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Brian Hoyer / In-Tone / kasa

This review is being posted here to serve notice to the community about my experience with Brian Hoyer. His original screen name here was Linn_Kasa, but is now just kasa. He was a long time Audiogon dealer. He was listed as a Linn dealer under the Linn_Kasa name, but is now listed on the Linn website as In-Tone of Leawood, Kansas. In late April I purchased a used/trade in DCS Rossini Apex player listed on here for a significant sum. Billed through his LLC In-Tone. After he didn’t produce I opened a dispute here in June and at the end of July he finally agreed to refund. After 2 weeks of stalling he stated he actually had the player since May. He has failed to send that as of today 9/15/23, and his account on here has been suspended. There is also a second dispute against him that he has not addressed. I will only urge you think hard before doing any business with him.

whytlotus

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whytlotus OP
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@ hiendmmoe..... and I feel your pain as well. I would encourage you to post your experience soon. When you're comfortable, we should talk. My last email from Brian  on 8/18 stated because of my actions, my player would be delivered to a lawyer to go through a proper legal process and then to me.  Yeah...right.  The last time Brian took a phone call from me, or returned a call from me was around May 5th or 6th.

 

whytlotus OP
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@ maxdukecapone... thanks for that info. I don't have a FB page, but might consider doing so I might join your group. The more people that know of this guy's b.s. scam, the better. Actually Brian's wife Laura has done some videos with Brian at Deva. It was late spring or early summer they did some music rating videos for a few weeks. Sadly, she must know what Brian is doing, as she is the sole agent for his In-tone LLC. She is/was  involved with the business. I sent the link for this thread to Brian at Deva just so he's aware. Whether he looked or not, I can't say.

whytlotus OP
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@ facten... Yes, both of us contacted the Linn ceo. In my case, the US Linn distributor was told of this as well. As of now, Brian Hoyer / In-tone,Linn Kasa, is no longer listed as a Linn dealer. Small claims limit in Kansas is $4K. Both of us have also filed fraud complaints with the FTC. They don't resolve claims, but forward the info to local, state and federal law enforcement. I'm cautiously optimistic. 

whytlotus OP
7 posts
 

It's been awhile since I've posted anything regarding this, but I can state that Brian Hoyer is now wanted in the state of Wisconsin on a felony charge regarding my original post. He saw fit to ignore a summons to appear in court and a a warrant/capias for his arrest has been issued.

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