I ordered my nametag and no ghost logo from him, as well as the paratrooper boots. The boots took the longest 2 months, the patches took about 1 month… i wouldnt wait for more than 3 months though
I have been waiting 2 months now. The thing is when I was asking him questions about my order he was getting straight back to me the next day. Soon as the order was made he went quiet. Took 2 weeks to get a reply. And that was only cos I tried another address for him. Didn’t look too good from my point of view. Specially as I’m not even in the same country. Oh well suppose you take your chances. I only posted this as a last resort because I have no other way of finding out what the guy is like. From what I’ve read he’s got a resonable rep. Hope he come through for me. :lol:
I ordered my nametag, and no ghost patch from him in September. It took a while, and there was little to know communication, but the package made it here two weeks before Halloween. Not a great communicator, but the work is nice. I guess it took about 5 weeks to have it shipped to Canada.
I actually placed and order for 2 logo patches. I waited for 3 weeks and the money hadn’t been taken from my account. So I sent him an email. He sent one back saying that he never received the order, even though I had a confirmation. But no money was lost, so no harm, no foul. It’s a shame Kerezman isn’t a bit more organized and prompt because I looked at some of the costumes he has on his site and they are top notch.
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Kerezman has always been like this. I was involved in the Major Matt Mason collector community from about 1998-2002 and Kerezman made reproduction and custom helmets for the figures. The guy would disappear for weeks on end but 9 times out of 10 his customers got what they paid for, usually months late with little or no communication. He’s excellent at what he does (and costuming IS his full-time job) but he’s about the slowest in the biz and definitely lacking in communication skills. He’s a pretty nice guy from what I’ve heard but losing business or making people mad by not responding to emails doesn’t seem to bother him. The best thing you can do is be patient, but if you’re still waiting on your items 3 months after you ordered them, I say you should do what you can to get a refund…or at least an explanation. Within that time frame, there’s nothing he sells that you couldn’t make yourself or buy from another source.
It took me a few times to contact him after I ordered my Patches, and a couple of “tries” on his part to send it to me, apparently the first set never got to me, so he did me a favor and resent me another set. Patches are GREAT quality, but I have to say it took a good 3 1/2 weeks to get my patches.
It might just depend on who you are.
I emailed my order for a ghost patch, and he replied a few minutes later saying it was in the mail. Two days later.. I got it.
I ordered three things from him in all I ordered two patches , the no ghost and the custum name and they came very quickly I was very happy.Orered a dyed pistol belt later and never received it and never returned my emails. wasent worth the like 13 dollars to go after him.
I ordered some patches from him in mid. October of 2005 and received them with in days… I had no previous experience with Joe, nor had I heard anything about him before that. But appearantly It’s not supposed to work that smoothly, especially that close to Halloween. I guess I was lucky. :?
Hey man, I bought a pair of elbow pads and boots back in September, got one email back from him a month later saying things should be in the mail. And that was it, called, emailed and nothing no response no answer, that guy is a piece of shit, I wish I could get my hands on em.
I’ve had one experience buying from him, but truth be told, I had no problems. All I ordered was patches. In my mind, however, patches are the only thing GB related one should purchase from him (as EVERYTHING else can be made just as well on one’s own).
What the hell is that meant to mean?
You saying its alright for him to rip off people he doesn’t know!
I think he meant, his reaction could be based on the person… it’s not too hard to believe someone might give someone else crappy service after they’ve paid if the producer now has a bit of a grudge for the customer.
joe kerezman my only complain about him is that it took awhile but i ordered my stuff during “busy season” too. a lot of people complain about him taking a very long time to fill orders and i have heard a lot about him stiffing people. another complaint is that he is horrible with respoding to emails, i never had that problem. when i ordered my stuff at the end of september, i got nervious, but then i got an email saying it had been shipped. i got my stuff saturday morning (october 28th), just in time for for goin out. the things i got from him were better than i expected. people also say he is expensive. i have no comment on that cause… well, supply and demand, he was able to custom make stuff for me so i didnt even bother at looking at anyone else. but if you dicide you dont want to buy his stuff cause its too expensive of what ever. buy the man’s patches, they are the best out there!!! http://www.costumecostumecostume.com/paranormal.htm or on http://www.ebay.com, his handle is captainamerca
Captain America - Nothing but pleasant experiences with Joseph. Everytime I’ve ordered, I’ve gotten my patches very quickly. The quality was great, and the price was nice. The no-ghost 1 patch could use a bit of work for ‘patch’ accuracy. But it’s accurate to the merchandising logos, as well as all the other logos in the films, so it’s not a big deal. Definately plan on ordering again.
Joe Kerezman: I’ve dealt with him a couple of times. First time it took a few months to get my stuff. The second it took a week but i only ordered the patches from him that time. The patches that he makes I would have to say are the best out there tho. Buyer beware, you could get stiffed. If I did’nt keep on him for the first shipment i prob would have never got it.
J. Kerezman- I ordered patches from him last year and they are top notch I would recommend highly.
Dropping my .02 - ordered the full uniform, with belt unit… well constructed came in time for Halloween '06 - little surprised that the NO G logo was glued and not sewn in place… little disappointed, but overall happy.
Quality stuff got a no ghost and a name tag came very quickly.Made a second order and never got my money back or heard from him again. Kinda unreliable
I ordered a no ghost patch, Ray Stantz nametag, leg tube, and belt from J Kerezman back in early August, and paid for three day shipping. I got an email from him September 3rd saying my order would be shipped in the next couple of days, but after a few weeks I still hadn’t gotten anything or heard from him again. I emailed him again, and on September 25th got an email telling me that my order had just been shipped the week previous. Well, a couple weeks later and with Halloween aproaching I emailed yet again, he assured me that he would check with the post office to see where my stuff was and send me a replacement in a few days… and that’s the last I spoke with him. I never got what I ordered, I never got the money back, he never gave me the package’s tracking number so I could even know if he’d really shipped it.
Long story short, not recommended.