as perhaps the current poster child for the disgruntled ron oates customers at this point, i figured i'd just weigh in. #
congratulations on your new instrument, guy. #any musician knows that the receipt of a new instrument of high quality is perhaps the coolest experience any of us can have. #i don't begrudge you your mandolin at all. #there are many reasons why yours might have been completed quicker than mine- shorter scale length, less custom appointments, fewer pickups. #
i have been patient. #had my mandolin arrived in the same temporal schedule as yours i would have received it 9 months ago. #i have not had any hostile interactions with ron, and did not begin to pursue legal action until my instrument was 19 months overdue. #if you had to wait another 5 months for your instrument, and still had no returned phone calls or interaction of any sort, would you have still been as patient? #i don't know, and you don't either. #Perhaps. #perhaps not. #so i simply ask that you attempt to reserve judgment when you are unable to, as the trite old saying goes, stand in my shoes. #you have had a positive experience with ron. #i have not. #that is all. #and, as posted before, i am quite certain that if i received a rono it is quite likely i would become a member of the converted. #that, however, seems unlikely in my case. #
is the course of action i decided upon the correct one? #i don't know. #but i do not feel at fault for simply asking someone to act in a semiprofessional manner, and for taking steps to recoup my investment when that person does not live up to that reasonable request. #i certainly wish i was not a frequent poster on this board, but, for me, at some point, enough was enough. #
again, i'm sure your instrument is of the highest quality, and i wish you happy pickin'.
karl
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