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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 145th among Jersey sites.

service
910
value
627
shipping
699
returns
508
quality
538
This company responds to reviews on average within 1 day
Texas
1 review
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I have ordered from Fanatics before and there were no issues then and I had no issues now. Ordered a jersey on Wednesday and it came that next Tuesday aka 5-7 business days. Seems that people expect their order to be shipped right on the dot especially after the World Series where there is a more than usual amount of orders. Also seems like people can't read and confuse 1 day processing with 1 day shipping like $5.99 for overnight shipping is remotely reasonable. Not too sure what all the negative reviews are about, Fanatics offers authentic products at a reasonable price. I'll be looking at them anytime I need something else.

Date of experience: November 15, 2017
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Alvin, thank you for reaching out and we are grateful for the positive feedback! Thanks, Brandon.

Louisiana
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I tried on and sent back a hoodie that ended up being too small. I had taken the tags off of it to try it on, because that what people do. After I agreed to pay for the return, i get an email form them saying that the item didnt meet return guidelines and had been donated, and i guess im just out of luck here... so its like i just threw money in the trash

Date of experience: November 15, 2017
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Justin, we are terribly sorry to hear about your negative experience! What item did you return?

Texas
1 review
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Bought a Astros World Series Jersey the night they won game 7... Didn't get shipped out till November 11,2017. Its been three weeks. I'm waiting!

Date of experience: November 15, 2017
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

We do apologize your item was delayed. Please provider the order number to this order.

Georgia
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Chasing the refund...
November 14, 2017

Purchased a hat on 7/16/18. The description did not list a "packable" visor. Being a hat guy, I did not want a flexible visor so I returned it the day after I received it. Mind you, I had to contact Fanatics for paperwork and a return label. They ship without any paperwork, receipt or packing slip. No packing slip? How do they know what they are shipping? Received an email that the return had been "processed" on 7/30. On 8/7/18 I chatted with someone that told me it takes 2-7 days not including weekends. So I waited, still no refund. Now, on 8/9/18 I had to "chat" with someone again to actually complete the return. I guess "processed" doesn't mean that the refund has be submitted? Amazon fully refunded me once the item was scanned at UPS! I know this is 9 days but it's still a PIA to get a refund thru this company.

Date of experience: November 14, 2017
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

We do apologize your item arrived damaged. Can you please provide your order number so we may look into this?

California
1 review
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Terrible Customer Service
November 13, 2017

Wish I would have read these reviews before ordering. I ordered a pair of slippers that were way too large. They don't have an exchange policy. Instead you have to pay $5.50 to return the item and then re-order it and pay for shipping again for the correct size. Ridiculous!

Date of experience: November 13, 2017
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

We do apologize for the inconvenience Shannon. I went ahead and waived that return fee so you will not be charged to return merchandise. Once merchandise is received we will process a full refund.

Washington
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I ordered 3 t-shirts for a trip I was taking 2 weeks later. The order was supposed to arrive a week before I left. Every time I tracked the packages I would get a different delivery date, most of them after my trip, and one of the packages bounced between Washington and Oregon 4 times. Maybe it was FedEx' fault - maybe the Fanatics label was a problem but either way, it was a bad experience. The day before I left the 2nd pkg miraculously arrived. However, after washing one of the shirts, the logo has come off in two places and it looks horrible. I can't return it because I wore it & washed it. There weren't any special instructions but I am careful with my wash. Lesson learned, I guess. In the future I will drive the 75 miles to buy in a brick and mortar rather than order on Fanatics.com again.

Date of experience: November 11, 2017
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

We are truly sorry for the inconvenience that this has caused Carrie. Could you please send us a message and clarify which shirt that has been damaged? We would be more than happy to accept the return and waive the return label fee for you. Thanks, Dariana B.

Virginia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Terrible Customer Service
November 11, 2017

With the holidays coming, please beware this company does not stand behind the products they sell. My husband had ordered several items (a few hundred dollars worth), one of which was the Yankees MLB Star Wars Empire shirts for our daughter. She wore it twice, washed it and it shrunk. My daughter called customer service at Fanatics, explained she had worn the shirt, washed it and it shrunk. Customer service refused to take it back because it had been worn! All she wanted and we did too, was the shirt in the next largest size. I also called customer service myself and was told the same thing! I am appalled that a company would treat customers like this. My daughter was also told that if my husband was to dispute the charge on his credit card, he would be blocked from ordering again in the future. That will not be a problem, as there will be no more orders from us! Fanatics, there is a lot of competition out there for our hard-earned dollars. I can't believe you treat customers like this. I can tell this seems to be standard practice. We have never had any problems with Fanatics in the past, but we cannot buy from a company who values their customers so little.

Date of experience: November 11, 2017
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Lisa, we are terribly sorry to hear about your negative experience! We would love to have the chance to make this right. Unfortunately once a item has been worn, washed, tags removed were unable to provide a replacement. Again, we apologize and hope to hear from you soon. Thanks, Brandon.

Florida
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Ordered a shirt for the Notre Dame game. Paid extra for shipping. You messed up. Ill get my shirt a week after the game. I will never order from here again. Customer service wouldnt do anything to fix the issue

Date of experience: November 10, 2017
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Would like to review this order with you. Can you please update your review with your order number?

Illinois
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Poor Customer Service
November 10, 2017

Had a coupon that stated 25% off ANY Fanatics purchase. No exclusions were listed at all - anywhere. Went on the site to use it and received a message that my items didn't qualify. Went onto the live chat and "spoke" with Xavier. After going back and forth, he told me he had a way for me to use the coupon. Call and place the order over the phone and tell them the issue and that I was to be given an appeasement coupon. I asked for additional authorization and was assured his name was all I needed. When I called, my appeasement coupon was refused. I asked for a supervisor and, again, was told that they wouldn't honor my coupon or adjust the prices to match what it would have been with the coupon. This was nothing but bait and switch. I will not be ordering anything from them in the future and hope you consider going elsewhere as well.

Date of experience: November 10, 2017
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello KB. Thank you for your feedback. I am very sorry for any inconvenience regarding your order and our promotions. I want to work with you to make this right but will need your order number. If you do not want to provide that information here you can email me at customerfirst@fanatics.com. I look forward to hearing from you again. Sincerely, Karmen

New York
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Ordered a customized T-shirt for my daughter Saturday to attend a Penguins game in Washington on Friday. Chose three day shipping (assuming three business days) for $16 with the expectation it would arrive Wednesday or Thursday at the latest.

Just talked to a customer service rep and the three days is only a "rush" on the customization and not actual delivery time and I should expect delivery in about six days. I've been in business for decades. When someone orders something overnight shipping it arrives after one night. Two day shipping arrives in two days.

Apparently (based upon the vast number of really bad reviews) the definition of shipping of Fanatics.com is detached from reality. I will never order another item from such an unscrupulous and deceptive organization. I wish I had time to build another company and put them out of business because the opportunity is there.

Response to Chastity/Brandon: I can tell you are really broken up about my negative experience. Since you said you would "love to have a chance to make this right"... how about maybe using the package tracking number to reach out to FedEx and get it delivered? Then we would both be happy.

The order was processed on Monday and was shipped on Tuesday at 5pm per FedEx tracking info. So the "shipping doesn't change processing time" argument doesn't fly with me.

Sorry to be so curt, but the form style of your responses indicates that you don't actually give a crap.

Date of experience: November 10, 2017
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Joe, we are terribly sorry to hear about your negative experience! We would love to have the chance to make this right. Unfortunately your shipping time frame does not change the processing time frame. The processing time frame is when the item will leave the warehouse. Choosing Next Business Day Shipping will not change the processing time it only speeds up the shipping method. Again, we apologize and hope to hear from you soon. Thanks, Brandon.

Arizona
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Pretty irritated
November 9, 2017

Pretty irritated. I ordered an Astros jersey the night they won the World Series and the website said it was a special event item that "will be shipped no later than Friday, November 3rd." It didn't ship until 07 NOV, and now I will not have it in time for an event I am going to out of town.
Oh. And when I ordered my husband a Cowboys t-shirt from Fanatics about two months ago, the star was crooked.

Date of experience: November 9, 2017
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Christina, we are terribly sorry to hear about your negative experience! We would love to have the chance to make this right. We do apologize for the delay. For the inconvenience we have refunded you 10% of this order back to the original form of payment. If you would like to return the merchandise we have waived the return label fee so you will not be charged upon returning merchandise. Thanks, Brandon.

North Carolina
1 review
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The prepackaged return label was dropped off at a local USPS drop box. I don't know whether is it is the responsibility of USPS, but a return label should be sent back to the business. This is the second time that I have encountered this problem. This is my first time ever writing a negative review and I have bought hundreds of dollars of merchandise from Fanatics, but I have never been this frustrated as a consumer. If this is not rectified, I will not be buying my family any merchandise from Fanatics again.

Date of experience: November 9, 2017
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Danny, we are terribly sorry to hear about your negative experience! We would love to have the chance to make this right. Upon reviewing we see you returned Men's Nike Green Oregon Ducks Sleeveless Performance Pullover Hoodie and was refunded 10/25/2017.

Texas
3 reviews
3 helpful votes
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Return process
November 9, 2017

I originally posted my review here because I was unhappy with the stated return process. I was told my refund would take over 1 month to process. After posting here, an agent with Fanatics spoke to me and got my refund taken care of. The items for women seem to run small, but the hoodie I purchased was very nice. Overall, now that I am not waiting on a very long refund process, I am pleased and will likely buy from this vendor again.

Date of experience: November 9, 2017
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Dianne, we are terribly sorry to hear about your negative experience! We would love to have the chance to make this right. How long ago did you return the item? Upon reviewing your package has not been returned to the warehouse as of yet. Once we receive the return I will manually refund order to speed process up. Again, we apologize and hope to hear from you soon. Thanks, Brandon.

Colorado
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Horrible!
November 8, 2017

I ordered a shirt about a month ago sent me wrong size, I get mistakes happen so I called they were pretty helpful so they shipped me another shirt but sadly they got it wrong again sent me the wrong TEAM! I kept my cool called them for the 3rd time hoping 3rd time was a charm but I was sadly mistaken sent me the wrong team again! Im done with fanatics horrible job horrible company!

Date of experience: November 8, 2017
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Would like to review this order with you. Can you please update your review with your order number?

Ohio
1 review
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Placed my order on 10/12, with the statement "will ship on or before 11/7" it is now 11/13, and still no tracking number. The offered to give me 15% refund off my next order(why on this earth would u think i will order again after this debacle? Laughable)

Thier warehouse emails me and says " we dont know when your order is shipping" totally unacceptable. Had i not bought a nike ELITE jersey($230 value) with a gift card, id be demanding my money back. $#*! This site. Stay far away from it. Hell will freeze over before i get my item. Thier a- BBB rating is a joke

Date of experience: November 8, 2017
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello George, we are terribly sorry to hear about your negative experience! We would love to have the chance to make this right. Upon reviewing we see this item states on the website "this item ships on or before Monday, December 11th. Again, we apologize and hope to hear from you soon. Thanks, Brandon.

Missouri
2 reviews
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Don't buy from fanatics
November 8, 2017

I never write reviews but I had to for this situation. I placed an order and used about $22 in fan cash that I earned. The item was too small so I returned it and received a refund of my money but not my fan cash. I called customer service 7 times in 3 months and each time was told that they had to submit a form to request my fan cash back. It never happened! After the 8th phone call, they told me that they do not refund fan cash once it's been used. I will never ever order from Fanatics again due to the sorry, inconsistent customer service I received!

Date of experience: November 8, 2017
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello, we are very sorry to hear about the negative experience you had with us, please message us the order number, we would like to help. Chris P

Illinois
1 review
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My one year anniversary with my boyfriend was 11/5/17 so I ordered him a new #9 chase elliot shirt. The shirt was ordered on 10/26 and I did standard shipping.

Here we are today 11/7 and tracking is still saying that I will not receive the shirt until the 11th.

I only used this site because I had a 20% off coupon didnt think it meant 20% off of service too.

I cant believe how piss poor they are with shipping pathedic.

Date of experience: November 7, 2017
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Would like to review this order with you. Can you please update your review with your order number?

Utah
1 review
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The shipping from fantaics is awful. Shipping is $5 to get your item, which is fine, except for the fact that it takes almost a week and a half to get to you. And then once i got my item and realized it was 100% cotton which wasn't want i wanted. They advertise "easy returns." They charge you $5.50 to return the item for shipping and it takes 7-10 BUSINESS DAYS, to get back to them and then another 5 BUSINESS DAYS, to get a refund. I placed my order on October 12th and literally sent my item back the same day i received it, and by the time i got my refund it was Nov 5th. Wouldn't ever buy from this site again, no matter what sale they are having and wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

Date of experience: November 6, 2017
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Jordan, we are terribly sorry to hear about your negative experience! We would love to have the chance to make this right. We will continue to improve our return time frame. We are refunding the return shipping costs to you. Depending on your financial institution it can take anywhere from 2-7 business days for the refund to post. Please let us know if we can assist you any further. Thanks, Dariana B.

Oklahoma
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Ordered a customized hoodie. Ordered a ladies medium size (10-12). I actually wear a size small (6-8), and when the hoodie arrived it was way too small. My 10 year old son tried it on and it didnt even fit him. Called customer service twice and both times was told that since its a customized product that they wont fix the issue. I spent $70 on this hoodie and now I can literally do nothing with it because its too small. Nowhere in the description did it say runs small and I read the size chart BEFORE I ordered. Horribly upset with this company, what a horrible way to do business. Apparently im too fat to do wear clothes. In the email response they state We hope to have the opportunity to serve you again soon for all your sports fan gear needs. I might as well take a $100 and light it on fire while Im cheering on my favorite team, at least thatll keep me warm while watching the game, unlike the $70 hoodie I ordered.

Date of experience: November 5, 2017
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Jessica, This is not the experience that we want for you. We are truly sorry for the inconvenience that this has caused. We have processed a refund for you for the item as a one time courtesy. Depending on your financial institution it can take anywhere from 2-7 business days for the refund to post. We wanted to reach out to you and apologize immensely for the troubles you have encountered. Please let us know if we can assist you any further. Thanks, Dariana B.

Colorado
1 review
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If you are in a hurry to get an order then use Amazon Prime or someone else. Ordered two World Series hats 30 minutes after my team won to get there. 2-days after the World Series was over they showed up after Fanatics longest stated shipping time-frame. I will never trust them again for any order. Now I am waiting for a Credit due to their poorly run Fulfillment center and customer service. Also, note that when the package showed up later when the Tracking said it was being returned to the merchant due to a wrong address (which was on the order correctly), I now have to drive 30 minutes to mail it back. Injury to insult... yes, I spoke to Cust. Serv. Twice and they were very insulting and not helpful.

Date of experience: November 5, 2017
Nigel P. — Fanatics Rep
over a year old

Hello Tom, We are truly sorry for the inconvenience that this has caused. After reviewing your order we do see that the hats have been received. You are more than welcome to keep the hats. If you would like to return the hats for your refund your return label fee has been waived.We wanted to reach out to you and apologize immensely for the troubles you have encountered. Please feel free to reach out to us if we can help you further in anyway. Thanks, Dariana B.