GreekClothing.com and reputation - Page 3

Senusret I · #31 12-29-2009, 03:07 PM

Is this the first resounding "No Rec" for a Greek company on GC?

AOEforme · #32 12-29-2009, 03:14 PM

I think so- I told my chapter not to buy from them... I'm hoping other people follow suit.

aak4937 · #33 12-29-2009, 05:24 PM

Every once in a while when I get extra frustrated about this whole ordeal I post a status on Facebook reminding the greeks I am friends with not to use greekclothing.com, unfortunately idk how well that has worked out. I also was lucky enough to recently get an internship at the headquarters for the sorority I am in. Next time I go to work I think I am going to tell my story and see if anything can be done about it!

This is seriously a legal issue....I've said it before but I'll say it again, I seriously don't understand how they can get away with this...

Obviously there is an insane number of us who are all in similar situations regarding greekclothing.com is there someone higher up we can get involved? I really think we have a case here...they are accepting orders taking the money out of the customers bank account and literally just not processing and sending out the order, then ignoring e-mails/calls from the unhappy customer.

I can understand if this happens to a few people that they could get away with it, but I am certain that there are hundreds of people who have ordered from their site and received nothing! I know I have plenty of documentation of most, unfortunetly not all, of the e-mails I have sent to them. I do however have copies of all of the e-mails they have sent me (not that it was very many). I have documentation of me trying to despute the charge through my credit card company, documentation of the BBB complaint, and documentation that they took the $210 out of my bank account.

Hopefully those of you who are in the same situation have been keeping those things as well.

I have no legal background, but I know there has to be a way we can do something about this. Beyond just warning others not to shop there!

Does anyone have any ideas? Any criminal justice or pre-law majors out there?!?!

VandalSquirrel · #34 12-29-2009, 06:05 PM

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They must be under new management or something -- I have NEVER witnessed such a rapid decline for a Greek clothing company. I, too, will not be using them in the future.

I used them based on your rec, and now that you won't use them, neither will I. The stuff I got in the past was well made, a great price, and sent out FAST.

LucyKKG · #35 12-29-2009, 07:01 PM

Argh, I'm bummed that this place has gotten such terrible reviews. I wanted to get a crew neck sweatshirt from them, because they were so cheap and sounded decent. Does anyone know another place I can get one for about $20? Most sites I've looked at are more like $40. Gah!

aak4937 · #36 12-29-2009, 09:50 PM

The only place other than a local shop I have ordered letters from is greekclothing.com which obviously was a mistake. However here are a few places I have seen that have crewneck sweatshirts. I can't tell you how the quality/customer service/ etc are of these places but maybe someone has used them and knows haha! Good luck!!

Greeknation.com has some for $30.95 above $20 but below $40

Greekgear.com $30, however the image they have has the letters photoshopped on to a person wearing a crewneck, so I don't know what the quality of the letters would be...also at the top of the website it says "Save 20% today only! Use coupon 'Holiday20' " so if you are planning on buying tonight that may help you out some

There are others, I guess you just have to look around and try to find coupons like the 20% off to help!

Gusteau · #37 12-29-2009, 10:09 PM

Lucy, when I order online I usually use greekt-shirts.com. I have two sets of letters from them and I have been pretty satisfied with the quality. The Gideon shirts start at 23, but shipping is free.

ETA: Sorry, I can't read. The sweatshirts start at thirty, but standard shipping is still free, which is something I've always appreciated about this site.

LucyKKG · #38 12-29-2009, 10:57 PM

Thanks, Gusteau and aak. $30 is better than $40!

AOEforme · #39 12-29-2009, 11:13 PM

I really like A Greek Concept (www.agreekconcept.com) and Gone Greek (gonegreek.com). They are both reasonable cheap, great quality, and awesome service.

Gone Greek even called me once when they were making a tote bag for me to tell me the Vera Bradley Pattern I picked out didn't look fabulous on the blue fabric. They then sent me pictures of color combos they liked better so I could pick out a cute bag.

RaggedyAnn · #40 12-30-2009, 07:48 AM

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Originally Posted by LucyKKG

Argh, I'm bummed that this place has gotten such terrible reviews. I wanted to get a crew neck sweatshirt from them, because they were so cheap and sounded decent. Does anyone know another place I can get one for about $20? Most sites I've looked at are more like $40. Gah!

Back in the day, we used to get sweatshirts on clearance and bring them in to a local vendor to have letters sewn on.

Senusret I · #41 12-30-2009, 10:04 AM

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Back in the day, we used to get sweatshirts on clearance and bring them in to a local vendor to have letters sewn on.

Our vendors in the DC area won't do that.

Gusteau · #42 12-30-2009, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Senusret I

Our vendors in the DC area won't do that.

So true, so sad.

LucyKKG · #43 12-30-2009, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by RaggedyAnn

Back in the day, we used to get sweatshirts on clearance and bring them in to a local vendor to have letters sewn on.

I really don't know of any in the area. I'm sure Santa Cruz doesn't have anywhere to do it, and I wasn't involved in Greek life over here in San Jose, so I'm not really sure.

Anyway, I ended up ordering a sweatshirt from Gone Greek. They gave me a 10% discount cause I was a new user, so it was only $29.60 with shipping. I got more conservative colors, and I'm going to get "Alumna" embroidered on it when it arrives. It'll be way cheaper to get done locally, and it's easy to find an embroidery place. Yay!

Smile_Awhile · #44 12-30-2009, 04:59 PM

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I really don't know of any in the area. I'm sure Santa Cruz doesn't have anywhere to do it, and I wasn't involved in Greek life over here in San Jose, so I'm not really sure.

Anyway, I ended up ordering a sweatshirt from Gone Greek. They gave me a 10% discount cause I was a new user, so it was only $29.60 with shipping. I got more conservative colors, and I'm going to get "Alumna" embroidered on it when it arrives. It'll be way cheaper to get done locally, and it's easy to find an embroidery place. Yay!

If a place does embroidery, they typically will be able to satin stitch letters onto a garment in a fabric of your choosing. That's been my experience, anyway.

I'm very sad that so many have had such bad experiences recently. We ordered our Exec Board jackets from them about a year ago- they came as promised, and are very nicely done. I guess I won't be ordering from them either...

LucyKKG · #45 01-03-2010, 03:32 AM

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If a place does embroidery, they typically will be able to satin stitch letters onto a garment in a fabric of your choosing. That's been my experience, anyway.

Oh really? Hmph! Oh well, too late now. I just figured there weren't any specific shops around here that did Greek clothing. Plus, asking them to embroider "alumna" is pretty simple and fool-proof. I did that with another sweatshirt 2 years ago. My chapter did a group order of these sweatshirts with stuff on the back, but they left the front blank cause it was cheaper. I always thought it looked funny being completely blank, so I finally got our letters embroidered on the top left corner in small letters.