This review is basically for the up pricing of the skates. My boyfriend came to this place to buy a pair of skates in April 2021 because he started taking lessons and this place was recommended to him. His budget was $400 for really nice skates. He saw one pair for $200 but didn't like those so kept browsing. He came upon a pair he liked and was told they were $350 (he said they didnt look worth $350 but decided to buy them anyway). Once he got home he looked them up on Amazon and found the same exact ones for $200. The manager however was very nice to him but you can buy the same exact skates online for cheaper. read more

Look yall. I came in here with an amount I was willing to spend in mind. If you do the same, just crumble that up and throw it away. I'm a fake snob. I like nice things. So when I decided to finally get serious about this skating thing, I visited The Rink on 87th street. Good thing is, nothing has changed. Bad thing is, nothing has changed. That being the skates. They are old and busted, so I knew if I was going to take lessons, I needed my own pair. The nice guy at The Rink told me to come check out this spot, which I did. I will say that the selection is what it is. They have several brands to choose from, and honestly, if you'r beginning, I guess you don't need anything fancy (I wanted Moxie skates). I tried on a pair that was good for beginners, with lots of padding, but they just didn't look good to me (they probably looked good to other folks though). After the salesman (Sensei) saw that I wasn't feeling the first boot, he said that the owner purchased some boots from a Canadian company called Dominion. He suggested I try those on and well, I did and liked them. Now here comes the part where I started to cry on the inside. There were two people in the store before me who had spent a pretty penny on skates and they seemed to be in the same boat as me, with little to no movement on wheels in years. In the end I spent over $300 (gasp, yall, my budget was like $70!) on skates, but I do like them and they're comfortable. I love that everything is interchangeable so if I want something new, I just have to buy whatever it is and get it changed. Ron, the guy who does all the assembly is really nice and fast. He's confident in what he does and it shows. It's nice that there are still rinks in Chicago to go to, because it is serious business! read more

Underground Wheels Etc - Sporting Goods Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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absolutely not his skates are $100 .00 more than amazon a hard no. you try to support blk business. but absolutely not read more

This place is bottom of the barrel scum, you walk in and it seems like a nice establishment what with the skates on the wall and the old man sitting on the couch talking about skating but, don't get roped in. As a skate enthusiast I do know a bit about the prices of plates and such so as I was buying a plate for my girlfriends new skates the price seemed a little outlandish. I asked the man behind the counter about it and he began to stutter uncontrollably and proceed to lie about skate prices going up. I was told this would include everything I need to roll and I get home to mount the boot and there's no trucks.... this place is scum and I wouldn't spend a dime of your money with these no good culture feeding crooks. read more

DO NOT GO HERE!!!! As i walked in, I could hear the "manager" on the phone with cringeworthy customer service. I browsed anyway because they had nice looking rollerskates. The misleading salesman tried to sell me a pair of $200 skates. My intuition was yelling at me to hold off, so I did. The next day I looked online. The skates they tried to sell me were worth less than $100. THIS SHOP IS MORE IN TO PUMPED-UP PRICING THAN THEY ARE SKATES!!! I found the exact pair on ebay for $70 with a set of extra wheels included. That's 2 negatives (the call and the price gouging) BYE!!! read more

I'm a first time customer and with 4.5 Stars I thought this would be a great place to get a pair of skates. I was wrong. The manager was rude and short with me only to turn around and be the sweetest man in the world to some chick that came in with me. The skates I bought had a stripped screw and I went back so he could "fix" them and all he did was put the wheel back on without doing anything else. At this point I've called twice about the same problem and now he's telling me that I need to replace the trucks and I'm gonna have to come out of pocket and pay for repairs on a a pair of defective skates that were sold to me. I'm 167 dollars in the whole and I asked for a refund and all I'm getting is shrugs and an attitude like I'm some scammer trying to get one over on them and I'm not. I highly recommend you don't buy skates from here unless you absolutely know what you're doing so you can call their bullshit right there in the store. read more