Is Strada Sports Store still alive?

[ianc911]

if he has it in stock

That is the key point. There is no way to tell, and he may or may not respond to your requests as to whether he has it or not.

If you throw caution to the winds and just order, you may be sitting there for months with your money tied up and no communication from him. I just cancelled ~150$ worth of stuff from orders that were months old and I could get no information from him on it.

Still have not heard back on the cancellation request though. Risky business...

ianc

[stevenoble]

I think a company should only make a charge to you once they ship your items. It's not fair to hold onto your money if they haven't got the stuff you ordered in stock...

[Adam Baker]

I had the same issue when I cancelled my order. I sent an email every day for like 5 days in a row, before he finally replied back that my order had been cancelled.

Originally Posted by ianc911

That is the key point. There is no way to tell, and he may or may not respond to your requests as to whether he has it or not.

If you throw caution to the winds and just order, you may be sitting there for months with your money tied up and no communication from him. I just cancelled ~150$ worth of stuff from orders that were months old and I could get no information from him on it.

Still have not heard back on the cancellation request though. Risky business...

ianc

[RonCla]

Originally Posted by RonCla

I placed my last order with him on the 5 Oct 2011. He made a charge against my Visa on 6 August 2012. i have yet to receive any response to my emails let alone receive the order.

Meanwhile, I'm still waiting for this order to arrive......

[Vric]

Well I guess I'm lucky he didn't reply to my email finally...

[69*Goat]

I spoke with Kevin two days ago. He is working 60-70 hours a week, and has not had the time to manage Strada Sports correctly ( He knows that). I know for a fact that Kevin NEVER charges people for their items before he ships them. There always seems to be one person that claims that. I believe there was a retraction the last time that that was claimed.

There may be some changes coming to Strada Sports.

[Adam Baker]

I can tell you right now that he charged me for my item as soon as I ordered it, and then I finally said I wanted a refund after waiting 8+ weeks for it.

Originally Posted by 69*Goat

{snip}I know for a fact that Kevin NEVER charges people for their items before he ships them. {snip}

[ianc911]

I know for a fact that Kevin NEVER charges people for their items before he ships them.

Sorry, absolutely untrue. I'll show you my credit card statement from months ago where I've been charged for merchandise I've never received.

I hope your surmise about changes coming to Strada are a little more accurate...

ianc

[racer93]

Originally Posted by ianc911

Sorry, absolutely untrue. I'll show you my credit card statement from months ago where I've been charged for merchandise I've never received.

I hope your surmise about changes coming to Strada are a little more accurate...

ianc

I have been charged as well for items that took way too long to come in. (Several months.) This is (or has been) the case.

I hope they keep their prices on some of their kits, as their pricing is pretty good.

Daniel

[69*Goat]

For those of you that say Kevin charged you, this goes against everything that I have experienced, and or been told. I have dealt with Kevin for 6 years, and I have never been charged for anything before it was shipped, or charged when something was ordered. You can't do that in this business (not good business practice). When people make an order, and you don't have it in stock, you don't charge until you get it and ship it (I'm preaching to the choir). Ianc I know changes are coming, that's all I can say right now.

[jmtomservo]

Originally Posted by 69*Goat

For those of you that say Kevin charged you, this goes against everything that I have experienced, and or been told. I have dealt with Kevin for 6 years, and I have never been charged for anything before it was shipped, or charged when something was ordered. You can't do that in this business (not good business practice). When people make an order, and you don't have it in stock, you don't charge until you get it and ship it (I'm preaching to the choir). Ianc I know changes are coming, that's all I can say right now.

You are charged immediately if you use Paypal as the payment method.

[Greg Davis]

Originally Posted by jmtomservo

You are charged immediately if you use Paypal as the payment method.

Yep, that's what I used earlier this week when I ordered my HRM GT40 detail kit.

I sent him an email today asking if it was in stock and when he thought it would ship.

I'll post on here when I get a response.

[racer93]

Originally Posted by jmtomservo

You are charged immediately if you use Paypal as the payment method.

Bingo.

[generationx]

Originally Posted by 69*Goat

I spoke with Kevin two days ago. He is working 60-70 hours a week, and has not had the time to manage Strada Sports correctly ( He knows that). I know for a fact that Kevin NEVER charges people for their items before he ships them. There always seems to be one person that claims that. I believe there was a retraction the last time that that was claimed.

There may be some changes coming to Strada Sports.

Oh dear I hope this isn't turning into another Thunder Valley (ducks and waits for the flak to fly).

[RonCla]

And talking about Thunder Valley, the web site says they are resuming operations and hope to be shipping at the end of september.

I'm really looking forward to receiving the Mclaren M8 kit I ordered off them back in 2000