WTH Is wrong with TOWER HOBBIES! *RANT*
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WTH Is wrong with TOWER HOBBIES! *RANT*
I don't know what to think about TOWER HOBBIES anymore...
...So this morning i go to check out the SPEEDMART circular i got in the mail. I really don't care about what's in it i guess i just like to look and see what's new in the non-savage world. I flip to page four and at the bottom left hand corner is an ad for a Tamiya Nitrage, so i start reading and ...HUH?... it says it's powered by "a formidable 540 motor". Who writes this stuff? Do they think thier customers are idiots? I mean it's called a NITRage! It even says 5.2 on the side! ...A little while passes and i cool down. ...Turn to page 8 and at the bottom is an other ad for an Axial AX10 kit, and upon closer inspection IT'S A SAVAGE WITH AN AXIAL BODY AND 40 SERIES BEADLOCKS!
I know i may just be sensitive to this kind of stuff but if they screw up big TWO times in the first 8 pages then who knows what other BS they're printing. It ordinarily wouldn't bug me so much except that earlier today i was reading the best hobby shop thread and it got me thinking- i really should order from A MAIN. I wanted to get the Dual Disc Brake Conversion, 47T Steel Spur, and Vented Clutch Bell 17T. A Main didn't have the steel spur so i had to go TOWER.
I've spent nearly $1000 since july with TOWER and this really bothers me. I'm definetly looking somewhere else to get the TAMIYA DURGA i've decided on.
Does TOWER have a customer service email address? I couldnt find one on thier website.
anyone have anything to add to this or other comments/rants?
Matt
...So this morning i go to check out the SPEEDMART circular i got in the mail. I really don't care about what's in it i guess i just like to look and see what's new in the non-savage world. I flip to page four and at the bottom left hand corner is an ad for a Tamiya Nitrage, so i start reading and ...HUH?... it says it's powered by "a formidable 540 motor". Who writes this stuff? Do they think thier customers are idiots? I mean it's called a NITRage! It even says 5.2 on the side! ...A little while passes and i cool down. ...Turn to page 8 and at the bottom is an other ad for an Axial AX10 kit, and upon closer inspection IT'S A SAVAGE WITH AN AXIAL BODY AND 40 SERIES BEADLOCKS!
I know i may just be sensitive to this kind of stuff but if they screw up big TWO times in the first 8 pages then who knows what other BS they're printing. It ordinarily wouldn't bug me so much except that earlier today i was reading the best hobby shop thread and it got me thinking- i really should order from A MAIN. I wanted to get the Dual Disc Brake Conversion, 47T Steel Spur, and Vented Clutch Bell 17T. A Main didn't have the steel spur so i had to go TOWER.
I've spent nearly $1000 since july with TOWER and this really bothers me. I'm definetly looking somewhere else to get the TAMIYA DURGA i've decided on.
Does TOWER have a customer service email address? I couldnt find one on thier website.
anyone have anything to add to this or other comments/rants?
Matt
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RE: WTH Is wrong with TOWER HOBBIES! *RANT*
I think yer gettin waaaay over excited about some errors in an advertisement... I hope they never get your order wrong. You'll have a stroke. LOL
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RE: WTH Is wrong with TOWER HOBBIES! *RANT*
If I ever have a problem, I just reply to the order e-mail and always get a response even though that is two different departments you are talking about. (marketing vs. shipping)
They'll answer.
They also answer their phone during business hours.
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They'll answer.
They also answer their phone during business hours.
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So far my experience with Tower has been great. Super fast shipping, great prices with the coupon codes, returns are as easy as purchases, and most of the time everything is in stock. I can understand you being this mad if you would have made a purchase based on the incorrect info in the ad; which I'm sure they would have taken care of in the form a of a full refund, but it's just an error. Obviously marketing screwed up, but it doesn't really have to do with how good or bad of a dealer they are. That's why you always want to use more the one source for product info, like the manufactures site. Anyways, I wouldn't write off Tower just becasue of some misprints.
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Wow, you react like that to a couple of misprints????
What do you do to real, blatant false advertising???
If were you I'd keep a close check on my BP, that stuff will kill you if you get worked up like that a lot
Honestly, you don't even know if the mistakes are Towers or the printers
What do you do to real, blatant false advertising???
If were you I'd keep a close check on my BP, that stuff will kill you if you get worked up like that a lot
Honestly, you don't even know if the mistakes are Towers or the printers
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RE: WTH Is wrong with TOWER HOBBIES! *RANT*
do you ever read RCCA or RC DRIVER everytime theres a wrong speed reading or a tire put on backwords some crazy people are like HOLY CRAP A MISTAKE......now gimme free stickers
TRUTH- rc mags and rc companies are not super human they are normal like you and me
Think if you started making mistakes in letters you wrote to your friends.....and then they decided not to be your friend anymore just because you made a couple typos
TRUTH- rc mags and rc companies are not super human they are normal like you and me
Think if you started making mistakes in letters you wrote to your friends.....and then they decided not to be your friend anymore just because you made a couple typos
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ORIGINAL: DaveG55
Wow, you react like that to a couple of misprints????
What do you do to real, blatant false advertising???
If were you I'd keep a close check on my BP, that stuff will kill you if you get worked up like that a lot
Honestly, you don't even know if the mistakes are Towers or the printers
Wow, you react like that to a couple of misprints????
What do you do to real, blatant false advertising???
If were you I'd keep a close check on my BP, that stuff will kill you if you get worked up like that a lot
Honestly, you don't even know if the mistakes are Towers or the printers
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ORIGINAL: bmwnla
do you ever read RCCA or RC DRIVER everytime theres a wrong speed reading or a tire put on backwords some crazy people are like HOLY CRAP A MISTAKE......now gimme free stickers
TRUTH- rc mags and rc companies are not super human they are normal like you and me
Think if you started making mistakes in letters you wrote to your friends.....and then they decided not to be your friend anymore just because you made a couple typos
do you ever read RCCA or RC DRIVER everytime theres a wrong speed reading or a tire put on backwords some crazy people are like HOLY CRAP A MISTAKE......now gimme free stickers
TRUTH- rc mags and rc companies are not super human they are normal like you and me
Think if you started making mistakes in letters you wrote to your friends.....and then they decided not to be your friend anymore just because you made a couple typos
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RE: WTH Is wrong with TOWER HOBBIES! *RANT*
In all honesty
The Nitrage's handy starter has a 540 motor
Ive noticed this too, check it out in their annual cataloge.
The Nitrage's handy starter has a 540 motor
Ive noticed this too, check it out in their annual cataloge.
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ORIGINAL: gravediggerracing
But spelling and grammar check tools have been around for how many years now? They're staples in the journalism field. There's no real excuse for a publication to make typos unless the proof-reader is just lazy or on the other end of the spectrum, hasty. Mistakes do happen, yes as we see, but with the tools available to prevent mistakes, they shouldn't. Just my opinion.[8D]
ORIGINAL: bmwnla
do you ever read RCCA or RC DRIVER everytime theres a wrong speed reading or a tire put on backwords some crazy people are like HOLY CRAP A MISTAKE......now gimme free stickers
TRUTH- rc mags and rc companies are not super human they are normal like you and me
Think if you started making mistakes in letters you wrote to your friends.....and then they decided not to be your friend anymore just because you made a couple typos
do you ever read RCCA or RC DRIVER everytime theres a wrong speed reading or a tire put on backwords some crazy people are like HOLY CRAP A MISTAKE......now gimme free stickers
TRUTH- rc mags and rc companies are not super human they are normal like you and me
Think if you started making mistakes in letters you wrote to your friends.....and then they decided not to be your friend anymore just because you made a couple typos
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I think yer gettin waaaay over excited about some errors in an advertisement... I hope they never get your order wrong. You'll have a stroke. LOL
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i've had them send me a $30 bushwacker body instead of a $200 buggy roller chassis. i called them right away and they said keep the body and we'll send out the chassis. not one problem.
towers is the first place i look for parts.
towers is the first place i look for parts.
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ORIGINAL: bmwnla
So we should invent an RC spell checking machine thats knows what motors belong in which cars.......hahaha.....BRILLIANT!
ORIGINAL: gravediggerracing
But spelling and grammar check tools have been around for how many years now? They're staples in the journalism field. There's no real excuse for a publication to make typos unless the proof-reader is just lazy or on the other end of the spectrum, hasty. Mistakes do happen, yes as we see, but with the tools available to prevent mistakes, they shouldn't. Just my opinion.[8D]
ORIGINAL: bmwnla
do you ever read RCCA or RC DRIVER everytime theres a wrong speed reading or a tire put on backwords some crazy people are like HOLY CRAP A MISTAKE......now gimme free stickers
TRUTH- rc mags and rc companies are not super human they are normal like you and me
Think if you started making mistakes in letters you wrote to your friends.....and then they decided not to be your friend anymore just because you made a couple typos
do you ever read RCCA or RC DRIVER everytime theres a wrong speed reading or a tire put on backwords some crazy people are like HOLY CRAP A MISTAKE......now gimme free stickers
TRUTH- rc mags and rc companies are not super human they are normal like you and me
Think if you started making mistakes in letters you wrote to your friends.....and then they decided not to be your friend anymore just because you made a couple typos
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ORIGINAL: gravediggerracing
You gotta remember some people here are just kids...................they're not worried about blood pressure and all that other stuff us old folks have to worry about.
ORIGINAL: DaveG55
Wow, you react like that to a couple of misprints????
What do you do to real, blatant false advertising???
If were you I'd keep a close check on my BP, that stuff will kill you if you get worked up like that a lot
Honestly, you don't even know if the mistakes are Towers or the printers
Wow, you react like that to a couple of misprints????
What do you do to real, blatant false advertising???
If were you I'd keep a close check on my BP, that stuff will kill you if you get worked up like that a lot
Honestly, you don't even know if the mistakes are Towers or the printers
and believe me
there are a lot of kids that need to watch their bp
more than old folks do
sad but true...
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You think that misprint is bad. I just found one in the April 2008 issue of RC Car Action page 132. The RPM add has a list of parts and in one section it says Traxxas E-Savage. Since when did Traxxas start making the E-Savage...LMAO
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Since we on the Tower bashing :-)
One of the thing that alway tick me off is the fact they dont list out the shipping number, and there is no way I can track my shipment.
One of the thing that alway tick me off is the fact they dont list out the shipping number, and there is no way I can track my shipment.
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ORIGINAL: rcnitrohead
I have found at least 200 in RCCA over 2007...
I have found at least 200 in RCCA over 2007...
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I dunno, I'm just saying generally in my reading. In every issue there are wrong numbers in the reviews, and tons of mistakes everywhere..
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ORIGINAL: sheograth
I cracked up
I think yer gettin waaaay over excited about some errors in an advertisement... I hope they never get your order wrong. You'll have a stroke. LOL
lmagine if he actually took the dodgy part back to the shop for a warrenty claim, and they said no, ppfffttt......LALALALALALALALALALALA !
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All in all I've had good experiences with Tower. I do think they've lost touch a bit with their prices.. Even with their discount codes they're no longer really competitive with places like amain on a LOT of things.. Except for a select few items, like the LRP Spec 3... - which frankly is still a great deal - $150 or so with the code as far as I know..