Has anyone ordered from middlemanbowling.com???  I place a order well over a week ago and 11 days after the order was placed, I was told the product was on back order.  I would think he would know a little sooner then that!!!

I think the problem can in with lack of communication from Gabe to Brian.  Brian emailed him over and over and got a different answer everytime.  One time he was told they were shipped but that there was no tracking number things like that.  Then two weeks later Gabe finally replies telling him they are on back order.  Customer service is good communication.  I realize that things happen and you cannot always get things out for whatever reason, but don't just ignore people.

Gabe does not have very good customer relations skills, my ball was never sent out even though he said it was it took me over a month and a half to finally get a refund.  I personally would not recomend buisness with Gabe.

pdiddy

Middleman seems to be a hard one to figure out.  Several people swear by him, others swear at him.  No middle ground for Middleman.

I understand Gabe not firing back at some of the people who trash him who have never used his business.  Lately, there have been challenges by dissatisfied customers that have gone unanswered.  Ignoring the problems will not make them go away.

I have not used Middleman, so I'm not for or against him.  Just curious why he hasn't answered his critics.  I did ask him about a few balls and he always got back to me in a reasonable amount of time.  Gabe did put a post in the Miscellaneous section saying he will be unavailable for a few days.  I hope he replies here when he returns.
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Teamwork is a lot of people doing what I say

It seems to me that he is taking people's money without first checking to see the availability of the items.  If so, that is STUPID!  Advertising a product, then taking people's money without making sure that its available is bad business practice.  Throw in lack of communication and what do we have?  

If I place an order with someone, I want to know whether its going to be shipped when they get my money, or if the product is not available and will be backordered.  Why wait for something when you can get it somewhere else.  

Oh, and have you ever heard of "you get what you pay for?"  You all wanted cheap and now your cheapness is on backorder.  LOL!  There are so many reputable pro shops here on BR like Doug Sterner and Buddies so why try to save a few pennies?  Are you bowlers that hard up?

I would hardly call that successful.  


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pchee2<~~~strokin the ball with cranker revs and spraying the lanes for an average of a buck 62.  This guy is full of STUFF!

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You're a little late on the ball here.

Gabe's not selling bowling balls anymore & sold his site to Bowler's Paradise.

Look at the dates on the previous posts man.