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I placed an order at Merchbar on 01/14/25 and my credit
Card was charged immediately. After waiting for almost 3
Months the order was not processed so I asked for it to be
Cancelled and have refund on my credit card for the
Whole order on 03/15/25. Since then all I've been
Receiving are automated emails about how much requests
They have to go through and some nonsense. I've send
More than 10 emails and can not get a clear answer for
When the refund will be done. I've commented on their
Instagram and all they did was block me there. Merchbar
Has 60.22 dollars of my money, and it seems like I, as well
As the countless other customers who have been ripped
Off, are powerless against this company.

Date of experience: April 4, 2025
Australia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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What a scam! No items, no refunds, they reply to emails with different people every time and just fob you off. Hundreds of dollars wasted. Dont make the same mistake

Date of experience: February 20, 2025
New Jersey
1 review
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Prepare to be ignored.
January 23, 2025

If it were possible to leave 0 stars, I would.
I purchased a vinyl record from Merchbar on 5/24/24. It is 1/23/25 as I write this review, and I have not received my order or even a response to the four emails I have sent them. Merchbar has consistenly shown that their customers do not matter to them. A wait of 8 months warrants at the very least a courtesy notification and explanation of the delay. A customer should never have to contact them for such an issue in the first place; the fact that they refuse to even acknowledge me is insulting and a display of appalling customer service.
In short, be advised that your orders from Merchbar may or may not arrive, and they will repeatedly ignore you because they do not care about your customer experience at all.

Date of experience: January 23, 2025
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Nightmare
February 24, 2025

Ordered a record from them that was supposedly on an 8 week back order. After six months of emailing them for updates and only getting an automatic response I requested to cancel the order and get a refund. They refused the refund and offered store credit, which didn't work as their site kept crashing. Three separate complaints to the Better Business Bureau and they finally agreed to issue a proper refund. However it has now been almost two months of automated emails saying "we will process your refund soon" with now resolution in sight. Absolute nightmare company.

Date of experience: January 12, 2025
Israel
1 review
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STAY AWAY FOOM THEM!
April 24, 2025

I placed an order with Merchbar on January 24,2025, for six vinyl records and paid in full. Only one item ever arrived. After multiple follow-ups and no clear timeline from support, I requested a refund on March 30. They said the rest of the order would be canceled and refunded — but weeks later, I'm still waiting for my money. Their responses were vague and dismissive. One reply actually said: "We couldn't provide an estimated date… it could lead to more frustrations." Turns out, I'm not alone. Merchbar has a known pattern of complaints on the BBB about taking payments, canceling orders, and dragging their feet on refunds. I live outside the U.S. (Israel), but they took my payment with no warning about international issues or delays. Bottom line: avoid this store if you expect transparency, accountability, or customer support that actually helps.

Date of experience: January 24, 2025
Oregon
1 review
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We ordered 3 albums in November 2024 for Christmas presents, It's Jan 3rd. Nothing, no emails, they are a scam! I hope we are able to get a refund. Had to call them, the person on the phone was clueless.

Date of experience: January 3, 2025
Azerbaijan
1 review
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This website is a scam
January 20, 2025

I ordered an album from this website, and the payment was successful but the order wasnt confirmed. I just keep contact with the but no one asnwers. I just want to get my money back.

Date of experience: January 18, 2025
Georgia
1 review
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Inexcusable Delays
December 9, 2024

Today is December 9,2024. I ordered four albums on August 3, over four months ago. Despite being told at the time of purchase "Estimated Delivery: 2-8 days," so far, I've received only one of the four albums. In what was a bad decision on my part, I ordered three more albums on September 27 and, over two months later, I haven't received any of them. In response to my request for more information, they cannot give me a new estimated delivery time and have told me: "Unfortunately, due to the temporary slow-down in the dispatching of orders and ongoing challenges with our supply partner, we're unable to provide a specific shipping timeframe at the moment. This situation has impacted several orders, including yours." They offered to cancel my order, but I want the albums they agreed to send me. I certainly thought I'd be safe ordering in September for Christmas presents, but that does not look to be the case.

Date of experience: December 9, 2024
Wisconsin
1 review
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I'm writing to warn everyone to not buy from this company. They shouldn't even be in business. I have ordered from this company 3 times never received anything. They take your money before they send out the records. Finally after 90+ days I had to cancel my order. Each time was this same experience. Checked the Better Business Bureau and it has a F rating. Thinking this company isn't legit.

Date of experience: December 3, 2024
Florida
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Abysmal service
December 20, 2024

This company is an embarrassment. A disaster from the start. Over two weeks and they have no information about my order. And yet processed my payment. Avoid at all cost!

Date of experience: December 8, 2024
Australia
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Criminal empire
November 23, 2024

These people are actual criminals and I am pursuing the ACCC to close down all their Australian websites and their ability to fleece unwitting Australians. They claim items are on backorder when in fact the orders are never made. When you ask for a refund they claim, endlessly, that they are seeking a refund from a supplier I have no business with and can't supply an invoice to. Criminals and people in their direct locality need to picket their offices. Destroying faith in an important industry

Date of experience: November 23, 2024
Australia
1 review
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AVOID. I ordered a limited Macklemore vinyl for my son from this company in Feb 2024. This item never arrived, it's now Nov 2024 and despite emails back and forth it clearly does not exist, and in fact never has. After repeated complaint by me a refund was promised, then all the "refund processing errors" lies as highlighted in other reviews have been repeated to me. This is impossible as it was paid via PayPal. PayPal also call complete BS on this Merchbar excuse. I asked for a copy of the supposed error…urh "sorry we can't provide that", so I asked for the billing department, who encountered this supposed error phone number, urh "they can't be contacted"! They have no intention of refunding, it's blatant theft, incredibly unethical. After all the promises of a refund they have now recommended I contact PayPal, fully knowing that you can't lodge a payment dispute with PayPal after 180 days. Lie after lie after lie. Don't buy from here unless you never want to see your item or refund! Should be shut down.

Date of experience: December 2, 2024
Illinois
1 review
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Ordered an album from them as a Christmas gift back in November 2024, never got it. Tried to get a refund, never got it. Avoid this company at all costs! They got one star because I had to.

Date of experience: November 29, 2024
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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"In Stock" items NOT actually in stock!
September 18, 2024

Order not even "Processed" after 3 weeks of buying "in stock" items and them having my money, endless customer service responses of "Sorry we are current experiencing processing delays", DO NOT ORDER ANYTHING FROM THIS SCAM SITE!

Date of experience: September 18, 2024
California
1 review
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Scam
August 8, 2024

I lost of $79,600 to this site,enticed by promises of substantial returns,only to discover it was all scam, but coin pursuit help me retrieve all my assets. If you're a victim,contact them.
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Date of experience: August 8, 2024
California
1 review
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I already ordered a backorder Vinyl but i cancelled it as soon as i read these reviews. They said that the team would look into it and get back to me soon (not sure what soon means) I rushed to buy it but I learn its too good to be true. Please dont buy any thing or any back order vinyl from merchbar and make the same mistake i did.

They charge you for a record they don't have, claiming it's "backstocked" which, in reality, they aren't getting their hands on rare/out of circuit vinyl (and selling them for original retail price) and basically keep your money hoping you forget about it.

Date of experience: February 19, 2024
Arizona
1 review
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AVOID THEM!
January 6, 2022

Have bought multiple things from them over the years and had problems on several instances - extreme delays beyond the promised delivery date (as long as 6 weeks once), one order that was never filled, and damaged merchandise - but their customer service always resolved things to my satisfaction. However, recently they did the bait-and-switch on me: they advertised a deal on the price with free shipping. But after I checked out the transaction price didn't include the discounted price or the free shipping. Had 5 email exchanges with 5 different customer sales reps and they all essentially said "Screw you - that is the price." I pointed out that I was a long-standing customer who had spent probably a couple thousand dollars with them over the past few years and they didn't care. Given my collective experiences with them, I would advise everybody to buy from somebody else.

Date of experience: January 6, 2022
GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Ordered coloured vinyl on 22nd July 2024 and now on 5th September 2024 still not delivered nothing processed DO NOT ORDER from this Company all they do is take your Money and NEVER deliver your orders.

Date of experience: September 5, 2024
Canada
2 reviews
5 helpful votes
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Terrible service
August 16, 2023

If I could give this company less than 1 star, I would. I ordered a record over a month ago. No communication on this whatsoever. When I contacted them about where it is, all I get is an automated template in return, not even addressing my question. They say it has shipped. It hasn't shipped. They just changed the status so I'd stop asking them where my order is. I have no idea if I'm even getting my order at this point because they are so bad at replying to a simple email. I will never order a single thing from this garbage company again.

Date of experience: August 16, 2023
Portugal
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Horrible
February 23, 2023

First they won't let me cancel at the second day saying that they already shipped (i had 14 days, shipped or not), but they shipped four days after my request. Then the tracking is awful, the reliable ones say the label is still to be made, and "their" site only shows a packaged bouncing around a never saying where. Of course, they are refusing refund always showing me that ghost bouncing.

Date of experience: February 23, 2023

Overview

Merchbar has a rating of 1.2 stars from 86 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Merchbar most frequently mention customer service, credit card and vinyl record. Merchbar ranks 84th among Memorabilia sites.

service
57
value
45
shipping
48
returns
36
quality
34
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