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Midwest Sports

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California
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Horrific experience.
August 11, 2020

Strung a new racquet with 3 knots all over the place, order was late by 1.5 weeks when they advertised 2 day shipping. Customer service is non existent - stay away even though there pricing looks competitive, you will pay with time and money in the end.

Date of experience: August 11, 2020
Florida
1 review
15 helpful votes
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Tennis racquet
July 1, 2020

Will never ever buy anything from this company. I have the same complaint as so many others regarding returning a tennis racquet: store credit only, minus shipping fees, hidden charges, etc. Wish that I had read all the bad reviews before purchasing a racquet here... the worst customer service also. Clever they are, they only post good reviews on their website... terrible.

Date of experience: July 1, 2020
Illinois
1 review
13 helpful votes
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No complaints
August 20, 2020

Most of these complaints seem to be focused on returns. I suggest you demo at your local store and order from the website when you KNOW what you want. I ordered a pre-strung racquet that showed up the next day! My wife also ordered a racquet for me that needed stringing, took about 5 days to get to us, but really not that big of a deal. 5 days is still pretty darn fast if you ask me. When she did call to speak to customer service they were very friendly and helpful.

Date of experience: August 20, 2020
Florida
1 review
16 helpful votes
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I bought tennis shoes from Midwest Sports and they were too small so I sent them back for a refund. They received them 5 days ago and still have not acknowledged receipt. Fortunately I have a tracking receipt. Why did they remove funds from my credit card account immediately when I purchased the shoes but it's taking them so long to return the funds? There is something seriously wrong with a business that delays refunds like this. I will never purchase anything from them again.

Date of experience: September 19, 2020
Virginia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Avoid this company with no customer service support at all. No shipment confirmation, the shipped tennis racquet had damages, rude customer service if you can get a hold of one after none existent online chat and no one picks up the phone for after order support. I should have checked out the ratings before ordering from this company. There's no way I'm returning the damaged tennis racquet to them after reading all the previous reviews.

Date of experience: August 25, 2021
Florida
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Placed an order and it was lost in the transfer to UPS. Took the company four weeks to process a credit... every excuse in the book... inventory, glitch in communication between departments, needed a different authorization. Would report this company to the Better Business Bureau if I thought it would make a difference. I would recommend using any other tennis apparel website other than this one.

Date of experience: October 4, 2021
Saudi Arabia
1 review
8 helpful votes
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In summary, they took away my money taking the advantage of knowing my credit card details
They stole 85 dollars of shipping fees and nothing reached me. They returned the items and refunded me their price only but not the shipping fees.
I advise everybody not to deal with them

Date of experience: February 15, 2020
Texas
1 review
14 helpful votes
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Lack of customer service
October 14, 2020

Midwest Sports sends you package to the wrong address. I saw that the address was wrong on the Pay Pal confirmation email. I sent an email to Midwest Sport telling them that the address was wrong, And them never sending a shipment conformation email. They tell me that the email provided is not monitored but they can have the package retrieved. After waiting days to have this done and no contact or update from them. They say they did everything they are going to do and that I would have to make a new purchase.

There customer service is horrible they don't care about the customer only about taking your hard earned money!

Date of experience: October 14, 2020
Washington
1 review
15 helpful votes
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I spent thousands on their site on tennis gear over the past 2 years. They wouldn't price match for me. I had a choice between purchasing between the Nike site and the Midwest Sports site for Black Friday but chose Midwest Sports because I wanted to give them my business. I should have just purchased the shoes off of the Nike website because Midwest refused to price match and the shoes were sold out in the time it took Midwest to get back to me. It would have saved them maybe 20 dollars. I know it's not that much, but it's the principle of the thing. Additionally, the customer service rep on the phone was rude.

I am returning all of the items I purchased recently (several hundred dollars worth) and will never buy off of their site again. TennisExpress has better deals anyway.

Date of experience: December 4, 2019
Virginia
3 reviews
15 helpful votes
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I returned a pair of shoes on 8/17/20. The returns department says I will get a refund in 7-10 days. I called on 27 and three times following that day. No one returend my calls. Then I went in as if I was placing an order. The guy gave me a nonsense story about post office and said they meant 7-10 business days. Now its over that time still no refund. I have bought thigs before but this was the first time returning stuff. Horrible, third rate company. I will get my money back whatever it takes and then its farewll this joke of a company. -5 stars.

Date of experience: September 6, 2020
Georgia
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I bought a tennis racquet... didnt not remove packet on the handle. Etc...
Returned the racquet of trying tennis ball with a few shots, felt that it isnot going to work for me.
They cut 25 percent of the cost of racquet on returning and also the remining 75%, they are sending a gift card.
When I asked the customer service replied that it is their policy... this is the last time I am buying from midwest. Worst service.

Date of experience: January 9, 2020
Saudi Arabia
1 review
14 helpful votes
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I ordered some items since the Black Friday. Initially they back ordered a bag which was a gift with the racket saying that it wasn't available and it would be available 15 days later. I sent them that I preferred to wait until its availability. To summarize the drama that happened later; after 65 days since I had ordered, they sent me that my items returned back to them by mistake and they couldn't refund me the shipping fees. They delayed me and wasted me the chance of buying from another website in addition to stealing my money
This is the worst experience I've ever encountered

Date of experience: February 16, 2020
Hawaii
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Stay Away!
July 3, 2018

Sleezy company. I called to change my order before my order shipped. Customer service told me they couldn't change it because it had already shipped out - this was not true. They could have changed it (a size change). Now they tell me I have to pay for return shipping. Stay away from this company - they're sleezy!

Date of experience: July 3, 2018
New Jersey
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Most irresponsible customer service ever seen.
Order Tennis shoes on 30 June, still now there is no trace of my shoes when contacted every time they simply say we are working with UPS on investigation to trace.
Never I would recommend any one approaching this firm for any requirements

Date of experience: July 27, 2017
California
1 review
11 helpful votes
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Hard for me to understand the bad reviews. My husband and I have been ordering for years, impeccable service, great advices, prompt shipping, fantastic selection, great prices, no hassle return.

Date of experience: July 8, 2019
30 reviews
213 helpful votes
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Best prices on tennis apparel and equipment - I stumbled upon this site when I was looking for a pair of tennis shoes that had just come out. Lots of places sold them at retail value, but not Midwest sports. They had them listed on sale!

So now, when I'm looking for tennis anything - equipment, apparel, accessories, etc. - this is my go-to site. They offer current and older items (at marked down prices) from a wide variety of brands. They even have a 115% price guarantee, whereby they will match any advertised price by authorized retail dealers for in-stock items, plus 15% of the difference. Shipping is prompt (with order tracking) and their customer service is excellent.

Date of experience: June 25, 2008
New York
1 review
2 helpful votes
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This company clearly is not very aware of Amazon's practices and/or the meaning of 21st Century customer service. They have twice sent the same wrong shirt and one instead of two and then argues lengthily with me on the phone.

You have plenty of choice for tennis equipment. Shop elsewhere.

Date of experience: April 1, 2017
Ohio
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Amazing company
July 11, 2018

I ordered my shoes online on Sunday and received them as promised on Tuesday, yes I paid the extra for them to get here in 2 days but still, I love my new shoes and will be looking your way again in the near future

Date of experience: July 10, 2018
North Carolina
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Bad experience at Midwestsports.com. Ordered my items on Sunday and by Friday I get an email letting me know my order will be 2-3 days late. I called them and found out the reason was one of my string order was back ordered. I agreed to test a substitute string and it was to be included free with my first shipment. The test string did not arrive when I received my package the following Tuesday. I then called them again and spoke to Steve Smith, who according to him was the manager and later the vice president. He now refused to ship me the test string stating there is nothing he can do for my order and there is no note of this test string. Did I talk to a ghost on Friday and had a bogus conversation?
I will not shop at Midwestsports.com again and you should not as well. Their shipping is slow (took over 1 week and 2 days) and they do not honor what they promised.
Bad people to be doing business with.

Date of experience: December 9, 2014
Canada
1 review
13 helpful votes
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You are better off buying from Amazon or a better quality retailer like Tennis warehouse. I just lost half my money on a purchase because they sent me defective product and would not return my money.

Date of experience: April 16, 2018

Overview

The company's reputation is marred by significant concerns regarding customer service and return policies, with numerous complaints about delayed shipments, inadequate support, and issues with refunds. While some customers report positive experiences with prompt delivery and product quality, these sentiments are overshadowed by a prevalent dissatisfaction regarding returns and communication. Many reviewers express frustration with hidden fees and a lack of responsiveness from customer service, suggesting a need for the company to improve its customer engagement and transparency. Overall, the feedback indicates a critical need for enhancements in service reliability and customer support practices.

This summary is generated by AI, based on text from customer reviews

service
3
shipping
3
returns
2
quality
2