Did Towerhobbies just axe coupon codes? 😳

[Kpowell911 2669]

8 hours ago, Otis311 said:

Tower used to be a pretty good company before the Horizon buyout. Another one bites the dust.

Horizon are such a stain on this hobby! Traxxas rightfully get a lot of stick for their ‘practices’, but Horizon get away scott free. Theyre a horrible company!

[Kpowell911 2669]

2 hours ago, Otis311 said:

I emailed Tower to let them know about my disdain for the new promo. Their reply was as follows:

"Hi sorry you don't like our latest promo. not sure what you don't like about it,
But we have thousands of customers and many are very excited for this.

Have a Great Day sir.

Thank you for contacting Horizon Hobby Customer Service !"

I guess we are all the minority lol

Wow! Im in shock!

[Saito2 8581]

2 hours ago, Otis311 said:

"Hi sorry you don't like our latest promo. not sure what you don't like about it,

Well, because it sucks and we'd like our coupon codes back please...

2 hours ago, Otis311 said:

But we have thousands of customers and many are very excited for this.

....because there's a sucker born every minute(?) or newcomers don't remember how good Tower once was or you're basically lying about the thousands of customers part...

2 hours ago, Otis311 said:

Have a Great Day sir.

You TOOOOOO!

2 hours ago, Otis311 said:

Thank you for contacting Horizon Hobby Customer Service !"

and a special thanks to you for wasting our time!

[Otis311 424]

It's like they are going for a reverse Black Friday sale. They jack up the prices when people are shopping for the holidays. All I can hope is that this is temporary.

[Willy iine 18843]

4 hours ago, Otis311 said:

I emailed Tower to let them know about my disdain for the new promo. Their reply was as follows:

"Hi sorry you don't like our latest promo. not sure what you don't like about it,
But we have thousands of customers and many are very excited for this.

Have a Great Day sir.

Thank you for contacting Horizon Hobby Customer Service !"

I guess we are all the minority lol

You saw what I posted earlier about their customer service, right?      It is only day 2 of this new promo and how would they know whether their customers are enjoying this or not..?    Did you all receive a survey and immediately responded that you love the deal?   Or immediately placed an order?  I sure didn't..  I hit the brakes, full stop.   Items are still in my cart. 

 

 

 

[Sogogi 3364]

I would careless for places with not so great service that i buy stuff maybe once in my life time. But if the business is built around relationships and start treating customers like that, i just stop giving business to them. I’d rather spend my money on places that provide better service and treat me as a human being(bit exaggerated, but you get the point).

Just by looking at the accent, it seems like horizon is outsourcing their CS department(which is pretty common), but if they don’t realize quality of their services (or even worse, they know it and dont care), i dont know what to say.

Bye tower.

[tim.senecal 534]

5 hours ago, Otis311 said:

I emailed Tower to let them know about my disdain for the new promo. Their reply was as follows:

"Hi sorry you don't like our latest promo. not sure what you don't like about it,
But we have thousands of customers and many are very excited for this.

Have a Great Day sir.

Thank you for contacting Horizon Hobby Customer Service !"

I guess we are all the minority lol

The "Thank You" line says it all...   you sent the email to tower hobbies, and got the reply from horizon hobbies.

 

on a side note:   https://www.amainhobbies.com/hobbytown-acquisition/cp1378

[Kowalski86 5134]

3 hours ago, Otis311 said:

It's like they are going for a reverse Black Friday sale. They jack up the prices when people are shopping for the holidays. All I can hope is that this is temporary.

For a time, I'd see Horizon jack up prices on Arrmas over at Amain only to have "sales" that dropped them to their original prices. Wouldn't surprise me if they did that again.

[RC_FunLand 172]

5 hours ago, Otis311 said:

That is the exact word for word email I received.

Wow. An utter disgrace to the English language.

[RC_FunLand 172]

1 hour ago, tim.senecal said:

a side note:   https://www.amainhobbies.com/hobbytown-acquisition/cp1378

Well, that's interesting. Let's hope Hobbytown doesn't circle the drain...

[RC_FunLand 172]

On 11/1/2023 at 4:08 PM, Busdriver said:

Seems a bit short sighted. In the UK we don’t seem to get as many voucher offers as you do in the states though we have sadly lost one of TC’s sponsors along with their discount codes 😢 Farewell @Fusion-Hobbies

Whatever happened to Fusion??

[Willy iine 18843]

54 minutes ago, RC_FunLand said:

Well, that's interesting. Let's hope Hobbytown doesn't circle the drain...

Yeah, HobbyTown is owned by the same folks, I think.. 

[tim.senecal 534]

2 hours ago, Willy iine said:

Yeah, HobbyTown is owned by the same folks, I think.. 

Same folks as who/what?

[Willy iine 18843]

3 hours ago, tim.senecal said:

Same folks as who/what?

Hobbytown USA was bought out by Horizon Hobbies, I am pretty sure.  

[FromageTheDog 75]

HobbyTown was bought by AMain -- so hopefully they'll hold out against the Horizon Hobby horror-show...

[Willy iine 18843]

1 hour ago, FromageTheDog said:

HobbyTown was bought by AMain -- so hopefully they'll hold out against the Horizon Hobby horror-show...

Is that right.  That's a relief.  Thanks for the info.  

[Kowalski86 5134]

7 hours ago, FromageTheDog said:

HobbyTown was bought by AMain -- so hopefully they'll hold out against the Horizon Hobby horror-show...

Here's the real kicker, over at Amain you can still get discount codes on most of Horizons products (Arrma, Losi, etc).

[Mrowka 497]

On 11/1/2023 at 5:35 PM, Willy iine said:

Yeah, I noticed this last night (more like early this morning) as I was about to pull the trigger on a new kit and  some bodies and the SuperSavings codes would not call up.  I thought maybe it was because it was 11/1 morning they needed some time to update the promo codes.... but I guess not.

Customer service sucks (perfect example of D&I going too far in the USA), not much of a price benefit any longer, they took my $10 for membership renewal just the other week too..  What a crap of a store.  

D&I?

[FromageTheDog 75]

Well that's a good point...how do I ensure that the Tower membership does NOT renew when my current interval expires?  The site just says mine will "expire," but no option anywhere for "cancel membership".

[Willy iine 18843]

2 hours ago, Mrowka said:

D&I?

Yes, I support Diversity and Inclusion for anyone with real talent, but this is where duds abused the movement by thinking they have some sort of right to be included even though they suck at what they do.. and companies over compensated by taking in pretty much just anyone after the pandemic due to labor shortage.  

But I believe this is only a phase and at some point, companies will realize they can't keep this up and become more decisive.. I hope..     

 

[Mrowka 497]

I just wasn't sure what "D&I" meant in thst context. 

[Raman36 1819]

5 hours ago, Willy iine said:

Yes, I support Diversity and Inclusion for anyone with real talent, but this is where duds abused the movement by thinking they have some sort of right to be included even though they suck at what they do.. and companies over compensated by taking in pretty much just anyone after the pandemic due to labor shortage.  

But I believe this is only a phase and at some point, companies will realize they can't keep this up and become more decisive.. I hope..     

 

Honestly I am surprised Horizon kept coupons this long. After the take over, I figured it would be gone asap.  I guess I won't be renewing my tower club member in December

[Sogogi 3364]

6 hours ago, Willy iine said:

Yes, I support Diversity and Inclusion for anyone with real talent, but this is where duds abused the movement by thinking they have some sort of right to be included even though they suck at what they do

100000000%

[DTSCB 99]

On 11/6/2023 at 6:14 AM, FromageTheDog said:

Well that's a good point...how do I ensure that the Tower membership does NOT renew when my current interval expires?  The site just says mine will "expire," but no option anywhere for "cancel membership".

You have to actively rebuy the membership.  No auto renew, at least not that I know of. 

[GToddC5 2942]

I made my first step in defecting from Tower, and placed an order with Amain on Friday. They had a decent little discount available, but best of all they shipped within 24 hours. I should have a package when I get home from work today, meanwhile I'm still waiting on some "In Stock" items from my last run of Tower orders placed weeks ago. The discounts will be missed, but the waiting and wondering game will NOT be missed. Also, I notice some Tamiya models on Amain that aren't available on Tower, so that's cool.