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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
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Fanatics Reviews Summary

Fanatics has a rating of 1.7 stars from 3,945 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 148th among Jersey sites.

service
910
value
627
shipping
699
returns
508
quality
538
This company responds to reviews on average within 1 day
New Jersey
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Customized T Shirt
December 8, 2018

The worst Customer service. They sent me the wrong shirt. This was a very special gift from my 11 year old son to his Aunt. Why does this company send the wrong items to people constantly? Now waiting for directions on what to do. I explained I really need this in time for christmas and I was told they will open a ticket but not sure if it will be here. I will never order Christmas gifts from here again!

Date of experience: December 7, 2018
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Amy, thank you for your feedback! I am very sorry that you received the wrong shirt. Our number one concern is customer satisfaction. Our Order Management Team has placed a reship of the product. An email was sent to you on 12/7/2018 advising that you are not required to return the shirt to the manufacturer. Once again, I truly apologize for any frustration this may have caused you. Sincerely, Julian

California
1 review
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When I first went online to order a youth hoodie I did not understand their sizing chart. My nephew was wearing a YS 6-7 so wouldn't you think that youth medium would be an 8-10? The size chart was in chest size and waist size so no help. Ordered the YM. Also at check out it went right to expediated shipping for $15 which I had to call to get them to credit, which they did and got the $5.99 price. Okay, get the hoodie, a YM is 12 to 14. Went online to their return page and it calculates your return credit. My total originally with shipping and tax was $32. They would credit my card $13. I guess now the hoodie was on sale for $18 and $5 was taken off for shipping. Will get him another somewhere else and keep this one for another time. Not wasting my time on returning it or using this company again. Wish I would have read all the terrible reviews before. Also, it was very hard to write this review.

Date of experience: December 7, 2018
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Donna, We appreciate you reaching out and providing feedback. We were able to look into this order and do see that the original order total was a bit more, but we can also see a discount code was used on this order to take a percentage off, as well as the refund to offset the cost of the shipping. Unfortunately, the original ship charge is not refunded with returns and we do have return fees in place.We are truly sorry for this experience that you've had and if there is anything else that we can do to help, don't hesitate to send us a private message. Sincerely, Julia.

South Carolina
3 reviews
12 helpful votes
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I placed an order for a Die Cast Car on 05/16/2018 and found out today when I called about the order that it was canceled in August 2018. I was told by a "Bad Attitude Worthless Customer Service So Called Supervisor" that I was informed about this in August and that I was given a 20% off on my next order. If this was the case I asked what is the code and was told the code expired. Never had such experience like this before but I'm sure she is not the only one with that problem. She needs to be given a different position where she cannot speak with customers.

Date of experience: December 7, 2018
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello William, thank you for your feedback! I am very sorry that you had a terrible experience. However, I was unable to locate an order with the information you provided. Furthermore, our orders consist of all digits and no letters in them. If I could please have you private message me or send me additional information to Customerfirst@fanatics.com, I will be more than happy to further assist you. Sincerely, Julian

California
1 review
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Horrible Shipping
December 7, 2018

First off, when I placed the order they said "ships within 1 business day". 2 days later a tracking number was issued and then it sat for another day before Fedex actually took possession of it. Little did I know that this wasn't "really" Fedex delivering it, but Fedex Smartpost, which means they then handoff the package to USPS. In my case I had 2 items ordered at the exact same time, one of them was "accidentally shipped to the wrong USPS station". Bottomline is this. It's been 2 fricken weeks and no products. Maybe you guys shouldn't be so cheap on your shipping? Maybe learn something from Amazon? Never again.

Date of experience: December 7, 2018
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Jay, thank you for your feedback! I am very sorry that the package didn't arrive as expected. Our number one concern is customer satisfaction. Upon review of your order, the order was placed on 11/26/2018 and on our site it does mention that it will take one business day in order for the package to be prepared to be. However, there was a delay in one of the warehouses in which it took a few days prior to shipping out to you. The packages are picked up late by FedEx the day the label has been created. FedEx is partnered with the USPS to make the final delivery. Due to the passing of President Bush, the postal service was closed. The shipping method that was chosen was FedEX Smartpost ground shipping which can take up to seven business days to be delivered by the USPS. I have refunded you the original shipping charge back to the method of payment used to make this purchase. Please allow two to seven business days to reflect on your financial statement. Once again, I apologize for any frustration this may have caused you. Sincerely, Julian

New York
1 review
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I ordered a college game jersey for a gift, I received a random NFL team t-shirt for women - something obviously not even close to what I ordered. SO to resolve their mistake, customer service tells me that my item now isn't available and that they will issue me a refund if I print their return label (with a return label fee that was ultimately waived), take it to the post office, and wait 7-10 days for them to receive their errant item. Then I will get my refund or else they will charge me for the mistake that they sent me. I have ordered 3 things from Fanatics - this is the second time I have received a wrong item and had to deal with a ridiculous customer service situation to resolve. I am forever done with this company. Who wants to put themselves through this ridiculousness?

Date of experience: December 6, 2018
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Michael, thank you for your feedback! I am very sorry that you received the wrong item and the item you purchase is currently out of stock. Our number one concern is customer satisfaction. Upon review of your order, you were already fully refunded back to the method of payment used to make this purchase. Please allow two to seven business days to reflect on your financial statement. You are not required to return the t-shirt. However, if you want to return the item that is fine as well or you give it to charity or as a gift. Once again, I truly apologize for any frustration this may have caused you. Sincerely, Julian

Minnesota
1 review
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Shipping problems
December 7, 2018

I ordered a simple knit cap from Fanatics on 11/30/18. Stated it was 3-7 business days shipping. They said it shipped on 11/30--Fedex says they didn't receive till 12/3. It will be arriving not until 8 business days, because they shipped from Ohio to FLORIDA in order to reach Minneapolis. Ridiculous. And then it won't be delivered by Fedex, but they are handing off to post office, so hoping I receive it at all.

Date of experience: December 6, 2018
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Jane, thank you for your feedback! I am very sorry about the shipping expectation. Our number one concern is customer satisfaction. Upon review of your order, the order was placed on 11/30/2018. On our site it mentions that it will take one business day to prepare package to ship out. Because the 30th was a weekend, it was completed on 12/3/2018 the following business day. The packages are picked up late on 12/3/2018 by FedEx. FedEx is partnered with the USPS to do the final delivery. Due to the funeral of President Bush, the postal services closed. The package is still on schedule to be delivered on 12/12/2018, which will be the seventh business days. Once again, I apologize for any frustration this may have caused you. Sincerely, Julian

Canada
1 review
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I recently purchased a Washington Capitals hoodie from Fanatics with Alexander Ovechkin #8 on the back. While it does say personalized in the description, in no way did I think that it was a "customized" hoodie as I simply picked a player from the drop down option and submitted my order. When the hoodie arrived, I found that it was too small, so I shipped it back to return. I did not hear from Fanatics for about 3 weeks, even though they say it takes about 7-10 business days to process the return once they receive it. I called after approximately 3 weeks as my tracking number said that the item had been delivered. At first, the customer service person told me that they had no idea where the hoodie was and that they would put in a request for someone to get back to me via email in 2-3 days. I waited 5 days and still had not heard back so I called again. This time they told me that my item was not going to be refunded as it was considered "customized". Keep in mind the name and number that I got on the back was the captain of their team, and likely the highest selling player of merchandise. I told them that I never would have sent it back if I thought it was customized and not returnable. After I realized they weren't budging on the refund, I asked when I would be getting my hoodie back. They said that it was my error and I would not be getting the hoodie back that I paid for, and that they would be donating it to a charity of their choice. In what world is choosing a player from a drop down menu considered customized?! I could see if I got my own last name put on the back of the hoodie, but their most popular player? Come on! I even asked to speak to the manager and she was even less helpful than the customer service agent. I will never be purchasing from Fanatics again.

Date of experience: December 6, 2018
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Brittany, thank you for your feedback! I am very sorry that you were provided miscommunication regarding returns on a player name and number item. Our number one concern is customer satisfaction. This particular item can be returned back to our warehouse and be refunded. If you could please provide me with the tracking number of the return, I can escalate the return refund. You can private message me that information or you can email me at Customerfirst@fanatics.com. Once again, I apologize for any frustration this may have caused you. Sincerely, Julian

Colorado
1 review
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Fanatics left the street number off of the address for my package; by the time that it was turned around, the item had gone out of stock. I called and asked them to re-ship it to me and was told that it was impossible, and that there was no way whatsoever to receive my item, that they couldn't turn it back around to me, nor earmark it for me once it went "back in stock" as they'd have one again. They did, however, offer me a coupon code to buy something else... which was for less of a discount than the codes they've been sending me daily via spam email. Additionally, they kept repeating I'd get a full refund... two weeks after they receive the item. I am honestly livid at the complete lack of customer service or options here. Wish I'd looked at this site before buying to save myself the trouble. Now I'm concerned whether I'll even receive the refund for my item.

Date of experience: December 6, 2018
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Ashley, thank you for your feedback! I am very sorry that the package was never received. Our number one concern is customer satisfaction. I have fully refunded you back to the method of payment used to make this purchase. Please allow two to seven business days for it to reflect on your financial statement. The coupon code doesn't expire until 6/5/2019. Once again, I apologize for any frustration this may have caused you. Sincerely, Julian

Iowa
1 review
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So Fanatics advertised the new Army Football clothing for the big Army/Navy game. I purchased a t-shirt and payed the extra for guaranteed 3 day shipping so I could have it for the game. I called today and the lady said since it was a special game order, it won't be available until Dec. 12th! That's 4 days AFTER the game! Why wouldn't a site like this be up front with that information? I could've purchased this directly from West Point and had it here already!

Date of experience: December 5, 2018
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Brad, thank you for your feedback! I am very sorry that the item will not arrive in time for the game. Our number one concern is customer satisfaction. Upon review, the item selected was a special event item. On our site it will advise that this item will ship on or before 12/11/2018. It is place several times on our site. Once when select the product and two more times highlighted in green during check out. Once again, I apologize for any frustration this may have caused you. Sincerly, Julian

Florida
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
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Resolved my issue!
December 5, 2018

I purchased a custom shirt from NHLshop.com for a Christmas present for my Grandson. It came with a letter missing. Customer Service could not help because they said I left the letter out.
I wrote to the CEO and a wonderful woman named Chastity Sanchez said they are sending a new shirt. I was so sceptical about getting this resolved due to the other poor posts so I am pleased to say thank you Fanatics and post this very good rating!

Date of experience: December 4, 2018
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Anna, We are so happy to hear that we were able to resolve your issue with your jersey. Thank you for taking the time to let us know! We look forward to the opportunity to serve you again soon. Sincerely, Julian

Texas
1 review
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Great job Tia you were very helpful.
December 5, 2018

Tia was very helpful and polite. She knew how to find what I was searching for and quickly found it and placed my order.

Date of experience: December 4, 2018
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Patricia, 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 look forward to the opportunity to serve you again soon. Sincerely, Julian

Virginia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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The wrong item was sent in the first order. I contacted them and the person on the other end of the chat said I could return it. They do not do exchanges, so to get what we wanted I had to place a second order. I took the return package to the post office that same day. It sat in some location for 1 week waiting for 'the return agent'. It was finally picked up and made it's way to the return facility in York, PA where it has been for 1 week. I haven't received a refund and they will not answer my emails.

Date of experience: December 4, 2018
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Kim. We are truly sorry that you received the wrong item. We would like to make this right. We ask that you please send us a private message with your order information. We will take a look into this further.

Sincerely,

Cayla

Florida
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Fanatics gave me a delivery date. Two days before it was suposed to arrive they sent me an email that basically said..."sorry but the order has been delayed. The warehouse has not sent us an updated arrival date. As soon as we have one we will let you know. If you choose not to wait you can call and get a refund". WTH! That is rude! They gave me a date. Took my money and then say. Oops. It won't be there when we said so If you don't want to wait, call and get a refund. That is rude. They need to reword their email. Never... Ever. Will I EVER order from them again. My daughter is leaving the country and this was for her. Thanks A Lot Fanatics!

Date of experience: December 3, 2018
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Jennifer, thank you for your feedback! I am very sorry about the delay of your order. Our number one concern is customer satisfaction. Due to the package not leaving the warehouse as expected, an automatic email is issued out to the customer two days after the original ship date. In the email it advises the customer that there is a delay and that they are reaching out to the warehouse to find about the delay and if there is a revised shipped date. As a company, they give customer the option of requesting to have the order cancelled and refunded or to keep the order and wait for a response on a new ship date or to have the package shipped. Once again, I apologize for any frustration this may have caused you. Sincerely, Julian

Utah
1 review
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They couldn't even send me the right item, they sent the wrong thing twice! The only solution they offered me was a refund. I wanted the shirt I ordered.

Date of experience: December 3, 2018
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Cristian, thank you for your feedback! I am very sorry that you received the wrong item twice. Our number one concern is customer satisfaction. In order to be refunded, the items will have to be returned back to our warehouse. The reason the item could not be reshipped is due to the item that you are requesting may have been placed in the wrong bin in our warehouse. A ticket was open to make sure that the warehouse was aware of multiply attempts to send out the product was still delivered incorrectly. Once the two items have been received, it will be refunded back to the method of payment used to make this purchase. Once again, I apologize for any frustration this may have caused you, Sincerely, Julian.

Colorado
1 review
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I placed an order on 11/19. The email confirmation I received said it would ship on 11/19. It's 12/3 and I have not gotten any shipping confirmation or anything. I called their automated system, which indicated that my order had been canceled, I did a live chat with someone who told me my order was canceled, expect a refund within 2-7 days, and he ended the chat before I had a chance to even respond. I was never notified that my order was canceled, and I was not given a reason for the cancellation. This was a Hanukkah gift for my daughter, and Hanukkah started last night. I would not recommend this company to anyone. Really terrible customer service experience. I wouldn't even give them one star.

Date of experience: December 3, 2018
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Anne, thank your for your feedback! I am very sorry that your order was cancelled. Our number one concern is customer satisfaction. Upon review, the order was unable to go through verification. Please contact our Fan Protection Specialist from 8am-8pm EST 7 days a week at 1-855-222-2564 and International customers can reach us at +1-904-383-3632. Once again, I apologize for any frustration this may have caused you. Sincerely, Julian.

Ashley T.
North Carolina
1 review
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Do not order from them
December 4, 2018

I purchased a shirt for my dad 8 days ago. They shirt never shipped when I was suppose to. Thankfully I was paying attention and called fanatics on and live chatted them on two separate occasions. I finally called and cancelled the order because they weren't going to even reach out to me and tell me what the problem was.

I finally got my refund confirmation email and they said they item wasn't in stock or it could had some licensing issue.

First and last time I would do business with this company. I continue to spread the word about these bad business practices online ( reddit, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter

THE PRICES ARE GOOD BUT THIS COMPANY IS HORRIBLE

I would upload a picture but of course they want you to only use

Date of experience: December 3, 2018
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Ashley, thank you for your feedback! I am very sorry that you were unable to receive your order. Our number one concern is customer satisfaction. Upon review, the item was found to be out of stock and was refunded. Initially, the item was delayed in our warehouse. A delayed order email was issued on 12/1/2018. Because the order was already sent to the warehouse, our system was unable to cancel and refund you the order until they knew reason of the delay of the order. Once again, I do apologize for any short comings this may presented to our customer. Sincerely, Julian

Georgia
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Purchased an item from them for a Christmas gift in October that was to ship November 30th. Today, Dec 3rd, I receive email from my payment processor that the payment was refunded for my October order, but no email from Fanatics. So, I call customer service to see what was going on... come to find out that my item had been "oversold" and was therefore canceled with NO NOTIFICATION from them and no accountability other than "this is not my company, I just work here and I don't why they do business this way". If you are going to provide advance sales, then how can you "oversell" just make more based on the sales that you receive or limit the number?

Regardless, because of their inability to run a proper retail business, I will have a very disappointed husband come Christmas morning! Now I just get to hope that the item that I ordered in August that was expected to ship by March 19,2019 will actually come or instead I will just get an email back from my payment processor letting me know that I have received a refund! VERY DISAPPOINTING!

Date of experience: December 3, 2018
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello C. C., thank you for your feedback! I am very sorry that the item was cancelled. Our number one concern is customer satisfaction. These are considered to be special event items that are orders placed to the vendor to have enough to process for delivery. However, they were unable to meet those demands and the items were oversold to ship out to the customers. However, I would like to make the situation better,, if you could please email me at Customerfirst@fanatics.com so I can see if there is anyway to correct this issue with you. Once again, I apologize for any frustration this may have caused you. Sincerely, Julian

Canada
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I placed an order for international delivery on 20n Nov and received an email the next day to say the goods were shipped, the tracking number linked to the courier never updated so I contacted the customer service team and asked for an update,! Was told I should contact the courier directly (?!) I did this and the courier confirmed they had no record of this and the good were not in their system and were still in the suppliers warehouse, Fanatics told me I had to wait till 6th december as they goods were definitely in transit! Contacted them again yesterday 1st December by Twitter to be told the same thing! When I questioned he tracking information I was told there was an error and I would get a refund and could replace my order and get a discount code, when I asked for assurances that it could be delivered I was then told all the items were out of stock. Merry Christmas to you too. Undoubtedly the worst customer service I have ever received online

Date of experience: December 2, 2018
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hi Niamh, we are truly sorry for the inconvenience that this has caused! We would like to assist more and ask that you send us a private message so that we can address this matter further. Sincerely, Julia.

Florida
1 review
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Fanatics is a FAILURE
December 3, 2018

Ordered two ND shirts and the quality in which one arrived was disgraceful. When I opened the sealed plastic bag I noticed a dirty label on the shirt. When I peeled it off there was a hole in the shirt which had a circle of the lettering plastic over the hole. I wanted to provide pictures to them and trash it and all they kept saying is I needed to return it to avoid a double charge. So I was inconvenienced with the phone call and having to repack this crap and drop at post office... and it was an Under Armour shirt (so much for that being quality). I AM DONE WITH THIS COMPANY... WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THEM FOR ANY ORDERS. POOR QUALITY AND THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE JUST REPEATS THEMSELVES WITH NO RESPECT OR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. Notre Dame needs a new more quality vendor for their logo merchandise.

Date of experience: December 2, 2018
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Richard, we cannot apologize enough for the experience that you've had with the customer service and see that a replacement was issued for that item. It shipped out on 12/03 and has yet to update, but we have resent the tracking information via email for you to review that. We do see that the return label fee was waived and we've refunded the shipping fee and that should reflect within 2-7 business days. Sincerely, Julia.

Florida
1 review
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Wrong order sent. Had to threaten to report them to the Better Business Bureau in order to get a refund.

Absolutely the worst customer service I have ever witnessed. I have no idea how Fanatics are still in business. Atrocious experience to say the least.

Date of experience: December 2, 2018
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hi Jordan, we sincerely apologize for this inconvenience and would like to take a further look into this order. Please send a private message with your email address or any other order information and we can assist more. Sincerely, Julia.