Hot Topic Reviews 

They claim you get free shipping on orders over $75 and after putting enough in my cart I realised this offer is ONLY for US customers once I reached the checkout and was about to pay when a huge shipping fee was added, there is NOTHING as of writing on their website to indicate otherwise.
I did end up buying the items but I will not be shopping here again until shipping for customers outside the US is made fairer.

Ordered 12 times in total trying to get some things. Order gets cancelled automatically and they charge you for the order which means you need to wait for a refund back... Tried removing items and trying again and again and again with different items but they get cancelled automatically, I dealt with it being cancelled, cancelled, cancelled! If items are not in stock then set a limit so people aren't left with cancelled orders and with their money taken! I'm currently waiting for $600 refund to come back into my account to which I hope it does or I'll be going to my bank. I live in the UK, tried having it shipped to my boyfriends. He tried with his card, I tried with mine. Nothing! Honestly can put you in a down mood. Please get this fixed!

On the 21st of October I made an order with Hot Topic online to be delivered to Australia. It was around 60 dollars, and stupidly I didn't realise until I was charged $180 dollars that this was without being converted to AUD. Within TEN MINUTES I messaged them to cancel the order, and an employee told me I needed to wait a few days for the order to appear in their system.
I message them again a day and a half later and they tell me it's too late now and the order has already been packaged - not shipped, not in transit, it hasn't even left the building yet, but they very stubbornly insist they can't do anything about it and I'll have to wait until it's delivered to return it.

So I do. I return it once it's delivered, paying another 40aud for shipping because of course they don't reimburse that either. I pick the cheapest option as getting a tracking number is an extra $15 dollars and ive already spent enough money at this point, and forget about it.

One month later I havent got my refund, so I email them just now and they tell me they can't issue a refund without a tracking number. So I spent around $230 AUD and I have NOTHING to show for it, not even the original thing I bought. I am FUMING. Horrible customer service, employees unwilling to budge or provide any help, and half the time I was getting automated responses from their useless AI. Don't even bother.

I like it a lot. I got a astro cats boyshorts and bra set they are so comfy I never wanna take them off a long with the rhinstones cherry corset! THE BUY 1 GET 2 FREE IS AWESOME! #HOTTOPIC

Ordered 2 t-shirts on 12/11/25 and they sent USPS. Checked tracking and package hadn't moved in 2 days so reached out hoping to get a hand. Person wouldn't help me until the next day as USPS had till 9 that evening to deliver. Package did not arrive. Next person that helped me noticed no movement in 3 days and verified that it could be overnighted. Reordered for me overnight. Christmas Eve I get email stating order cancelled as it couldn't be sent overnight. Had to brave the crowds and shop the day before Christmas because I needed a package ordered in a timely manner but not shipped as such. Not a happy consumer

💥I THINK I FIGURED OUT THE
Hot Topic PRE-ORDER SCAM💥

HOT TOPIC CANCELS a percentage of OUR pre-orders to stock their own stores to bait customers in to buy more goods.
IT'S A BS MARKETING SCAM to increase their own Point Of Sale Margins... Especially right at the holidays!
They view OUR aggregation as acceptable because they're not charging that % of customers for pre-ordered up front.

Order didn't turn up, agent took 30 minutes to respond to me on the "live" chat, then didn't resolve my issue OR send me the transcript I was promised. Terrible experience.

There is a large pedophilia recognized flag suspended from the ceiling of the store in Countryside mall. Hot Topic promotes pedophilia by displaying this flag.

I've ordered before with no issues but this time their system kept reverting my address to one that doesn't exist. I received one item of order at correct address, the rest was returned. But, when I contacted them, they, as a courtesy, replaced my order. Plus it shipped the next day. I found customer service to be exemplary. Very nice gentleman I talked to with immediate results. Very pleased.

I ordered a pink Floyd hoodie and they took the money then two weeks later it said it shipped. Two weeks go by and it never showed up so I called the company and they informed me it's out of stock and they will have to give me my money back

I'm not sure why there are so many negative reviews, everything has always gone smooth for me. I always arrange to pick up orders from stores, to ensure the company has accountability for getting it there. No problems after several orders.

I have had an account with hot topic since 2010. I ordered an item and noticed the item i ordered was not the one being sent. Its was a different item. I contacted the company and they told me it was their fault and nothing could be done. They asked if I wanted the order canceled. I said no and that was on November 2, 2025. Today December 7. 2025 I received an email saying the order was canceled without my permission. The company did not give a reason why. Then said it be 2 weeks before I get the refuse. I will not do any more business with this company.

No help with a reservation on my card with my order who didn’t go through. The service support don’t care to help. It was your website who failed and now I will miss that money for a whole month. That is not okay.

Do NOT order anything preorder from this company, you are not guaranteed to get it and they'll lie to you about it. I pre-ordered all three of the special edition Sleep Token albums back in October when they became available for pre-order. Sundowning and TPWBYT were delivered but then I got an email stating that TMBTE had been returned to sender without having ever arrived to begin with. As of the writing of this review, the tracking information still states that the carrier has yet to receive the package.

I contacted Hot Topic about the issue by email. At first I got a virtual assistant that hadn't even understood the issue and just gave me the shipping information I already had. When I asked for a real person, they gave me the exact response with slightly different wording. I pressed the issue by sending a screenshot of the carrier information showing that the package had not even been received by the carrier. Finally, they said they could offer me the "one time courtesy" of re-shipping the item and gave me a number to call. When I did call, they informed me that they could not re-ship the item because it was marked as out of stock and the only thing I could do was to add it to my wishlist and hope it would be restocked. I told them I was under the impression that these were limited edition reprints and asked why they couldn't just send me the same one that was supposedly returned to them, to which they said "we don't have it yet" and issued a refund.

I've reported the issue to the BBB. I've shopped at Hot Topic for the last 25 years but they've lost my business.

Not a good experience at all. If you are expecting support from this company, forget it. The Tron Ares exclusive jacket has never been available online, but yet is there just for show. Now it's marked down for Black Friday; still no sizes available? Go in the store; they don’t even have it in their inventory to search. Talk about false advertisement. I called corporate; no callback, no response, and if you call customer service, you get robotic support from the Philippines. But here is the kicker: the Jackets are not on their website ever, but they are on other sites for $450.00. However, the Black Friday deal is $97.00 on their site, which doesn’t comprise of any; what a joke, Looks like there is some inside theft going on but they don't seem to care. lol.

Can't understand how forever 21 is out of business and they had more concern for there customers and better inventory control. I am sure if the Tron Ares jacket was handled by them they would have had it available for everyone. I am turned off for good from hot topic never again.

Although you choose Hot Topic Canada, they will charge the US price but do not disclose this on the website! Buyers beware…it will cost you a lot more when you see your bank statement! Total scam company!

I've spent a lot of money in store and online from hot topic in the past 20 years. Recently item quality and customer service has gone downhill. I got a defective item in the mail and I had to pay to return it. Customer service said check if I haven't gotten a refund after 5 days returned back to them. After a week they condescendingly replied saying now up to two weeks just to process it

This is the 3rd time this has occurred to me, but they keep canceling my orders with little to no notice. This time I ordered online and chose to pick up at a nearby store that has it in stock and they alerted me that my order went through and is "preparing to be shipped" for some reason. I don't even get an email back, and when I check my order status, it's been canceled, and they no longer have it at my location. The online experience is terrible.

They don't price match and they won't let you cancel orders even the next day. Crap customer service

I had gotten some pants at hot topic and the DAY I wear them the hook for one of the chains broke?? I wasn’t even rough with it AT ALL and it broke not even an hour in of wearing them 💔💔 I had gotten the pants barely 2 days ago too dude