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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 231st among Costumes sites.

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  • Value
    97
  • Shipping
    81
  • Returns
    81
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    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 heatherm190
Canada
1 review
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September 29th, 2017

At first I was excited that a Spirit Halloween store opened near me-until I went into the store. They had the music playing so loud I felt like leaving. I said that I found the music too loud, and I was told that it was the store policy to have it that loud, but they would turn it down for me this time. Which I appreciated. But they said that if the owners walked in, they would get in trouble and be told to turn the music up again! I mean, they were playing it so loud that the only way to talk was to shout at the employees and the employees had to shout at me to be heard. Is that what the owners want? Do I really have to shout at the employees to be heard? What if I was looking for a specific costume? How can you carry on a conversation with an employee when they are playing the overhead music throughout the store so loud that we can't hear each other? And their special robotics, what is the point of having a haunted tree talk to you if you can't hear it? That's how loud the music was, I couldn't hear their talking zombies...

I left my name and number with them to give to the management so I could talk to them about this, but no one ever called me back. I was assured by the employees that they would give my name and number to the management once they came in and they would call me for sure, but I never heard from them... which makes me feel that they don't care about my business and I'm not welcome in their store. I'm certainly not going to go to them for my Halloween needs if this is how they treat customers. They have a lot to learn about good customer service. They are not being all inclusive and fitting in all types of customers. By saying that it is their store policy to play the music throughout the store so extremely loud they are only catering to the younger crowd who likes loud music and doesn't want to talk to employees. And by the management not calling me back, discourages me even further from ever going to that store, and sends the message that I am not wanted as a customer.
I'd give it zero stars if I could!

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California
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October 27th, 2021
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My husband and I wanted matching halloween costume. I purchased his Batman costume 10/02/21 at a local store, same day I ordered my cat-woman costume online, it is now 10/27/21 & hasn't arrived. I've been communicating with them since October 10th, every time I speak to a representative they say it should arrive in 2 days. I called a total of 10 times, each time I called it was a 30-50 min wait on the phone before I could speak to a representative. They even said a supervisor would look into this. One week later and I still haven't heard back from a supervisor... After 10 calls, hours and hours of WASTED TIME they now believe that I won't receive package. So they "SAID" they will refund me my money in 5 business days... we'll see if they're even honest about that. Since it's October 27th today, they won't give us our money back for my husband's costume. Now we're stuck with a costume that will just sit in the closet & collect dust. He said he's not going to wear it if I don't have a costume. Spirit Halloween won't give us our money back for the Batman costume, only store credit. The thing is, it's 4 days before Halloween and we just can't find anything that we like at the store, the stores pretty empty. I sure hoped they would have been honest after my 5th call and say, hey... your package won't arrive. Clearly they could see that my package was stuck in the same location for 2 weeks. We could have had the opportunity to return my husband's costume & get our money back. We will NEVER shop at Spirit Halloween again. Amazon from here on! Never an issue with shipping, exchange or full refund with Amazon Prime! Below I submitted pictures and you'll see that my package was stuck in Hayward for 2 weeks. Hope this is helpful for anyone who plans to shop here. SAVE YOURSELF A HEADACHE, DO NOT SHOP AT SPIRIT HALLOWEEN!

Tip for consumers:
SAVE YOUR SELF A HEADACHE, DO NOT SHOP AT SPIRIT HALLOWEEN!!

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Thumbnail of user pierinaf
Illinois
1 review
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October 29th, 2018

Trinna is very professional and very helpful when we had an issue with our costume.

I went to the Mount Prospect store in Mount Prospect store *******

Thumbnail of user katiep208
Arizona
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December 17th, 2020

I purchased a BROKEN cop costume from spirit a week before halloween, the day before they stopped excepting refunds, for a party that weekend. I got home and realized it was broke and had to improvise my costume for the night because spirit was closed. (also this is during the pandemic so i could not try on my costume at the store, if that was a possibility i probably would've realized before i left) the next day i went to return it because it was broken and i had no use for it. They told me i could only exchange it and we went back and forth and i finally just gave up and said i would wear it next year. They couldn't find my size so they said they would just give me the refund (after, might i add, 3 different RUDE service people told me there was no way for a refund even though it was broken and let me make this clear, I DID NOT BREAK IT LOL) anyways they gave me this refund of $55 or whatever on October 24, well it is now December 17 and i am sitting on hold for the 3rd time, listening to $#*!ty violin music because i have still not received my refund. I am so angry and i will never be purchasing anything from spirit again unless it's like fake blood lol jk the fake blood peeled off and stained my skin

Thumbnail of user camerond46
Massachusetts
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October 20th, 2018

Made me feel guilty if I didn't donate money while checking out. Wouldn't recommend it there are far better places.

Thumbnail of user janem288
Canada
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August 31st, 2018

There was a little miscommunication with my online order, but they fixed it and I'm super satisfied!

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Canada
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October 27th, 2017

Was proactive this year and ordered my kids costumes the first week of October. 70 bucks for cheap Chinese plastic garb that will be worn for a few hours, but hey... the kids love it. Started getting concerned around the the 20th when nothing showed up. Looked at the tracking info and nothing. Called IMEX (Spirits courier) and they informed me they have yet to receive the shipment from Spirits warehouse. Spirits website has no email contact channel (Their option is snail mail?), live chat was disabled and the contact phone number was buried deep. Called and sat in hold for 30 minutes. This sucked as I was calling from Canada and no toll free option existed. Some lady answered who sounded tired and beat down. She tells me the package is with IMEX in which I explained I already spoke with them and they told me different. Her story changes again to indicate the package is with Canada Post in which I explain how can it reach Canada Post without first entering IMEXs logistics network. She puts me on hold, comes back and starts talking in circles about who actually has the package. I was trying to be patient but finally get pissed and demand a refund. She puts me on hold again, comes back and says she cant as the package is already in transit. I will have to ship the package back to Spirit at my expense then a refund will be issued. Holy *uck. What a joke. Maybe the costumes will fit the kids in 2018, if they ever arrive. Luckily we kept last years and they fit, although a little snug. Kids were disappointed but luckily we had a plan B. No more Spirit BS. At least Amazon sellers work hard to maintain their ratings and will do everything to ensure their product reaches you on time.

Thumbnail of user melissar1272
California
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October 3rd, 2021

I would like to know where I can leave a review about your burns park ca, store. I was there 30 mins ago spent good money in that store. And I hadn't even left the parking lot yet and I bought a knife to go with costume and my son was showing his dad what he got my husband realized the knife was broken so I went in to exchange it. The pig said I can't exchange what your kid broke. EXCUSE ME FIRST OFF MY KID DIDNT BREAK $#*!. Then asked clueless at the register did you sell her a broken sword it's a knife smart one the girl says no we would have noticed well I took it in without the cardboard attached to it but it was connected to the cardboard so no you wouldn't have then she basically called me a liar it was 7.99 she said nope that wasn't 7.99 I know cause I looked it up. I don't know what she looked up it clearly had 7.99 price she looked high to begin with so do you drug test your employees she shouldn't be working where children shop I want to exchange my broken knife that I bought broken. I got nothing but time on my hands I will post reviews all day and not because she wouldn't exchange it because she blamed my child for breaking it bad move on her asd

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Spirit H. – SpiritHalloween Rep

Hi Melissa, thanks for contacting us regarding your most recent experience. We want to be sure to further assist please contact us at guestservices@spirithalloween.com for further assistance.

Thumbnail of user stephanien397
North Carolina
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November 4th, 2020

The costume was for my daughter. I purchase 3 costumes Oct. 7 & only received 2 in the mail 7 days before halloween. I called customer service and let me say it was the most frustrating time trying to contact someone. They did not open till 12 noon then I had to wait 35 minutes for a rep to answer. When they finally got on the phone she basically said it's nothing they can do for my daughter. They can refund me my money in 7-10 business days. So I went to the Spirit Halloween store in Mooresville NC and I will say the managers there did try everything they could do for me. They found her costume in a store in Ashville (2 hours away) and called them to hold it to figure out something. So I called the customer support line again, was on hold for 45 minutes just for them to hang up on me. I called a third time & again was on hold 45 minutes. Isiah the rep I spoke with again & he was probably the worst customer service rep I have ever spoken to. Defiantly did not help the situation. I asked if they could have it shipped from the Ashville store overnight since it was overall their mistake. Said NO, so I asked what is the policy when something like this happens cause my daughter is out of a costume, my refund isn't going to be here in time to purchase another costume & it should overall be Spirit Halloweens responsibility to ship a replacement over night. He was so nonchalant and said it's policy, its nothing we can do. He gave me a refund and that was it. They do not care about their customers. They do not try and fixed their mistakes nor do they care. So to all my parents I would advise you not to shop online with Spirit Halloween. If you do make sure it's months in advance because they are impossible to reach & have poor customer service. As much money as i've spent there you would think they would do everything they could for you, especially when it was their employee that didn't put the costume in the bag to be shipped. Not a happy halloween for my baby.

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Spirit H. – SpiritHalloween Rep

Stephanie, thank you for taking the time to leave a review for Spirit Halloween. We sent you a private message to assist you in this matter. We look forward to hearing from you.

Thumbnail of user dimaq
New Jersey
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November 19th, 2020

I have a return one month ago and I didn't get the refund so far! They keep saying it's in process!

Thumbnail of user kirstieg7
Canada
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September 29th, 2020

I ordered a poppy costume for my daughter and the shipping was pretty fast I live in Canada, got exactly what I ordered and I couldn't be happier

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Spirit H. – SpiritHalloween Rep

Hello Kirstie, Thank you for taking the time to write a review for Spirit Halloween, your feedback is very important to us. We are so happy to hear you had a pleasant experience with Spirit Halloween. We look forward to seeing you again next year!

Thumbnail of user shawnn10
California
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October 24th, 2016

They can not find the order after 7 days. Extremely unorganized. I will never buy from them.

Thumbnail of user marcuss196
Washington
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October 31st, 2020

I went into a spirit Halloween in Colma California on Wednesday, October 28,2020. The store seemed not too busy early in the morning at 9:30 but the checkout stand was a little bit messy. I began to look for a specific outfit so I could use for my meeting.

Once I got to the counter I began working with a cashier that seemed a little out of sorts. The cashier almost seem like he didn't really know what he was doing or it was his first day but one thing I did notice is that they were a lot of things on the counter already that were not mine and was it was just messy. I put most of my things on the counter but left my jacket in my hand because there wasn't any room to put it. I'll begin to look at my phone to answer a work message.

The cashier then told me the total without noticing I had a huge jacket in my hand that I wanted to buy. This definitely speaks to his lack of awareness that I was holding a Halloween jacket with a tag on it. I didn't want him to get in trouble or to steal so I brought it to his attention and said oh I still have this. I also noticed that he never offered me a bag for the big amount of things I had and he was confused on how to even fold the jacket to put it in a bag.

I left that interaction thinking that he was just nervous or it was his first day. After I got home and open the bag I noticed that there was an extra article in the bag that I did not purchase or want so I looked at my receipt and saw that he charged me for it. I was very upset because I already asked him the return policy just in case I didn't want something and went ahead with the transaction because I decided everything that I had put on the table I wanted. It was very frustrating to know I had I have to go back and argue what he did.

When I went back to the store on Saturday, October 31,2020 I waited in line for about 40 minutes to get inside. I explained my issue to two managers who refuse to give me a refund in fear of losing their job. I don't remember the first managers name but the second manager was Giselle. I explain to her that spirit Halloween had deactivate all phone numbers that they had on their site and they also had no email to communicate with them. There was also a live chat feature that was also disabled.

This experience with this company was absolutely terrible. They put something in my bag and charge me for something I did not want and then refuse to give me a refund for their mistake. Although Giselle was nice it is very frustrating that they had the capability to make a refund but refused to acknowledge their employees mistake. And on top of that the company offers no avenue for escalation on issues.

I will try and call again and speak to managers if not I'll be taking legal action to ratify this unjust and seemingly illegal practice

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Spirit H. – SpiritHalloween Rep

Thank you for taking the time to leave a review for Spirit Halloween, we appreciate your feedback. 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 in seeing what we can do. We look forward to hearing from you.

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