I've had a mixed experience. I bought a Majik DSM amp and speakers and even got a discount. Laura and he came and set it up and we've been friends since. I gave him my old Lp12 to be serviced, he held it for 7 months and did nothing but remove the baseboard. I got it back after complaining to Linn partially dismantled and missing the drive belt. I also think he damaged the tone arm board, but can't prove that. Anyhoo, I decided to upgrade to the Majik LP12, paid for it and then nothing. Contacted Linn, who have been very good as they were taken by surprise I think, who said that they hadn't received payment. Brian did respond to me saying it took 14 days for a credit union check to clear, which I know isn't true but finally said he'd sent the money. Linn say they still have received nothing. As soon as the Linn Kasa page went down I contacted the police who now have his contact/bank information as well as a paper trail of our correspondence (having worked for law enforcement in the past has its perks it seems). I believe he's now looking at multiple felony theft/fraud cases and I would assume he will be arrested soon, and probably Laura too, as they're easily trackable. It's a shame because I genuinely considered them friends. I'm waiting to hear back from an attorney about a lien and a private case as I don't know what the max in small claims court in MO is. He does have a nice new white Mercedes SUV that I'm sure he can part with. I do wonder what's happened to the Linn systems that were in his apartment.
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.
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So, it appears our man Brian has been at this longer than we knew. If you go the the Johnson County, KS Court dockets and search Hoyer he's been there as well. I'll paste the link but sometimes it's filtered - hopefully the moderator let's it through. |
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