I went online to Escalade Sports to email them my concerns about one of their products. … But Escalade has no contact by email.

Red flag. You can only telephone customer service … and only during Office Hours.

Have you tried to phone a customer service number lately? Forget it.

Instead I’ll post my rant here. On twitter. And on Facebook.

Model no T8098F sold by Escalade Sports of Illinois is garbage. I volunteered to try to assemble one. It was to be a Christmas present.

Problems:

• parts missing #30 and #31.

• too complicated

• difficult to assemble

• cheap parts

• table top made of particle board … are you surprised the warranty is only 90 days?

THIS IS A GAME TABLE. DO NOT SIT, STAND, LEAN, WALK OR JUMP ON TABLE! FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS CAUTION COULD RESULT IN PERSONAL INJURY AND/OR PROPERTY DAMAGE!

If you climb up on this table, it will collapse. … There’s no chance kids will climb up on a table, is there?

Worst of all, this table is shipped in 4 sections so you have a “join” in the centre of the table

No matter how carefully you screw the two sides of the top together, a ball will not bounce “true” off that join.

The T8098F pingpong table is CRAP. Don’t buy one. We’ll be returning ours to Escalade Sports via their distributor Sports Authority Canadian Tire. I’ll report back on how that goes.

Canadian Tire refunded the money without a peep. Thanks.

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