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We have serving the Gun, Fishing Tackle, Toy and Sports trades for over 40 years and use that experience in obtaining top quality, top value products from all over the world. It is no small wonder that Sportsmarketing are the number one supplier in the ...
Commerce Way, CO2 8HH, Colchester, United Kingdom
I needed a part for a Diana air rifle, eventually contacted Diana in Germany. They advised me to contact SMK and gave me an email address.
Email sent and never answered, contacted them on multiple occasions, always promised a call back which never happened.
And no, I'm not a jealous competitor!
Despite my misgivings I looked again at Artemis / SPA PCP air rifles.
I visited three busy midlands based gun dealers who utterly dismissed offering me any Snowpeak products because of the dreadful spares & service experience they have with Sports Marketing SMK.
I bought a Walther instead.
PS. As a follow up on my M11 saga:
I eventually emailed SPA in China and got better service from them than I ever did from SMK. They even shipped spares to me in the UK direct from China.
Thanks for nothing SMK
Reply from Sportsmarketing
Hi Steve,
This reply genuinely baffles me, as we work with all leading retailers in the Birmingham Area. I would love to here who these gun dealers are that are not stocking SPA products.
I'm also amazed that you are able to get gun spares sent in the post as a non registered firearms dealer. I'm guessing that Customs just waved your parcel through with no confirmation? Or is that fictious like the rest of your claims?
This is clearly not a customer of ours, as we only supply to bona fide, liscenced Gun Shops of which this individual is not...My guess being a bitter competitor.
Cheap air rifles and ever cheaper customer service. I will never use sportsmarketing again and would never recommend to anyone else. When I asked who I was speaking to the name I was given was maid Marion!! Ended up going to trading standards.
I listened to advice from SMK regarding our rat problem(s) and decided on the SMK XS 501. The rifle arrived fast and was even better than described. Having shot a lot I can state with confidence that I have referred them to friends and I will definitely be shopping with them in the future. To me they deserve 11 out of 10.
Disgusting treatment from these cowboys!
Promises goods for weeks on end, then says oh we are not going to supply you because your ringing us all the time chasing stock and I equal that as an attitude says Ross!!!
Hope they go bust, shocking treatment of a new client!!
Reply from Sportsmarketing
Your not a client...thats just it..you do not have an account, we have never supplied you, this is just a malicious bad review for no reason. Probably just a jealous competitor.
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