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New York
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Placed my order on January 14th for an item that was back ordered until the 16th, got a confirmation email that the item was shipped on the 16th and it arrived the 21st. I was nervous because of all the negative reviews, but my order arrived on time with no problems.

Date of experience: January 21, 2015
Pennsylvania
1 review
2 helpful votes
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If you only want the best price and dont' care or are unconcerned should there be an issue with your order, than by all means, go with Baseball Savings. However, if you expect at least some decent customer service, please stay away. I have returned to purchase items from BS but time after time, order errors, cancelled orders without any notice and flippant customer service reps are mostly what I've experienced in dealing with this company. Yes, I've gone back because of their prices but enough is enough. I suspect the reason they stay in business is because while customer service, timely deliveries and errors are the norm, the good prices keeps them afloat. The latest disappointing transaction, while maybe not a real big deal to some, was with an order I placed for batting gloves. The items I wanted were available, listed as being "in stock" and at a decent price. I placed the order, got the order confirmation email and waited for the next email with the tracking information... after a week, I checked back to see the status of the order and, as has often happened before, learned that it was cancelled. There was, as usual, no explanation and I never received an email letting me know the order was cancelled. To add insult to injury, when I checked my credit card, the pre-charge was still holding my card up. They apparently charged my card, or at least started the process, but did nothing to cancel the order with my card. I have placed many orders with BS and have to say, they run at about 50% with respect to getting it right. In the past when they sent me the wrong item, they asked that I send it back to them... at my expense. Bottom line, if you want hassle free shopping, do not go through Baseball Savings. However, if you want good deals and aren't concerned that the aggravation and extra expense may negate the good deal about 50% of the time, by all means, support this on-line company. For me, I've just been burned too many times. It's a crap shoot so if you like to gamble, well, good luck to you.

Date of experience: September 19, 2014
Massachusetts
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Stay away, they are unethical
August 4, 2014

Stay away, they are unethical.

They sent the wrong glove, then agreed that it was a mistake and offered store credit. I declined store credit as they did not have what I wanted as a substitute good. They agreed to a full refund, shopping included as they screwed up the order and did not have the item in stock. Two months later, no credit on my American Express bill. I contact them again, and they said, "OH, I THOUGHT YOU WANTED A STORE CREDIT." It's a scam, they are one of those online retailers that hope you forget about your charges. I called again (still no refund) and I was told, "OH, SORRY, IT WAS OUR FAULT YOU WILL GET THE FULL REFUND." What a laugh, I checked my AMEX bill and they did NOT refund the shipping charges.

POND SCUM. AVOID AT ALL COSTS.

Date of experience: August 3, 2014
Minnesota
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Whatever the estimated delivery time says, add on an extra week! And they are no help when you call inquiring about your package. The customer service agent actually told me "oh well, there's nothing we can do. It will get to you when it gets to you". Saving money just isn't worth the hassle!

Date of experience: May 29, 2014
Oregon
1 review
2 helpful votes
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The worst experience!
January 13, 2014

The worst experience! Do not purchase from them, I rather spend the extra money then have to deal with them again. I ordered softball pants and got the wrong size. Told by customer service that they will make sure we get the right one on the re order, get the reorder and still got the wrong size. WOW! For a savings you get a headache!

Date of experience: January 13, 2014
New York
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I have been waiting for a glove for 3 weeks on backorder. I decide to get it on baseball savings because it was $100 off than most sites, but it said that the glove would be in a week ago but it still isn't in I am very upset.

Date of experience: October 27, 2013
California
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Yes, I am sure all of you that have posted here have serious reservations about this company and would advise not to order. I do not dispute any of your claims nor would I try to dispute your claims. All I can post is regarding my positive experience with this company. I placed an order with this company because the price was the best I could find. Shipping & timing was okay. I recieved a tracking number and the product arrived as expected. However, I had a problem with the order and I called customer service to resolve. They corrected the issue not only to my satisfaction but well above the level that I would have expected. Therefore, I will probably order from this site again. ~Satisfied Customer

Date of experience: July 25, 2013
North Dakota
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I placed an order for a baseball glove on Monday and chose the next day shipping option. If you place your order before 3:00 p.m. CST, the item will be shipped the same day. I placed my order at 2:00 p.m. CST, received my email confirmation at 2:08 p.m. CST, but did not receive a shipping confirmation email that night. I called the next morning and asked where my order was and was told it was going to be shipped that day. I informed the customer representative that the order should have been shipped the day before with next day shipping. He apologized and said he would refund my shipping costs. Okay, great. Figured I could live with getting it a day later. Wednesday morning I track my package and see that it shipped it 2nd day and not Next Day like I had originally chose and paid for. Now the glove that I needed Tuesday, won't get here until Friday and I needed it by Wednesday at the latest. NOT HAPPY! If you need something urgent, DO NOT PURCHASE FROM THIS COMPANY. Now I have to scramble and find a glove for my son to use for a tournament this weekend.

Date of experience: July 3, 2013
Colorado
1 review
4 helpful votes
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They seem to take a long time to get an order shipped out. I expect an in stock order to ship the next business day. OK sometimes maybe the next day, but just generating a tracking number but not getting it to the carrier in time to go out is unacceptable. Two business days later it need to be on a truck headed to its destination, not dropped of at 10 at night so it hopefully goes out the next day. Im not too happy with these guys

Date of experience: April 9, 2013
Texas
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I have bought several items from this site without any problems until now! We purchased a helmet on Saturday and I received a confirmation. Because I did not receive a shipping notice a few days later I called. I was first told my credit card did not clear then I was told they had no helmets then I was told they did have the helmet but for some reason it still hasn't been shipped. I should post the run around email exchange I had with customer service. There is also a we listen email address to the CEO that he says he replies to in an hour. I have not heard from him either.

Also- you had better know what you want when you call to order because the people on the other end didn't know much about their products.

Date of experience: March 20, 2013
Oregon
1 review
2 helpful votes
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BEWARE!
March 12, 2013

BEWARE! I placed an order and Baseball Savings generated a duplicate order. They are refusing to return the $36 shipping that they charged me for something I didn't even order. I was told that this is their policy.

Date of experience: March 12, 2013
New Jersey
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Ordered a pair of Mizuno shoes
August 25, 2012

Ordered a pair of Mizuno shoes. Received order confirmation. Two days later, was told they were out of stock :( A bad example for internet retailing. If you are not ready to market via the internet because of poor inventory system then please stay out. You ruin the whole industry.

Date of experience: August 25, 2012
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Customer service is horrible
July 16, 2013

Customer service is horrible. There is also apparently no communication from customer service to the warehouse. After having mutiple issues, I was promised expediated shipping, which didn't happen. Then told I'd get my shipping costs returned, didn't happen. Then after finally getting the merchandise and deciding to return because of such bad service, it took mutiple calls to get reimbursed. DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED... AGAIN..

Date of experience: August 4, 2012
Ohio
1 review
4 helpful votes
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I honestly think the rest of you people are full of $#*!. I ordered a pair of cleats on Saturday and they were shipped Monday on time. They'll be here by tomorrow (Thursday) which I don't think is all that bad. I will review more when I get my product but the customer service rep I spoke with was polite and answered all questions, maybe instead of being a giant $#*! on the phone with someone you don't know you should try some manners and you'd get farther... Good site, will probably order again.

PS to the guy who ordered catchers equpiment, you get what you pay for, you probably ordered some bull$#*! brand like Wilson or Allstar...

Date of experience: June 20, 2012
Washington
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I ordered a bat next day air no show they would do nothing blaiming ups who is there corparations choice of shipper the said not are fault. Have you ever spent money to play in tourney with no bat. This place is horrable no way ever again

Date of experience: June 1, 2012
New York
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I have never seen a less competent customer service department than this one. I considered purchasing one item from this store, one time, but ultimately ended up cancelling the order due to prohibitive shipping costs. I was placed on their catalog mailing list. When I called their 800 number to get off the list, they told me they would "forward my request" to the appropriate department. The next month, the catalog showed up again. I called again, they deflected me again. Next month - sure enough - another catalog arrives! Three requests and nobody did a thing to help me; they lied to me each and every time. Inexcusable. Do NOT buy from this company, and more importantly, do NOT let them get ahold of your address or email.

Date of experience: May 23, 2012
New Jersey
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I have recently placed 2 orders with your
Company that you severely botched. The first
One below sat in your warehouse for almost 2
Weeks. I called, I emailed twice. Nobody knew
What happened and the emails that I sent were
Returned by an autoresponder. I canceled the order

Order number 2 was ordered at 8:29am on April 9
And was for NEXT DAY AIR. The order never arrived
Today... WHY NOT. Next Day Air means... NEXT DAY AIR.

It finally arrived today and IT WAS THE WRONG ITEM
I ordered item #UACP-JRVS and received item # UACP@-YVS

In addition, I was told by your customer service rep that they
Would have to wait 24-48 hours to find out if you have the
Correct item in stock... REALLY... 24-48 hours... I NEEDED IT
YESTERDAY.

I am very disappointed with your customer service. I have ordered
From Steel Locker Sports in Texas... regular shipping... and
Baseball Express and received items in 2 days via Priority Mail.

UPDATE:

I STILL HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE CORRECT ORDER. I spoke with customer service agent Eddie
At ext 634 on Friday April 13th. He assured me that he would have a supervisor go out to the
Warehouse and find what I was looking for. He promised that a supervisor would call me on
Monday April 16th. By 3:00pm on the 16th NO ONE CALLED ME... I HAD TO CALL BASEBALL SAVINGS.
I contacted Eddie on Monday the 16th at 4:00pm. Once again he assured me that a supervisor would
Call me later. NO ONE CALLED. IT IS NOW 11:00PM EASTERN STANDARD TIME AND NO ONE CALLED...

Follow the reviews on this website and do not order from this company.

Date of experience: April 16, 2012
New Jersey
1 review
3 helpful votes
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DO NOT PURCHASE ANYTHING FROM THIS WEBSITE! CUSTOMER SERVICE IS HORRIBLE AND THEY GIVE YOU THE RUN AROUND... I ordered a customized glove from this company and was never given a tracking number. I called numerous of times and spoke to the same lady named diana and she kept on hanging up the phone on me after the first time of me calling her. I finally *67'nd my number and blocked my number and i finally got thru to her and spoke to her supervisor... I WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER ITEM FROM THIS COMPANY. THEY COMPLETELY SUCK! DONT WASTE YOUR TIME

Date of experience: April 12, 2011
Georgia
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I ordered a bat bag for my daughter from them because they were the cheapest I could find. The website claims same day shipping if ordered before 3 p.m. I ordered mine Sunday night and expected to get a confirmation that it shipped but I didn't. I called customer service and was told that because we are a first time customer they make sure the credit card matches the address and it goes on hold. Am I mistaken that the credit card info will be tossed and the order will not go through if they do not match not to mention it was already billed to our card so it was all a load if crap. I was told it would ship tomorrow and if not they do not want to get another call from me. We need it by this weekend and the promise of same day shipped swayed me to order from them.

Date of experience: March 21, 2011
Louisiana
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Stay away, stay far away
June 20, 2010

Stay away, stay far away. Do yourself a favor and purchase your gear from a local dealer. This company is terrible. Purchased Easton catcher's equipment that fell apart in less than a month; they would not send a RA number; they would not replace. They wanted me to pay to send it back to them; they, in turn, would send it back to the manufacturer with no guarantee when I would ever see my stuff again. The customer service is poor at best.

Date of experience: June 20, 2010

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  • Bloomington, MINNESOTA, United States