Members courtney Posted June 19, 2016 Members Report Posted June 19, 2016 Weaver sucks, I ordered a big order, a lot of belt strips, half were fluffy belly strips. Next time I went to order it came to about $150 and they said because I didn't order for a year I was a new customer and had to order the $200 minimum again, no customer service, then I called Ohio travel bag and felt like I was talking to a an old friend. And, they have so honored us pesents by offering to let us buy retail now, at like 2 or 3 times the cost of any other retail seller. Too bad because I was initially excited to do business with them, but sure don't appreciate a business making me feel like they are doing me a grand favor to accept my money. Quote
Members cloehorse Posted July 7, 2016 Members Report Posted July 7, 2016 Hi am from New Zealand and use weaver for mainly the Jeremiah Watt horseshoe brand hardware for building saddles and tack. I wouldn't use anywhere the $1200 a year. Freight is a big cost for me. Who would you recommend for purchasing this from? Quote
Members chrstn53 Posted July 7, 2016 Members Report Posted July 7, 2016 cloehorse the only other place I know to buy Jeremiah Watt tools is from his website. http://www.ranch2arena.com/home.html The website is a little difficult to navigate, but his tools (except for the quick change edger) sell for the same price as the wholesale price from Weaver. I'm not sure about the hardware, but I did see that he gives bulk discounts Quote
Members club49 Posted July 23, 2016 Members Report Posted July 23, 2016 Hi Bondo, Same thing happened to me, They told me the order was shipped already and had to ship separate. I called back the same day a few hours after I placed the first order. Quote
MikeRock Posted August 3, 2016 Report Posted August 3, 2016 Glad I found this thread. Have a $2,500 order sitting on the dash of my truck. I was taking it to my Amish buddy harness maker as he would order it at his wholesale price. Now I'll talk it over with him and we'll see where to go next. I know he's not happy with the leather from Weaver. W&C has treated me well in the past. Harness hardware...... ideas? Both full size and Haflinger harness. Quote
Members Ken Nelson Posted August 3, 2016 Members Report Posted August 3, 2016 Wahlsall, in Arizona, or Panhandle Leather in Amarillo TX. Walsall used to be cheaper than Weaver. $50.00 order or more last time I ordered. don't know if they have it but that is where I would try first. Quote
MikeRock Posted August 3, 2016 Report Posted August 3, 2016 Tried both for 'combination snap', or '1616 snap' and came up empty. That's a pretty specific draft horse snap I was hoping to find. BBH has it as do a few others. Guess I was looking for a 'Weaver' replacement, one stop shop. I don't mind shopping around. As much as I use it's probably just best to buy from my Amish buddy, at his cost. He and I can split leather purchases, twenty sides at a time or so. Quote
Members Big Sioux Saddlery Posted August 3, 2016 Members Report Posted August 3, 2016 Walsalls doesn't have harness hardware. Try Beilers, Chupp Bros, even N & A. There IS NOT another one stop shop like Weaver that I know of. Just out of curiosity, MikeRock, with a $2500 order, why wouldn't you just order from Weaver anyway? You'll get pretty decent prices on everything with that amount. And if you're ordering twenty sides, you're at 4 times the required minimum for harness leather at Hermann Oak. If I have a large harness hardware order, I'll usually order from one of the suppliers I mentioned, but if I have a mixed order, I'll order from Weaver. They have a few things that the others don't. And while Weaver's prices are typically higher, every once in awhile they are cheaper on a specific item, so even though my other supplier may carry that specific item, I'll order a quantity from Weaver when I'm ordering. Quote
Members Acydtrip Posted August 7, 2016 Members Report Posted August 7, 2016 $200 minimum? I set up my account, was told $500 first order, I thanked them kindly and called someone else. Another part of my business a vendor did that to me, I called the next one and pay a few cents more per piece, but they said $1 minimum order and wound up getting the thousands a month instead. I order leather from W&C directly, same reason, called and asked if they'd sell me a single side; not only did they, we got to chatting about deals and specials and whatnot, wound up tripling my order on the first call. I understand hobby vs pro, but if they require a resale/FEIN then it IS a business and should be treated as such. Minimums tell me they don't care enough about the small guy to help him get to be a big guy. We do shirts as part of our business, I'll do 1 or 1000, no setup fees, etc. I lose a bit every once in a while, but I've done a $15 job that turned into a $2k job because I said no minimum when asked. Quote
Contributing Member JLSleather Posted August 7, 2016 Contributing Member Report Posted August 7, 2016 I don't have a problem with "minimums" existing. But I don't see the point of paying minimums at retail level. No matter - I dont shop down that way anyway. Ordered a couple of sides to 'test the water". What I got didn't look "so" bad on the grain. But the underside of one was discolored and clearly received some treatment, and the underside of the other had "bark" marks across every square inch. See it and feel it... like that goofy grate they put on the highway where there's a stop coming up. Couldn't swear it was from a feed mechanism, or perhaps a blade bouncing. WHY would you send out something like that? So, question for Jeff is... Do I want to do business where they think this is 'okay"? No. Do I want to do business where they don't think it's 'okay', but think I won't know, or won't care? No. No third question, really ... I could have returned it, I suppose. But I'm not really into 'mail tag', so ... Quote "Observation is 9/10 of the law." IF what you do is something that ANYBODY can do, then don't be surprised when ANYBODY does.
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.