Wont be buying from SLC again

[NVLeatherWorx]

12 hours ago, JimTimber said:

How's SLC for shipping, normally?

I ordered some of their remnants and a utility belly on Wed after business hours, they packaged it at 3:52 yesterday afternoon and it hasn't even been picked up by the Post Office yet.  Is this going to sit on their dock until next week?

ETA: USPS took delivery at 8pm, so they should've picked it up yesterday.  Scheduled for Monday delivery.

Don't go by that type of tracking information, it is always inaccurate regardless of who you are purchasing from.  I have placed orders with SLC that indicated that the Postal Service hadn't picked up the package yet after 2 days and had it in my mailbox 2 days later; I get the same thing with Amazon and everywhere else.

[cjartist]

Made my first order with SLC about two weeks ago.  They are slower to ship than Tandy.  I ended up returning half of the leather I purchased because it was unusable.  An added expense to what already seemed a high price

[JimTimber]

My stuff is moving per the USPS.  Should be here with Monday's mail.

[OLDNSLOW]

Their store isn't all that big and they have a fair size staff unless it changed since I went through there last may, but while there I did get a chance to talk with Kevin and that is the person you might want to call.  Most of the people in the back seem to be college age that need a job but have no idea about what leather is all about and the other half is somewhat busy and also working with the walk in customers.  Now I am not trying to defend them cuz I was pizzed off when they went from free shipping when ya met the minimum to charging for all purchases, but look at what weaver did with there letter any way now I am on a tangent, call them!!

[JimTimber]

My 6# of heavy veg pieces and my utility side showed up. 

The ad says each 2# lot of pieces would have one piece that's a square foot and several that are hand size.  They didn't give me any that are even close to a square foot, and their hands used for reference are toddlers.  "Useful for holsters and knife sheaths" - not any main part of a holster unless it's for a derringer.
 

My $19 Herman Oak utility side is not the 2x2+ square piece shown in the picture, but a belly strip no more than 12" wide at any useable point.  Same cut from W&C is $13 (aka: 33% less money).

Add me to the list of former customers.

[Willie0]

They have treated me very well, I have no complaints.  If I order from different suppliers, it is generally because of the difference in distance.

[JimTimber]

There's supposed to be a square foot piece in each of these bags, but the bags aren't even 10" wide.  It's all clickered out unusable crap for $9.33 each.

I emailed for a call tag, I want to return the whole order.

[cjartist]

1 hour ago, JimTimber said:

I emailed for a call tag, I want to return the whole order.

Hopefully they will treat you right.  All they gave me for a return was their address, so yeah it cost me money to try and do business with them.  I won't be going back either.   I wonder if the owner is a member here?  I think it would do them well to read this thread.

[JimTimber]

Monique responded to my email within a couple hours saying she'd send me a label.  Haven't gotten it yet, but it's a good start.

I was really hoping to repeat the purchase that I made at a local surplus shop a few years ago.  $9 got me (5) 9x16" pieces of mostly square, mostly perfect (some grain problems) very usable black and brown drum dyed heavy veg tan, and some odd chunks of belly as well.  Not so with the Springfield garbage bags.

Compare the pic of what I got to the listing photo:

http://springfieldleather.com/2lbs-Heavyweight-Veg-Tan-Scrap

Nice big useful pieces, right?

 

[Thornton]

The discription says nothing of size.

Shows the bad edges on the leather.

And says great for small items.

So what's the big deal?

Edited March 28, 2017 by Thornton