Bowers Wilkins/Classe - Anyone had service from them as horrible as me?


I have a Classe CA-2300 power amp....or rather I HAD ONE, until I sent it to Classe/B&W for repair FOUR MONTHS AGO. 

It's a 100 pound amp, so at first, I wanted to have it fixed by a local, well regarded electrical engineer (I'm in the Bay Area).  I took it to his shop and he said the power supply was dead. He spent days trying to get a schematic from Classe and they wouldn't give him even the smallest bit of information. They told me I had to send it in to them.  I was hesitant to send a 100lb, $6500 amp across the continent, but I did it anyway.  

That was 4 months ago. 

I've spoken with them on the phone maybe 5 times, now, and every time they assure me that they are just about to get working on my amp.  B&W now owns Classe, so B&W is in charge of it.  I had an issue tracking code and I used to be able to enter it on their website to check the repair status. For 3 months, it said "in queue, awaiting diagnosis", now, however, when I put in my code, it says "Item cannot be found".  

At this point, I'm basically saying that B&W have stolen a $6500 amplifier from me after spending a bunch of time purposely blocking a local technician from fixing it. I'm furious. 

Has anyone else here had a successful or unsuccessful experiences with B&W/Classe service recently?  This is insane. What do I do?

thanks!

Hogarth de la Plante
Oakland, CA
hogarthd
Classe is no longer operational. I would try someone at B&W service center and get a update on pending repair orders. 
Yeah - I have been talking to B&W service the entire time (well for the last 3 months).  They are the ones who keep telling me it's "we're starting on it in a couple days". 
I feel for you.  I had my Classé 5300 stop working suddenly and it was a nightmare getting it fixed.  My dealer was helpful in getting it sent into B&W but it took nearly 5 months to get it back.  It was frustrating because I could not get any information of the status during this time.   I have it back now but I worry constantly that I might have a problem again.  I tried to ask them what might have caused the problem but could never get an answer.  Everything is good for now........