Bub Steve

smokejohnson::I want to paint too:p!!!looks like ya'll are have'in fun,bub, steve

trebel-t91230l

I guess I'll never learn> I bit on Hobbycity. Should have known better. Won't say "I'll never do that again". Too many times. Would suggest staying away from Hobbycity!!!!

Kosh

I love HobbyCity myself, Just ordered a new plane last week and it showed up on my door in 7 days with standard shipping. Thats better service than I get from many companies much closer.

gfdengine204

Trebel,

What exactly was the problem? Anyone can say stay away. What happened?

fr4nk1yn

Sounds like somebody trolling.
Oh yeah! I got my $12.08 refunded (: I ordered 3 servos.
AND That made me a Platinum Member.

rea59

What exactly is the problem? I use HC a lot and have never had an issue.

Aero Ace Ace

4 orders from HC so far. Over $600 worth of stuff, which probably would have cost $1200+ from my LHS, which I do still shop at. All 4 orders were delivered within 5-10 days. I only order in stock items, and if I order the wrong thing I just live with it.

gfdengine204

Glad to hear you got your money back to you.

mark bren

A Few Pennys are you kidding me I have placed 12 orders through them and got all of it I have saved hundreds and its kept me in the hobby. A E-flite motor that bends it shaft every time it noses over is 90.00 I can get a better motor through united for 30.00.
Same with batts a 4400 4sp would set me back 150.00 and i can get it for 70.00? I worked at a local hobby store and saw the 48% markup why bother the moneys going back to china anyway!
I just don't order things that are backordered thats where the problems come in they can't handle that. I don't know why but if you order things that are in stock or wait till they are you will get them at leaest I have
but I do have to wait for for there stock to come in and that sucks sometimes
Just My 2 CENT WORTH

ministeve2003

these retailers really do think we're ignorant of trolling... comeon, your first post, and you've been screwed by big bad hobbycity... yea right... what a joker... can somebody please ban these jokers IP Addresses...
SK

firemanbill

A few pennies yeah. the 4400 4s you mention... hobby city out of stock. it could be $10 and you still wouldn't get it.

And I can get the same battery friom true rc for not $150, but $85 Grayson Hobbies $99. and they have them in stock. More expensive but not the extreme example you cite. I can also get great motors such as welgards and such a lot less the eflites too.

If the stuff at HC is in stock then ok. More and more we are hearing of folks having good results. That is wonderful and I hope they continue to do well and treat customers right.

I'm just saying there are more options out there than HC.

mark bren

your right people have there choices and I have has great luck with UH I looked at one of the listed stores and found a TP 4cell 4400 at 179.00 but thats TP and the last 2 I had puffed up like ballons so 179.0 or 70. HMMM..
anyway people can do what thay want and my main point was not to order things that are out of stock. and the items I have got work great and are cheaper than MOST stores

firemanbill

I got my last two 4s 4000 from Grayson Hobbies while at SEFF for $80 a peice. You don't have to buy the big brand names to get good stuff, heck like you say they puff too.

These batts are working out awesome. I have about 40 cycles on them already, charging at 3c on my Cellpro 10s charger. The first set of big ones I got were twice that from Maxamps. Great batteries too but for half the price I'll stick with Grayson now.

trebel-t91230l

I think you have the right idea, buy in stock items. Looking thru the posts it looks as though most problems were with backordered items and communication. Mine was with backorder and communications. I can go along with anything if communication is OK.
That made me decide to spend the extra money and buy at home with good service.
THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
Dick Trebel
(Not a dealer, not trolling. I just want to make my opinions known. Note that I use my own name}

Bub Steve

fr4nk1ynBub::good post'in my Bub,They'll NEVER make me Plat'num cause I Busted the Admins Chops to many times on their forum, Everyone likes me over there and it's the only reason they haven't bann'ed me,HaHaa, I had my orders(8 ) in about 3-4 weeks (once 6 weeks), still get flite-packs & combos (lite stuff) but shipp'in on planes an things that got any poundage I go LHS'in, I'm like'in heads up and need to go there more (me,a troll??)Jeff would laff!!anyway That my humble o'pin'yan,, your bub, steve

Bub Steve

They just made me Platinum, Shame on me!! bub, steve

ministeve2003

Been Platinum for almost a year now... double shame on me...LOL

after as much stuff as I purchased lately, I think they need a higher category... LOL
SK

Liquidity

how many orders/what dollar value did you need to become platnium. I am still only a gold member

pburt1975

I"d like to know that too. I have heard tho, its based strictly on how many orders and not on dollar amount

Liquidity

Well that is stupid.

ministeve2003

I don't know... but I've had like 56 orders.... but I think it was only after about 10...

PS, it doesn't save a whole lot, maybe 5%-10% at very most on some stuff... maybe 1% or none on others...

SK

Bub Steve

10 was my magic# also, bub, steve

Bill G

I have to agree. I am the Schelprock guy who always gets the bad deal. If a company goofs up 1 in 100 times, I get it.
Anyone need a landing gear set to a GP Super Sportster? Tower accidentally sent it to me, instead of a GP Hellcat cowl, but they MADE IT RIGHT in a few days at their cost, and told me to just keep the landing gear. Better companies like Tower actually track their customers too, and if you buy much from them, I'm sure it can only help if there are any problems. Same with BP Hobbies. I'm sure if I ever had an issue with them, ( I haven't) they would pull up my account and see that I've done probably $1000 worth of business with them. I'm sure it would matter to them. I'm not sure HC looks at it that way.

I've found places like BP and Allerc to be a good middle-of-the-road. Sure, it stinks when you often see the same stuff at HC for up to 1/2 less, but I have a pretty good feeling about dealing with BP and Allerc.

There are a few items where it is worth buying good stuff. Other than crash damage, batteries should last a good while, and I've found it to be worth the money to buy good batts. Same goes for ESCs. Castle TBird ESCs aren't terribly expensive, and while I have had a few issues with basically all brands of ESCs, you generally know you will get what you pay for with a TBird, and not aggrevation.

In terms of credibility, I can't guess at this person's real situation, but we do know that some folks will use every forum out there to bash a place that they had a problem with. The problem with this is that it is no more useful that info about anything rc related, that is posted by a person with no rep on a forum. For example, I'm known as a Guillows converter, after doing many. If I came here with my first Guillows build and said "Hey all I'm the expert, listen to me", I don't think anybody would. I wouldn't expect anyone to either.