Be very careful when ordering form Hobby King!

lleston2 · Jun 25, 2012, 11:45 AM

Hi Everybody,

I ordered a back-order item from Hobby King and then cancel it because I didn't want to wait forever. To my surprise I discovered they had included a gift item into my order without me knowing about it. The item was a goofy sticker which I never requested and that I wasn't able to cancel because they had it in stock... It seems the catch is: if you ever cancel the back-order item, the other goofy item goes out the door immediately so they keep the money of the whole order shipment in their pockets... How about that guys?

Apparently, if you don't want to get hit by this little trick of the goofy item, you have to cancel the whole order...

One more lesson to learn about buying from the far-east...

Be careful when buying HK!

Carnifax · 12:48 AM

wow, thanks for the heads up. Just so I understand here, you paid your money, attempted to cancel the order and now they wont "allow" you because of the free sticker?

Seems like there should be a quick easy way to fix this, dont you think? Is there a number to call or an email address that someone could help you?

Good luck.

3d astronaut · Jun 26, 2012, 11:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lleston2

Hi Everybody,

I ordered a back-order item from Hobby King and then cancel it because I didn't want to wait forever. To my surprise I discovered they had included a gift item into my order without me knowing about it. The item was a goofy sticker which I never requested and that I wasn't able to cancel because they had it in stock... It seems the catch is: if you ever cancel the back-order item, the other goofy item goes out the door immediately so they keep the money of the whole order shipment in their pockets... How about that guys?

Apparently, if you don't want to get hit by this little trick of the goofy item, you have to cancel the whole order...

One more lesson to learn about buying from the far-east...

Be careful when buying HK!

Have you contacted them? Did you pay with paypal or credit card?

scousethief · Jun 27, 2012, 09:58 AM

Legally they cant , a free item is a free item and not included in any "paid" for transaction.

If you paid by Paypal contact them immediately
If you paid by CC contact them immediately

Ive had this same sort of problem with these jokers before , they lost.

Jun 25, 2012, 11:45 AM	#1
lleston2 DareDevil Rockford Joined Sep 2010 1 Posts	Be very careful when ordering form Hobby King! Hi Everybody, I ordered a back-order item from Hobby King and then cancel it because I didn't want to wait forever. To my surprise I discovered they had included a gift item into my order without me knowing about it. The item was a goofy sticker which I never requested and that I wasn't able to cancel because they had it in stock... It seems the catch is: if you ever cancel the back-order item, the other goofy item goes out the door immediately so they keep the money of the whole order shipment in their pockets... How about that guys? Apparently, if you don't want to get hit by this little trick of the goofy item, you have to cancel the whole order... One more lesson to learn about buying from the far-east... Be careful when buying HK!

Jun 26, 2012, 11:55 AM	#2
Carnifax Registered User Cleveland Joined Jun 2002 2,213 Posts	wow, thanks for the heads up. Just so I understand here, you paid your money, attempted to cancel the order and now they wont "allow" you because of the free sticker? Seems like there should be a quick easy way to fix this, dont you think? Is there a number to call or an email address that someone could help you? Good luck.
	Last edited by Carnifax; Jun 27, 2012 at 12:48 AM.

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Jun 27, 2012, 09:58 AM	#4
scousethief Registered User United Kingdom, England, Redcar Joined Jan 2006 2,914 Posts	Legally they cant , a free item is a free item and not included in any "paid" for transaction. If you paid by Paypal contact them immediately If you paid by CC contact them immediately Ive had this same sort of problem with these jokers before , they lost.