,
I am really sorry to hear about your poor experience with our company. Whether the order was for $900 or $9, it should have been packed quickly and correctly. We will keep on working to perfect your shopping experience.
I had no troulble at all good shipping info got my orders shipped right out awsome company to do buissness with will be giving them all my buissness from now on reccomend them to anyone
Although I was nervous after reading other reviews online, I decided to go for it and click the purchase button. I decided to go through PayPal as the actual MS site comes up as being not totally secure during credit card information input. I received all of my items in perfect condition 4 days later with a frequently updated tracking link. It went from FL to MD, if anyone is interested. :)
Thank you so much for your review. I appreciate your giving us a chance to prove ourselves and I am very glad we did not let you down. We take pride in treating each order with respect and care. Thanks for your business!
Worst company I have ever dealt with. I was opening a tattoo shop and had a few last minute things I needed to open. Placed a C. O. D. Order 10 days before opening. Somehow the package got shipped back to them. I called Fedex and they told me they would ship it back for free as long as monster steel gave the ok. Monster Steel refused to approved the reship. I would have had my package on opening day, but because they refused I had to return $1100 in deposits for my opening. The order was only $224.72 The order I placed before that was $1981. 09 You would think they would try to help but instead they refused. However the package arrived today June 11 lol. THE WOST COMPANY EVER! BUYER BEWARE!
Thank you for the review and sharing your experience. COD shipments can be a little tricky. There is no such thing as a "free service" from Fedex. If they go back out, they charge us a $13 COD fee. I am sorry you had a bad experience with the COD process.
Ordered from them about two weeks ago. Order has still not shipped to this day. After about 10 days I called them and they told me my order would ship "tomorrow". Tomorrow came and went and order still never shipped. Called back the next day and was told my order would ship later that day. It did not. Asked customer service why it was taking so long to ship my order and they told me March was an extremely busy time of year for them. Why the heck would March be an extremely busy time of year? And what kind of business has a 1-2 week+ processing time to get an order out? Emailed them yesterday and still have not gotten a reply from that either. This place is a joke
Hi Joe - Sorry you had a bad experience with us. We do have a very strong tattoo season in the months of February and March. This is due to the tax return season schedule. We try to ship all items within 24 hours, but we are not always able to meet our own deadlines. Increasing the rate at which we ship out items is a huge benchmark for us. We will continue to work hard to make a purchase on monstersteel.com to be quick, efficient, and affordable.
Company is a joke. Both times I have ordered I have had to wait 12-15 days before the order is even shipped. Then the items are not the same as what was listed, or items missing due to "low stock" or out of stock. Had to send power supply back 3 times due to not working right out of the box, and then was told it would take 3 months to get another due to out of stock, or i could pay an additional $55 to upgrade to the next best item. Complete bull$#*!. Was told the processing time is one week, after 2 I called again and was told it was because payment was not received until 8 days after ordering, even though my aypal account clearly shows the payment was made same day as order. Stay away from these idiots, they wil rip you off at any opportunity.
Thanks for your review. We used to have many problems with out of stocks. Based on the date of your review, I know that we have implemented a new live inventory feed to our website so we very seldom will encounter out of stock issues any more. That was a frustrating issue for a long time for you and for us.
Full service tattoo supply and piercing piercing supply as well as wholesale belt buckles


Hello, sorry you had a bad experience. We maintain about a 95% in stock rate. Though we try very hard to keep all items in stock, it is very difficult to accomplish. We will keep trying!