Customer reviews of 1001hobbies

I overpaid for it to arrive earlier and it arrived much later. And they did not want to give me a solution

Nothing was missing, but the plastic inside the box was broken. As if it had been opened before.

The items are advertised as being in stock, at the supplier's, yes, but not at 1001 hobbies, resulting in a rather long lead time, which is a shame, as is the case with many companies.

Thank you for your promptness ....Mais the parcel was smashed fortunately there was a vial without importance otherwise I believe that this parcel would not have arrived at destination....and especially that the size of the box for the small order was disproportionate.....

I didn't receive my order SCUBFJLKQ correctly. One Item was missing, then I sent an e-mail on 16/03/2023 explaining the situation and received an automatic message saying that the service 506065 was opened. But so far I didn't get any answer from 1001hobbies after 5 days.

I'm always a little worried when I have to order from an unfamiliar website. However, there was no mistake.

AM happy with the product and price, thought shipping was a bit steep and it took 3 to 4 weeks to receive the product. Will consider the company for other products they may have available that fit my needs but the extreme length of time to receive the product is definitely a detriment. Also I can not change the five star rating on this form, I would say three stars is more appropriate. Oops i just figured out how to change the rating to 3 stars.... but that should h=not have taken me 5 to 10 minutes to do so.

First experience with hobbies, satisfied because I received requested item.
Less satisfied because of the time about two months and several reminders.

Did not receive what I ordered, small unpainted parts were delivered 🥴

The delivery did not contain one of the products purchased and I had to insist a lot to finally get the information that the product was no longer in stock. It would have been more honest to inform me that the product was not availableK.

very long delivery

Product arrived broken after taking almost a month to arrive. Emailed customer service on march 1st, got a response saying someone would get back to me (most likely automated) and still haven’t gotten a response on march 17th. Product cost me $30 with shipping, very disappointed. The mug was a gift for my dad and we still haven’t even heard anything about if they will send a replacement or refund me. Do not recommend.

Some delay on the order. Problem of stock! The next one will be better !!!

The whole process was very complicated. You should keep a closer eye on incoming payments and cancelations. Too bad. Your selection is great, but the logistics are very poor, and the reminder for orders that have long since been paid for is also bad. It's cheeky and annoying. It's unnecessary. That's how you lose customers.

I still haven't received my order. I sent a sworn statement that I had not received it. Since then, no news. I've been ordering from this site since 2014, and I find it strange not to hear from them at the slightest hitch.

Very poor customer service.
Advise everyone not to buy from them. 4 months waiting for my refund.

Order in good condition but non-existent customer service and delivery time of approximately 1 month.

Weeks of delivery time

Just received the package with the order I placed on 27/02 and opening it I found an unwelcome surprise: instead of the ordered model in the package was a card game in French. Considering the fact that I placed the order exclusively to have this model, which is now not even available on the site anymore, and that I don't know what to do with the card game, I wonder: how do we solve this problem? I have tried again and again to call alnumber but after two or three minutes of waiting with the recorded voice no one ever answers and you are invited to call back later. I wrote to the contact address, but again only the automatic reply.... Of course, the "Customer Services" chat on your homepage doesn't work either: you press on the button and it gets stuck on "charging" indefinitely.
Update after a week: I finally managed to contact the company: an operator from abroad answers who is unable to get the picture, gives with pre-cooked answers and the only thing he manages to do is to activate the procedure for return and refund. I was assured by phone that I would be contacted by the shipper to pick up the package at home but, reading carefully the voucher sent to me for shipping I realized that I had to take the package to the Iteliane Post Office. Result? An hour in line just to place the package at the counter. WORST.Today, exactly one week after my shipment, I still have not received feedback from the seller.

Corrective to the order reception section!!!!! I had to complain, because it had not been shipped!!!! The product is fine, as offered!!!!

My order was sent in two shipments and I still haven't received the second package to date.

Took 7 days to arrive and 1 of the 2 items should have arrived with my original €100+ order but "wasn't available" even though it was. And because 1001Hobbies doesn't give refunds but vouchers to use in their store I had to order it again (or waste my €23 voucher) plus pay an extra €7,50 in shipping just to get the 2 item(s) they should have sent me the first time.
Tip to those wanting to order from this store: Only order things that are "immediately available" because the "1-2 weeks depot" is not correct. Check my other review for more info.

Good products and a satisfactory telephone service, but delivery times are far too long...too bad.

This shipment consisted of a missing item, a 1/48 model. However, I received something that looks like Radio Control car parts. I've been waiting for a month and I don't know whether to reclaim my order or resell these parts.

I had ordered over €100 worth of items with 2 items stated to be available at the depot and that these would arrive within 1-2 weeks. I had no problem with that and was happy to wait 1-2 weeks. However, after 2 weeks had already passed I still had received no confirmation or shipping email.
After contacting 1001hobbies.com I received no answer. Sending another message to the ticket finally prompted a response where they stated "The available products will be shipped in a first time. In a second time, you will receive:" with images of the two missing items. So I assumed that I would simply receive 2 packages.
However, then I suddenly saw a second separate email stating that "A credit note has been created in your name for your order with reference XXXXXXX" After checking my account, I saw that this "credit" was just a voucher for the specified amount so they did not credit anything (normally companies will refund the money to your bank account). Instead they just gave me a voucher code; effectively forcing me to buy from them again.
When checking for alternative items on their website (as the voucher was for €23,98) I was surprised to see that 1 of the items that was supposedly unavailable when I first placed my order was fully in stock; so effectively they gave me a voucher and forced me to buy the same item again but this time with €7,50 in added shipping costs.
So yeah, while I did receive the other items I find this very unprofessional; especially handing out voucher codes instead of actually refunding the money. Also, they apparently did not answer (or understand) all my questions. I even sent my second message in 3 different languages (Dutch/English/French) as the company is located in France yet still they did not answer my second question about 2 other vouchers that were in my account but had no voucher codes attached to them. One was "1001prime - signup" for 4% discount while the other was called "1001prime - freeshipping" where you wouldn't have to pay shipping if you spent more than €59 (instead of their standard free shipping on orders over €100).
So yeah, while I am happy with my items (I have yet to receive the second package though); they do not answer tickets properly, don't know what they have in stock, and offer solutions that only cost me more money in the end. So if you plan on buying something, I would suggest to only order things that are "immediately available" because the "1-2 weeks" is not correct.

Received the box I ordered with all the primers in them broken, the package was contaminated and it was stinking so much of chemicals that Royal Mail had to wrap it in a bag. Now I'm asking them fir a refund they want me to return it to them first!!! Seriously ehich carrier would ship a box contaminated with hazardous chemicals back to France?
Do not buy from this company at all! Save your money and a headache dealing with the customer service.

I placed an order for things in stock and the next day they tell me they don't have everything. Three weeks later they are missing something else. Communication full of errors, confusing, they take a day to respond, the order arrived a month after the purchase and things were missing. I cannot recommend buying from this store. Not at all satisfied with the purchase and will not buy again if I have another option.

Some good, some not so good... An order took a long time to be honored, and the supplier was missing a product. So be it, but no customer contact to propose an alternative.
After a phone call after 5 weeks, a compromise was quickly found and the order received 48 hours later. It's a shame not to contact the customer sooner in case of a problem.

This product was for immediate shipment and has taken 3 weeks to arrive, it has also had to be separated from the original order, with two other products for immediate shipment and which have not yet arrived.

Orders not received. Over a month to resolve the problem and it's still not over because the refund does not correspond to the amount paid. Customer service unreachable by phone and unresponsive to emails. I'd advise against it.

It took a long time for the order to arrive, even though it was just a pair of socks and the shipping price was expensive.

Expensive shipping and slow delivery

It says a wide range but that does not take away from the fact that the delivery takes a very long time, this will definitely be the last time I will place another order. There are more modeling shops where the range is just as large probably greater, delivered within 1 or 2 business days.

Poor instructions, especially for paint. Poor customer service as a part was broken in the pack and they say they dont make them anymore??? Finally, poor fitment. Will not buy another Trumpeter product.

Must pay in advance, but if a part is not delivered then you get a credit. you should be able to choose an alternative. choose and alternative item then again shipping costs. not very customer friendly

Long wait time to ship. Spoiled by Sprue Bros and Squadron

No shipping information, no response to phone or email.

still have not received my order of 1/24 scale decals

The package came completely opened

Shipping time too long.