RE: [Harp-L] Harp Depot

["Bradford Trainham" <bradford.trainham@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes about Coast2Coast!!!
They've always done very well by me and their product line bespeaks a
genuine love of the harmonica and of traditional music. 
Let's keep 'em going!!
Brad Trainham
 

-----Original Message-----
From: harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Mike Rogers
Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 2:47 PM
To: Bill Hines
Cc: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Harp Depot

I have always had great service from Coast2Coast.

bullfrog

Bill Hines wrote:
> Stan Walters wrote:
> "Never, ever trust the little guys these days, many are VERY close to 
> going belly up (Harp Depot, C2C, Bushman, etc.)"
>
> We've certainly seen *lots* of complaints about Harp Depot here over 
> the years, and I have my own bad experience with them. This new one 
> just sounds like they are doing business as usual, and with practices 
> like that I suspect it's only the unsuspecting new fish that keep them 
> afloat, or using new names  like buying the Harp House name to hide 
> behind. Harp House was very good back when John Francis was running 
> it, IMHO, then he left and things seemed to go downhill fast from there.
>
> But I don't think I'd throw C2C into that mix. That particular dealer 
> has shown me nothing but outstanding customer service and response 
> over the years. They are more involved in the harp community than just 
> "selling stuff", John Watts also runs the harptalk discussion area on 
> yahoo which is pretty busy and has lots of members. Their web site is 
> very good, they offer club memberships and discounts, ship fast and 
> always let me know immediately if something I order is out of stock.
> When I order stuff from them, I get it *real* fast. I have no 
> relationship with them other than as a (hard to) satisfied customer.
>
> Do you have any evidence to make the statement that C2C is "close to 
> going belly up"?
>
> These days you can lose your money from anyone, not just the little 
> guys. Lots of big businesses have gone out unexpectedly. That's why I 
> use credit cards, for an extra measure of protection.
>
> Bill
>
>
>
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