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Rod Snyder
  
Has anyone had any experience ordering from Sport Hill. I
just had a very bad initial experience with them. After
not receiving a catalog in time for the holidays, I
received one at the end of February with an apology and an
offer for 10% off the first order and free 2nd day air
delivery. That was nice.

I called to place the order last Monday, which totalled
nearly $600, because there was no way to order online and
use the discount. I was on the phone almost 45 minutes
placing the order, being place on hold several times. At the
end the person told be that she couldn't give the total but
that it would be emailed to me. When the email arrived, the
order included two items I didn't order and was missing an
item and there was no indication of sizes on any of the
items; oh, and there was no 10% discount applied.

I called back and spoke with someone from the company and
they said that they would follow up on the order and make
sure that it was correct and that the discount would be
applied. My wife sent a follow up email with all of the
correct items and sizes. They sent a confirmation email that
only gave a total, no before and after discount, and didn't
confirm any of the sizes. This was on Thursday, and it noted
that they would apply a 10% discount because of the problem
along with 2nd day air. Obviously, they had already offered
that because of the initial problem, but they never replied
if they would do anything else to make up for the problem.
This was on Thursday and they said the order would go out
Monday????? No explanation for that delay, but oh well. So,
it should have gone out 2nd day air on Monday meaning it
should be here today. No package and no contact from the
company. So it's nine days later with expedited delivery and
still not here.

Anybody else have this type of customer experience?

Rod

Eddy Eagle
  
"Rod Snyder" <rsnyder95@comcast.net> wrote in message news:<jOWdnQTLerJ3LtLdRVn-uQ@comcast.com>...
> Has anyone had any experience ordering from Sport Hill. I
> just had a very bad initial experience with them. After
> not receiving a catalog in time for the holidays, I
> received one at the end of February with an apology and an
> offer for 10% off the first order and free 2nd day air
> delivery. That was nice.
>
> I called to place the order last Monday, which totalled
> nearly $600, because there was no way to order online and
> use the discount. I was on the phone almost 45 minutes
> placing the order, being place on hold several times. At
> the end the person told be that she couldn't give the
> total but that it would be emailed to me. When the email
> arrived, the order included two items I didn't order and
> was missing an item and there was no indication of sizes
> on any of the items; oh, and there was no 10% discount
> applied.
>
> I called back and spoke with someone from the company and
> they said that they would follow up on the order and make
> sure that it was correct and that the discount would be
> applied. My wife sent a follow up email with all of the
> correct items and sizes. They sent a confirmation email
> that only gave a total, no before and after discount, and
> didn't confirm any of the sizes. This was on Thursday, and
> it noted that they would apply a 10% discount because of
> the problem along with 2nd day air. Obviously, they had
> already offered that because of the initial problem, but
> they never replied if they would do anything else to make
> up for the problem. This was on Thursday and they said the
> order would go out Monday????? No explanation for that
> delay, but oh well. So, it should have gone out 2nd day
> air on Monday meaning it should be here today. No package
> and no contact from the company. So it's nine days later
> with expedited delivery and still not here.
>
> Anybody else have this type of customer experience?
>
> Rod

You probably paid with a credit card so you should be OK if
it doesn't work out in the end. Your first tip off was the
late catalog. If they can't get you a catalog for the busy
Christmas season, what kind of company are they running?
When I start to run into obstacles with any company I
immediately shy away from doing business even when the cost
and product look enticing.

Donovan Rebbech
  
In article <bd6fd228.0403110825.7ec5a744@posting.google.com>, eddy eagle wrote:
> "Rod Snyder" <rsnyder95@comcast.net> wrote in message news:<jOWdnQTLerJ3LtLdRVn-
> uQ@comcast.com>...

> You probably paid with a credit card so you should be OK
> if it doesn't work out in the end. Your first tip off was
> the late catalog. If they can't get you a catalog for the
> busy Christmas season, what kind of company are they
> running?

The strange thing is that their products are exceptional.
But it looks as though their online retailing is simply
mismanaged. It's unfortunate, because this sort of
incompetence really does reflect poorly on them.

If it were me, I'd write a lengthy letter of complaint
directly to the founder of the company (Jim Hill is his
name, btw) I actually found an email address for him on the
web, the address is sporthill.com, the username is jim (yes,
I'm obfuscating it to protect it from spambots) I also found
a phone number (for Jim Hill), not sure if it's a direct
line or not. I don't want to post it, contact me by email if
interested.

Cheers,
--
Donovan Rebbechi http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~elflord/

Carlos Jones
  
On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 17:02:28 +0000 (UTC), Donovan Rebbechi
<abuse@aol.com> wrote:

>The strange thing is that their products are exceptional.

Of course they are. They pinched the idea for their entire
early product line from Ron Hill clothing in the UK. Talk
about piggy-backing on another man's ability...?

Carlos Jones
  
On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 17:02:28 +0000 (UTC), Donovan Rebbechi
<abuse@aol.com> wrote:

>The strange thing is that their products are exceptional.

Of course they are. They pinched the idea for their entire
early product line from Ron Hill clothing in the UK. Talk
about piggy-backing on another man's ability...?

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