4 years ago
Beware of misleading information! I decided to do ...
Beware of misleading information! I decided to do a Fan Cloth fundraiser for my 5 baseball teams. Most of the information they gave me in their sales pitch was conveniently skewed.
They don't tell you that you have to pay $20+ for them to sort your orders for you - even so, I ended up with bags of miscellaneous items and I had to go through each player's order individually anyway - what a WASTE!
They tell you all of their products are name brand, top quality. Totally FALSE. The only items that were good quality were the basic cotton T's and hoodies. Don't get the windbreakers or anything that says "performance" in the description unless you want to wear a paper thin plastic bag. Also, beware of their size charts. Our parents ordered based on the size charts and almost everything was either 2 sizes too big or 2 sizes too small. It's a total crapshoot if it will fit or not.
On top of everything, communication with this company is practically nil. They did not ask me when I wanted to start or end my sale. They just printed my catalogs (I did have an opportunity to approve the catalog, but I asked for specific items from their website and was told no) and sent them to me with an arbitrary due date printed on them. They don't tell you that each kid gets only ONE incentive. So if you have a kid who sells 100 items, they only get 1 prize - not all of them. They also don't tell you that ALL of the incentives are in ADULT sizes! Woohoo! Our 7-year-olds get ADULT socks, ADULT hoodies, ADULT hats as prizes. So exciting! They also don't tell you that you have to sell 60 items in order to make any money at all. They also don't tell you that your "final sale" follows the same rule - you have to sell 60 items in your final sale to make money regardless of how much you sold in the first sale! They also don't tell you that your check comes in your team name, so if you don't have a bank account in your team name, good luck! They also didn't tell me that I had to submit my order. Once I found out I had to submit it, it took another handful of texts, calls, and emails just to find out HOW!
If you're looking to do a spirit wear/fan gear fundraiser - keep looking! Fan Cloth is not it!