I feel i have been done wrong by TMR..


The story I'm about to tell does not reflect in anyway any purposely wrongdoing by TMR.
I have dealt with TMR in the past and although there was a glitch, they went out of their way to rectify it and all ended well; so, I know they are good guys that practice good business. However, the other day I purchased, and by purchase, I mean moved into a cart and then pressed the pay button for a pair of Gallo speakers. To my surprise I received an SMS saying my card was charged on the one hand, and at the same time I've received a Message that the speakers have already been sold to someone else. This is the short end of the story; the full story ‏shows up a few posts below. I admit at first I've been very upset and I started this post in a different way, it parked a lot of reaction, most of it in favor of TMR which I find to be great, but the real question I want to ask and this is regardless of if it happened with TMR or with any other venue, is,  how can it be that once you move any product into a cart and press the pay button within a few moments the product can be sold simultaneously to another buyer? isn't there any smarter way to prevent such an incident which is obviously going to leave one of the customers disappointed and upset?

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Josh/TMR....thanks for taking the time to respond here (I know that doing so can be a very slippery slope; )) ....Your thoughtful response is much appreciated. 

Do you or do you not pledge to (reasonably) test used equipment before selling...and further, is that not part of your value added?

The question is not meant to be snarky...honestly want to set expectations.

I definitely have not forsaken TMR....but would ask more questions before another purchase.


Hi ml8764ag, we currently have 6 full-time technicians who are testing used gear day in and day out. On average, they spend about one hour with each piece. Some things require more time. Some less. This amounts to about 30-40 pieces of gear / day that we are testing. Of everything that we sell, about 4% of our sales result in some sort of defect being reported. We offer a full return policy, and everything that is returned is tested again. In the end, we find that less than 2% of ALL of the products we sell have some sort of post-sale issue or defect. While we are constantly battling to lower this number, the reality is that there are many manufacturers in our industry that have a higher defect rate on BRAND NEW products.

As anyone with any experience buying and selling used audio gear can attest, some unforeseen issues will invariably happen with any seller. It's how that seller responds that makes the biggest difference. In short, yes we absolutely test every product we sell. Just ask Dan, Duncan, Ben, Kate, Kyle or Jeremy - the folks that do this work every day. They all take a lot of pride in the work, and though their title is "technician" I know that they all see themselves as part of our customer service team - working to make sure you all have a positive experience. Thanks for the question - read more about our recently launched "certified pre-owned" program here: https://tmraudio.com/certified-pre-owned-hifi/

josh
Dear Mr.  Josh Jackson , (CEO)
I appreciate you taking the time to respond.
Give me a few hours and I will share my thoughts....and why I started this post...

thanks
Dan
Hi Dan, feel free to email me directly and we can figure out what happened. If there is an error occurring with out shopping cart, I'd love to gather some details. 

josh
TMR is one of the best if not the place for online used equipment very reliable. TMR and another in Chicago are phenomenal .
Don't want to mention names but I have had some real problems with like companies. "Factory certified by our technicians" beware.......