Coach B
Site Experience FeedbackSep 15, 2025
I had an overall good interaction. The only issue is not being able to get tax deductions when I have to use my own card vs a school/business card. Our school district does not allow teachers to have department P-cards to prevent misuse of funds, but it takes a longer process to get purchase order approved and usually doesn't align with the time we need to get a uniform. I prefer the catalog on prices on Discount Dance over many other vendors, but I often have to use Weissman instead because I am also guaranteed to get the order processed same day if submitted by a certain time and shipped within the day. That's really the only concern I have with using Discount Dance. Even the order I placed today - though it was submitted before the noon cutoff time - it still won't be shipped today and I have to hope that it is shipped by the next business day. I chose 2-day shipping, but once the order was placed - it stated FedEx would still take 2-3 days to ship. It's a disadvantage to pay extra for faster shipping + taxes and still not potentially have the uniform on time. That happens a lot using this site, which is why I mostly only use it to pay specific quotes that I don't need immediately in case the processing takes more time. If the processing and shipping was a little faster, I'd definitely use the site more. The other thing is that out of stock items are constantly still shown on the website and it slows down my browsing/shopping when I have to rummage through a bunch of items I like but they are not in inventory. There's no options for custom wear or many options for items that can be customized after the purchase once I receive them, so I'm limited on choosing items for a full team/performance group. Otherwise, I generally enjoy using Discount Dance - especially when my school does not have the funding it truly needs. It's much different teaching dance and ordering items in a K-12 system versus when I was in a studio. However, I can usually find good alternatives if my customwear from elsewhere is taking long periods of time or other items are unavailable.