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Hobbylinc Reviews Summary

Hobbylinc has 76 customer reviews and ranks 6th in the Toys Store category. Common review topics include customer service.

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Canada
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Great place to shop
May 8, 2018

The selection was great! Delivery was great. I had no trouble at all with them. The prices were very good.

Date of experience: May 7, 2018
New York
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Hobbylinc, a Company of Sencere Service
March 27, 2018

I am a very satisfied customer and happy to give my rating. Every time I have placed an order and received it, even when the USPS is not so kind with the delivery of a package, Hobbylinc has proven to be there with care, kindness, concern and service to make me a satisfied customer. Even when USPS doesn't deliver, Hobbylinc does. Hobbylinc is a 150% Company earning the best rating possible and more. Thank You for your care and hard work.
Daniel, a satisfied returning customer.

Date of experience: March 27, 2018
Canada
1 review
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Disappointed in Customer service
February 11, 2018

Very disappointing ordered product Dec 15 apparently on back order that's fine haven't heard a thing back to date although my charges have gone through customer service not the greatest don't know if I will use hobbylinc again

Date of experience: February 10, 2018
Canada
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Fast, accurate and simple service
February 5, 2018

The product came right to my PO Box in just over a week. Everything was there in perfect condition. I also enjoy getting the sales promotion in my email.

Date of experience: February 4, 2018
California
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Satisfied Customer
December 27, 2017

I have been buying from Hobbylinc for many years. The reasons: great selection; competitive prices; good service. I will continue to use Hobbylinc in the future.

Date of experience: December 26, 2017
Michigan
1 review
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Great Company
December 10, 2017

I have had several orders from Hobbylinc. My husband likes to do paint by numbers and has trouble finding ones he has not done Hobbylinc has more choices. All the orders I have received have be exactly as ordered. My only warning is do not wait too long to order, since it is a small company, It takes a while to get to you.

Date of experience: December 9, 2017
New Hampshire
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Stay away. Stay far, far away!
August 18, 2017

Where do I begin? I placed an order on 8/10 and it didn't ship out until 8/16! How does a business like this operate? All my items were in stock... it shouldn't take 4 business days (There was a Saturday & Sunday between the 10th to the 16th) for in stock items to ship out. I also paid for Priority shipping... but Hobbylinc and their infinite wisdom shipped it First Class Package. I'm sorry, but If I pay for a service, I expect that service. Third, I ordered K&S brass angle; Hobbylinc decided to shove these into a box they weren't meant to fit in and lovingly curved them to the point of almost being unusable. Their idea of packing material is popped air bags. Brilliant.

What an absolutely embarrassing company to do business with.

Date of experience: August 18, 2017
Minnesota
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Long time customer
July 19, 2016

I've been buying from Hobbylinc for many years and have always found their prices hard to beat. My only negative comment is that from order to their shipping date can take days. Maybe they should hire more help in the shipping dept.

Date of experience: July 19, 2016
Illinois
1 review
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. I ordered williams co. Sparow-hawk model plane kit. The kit's directions did not match the Ikit- the spars between the wings were too short. There was alot flashing on the molded parts.

Date of experience: January 18, 2016
Illinois
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Rc truck
December 5, 2015

I went to the hobby line web site found the truck my son was wanting for Christmas and it said in stock so I bought it. The next day I received a email from hobby line that said my truck was on back order until mid January. So I called and the customer service person was nice I expressed my displeasure and asked for another truck the same price range or above and then they were no help they said they would not charge my card until it was shipped so I asked to cancel my order. Then I looked at my account and they did charge my account and now 3 days later I'm waiting on a refund still. I will never use this hobby company ever again and I will tell everyone I know not to use it thank you

Date of experience: December 5, 2015
Oklahoma
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Worst Customer Service EVER!
October 10, 2015

I emailed them to complain about the time it takes for them to ship an order. This is the response I got "As we have clearly listed on every item on our entire site, most products take 1-4 business days to ship. This is how our warehouse is set up. This is part of how we keep our prices low and vast selection of products available. We apologize for the inconvenience. We are not Amazon, we are Hobbylinc.com. If Amazon is more satisfying, we encourage all consumers to shop where they are happy, even if that is not with us.
We do our best to keep the prices low, but with this, our departure times tend to be a day or 2 behind some other vendors. Thank you and we appreciate your business."
This was my first and last order with them. Not to mention I will refuse delivery on my order when it arrives. I refuse to do business that could care less about it's customers.

Date of experience: October 9, 2015
Virginia
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Don't trust Hobbylinc's online info.
June 4, 2015

I ordered a kit from Hobbylinc's "solid-hull wooden ship" section of their online catalog, but was sent a different kind (not solid-hull) of model. They refused to allow a return of the unopened package. I am stuck with an expensive product that i cannot use. Don't trust their claim that they will accept return of unopened boxes.

Date of experience: June 3, 2015
Australia
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Ordered 5 paint by numbers kits on 4th January, 2015
January 29, 2015

Ordered 5 paint by numbers kits on 4th January, 2015. Finally got an email from them saying they had been trying to contact me (bull - no emails received) to say they could not get one of the kits and that since I had not replied they had cancelled that kit and were sending the four others. I am silly as I didn't check freight, but thought, hey it is only some small boxes, it couldn't be that expensive. But I get debited nearly an extra $90 from my credit card. Unbelievable. How can freight of a small parcel be that expensive. Still waiting for the goods, which at that price for freight should have been received a long time ago. Never deal with them again. Recommend anyone in Australia never use them. :(

Date of experience: January 29, 2015
Colorado
3 reviews
8 helpful votes
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I have had problems with Hobbykings (800) and customer...
March 31, 2014

I have had problems with Hobbykings (800) and customer service is almost non-existent. I read were sitejabber has lots of customer reviews concerning hobbyking and I've tried in vain to contact Dan C of customer service to no end. I spoke to a customer 24 hour on line woman who promised me free shipping and she never allowed me to speak to a supervisor, I need to know what happened with Hobbyking NOT hobbylink,.?

Date of experience: March 31, 2014
Texas
1 review
7 helpful votes
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I ordered an airbrush needle which is very thin
March 13, 2014

I ordered an airbrush needle which is very thin. The item was shipped in a bubble lined envelope. Not surprisingly this thin bendable metal rod came to me bent. I requested an RMA which was approved. However, I was never emailed that it was approved. I had to find out by going back to my order status and stumbling on a new link after wondering about it for a few days.
I then found that I am supposed to pay to ship this thing back for RMA. I requested through support email (good luck finding a number to call anyone) that Hobbylinc pay for the shipping. I still have not had any reply from their support email contact.
After ordering my airbrush and assorted supplies originally from this site I am very disappointed that I can't use them again in the future.
I recommend you stay clear of this vendor.

Date of experience: March 12, 2014
California
41 reviews
127 helpful votes
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Do you want a place to get all of the hobby stuff anyone...
December 27, 2013

Do you want a place to get all of the hobby stuff anyone could ever want? And, get it all for a fair price? Well, here it is! Of course, it can't have all the different hobbies covered, but if you're looking for most, I assure you that you can find it here! Whether it be model rockets, trains, arts and crafts, painting, books, brewing, paints yada, yada, yada, this is a "must visit" site.
As I stated earlier, their prices are cheaper than anywhere that I've found overall. Delivery is prompt and reasonable.
If you're not careful, you'll not only find what you need for your present hobbies, but you'll probably find stuff for a few new hobbies too!

Date of experience: December 26, 2013