Author: Carla
Date: 2002-08-10 23:17
Hi everyone! I'm new to the board. This is a wonderful place for advice, so I'm hoping to get some from you all concerning my situation.
I am a "non-traditional" student returning to college this semester to earn a music degree. Since high school graduation, I've occasionally played clarinet in the community band. I own a LeBlanc Vito VSP clarinet, approximately 6 years old, which was in near perfect condition. Because I will be playing in college, I decided to have a repairman check it over. He recommended changing all the pads and corks. The work was done, and I am totally disappointed. Not only does the horn play terribly now, but the workmanship looks like it was done by a 6th grader. I returned to the Music Store and the owner returned the $150.00 that I paid. Today, I received a phone call from the repairman himself. He gave me this story about how he arrived in town two hours too early and spent them in the hamburger joint, which may have contributed to glue melting and being on my keys. I told him that didn't excuse the shoddy work on the cork pads. He wanted a chance to look at it again, and I thanked him, told him that I already made plans for someone else to do the work, and said goodbye! Another phone call came with threats to sue.
1)The owner of the shop informed me when he returned my money
that he had intentions of no longer using this guy and this
was a good reason to terminate him.
2)His work was so shoddy to begin with, why would I want to
allow him to touch my instrument again?
3)Am I liable to be sued as I dealt with the store primarily?
4)Should I expect more damage in the future with this horn
because of the "extreme" heat while it was in his car? This
is northern California where the outside temp. has been over
100degrees!
5)HELP! What would you do in my situation?
People's Court is sounding very tempting right about now.
Thanks in advance for any advice. In addition, it looks like I'll be joining the Buffet Marfia really soon.
Appreciate you all,
Carla
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