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  1. 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

  2. "Rod Snyder" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:

    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.

  3. In article said:

    "Rod Snyder" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<jOWdnQTLerJ3LtLdRVn-
    [email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:

    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 pegasus.rutgers.edu~elflord

  4. Donovan Rebbechi said:

    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...?

  5. Donovan Rebbechi said:

    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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