Emblem Athletic Reviews 307

TrustScore 2.5 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

These shirts are awesome. The graphics and colors were as detailed as we were hoping and perfect. The polyester material is super comfortable. Very happy we choose Emblem Athletic to create our morale... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Is there a way to give a NEGATIVE 5 star rating?! If so WELL FLIPPIN EARNED! Our fire department made MULTIPLE $200 dollar orders and this company made out like bandits with well over a grand of hard... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Horrible backlogs. My company decided to order unit shirts and hoodies back in March. It's almost September and all we've gotten are excuses and "we'll ship in two weeks." This is horrendous customer... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Best T-Shirt ordering experience I've ever had, hands down! Quality and clarity of designs were top tier, and I will 100% order more shirts from this company again! (edit: My review says "Invited" bec... See more

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Company details

  1. Activewear Store
  2. Clothing Store
  3. Custom T-Shirt Store
  4. Graphic Designer

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Emblem Athletic creates extraordinary custom performance and lifestyle apparel built specifically for Americans who serve. We work with military units, police and fire departments, first responders, and those who put their communities before themselves. With free design and quality American manufacturing, we help our customers share their unit pride, look great, and perform better. Emblem provides units with unique e-commerce storefronts where members can order their gear individually at any time with no MOQ, no rosters to manage, no money for unit leaders to collect, and no gear handout hassle. Unit members can arrive and place their own order (or order in bulk with automatic discounts) and our unit stores are open 24/7/365. All items are made or decorated by hand in our US factory, where we fulfill individual orders direct to unit members' homes. At Emblem Athletic, we're committed to service and performance, both in the customers we seek and in the way we work for them. We hope your unit will join our ranks today.


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2.3

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TrustScore 2.5 out of 5

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Stay Away from EmblemAthletic!!!

Awful awful awful.

My company mates and I had ordered shirts in May and just received them mid-September. The staff had told us about long shipping times but this was at least 5 weeks past their expected wait time. When it came to the shirts themselves, they were terrible. The sizing was 1.5x too small, and the materials were just weird. My simple t shirt had rough layers of fabric and the color of my coyote tan t shirt was definitely not in accordance with Army Regulation. After emailing customer service over and over again, I’ve still yet to receive a refund. Their customer service is unprofessional and unreliable. Despite the marketing on their website, about how it is a veteran-run organization or anything, I do not believe it. Would not recommend to anyone- this company may be a scam. Save your money and headache by going elsewhere!! Trust me!

October 2, 2021
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Reply from Emblem Athletic

Brian,
We tried to reach you via Trustpilot but can't seem to get any info regarding your name/order#!

Regardless - please know that we are working hard to get caught up on orders after some really s*&^%y delays and will not leave you empty handed!

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Give me my orders

ALCON,

I have two orders that I am waiting for

ORDER NO. #40251

ORDER NO. #44372

These orders have been in since April and June


6 months I have asked one time in the past 6 months about the status of the orders and I have asked to be patient and that you are behind due to COVID. I got it. I have been patient. Your team and myself have worked really hard on coming up with a design for my unit. I jumped through a ton of hoops to get your company to be my go to guys for unit apparel. That you were the answer to problems in the past. I ordered one shirt to prove the quality look and feel before we ordered bulk. No one from my unit wants to order from your company now because of the turn around time. We had to have another company fill your business in May to get the shirts we needed because you are so backed up. You have had plenty of time to fill these orders. Please get my order to me or get me and my unit members that have ordered from the my unit’s store account back our money.

I have never sent a company a negative email your the first. Personal or professional.

October 1, 2021
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Reply from Emblem Athletic

John,
We dropped the ball -- on many MANY accounts -- we agree. :/ It looks like the your April order did finally ship and we hope to have your July order not far behind.

Again, we completely agree that we have not done a great job this past year and hope to have an opportunity to show you that we can do better in the future.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Fraud

Fraud! Do not use this company! Like the others below I created a store for my company back in April of 2021 we placed a ton of orders and no one has seen or heard from them since. It’s October 1st and I can’t get them to even respond to an email. Just want my money back at this point but that doesn’t look promising.

October 1, 2021
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Reply from Emblem Athletic

We tried to reach you via Trustpilot but can't seem to get any info regarding your name/order#!

Regardless - please know that we are working hard to get caught up on orders after some really s*&^%y delays and will not leave you empty handed!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Christie is incredible…

Christie was insanely helpful from the beginning. She knew exactly what could be offered to us and she saw our design come to life in such a perfect way! We kept adding a lot of different pieces every time we were in contact and she delivered us a flawless design!

September 30, 2021
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Since it seems this is the only way to…

Since it seems this is the only way to get any type of response from your company, I am leaving this review. I ordered shirts for our unit on April 8th. I have not received the shirts, or the refund I asked for in July. You cannot conduct business this way when you cater to military and government agencies. Blease issue the refund.

September 29, 2021
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Reply from Emblem Athletic

We tried to reach you via Trustpilot but can't seem to get any info regarding your name/order#!

Regardless - please know that we are working hard to get caught up on orders after some really s*&^%y delays and will not leave you empty handed!

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Scam

I ordered my custom jackets online here. I've been getting the same exact reasons why they can't send them. I ordered them on Feburary, 2nd, 2021 and still no sign of them. I keep sending emails on updates and they send me the same email. Saying February orders are shipping out. Yet I still have no jackets and its been 7 months going 8.

September 23, 2021
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Reply from Emblem Athletic

We tried to reach you via Trustpilot but can't seem to get any info regarding your name/order#!

Regardless - please know that we are working hard to get caught up on orders after some really s*&^%y delays and will not leave you empty handed!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Had to wait 3 months to get my…

Had to wait 3 months to get my daughters PE kit it was a joke!

September 9, 2021
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Reply from Emblem Athletic

We tried to reach you via Trustpilot but can't seem to get any info regarding your name/order#!

Regardless - please know that we are working hard to get caught up on orders after some really s*&^%y delays and will not leave you empty handed!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Ordered in February

Ordered in February. Still no sign of my shirts.

September 3, 2021
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Reply from Emblem Athletic

Looks like it finally (FINALLYYYYYYY) shipped!

Thanks for sticking with us through this really terrible year, hoping you are enjoying the shirt!

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

I had a great experience with the…

I had a great experience with the design team. Emma worked with me every step of the way in creating our unit logo and remained flexible throughout the process as changes continued to be made in the design. Sara helped establish our online store and was super helpful in answering all of my questions regarding sales. She even called me directly to address my concerns over shipping delays which made all the difference to me. The only reason I'm not providing the 5th star is because I do believe the wait time is a little long, but hoping to receive our gear within the expected time window. Really excited and looking forward to receiving our "kickass gear".

August 26, 2021
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Horrible backlogs

Horrible backlogs. My company decided to order unit shirts and hoodies back in March. It's almost September and all we've gotten are excuses and "we'll ship in two weeks." This is horrendous customer service and we will never order again, and will caution other units not to use this company either.

August 24, 2021
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Reply from Emblem Athletic

Emily,
Completely agree - the delays this past year were terrible and something we are not proud of at all. Looks like the gear did ship out (after a very long wait) and we hope that while it took forever that you are still about to enjoy it!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

It's sad to relate

It's sad to read all the stories and understand all the pains and frustrations. We all understand covid blah blah blah vendor issues not up to par enough excuses and send out updates it's our money held hostage. We are all angry because of the lack of communication and when we ask for an update it's the same excuse... Sorry Vendor problems, but we just got a new vendor so your order will get to you the middle of this month. I've heard that for the past 6 months. How about buying a ticket machine and calling out the orders so I can be excited that I'm 52nd in line. Send refunds or shirts not excuses!

August 20, 2021
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Reply from Emblem Athletic

Tristan,
Hey! Looks like we have sent a refund your way as well as the gear - if you did not receive that please let us know!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Ordered some shirts back in March

Ordered some shirts back in March. Never received them. Sent an email to Cate who is one of their sales associates. He told me there was a delay and that I would get my items in 4-6 weeks. Okay, fine. 12 weeks later and still haven’t gotten an update. I understand if they are having supplier issues.. but there is no communication or updates to the customers regarding this issue. It’s been so long since I’ve ordered these items that I almost forgot about them. If I didn’t think to email them about this issue (which I did) then I’d probably never receive my order or refund. I hope I can get a refund for this. If I do, I’ll change my review to 1.5 stars.

August 18, 2021
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Reply from Emblem Athletic

Mylan,
Totally agree - we dropped the ball BIG time on the delays and not communicating those very well with our customers.

It looks like the full refund was sent your way as well as the gear - hope that you received both. If for any reason you did not, please let us know.

As for your comment regarding us sending a refund .. how 'bout that 1.5 stars?? 😏🙂

Hoping to make a better impression in the future (as we get caught up here) if you find yourself looking for gear in the future.

Thanks!

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Waiting over 6 months for an order

I have been waiting on my order since April and have a projected order arrival time of 3 months from the time of me writing this review. Not a single unprompted update from the company.

August 13, 2021
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Reply from Emblem Athletic

Noah,
Looks like the full refund was sent over a while back as well as your gear! Please let us know if you did not receive either for any reason.

Thanks!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Bad Company do not order from them.

I have been waiting on my order since 16MAY21. I wrote a bad review on here earlier and contacted the CEO of this company for the terrible service. 17 emails later I still do not have my order, same excuses every time. After a lot of going back and forth with the CEO I did get my money back which makes me even more upset. Obviously they have not worked things out and are returning money. I was told I would still receive my order but as of 12AUG21 there has been no delivery of my order. Then I get an email from trust pilot saying Emblem Athletic did not like my review on here and wanted me to prove I had ordered something from them. Really, that is what it has come down to. Instead of doing what your company says you are trying to change the ratings on trustpilot. So I responded to the email with my original order from May.

August 12, 2021
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Reply from Emblem Athletic

We tried to reach you via Trustpilot but can't seem to get any info regarding your name/order#!

Regardless - please know that we are working hard to get caught up on orders after some really s*&^%y delays and will not leave you empty handed!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very fast response time

Very fast response time, super helpful staff and outstanding designs. The online store is super easy to use, prices are reasonable and product quality is high.

August 12, 2021
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

We Build We Fight

It was a bit crazy at first due to covid-19 but in the end it was worth the wait. I love the way the shirt came out, the material will truly last longer then any other ordinary shirt. They will truly get my business again

August 6, 2021
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Reply from Emblem Athletic

Scott, you rock!

The delays were much too long but we hope to be able to continue making custom gear for you in the future. :)

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Quality gear. Worth the wait.

Ordered in April - got a note about shipping delays and then received my gear. It’s held up better than anything else I’ve ordered before so I can see why it took so long.

August 5, 2021
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Reply from Emblem Athletic

Paul,
Thank you for the patience on the long wait times - hope you are loving the gear!! :)

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

FUBAR

If I could give this so called business negative stars, it would be negative 5!
I've placed an order back in Feb, and still waiting into August, going on 6 months! Emailed multiple times, directed to the owner now...ofcourse with bot like responses! I get the wait for custom unit orders, but this is out of control, downright shameful for this business to have any affiliation to the veteran community. Its not about the refund, it's now a matter of principal. The owner of this company is either a complete moron with no business sense whatsoever or just another carbagger taking advantage of vets, and whomever he can. As I stated, multiple emails directed to the owner, and get the bot like response from Hannah! If your looking to order unit shirts or anything from this company be prepared to be screwed, complete FUBAR!! I'm glad I didn't go with my original order which was much larger, and waited to see how the initial one turned out, STILL WAITING!

August 5, 2021
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Reply from Emblem Athletic

Hi Michael :-)

This is Mike - the owner. I’m pretty pissed off too that we’ve got customers waiting on gear. I get it - and I get all the email and see all the reviews. We’ve got our heads down trying to work through some pretty nasty supply chain delays and growth. Sometimes it’s a combination of the two and an order or two slip through our system as we’re growing and I’m not happy about it. But I’m not Amazon and we’re fixing it as best we can and as quickly as we can. Hannah is indeed a real person - my apologies if her responses seemed a bit canned on delays. Up until a few weeks ago, she was my “Army of One” customer service team and we finally found someone able to help out the volume of order update emails.

Bottom line - we’ve made some big breakthroughs on fabric suppliers in the last few weeks and are busy catching up on orders that are late or were messed up. When you get your gear, I totally understand if you’d like to take your business elsewhere... but I hope that you’ll find our quality is unmatched and once we get supply chain on track that we’ll be worth giving another shot.

Sincerely,
Mike (recovering moron) :-)

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Just got my gear and it’s awesome

Just got my gear from Emblem and it’s awesome. Feels like a $60 Lululemon shirt and the print quality is better than any other unit shirt I’ve ever had. Did it take forever? Yes, but their team responded to all my emails and the package came with a letter from the team talking about the supply chain delays and what they’re doing to fix it. Others from my unit have also used them in the past and the quality has been equally great. Looking at some other reviews on here reminds me of my wife’s business and all of the customer service nonsense that businesses have to go through. Have a little patience and relax. It’s a tough time for small businesses and this team cares about putting out a great product.

August 4, 2021
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Reply from Emblem Athletic

Thanks Kevin for your order and your patience! We’re fired up that you’re smiling!

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