Based on what friends have told me, this is typical of this guy and the right answer would probably be B in your case. I don't know how anyone can get away with this sort of thing and still stay in business. I have heard people say "oh, Rogue Music is good to deal with, but watch out for that Arman (Rogue's repair) guy". Well, if you're going to be in business, you should pick your partners / employees wisely. If Rogue was so good to deal with, they certainly wouldn't let someone operate like that in their store. Did you complain to their owner? If so, what did he say? I have noticed threads in the past where he was quick to try to resolve complaints made in public, but how many similar cases are there which haven't been reported? I wonder whether it is Arman or Rogue or both who profit from this sort of practice.
----- Original Message -----
From: Atom 'Smasher'
To: CZsynth@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 10:42 PM
Subject: Re: [CZsynth] CZ1 needs repair, plse suggest a shop
> What makes you say this? Please be more specific. I always like to
> think reports like this might not be 100% true, but I have heard similar
> from quite a few other people.
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first of all, i'm not gonna knock his work, because all i know about is
that he rack-mounts some old synths, and doubles the sticker price...
nothing really alarming about that. i don't know anything about the
quality of his repair work.
my complaint lies only with the way he conducts his business.
i experienced his crooked business practices when i traded in my JX-3P &
PG-200, both in excellent shape. while he was checking them out, to make
sure they work, i got called into the back room, and it was explained to
me that the PG-200 was not working... he 'proved' this by turning knobs,
and nothing happened, explaining that it may have worked fine before, but
it was probably damaged on the way there. never-mind that i took them
there in a well padded hard case. anyway, he explained that they could
still take it for a trade-in, and "only" deduct a few hundred dollars for
the repairs that it needs (leaving me with about $20 of trade-in, after
repair costs). i then reached over to the connector on the back of the
synth that was only partially plugged in, and fully inserted it, turned
knobs on the PG-200, and everything (except armon's bruised ego) was fine.
there is NO LEGITIMATE EXCUSE for this from anyone who claims to be a
synth tech. either:
A) he is a crappy tech, for not finding the cause of the problem
or
B) he knew what he was doing and trying to scam me
i can think of no other explanation for what happened. since i've heard
some good stories about his [expensive] repair skills, i have to assume
that the correct answer is "B", and he is a sheister.
...atom
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Re: [CZsynth] CZ1 needs repair, plse suggest a shop
2003-01-09 by czvz