Fanatics is the leading online retailer of officially licensed sports merchandise and provides the ultimate shopping experience to sports fans.
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 147th among Jersey sites.
For original order, items were shipped in different packages at different times - some arrived broken. Packing slip in one box was for some other person's order, so I had to call to get a return label and correct receipt. I ordered a few more items and same issues - all shipped separately, no receipt and no return label- just dropped in a mailing bag. Despite their "365 day return policy", am now finding out that some items were shipped from a different company and that company's 30 day return policy has expired. No customer service phone number to be found anywhere on their site - I had to Google it just to find out how to call them and get this mess straight. Both times I called they didn't recognize my order ID and had to look up my order some other way. Never again!
I find it odd this company does not have an exchange policy. I ordered a Christmas gift and both shirts as ordered arrived in plenty of time. They were the correct items and of good quality. However, they were a bit too big so I packaged up the items to exchange for one size smaller, but as I was completing the return form that came with the package I noticed there was no box to check for exchanges, so I just called them. If you're scratching your head wondering how I was able to "call" them since their customer service number is no where to be found, I simply did a Google search for Fanatics.com Customer Service Phone Number and it came right up. Anyway, after listening through the options I was shortly routed to a representative. She was very pleasant and professional, but she explained there was no where to mark exchange on the return form because they do not do exchanges just returns. I never heard of such a thing. She continued, I must return the order and place a brand new order. The refund would occur within 10-14 business days. What a hassle! I think I'll speak to my daughter about keeping the gifts. To further add insult to injury, I went on the website to check if the items are even in stock. What do you think? Yep, you're right, one of the items is out of stock and the second item only has a few left and only in sizes "larger" than I first ordered. Now, I know for sure, we'll keep what we ordered and I'll take them to the local seamstress to have them altered. Moral to the story... better get your order right the first time because there probably won't be any do overs.
Hello Rosa, thank you for your feedback! We are very sorry about our no exchange policy. Our number one concern is customer satisfaction. Although you are going to keep the item, we have waived the return fee if you were to change your mind. In order for our warehouse to guarantee items are in stock on our website, they have decided on a return only process. If there is anything we can ever do for you in the future, you can email us at Customerfirst@fanatics.com. You can also locate our phone number under help at the top of the screen and contact customer service additional ways to contact us page https://fanatics.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/671. Once again, We apologize for any frustration this may have caused you. Sincerely, Julian
I ordered a framed jersey, when it arrived the front corner was damaged. I called my sales rep and sent him photos, I've heard nothing from him since December 23rd. I also question the validity of the autograph. Would never buy from them again and I wouldn't recommend you to buy from them either.
Hello Brad, thank you for your feedback! We are so sorry to hear about this experience and would love to work with you to get this resolved. Unfortunately, we are unable to locate an order with the order number you provided. It does not match our order number format. Please reach out to us here via private message and provide your full and complete order number and we would be happy to work with you to find out where your purchase is. Thank you again, we hope to hear from you soon! Sincerely, Julian
Ordered a UCF shirt for my father-in-law for Christmas with guaranteed Christmas delivery. Fanatics on east coast is using a new shipping company called Lasership which is just terrible. Look it up - it is an Uber-like shipping company that employs people to basically drop off packages during the course of their regular day. My package arrived in Orlando on 12/21 at 1:44am for sorting. I live only 60 miles away. It then sat in shipping 12/21,12/22,12/23 through Christmas. Tracking says the package was delivered 12/26 at 10:30am - only problem is no package was delivered. Contacted Fanatics who sent out another product and said would be delivered next day- again used Lasership. Package took 2 days to get to driver and I checked tracking on anticipated delivery day. Again, says product was delivered - I was home this time and when I checked my door again there was no package! I have confirmed my shipping address is correct. I strongly suspect driver is scanning as delivered and not delivering. Contacted Fanatatics and told I have to wait 24 hours and call back again to initiate refund. Contacted Lasership and spent 38 minutes on initial hold and 20 minutes on a second hold to be told they will investigate. Avoid this company and if using it check your shipping closely. Based on other reviews, I will file dispute with my credit card company today.
Hello JL, thank you for your feedback! I am very sorry that your package was lost twice. Our number one concern is customer satisfaction. A refund should've been issued when you had to contact us the second time regarding the lost package. I have issued you a full refund 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
Sent back my order because they charged me in USD when it was never clearly stated on the site. They received it at their Canadian headquarters on Dec 12 and it's January 4th. How long could it possibly take to refund me. I guess I'll have to dispute this on my credit card to get my money back
Hello Alex, thank you for your feedback! I am sorry that you have yet to be refunded for your returned item. Our number one concern is customer satisfaction. I understand the package was received at our Burlington, ON return center. However, it could still take up to 20 business days to process the return as a refundable item. If you have not received the funds back by no later than 1/11/2018, please contact us so a lost return request can be entered. If you have any further tracking information, you can private message it to us so it can be well documented in our notes. Once again, I apologize for the timeframe and any frustration this is causing you. Sincerely, Julian
I ordered a Dodgers Corey Seager Jersey for my niece. I ordered the wrong size so called to exchange the item. I was told they dont do exchanges and would have to buy ANOTHER jersey and I could return the original one. They assured me I would receive a return authorization label (via email) in 5 days from the vendor. Nothing came so I called again, same story... assuring me I would get it the same day. Again, nothing came. Called again yesterday. Exact same empty promise and nothing was received. I have no way to return the original jersey and thats what they want! I have disputed the change with my credit card. Fanatics are liars and are obviously trying to stick me with 2 jerseys at over $100 each! I will NEVER use this horrible company again. Disgraceful liars.
Hello Maria, thank you for your feedback! I am very sorry that you have not received the return label that was emailed to you on 12/19/2017. Our number one concern is customer satisfaction. I have reissued the return label again to the same email address that we have on file. However, I would like to know if there is another email address that I can try to send the label to. If you could, please respond in a private message with the correct or alternate email address that should be emailed to. I look forward to your response. Sincerely Julian
Order supposed shipped in Nov/17. Never arrived. Item not even sent despite being told repeatedly that it will arrive before Christmas. I am now waiting for my refund. Not very confident that I will receive it as promised. In which case, I will have to file a dispute with the credit card company. Based on the reviews here, I am just one of many who had the same bad experience. This is the worst shopping experience I had. Very disappointed.
Hello Cecilia, thank you for your feedback! I am terribly sorry that the item never arrived for your nephew birthday. It is never our intent to wait so long to resolve a customer issue. The way it should've been handle was to have it reshipped and possible even overnighted to you. I do see that we were able to refund you for the lost package. In the future, if you ever wish to shop with us, please send an email to customerfirst@fanatics.com so we can place the order for you over the phone. I would like to offer you a percentage off your next order and upgrade the shipping. Once again, I apologize for any frustration this may have caused you. Sincerely, Julian
This company is a scam. Happy to take money. No item sent. No response. No refund. Do not buy from this company.
Hello Nass, thank you for your feedback! We are so sorry to hear about this experience and would love to work with you to get this resolved. Unfortunately, we are unable to locate an order with the order number you provided. It does not match our order number format. Please reach out to us here via private message and provide your full and complete order number and we would be happy to work with you to find out where your purchase is. Thank you again, we hope to hear from you soon! Sincerely, Julian
I placed a $350 order on 12/11/17, in plenty of time for Christmas. I received a box several days later with a compleatly wrong order. On 12/18/17, I filled out he proper paper work and sent the package back. It is 1/2/18, I decided to contact them. I was told that they really didn't want my business and they were going to cancel my order. I told them that I would like to keep my order. Than the response was that they will give me my order; however two items that I originally ordered were no longer available. I had to tell my young boys that their Father was no longer going to receive his Chritmas gift from them. It broke my heart to see the look on their face's. We will no longer purchase items from this company.
Hello Julia, thank you for your feedback!
We are very sorry that the wrong order was received. Our number one concern is customer satisfaction. We have reshipped out the remaining items that are available on 1/3/2018 next business day. A shipping confirmation email was sent to you.
Although it doesn't make up for the items that were out of stock while reshipping, we have refunded you back an additional 15% off of your merchandise total. A refund in the amount of $50.24 will be sent 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, we apologize for any frustration this may have caused you.
Sincerely,
Julian
Ordered personalised OSU jerseys for my 2 grandson's. Did not make for Christmas and now it's the first of year still no jerseys. Emailed 3 times no response. This was my first and last order with this company. Also Jersey was more than listed.
Hello Denny, thank you for your feedback! We are so sorry to hear about this experience and would love to work with you to get this resolved. Unfortunately, we are unable to locate an order with the order number you provided. It does not match our order number format. Please reach out to us here via private message and provide your full and complete order number and we would be happy to work with you to find out where your purchase is. Thank you again, we hope to hear from you soon! Sincerely, Sarah
Super disappointed!
I have ordered from fanatics for years, spent thousands of dollars. This year I ordered my son a customized jersey that ended up costing $169.00. The jersey arrived the day before Christmas and his name was spelled wrong. I immediately called customer service because I was freaking out and thought theres no way I spelled the name wrong. They swear I did. So I thought ok everybody makes mistakes, so if I did lets just get it fixed. They refuse to fix it even if I pay. To say Im disappointed is an understatement. Not only that but the material was thin and the red lettering looks cheap. I will not order anything from them again. This Christmas alone I ordered at least $400 of other things. No customer loyalty.
Hello Laura, thank you for your feedback. We are so sorry that you are unhappy with the item you received. On review, we do see that the name entered at checkout is "HOLLDAY". We understand you feel that this happened on our end, but we assure you our system will only create the item using the information entered by the purchaser at the time the order is placed, it is not altered in any way on our end. We understand how frustrating this can be, and as a one-time courtesy we have processed a refund of 20% of the order value back to the original method of payment. We understand you would like to return and replace the item, but we are unable to accept customized items back. Please accept our sincerest apologies. Please let us know if there is anything else we can do for you and we would be happy to help. Sincerely, Sarah
I ordered a hat that cost me $15.99. I found out today that it was shipped to my PayPal address and not the address I gave and I was given a refund of $5.16. I called to see how I could fix it and the woman I spoke to was extremely rude! She was giving me an attitude from the second she answered. I was told after she finally looked up my account, that the item was returned to them, so they charged me return shipping at $5.50... she said that the hat was $10.83 plus $4.99 shipping, but the math does not add up... $10.83+$4.99=$15.82. Not $15.99 and $4.99 original shipping turned into $5.50 return shipping? And not to mention the original hat price $10.83-$5.50(return fee)=$5.33 not $5.16... wow wow and more wow! Never again!
Hello Tabitha, thank you for your feedback. We are truly sorry that we failed to meet your expectations! On review of your order we see that the item was returned and that a refund was issued, minus the $5.50 fee associated with our prepaid label. We are sorry for any confusion regarding the amount! We have issued a refund for the remainder of your order, including your original shipping costs, as a courtesy for the frustration this caused. Please let us know if there is anything else we can assist with and we would be happy to help. Sincerely, Sarah
Ordered 3 ROSE BOWL shirts on 12-3. Did not ship until 12-15. One of them had SUGAR BOWL on it. Promised a replacement by 12-23! Started tracking on 12-23 so I would be home. Found out it is being shipped FEDEX and the rep did not upgrade the shipping. Not scheduled to get it until JANUARY 2! Customer service said there is nothing they can do about it. I called FEDEX and they can't so anything because it is being held at a site with no customer service! Got my hopes up when I got noticed that FedEx had shipped it to my post office this morning. I went to get it personally, opened the box and it had the same shirt with the Allstate Sugar Bowl logo on it! Really? Called Nike Corporate and they said that Fanatics does their own printing using Nike shirts. It was a Christmas present. I really wish I had read reviews before I ordered. :(
We apologize for the inconvenience you have been caused Candy. We reviewed your order and see a member of our social media team has processed a refund on your account and will continue to assist. We hope this helps towards in resolving this. Thank you, Chastity
Marie Wall was great! I love fanatics.com. It has always been my go to place for sports gear. I have always had a great experience.
Hello Tanya. 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, Brandon.
I am beyond upset at this company. I have now called customer support twice and have no resolution to my problem. All I have is a $447.94 credit card bill with no product that I ordered on 12/17 that was guaranteed by christmas and even paid expedited shipping. Called customer support on 12/22 and they told me one item was lost in the mail and the other ones they never shipped out. These were presents for my 10 year old son who only wanted jerseys for Christmas. I was tyold by the customer service rep... oh well you'll get the after Christmas. Then I was promised up and down my items would ship the day after Christmas and be overnighted well here we are 12/28 and still no jerseys. So I call again t oday and I'm told they won't ship until January 18 but when I called the 22nd they were in stock... all except one and thats why the whole order was not shipped. Something is fishy with this company never again will I order customer service lady had a nasty attitude and refused to do anything to help. This whole ordeal has made me sick to my stomach that a company treats it's customers this way. My call today I asked for a manger and was connected to the rudest customer s3rvice person I have ever spoken to. She also said well we refunded your shipping charge what more do you want. Really 18 dollars and change for an almost 450.00 order. I asked to speak to someone higher than her and she told me she was the only supervisor available and that I could just call corporate. I am a customer service supervisor and if I ever treated my customers this way I would no longer have a job...
Hi Tara, we are very sorry for the troubles you have been caused and the experience you have had. Thank you for allow us to make this right for you and we will contact you with more information regarding the items that have not been shipped yet. We look forward to resolving this for you. Thank you, Chastity
I was excited to order my daughter a Florida Gators sweatshirt for Christmas. I ordered it early and it arrived on time. The problem came with the sizing. Fanatics posts Youth Child to come in S, M, L, XL and they have a blanket size chart. Unfortunately, the Medium Sweatshirt was labeled a size 7-8, which they did NOT post on the description. I was able to get a return label, but they made me pay for the return shipping of $5.99. I ended up paying $11.98 for shipping on a sweatshirt they could've easily posted the exact sizing for.
Since the goal was still to get her a Gators sweatshirt, I ordered again, taking advantage of the free shipping by Christmas. I did switch sweatshirt style, but still a Youth size, but I went up to the Large, assuming this would be a 10-12. The correct size for my daughter. The sweatshirt arrived by Christmas, as promised. The problem this time was that the Youth Large was labeled a size 16-18 on the tag. This was a far cry from the Medim 7-8 and way too gigantic for my daughter. There was no consistency in sizing! If Fanatics would take the time to label exact sizing, like it's listed on the shirt tag, people could order the correct size for their child. Now, I have to pay another $5.99 to ship this shirt back and then another $5.99 to order in a Youth Medium in this shirt and hope/pray that the sizing will be accurate.
Fanatics -- do yourself a favor and clearly and accurately label each sweatshirt on the Youth portion of your website! It can't be hard. The exact sizing is labeled right on the tag! Your "blanket" size chart does not accurately represent your products and it causes a lot of frustration and confusion.
Hello Sommer, we are sincerely sorry the sizing on the items received were off. We have waived your return label fees on both orders so you will not be charged once the returns are received. The sizing chart issue has also been escalated to the appropriate department for further review. Thanks, Darren
This, hands down, has been the worst online buying experience ever! I ordered early and when I ordered all items were available. Items did not start arriving at my home until days before Christmas and they were not the correct items. The nightmare began when I tried to connect with customer service. Long story short, some of my family will have Fiesta Bowl shirts for the game, some will not.SO DISAPPOINTED in this company. I WILL NEVER order from them again! BEWARE!
Mary, we are so sorry that all the items were not received when needed. In reviewing your purchase, the items all had special shipping timeframes from 4 business days to an exact date like 12/15. We have processed a discounted refund for this inconvenience and ask that you allow 2-7 business days for the credit to reflect. We hope this helps. Thanks, Chastity
I ordered a gift card on the 12/15/17 for a Christmas present, the web site said 2 day delivery, on the 20th I called and was told it was shipping that day and would be there by the 23rd. I just called again because it still has not arrived, and was told it did ship on the 20th but will not arrive until the 01/04/18. I was told that gift cards are not available for the 2 day shipping and I should of went to the help screen and it would of told me. Never again will I buy from them
Hi Dawn, we would like to assist with this. Please send us a message with your order details as well as the email address used to place the order so we can review. We look forward to hearing from you. Thank you, Chastity
If I could give zero stars I would! I have tried several times to get my order figured out because I am missing 1 item and have been charged for it. I cant get anyone to answer the phone, online chat is always unavailable and Ive emailed multiple times. Finally got one response and it didnt even answer my question. I will NEVER order from them again and I will tell friends and family not to either. The item missing was for my little boy for Christmas and was guaranteed to be here by Christmas. So disappointed. Sure wish I would have read all the Facebook complaints on their page before I ordered from them!
Hello Carla, we have reviewed your purchase see the item that was not received was cancelled and refund due to being out of stock. Unfortunately, when the warehouse went to package the item, it was noticed then. We are so sorry for the troubles it has caused and we have processed an additional refund for this inconvenience. We ask that you allow 2-7 business days for that credit to reflect. Thank you, Chastity
Ok, so on Nov 24, the day after Ole Miss' Egg Bowl victory over Ms. State, I order my husband a tee, size XL for Christmas. Item will be shipped when manufactured on Dec. 4. Item ships on Dec. 5, no prob I think, got plenty of time til Christmas. Follow tracking and on Dec. 13 package transferred to USPS... only they don't receive it. I call Fanatics 12/18, because tracking shows no updates since 12/13. I am told by Nadia, after her conversation with a supervisor, "it's either Fedex or USPS problem, not ours". Call Fedex and USPS. WHAT? I call Fedex, who of course show transferred to USPS and I call USPS... can't check it because I don't have a USPS tracking number and real people don't work there. Dec 19, still no package, I am angry and pretty pissed that my Ole Miss alum and fan won't be getting his gift. I call back to Fanatics and ask to speak to a supervisor. I get a young man named DJ, who apologizes and says he will ship another on the 20th and it will be at my home by the 23rd for Christmas, sent fast Fedex, not smartpost. If the first one comes, fill out the return label and send back. I get email with new tracking the next day and sure enough, it's smartpost with estimated deliver 12/29... What? At this point, I tell Hubs that a special gift might not come until after Christmas, I would do something else. Low and behold, Friday, 12/22, the original order arrives. I wrap, place under the tree and all is right with the world. Surprise, Tuesday, 12/26, I receive a bag from Fanatics and thinking I'll get to it, I leave it to open until just a bit ago... In the second bag is a BASKETBALL JERSEY, some player I've never heard of, size L. WHAT? And, no invoice of any kind for return. So, I'm supposed to send back your mistake at my cost? Hell no. Thank God, I used PAYPAL for this transaction, so if they come calling or try to charge me, I'll dispute and let Paypal handle it. Buyers, please know when you order from MLB or Ole Miss, your order comes from Fanatics. They sell the same stuff on EBAY. If you see their name, run for the hills. We'll go without other than order from this company EVER AGAIN.
Cynthia, we're happy you received the item your order in time for Christmas and will note your order that the second item received does not need to be returned. We apologize for the troubles and hopes this helps. Thank you, Chastity
Answer: I have no experience ordering from Australia so I'm afraid I will be of no help. I do agree that the holiday will add a little extra time but I don't believe it's as bad as everyone is saying. I don't know why I had such a good experience with them when it sounds like everyone else is angry with them. I'm curious to see how it goes for you.
Answer: Good luck. I just kept getting stupid answers until I filed a BBB complaint. Then I got instant satisfaction.
Answer: Hello Timo, Thank you for your feedback. We appreciate your business! Mike, Shannon, and Brad -- We would love to have an opportunity to work with you each regarding your less-than stellar experiences. Please provide your order numbers so that we may research and work on resolving your poor experiences! We value each of you and hope you will give us an opportunity to make this right.
Answer: No kidding. These fools are liars and thieves. They literally have fulltime dedicated employees who monitor sites like SiteJabber to provide responses to all the well deserved, nasty Fanatics reviews. It is entirely likely that any and all positive reviews touting their customer service are internally generated by their own employees. Write letters to your licensing body whether it be NFL or MLB and let them know about Fanatics and their FRAUDULENT and DECEPTIVE business practices. Fanatics should be glossed as Fraudnatics. BUYER BEWARE!
Answer: Hello, Thank you for reaching out to us. When an item is found to be out of stock the money is refunded back to the original form of payment. In addition, we issue a store credit on top of this for the inconvenience.
Answer: I would not worry to much about the negative feedback. You should get your items delivered to you with no problem. It might take a little time to be delivered but I had no problems with fanatics.
Answer: Please provide us with the contact information we can best reach you with so that we can pass this along. Julia.
Answer: Thank you for your correspondence. I am very sorry that you had this issue with the item. If you could please private message me your order number so I can take a further look?
Answer: Hello, thank you for reaching out. Upon reviewing your orders should arrive no later than December 13,2017.
Answer: Thank you for reaching out Michael. Refunds can take 2-7 business days for the refund to reflect back on the form of payment that was used at checkout. Thanks, Cayla
Hello Andra, thank you for your feedback! We are very sorry that you were unable to return the item. Our number one concern is customer satisfaction. We try to inform customer that certain items on our site are manufacturer direct. These are shipped separately from what we have in inventory in our warehouse. Because these are coming from a different company, we have to abide by their return policy. You can usually find this message highlighted in green under the item description. The return policy are listed on our help page located at the top of the screen under manufacturer direct returns. You can also find our contact information on the help page under Contact Customer Service, Additional ways to contact link. Once again, we apologize for any frustration this may have caused you. Sincerely, Julian