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Sportcraft Garden Collection Croquet Set
Sportcraft Garden Collection Croquet Set
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List Price: $139.99
Buy New: $130.00
You Save: $9.99 (7%)
Buy New from $130.00

Avg. Customer Rating: 1.5 out of 5 stars(based on 3 reviews)
Sales Rank: 8153
Category: Sports

Publisher: Sportcraft
Studio: Sportcraft
Brand: Sportcraft
Label: Sportcraft
Media: Misc.
Shipping Weight (lbs): 30.5
Dimensions (in): 34 x 13 x 7

ASIN: B000WZ5ZD0

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Features:
  • 6 mallets with 32-handles and 9-in heads
  • Six, 3 5/16-in, tri-grooved croquet balls
  • Two, 24-in stakes
  • 9, vinyl-dipped wire wickets
  • Game rules and instructions

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
The Sportcraft Garden Collection croquet set includes all you need to play conveniently stored in a rolling wooden stand with a dust cover. The set feautres 6 mallets, 6 tri-grooved croquet balls, 2 stakes, 9 wickets, and game rules and instructions.


Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars extremely poor quality and service   August 15, 2008
I ordered this croquet set through Joe's Sports web site. The assembly instructions were garbled and incomplete. The wood pieces, including the mallet heads were cracked and then patched or drilled in the wrong places and then patched. The balls were easily dentable, contained large cracks, and were totally unacceptable. For the price, there was no excuse for such low quality. Like one of the other reviewers, we were also told by Sportcraft that our brand new set was an "old" model for which they carried no replacement parts.


1 out of 5 stars Manufacturer and seller/shipper review   June 4, 2008
  13 out of 14 found this review helpful

The box arrived looking like it had been through the mail more than once. The plastic bag holding the balls had already been torn open, and one of the balls had a 2 inch long split in it. I got the impression that someone else had already returned it, and Fogdog turned around and sent it to me hoping I would accept it as is.

Fogdog won't make exchanges. They only take returns and give refunds. I would have to wait a full billing cycle to get credit, and then take my chances all over again hoping for a good set.

Sportcraft, after first leaving me on hold for 42 minutes waiting for a customer service rep to pick up (I finally gave up), and then again for 10 minutes before I gave up and emailed them, finally returned my email five days later. I was told that they don't have replacement parts... for this brand new set!

This review is for Sportcraft's poor customer service, and for Fogdog's "no exchange" policy and apparent attempt to give me a previously returned and obviously blemished set.




3 out of 5 stars Good, not great   June 4, 2008
  10 out of 10 found this review helpful

The package arrived in good shape, but with minor flaws. One piece of wood from which the cart was to be assembled had a knot with a split around it. Another piece split when the screw was inserted into the pre-drilled hole. The plastic stripes on two of the balls fell off before they were ever used. On the other hand, the mallets and balls are solidly made, and the wickets are much more sturdy than those in our previous set.

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