Saw this in the main forum and figured some of you don't venture there too often. MLSGear.com is selling all of their old stock at half-price (or lower) with Buy One Get One Free deals as well. I just picked up a white authentic personalized LS, white authentic personalized SS, black authentic ss, and another white authentic ss for just a little over $100 total. I'm sure sizes are going quickly. Black authentic LS were only available in Small, and since I already own one in that size (with it's impossibly small neck hole) I didn't see the need to double up there. The rest were all at least available in medium. Some of the training suits were only available in XL and XXL.
I am not going to say that the information isn't appreciated, but don't let the subversives of the world lead you to believe some other Bigsoccer page is the "main forum" By the way, Alec, I'll bring the graham crackers if you can get someone to bring the chocolate.
MLSGear has a rather long track record of botching orders... over charging, never shipping items, taking months to ship. I am sure others can expound on this.
I've ordered twice from MLS Gear. Once (the first time) the order was fulfilled perfectly. The second time, they lost my order (twice) and took several weeks to ship once they figured out what the problem was. My impression was that it had more to do with incompetence than an attempt to scam.
This becomes crystal clear if you actually talk to them on the phone. I was informed by someone in the know that the reason for this is because it is run by a contractor who has nothing to do with MLS. And tha's a rather poor decision by the league, because it reflects VERY POORLY on the league for casual fans who try to buy gear. If my wife wasn't married to me, she probably wouldn't have ever watched an MLS game again after her attempt to buy some things for me from there. It was apparent that they didn't care about the product, or her, and the rep even LAUGHED at her when she got upset about the order being lost twice and having to go ONLINE (not by phone) to place the order again that she had already been charged for-- I just gave her Nathan's number at DCU and we never looked back.
"What? You're saying you tried to purchase soccer gear on our site ma'am? That's got to be some sort of mistake right there. We only sell American sporting goods."
Seems like the clubs more interested in pleasing their customers are bringing those types of options in-house. DCU teamstore has been great since coming on line, but I gotta admit I couldn't resist rolling the dice on a couple pairs of buy one get one free shorts for my daughter and I through MLS gear today. Price was just unbeatable. Hopefully the stuff will actually show up...
Based on what I've read on BigSoccer over the last few years, I would never place an order from MLSGear.com
My wife placed an order for me last year or the year before and everything showed up fine. About 3 months later we received a later saying that they may have lost her credit information and that we should be aware of any unusual charges. We canceled that card and nothing bad happened but damn that could have sucked. Since that time have placed at least two orders with Nathan and the store and both times no problems and quick shipping. Yeah DCU Merchandising Crew.
I took advantage of the big Adidas sale through DCU, and now I'm taking advantage of this one. I should be getting both of my non-personalized SS jerseys tomorrow. The personalized ones won't ship for a few more days.