I honestly don't know of any greek stores here. I'm guessing the OSU bookstores might carry some stuff. Hope someone else can help though.

Not sure if it is still open, and I never shopped there but Spirit Concepts is near OSU's campus.:)

We always buy blank paddles from Longs bookstore at OSU. They just moved I think. I'm 99.9 percent sure it's called Longs, it's on High st., across the street from one of the main entrances.

Up here at OC, we order from The Jacket Man when we get letters. I've been in there a couple of times when OSU's orgs are picking up letters. Jacket Man charges something like 8 bucks per letter if you bring in your own top fabric and shirt. They're always really nice too.

Oh, and Crimson Tide, I believe that Spirit Concepts is still open. (and I like your signature).

Generally the best place to find Greek stuff in a college town -- and Columbus is a great big college town -- is the book store.

Longs, if it is still open, has been the biggest book store at Ohio State forever it seems.

I'll add that most of the stores have websites and you can order the stuff online.

At Ohio University, it's College Book Store at Court and Union Streets in Athens.

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Bumping this thread since I'm buying stuff for my big and I love reading the reviews on sites! I bought a tote bag a couple weeks ago from sororityspecialties.com. It looks really nice and they were very prompt with the order!

Has anybody ordered a paddle/paddle materials online before? I'm thinking about getting mine through Joe Toga...

i've ordered from joe toga before. they are kind of slow on delivery (i.e. they shipped after my deliver by date), but for the price you can't beat it. also they have a great selection of wood items.

I personally have found Fratrow.com to be the best - I ordered my sweatshirts late Sunday night and I received them Wednesday. Comparatively reasonable prices, and good quality stuff!

as much as people think greek101.com is expensive. the shirt i order was fabulous and done very quickly. they had a ton of fabric to chose from and you can see a preview of what it will look like with colors and all (altho you have to be aware of monitor discrepencies) they were great to work with! for individual shirts they are awesome, but it sucks they only sell certain things in like multiples of 24. lame if you have a chapter of 8! or just want soemthing for yourself.

i also buy alot of DZ stuff on ebay. have yet to ahve any problems. found some really cool vintage jewely and an old blanket and a scrapbook page with NM pics from 1904 at our founding chapter (2 years after founding). I only paid like $20 for it. it rocked. I always keep an eye out for unique stuff. much stuff is mass produced or alumns selling stuff which kinda sucks, btu you can find some sweet deals.

i also got a great deal on letters for me and my bf on greekclothing.com i think also known as greekave.com. i am waiting for them to get here, but they did alot of confirmations and let me know they were on teh way. i am syked to see the quality but the prices were phenominal. i got a full zip hoodie and beanie for like $45, a hoodie for $30 and a tee for $8. was super excited and their site has alot of stuff.


also, does anyone know a good place to get a cheap embroidered polo? I want one or two with my crest and a little embroider DZ or soemthing. they are so expensive from what ive seen online. my undergrad used to use a locla place but that is an hour away from my grad school. any good online places for polos?

Anyone in Pittsburgh?
 

Hi! Does anyone know of a good reasonably priced greek shop in Pittsburgh? Thanks!
Jamie

Wooden "Membership Pin" Plaques, etc.
 

If anyone has seen the wooden items (badges, coat of arms, creeds) made by Pinstation on their website, ebay auctions, or ebay Store, I would just like to say that I ordered the Lambda Chi badge and can recommend it. They are a licensed vendor.

It's really well made and finshed off nicely. Having worked in a sign shop, I know how much work is involved in creating a finished product like this.

I knew before I even placed my order what I would do with it - gold leaf it - something else I learned at the sign shop. I got done this morning and it's absolutely beautiful. A one-of-a-kind item!

(just so you know, I have no stake in this company whatsoever. I did find out after ordering, however, that one of the guys is in my fraternity - which is pretty cool. He seems very nice)

Jono

Can verify this also. They make only wooden items but make for many Greek Organizations.

I bought two items, a Coat of Arms and a Badge.

Suggest You check it out if You are interested in items like this.

Beware the Bee Charmer
 

Well, I am bumping this due to my horrible experience. Do not shop at the Bee Charmer (www.beecharmercards.com). I posted about this elsewhere, but for those who didn't see it, I ordered a bag, never received it after a few months and she sent me a bad check as a refund. Even if the woman does refund my money again ( I am doubtful) she has been a horrible, nasty, mean lady about the entire ordeal.
I reported her to the BBB.

My sorority as well as many others at NJ Tech and the NYC Metro area order from Alphabet Greek. My sorority has never had any problems. They even came to Tech while I was there and sold merchandise. They were always very good about making all of our jackets correctly which is impressive because my sorority is a local and when we call them and tell them we need a Jacket for Sigma Psi Kappa, they know what they look like and what has been ordered in the past to ensure correctness.

Maybe you had a bad exprerience.

We've always had good experiences with http://www.greekshop1.com/. I know the website looks atrocious, but it's a good company. They've always done great work for us. They're always very prompt with our orders, and when they aren't, they call to let us know.

Also, a great site for designing your own t-shirts (like for rush or mixers or whatever) is http://www.customink.com/. They have a thing where you can plan out your design and everything, and it's very handy. They're always very prompt and courteous; I don't think it's ever taken them more than two weeks for them to finish and order and get it to us.

Alphabet Greek came to my school for 1.5 years. Pretty much everyone in every organization that ordered from them had something wrong with their order. Finally we just told them to stop coming because everyone was getting agitated with them.