hobbyking

[S.C. yoda]

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

 

[xjcritter]

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 "thumbsup"

 

[iwanttocrawl]

I used paypal with them,and never had a problem

 

[Numbcrawling]

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 "thumbsup"

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.

 

[fred0000]

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.

 

[CHOPPERMECH11]

So did you order from the USA hub, or the china?

 

[SMR 510RR]

I have never had a problem with any of my orders. I do use paypal though...

 

[Levesque87]

+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.

 

[Krawler23]

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!

 

[msd44]

+6 for hobbyparts. They may not be the best lipos, but they are sure priced right! "thumbsup"

 

[transambill]

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.:roll: 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."thumbsup"

 

[808DA6]

If you used a charge card, why not report a claim for both charges?

 

[ohh EPiC FAiL]

+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!

 

[WIDELOAD]

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.

 

[DRCrawlGood]

Now we know how they sell stuff so cheap, rip off one guy then charge the next guy properly.

 

[muddinscx]

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.

 

[Turn'Nburn]

This is where I get my stuff, nearly the same prices and it's located in Illinois. "thumbsup"

Welcome To ValueHobby

 

[xirtic]

This is where I get my stuff, nearly the same prices and it's located in Illinois. "thumbsup"

Welcome To ValueHobby

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. "thumbsup"

 

[Turn'Nburn]

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. "thumbsup"

They have comparable products to hobby king, i'm satisfied with the batts and charger I got from them. I got them UPS in 3 days!

 

[badhoopty]

This is where I get my stuff, nearly the same prices and it's located in Illinois. "thumbsup"

Welcome To ValueHobby

my last set of lipos i got from valuehobby, very fast to ship and super cheap. seem comparable to a sky lipo, but maybe its just the blue.

and deans already installed... "thumbsup"