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 Re: Academy
[Re: lucky55]
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04/26/18 04:12 AM
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BTwrestle04
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Academy having sale online and they don't have the item!
I ordered that lews reel that was on a post last week. Awesome price, ordered, payed, waited. Then they send an email a week later saying, order canceled unable to fulfill thank you. What a heart breaker after checking mail every day hoping for new reel. You would think computer is tracking sales versus inventory, I think it got posted here on TFF and was flooded with sales. So everybody that actually received theirs congrats on being faster then me lol. I know you were excited to get the Lew's deal they had going on, but check out eBay. They have some really good deal on Lew's reels. Even Shimano. I have gotten some really good reels for really good prices on eBay. I'm talking 40-50 dollars off MSRP.
Last edited by BTwrestle04; 04/26/18 04:13 AM.
Bass Cat Puma w/ Mercury ProXS 250
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Re: Academy
[Re: lucky55]
#12731387
04/26/18 10:19 AM
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Joined: Jun 2014
Posts: 1,895
DBFishing83
Extreme Angler
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Extreme Angler
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...so you guys have mentioned:
...Academy
...Bass Pro Shops
...TW
seems to me like very now and then everyone has an issue with an order
when you sell or ship thousands of orders a week it is bound to happen. Even happens in my business.
I am sure that whatever business you are in there has been a glitch at some point in time that makes you or your company look bad.
As the t-shirt says --- S**t Happens.
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Re: Academy
[Re: squib]
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04/26/18 11:19 AM
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Joined: Nov 2013
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JMac-D
Extreme Angler
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Extreme Angler
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Academy has sucked for a long time, more reason to shop local or TW. TW is the worst in the business. They will tell you an item is backordered for a week and then 6 months later keep adding a month to the delivery date. I have an order from November that has been due tomorrow for 6 months. Maybe don't order [censored] that's backordered . I don't lol
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Re: Academy
[Re: Phoenix 920 Pro xp]
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04/26/18 11:57 AM
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Joined: Nov 2016
Posts: 582
FXfromTx
Pro Angler
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Pro Angler
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Academy has sucked for a long time, more reason to shop local or TW. TW is the worst in the business. They will tell you an item is backordered for a week and then 6 months later keep adding a month to the delivery date. I have an order from November that has been due tomorrow for 6 months. That's not tw fault. Those dates are provided by the manufacture. I have a hard time believing this is the case 100% of the time. I made an order during the 25 days of Christmas sale. About half of the stuff was here within a week, the rest I still haven't seen or heard anything about. The stuff that hasn't come in yet is from 4 different manufacturers so I don't think it is always a manufacturer thing. This is only the second time I have ordered from TW and had similar issues both times.
"The fishing was good; it was the catching that was bad."
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Re: Academy
[Re: lucky55]
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04/26/18 12:23 PM
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Posts: 3,335
Hog Jaw
TFF Team Angler
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TFF Team Angler
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Good lord , crying over some nickel and dimes when you just bought a 70k bass boat .
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Re: Academy
[Re: lucky55]
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04/26/18 01:42 PM
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Mark Perry
Super Freak
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The only complaint I have with Academy and TW is how much of my money they take. Past that they are excellent in regards to price, selection and customer service.
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Re: Academy
[Re: lucky55]
#12731669
04/26/18 01:45 PM
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Posts: 5,900
Bissett
TFF Celebrity
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TFF Celebrity
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You shouldn't be finding out that an item wasn't in stock a week after you ordered it.That's pretty bad on their part
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Re: Academy
[Re: lucky55]
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04/26/18 02:06 PM
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Posts: 3,360
McLovin’
TFF Team Angler
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TFF Team Angler
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Academy has always treated me great on any of my stuff for my addiction.
I have had the same issues at Academy-TW and Tackle Addict and each of them handled it great, took care of the situation and I still spend way too much money on tackle with each that evidently don't work, LOL...
its just fishin...
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Re: Academy
[Re: lucky55]
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04/26/18 03:13 PM
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Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 6,897
ChanceHuiet
TFF Celebrity
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TFF Celebrity
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Ive stopped ordering from academy for this reason. My last 3 orders I got an email that order shipped a day after purchase. All three times 2 days later I got email order canceled. Like seriously canceled or shipped.
I can backlash toilet paper.
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Re: Academy
[Re: lucky55]
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04/26/18 03:24 PM
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J.P. Greeson
the janitor
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the janitor
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It's a different world today. Any of y'all remember the catalog days when you often waited 6-8 weeks for an item to arrive?
The solution to any problem - work, love, money, whatever - is to go fishing, and the worse the problem, the longer the trip should be. --John Gierach ![[Linked Image]](https://texasfishingforum.com/forums/pics/userpics/2019/09/full-13-25328-gco.jpg)
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Re: Academy
[Re: squib]
#12731869
04/26/18 03:49 PM
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Posts: 30,321
RedRanger
burro desagradable
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burro desagradable
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Its the damn truth. I would have caught a pile of those 8-pound Sharelunkers if my Huddlestons would have come in 
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Re: Academy
[Re: lucky55]
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04/26/18 04:30 PM
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Posts: 2,714
Bass Buster1
Extreme Angler
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Extreme Angler
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Internet and ordering is good and bad. Convenient but you are ordering from a computer not a person. The computer only knows what has been input as inventory.
Best way to solve the problem AND support your local tackle shop is actually go to a store. It still works and you can even pay with cash if you want to, you know the green stuff! You get to walk out the door with toys in hand, it is awesome!
See you on the lake and have a great day!
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Re: Academy
[Re: BTwrestle04]
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04/26/18 04:31 PM
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Posts: 222
npl_texas
Outdoorsman
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Academy having sale online and they don't have the item!
I ordered that lews reel that was on a post last week. Awesome price, ordered, payed, waited. Then they send an email a week later saying, order canceled unable to fulfill thank you. What a heart breaker after checking mail every day hoping for new reel. You would think computer is tracking sales versus inventory, I think it got posted here on TFF and was flooded with sales. So everybody that actually received theirs congrats on being faster then me lol. I know you were excited to get the Lew's deal they had going on, but check out eBay. They have some really good deal on Lew's reels. Even Shimano. I have gotten some really good reels for really good prices on eBay. I'm talking 40-50 dollars off MSRP. You can do way better than that on ebay. I tried out the SLP that retails for $299. Got it for like $160 on ebay.
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Re: Academy
[Re: lucky55]
#12731944
04/26/18 04:48 PM
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Joined: Jul 2014
Posts: 1,989
SAKS
Extreme Angler
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Extreme Angler
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I can't ever recall an issue with Academy or TW. Academy deals seem to be tied to store stocks. I have ordered some sale items and quantity ordered came in multiple shipments from different locations so you are racing against the store shoppers also I would bet on those items.
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Re: Academy
[Re: J.P. Greeson]
#12731949
04/26/18 04:54 PM
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Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 22,551
lconn4
TFF Guru
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TFF Guru
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It's a different world today. Any of y'all remember the catalog days when you often waited 6-8 weeks for an item to arrive? I remember ordering a pair of homing pigeons from a magazine, back in the 60s. Had to drive to Sweetwater, 70 miles away to pick them up at the train station. 
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