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competition bench press belt Posted by rod newman on 10/9/2007, 12:02 am 125.238.2.247 Hi. The bench press belt I ordered from Lifting Large arrived today. I am very disappointed with this product. Nice piece of leather, nice buckle, but appalling design faults. First fault The distance between the 5th and 6th holes is wrong - about 1/8" short than between the other holes. This means that I cannot fit the metal pieced that acts as a washer or buffer between the screws and the belt, as its holes don't line up with the belt holes. God know how such an error was mmade as the other hole distances seem ok. The positioning at holes 5/6 is the right position for me at this time, so it is a problem that matters - I can't fit the metal piece as its holes don't line up so I can't have the lever buckle at this position. Second Fault The screw holes on the buckle are very poor to say the least - extremely poorly finished! On one of them it seem impossible to feed the crew in straight. Believe me I have been trying - the screw head is a bit burred. as a result and so I have stopped trying. Also on this AND the other hole, which does feed in straight, you don't seem to be able to fully crew the screw in to make everything flush. It's really disappointing as I wanted to use this belt in my local National comp on 27 October. So what do I do. I don't want to tamper further and can't no matter what get my preferred buckle position (I don't want to widen the relevant belt hole and in any event the srew holes on the buckle aren't right anyway. How can this be fixed up. Can you put a buckle on a replacement comp lever bench belt and courier this to me and I send you the faulty original back, or do I just charge this extremely frustrating purchase back on my credit card and go find a belt elsewhere? Thanks, Rod  Post a Response

Re: competition bench press belt Posted by rod newman on 10/9/2007, 12:07 am, in reply to "competition bench press belt" 125.238.2.247 Sorry for the typos - eg short" should be shorter" and "crew" should be "screw" etc. I should have carefully proof read first, but I wanted to post this immediately, as my frustration is immense and I am keen to get a speedy resolution. I don't imagine you actually manufactured this product yourself, so I am not directing this at you personally, but it's really annoying (and unncessary) when an otherwise nice quality product is ruined by inattention to small, but absolutely critical details.  Post a Response

What meet on the 27th? Posted by Tom Allred on 10/9/2007, 6:33 am, in reply to "competition bench press belt" 67.177.139.195 Where is it at? I also have one on that day. --Previous Message-- : Hi. : : The bench press belt I ordered from Lifting : Large arrived today. I am very disappointed : with this product. Nice piece of leather, : nice buckle, but appalling design faults. : : First fault : The distance between the 5th and 6th holes : is wrong - about 1/8" short than : between the other holes. This means that I : cannot fit the metal pieced that acts as a : washer or buffer between the screws and the : belt, as its holes don't line up with the : belt holes. God know how such an error was : mmade as the other hole distances seem ok. : The positioning at holes 5/6 is the right : position for me at this time, so it is a : problem that matters - I can't fit the metal : piece as its holes don't line up so I can't : have the lever buckle at this position. : : Second Fault : The screw holes on the buckle are very poor : to say the least - extremely poorly : finished! On one of them it seem impossible : to feed the crew in straight. Believe me I : have been trying - the screw head is a bit : burred. as a result and so I have stopped : trying. Also on this AND the other hole, : which does feed in straight, you don't seem : to be able to fully crew the screw in to : make everything flush. : : It's really disappointing as I wanted to use : this belt in my local National comp on 27 : October. : : So what do I do. I don't want to tamper : further and can't no matter what get my : preferred buckle position (I don't want to : widen the relevant belt hole and in any : event the srew holes on the buckle aren't : right anyway. : : How can this be fixed up. Can you put a : buckle on a replacement comp lever bench : belt and courier this to me and I send you : the faulty original back, or do I just : charge this extremely frustrating purchase : back on my credit card and go find a belt : elsewhere? : : Thanks, : : Rod :  Post a Response

Re: competition bench press belt Posted by Mike Adelmann on 10/9/2007, 7:02 am, in reply to "competition bench press belt" 67.60.9.9 I am sorry for the problems. We can make this right. I will ship you a replacement today and veryify the holes and buckle before shipment. I will ask that when the new one arrives that you return the defective one to me. When I get it I will then refund the shipping you paid to your credit card. If you do not want to do that then just return the belt to us for a refund on your card. Again we are sorry for the problems your are having. --Previous Message-- : Hi. : : The bench press belt I ordered from Lifting : Large arrived today. I am very disappointed : with this product. Nice piece of leather, : nice buckle, but appalling design faults. : : First fault : The distance between the 5th and 6th holes : is wrong - about 1/8" short than : between the other holes. This means that I : cannot fit the metal pieced that acts as a : washer or buffer between the screws and the : belt, as its holes don't line up with the : belt holes. God know how such an error was : mmade as the other hole distances seem ok. : The positioning at holes 5/6 is the right : position for me at this time, so it is a : problem that matters - I can't fit the metal : piece as its holes don't line up so I can't : have the lever buckle at this position. : : Second Fault : The screw holes on the buckle are very poor : to say the least - extremely poorly : finished! On one of them it seem impossible : to feed the crew in straight. Believe me I : have been trying - the screw head is a bit : burred. as a result and so I have stopped : trying. Also on this AND the other hole, : which does feed in straight, you don't seem : to be able to fully crew the screw in to : make everything flush. : : It's really disappointing as I wanted to use : this belt in my local National comp on 27 : October. : : So what do I do. I don't want to tamper : further and can't no matter what get my : preferred buckle position (I don't want to : widen the relevant belt hole and in any : event the srew holes on the buckle aren't : right anyway. : : How can this be fixed up. Can you put a : buckle on a replacement comp lever bench : belt and courier this to me and I send you : the faulty original back, or do I just : charge this extremely frustrating purchase : back on my credit card and go find a belt : elsewhere? : : Thanks, : : Rod :  Post a Response

Re: competition bench press belt Posted by rod newman on 10/9/2007, 3:27 pm, in reply to "Re: competition bench press belt" 125.238.1.27 Yes, Mike, many thanks, that would be great. Please send me that replacement and I will send back the one I have got. Thanks again, Rod  Post a Response

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