What’s up with Magnepan service?


I sent my beloved Maggie 3.7s in for upgrade in early May with  6-8 week return estimate. I’ve heard nothing since proof of their arrival there so I emailed my service contact multiple times and received no response. Nothing. That got me to worrying, which caused me to check the website tonight.

I found that Magnepan has posted this undated “Emergency Service Bulletin” on its website:  

“Effectively immediately, Magnepan is forced to temporarily suspend all future Return Authorizations for speaker repairs including parts orders for speaker repairs. We apologize for this inconvenience and hope to have our service department fully functioning soon.

This temporary suspension on service and parts requests does not apply to warranty service and parts.

Thank you for your patience.”

(http://www.magnepan.com/service_bulletin)

What can I say other than, Yikes!


gigabit

Showing 2 responses by rodac

Here’s my story.  Called and ordered 4 MMGWs and one MMGC center channel speaker for my surround system.  I was told i would get them in 4 to 6 weeks.  After 8 weeks I began to worry that the order had fallen through the cracks somehow as I never got a confirmation email after ordering.  I called and spoke to Eric who promised to look into it. He got back to me and told me the speakers would be going out within a few days (and they did). I received the speakers and, upon inspecting them, found a small hole in the sock of one of the speakers.  I called and was directed to the production manager who assured me I would get a replacement within 2 weeks. 2 weeks went by and….. nothing. I emailed the production manager who told me he would look into it. He got back to me and told me that he thought it had been taken care of but…..?  He assured me that the replacement would go out within a week.  I did get it soon after that but there is no excuse for the frustrating process I had to go through to get these speakers. There’s no doubt that these speakers are an exceptional value in regards to their performance but how much are you willing to go through to acquire them? 


Magnepan’s problems go back further than Covid-19 I’m afraid.  It’s either insisting on a shoestring operation to keep prices down or just a refusal of upper management to bring the company into the 21st century with improved efficiency and volume handling. You kind of have to admit that they have you by the guigunes with the incredible price to performance ratio. A wonderful speaker!