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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I bought a neon bar light in November for a Christmas gift for my son in law. Only half of it lit up. I contacted them 12/26 that it was defective. Man Crates seemed like they were going to be helpful... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I have used Thoughtfully for a few years now on large volume orders, and although the service has been inconsistent from time to time, they always pull through. This year Aliza came on board and ran... See more

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Items inside the man crate seem good but the packaging it comes in leaves a lot to be desired. When your main advertising is a crate, the box it comes in should be protected properly during shipping .... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Not only are their products are great and fun their support is beyond any support I've ever delt with. I had an issue with a dog chewing up the box, thankfully he couldn't get into the crate (not t... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

PERFECT GIFT!!

I got one of these man crates (bbq one) for my husband for Father's day from our boys. We let him open it early as Father's day weekend is so busy for us. He had so much fun opening it up. I also had it wrapped in the diabolical ducttape cocoon. The crate itself was still the best. The pry bar is perfect for it. The boys loved to watch too! I will be ordering another crate for another gift in the future. It was wonderful!

13 June 2021
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Totally unimpressed!!

Totally unimpressed!!! I purchased "Lovestruck Gift Card $79.99" for my husband. The picture on the site shows a heart that looks like chocolate, and quite frankly their gifts all include food so why wouldn't I thing it was chocolate. The heart was made of concrete; really $79.00 for a cheep hammer, goggles, and block of concrete!!!! The $50.00 gift card in the concrete was extra. Total cost $129.00 for a crap gift. They couldn't even have the decency to put the "Gift box" in a box. When it showed up the box was all beat up from the post office. Will never buy from this company again!!

12 June 2021
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Hi June,

Thanks for your feedback! Just a quick note, our $50 value gift card products retail for $79.99 and not $129 as you implied in your review.

I’m so sorry to hear you were disappointed in the product you received. We do our best to offer a great value for the price and I’m sorry to hear we missed that mark for you!

We offer a 100% satisfaction guarantee on all of our products, so when you're not happy, we're not happy! We'd be glad for the opportunity to work with you to make this right by offering a product replacement, discount, or we can arrange a cost free and hassle free return pick-up at the location of your choice if you just want a full refund. Please reach out to our awesome customer service team by giving us a call at 866-902-7260 or sending over an email to guys@mancrates.com and we’d be happy for the opportunity to make this right ASAP!

-Team Man Crates

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Used my barrel smoker today for first…

Used my barrel smoker today for first time. It worked amazing. Was fairly easy to keep my temp at 250ish. Made a tritip using hickory and apple wood. I've read a review where someone was upset the smoker didn't come seasoned. I've never heard of one coming pre seasoned. I seasoned mine last night. Washed it with soapy water. Then applied coat of canola oil. Fired it up with hickory/oak coals and a few hickory wood chunks. Perfect. Only reason it's getting 4 stars is it doesn't have a port to add more coals and wood. I had to lift the barrel off the bottom. Kinda dangerous. So I'm going to cut an access door on it. Overall highly recommend it. Keep on smoking!

6 June 2021
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Loved the Whisky Appreciation Man…

We received the Whisky Appreciation Man Crate and it arrived on time and it looked phenomenal!! I read the reviews after I placed my order (I know, I know) but I’m glad I did because the reviews I read made me a little nervous. Fast forward to receiving it... My husband loved the concept, enjoyed opening the crate, and absolutely loved the contents of the crate. Good quality and a super fun gift!

4 June 2021
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Husband loved!

I got a whisky crate for my husband as an anniversary present. He loved opening the crate with the crow bar and was thrilled with the stuff inside. My only complaint is I delayed shipping on it and expected it to come on a Tuesday when he wouldn’t be home to see it delivered. It came on a Sunday and he saw the guy deliver it so it took some of the surprise out of it. But I would rather have it early than late. I would definitely buy one again.

31 May 2021
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I just received my husbands man crate…

I just received my husbands man crate today I was sad he read the box and saw his gift immediately. I thought he was going to open a crate and see his surprise manly like.

30 May 2021
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Reply from Man Crates

We are so sorry to hear you are disappointed that your order did not come in a crate. We do have a few items that we sell which do not come in crates. The crates are our the base of our brand and excellent gifts. However, we choose not to limit such glorious gift-giving to just wooden boxes. We offer other legendary gifts such as our: fresh-from-the-front-lines Ammo Cans, or our insanely-delicious JerkyGrams, and most recently our line of (If-You Want-Something-Done-Right-You-Have-To-) DIY project kits.

We do try our best to make it clear that certain items do not come in crates. Repeatedly on the site we make mention of this, specifically under the "add to cart" button we have written "This product ships in a box " as well as including a picture of how the item ships. In the product description we also have listed "Delivered: In an awesome cardboard box" shown on the page. On the cart page before you process your order we have also included this message and another picture of how the items ships as well. Sorry if you missed any or all of these signals, we've done our best to try and give you a heads up!

We’re sorry for any confusion resulting from the purchase that was thought to be coming in a crate. As always, we have a very generous return policy and if you wish you can return the item for a complete refund for any reason.

The bottom line is, we're not happy until you're happy, please let us know if there's anything I can do to turn this around! Also, please let us know if you would like to start up a return or if there is anything else I can help with. Feel free to give us a call at 866-902-7260 or drop us a line at guys@mancrates.com. Have a good one!

-Team Man Crates

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Man Crates is the Best!

I can't even begin to tell you all how impressed I am with this company. It was my son's birthday and I wanted to get him a gift. My daughter said try Man Crates. I said, what is that? She preceded to tell me as she bought a Man Crate for her husband. I was passenger in our car so I immediately used my cell phone to order the Pit Master.

My son lives across the U.S. from me so I checked into next day delivery so it could arrive on his Birthday. At that time of the day next day wasn't available so I checked two day delivery. That was too expensive for me. Disappointed, I went ahead and ordered 3 day delivery.

I decided to call Man Crates to make sure everything went through ok since I ordered from my cell phone and then I mentioned the delivery. I said I went with 3 day delivery . I also told my entire story to the employee :-) She was very kind and helpful to me and not expecting to hear this, she said she could get my son's gift sent out on 2 day delivery. I said ok that would be great! I wasn't even charged for the delivery! Who ever heard of that! :-)

Later that night I checked the tracking of my son's Man Crate. It said it would be delivered TOMORROW!!! Indeed my son's Man Crate Pit Master arrived the very next morning on my son's Birthday! He and his wife LOVED IT! I have the photos to prove it! :-)

Again I have never had such great customer service ever and in these trying times for everyone all I can say is THANK YOU MAN CRATES!!! Also I am telling everyone I know my story and if they are looking for a gift or even something fun for themselves, you can't do any better than Man Crates!

28 May 2021
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Can I get a lower rating please!

Can I get a lower rating please!

I paid for a Saturday shipment. I ordered this in plenty of time for this to be delivered... I Paid $53 to have this delivered on Saturday (HIS BIRTHDAY)! Its going to arrive on TUESDAY! His birthday is SATURDAY...... It's Thursday, there is still time to send another, over night, but guess what the 100% guarantee covers... We'll give you the shipping cost back!!! Wow!! Thanks!!! He has a bottle of 20 year old Scotch being delivered on SATURDAY, the personalized decanter for that should arrive for the Scotch will be here TUESDAY. Doesn't have the same effect now does it. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

20 May 2021
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Reply from Man Crates

UPDATE: We're happy to see our team was able to expedite shipping on a complimentary non-personalized item to get a gift to you in time for the birthday Saturday! It does look like your original order is still making it's way to you as well and should arrive Tuesday. We're so glad to see we were able to make things work, we wish your recipient an awesome birthday this Saturday!

-Team Man Crates

Hi Samantha,

Thanks for your feedback. We'd be happy to help get something out to your recipient in time for his birthday, give us a call at 866-902-7260 and we'll do our best to work something out!

Unfortunately we have a 2 day processing time on our personalized items, so (because you ordered on the 13th and selected the 22nd as your delivery date we were are unable to get that replacement item laser etched in time to send one out for Saturday. But we do have the capability of sending a different non-personalized item over to get something in your hands in time for the big day and we'd be happy to do that at no charge.

I've advised my team to get something over to your husband in time for his birthday!

We've let our team know that you'll be calling, please give us a call at the number above and let the agent that assists you know what happened, we'll be sure to do our best to make this right.

-Team Man Crates

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Purchased Beer Making Crate

Purchased Beer Making Crate. My husband was not interested. So I tried to return the item with no assistance from this company. After 3 email no return label. There is not a phone number to call. So I disputed with my credit card.

Make sure you really want the item as a gift as THERE IS NO WAY TO RETURN IT.

14 May 2021
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Reply from Man Crates

Hi there Patricia,

Thank you for your feedback. We're sorry to hear your husband didn't enjoy his gift, and would be glad to help you out. Either with a no-cost return or no-cost exchange for another item if you'd prefer.

We display our phone number and email address on every page of our website and in all of our order related emails. Our phone number is 866-902-7260 and our customer service email is: guys@mancrates.com. You can also find our contact info by clicking the "contact us" link on the footer of every page of our website.

We happily accept any returns for any reason at all, please reach out to us using the above methods, please give us a call or send over an email and we'll get your return set up.

-Team Man Crates

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I ordered the bacon crate on 5/3/21

I ordered the bacon crate on 5/3/21. Guaranteed to get here by 5/5/21. Did not receive it. Called to complain and they said it was delivered. I needed it by 5/6 to take with me so I asked for a refund. They said they only return shipping fee. I got home on 5/10 and there’s a package at my door. It was not even close to what I thought it was. The video said it’s hard to open and would create laughs and there’s a video because it’s so hard to open. It was opened in a matter of seconds. For the price of the product and high cost of shipping it’s definitely not worth it. Hopefully with all the trouble I’ve had and disappointment they will do something. It seems all the reviews I did read the response is we don’t sleep at night if the customer isn’t happy.
Somehow. I think they are sleeping just fine!!

11 May 2021
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Reply from Man Crates

Hi there Kathy,

Thanks for your feedback and we're sorry to hear about your experience. I have located your order and can see that your original order was marked as delivered on time by our carrier but not left at the shipping address. I can see that when you called on the 6th we immediately sent out an expedited replacement with overnight delivery as well as refunded your original shipping costs. I can also see that we are sending out a complimentary additional crate to make up for the trouble your recipient had with the opening experience. That's not to say we're washing our hands of the late delivery, you counted on us and the ball was dropped while your order was marked as delivered by our carrier.

We're bummed to have received one star for the service we've offered. If you would prefer, we can arrange a cost free pickup of your item for return and complete refund, just say the word! Give us a call at 866-902-7260 and we'll work with you to make this right.

-Team Man Crates

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

The gift I ordered did not arrive on time...

The gift I ordered did not arrive on time--regardless of the fact that I paid almost $30 in shipping to have it arrive on the expected date. The tracking was also not updated very often, so I wasn't able to track it to see if it would arrive in time. If you're wanting a gift that's guaranteed to make it--this probably isn't your best bet.

30 April 2021
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Reply from Man Crates

Hi Whitney,

Thank you for your feedback, and we're so sorry to hear your gift is arriving later than expected! We have looked into your order and can see using the FedEx tracking that the order did ship out on the 27th which, under normal circumstances with 2 day delivery would have had your package arrive on time.

We can see that our carrier did indeed drop the ball and we feel awful about that. After looking at the tracking we can see that there is no reason indicated by FedEx for the late delivery, although packages have been delayed by various issues shippers are facing during these uncertain times. Unfortunately we're unable to anticipate delays caused by our carriers, and would definitely have attempted to make alternate plans for your order if we could have.

I've gone ahead and issued a refund for your shipping costs, that refund should post within 5-10 business days.

So sorry again for the late delivery, you counted on us and the ball was dropped while your order was on the way. Give us a call at 866-902-7260 if there's anything else we can do and we'll work with you to make this right.

-Team Man Crates

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

This was my second Man Crates order and…

This was my second Man Crates order and both items were as pictured, actually, they were better quality than the picture can reveal. Ordered the Smash Me for my husband for his birthday and it was a big hit...no pun intended :) Ordered the second one for my co-worker's birthday today and what fun we had watching him open the crate. These are so unique and fun. Both were delivered as predicted when I placed my order. I am already checking my calendar for the next event that I can surprise someone with one of your great products.

28 April 2021
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Highly disappointed and upset

Highly disappointed and upset. I ordered the make your own smoker for my husband's birthday present. Guess what? It didn't even come in a man crate! The materials were missing, the metal was warped, and it sits at an angle. How are you going to have a website solely based on man crates and receiving your order in a crate yet when you receive it it's in a beat up cardboard box. Extremely unsatisfied. Thanks for making what was supposed to be an amazing birthday present turn out to be a horrible experience.

26 April 2021
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Reply from Man Crates

Hi there,

We are so sorry to hear you are disappointed that your order did not come in a crate. We do have a few items that we sell which do not come in crates. The crates are our the base of our brand and excellent gifts. However, we choose not to limit such glorious gift-giving to just wooden boxes. We offer other legendary gifts such as our: fresh-from-the-front-lines Ammo Cans, or our insanely-delicious JerkyGrams, and most recently our line of (If-You Want-Something-Done-Right-You-Have-To-) DIY project kits.

We do try our best to make it clear that certain items do not come in crates. Repeatedly on the site we make mention of this, specifically under the "add to cart" button we have written "This product ships in a box (NOT A CRATE) " as well as including a picture of how the item ships. In the product description we also have listed "Delivered: In an awesome cardboard box (NOT A CRATE)" shown on the page. On the cart page before you process your order we have also included this message and another picture of how the items ships as well. Sorry if you missed any or all of these signals, we've done our best to try and give you a heads up!


We’re sorry for any confusion resulting from the purchase that was thought to be coming in a crate. As always, we have a very generous return policy and if you wish you can return the item for a complete refund for any reason.

Also, we're bummed to hear that our product didn't arrive in perfect condition, that's certainly not how we would have wanted your experience with us to turn out.

We offer a 100% satisfaction guarantee on all of our products, so when you're not happy, we're not happy! We'd be glad for the opportunity to work with you to make this right by offering a product replacement, discount, or we can arrange a cost free and hassle free return pick-up at the location of your choice if you just want a full refund. Please give us a call at 866-902-7260 and we'd be happy to work with you to make this right.

-Team Man Crates

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Bad Experience with the Folding Knife

I ordered the Slash and Stash folding knife. What a horrible experience. The instructions were among the worst, most unclear I have ever seen. I actually had to talk with support using their online chat and still got nowhere.

There were no indications which screws were for what, and the picture at the end of Step 1 had parts attached to the knife that were never mentioned in the text for Step 1.

I am a DIYer and know my way around tools, but this "project" was impossible to complete via the instructions or intuition. Overall a very bad experience. By the way, This is the only bad review I have ever left anywhere.

22 April 2021
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Reply from Man Crates

Hey there Russ, thank you for your feedback! Apologies that you were disappointed in the Knife Making Kit you received. We offer a 100% satisfaction guarantee on all of our products, so when you're not happy, we're not happy! We'd be glad for the opportunity to work with you to make this right by offering additional assistance in assembly from our support team, product replacement, discount, or we can arrange a cost free and hassle free return pick-up at the location of your choice if you just want a full refund. Please give us a call at 866-902-7260 and we'd be happy to work with you to make this right.

-Team Man Crates

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Not worth it. It’s a scam.

Last year, 2020, I received 2 Man Crates as gifts. The first was the carve a pipe and the second was skrimshaw a knife. The actual product of each kit were low quality. The pipe’s chamber and stem hole were drilled off center had a huge sand pit and burned through. Sandpits can happen with Briar. I emailed them and they sent me second briar block. Great service but bad product again. On the replacement the stem was glued onto place. This is awful pipe stems are never glued on. The holes were even wonkier than the first. Wrote them again and received no reply. A predrilled briar second cost about $15. These are obviously seconds. The stems are not vulcanite like another a $100+ pipe, they are plastic like on a Corncob pipe. A nice briarwood pipe is less than the cost of the kit. The knife kit was missing parts. The knife is a $20 to $30 knife, it arrived in rough shape. It is a name brand, Boker, who makes nice knives. But this one is on their lower end. For $150 you can get a very nice knife.

The real issue with these are the prices. The tools are useable but low quality. The kits are so over priced it makes these items a rip off. If you want to get a pipe kit got to a pipe store, they sell much nicer briar blanks for less money and better tools can begotten at big box home stores for less. Knife making supply stores sell knife making kits for much much less as well.

4 April 2021
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Reply from Man Crates

Hey there, thank you for your feedback! Apologies that you were disappointed in the items you received! We do our best to offer a great experience and value for the price and we're sorry to hear we missed that mark for you. We offer a 100% satisfaction guarantee on all of our products, so when you're not happy, we're not happy! We'd be glad for the opportunity to work with you to make this right by offering a product replacement, discount, or we can arrange a cost free and hassle free return pick-up at the location of your choice if you just want a full refund. Please give us a call at 866-902-7260 and we'd be happy to work with you to make this right.

-Team Man Crates

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

MOLDY JERKY

I ordered the $40 Easter eggs and 3/6 pieces of jerky came open and one was DISGUSTINGLY moldy. They refused to refund my order.

30 March 2021
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Reply from Man Crates

Hey there, thank you for your feedback! Apologies that you were disappointed in the Jerky Eggs you received! We do our best to offer a great experience and value for the price and we're sorry to hear we missed that mark for you. We offer a 100% satisfaction guarantee on all of our products, so when you're not happy, we're not happy! We'd be glad for the opportunity to work with you to make this right by offering a product replacement, discount, or we can arrange a cost free and hassle free return pick-up at the location of your choice if you just want a full refund. Please give us a call at 866-902-7260 and we'll make this right.

-Team Man Crates

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

MAN CRATES is awesome

Got my boyfriend the NFL glassware set man crate for his birthday and since I’m not there I wanted it to be special. I never got a confirmation that the item was shipped so I wrote them and got an instant reply! They sent me the tracking number and everything was updated. My boyfriend received it on the day it was supposed to be there and he said it was HELLA COOL. LOL he didn’t expect what was in the box. Thank you man crates I’ll be a repeat customer :) <3

29 March 2021
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Unrealistic available delivery dates

Ordered for a birthday gift and selected delivery to happen yesterday. Was just told that it just shipped out today and they're not sure when it will get there. I can see now that I should have read through the reviews with all of the shipping/delivery issues- and not the ones caused by the weather. You probably shouldn't rely on the delivery dates, as mine didn't even ship out until the day after it was supposed to be delivered. Sure, refund the shipping. I need to go find another gift in the meantime. Hello again, Amazon Prime.
UPDATE: In response to your response, please see attached exchange as it sounds like you think my review was not accurate.
Chat started: 2021-03-26 06:13 PM UTC
(06:13:42 PM) Christi Neff: My order should have been delivered yesterday. Today the tracking is saying that delivery is pending, with no scheduled delivery date available. Before I ordered I made sure that it would be able to get there yesterday. Can someone please check this? Order N15812791
(06:13:55 PM) *** Hailey A. joined the chat ***
(06:14:40 PM) Hailey A.: Hi Christi. Thanks for reaching out! Please hold on one moment while I check on this order.
(06:15:03 PM) Christi Neff: Certainly.. Thank you!
(06:16:38 PM) Hailey A.: No problem! I do see that the order just shipped out today and it was supposed to be delivered on 03/25. We sincerely apologize for this as I do see that this was supposed to be a birthday present.
(06:16:59 PM) Hailey A.: For the inconvenience, would it be okay if I refunded the shipping costs for you?
(06:18:22 PM) Christi Neff: Sure. So when will it be delivered if it just went out today?
(06:19:32 PM) Hailey A.: As of right now FedEx has not given us a specific timeframe as to when exactly this order will be delivered. This could update later today or early tomorrow however.
(06:21:17 PM) Christi Neff: Ok thanks. Excuse me now, while I try to find a gift that will get there today. Lesson learned.
(06:21:50 PM) Hailey A.: I've also gone ahead and refunded the shipping costs. Please allow 5-10 business days for the refund to process.
(06:21:54 PM) Hailey A.: Let me know if there's anything else I can help with!
(06:23:20 PM) Christi Neff: Please pass along my extreme disappointment.

26 March 2021
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Reply from Man Crates

Hi Christi,
We have looked into your order and can see using the FedEx tracking that the order did ship out on the 23rd and not today as indicated in your review. Which, under normal circumstances would have had your package arrive on time. I'm sorry if that ship date was not communicated clearly.

We can see that our carrier did indeed drop the ball and we feel awful about that. After looking at the tracking we can see that there is no reason indicated by FedEx for the late delivery, although packages have been delayed by various issues shippers are facing during these uncertain times. Unfortunately we're unable to anticipate delays caused by our carriers, and would definitely have attempted to make alternate plans for your order if we could have. We're happy to see that we've refunded your shipping costs in full for the trouble.

That's not to say we're washing our hands of the late delivery, you counted on us and the ball was dropped while your order was on the way. Give us a call at 866-902-7260 and we'll work with you to make this right.

-Team Man Crates

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I ordered a mancrate on the 17th and…

I ordered a mancrate on the 17th and paid almost $20 for shipping to get it here on the 20th. FedEx didn't deliver on time and had no scheduled delivery date available. After talking with Aaron in customer service, my original order was flagged priority, I got a refund of my shipping, and since they were out of the one I ordered was sent a different replacement crate in case my original order was never found. Aaron was awesome and went above and beyond expectations. I'll definitely tell my friends and also buy from mancrates again.

26 March 2021
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