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so as I was randomly looking around this site again after all these years I came across this thread and realized someone has bumped this thread every year since 2007, aside from 2011. so, f*ck it.
as I sit back and look back on the whole thing that went down between me, the shop, the internet 'battle'....i realize a few things: i was a new customer to the industry and put my 'faith', if you will, into an install shop to make the right choice after they heard what i was seeking. not only did they perform an amateur, lazy install on my vehicle they also followed me on the internet and attempted to discredit anything i said, regardless of a good portion of the posters agreeing with me and pointing out blatant 'shortcuts', 'cheap materials', etc. looking back i also realize that at this point I will never rely on such a shop that treats their customers like that, nor will i rely on a shop that charges a customer $2200 for a subwoofer that costs $800-1000. i can vouch for that because i bought an XXX directly from a distributor as would a shop, and I know what I paid. they did what they did, they lost my business (and business of many others as i've referred over a dozen high-priced installs to other shops at this point, which could of potentially made their shop thousands of dollars) and they were also, more importantly, embarrassed on the internet.
when it comes to car audio, learn and do it yourself or go to a trusted shop. if you have never used a shop before, use google or find people who have and ask questions, you're bound to find a decent place and start out small with your purchases, and move up if they do good. shops know they can make thousands of dollars off certain clients if they play their cards right, so as a consumer know what you want, read reviews, buy your own equipment and again install yourself or go w/a trusted shop.
as I sit back and look back on the whole thing that went down between me, the shop, the internet 'battle'....i realize a few things: i was a new customer to the industry and put my 'faith', if you will, into an install shop to make the right choice after they heard what i was seeking. not only did they perform an amateur, lazy install on my vehicle they also followed me on the internet and attempted to discredit anything i said, regardless of a good portion of the posters agreeing with me and pointing out blatant 'shortcuts', 'cheap materials', etc. looking back i also realize that at this point I will never rely on such a shop that treats their customers like that, nor will i rely on a shop that charges a customer $2200 for a subwoofer that costs $800-1000. i can vouch for that because i bought an XXX directly from a distributor as would a shop, and I know what I paid. they did what they did, they lost my business (and business of many others as i've referred over a dozen high-priced installs to other shops at this point, which could of potentially made their shop thousands of dollars) and they were also, more importantly, embarrassed on the internet.
when it comes to car audio, learn and do it yourself or go to a trusted shop. if you have never used a shop before, use google or find people who have and ask questions, you're bound to find a decent place and start out small with your purchases, and move up if they do good. shops know they can make thousands of dollars off certain clients if they play their cards right, so as a consumer know what you want, read reviews, buy your own equipment and again install yourself or go w/a trusted shop.
