Help needed to recover costs please


Hi,
I ordered some cables to be made by a US manufacturer almost a year ago, cost around $650, paid via paypal (not an AudiogoN transaction, so hope it's ok to post about it?). The supplier originally said they were shipped 3 months later and supplied tracking no, but USPS apparently lost them. The supplier said they were fully insured and they would recover the cost and send me a refund, as I didn't want to wait further for the cables to be made again. After many, many emails from me chasing the supplier, including my agreeing to accept the cables as ordered rather than a refund, I still have no refund or cables.
Can anyone advise me how I can encourage them refund me or send the cables please? PayPal don't want to know as it is outside their 3 month window. I'm prepared to pay a local (US) lawyer to write a letter to them if folk think that would help, though I'm worried the cost of any legal action will soon exceed what I'm trying to recover.
Please help/advise if anyone has similar experieince or ideas.
Dave (from UK)
dandy

Showing 5 responses by dandy

Thanks for your response. I do know what you mean about letting go, every time I think about it it makes my blood boil. Just seems so unfair that disreputable firms can effectively steal from you. It would be less of an issue if I was in the States as I could "pay a visit".
Thanks guys. I have sent them an email with a link to this thread, so hopefully they will take it seriously. Real shame because their cables are excellent, already using some.
Well after another few emails of them "promising" to send some cables, I've reached the end of my patience.
The company is called WHITE ZOMBIE AUDIO, and they have taken $650 of my hard earned and delivered nothing but broken promises.

I would urge anyone thinking of buying from them to think again. I would be happy to forward on my email trail with them, which basically comprises a year's worth of them saying yeah, yeah we'll send them in a few days then nothing, no correspondence, no cables, no excuse.

If they do send the cables or a refund I would be happy to update this thread accordingly, but at the moment it's looking pretty grim. If anyone has a contact number for these I would be grateful to have it as I would like to speak to them directly to at least hear if they have any remorse.
@Onhwy61
I tried a single silver balanced cable and liked it (home made). I did a search to see who made silver balanced cable and found White Zombie, I liked the price and they looked good quality. I ordered quite a bit (about $1200 worth) which was delivered (albeit after 3 months) and I have been using it happily since. This latest order that went bad was additional cable - I had no reason to doubt they would not deliver.

@Courant
I paid through bank account not credit card unfortunately.
@Bgpowell
Thanks for the tip, I'll look into it. If you do get your cables, chances are you'll like them as I did mine, shame their morals aren't the same quality.