Battle-Merchant Wacken GmbH & Co. KG Reviews 

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TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

4.6

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Everything was ok. I have ordered a brown underskirt at another site for a historical archery turnament last year, and ended up wearing it in everyday life a lot. Was happy to find 3 more colours of... See more

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

I don't know what you're exactly asking as this form came written in German even when the email I clicked from was in English. So that's a minus. The package I ordered came quickly, but in a absu... See more

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Shipping was quicker than expected, did have to pay and extra like 100 from ups I didn't really know about but im guessing that's because of tariffs, product is great though.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

decent prices, fast delivery. bought 4 Shield boss, 2mm steel, medium and Ballistol Universal Oil, 500 ml bottle. It all was securely packed and was delivered pretty fast

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  1. Costume Store
  2. also in
  3. Army & Navy Surplus Shop
  4. Beer Distributor
  5. Martial Arts Supply Store
  6. Outdoor Sports Store

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### Battle-Merchant - Wir liefern Geschichte! Ihr Spezialist für Mittelalter, Reenactment und LARP ### Willkommen bei Battle-Merchant, Ihrem zuverlässigen Partner für hochwertige Ausrüstung aus Antike und Mittelalter! Seit unserer Gründung im Jahr 2002 versorgen wir Hobbyisten, Reenactment-Begeisterte, LARP-Spieler und Geschichtsinteressierte mit einer umfassenden Auswahl an Produkten, die Geschichte zum Leben erwecken. Unser Online-Shop unter www.battlemerchant.com vereint alles, was Sie für authentische Darstellungen, fantasievolle Rollenspiele oder Mittelaltermärkte benötigen. Neben dem Einzelhandel bieten wir auch Großhandel an und beliefern Wiederverkäufer mit attraktiven Konditionen – ideal für Händler, die ihr Sortiment erweitern möchten. Unsere Leidenschaft für historische Nachstellungen hat uns zu Experten gemacht. Wir haben unser Angebot kontinuierlich erweitert, inklusive eigener Kollektionen wie der Battle-Merchant-Linie und der Marke ULFBERTH® für schaukampftaugliche Rüstungen. Durch Zusammenarbeit mit Experten und Tests gewährleisten wir Qualität und Funktionalität. Heute umfasst unser Lager über 10.000 Artikel mit schneller Lieferung via DHL oder GLS – ab 50 € Bestellwert versandkostenfrei! Bei uns finden Sie vielfältige Kategorien: Historische Kleidung wie Tuniken, Hosen und Mäntel, eingeteilt in Authentizitätsstufen für Reenactment, LARP oder Kostüme. Waffen reichen von Schwertern und Bögen bis zu LARP-Modellen. Rüstungen, darunter Kettenhemden (z. B. Lorica Hamata) und Helme aus Römer-, Wikinger- oder Mittelalter-Epochen, sind unser Highlight. Für das Lagerleben bieten wir Töpfe, Möbel, Zelte (Ritter-, Wikinger- oder römische Varianten) und Schmuck wie Fibeln oder Thorshammer-Repliken. Unsere Stärken: Vielfalt, Qualität und Kundennähe. Wir geben Tipps in unserem Blog, legen Wert auf Nachhaltigkeit und bieten sichere Zahlungen sowie engagierten Service. Ob Einzelkunde oder Großhändler – wir ermöglichen es, Leidenschaft für Geschichte und Fantasie auszuleben. Besuchen Sie www.battlemerchant.com und teilen Sie Ihr Feedback auf Trustpilot!


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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Mostly good

Mostly good. I have previously had some problems with getting replies from them on inquiries, where they took a very very long time to reply. And on this they could, and should, do better.

On the one occasion where I have bought something from them I had no complaints whatsoever, I got the right product, at the right price, well packaged, in good condition and delivered on time. So based on that, I would probably buy from them again in the future.

February 9, 2022
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I received an invoice about me paying, and still have no other info

I received an invoice about me paying what is owed for the tent I ordered. Now I have emailed them to try and receive information on the carrier and tracking info and have not gotten a reply. It is like pulling teeth. I want to know what the status of my order is and I cant seem to get any communication from them. All I have to say is If I do no get my tent by the end of this month to the the middle of next month I will be contacting whatever german dignitary there may be here in the US to report this. Customers are to be replied to in a timely manner with updates on their orders upon request. This is very very unprofessional. I do viking age leather work for a living and never treated my customers like this, and now that I can finally find a tent that is affordable and can use at events I don't get any communication is just sad.

August 20, 2021
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

They don’t deliver AND KEEP YOUR MONEY!

After one previous order which was successful, I took my chances and ordered again.
This time Battle Merchant wrote the wrong post code. The result was my shipment being returned to sender, and I never received any word of it. Strangely enough they had made the wrong entry to the post code manually. After checking and double checking that I wasn’t the fault here, I politely contacted them. My order was correct.
Then they stopped replying, as so many other customers have experienced.
On top of this they NEVER REIMBURSED THE ORDER!
They literally stole my money. I never received neither the ordered products or my money back.
It’s been one year now, and all I get to remind me of this is daily spam and phishing emails in German ever since. This is the only German website that I ever gave my email to… STAY AWAY FROM THIS SCAMMER. This is in no way a serious seller.

July 25, 2021
Unprompted review
Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Good

I have ordered a sword with scabbard, a dagger with scabbard and a belt to hold the weapons.
I ordered Tuesday and the shipping was very fast, even with Covid 19 in 7 days my stuf arrived.
Nothing to say except for the dagger that is a bit chipped on the hilt pommel, but that's fine no problem, I don't want to send the stuff back.
For sure i will order again!

April 14, 2020
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Horrible customer service

Half of the times i make an order at the company theres some sort of mistake, like wrong items, not returning vats, items has malfunction or something else.
When i contact the company its the same every time. I am getting an answer within a few days, but as soon as things get "complicated" and items are to be retuned or a slight of service is required battlemercent stops replying.

December 15, 2019
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

JUNK musket dont buy from them

received my musket from them Its a piece of junk already rusted brass pitted too it is not rifled as they said it was the ram rod it too short to reach the end of the barrel The wood is unfinished and badly stained like it was left out in the rain the whole thing is covered with dirt like it was left outside on the ground . I've never seen anything like this. Im so sorry I didnt check this TRUSTPILOT site first

January 3, 2019
Unprompted review
Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Be warned

Ordered a coolus D helmet from battle merchant and it arrived quickly aND we'll packaged, however, it was missing one of the o rings on the cheek pieces for drawing the string through to fasten the helmet on you...

July 18, 2017
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

PEOPLE TAKE ATTENTION

PEOPLE TAKE ATTENTION! They're taxing illegal VAT! They are taxing you with 19% VAT, but that amount is not included in the invoice, and of course is for some reason! They're not declaring VAT right, so you're paying more, or better, you're paying an unexistente taxing! And more, their costumer service is more than awful! weeks and weeks without an answer, and when they do, they just go deeper with child mistakes saying my mail's are going to spam box... How can this shop mark costumers mails as spam?!

In general, stay away from this shop... it's better for you...

June 13, 2017
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

no problems here.

decent prices, fast delivery.

bought 4 Shield boss, 2mm steel, medium and Ballistol Universal Oil, 500 ml bottle.
It all was securely packed and was delivered pretty fast

April 6, 2017
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Payment prices and actutal prices do not match

THIS IS AN UPDATE MADE 15/07/2014

Well, I been shopping there in the past, and now suddenly the prices they list at the price I have to pay isn't the same anymore.
The thing is; it is not an real option to pay with VISA card, it just do not work (we tried from firefox,chrome and explora - and on three different pcs on different locations), so the only real option is PAYPAL, but...

the prices is now 100dkr (appox. 10 pund sterling) more expensive on the paypal site than what battlemerchant listed.

Sounds like a scam to me - we have told battlemerchant about this for like 14 days ago, but all they are willing to do it having me call them ´(they are based in Germany and I am in Denmark) so they can get my VISA card details over the phone... well I am not that stupid.
We can also see that they added this disclaimer within the last week
"Attention: PayPal exchange rates may vary!"
STAY AWAY from this - once super - site

September 30, 2009
Unprompted review
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Reply from Battle-Merchant Wacken GmbH & Co. KG

Dear Björn!
Sorry to hear that you are not satisfied with us anymore.
But please let me say something to that.
Visa:
will be taken by a paymentcompany called Secupay. They will check and let it go thru or not.
If you have given a different deliveryaddress they may not trust.
By any reason your Card/address/country/ordervalue/anything - combination has failed their rules. Thats why you can try it with different browsers and locations.

Creditcarddetails on the phone:
What do you mean with: "well I am not that stupid."?
Do you think, we will take your details, take all you money and go to Bahamas?
Björn, we are dealing since the last 5 years! Why do you think that we will cheat you now? As we have not at any time!
We had more than 50.000 customers in last 12 years and have not cheaten a single one!!!
We love what we do and we want to do it the next 30 years at least.
If we cheat somebody, we have to close tomorrow.

Paypal:
We are showing the offical "European Central Bank" exchangerates as we have to do on our website!
Paypal is using its own exchangesrates, as they want to earn on it.
I dont know them and we are not able bring them in the shop.
... and we are not allowed to do that!!!
What shall a prepayment customer or Visa customer say about exchangerates which comes from Paypal? They will be definitely wrong compared to the official ones.
The disclaimer has been brougnt to the site years ago, not in between!
We say very clear in the checkout, that Paypalrates can vary.
What else can we do?

No other paymentoption:
You can just use the normal banktransfer. Within the EU all transfers shall be completed within one workingday. Ok, sometimes it will take 2 but wiretransfer is nearly as fast anything else.
... but that of course means that you have to trust us, that we wont go away with your money.
And alltough you ordered us 7 times in the last years - by any reason trust seems the problem to me.

Regards,
Hendrik
Battle-Merchant

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