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BE VERY CAREFUL OF YOUR DEALINGS ON AUDIO-ASYLUM

I have entered in to some dealings on Audio Asylum trader that are less than honorable......I made a deal with a established dealer to trade some rather expensive Atma-Sphere amplifiers for some basket case Altec amps.......After sending the well packed and insured amps , they where received in good order to the Audio Asylum dealer.......Keeping in mind that this dealer made no effort to ship my part of the deal during the week his amps were shipped....After no less than ten phone calls he tells me he doesn't know how to pack them, so I told him to take them to a "Pack and Ship" store and ship them....I would share the cost of shipping..........He has now fell off the face of the earth....no calls, no e-mails, no nothing......he will not answer the phone or in anyway communicate at all........Later this week I will put his Audio-Asylum business name on here.....What are your thoughts on this ???????  . 
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elizabeth
6,726 posts
 
You have their address.. Have you bothered to look it up and physically view it via Google maps? I mean you can SEE any property in almost anywhere in the USA. I would Google Map it get close, use the man icon and get a good look at it. that may tell you a lot.Plus, did you send it to a home? or a business address? I would be hard pressed to send anything to a business address unless it was to the owner of the business, with their name on the door.  
I cancelled a deal when the seller insisted I send the check to his 'office'. Sorry, I am not playing games for that guy. He was annoyed, and kept insisting. So I cancelled.
ebm
5,165 posts
 
Thats why its called an asylum.Hello!!!!
autospec OP
278 posts
 
I am trying to give this person every opportunity to respond before I put his name on the forum.....Or get some kind of response from Audio Asylum  from the e-mail I sent them...........But to tell the truth, I don't have much luck with anything to do with Audio Asylum.......Will
salectric
683 posts
 
I have had a number of transactions using Audio Asylum Trader, both buying and selling, and they have all gone smoothly.  Ironically all of my dealings have been with private individuals, and you would think that was more risky than dealing with a bricks and mortar store.
elizabeth
6,726 posts
 
Just because someone 'says' they are a dealer, does not mean they have an actual store. All they may have is a reseller's license and a hope.  And then there are actual stores.. and hole in a wall no one would actually step inside of. Or the store is 'really great', and soon, soon to move from his Mother's barn.
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