WORST Experience Ever in Dealing With Woodbridge Stereo NJ


WORST STEREO EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE!  I have been buying and selling high end hifi equipment since I was 16, about 15 years now.  This shop is dishonest, very poor with communication and abandons its customers.  Ill make the story as short as possible.  I bought a pair of Dali Ikon 8 speakers from these guys via Audiogon (8/10 condition).  They came damaged.  I paid extra for the speakers to be shipped by Fedex and they were shipped by UPS.        Once the speakers arrived damaged, they basically told me I am on my own and to file a claim with UPS and that when they had the speakers back in their hands, which they have had no for almost a week, that I would be refunded.  The store owner Tom, refuses to call me back and three guys point fingers at each other for who is responsible for getting me my money back.  Only after dispute through paypal, Audigon and my credit card company do they now want to refund me my money.  They are holding my money hoping they will get refunded via UPS for damaged speakers that clearly were packed well and some genius left the binding post jumpers and grilles in place, which were of course destroyed.  So rather than refund the customer his money, Woodbridge Stereo believes it is better to leave the customer stranded and keep their money for as long as possible regardless of original agreement to refund upon receiving the speakers.  OF course after received my money, store owner Tom refuses to call me back after leaving 5 messages via voicemail and operator who promised to have him call me.  I am sure he will probably contact me now.  PLEASE, STAY AWAY FROM THIS STORE!!!! TAKE MY REVIEW SERIOUSLY.  I have 100% feedback on all websites I used and have a total of over 1000 100% feedback score reviews combined.  I have NEVER been left negative feedback,  These guys have an 85% score on Audigon.  You have been warned.



chris_michael

Showing 6 responses by hifiman5

OP Question...  What does this statement mean from your original post?
" They are holding my money hoping they will get refunded via UPS for damaged speakers that clearly were packed well and some genius left the binding post jumpers and grilles in place, which were of course destroyed."
+1 @jafant   Totally agree that we should recognize and celebrate those dealers/manufacturers who go out of their way to satisfy the needs of their customers, providing a positive buying experience.

Years ago after sending my Vandersteen Model 3s to California for upgrading, a UPS fork lift operator gashed through the carton, damaging the speaker.  I received a courtesy call from Vandersteen to inform me of the damage.  They had already filed a damage claim with UPS who ended up paying Vandy to fix the speaker.  When I received the upgraded speakers, Vandersteen included a receipt from the UPS transaction for my records.  That, ladies and gentlemen, is how it should be done!


@czarivey

"UPS you can only use for products such as golf or baseball balls, bowling balls, dumbbells, tires and steel pipes.Other than that probability of destruction is far beyond 50% and close to 100%."

Hyperbole!! I just received my Modwright Truth CD player and separate carton for 9.0 power supply. UPS transported them 3000 miles and both were received in great condition.
Not to get off target, but I would be interested to know if as czarivey says that I have just had "great luck" or if he is "snake-bit" as regards results with UPS.  Please share your experiences with "big brown".
It's interesting to see the wide array of experiences we have had with UPS and FedEx.  I would like to understand what accounts for the predominantly negative experiences of some versus the overall positive experiences of others.  Geography comes to mind.  Perhaps some experiences are in part determined by where you live and areas of the country you have done business with?

Considering the cost of shipping insured gear, most of which is rather "weighty", we might expect our parcels to be treated with greater respect for that customer.  

When DHL hit the shipping scene, I had hoped increased competition might compel the big 2 to up their game.  Strangely, I have only ever seen a DHL truck once or twice since they commenced operations.  So much for that.

Maybe its time for another customer friendly shipping enterprise to arrive!