I sent O.L. a check last april and he told me he would have my bow done by September 2010.
I have called several times and i have been unable to get in touch with him, so i was wondering if any of you guys have spoken to him recently.
Also do any of you have his email address, i try to connect with it on my computer and for some reason it want let me.
Im not a wizz with computers and it keeps telling me i need to do this and that so if someone could PM his email to me i sure would appreciate it.
Thanks
The last I heard from Ol was a post I saw on another site a few months ago. He said he had some health and family issues. He was also catching up on bow orders for some people still on his list. I assume that health, family issues, catching up on orders and the Alaska Bowhunter Supply bow are occupying his time.
This was the email address listed on his web site.
oladcock@bowmaker.net
Gil
Glad to see that I am not the only one who is unable to get hold of O.L. In the past he always returned e-mails in a timely manner - not now.
Here is another e-mail that I have for him: oladcock@hotmail.com
I have sent several to him at that addy and not had them bounce back to me.
Let me know if you contact him.
Guys He contacted me earlier this year and said I was still on "the list" and could expect my bow but he was dealing with some family stuff and said he would be back on top and running shortly. Great guy OL is. Andrew
MountainTool21 -
Did you intiate contact with O.L.? If not you should consider yourself lucky if O.L. contacted you.
I have had my deposit in with him since April of 2002 had he has never intiated any communication with me.
Some may call me foolish for waiting around so long. BUT I am determined to make him honor his word and build me a bow.
I thought I was a pretty kind, patient, and understanding customer, but you guys should get a bloody medal. I would have called up A&H a LONG time ago!
I figure I have wasted a lot more money than my deposit with O.L. and only ended up with a headache, stomach ache, and the endless need for urination. :bigsmyl:
A man is only as good as his word. O.L. has told me via e-mail (I have kept them all) that he is going to honor his word - I will wait and see. If I lose my money that is much less of a loss than what is lost when not when not honoring your word.
honor?? just an opinion here...but to me the honorable thing to do would be send a poor guy his deposit back after waiting since 2002. 8 yrs?? you guys have a lot more patients than me.
He has offered to send back the deposit, but said he would build the bow. I am waiting for the bow.
Man, I couldn't even begin to fathom an 8 year wait. I'm waiting a week and a half for my Lost Creek and it's killing me. To me, if the guy can't build you a bow in 8 years, he can't have a whole lot of honor, JMO.
If you do ever get it though, it better be one damn good bow.
8 Years..... gezzz.... I left the Army, bought a house, worked in Iraq and the 'Ghan as a security operator and done a lot of hunting in that time....
Best of luck to you, I've also put you in for a medal, with clasp.
ak.
I had a couple of different taxidermists make me wait 3 years for mounts, and I thought that was a little long. 8 years is an eternity waiting for a bow to arrive. Kudos to you. Hope things work out for all of you and this troubled bowyer.
I sent back a bow to OL, the last email I received from him was Sept 22, 2009. He was going to refund me some money, hasn't happened yet.
ALDO
QuoteOriginally posted by Rick Wiltshire:
MountainTool21 -
I have had my deposit in with him since April of 2002 had he has never intiated any communication with me.
WHAT!!!!!!!!!! UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!! :mad: :scared: :mad: :scared: :mad: :scared: :mad:
JoeVan,
I don't think you should count on hunting with an Adcock this September. Did he KNOW you were going to send him a check??? I'm trying to give him every benefit of the doubt.
One of my New Years resolution was to find out about my replacement set of limbs. I called every business day for 2 weeks - once a day. Then three times a day for just short of 2 weeks before I got an email answer. I tried to be polite and only call during business hours. I was told he takes care of a family member during most of the day. He has my riser. I have my extra set of limbs and I'd be very surprise if I got my riser and replacement limbs for this season. If you get a bow by September, I'm not the only person who would like to know about it.
Steve O,
I don't think you should mention A&H in the same sentence as OL (I know not really the same sentence). For the unknowing, it could look like they have something to do with each other. We're really looking at the extreme ends of customer service. Most of us know you didn't mean that.
I still believe OL will fill his orders, but that check sure gives me for doubt.
Bowmania
I can't believe anyone would even attempt to defend this, let alone excuse it.
8 years??
Family issues??
Health issues??
Unless he had "death issues" (his own) he should either send the bow or a refund. That would be the only valid reason for any of this.
Nothing but a common crook in my opinion.
Wow, and I've pounding my head off the wall waiting for 6 weeks now! I couldn't even imagine.....
I've been waiting over two years for Mr Adcock for a replacement bow to the one of his that failed. Not a peep in all that time. I have given up hope that it will ever happen.
Well, he sure spent a lot of time on the web sites posting during that time trying to claim fame by *reinventing* archery, and spent a lot of time chasing flight shooting records, and even named a feather cut after himself. I think think he's spent more time trying to be famous than fulfill his business obligations. You should have seen the thread on the other site a while back as there are some very upset people.
You know all the things im hearing i have been hearing for a while now.
I went ahead and ordered a ACS from A@H and if i get my Adcock bow this fall then that will be great.
I have just heard way to many stories of guys waiting for years for there bow. He told me i could get my deposit back at any time, so if he doesn't have my bow finished by the fall thats when i will try to get back my deposit.
Im not going to hold my breath if someone has been waiting 8 yrs and still doesn't have there bow. Even if i get my bow what kind of costumer service will i get.
Im not bashing O.L. im just stating the facts and i really hope he builds me a bow. I hear he makes a great bow.
"I hear he makes a great bow."
No, he made a decent bow. Like someone else said, A&H should not be even mentioned along with OL. It does the a great disservice to A&H.
For those that are having problems with Adcock. call the BBB and the Local police & The DA's office in the Town/city he lives in/ Works out of...
What He is doing is illegal. Once those people talk with him, You'll get Your bows or Your money back.
After a 4 year wait for one of his bows and a failure to communicate, I ordered one of A&H bows...which are great. However, I could never bond with the bow because of the connection to Adcock and sold it.
It seems he should be listed with those other peckerwoods who have shafted folks on here.
If it had not been for all the stories told on the other site, folks would still be wondering what happened to him.
I would like to know how many people have sent him money and never recieved there bow or got there deposit back.
When i spoke to him he did say that he didn't build many bows anymore and he also told me he would appreciate it if i wouldn't call him all the time checking to see when my bow would be done.
So 14 months later i have called him a number of times just to check and see if he would have my bow done by this fall like he said he would.
Im not mad or anything i just want to know if he will be able to have the bow done by hunting season and if not i would like to have my deposit back. He said i could get it back at any time and he would happily return it if thats what i wanted.
I have a few bows due in the next few weeks and i could use that $200.00 to pay on some of these other bows.
OL needs to ante' up and refund everyone's money as far as I am concerned...and you are correct, A&H should not be mentioned in the same paragraph, as they stand behind their bows, bow orders, and reputation...obviously OL has some issues.... :eek:
Until i talk to O.L. im going to give him a chance to make good on his word, now if i could just get in touch with him. :banghead:
QuoteOriginally posted by mysticguido:
For those that are having problems with Adcock. call the BBB and the Local police & The DA's office in the Town/city he lives in/ Works out of...
What He is doing is illegal. Once those people talk with him, You'll get Your bows or Your money back.
This is what I would be doing. I just don't understand wanting to make him do good by his word. I'd take my money and run. He may really have some family issues or something, but then he should return all of his deposits to his customers.
Wow...
Of the things written, I can surely undertand why anyone would be angry...!
I've not talked to OL in a long, long time. All I can say is that those who do know him well that I happen to also know, say he's a pretty stand up guy.
I do know many years ago, I ran amuck of the same thing...and he refunded my entire deposit.
He has had a very sick parent. He's been an incredibly loyal son in that he's bent over backward for them...put his own life on hold to be a major care-giver.
I have been thrust into much less of that with my own Dad more recently, I guess Im a bit more sensitive to his situation. It can be a heavy drain...and I'm not doing what I heard he is...
It was posted here not long ago about his parent situation by someone who knows him... Yes? I'm sure I read of it...
Nothing exhonerates no communication, or refund of funds... but...
...I hope each of you will find that OL comes through before all is said and done. You as a customer deserve it, and what I hear of OL from others would suggest he would be of that mind.
Peace out.
Pretty sure some of the comments here don't know what they're talking about. AND maybe it's me after this next statement. AS FAR AS I KNOW IF YOU WANTED YOUR DEPOSIT BACK YOU GOT IT BACK. If you sat on the waiting list for 8 years you didn't ask for your deposit.
It's the replacement guys that are in a bind. AND I know JoeVan doesn't want to hear this, but we should all get our replacements before you get a bow. I'm pretty sure I have 2200 bucks stuck in a Pierce Point riser and two sets of limbs. I have one set of limbs and no riser. He's using it to "build replacement limbs."
Anybody think I'm off on my reasoning I'd like to know why!!!
Bowmania
Yeah, after reading I was probably a bit in the wrong for saying he was a scammer and crook, because I guess you "could" get your money back if you tried.
But I still think that waiting 8 years is absolutely rediculous (no offense). I just cannot see waiting that long to make a man honor his word.
Bowmania -
Perhaps prior to stating "If you sat on the waiting list for 8 years you didn't ask for your deposit." you should have read my earlier post where I stated "He has offered to send back the deposit, but said he would build the bow. I am waiting for the bow."
Careful reading of prior post would seem to be advised.
Bowmania,
I mentioned A&H assuming these poor guys that have to have an O.L. Adcock bow are looking for the A.C.S. cross section. This you can get from A&H immediately if not sooner! No fuss, no smoke and mirrors, no pi$$ poor communication, and no excuses! LOTS of better choices in bowyers out there and Larry and John are at the very top of my heap--and I am not a guy that needs the ACS advantage, nor own or plan to own an A&H. However, I have been set up next to them at shows, have watched and listened to how they deal with customers, and am ALWAYS impressed. To do the work they do, and do the R&D they do to stay on the cutting edge, and to deal with the public like they do, you have to be impressed :thumbsup:
If somebody has my money for 8 years, I am getting a house or LARGE piece of property out of the deal...
It's difficult to get a deposit back when he cannot be contacted...and yes, he still has my deposit and I have no bow, nor do I want any bow he makes.
I have just written this off as a loss, but a gain in experience.
There could be no bow on earth worth waiting 8 years for, sorry.
It is not the bow - it is the principle of the matter.
Isn't it nice that none of us are required to do what others propose as proper and acceptable?
The facts in every situation are different and no one truely knows the facts other than the main players - everything else is conjecture and speculation.
hell in 8yrs you could have learned to have built it yourself.same bow an all
Just my 2 cents worth in this discussion - after shooting both "brands" of ACS bows over the past few years, the advice to go with A&H and forget the other is well founded, lost deposit or not. There is definitely a better product, imho, in the A&H bow.
Glad I did not jump on that bandwagon......
QuoteOriginally posted by michaelschwister:
Glad I did not jump on that bandwagon......
amen!
Rick, you are a man of conviction in a world full of compromise.....hang in there buddy!
I have received two bows from OL Adcock. Back in about '04 I got on his "stock bow list" and received a very nice one piece bow within about eight months. The second bow I ordered and received in about a year, that was in '08.
I'm in no way discounting the complaints stated but I've had no reason to find fault.
I don't know what has happened w/ OL Adcock but I hope all this gets resolved.
In '04 it took 8 months to receive one of his stock bows!?! :eek: