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Horizon Hobby Shopping Cart
Posted by maxman on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 11:29 AM

Has anyone had any success using the Horizon Hobby ordering shopping cart during the past 2 to 3 weeks?  I want to order a couple Athearn items but I got the quantity incorrect.

I cannot get the quantities changed, the delete items button does not have any effect, and there does not appear to be any way to refresh the page.

I called the help number, but I just get the "due to the virus everyone is working from home and wait times will be longer" message.  I understand that, so no problem there.  But I also sent an email about two weeks ago that hasn't been answered.

My need is not urgent, but I'm wondering if anyone has had better luck.

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Posted by mlehman on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 12:40 PM

Normally, holding the CTRL or Shift keys down while you click on Reload in your browser will force a page reload, which may clear this up.

Or try closing your browser entirely, then revisit things and proceed to reenter the correct ordering info. I've never ordered directly from Horizon, so not sure if this will work for you.

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Posted by RR_Mel on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 12:43 PM

Try clearing the Horizon Hobby cookie in your browser then see if you can restart the ordering process with a clean slate.
 
 
 
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Posted by richhotrain on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 1:09 PM

maxman

Has anyone had any success using the Horizon Hobby ordering shopping cart during the past 2 to 3 weeks?  I want to order a couple Athearn items but I got the quantity incorrect.

Which website are you using? Horizon Hobby owns Athearn, and it also owns Tower Hobby which, in turn owns Omni Models, the eBay store.

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Posted by maxman on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 1:15 PM

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Which website are you using? Horizon Hobby owns Athearn, and it also owns Tower Hobby which, in turn owns Omni Models, the eBay store.

Horizon Hobby.  If you try to order from Athearn it takes you to the Horizon Hobby website.

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Posted by richhotrain on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 1:26 PM

OK, I went to the Athearn website and ordered 20 HO power trucks. As you said, it took me to Horizon Hobby for Checkout. I then put my cursor over the 20 and changed it to 10. After a second or two, it recalculated the quantity to 10.

Incidentally, I ordered 3 items from omnimodels on eBay yesterday, and they shipped today. omnimodels is located in Champaign IL, just like Athearn, Horizon Hobby, and Tower Hobbies. All four are one and the same, operating out of one huge warehouse.

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Posted by maxman on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 1:30 PM

Mel and Mike:  Tried all the suggestions, same issue.  Any other thoughts?

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Posted by RR_Mel on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 1:39 PM

Change browsers???
 
 
 
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Posted by maxman on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 1:43 PM

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OK, I went to the Athearn website and ordered 20 HO power trucks. As you said, it took me to Horizon Hobby for Checkout. I then put my cursor over the 20 and changed it to 10. After a second or two, it recalculated the quantity to 10.

Where did you change the quantity, on the Athearn website or the Horizon website?

I agree the change happens on the Athearn site.  But go check the shopping cart on the Horizon site.  Do you have only the original 20 shown, or are there now two line items, one for quantity 20 and another for quantity 10?

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Posted by maxman on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 1:43 PM

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Change browsers???

Yes, two different browsers.

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Posted by richhotrain on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 1:47 PM

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OK, I went to the Athearn website and ordered 20 HO power trucks. As you said, it took me to Horizon Hobby for Checkout. I then put my cursor over the 20 and changed it to 10. After a second or two, it recalculated the quantity to 10. 

Where did you change the quantity, on the Athearn website or the Horizon website?

I agree the change happens on the Athearn site.  But go check the shopping cart on the Horizon site.  Do you have only the original 20 shown, or are there now two line items, one for quantity 20 and another for quantity 10? 

I changed the quantity on the Horizon website. After the recalculation takes place, only the recalculated number of items is showing with the correct total purchase price. I never went back to the Athearn website.

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Posted by maxman on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 1:50 PM

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I changed the quantity on the Horizon website. After the recalculation takes place, only the recalculated amount is showing with the correct total purchase price.

Hummm.  I changed the quantities multiple times but nothing happens.  How long did it take to recalculate?

Maybe it doesn't like a zero quantity.  I'll go back and try that.

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Posted by jjdamnit on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 1:50 PM

Hello All,

I have placed two orders in the past 2-weeks with Horizon Hobbies though the Athearn website for parts.

One order was delivered last week and the other one is due this Thursday- -according to the USPS tracking info.

That being said, I do have an account. The items were put into my cart from the Athearn website to the Horizon Hobbies cart, and I did not have to change quantities.

Were you able to leave a message over the phone?

I would also resend the email.

Good luck.

Hope this helps.

 

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Posted by richhotrain on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 1:50 PM

By the way, for what it is worth, I am using Windows 10 with Chrome browser.

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Posted by maxman on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 1:55 PM

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I changed the quantity on the Horizon website. After the recalculation takes place, only the recalculated amount is showing with the correct total purchase price.

 

Hummm.  I changed the quantities multiple times but nothing happens.  How long did it take to recalculate?

Maybe it doesn't like a zero quantity.  I'll go back and try that.

 

Nope, nothing happens.  I changed the quanties all to 1, and then refreshed the screen.  Quantity amounts all reverted to original.
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Posted by richhotrain on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 1:55 PM

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I changed the quantity on the Horizon website. After the recalculation takes place, only the recalculated amount is showing with the correct total purchase price. 

Hummm.  I changed the quantities multiple times but nothing happens.  How long did it take to recalculate?

Maybe it doesn't like a zero quantity.  I'll go back and try that. 

It takes less than a second.

When I was changing the number of items, I never entered zero.

After you mentioned zero, I went back and changed the number of items to zero. At that point, it left the Calculate page and opened up a new page wanting to take me back to the Athearn website to Continue Shopping.

So, I guess if your cart is empty, Horizon wants to send you back to Athearn.

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Posted by maxman on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 1:57 PM

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So, I guess if your cart is empty, Horizon wants to send you back to Athearn.

Ah, thereby lies the problem.  I can't get quantities back to zero.

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Posted by richhotrain on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 1:58 PM

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So, I guess if your cart is empty, Horizon wants to send you back to Athearn. 

Ah, thereby lies the problem.  I can't get quantities back to zero. 

So why not just re-enter the correct number?

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Posted by maxman on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:08 PM

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Were you able to leave a message over the phone?

No.  You get the working from home message, then the computer voice asks you whom you want to speak to. I presume that would be the sales team.  Anyway phone is happy to ring as long as I wish to hold.

Regarding an account, I thought of that.  But I can't get a response from the I forgot my password selection.

It now occurs to me that maybe it doesn't like my email.  I have both a @Verizon and @ymail accounts.  Some places don't like the @ymail.  I'll go and change to the @verizon and see what happens.

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Posted by maxman on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:17 PM

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So why not just re-enter the correct number?

BECAUSE I CAN'T!!!    EVERYTIME I TRY TO CHANGE SOMETHING I END UP WITH ANOTHER LINE ITEM THAT I CANNOT DELETE.  EVEN WHEN I CHANGE THE QUANTITY ON THE ATHEARN SITE TO ZERO, IT JUST SEEMS TO ADD A QUANTITY 1 LINE ITEM TO THE HORIZON CART.

Ummm, sorry, didn't mean to shout.  Must be the Corona bottles in my ears.

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Posted by richhotrain on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:22 PM

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So why not just re-enter the correct number? 

BECAUSE I CAN'T!!!    EVERYTIME I TRY TO CHANGE SOMETHING I END UP WITH ANOTHER LINE ITEM THAT I CANNOT DELETE.  EVEN WHEN I CHANGE THE QUANTITY ON THE ATHEARN SITE TO ZERO, IT JUST SEEMS TO ADD A QUANTITY 1 LINE ITEM TO THE HORIZON CART.

Serenity now, serenity now, serenity now.

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Posted by maxman on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:25 PM

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It now occurs to me that maybe it doesn't like my email. I have both a @Verizon and @ymail accounts. Some places don't like the @ymail. I'll go and change to the @verizon and see what happens.

No, that didn't work either.

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Posted by richhotrain on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:25 PM

max, you mentioned that you are changing the quantity on the Athearn site.

I am suggesting that you change the quantity on the Horizon site, as I did.

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Posted by maxman on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:27 PM

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Serenity now, serenity now, serenity now

I think Serenity is the name of a movie or TV show.

I think I'll remove the Corona from my ears and drink some.

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Posted by richhotrain on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:28 PM

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Serenity now, serenity now, serenity now 

I think Serenity is the name of a movie or TV show.

I think I'll remove the Corona from my ears and drink some. 

Corona is OK, but Becks is far superior.

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Posted by maxman on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:30 PM

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I am suggesting that you change the quantity on the Horizon site, as I did.

Yes, have already tried that.  Quantities don't change  no matter how long I wait.  And that little red X remove button doesn't change anything either.

I guess next thing to try is to give the computer a re-boot.

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Posted by richhotrain on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:33 PM

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I am suggesting that you change the quantity on the Horizon site, as I did. 

Yes, have already tried that.  Quantities don't change  no matter how long I wait.  And that little red X remove button doesn't change anything either.

I guess next thing to try is to give the computer a re-boot. 

If it's any consolation, the Remove button did not work for me either. What did work was to place the cursor over the number of items and then change the number of items which caused it to Recalculate immediately.

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Posted by maxman on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:49 PM

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What did work was to place the cursor over the number of items and then change the number of items which caused it to Recalculate immediately.

No, that didn't work either.

And that was after I shut down and restarted the computer.

The computer is set to delete cookies on shutdown.  What is strange is that even after all that the number of items in the shopping cart doesn't change except in the increasing direction.

I guess I'll have to wait until they all come back to work.  Right now I'll go into the basement and try to do something productive, like smacking external parts with a hammer.

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Posted by richhotrain on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:57 PM

OK, BE A QUITTER. GIVE UP. SEE IF WE CARE.  Super Angry

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Posted by maxman on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 3:27 PM

richhotrain

OK, BE A QUITTER. GIVE UP. SEE IF WE CARE.  Super Angry

 

Hey, I resemble that remark, nyuk, nyuk.
 
Didn't say I was going to quit.  Said I was going to try to do something more productive. Once the pain goes away, I'll try again.

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