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

Save your organization's money.

Save your organization's money and your reputation... FIND ANOTHER VENDOR!!!
POOR communication, excuses after excuses, no follow-through. Placed our order 4 months ago (March 2021) and the only updates come after emailing for a refund. Still no refund given, our whole unit was ripped off. No doubt this business is on the brink of closing. Its a damn shame that they use the Veteran Owned Business slogan.

Beginning to file our grievances with our individual credit card companies and sending a letter to their state's Attorney General for impropriety.

4 August 2021
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Reply from Emblem Athletic

Hi Jimmy! Good morning - this is Mike the owner - always frustrating and disappointing to see customers have such a poor experience. No doubt not our standard - not anyone’s reasonable standard. Our small team has done as best of job they can to provide as accurate updates to our customers as possible - I wish it were like the old days when I started this company out of my garage and I could see and track every item myself... but we’ve grown at a 1,440% growth rate and clearly more than a few orders have slipped through the cracks. I assure you that these supply chain delays are as unpleasant for us as they are for our customers but we’ve made great progress in catching up. I see that my team offered you a refund which is part of our 100% satisfaction guarantee - when multiple customers order from within a unit, it does take us a little bit of time to prepare the proper refund, so I’ll make sure they get that processed ASAP for you.

After you receive your refund and free gear, we hope you’ll have a better lasting memory of us and this fun supply chain crunch that our industry is working through. Please reach out to me at nemeth@emblemathletic.com if there’s any further delay!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Long delay but kept their promises!

I ordered back in the beginning of this year for my unit. Like a lot of people, I was frustrated with the delay and I was tired of waiting and asked for a refund. I got my refund and then they said they'd still send me the gear, I figured they were just saying that. Well... the stuff finally arrived and now I've got two free shirts and a sweatshirt... and they're legitimately the nicest quality I've ever seen. I looked into them further and I think they're just caught up in a supply chain mess. They're real people who care about delivering good stuff. I feel a little bad about asking for the refund so I just ordered another set. Thanks and sorry I was a bit impatient! Good luck and keep up the good work!

30 July 2021
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Reply from Emblem Athletic

Alex,
While the delays were just about the worst... we really do stand behind our quality and SO happy that you are loving the gear!

We hope to continue to make you some awesome gear in the future.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

If I could leave negative stars

If I could leave negative stars, I would. They don't even deserve 1 star. I found this website and had a t-shirt design made for my husband and his troops. My husband ordered all his platoon in the Army t-shirts in February. Here we are in July and still have not received the t-shirts we ordered. We have sent multiple e-mails requesting updates. One e-mail said that they can have it out by May "but no promises." This company is a joke. We would just like our refund. DO NOT ORDER FROM THIS COMPANY, THEY WILL JUST TAKE YOUR MONEY AND GIVE YOU THE RUN AROUND AS TO WHY THEY CAN NOT PROVIDE A PRODUCT DUE TO COVID OR "ISSUES WITH PREVIOUS VENDOR."

28 July 2021
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Reply from Emblem Athletic

Kathryn,
Thanks for getting back to us - and again... we are incredibly sorry for the delay on the gear. It looks like we sent over a full refund to you for the items (please let us know if you did not receive that for any reason). Looking forward to getting the long awaited gear in your hands as well here soon.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Fraudulent Company

Placed an order in early March and it’s now been over 14 weeks….. horrible lead times and I’m about to redeploy home and won’t even get my tshirts time. I asked for a refund and they mentioned a partial refund if I gave them my Venmo/zelle? What company does that? I smell fraud and want a full refund for my order. Forget the shirts.

26 July 2021
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Reply from Emblem Athletic

Nathan,
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 unfortunate delays and look forward to getting you your gear.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Emblem Athletics - amazing work and customer service

I had the pleasure of working with Genelle from Emblem athletics. After some confusion (my fault) was cleared up she was able to assist me and within a day we had an entire online store put together for my platoon. The designs are amazing and the customer service is impeccable. Will definitely be using Emblem Athletics for all future custom apparel needs. 10/10 recommend.

16 July 2021
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Worth the second chance. Overcoming a pandemic.

Worked with Emblem in the past and the turn around time wasn’t the greatest but all and all there was a pandemic going on. With the shortage of fabrics and postal service being a frenzy I couldn’t really blame them. I am now giving them a second chance and I couldn’t be happier that I did. I have been working with Genelle and she has been extremely responsive with our requests and our store is already up and running.

Also extremely impressed with the material of the first batch of jerseys.

Thanks Emblem

14 July 2021
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Reply from Emblem Athletic

So glad to hear that you are happy with the gear - and thank you for the second chance.. we hope to continue to make some awesome gear for you in the future! :)

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Entire military unit ripped off. SCAM ALERT BUYERS AVOOID

I and my military unit ordered tshirts customized with our unit logo from this company. Over six months later, no shirts. I contacted them and they said they would give me a partial refund. That hasn't happened either. I doubt this is a legit company at all as they told me shipping was behind and would take about 8 weeks to get them. That was five months ago.

12 July 2021
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Reply from Emblem Athletic

Michael,
Absolutely not a scam.. but I can understand why it feels that way currently. :/ We are just a small business working through some unfortunate shitty delays to be honest...

A combination of covid19 slow downs, growing too quickly and on-boarding a new vendor all hit us at the same time which caused some major slow downs in our production line and we are now working on catching up.

We are rolling and gear is shipping - it's just quite backed up as we work through the backlog on orders currently.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

If I could give 0 stars I would

If I could give 0 stars I would! Ordered March 2, it’s July still no shirts!

11 July 2021
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Reply from Emblem Athletic

Brian,
We agree that these delays are shitty .. :/ working hard to get caught up and get gear out the door and in your hands as soon as possible!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Ordered a shirt in feb 2021 it is now…

Ordered a shirt in feb 2021 it is now July 2021 still have not gotten 1 shirt!!!

9 July 2021
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Reply from Emblem Athletic

Elvis - I know you've heard it before but we are working hard to get caught up and get gear out the door as quickly as we can here after some incredibly frustrating delays.

The gear WILL arrive .. and we promise it will be worth the wait. Even though we can assure you that we are working hard to make sure a wait time like this is something that never happens again here at Emblem as well!! 😎

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Honestly it’s disappointing that I only…

Honestly it’s disappointing that I only got half of my order. I bought a banner which came super fast and I’m still waiting for the shirt… I ordered back in April.

7 July 2021
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Reply from Emblem Athletic

J,
We dropped the ball big time on the turnaround time for your order, couldn't agree more. :/ It is still coming - we can assure you that.

It looks like a refund was sent over as well a while back, please let me know if you did not receive that for some reason.

Thanks!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I honestly don't know how it's legal to continue to advertise a product that isn't being delivered.

I don't typically mention my rank, but being a Sergeant Major and having worked with NUMEROUS screen printing and clothing vendors, I figured I'd throw support to a Veteran owned business because it felt like the right thing to do. Unfortunately, I didn't read the reviews ahead of time, and that's on me. Now I'm having to tell people not to use this company (and my reach is very far), and that's unfortunate, because I really wanted to like them. I ordered stuff just like everyone else with the hopes that I would get them in a reasonable amount of time, but now I'm concerned I'm going to retire before I receive them, and that's not an exaggeration. I ordered the 1st of April but am reading that customers who ordered in January still don’t have their purchased items. Having done a little more research, and I read that the slow orders and excuses have been going on as far back as 2019! I honestly don't know how it's legal to continue to advertise a product that isn't being delivered. Next step is to ask for a refund.

7 July 2021
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Reply from Emblem Athletic

Sean,
We agree - and unfortunately we are working to dig ourselves out of a backlog of orders that occurred when we got slowed down for a number of reasons this past year. :/ We are indeed still making and shipping gear... just at a much slower rate than we are happy with currently.

As far as the refund goes - we are happy to do so, just let us know if you are interested in receiving that. Shoot us an email at: team@emblemathletic.com

Thanks!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

-100 stars ask for a refund before they file bankruptcy.

I’d give it negative stars if I could. This company is nothing but excuse after excuse as to why an order placed 6 months almost 7 ago in January has not been delivered. Multiple times I have reached out as to the status and every time I get a generic response and blah blah blah. January orders are going out in April then May then June. Well here we are July 1st and still nothing. But they’re more than happy to issue me a partial refund. I emailed this morning and told her to cancel my order and issue me a refund. Absolutely unacceptable and I have. I idea how this company is still in business. I would not recommend them to anyway. They’re terrible, their time frame is way off and if you don’t need your product anytime soon might be worth it, but I wouldn’t know because after 6 going on 7 months still don’t know what kind of quality the product will be, because honestly I don’t think their product exist, they just take your money and lead you on and on. -100/100 terrible company, would not recommend, if you did order I’d email and ask for a refund before they file for bankruptcy.

1 July 2021
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Reply from Emblem Athletic

Brady - we are incredibly sorry and equally frustrated on the delays (they are too long... we know it also). We are happy that we could get a full refund on the gear sent your way and look forward to getting the gear shipped out to you as well.

While it took forever, we can promise it will be worth the wait!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

My unit is about to deploy and we…

My unit is about to deploy and we decided to use this website since it would be nice to support a veteran owned company, but after months of waiting the absolutely no updates and we really wanted this shirts for our deployment, now the whole shop is pretty disappointed and at this point we believe it was a scam, don’t use this company if you really want an effective company

25 June 2021
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Reply from Emblem Athletic

We agree that we have not been great at turning around gear quickly here recently (we are as bummed about that fact as you are.. :/ ).

BUT we can assure you that while it has taken about a lifetime to arrive, the gear will be shipped out and will be worth the crazy annoying wait time!! Looking forward to getting the gear in your hands here soon. :)

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

T-Shirt Order

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" because I used the link they sent me via email, after I emailed them thanking Emblem Athletics for their quality product. In no way was I bribed or otherwise convinced to write this review. I have done so of my own volition and given my 100% honest evaluation.)

25 June 2021
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Reply from Emblem Athletic

You're the best - if there is anything we can help you with in the future you know where to find us!! :)

Thanks, again!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Ordered on feb 26th 2021 still nothing

Ordered on feb 26th 2021 still nothing.
I’ve have been given the “covid” and “changing vendors” excuse, or a small team excuse.
Y’all have definitely bit off way more than you can chew. But yet you’re still advertising like you won’t take 6+ months to get someone’s SMALL order out.

Absolutely outrageous.

Also SUPER SUPER SUPER sus that all your “good reviews” are invited….

22 June 2021
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Reply from Emblem Athletic

Amber,
Completely agree that our wait time on the gear is unacceptable .. :/ We are happy to send a full refund your way as well as still have the gear shipped out as a small thank you for the insane delays.

If you are interested, please reach out to us at: team@emblemathletic.com and we will gladly get that squared away with you! :)

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Avoid the frustration, go elsewhere.

Our Higher HQ set up products here and sent us all to order shirts, etc. That was 8 months ago. It took 6 months for the 3 items I ordered to be delivered. The first was not even close to coyote brown and I sent it back. They send kitchy emails about coolness and all that, but 8 months after ordering they still haven't managed to produce the replacement shirt. My only assumption is that they are hoping we just go away, or they delay long enough somehow they just keep the $$ and move on.
It's a t-shirt, not rocket science..
I have forbid anyone in my command from doing business with this company for anything associated with our unit. Avoid the frustration, go elsewhere.

Update 11Aug21: Even though they found time to respond to this review, I have received no refund

15 June 2021
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Reply from Emblem Athletic

Owen,
We agree that we dropped the ball big time with your gear and we are incredibly sorry about the miscommunication surrounding the order.. :/

Happy that we got the refund sent your way for the misfire and hope that we can be of help if you ever need any gear in the future!

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Update....Great Product.....Terrible order turnaround

I ordered some shirts in the beginning of March as samples for my unit commander. I have stayed patient up until I was told it would be delivered in late May or early June. This was not the case, I emailed the company and they said they had a vendor that didn't work out. It is so frustrating and frankly embarrassing that I stopped my unit from getting shirts elsewhere so we could support this business.

I hate leaving bad reviews but this company has really bitten off more than they can chew. I hope their product is as good as they claim. They took my money in 30 seconds but have failed to deliver anything.....

Update

Received my gear, I will attest that the quality is phenomenal. Had some issues with some of the design but it was a misunderstanding. I would advise that before you place an order, ensure both sides understand exactly what you want so there is not confusion. The wait time is excruciating but the product is actually a different breed of quality for sure. very durable.

I would have given 5 stars if the shipping time was not so terrible.

15 June 2021
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Reply from Emblem Athletic

Katie,
Thank you for the honest review - we agree.. the delays were absolutely unacceptable. :/ But so glad to hear that you are loving the gear!

Looking forward to getting through these delays here and out the other side with a better turnaround time here soon. Thanks again for hanging with us!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Wow!!

I placed an order 4 months ago and received nothing, no communication with updates of any kind. I had to reach out and every time I did I got a run around. I understand COVID had a part to play but their customer satisfaction is extremely poor.
I typically don’t leave reviews like this but this is unsatisfactory and a direct reflection of the company and owner.

10 June 2021
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Reply from Emblem Athletic

Hey Clinton ,
Completely agree that we dropped the ball big time on a lot of things his year. It does look like we sent over the refund and the gear as well - if you did not receive either please let us know!

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