Bootmakers in the News — Bo Riddle
Just look for flowing inlay, fancy stitching and the Nashville tour buses parked out front of the shop. It doesn't matter who's wearing them —Bo Riddle's cowboy boots always take center stage.
Photo by David Mudd, American Profile.
posted by Jennifer June at 8:50 PM
21 Comments:
Bo Riddle has skipped the Ozarks. I placed a order about a year ago. I talked with Bo in Rogersville, MO in April and when I went to visit him in August '06 his shop was closed and no one knew where he was.
Bo is currently making boots in Henrietta Texas at the Olsen-Stelzer boot factory.
I ordered a pair of boots from him in October. Is he going to honor orders partially paid for? Does anyone know how to contact him?
I just tried to contact Bo at the Montana Boot Warehouse in Henrietta, TX and he could not be reached there. Any idea where he is at now?
We also ordered boots from Bo last December. We stopped to check on the boots today (they were to be fitted in October and complete in December). We also discovered he was gone.....we have been told he is in Springfield working for Springfield Leater. We have not contacted them yet but plan to do so by the end of the week.
If you get a phone number for Bo, could you e-mail it to me at Tarintella@aol.com .. In case you didn't know, Bo is a really amazing songwriter, and we worked together on a lot of music projects before we lost touch.
I am looking for Bo, too. Don't worry, he doesn't owe me $ or boots or anything! I'd like him to make a pair for me, if he doesn't already have the ones I want. tinagee
I called the 1-800 number for Springfield Leather Co. The gentleman I spoke to said that Bo Riddle is working with them and he will be in tomorrow morning. I left a message for him to call me for status on my boots. If he doesn't call tomorrow. I'll try to make sure to re-post.
Great! I'll give him a call tomorrow. I wonder if Bo knows that he has a whole herd of anonymous internet users looking for him? LOL.
Bo is a great guy, got a bit behind, with the cards others dealt to him...but i know he is the type to honor all of his committments.
Well......we're not so sure he is going to honor his committment!!! We have talked to him face-to-face three times since he started working at Springfield Leather. He says he does not have the equipment to make the boots nor the money to give us a return for the boots we ordered in December 2005. I say he's not to be trusted!!!!!
Well does any one know what happened to his equipment or what caused his misfortune?
I am not really sure what happened to him, but that sounds very unusual for Bo to let a customer down. I'm sure that he will make it right eventually!
I have known Bo all my life! I know his word is good. He is behind right now, but, by God's grace, he will catch up. He has several orders for boots and other items he needs to make, but I saw him just a week ago and he was finishing a beautiful piece of art work boots---they've been ordered a while, but they're just about done now and he'll be on the the next order. Also, he is getting some equipment back together and will soon have his shop set up in full. Don't loose hope! I have not heard of him not making something that was ordered....he just gets "a lot on his plate" now and then. I guess if you could make boots as good as him, you would have oodles of people wanting them, too!!
Like others we placed an order for a pair of mules when Bo was at Silver Dollar City, that was the fall of 2005. WE have talked with him several times, he has promised to send our deposit back several times. Of course I would rather have the mules but now 2 years later we have no hope of getting either one. Bo is not an honorable man , for those of you that think he is perhaps you should think again....Shame on you sir, you have taken advantage of many others as well. Yes, you do have a God given talent but I'm sure God would not approve of your business ethics.
I met Mr. Bo Riddle Many years ago, I know he has a honest soul. I watched him take his last cash out of his pocket and give it to a homeless man. The man gave Bo a small tarnished brass buckle, his only earthly treasure. No one else saw this, so I know it was done with a sincere heart. Be still, pray daily, listen to your heart, live your dream!
AS BRENDA MEYERS SAID, MY SISTER ALSO ORDERED A PAIR OF SHOES FROM MR. RIDDLE AND GAVE HIM A DEPOSIT. THEN WE NEVER HEARD FROM HIM AGAIN. NOW MY SISTER HAS DIED AND DOESN'T NEED HER SHOES. I WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE HER DEPOSIT BACK.
EVEN IF MR. RIDDLE CANNOT HONOR HIS WORD AND COMPLETE THE ORDERS THAT HE TOOK, IT IS GOOD BUSINESS SENSE TO CONTACT HIS CUSTOMERS AND LET THEM KNOW THAT HE IS HAVING PROBLEMS. THIS SAVES A LOT OF HARD FEELINGS AND POTENTIAL LAW SUITS FOR BREACH OF PROMISE AND TAKING MONEY UNDER FALSE PRETENSES.
SO WHOEVER IS IN CONTACT W/ MR.RIDDLE PLEASE TELL HIM TO CONTACT HIS CUSTOMERS AND APOLOGIZE. ALICE FELDEN, STOVER, MO
he is a very sad person....more like a cheat in the night. He steals your boots and never even sends them back. what a crook.
in an article posted by this lady, bo said his first wife, didn't do something, thing is, that was his second wife.
Bo is married to his third wife now.....
I am a customer of Bo Riddle's. I noticed that a lot of folks said they can't find him. If they google him they would find his official website which has an email on it. DUH! I was like Brenda above and at Silver Dollar City I ordered a pair of mules for my wife. I didn't hear from Mr. Riddle for quite some time then one day, not too long ago, the mules showed up in the mail with a letter apologizing for them being so long in the making and telling me not to send the rest of the money I owed him. He said he had many other pairs of boots and mules to get caught up on. Apparently his trip to Texas with Montana boots didn't turn out in his favor, but Montana still offers his line of boots.
Some of you folks might start thinking that others can have tragic things happen in their lives too. Why don't you wait and find out what happened in Mr. Riddle's life before you pass judgment on him, which is God's job.
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