• Midwest Sports

Overview

Midwest Sports has a rating of 1.91 stars from 34 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about Midwest Sports most frequently mention customer service problems. Midwest Sports ranks 14th among Tennis sites.

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    3
  • Shipping
    3
  • Returns
    2
  • Quality
    2
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What reviewers want you to know

Positive highlights

  • Shipping is prompt (with order tracking) and their customer service is excellent.

Critical highlights

  • Ordered pair of tennis shoes and after 2 weeks order got cancelled saying they don't have it anymore in stock.
How would you rate Midwest Sports?
Top Positive Review

“No complaints”

Kareem M.
8/20/20

Most of these complaints seem to be focused on returns. I suggest you demo at your local store and order from the website when you KNOW what you want. I ordered a pre-strung racquet that showed up the next day! My wife also ordered a racquet for me that needed stringing, took about 5 days to get to us, but really not that big of a deal. 5 days is still pretty darn fast if you ask me. When she did call to speak to customer service they were very friendly and helpful.

Top Critical Review

“None existant customer service”

Gan N.
8/25/21

Avoid this company with no customer service support at all. No shipment confirmation, the shipped tennis racquet had damages, rude customer service if you can get a hold of one after none existent online chat and no one picks up the phone for after order support. I should have checked out the ratings before ordering from this company. There's no way I'm returning the damaged tennis racquet to them after reading all the previous reviews.

Reviews (34)

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Thumbnail of user gann
1 review
1 helpful vote
August 25th, 2021

Avoid this company with no customer service support at all. No shipment confirmation, the shipped tennis racquet had damages, rude customer service if you can get a hold of one after none existent online chat and no one picks up the phone for after order support. I should have checked out the ratings before ordering from this company. There's no way I'm returning the damaged tennis racquet to them after reading all the previous reviews.

Tip for consumers:
Good luck getting any sort of refund or assistance if you've an issue with the order. Rude customer service if you can get a hold of one, none existent order support on the phone (no one picks up), and the online chat service never works.

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Tennis racquet

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Thumbnail of user nicolasj14
1 review
2 helpful votes
August 11th, 2020

Strung a new racquet with 3 knots all over the place, order was late by 1.5 weeks when they advertised 2 day shipping. Customer service is non existent - stay away even though there pricing looks competitive, you will pay with time and money in the end.

Thumbnail of user jimb1520
1 review
16 helpful votes
September 19th, 2020

I bought tennis shoes from Midwest Sports and they were too small so I sent them back for a refund. They received them 5 days ago and still have not acknowledged receipt. Fortunately I have a tracking receipt. Why did they remove funds from my credit card account immediately when I purchased the shoes but it's taking them so long to return the funds? There is something seriously wrong with a business that delays refunds like this. I will never purchase anything from them again.

Thumbnail of user kareemm23
1 review
13 helpful votes
August 20th, 2020

Most of these complaints seem to be focused on returns. I suggest you demo at your local store and order from the website when you KNOW what you want. I ordered a pre-strung racquet that showed up the next day! My wife also ordered a racquet for me that needed stringing, took about 5 days to get to us, but really not that big of a deal. 5 days is still pretty darn fast if you ask me. When she did call to speak to customer service they were very friendly and helpful.

Thumbnail of user tedb196
1 review
15 helpful votes
July 1st, 2020

Will never ever buy anything from this company. I have the same complaint as so many others regarding returning a tennis racquet: store credit only, minus shipping fees, hidden charges, etc. Wish that I had read all the bad reviews before purchasing a racquet here... the worst customer service also. Clever they are, they only post good reviews on their website... terrible.

Thumbnail of user samn369
1 review
0 helpful votes
August 18th, 2021

Ordered Babolat tennis shoes. They were 10-20% cheaper than on other similar acclaimed sites. The shoes came in on time as promised. No issues at all!

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Babolat propulse fury

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Thumbnail of user jilla332
1 review
1 helpful vote
October 4th, 2021

Placed an order and it was lost in the transfer to UPS. Took the company four weeks to process a credit... every excuse in the book... inventory, glitch in communication between departments, needed a different authorization. Would report this company to the Better Business Bureau if I thought it would make a difference. I would recommend using any other tennis apparel website other than this one.

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Thumbnail of user josephp43
1 review
2 helpful votes
May 11th, 2015

I recently ordered two sets of Wilson Cushion Aire Classic Contour grips for my tennis racquets. They were delivered timely but I found when one was installed by my tennis pro that the raised contour of the grip was not the same/not as pronounced as my old grip. My tennis pro explained that Wilson around 18 months ago or so had changed the size of the contour but had gone back to the older, more pronounced contour a good 6 months ago or so. I was never told this by Midwest nor was it part of any description of the product on their site. It is disappointing that this information was not supplied in advance to avoid the inconvenience and frustration of having to return the item.

Thumbnail of user chanp6
1 review
2 helpful votes
January 9th, 2020

I bought a tennis racquet... didnt not remove packet on the handle. Etc...
Returned the racquet of trying tennis ball with a few shots, felt that it isnot going to work for me.
They cut 25 percent of the cost of racquet on returning and also the remining 75%, they are sending a gift card.
When I asked the customer service replied that it is their policy... this is the last time I am buying from midwest. Worst service.

Thumbnail of user manishk109
3 reviews
15 helpful votes
September 6th, 2020

I returned a pair of shoes on 8/17/20. The returns department says I will get a refund in 7-10 days. I called on 27 and three times following that day. No one returend my calls. Then I went in as if I was placing an order. The guy gave me a nonsense story about post office and said they meant 7-10 business days. Now its over that time still no refund. I have bought thigs before but this was the first time returning stuff. Horrible, third rate company. I will get my money back whatever it takes and then its farewll this joke of a company. -5 stars.

Thumbnail of user tennisgirlg
1 review
11 helpful votes
July 10th, 2019

Hard for me to understand the bad reviews. My husband and I have been ordering for years, impeccable service, great advices, prompt shipping, fantastic selection, great prices, no hassle return.

Thumbnail of user gws
1 review
13 helpful votes
August 6th, 2017

Great customer service from Midwest sports.
A racquet I needed for a vacation was erroneously sent to my home address rather than the resort that I requested it be sent to. When I discovered the error and notified them, the manager immediately strung up another racquet and overnighted it to the tennis camp so that I only missed one day with my new racquet. Yes, it was their error, but they fixed the mistake and I had my new racquet the next morning.

Thumbnail of user robertd660
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
July 11th, 2018

I ordered my shoes online on Sunday and received them as promised on Tuesday, yes I paid the extra for them to get here in 2 days but still, I love my new shoes and will be looking your way again in the near future

Thumbnail of user jasonm1524
1 review
14 helpful votes
October 14th, 2020

Midwest Sports sends you package to the wrong address. I saw that the address was wrong on the Pay Pal confirmation email. I sent an email to Midwest Sport telling them that the address was wrong, And them never sending a shipment conformation email. They tell me that the email provided is not monitored but they can have the package retrieved. After waiting days to have this done and no contact or update from them. They say they did everything they are going to do and that I would have to make a new purchase.

There customer service is horrible they don't care about the customer only about taking your hard earned money!

Thumbnail of user mohammedm92
1 review
8 helpful votes
February 15th, 2020

In summary, they took away my money taking the advantage of knowing my credit card details
They stole 85 dollars of shipping fees and nothing reached me. They returned the items and refunded me their price only but not the shipping fees.
I advise everybody not to deal with them

Thumbnail of user ca16735
1 review
1 helpful vote
June 9th, 2016

After being disappointed with them through an Overstock order I had a chance to order through them directly and things went well and the racket was great. It's a great site.

Thumbnail of user mohr1
1 review
14 helpful votes
February 16th, 2020

I ordered some items since the Black Friday. Initially they back ordered a bag which was a gift with the racket saying that it wasn't available and it would be available 15 days later. I sent them that I preferred to wait until its availability. To summarize the drama that happened later; after 65 days since I had ordered, they sent me that my items returned back to them by mistake and they couldn't refund me the shipping fees. They delayed me and wasted me the chance of buying from another website in addition to stealing my money
This is the worst experience I've ever encountered

Thumbnail of user oliverh17
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
June 10th, 2013

Midwest Sports has great deals on tennis equipment and shoes. Check out their demos and discontinued items.

Thumbnail of user estherk54
1 review
15 helpful votes
December 4th, 2019

I spent thousands on their site on tennis gear over the past 2 years. They wouldn't price match for me. I had a choice between purchasing between the Nike site and the Midwest Sports site for Black Friday but chose Midwest Sports because I wanted to give them my business. I should have just purchased the shoes off of the Nike website because Midwest refused to price match and the shoes were sold out in the time it took Midwest to get back to me. It would have saved them maybe 20 dollars. I know it's not that much, but it's the principle of the thing. Additionally, the customer service rep on the phone was rude.

I am returning all of the items I purchased recently (several hundred dollars worth) and will never buy off of their site again. TennisExpress has better deals anyway.

Thumbnail of user roalokeshz
1 review
12 helpful votes
August 22nd, 2019

Ordered pair of tennis shoes and after 2 weeks order got cancelled saying they don't have it anymore in stock.

Thumbnail of user rhondal71
1 review
2 helpful votes
January 21st, 2019

I will never order from Midwest sports again. Really?! Cancelled two days later? You need IT help badly. Website is lacking basic inventory updates.

Thumbnail of user anitat16
1 review
14 helpful votes
August 21st, 2017

I don't know why i decided it was more important to save $15 ordering from Midwest Sports than to get my stuff from Tennis warehouse, well 4 weeks later Im paying the price. They do not offer the 6 month guarantee like Tennis warehouse. When I called them their customer service person told me to send the shoe back to them, thankfully i looked at their reviews and decided i better call again... and yes, this time i was told they do not honor the guarantee.

Thumbnail of user sridhark1
1 review
2 helpful votes
July 27th, 2017

Most irresponsible customer service ever seen.
Order Tennis shoes on 30 June, still now there is no trace of my shoes when contacted every time they simply say we are working with UPS on investigation to trace.
Never I would recommend any one approaching this firm for any requirements

Thumbnail of user vink10
1 review
13 helpful votes
April 16th, 2018

You are better off buying from Amazon or a better quality retailer like Tennis warehouse. I just lost half my money on a purchase because they sent me defective product and would not return my money.

Thumbnail of user danielal27
1 review
21 helpful votes
April 23rd, 2019

I ordered a pair of tennis shoes for my daughter that is a tennis player. I ordered them half a size bigger then her normal size and when I received them she put them on for about half hour, the shoes cut into both of her heels and were very small for the size they claimed to be. I shopped them back immediately asking if she can get even a bigger size, although these were supposed to be half size bigger then her normal size already. She liked the look of the shoes so I figured instead of requesting a refund for a product that clearly is cheaply made and not accurate in size, I still was willing to accept another pair as long as she would be able to use them. I received a response from a very rude lady at first that told me that because the shoes had being worked they were not qualified to be exchanged. Even after I explained that the shoes were worn for about half hour and that's how we figured out they run way too small, when I asked for a manager she said there wasn't one available to speak to and she hung up on me when I was still talking. A while later I get a call back from " the manager" whom tells me that if I ordered the shoes and used them they can't exchamge or refund them. Again I patiently explained the situation, and told him that their sizes are way to small and that's why we're having this issue to begin with. He tells me that they are not going to take an 80.00 loss on a pair of shoes, that he will ship them right back to me and I can do whatever I want with them. What am I supposed to do with a pair of shoes that won't fit my daughter? She saved up for those tennis shoes, they run over an entire size smaller then the accurate size, cut her heels, and scarred her foot and now they are not willin to atleast give her a size that she can use. This place has poor quality shoes, size are way to small and once you receive them they will say that they were used just for trying them on and won't exchange or refund the product. The person answering the phone will hang up on your face and the manager isn't willing to help at all. Worst online store I've ever shopped at. And most of my purchases are made online.

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