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SpiritHalloween has a rating of 1.2 stars from 403 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about SpiritHalloween most frequently mention customer service, next day, and business days problems. SpiritHalloween ranks 232nd among Costumes sites.

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  • Value
    97
  • Shipping
    81
  • Returns
    81
  • Quality
    86

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Top Positive Review

“Nice but runs big”

Nikki W.
10/23/23

My husband and I decided to be Chuckie and Tiffany Valentine for Halloween. His overalls were really big they was a large/extra large, but we pinned it up and we made it work overall. Very good quality.

Top Critical Review

“Halloween destroyed”

Christopher K.
10/2/24

For as long as i can remember, spirit Halloween was one of the best places to be as a teenager out of high school on a weekend with your friends. Now that I am an adult I see things differently. The products they sell even the most expensive will last maybe 2 years tops! So if I spent 500 on a animatronic its trash in 2 years. Not only is this a environmental disaster its a money scheme. Sprit Halloween does this on purpose, it is their financial expectation and built into their business model. Spirit Halloween, it does not have to be this way! You and your executives and L1's can change this and make it great again!

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Thumbnail of user ritak25
California
1 review
2 helpful votes
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October 28th, 2016

This business is beyond bad. I ordered $300 worth of costumes on October 11th. For over a week we got shipping details with a delivery date which got pushed back every day by one day. Finally, when the package still had not arrived after 2 weeks, we called and were told the package was damaged and sent back to sender. We told them to never mind about the fog machine and other stuff, just send us the 3 costumes and any accessories they could. They agreed and promised to have the package to us by Saturday October 29th. The day before we are informed that one of the costumes is out of stock. We explained that we just want the original costume that was shipped. Very unsympathetically the woman says "well I could email the warehouse, but by the time they find it we can't get it to you in time for Halloween." And that was it. She clearly could care less, just like the other 3 or 4 customer service people we spoke to over the past week. I would NEVER order anything from this company again

Thumbnail of user haileyd27
Kentucky
1 review
3 helpful votes
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October 27th, 2020

I had ordered a $50 costume and it had charged me 4 different times. I went into the store and was told to call the customer service number. I was on hold for 50 minutes listening to the same violin music over and over. I literally felt like Daryl Dixon in the Easy Street episode. Once I had been on the phone for 50 minutes, I was told to leave a voice-mail and someone would get back to me. They never got back to me. I'm yet again on hold for 20 minutes and no one has responded..

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Hailey, thank you for taking the time to leave a review for Spirit Halloween. We apologize for the inconvenience you experienced while trying to contact us. Please reach out to us via email at guestservices@spirithalloween.com or by phone at 1-866-586-0155 and one of our top notch representatives will be more than happy to assist you.

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New York
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October 7th, 2023

I've been going to Spirit Halloween ever since 2012, the employees there are kind and helpful, the employee at my local Spirt Halloween helped me find one of of my costumes. The only thing that let me down in the last few years were the prices if the animactronics. For example, Shorty that was in 2021, was $230. Now Slim that is in 2023 is $400. Over all, I absolutely adore this halloween store

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Over the past years of me and my dad going to spirit, I only remember us buying Rosemary zombie girl, dead humor, jumping spider, Shorty, wacky the cotton candy gun, tge popcorn gun, slim sidestepper, Shorty costume, shorty's club, the lunchbox

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Florida
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October 17th, 2017

I ordered literally almost 2 months ago and nobody not even a tracking number yet on my daughters costume and they told me the other day it should definitely have shipped. Well the guest services said it hasn't. I'm so pissed off and I hate complaining but this is the worst service ever. I wasn't even going to get that on time and I'm pretty sure they weren't going to tell me! One mad momma.

Thumbnail of user joelneice
Maryland
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October 29th, 2023

I specifically asked the cashier if item was returnable and was told that item can be returned for cash back up until 10/23 but after the 23rd only exchange or store credit.
She didn't tell me that after the 26th neither exchange nor credit would be available. No signage by the register, only small print on the receipt which I didn't look at since cashier told me herself "her version" of the return policy.

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Spirit H. – SpiritHalloween Rep

Good afternoon, We are sorry to hear about your experience. Your feedback is important as we are always striving to improve our guest experience. Thank you for bringing this to our attention! Please reach out to us privately at guestservices@spirithalloween.com with your contact information, so that we are able to forward that on to the appropriate department for further assistance. We again apologize for your experience and look forward to hearing back from you.

Thumbnail of user saraha169
Ohio
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October 31st, 2017

I will never but from SH again! After buying 4 childrens costumes for over $100 two days before Halloween, I have already had 2 of them rip and my kids haven't even had them on for 15 minutes. Then you can't return anything if it's after October 20th... no wonder why they do that. They know their costumes are crap and you're most likely not going to be wearing them until Oct. 31st or a few days before. You pay WAY TOO MUCH money for those costumes to just fall apart. I should've went to Wal-Mart like I usually do!

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Texas
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September 22nd, 2023

I placed an order Tuesday and paid for expedited shipping which showed it arriving on Friday. Perfect, because I needed it before the following Thursday. It's Friday and it hasn't even left the warehouse.

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Spirit H. – SpiritHalloween Rep

Good afternoon, We are sorry to hear about your experience. Your feedback is important as we are always striving to improve our guest experience. Thank you for bringing this to our attention! Please reach out to us privately at guestservices@spirithalloween.com with your contact information, so that we are able to forward that on to the appropriate department for further assistance. We again apologize for your experience and look forward to hearing back from you.

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Massachusetts
1 review
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September 14th, 2023

I purchased a costume for my child. Paid for over night so we can have it in time for party. It's been a couple days and it hasn't been shipped. Out. Tried to call spirt waited 30 min and no one picked up phone. Tried the chat took 30 min to get some one and they told me sorry however we can control our venders. When I asked for a time frame they had no idea. This company is pretty terrible. I plan on returning my product

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Spirit H. – SpiritHalloween Rep

Good afternoon, We are sorry to hear about your experience. Your feedback is important as we are always striving to improve our guest experience. Thank you for bringing this to our attention! Please reach out to us privately at guestservices@spirithalloween.com with your contact information, so that we are able to forward that on to the appropriate department for further assistance. We again apologize for your experience and look forward to hearing back from you.

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Arizona
1 review
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October 28th, 2021

Do not shop here. Horrible customer service. Not helpful and very rude. Do not order online. Items will take a long time getting to you. Customer service does not keep you updated on changes. Items stated in their site that are in stock are not. I learned that the hard way. Customer service does not care about the customers. Will never shop here again or Spencer's. I emailed customer service 3 times and never got a response.

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Do not buy online.

Thumbnail of user susanh4380
Maine
1 review
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October 25th, 2023

I placed my order and paid for it on 9/25/23. I have emailed them 4 times, they responded 2 times with the same thing, your order has shipped. I tracked the order and it is in Chinese so I can't read most of it, some of it is in English and tells me where the order is and the date, it says it's in my town and has been since the 18th but I have not received it. I emailed and told them to refund my money but they have not emailed me back.

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Have not received my product

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Spirit H. – SpiritHalloween Rep

Good afternoon, We are sorry to hear about your experience. Your feedback is important as we are always striving to improve our guest experience. Thank you for bringing this to our attention! Please reach out to us privately at guestservices@spirithalloween.com with your contact information, so that we are able to forward that on to the appropriate department for further assistance. We again apologize for your experience and look forward to hearing back from you.

Thumbnail of user carolb849
Florida
2 reviews
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October 10th, 2019

Horrible customer service! Missing arms, they said they shipped it. No response back, no tracking number, no follow up. I just spent $150, I would expect better service! Wish I could have gone somewhere else.

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Spirit H. – SpiritHalloween Rep

Our animatronic support department will be happy to assist you with this. Please email them at drzombie@spirithalloween.com

Thumbnail of user davey38
Canada
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October 26th, 2019

I ordered my costume on an estimated delivery of oct 21st paid extra for express shipping and had a costume party today oct 26th still havent recieved my order and took forever to get a hold of customer service and they said i can get my costume refunded but not the extra shipping cost. Will never order from here again.
Sincerely a very unhappy customer whom did not get to go to the costume party

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Spirit H. – SpiritHalloween Rep

Thanks for bringing your poor experience to our attention! We want all our guests to have a great experience with our brand. Please reach out to us at guestservices-supervisor@spirithalloween.com so we can offer further assistance, help with any special accommodation or answer any questions you have.

Thumbnail of user terref
California
2 reviews
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October 26th, 2017

I placed an order on October 6. I received a partial order two weeks later. When I inquired about the remaining item in my order I was told more than one time (after 1 online chat, 1 email, and 3 phone calls that it was in process, and to not worry... there is still time. On October 19 I received one email stating my shipping charge was credited for the inconvenience and a second email stating my order had been upgraded to expedited shipping and would be delivered no later than October 25th. I did not receive the package on the 25th. I checked online... my order was no longer visible, so I called again on October 26 and spoke with a customer service rep who finally told me the reason I had not received my order was because it was out of stock and it was never going to be shipped out. It is now 5 days before Halloween... I have all the accessories for my costume... but no costume. I will never purchase anything from Spirit Halloween online again.

Thumbnail of user janetc120
Nevada
19 reviews
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October 22nd, 2018

We placed an order 6 weeks ago. We received all items except for the most important one. When I try to call them, I get a recording on endless loop that I literally have listened to for over 30 minutes in hopes that someone might pick up the phone. NOTHING! If I press ANY of the options, I get a recording telling me to go to their website and click on the live chat option. Well, there is NO live chat option on the website. And when I send emails to customer service, I get NOTHING back. Halloween is 9 days away, and the costume pieces we bought are useless without the missing piece. Also, I returned an item because I ordered two sizes of a costume and sent back the size that didn't fit as well. That was quite some time ago, and I have received NO communication and NO refund. I doubt I will get a refund, and of course I can't contact anyone about that issue either.

Thumbnail of user tabbyc1
New York
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November 28th, 2016

I bought a costume for my son got home stuff was missing out of it, i was told someone may have stole it by the manager at spirit halloween n no money back but i could sale it to them n gt 20 percent back of my money. So next year back to walmart, target i go. I work to hard for my money!

Thumbnail of user amandat106
South Carolina
1 review
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October 28th, 2017

After ordering, almost a week later, I had not received any shipping notification & had to contact them. The customer service rep sounded hesitant & very unsure of herself, but proceeded to assure me that the costume was in stock & they would ship it over night delivery. To my disappointment I received a notification at 10pm that night that there was a warehouse "issue" and costume was sold out. It took them a week & a phone call to figure out their product was out of stock? All the while charging my card. BAD BUSINESS! This company is obviously unorganized, unreliable and dishonest. Dont waste your time using them... it stinks to have to tell your kid at the last minute, they are not getting the costume they wanted because some adults didnt do their job!:-(

Thumbnail of user daniellef188
New York
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October 28th, 2020

The staff is wonderful. The costumes are made terribly. You cannot speak with someone in the store on the phone. The voice recording states hours but the phone lines are always closed. There is no chat line. They will not offer store credit and have no gift cards. I ordered a costume which was too big. Went to the store to exchange and inventory was so low. It was low when I went there on October 18. Bought another customer and it was too small. When back for money back or store credit. NOPE. No credit or money back. I will not recommend or visit the shop. If there was a teenager that needed a costume and I did not have the money I would have sold it to them at discount. At least five store credit. That is how you get customers back into the store.

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Spirit H. – SpiritHalloween Rep

Thank you for taking the time to write a review for Spirit Halloween. We sent you a message privately to assist you in this matter. We look forward to hearing from you.

Thumbnail of user kelseyl11
New York
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October 29th, 2019

Bought some items on October 25th. Wasn't told that my sale would be final. The store didn't even have a policy posted by the checkout. I went to the store to make a return and they told me I was stuck with it. Super sketchy policy and lack of transparency. The only way I would've known about the policy would have been if I had looked at the website before buying anything. When I pointed out that a sign wasn't posted at check out, I was met with shoulder shrugs. Won't be shopping there again.

Thumbnail of user grahamw110
California
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November 5th, 2020

Over a month and well over 10 conversations on the phone with your online employees and you finally refunded my 200 dollars. Your customer service team wanted me to splice and rewire an infrared sensor instead of just shipping it back and getting a refund like a normal company. Couldn't imagine Amazon, Lowe's or Walmart telling me to try to do electrical work on a product you guys broke in the first place. You seriously need a restructuring of your Dr Zombie and customer service branch because it is frankly embarrassing next to the passion and friendliness of your in store employees. After this debacle I will never order another animatronic online, only in store where I can talk to an actual employee interested in correcting your companies mistakes and return it directly to the store if there is a problem. Seriously embarrassing online customer service

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Spirit H. – SpiritHalloween Rep

Thank you for taking the time to leave a review for Spirit Halloween, your feedback is very important to us. We apologize for your experience. Please reach out to us via email at guestservices@spirithalloween.com, our live chat option online at spirithalloween.com, or by phone at 1-866-586-0155 and one of our representatives will be more than happy to further assist you with any concerns you may have. We look forward to hearing from you.

Thumbnail of user charismam8
Pennsylvania
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December 11th, 2023

I see other people are having the exact same issue as me. I placed an order near the end of October, and it arrived 11/1/23 completely busted. I contacted customer service a few days later, and I was told I'd be getting a full refund within 21 days. It is now 12/11/23 and I have received nothing. I haven't gotten a reimbursement for the shipping fee, taxes, or the item itself. I've contacted customer service multiple times, and it's always the same response. Here is exactly what they claim: "Thank you for your correspondence. We have processed a full refund for the total amount of your order. You shall receive the shipping and tax refund post, and then the actual amount. Please note that it may take approximately 7-14 business days for the refund to reflect on the original payment method that was used." As I've stated before, I have received absolutely nothing. The only positive I can say is that the base of the item is still intact, so I at least have something to show for my efforts. I will not be ordering from this company online again anytime soon.

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The lack of customer service is inexcusable. For a company that makes probably billions every year, you would think they'd care more about their customers.

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I still have the base of the snow globe. The glass was completely shattered, however.

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Spirit H. – SpiritHalloween Rep

Good afternoon, We are sorry to hear about your experience. Your feedback is important as we are always striving to improve our guest experience. Thank you for bringing this to our attention! Please reach out to us privately at guestservices@spirithalloween.com with your contact information, so that we are able to forward that on to the appropriate department for further assistance. We again apologize for your experience and look forward to hearing back from you.

Thumbnail of user lyndseyc24
Illinois
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October 17th, 2023

Placed an order online called with a few hours to cancel said order due to having the item at the store with free shipping instead of the 50 bucks they were charging was told my order was canceled instead they still shipped it can only return in store till the 23rd oh but wait it won't be here in time imagine that so I have to pay to ship it back and will not be refunded for any of the shipping payed either way so I am out well over 100 dollars either way I will never ever ever recommend there website ever

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No cancelation of any orders even if they say they do inaccurate website description

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Spirit H. – SpiritHalloween Rep

Good afternoon, We are sorry to hear about your experience. Your feedback is important as we are always striving to improve our guest experience. Thank you for bringing this to our attention! Please reach out to us privately at guestservices@spirithalloween.com with your contact information, so that we are able to forward that on to the appropriate department for further assistance. We again apologize for your experience and look forward to hearing back from you.

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Massachusetts
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October 7th, 2020

Nice products but consider yourself warned... terrible customer service and shipping. As I was putting together my product, one of the soldered pieces fell off. I reached out to customer service which took a day to reply only to ask for photos. I sent photos right away and then a day later, they sent me a diagram of the product so I could point out the exact broken piece because the photos weren't good enough. Are you kidding me? That is just a stall tactic in hopes of having you give up and walk away. So now I wait with a product I cannot use to see what the next step will be. Hopefully, it will be before Halloween. Their actions don't make me feel like a valued customer, that is for sure. DO NOT USE THEIR ONLINE SERVICE!

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Spirit H. – SpiritHalloween Rep

Thank you for taking the time to leave a review, your feedback is very important to us. We apologize for the inconvenience you had experienced while trying to contact us. Our Dr. Zombie team will assist you in anything you need regarding your animatronics. Please reach out to us by emailing guestservices@spirithalloween.com Attn: Dr. Zombie so that the email is sent do the appropriate department. We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused you. We look forward to speaking with you.

Thumbnail of user gabbye2
Louisiana
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October 20th, 2016

I've already left a review about how horrible the shipping is, but I just have to add more since I got my latest tracking update. I ordered on 10/13. Spirit said to expect 6-8 days before my package comes. It is now 10/23. My last tracking update I received today said to expect my package on 10/26. I'm sorry but this is unacceptable. I'm extremely pissed off and I really hope they got my order right because if not, like I said before, I'm screwed. I need this costume for the 29th. If I actually get it on the 26th, that's only 3 days til the party. So no time to send it back if it doesn't fit or whatever. I've always loved going to my local Spirit Halloween store, but $#*! Spirit Halloween online!

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Canada
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October 28th, 2022

I ordered online and didn't realize it was us so paid 80$ for a 30$ costume; the invoice that was sent said 50$ and my credit card was charged nearly 80$ they couldn't refund because they said they already shipped it, and I ordered it before October and still haven't received it and hallowed is on Monday. Definitely don't order online because customer service was no help at all

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Spirit H. – SpiritHalloween Rep

Good afternoon, We are sorry to hear about your experience. Your feedback is important as we are always striving to improve our guest experience. Thank you for bringing this to our attention! Please reach out to us privately at guestservices@spirithalloween.com with your contact information, so that we are able to forward that on to the appropriate department for further assistance. We again apologize for your experience and look forward to hearing back from you.

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California
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November 4th, 2022

My friend and I love festivals and raves, and went into the store on the 25th and were looking to try on two one size fits all costumes, the employee at the time said they don't have fitting rooms at the store, and that because of this they have extended their return policy at the specific location. So we purchased both of them, we never ended up even opening them, and when I went in on the 31st to return them, the managers said there were no returns. I explained the situation, and she said "no employee ever told you that" multiple people accusing me of lying. When I pointed out the employee who told me this, she denied it, they all treated me like I was stupid for trying to make a return when "the return date is posted on the receipt and out front of the store." I was lied to and deceived, then treated like an idiot for believing it. Horrible experience and I will be deterring anyone who shops here from ever purchasing anything from here again.

Tip for consumers:
Do not buy from Spirit Halloween

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I purchased 2 costumes never opened

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Spirit H. – SpiritHalloween Rep

Good afternoon, We are sorry to hear about your experience. Your feedback is important as we are always striving to improve our guest experience. Thank you for bringing this to our attention! Please reach out to us privately at guestservices@spirithalloween.com with your contact information, so that we are able to forward that on to the appropriate department for further assistance. We again apologize for your experience and look forward to hearing back from you.

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