Melissa
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Hi all,
Hope you are all well.I have not been on as you know due to looking after my Mum,well,she passed away 3 weeks ago and what I have to say does not help matters.
As some of you know,I wanted to have a website selling quality vintage musical instruments,I am now thinking,perhaps this was a bad idea.I am today aside myself here.I send one Alto to a Namir tech,when it returned,it did not play,returned it,and back again,didn't play,third time unlucky,So I sent it to my usual tech and he was horrified to say the least,the repairer in question was obviously clueless on Vintage saxophones.So My regular has been kind to me and only charged me £50.00 to straighten those two bent tone holes,reseat a few pads and regulate it properly.
I have just had yet another Alto back from yet another NAMIR registered tech,this time,it has gone overboard,I received it,did not play,it looked awful,it was bad,I mean really bad.I had,had enough of having to keep returning them due to the errors of these tech's,so I decided to send this one,to yet another repairer-though He has a very good reputation.
This morning he has called me to review the sax I sent him,his honest opinion was-the worst he had ever seen,keys falling off,where are all the corks and felts he said? the top stack is not even working,others were sticking and this was just what he could see just looking at it!
I wrote to the previous (Large & Flash) Company and advised that under the circumstances,I shall send them the bill for the cost's to put it right.Now apart from the response which was not only intimidating but this particular repairer has even gone further to say that I should have some more lessons because it was so good,that I obviously cannot play-or words to this effect.
Complete refusal to even amicably agree to settle the matter,even advising that I was the one whom was rude and that they do not wish anything more to do with me.
Now Guys and Girls,the two tech's whom are putting them right,have been doing it a long time,over half my age,surely they Do know what they are talking about.The other two whom have failed miserably and very new and green in comparison.
What is it coming to when I receive this:"Might I suggest that you take 3 years to train as an instrument repairer, then another 5 to gain some more experience and maybe even some more saxophone lessons!Good luck in your quest to find someone who is willing to work with you as it will not be us!"
So I have been completely and utterly robbed,£300.00 this time,£240.00 plus £80.00 in couriers the last time because the work was terrible.Now I have these two alto's which are not going to sell for anywhere near what they owe me,but it is ok because I obviously do not matter in the equation!
How can they do it,you know,set up and call themselves professionals,repairers and teachers alike.Unfortunately it seems to me that some of the later Namir Techs coming out of Newark are simply not good enough-But they shall tell you otherwise.
Please,what would all of you do under the circumstances?I really am incredibly down at the moment,and to have all of this as well is just incomprehensible.
Hope you are all well.I have not been on as you know due to looking after my Mum,well,she passed away 3 weeks ago and what I have to say does not help matters.
As some of you know,I wanted to have a website selling quality vintage musical instruments,I am now thinking,perhaps this was a bad idea.I am today aside myself here.I send one Alto to a Namir tech,when it returned,it did not play,returned it,and back again,didn't play,third time unlucky,So I sent it to my usual tech and he was horrified to say the least,the repairer in question was obviously clueless on Vintage saxophones.So My regular has been kind to me and only charged me £50.00 to straighten those two bent tone holes,reseat a few pads and regulate it properly.
I have just had yet another Alto back from yet another NAMIR registered tech,this time,it has gone overboard,I received it,did not play,it looked awful,it was bad,I mean really bad.I had,had enough of having to keep returning them due to the errors of these tech's,so I decided to send this one,to yet another repairer-though He has a very good reputation.
This morning he has called me to review the sax I sent him,his honest opinion was-the worst he had ever seen,keys falling off,where are all the corks and felts he said? the top stack is not even working,others were sticking and this was just what he could see just looking at it!
I wrote to the previous (Large & Flash) Company and advised that under the circumstances,I shall send them the bill for the cost's to put it right.Now apart from the response which was not only intimidating but this particular repairer has even gone further to say that I should have some more lessons because it was so good,that I obviously cannot play-or words to this effect.
Complete refusal to even amicably agree to settle the matter,even advising that I was the one whom was rude and that they do not wish anything more to do with me.
Now Guys and Girls,the two tech's whom are putting them right,have been doing it a long time,over half my age,surely they Do know what they are talking about.The other two whom have failed miserably and very new and green in comparison.
What is it coming to when I receive this:"Might I suggest that you take 3 years to train as an instrument repairer, then another 5 to gain some more experience and maybe even some more saxophone lessons!Good luck in your quest to find someone who is willing to work with you as it will not be us!"
So I have been completely and utterly robbed,£300.00 this time,£240.00 plus £80.00 in couriers the last time because the work was terrible.Now I have these two alto's which are not going to sell for anywhere near what they owe me,but it is ok because I obviously do not matter in the equation!
How can they do it,you know,set up and call themselves professionals,repairers and teachers alike.Unfortunately it seems to me that some of the later Namir Techs coming out of Newark are simply not good enough-But they shall tell you otherwise.
Please,what would all of you do under the circumstances?I really am incredibly down at the moment,and to have all of this as well is just incomprehensible.