What's up with Soundstage Direct?


They have been my go to source for new music for years. In the past 8 months, orders have been very slow. E-mails and calls are very sketchy. Anyone else have thoughts here?

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Showing 3 responses by krelldog

They owe me 4109.00- On April 4- I was upgrading my VPI Prime to a Prime Signature Rosewood. After about 6 weeks after inquiring about it being shipped Seth told me its a production issue with VPI.

I talked with VPI today and they are being bombarded with complaints about SSD. They told me they haven't had any production issues, and they are fully aware of the fraudulent practices recently with SSD.
To make matters even worse for me...in June while waiting for my Prime Signature I decided to upgrade my cart to a Ortofon Cadenza Bronze. They promptly took my payment minus my trade in (Quintet black)
I had my suspicions especially in the last month....but I've dealt with these guys for years. Long story short I filed a fraud complaint with my CC company today.
Seth lied through his teeth multiple times to me, and encouraged me to upgrade my cartridge knowing full well he was never going to deliver anything.
I have a string of texts in the last weeks with more complete lies. After talking with VPI today it became quite clear I had been stiffed.
I'm not suggesting VPI is responsible...but they certainly had a very cozy relationship with Seth. After talking with them today they seemed pretty concerned with their culpability. Not their words....but that's the vibe I got.






I posted multiple times regarding Soundstage Direct. Personally I lost over 4000.00. Luckily I was reimbursed by my CC company.
In the last couple months I have posted inquiry's on Steve Hoffman Forums asking if anyone has any updates on legal action against Seth Frank (Soundstage Direct) This forum had 26 pages of complaints.
The first time my question was deleted. The second time recently....they shut the thread totally down.
My question is??? They let that thread go for 9 months and probably 1000 posts...the minute I ask if anyone has any info on legal action against Seth.....they shut it down.   WTF