| |
12-13-2011, 05:44 PM
| #1 |
| Newbie Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: iva
Posts: 4
|  hobbyking
hope this helps someone in the future when they search hobbyking before ordering. placed a order for 81.85 , charger and some batts. got charges on my card from them for 82.50 one day and 81.85 the following day for a total of 164.45 after 5 days trying to contact them by phone with no answer and "chatting" with 4 or 5 customer service reps.a day. with there only responses being pre made answers. finally got the order cancelled, still no one could tell me about the charge of 82.50 only that a billing rep would e-mail me back(still havn't heard a peep) got the 81.85 stopped before it cleared the bank, guess i'm just S.O.L. on 82 bucks did some web searching and found this to be very common with them and others have been gotten(alot). searched on here before i order and did not see bad postings only that there battery prices were great. you might pay more ordering from other U.S. base companies but you stand the chance of losing money with nothing in return lesson learned beware |
|  |
| Sponsored Links | |
| | |
|
12-13-2011, 05:48 PM
| #2 |
| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: gastonia
Posts: 295
| 
never heard of that one all I know is the shipping is slllooowwwwww but form hong kong to the states its expected...Have you checked out the sky lipos from hobby parts...I think...Great rating, cheap, and crazy fastish shipping  |
|
| |
|
12-13-2011, 05:52 PM
| #3 |
| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NJ,USA
Posts: 201
|
I used paypal with them,and never had a problem
|
|
| |
|
12-13-2011, 05:52 PM
| #4 | |
| Quarry Creeper Join Date: May 2011 Location: Japan
Posts: 235
| Quote:
x2 on the hobbypartz lipo's. I run Sky 1800 mah 2s in my rigs, they are like, $6 a pop and they got to me super fast. But that sucks man, I heard similar stories from friends that I have about hobby king fawking people over like that. Hope you get your money back mate. | |
|
| |
|
12-13-2011, 05:55 PM
| #5 |
| cherry bomb   Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Nanaimo, BC, Canada
Posts: 1,598
|
over 25 orders with hobbyking in the past 3-4 months for me (even more then that for my buddy that got me on the hobbyking bandwagon), never had an issue. I hope your situation gets sorted out and if you could report back with what the problem was that would be great. I also only use PayPal when buying from them. |
|
| |
|
12-13-2011, 06:02 PM
| #6 |
| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: San Antonio TX
Posts: 169
|
So did you order from the USA hub, or the china?
|
|
| |
|
12-13-2011, 06:37 PM
| #7 |
| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: San Francisco
Posts: 2,236
|
I have never had a problem with any of my orders. I do use paypal though...
|
|
| |
|
12-13-2011, 06:40 PM
| #8 |
| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: In the woods
Posts: 283
|
+5 for hobbypartz. free shipping over like 50 bucks. they are located in Cally so it pretty reasonable. I run there gen ace 2s 40c 5000mah battery it was like 38 bucks.
|
|
| |
|
12-13-2011, 07:08 PM
| #9 |
| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: smithville
Posts: 642
|
I sorta had the same thing happen. I ordered something and it said one amount of shipping and them i went to check out and it said more shipping? I dont know but they seem pretty shady. Be wary!
|
|
| |
|
12-13-2011, 09:13 PM
| #10 |
| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Maple Grove, MN
Posts: 803
|
+6 for hobbyparts. They may not be the best lipos, but they are sure priced right! |
|
| |
|
12-14-2011, 01:16 AM
| #11 |
| Rock Crawler  Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Commiskey
Posts: 585
|
Been dealing with Hobby King for years, bought 3 chargers and 30+ lipo's from them. The only problem I ever had was a bad soder joint on a lipo after a couple cycles. Paid for faster shipping once and got it 4 days faster.  Now I just order and forget about it for a week and then it shows up 3-4 days later.I use traxxas connectors on everything and currently trying out there knock off's and so far love them. Easier to assemble and plug/unplug. |
|
| |
|
12-14-2011, 01:24 AM
| #12 |
| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2009 Location: Hillsboro, OR / Kapolei, Hi
Posts: 695
|
If you used a charge card, why not report a claim for both charges?
|
|
| |
|
12-14-2011, 01:28 AM
| #13 |
| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Deus est mortuus, logica obtinet.
Posts: 451
|
+1 on using paypal. i've heard quite a few stories of people having things like this happen when using their credit or debit cards, but never paypal. hobbyking knows if they screw with paypal they will be the ones getting screwed!
|
|
| |
|
12-14-2011, 03:13 AM
| #14 |
| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2009 Location: Queensland, Australia
Posts: 610
|
One of my mates was nailed same as you have been. They charged him 4 times for a total of AUD$200+ and that was using paypal. He's currently in a sh*t fight with Paypal & Hobbyking to try and get his money back.
|
|
| |
|
12-14-2011, 04:07 AM
| #15 |
| RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Amish Buggy PA
Posts: 1,100
|
Now we know how they sell stuff so cheap, rip off one guy then charge the next guy properly.
|
|
| |
|
12-14-2011, 04:55 AM
| #16 |
| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: tri cities
Posts: 582
|
Me personaly, I've never had good luck ordering from places like hobby king. Not only just for rc parts. I tend to stay away from places like that, then I don't have to worry about it. I always use paypal and I normaly don't order from out of the us and I don't order normaly if I can't talk to an actual person. Sorry to hear you had problems.
|
|
| |
|
12-14-2011, 05:12 AM
| #17 |
| Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Southern, IN
Posts: 862
|
This is where I get my stuff, nearly the same prices and it's located in Illinois. Welcome To ValueHobby |
|
| |
|
12-14-2011, 05:52 AM
| #18 | |
| RCC Addict Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Mount Juliet
Posts: 1,287
| Quote:
I did not know about these guys....and just found out that they are 10 minutes from my office. I may have to try them out. | |
|
| |
|
12-14-2011, 02:48 PM
| #19 | |
| Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Southern, IN
Posts: 862
| Quote:
| |
|
| |
|
12-14-2011, 02:55 PM
| #20 | |
| Moderator   Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: chicago
Posts: 2,814
| Quote:
and deans already installed... | |
|
| |
 |
| Tags |
| hobbyking |
| |
Linear Mode
