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Re: repair shop in philadelphia?

Author: DavidBlumberg
Date: 2009-12-11 18:28

I had certainly expected him to do the work as it was a Mark VI that had been knocked over so it needed high end expertise. The damage that was done by Mike's crew was a result of either stupidity or carelessness.

Mike never would have done that. He is a first rate technician agreed.

But I'll tell you, he won't be getting my business again. When my student told Mike what had happened he started being argumentative that they didn't do the damage.

I knew it was either from heat or a solvent that had melted the finish off of an area on the neck otherwise pristine condition). I knew what I was looking at, but he argued to the student that I wasn't a repair tech so didn't know what I as talking about.

Trouble was that I had already shown it to a (Marinelli Sax guy) Sax Repair Specialist who immediately agreed with me as to what it looked like. And the student had "before" pictures.

When Mike finally saw it himself he had a sudden change of attitude.

But did he discount the $1000 repair at all? Nope, none. The student could have taken it further but he decided not to.

Gave me a real bad taste for his business practice. Mark VI necks in great condition aren't cheap and the damage was real.

A discount was in order.

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