I used to get Morris Costumes catalogs in the mail. They are just as good if not better than fright catalog. However i used to be able to request a catalog and they would send one no questions asked. Now it seems they don't freely give them out anymore. Now they ask for my company name which i don't have a company. Do they only give catalogs to dealers now does anyone know.

Morris Costume is a very interesting and bizarre company to deal with. They only sell wholesale to businesses. I have a business selling items like that and tried to setup an account. Their web page wasn't working so they set it up manually (after more than a week) which was a very involved process. I eventually ordered some items and they totally overcharged me for shipping. It's been more than a month and they still haven't been able to setup a web account for my company and I've pretty much given up on them.

They don't seem like an organization that's interested in doing business. Very strange.

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Other than 1 damaged prop that they drop ship to a customer of mine I have not had any real complaints with Morris. Most of the stuff I sell I sell from Ebay listings and once the item sells I place an order with Morris. In most cases it goes out the next day. I have not tried to link a web page to the Morris catalog system yet. Maybe some day!

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BadOleRoss

They only give current catalogs to dealers. I have a number of their older catalogs that Amy Morris gave me, however, she has never given me a current catalog, I believe it is a newer policy set forth as a result of the price of the catalogues. In refernce to setting up an internet or direct order account or if you are having any issues doing so I would call their Charlotte location and talk to Scott Morris, he will take care of you.

I dont have a lot of faith in Scott right now. I had a customer by a Pycho Sam Animated prop. Morris set them an old, restocked unit that had been a display. I email my contact there who sent the info to Scott (twice) who was supposed to call me and take care of this propblem. Everyone knows you dont make customers wait...at least I diont. I didnt hear from Scott so I ended up reordering another prop to satisfy my customers. I sold the first one at a loss. That was over a month ago and I never did here from Scott. One reason you may not get a catalog is that some of them are now printed with the prices. I know they use to come with a price list (one for dealers, one for everyone else).

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BadOleRoss

Ross,

Well, thank goodness that the Psycho Sam you sent me from Morris was perfect. Their suggested retail prices are ridiculous, however, the catalog functions as an above average restroom reader for me. Morris owns the Halloween Express here in Mooresville, NC and because of this a very successful Spirit store (best sales in NC) franchisee decided to not re-open for fear of Morris (Halloween Express) lowering their prices and killing his profit margin. So now I just browse at Halloween Express (479 for Psycho Sam there and 300 from you) and have to drive 30 miles, 45 minutes, to the nearest Spirit. My dreams of a halloween retail price war have been vanquished by the Big Foot urban legend costume suppliers.

I crossed my fingers when I sent my one disappointed customer the 2nd Sam hoping it would be OK. It too was in great condition. Morris, all in all, has been very easy to deal wiith and other than that one incident I have not had any issues at all with them. I guess that's why I am not burning up the email/phone lines trying to get in touch with Scott. I just figure it the cost of doing business. Spirit store are crazy high when it comes to prices. I go in there store just to look at the items live and in person cause sometimes a catalog can be very misleading.

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BadOleRoss