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Sporting Goods Retail

Dunham's Sporting Goods

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Complaints

This profile includes complaints for Dunham's Sporting Goods's headquarters and its corporate-owned locations. To view all corporate locations, see

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    • Dunham's Sporting Goods

      Central Ohio Locations Columbus, OH 43215

    • Dunham's Sporting Goods

      2061 S Main St Bellefontaine, OH 43311-1550

    • Dunham's Sporting Goods

      1006 E State St Athens, OH 45701-2158

    • Dunham's Sporting Goods

      1635 River Valley Cir S Lancaster, OH 43130-1465

    • Dunham's Sporting Goods

      571 Hebron Rd Heath, OH 43056-1402

    Customer Complaints Summary

    • 2 total complaints in the last 3 years.
    • 1 complaint closed in the last 12 months.

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    • Initial Complaint

      Date:03/10/2025

      Type:Product Issues
      Status:
      Answered
      Resolved:
      The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
      Unresolved:
      The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
      Answered:
      The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
      Unanswered:
      The business failed to respond to the dispute.
      Unpursuable:
      BBB is unable to locate the business.
      Paid $800.00 deposit for a gun . I decided to go elsewhere and ask for my deposit back . They told me after the fact that they could not give me cash back and I would have to settle for a corporate check . Almost two weeks and no check . Left several messages for customer service and still no return phone call . Operator is quite snobby . All I want is my deposit back .

      Business Response

      Date: 03/14/2025

      I thank you for bringing this to our attention.  I am following up on it and we will provide the refund and/or respond to the complaint as soon as possible.

    • Initial Complaint

      Date:07/11/2024

      Type:Sales and Advertising Issues
      Status:
      Answered
      Resolved:
      The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
      Unresolved:
      The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
      Answered:
      The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
      Unanswered:
      The business failed to respond to the dispute.
      Unpursuable:
      BBB is unable to locate the business.
      ************** FT GRATIOT MItended to "look" over the prices on the screen an then left without saying a word. Don't have sales when you know you're just not going to honor the prices. For some reason they thought i was going to pay almost $200 on some sale priced items. The service is not how it use to be that's for sure, hopefully they'll be shut down. What they had displayed is called false advertising and i think the ag should know about this

      Business Response

      Date: 07/16/2024


      '***********************' via Dispute Resolution - Shared Inbox <********************************************************>
      Fri, Jul 12, 3:53 PM (4 days ago)
      to ********************************************************

      Hello Mr. *************************

       

      I received the above referenced complaint and in the process of investigating it.  Do you know at what store this allegedly occurred?  I want to make sure I speak to the store directly so I may directly and fully respond to the complaint.

       

      Thank you,

       

      **************************

      Vice President

      Assistant General Counsel

      Dunhams Sports

      ******************************

      **************

      Office **************

      Direct **************

       

      The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. This message may be an attorney-client communication and/or work product and as such is privileged and confidential. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message.

      Customer Answer

      Date: 07/19/2024

      A typical response from duhams cs. The fruit don't fall far from the tree, no wonder the employees act the way they do. You're blowing gas, no way you're able to "investigate" the matter if you didn't look at video footage with the audio. I have no reason to lie, your reviews on ****** are sayi2the same thing i had to deal with. You're basically calling me a liar which is beyond me. Y'all have a history of not honoring sale prices. This is my first time experiencing this, there weren't many avenues to make a complaint then. Get out of our mall so a company that values customers can have that space. I'll never step foot in any  of your stores. I'll be sure to spread the word on how y'all treat people, the ones who make sure you have a job. Bbb you can close this out, the yahoos don't care. Bye

      Business Response

      Date: 07/18/2024

      We investigated this matter and have no knowledge of the events the customer describes.  Furthermore, we would not advertise a sale and then refuse to honor the sale price at the register.  We have checks and balances in place to ensure that would not occur. Therefore, we do not believe the complaint is an accurate description of what may have occurred.

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