Beware of deception from RINGSIDE Boxing

I recently ordered some boxing stuff for our gym here in Hawaii, I ordered it from Ringside's website, paid for it with my CC which I was charged (the transaction completed through my bank).

Well, instead of getting the order, I get an email from a RINGSIDE "Shipping Specialist" who tells me that it will cost and additional $45.00 (USD), to send ONE PAIR of 12 oz. gloves from Kansas to Hawaii via FEDEX and, get this, it will take a week.

I was additionally offered a $40.00 shipping rate for SURFACE rate which takes a month.

The truth is that it costs less than $20.00 to mail via USPS with insurance and tracking and it takes about 3 days.

The point is that this is another company that loads exorbitant shipping fees in order to make additional profit. It wouldn't be so bad if they stated that the cost included "handling & fulfillment" or something like that but they don't.

To any who care, I found a much better equipment company, with a great selection and REASONABLE shipping rates.

Boundboxing.com

 

No sweat, I don't mind paying for the 'good stuff' but when they jack up the shipping prices far beyond what actual shipping costs are, I call that deceptive.

I didn't ask the www.Boundboxing.com guy if they would ship to Europe but he (Mr. Medina) seems very reasonable (he was very fair with me) and I'm guessing that he would do the same for you.

More importantly however, is the fact that this guy KNOWS his stuff. I've been in boxing in one form or another for 30 years and after talking at length with him I can tell you, he really, really knows his boxing equipment.

He's a coach too and his kids box so in short, he's a "boxing guy" through-and-through and you can tell he loves the sport. So different from the usual "reps" who work at RINGSIDE and Title who rarely seem to know anything about what they are selling beyond what's written in their catalog or on the website.

Hope this is of some help.

 

Unreal huh? Maybe they've gotten so big (and rich) they don't care anymore.

:-(

 

I had no idea, Puerto Rico being so famous for it's great boxers.

 

I'm actually sorry to read that yet it doesn't surprise me, their attitude seemed like they no longer care. Maybe John Brown (owner) is getting too old. Waaaay back when, they were good, unfortunately it's a very different story today.

 

I forgot to mention it, we did end up placing an order with RIVAL and you are right, the equipment was excellent (and rather stylish) and shipping prices very reasonable.

It was all that I would expect in the way of excellence bearing Russ Amber's name.

The irony is that Russ was Brown's Canada rep. Still might be for all I know.