In Reply to: VPI Prime Buying Experience posted by Schlep on March 18, 2015 at 14:45:52:
Hello Schlep in Cincy. Per your original inquiry, a post I can no longer find, about the quality of VPI customer service. The response received was from a small subset of ALL audio hobbyists: Those that read your query on the Vinyl Asylum when your thread was active AND from that small group you only heard from those interested in making a public response. Statistically the results are quite diluted.
Wouldn't you prefer to make your own judgment? If you like the turntable and as an owner would be happy to receive the same quality of support as you have had to date, pull the plug and get it. Otherwise there are plenty of alternatives; some better some worse, from dealers and mail order.
FYI: I've had experiences with VPI customer service, during Mat's reign, and years ago under the old reign. Both experiences were bizarre, at times it seemed I was dealing with flat-earthers. And management could be belligerent without reason, quality control was sloppy, excessive time required to fix things, products were returned partially fixed or with the same problems, no priority given to correcting mistakes they made, no structure in their support organization, etc.
Ours is a hobby that is supposed to give us pleasure. And I am aware and happy that VPI has users, customers, employees that have had good experiences. Though that does not invalidate that others have had experiences different from those.
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- RE: VPI Prime Buying Experience - JazzDude 18:58:04 03/24/15 (2)
- RE: VPI Prime Buying Experience - Schlep 09:50:45 03/25/15 (1)
- RE: VPI Prime Buying Experience - The Dill 09:24:05 03/27/15 (0)