Honig's
 

Just ordered from them. Took 5 minutes tops, wonderful service, items will be here in a few days -- probably Tuesday.

Re: Honig's
 

That's what's great, I was going to pay extra once for their two day service, she said that my package would probably make it there anyways but not for sure, so I told her not to pay for the two day. It made it in two days with regular shipping.

Re: Re: Honig's
 

Same here Snake. I actually paid for it on one order and they didn't catch it. Ordered again and was going to do it and they said that I probably shouldn't cause it would take 2 days no matter what. Just great service, period. Sure in the hell not $16.95 for "standard shipping".

I agree with forksref, I ordered the "OC" shoes last summer,which was advertised by officials choice to be delivered before the end of august,of course I got them in sept. ok, but when i questioned this, instead of "oops,sorry", I was quickly reminded of the popularity of the shoes,and how lucky I was to be getting the best!!

Okay, I can buy the fact that there service is not the best. However, I really like there micro-soft shirts and they seem to be the only ones that carry this particular brand. I know the Honig's and others carry mesh shirts. I have bought a couple of them, but don't like them as much as OC's micro-soft shirt. If you can lead me to a place the carries these particular shirts, I will boycott OC's.

Letter
 

I too wrote a letter. Their reply was that their expenses for 2005 were calculated into their shipping costs. However, they did offer me and anyone around in my area free shipping for the month of March.

I've been ordering online (ebay, etc.) for quite some time, and expect "some" issues every now and then. I have ordered from OC about 5 times, but I've never had problems and have never had extremely high shipping.

Because their shirts and pants are by far the best, I will keep using them.

The "Pre-game board and the shoe bags I brought from them are really good. I have heard bad things about them on other items such as shirts and pants so I didnt order any of that from them. I order all that from Honigs where I am very pleased with their service. :) A+++ for Honigs.

Received this reply from Paul at OC

Over the past week, our company has received numerous messages in support of our promotion. A fine gentleman just made the following point, he stated, if "OC" has the best shirt in the industry priced at $15.00, plus $10.00 shipping/handling, that comes to $25.00. The competition has the same shirt, which they've just copied our new design, for $25.95, plus shipping/handling for $6.95, that comes to $32.90.
Therefore our offer saves you $$.

Be good enough to post these points, or your interpretation of them.

I believe this will end the discussion.

Thanks for your time and look forward to serving you again.

I have a few problems with OC

Their service is horrible - if you tell me you are going to do something and I pay you to do that then you should give me some of my money back or at least apologize if you don't do what I paid for.

Also, they should mention to people that their shirts run a size bigger than some of the more popular brands. That information right there would save some time.

Unfortunately for anyone working on an IAABO board they have the monopoly for use of the logo. The only alternative is to buy a plain shirt and have the patch sewn on instead of buy a shirt from them with the patch stitched in. Shirts are the only thing I get from them. I can't imagine any pants being better than sansabelts so I order my pants from a company that sell them. Honigs is a great company IMO too.

I cannot boycott OC but the IAABO monopoly is the only reason they get any of my business.

I just went to the OC website and they are (apparently) charging $3.85 for USPS Priority (actual cost) on a pretend order I put in consisting of 2 microsofter shirts. Is it possible he saw what a customer service nightmare this is?

If they work this out by next season, I'll give them a try. My shoe experience was a bit weird with them this year (11 days wasn't enough notice for in-stock shoes, I guess) but I'll give people a second chance.

[Edited by Rich Fronheiser on Mar 6th, 2005 at 11:58 AM]

why hasn't anyone mentioned refshop.com? It is the only place i have shopped and I love everything but their shoe selection. on the topic of shoes does anyone have any suggestions. I wanted to try some asics but could not find any worth officiating in.

You're right, looks like they changed shipping rates.

Re: Updated Shipping
 

Just checked it out, they have updated their shipping and have actually added more options. UPS Ground is something like 6.05 and USPS Priority is something like 3.85
I've got to give them props for changing and listening to all the officials who complained. There's a good chance I'll give them my business once and we'll see how it goes.

I've used OC for a while now.

I have heard people complaining about them. I have *never* had a problem with them. The 1 time I needed to send something back (zipper broke on a pair of sansabelts) they replaced the item within a week, no questions.

BTW, the material they use on their new shirts is great, and I like the cut of their pants.