Reply from Entertainment EarthMay 29, 2025
Hi, Michael! Thanks for providing your feedback. We're so sorry to hear about the poor experience. We want to address the points made in your review to hopefully help explain further.
You may see a preorder listing for a not mint item temporarily if that item recently (within a few minutes) went out of stock. Otherwise, not mints are generally only in stock items for the reason you listed – we don’t know if something is not mint until it is received. Preorders made for not mint items would likely be cancelled.
Due to the timing of website syncs, warehouse receiving/processing, and cancellations, sometimes items listed as preorders are actually available in small quantities. For example, if we receive 10 units of an item to fulfill 10 preorders, then one client cancels, the next client to preorder the item actually gets the unit that was just freed due to the cancellation (even though it’s still a preorder on the website). While infrequent, this does occur. If you find this happens to you, please send an email to [email protected] with the in stock coupon you wanted to use and our team will help you out.
PayPal is not available for preorders because PayPal removes funds immediately. We don’t charge payment for preorders until they are in stock and available to ship due to frequent manufacturer delays and ETA changes.
We recently designed our own shipping protectors for Funko Pop!s and miscellaneous action figures. We’ve seen a dramatic decline in not mint returns due to the additional custom packaging. If you find you’re receiving damaged products, please contact us.
Finally, please be aware that tariffs have not ceased - tariffs on product from China were temporarily reduced from 145% to 30%. We are still absorbing close to 70% of the tariff impact on product produced and shipped from overseas. We are eager to revert our items back to pre-tariff prices if/when tariffs are lifted. When users spam our social media accounts, they will be blocked, regardless of the content. We otherwise do not delete posts or comments in an effort to be fully transparent.
We hope this information helps explain some of the pain points you’ve listed in this review. If you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to client services by phone at 818-255-0095 or email at [email protected].