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Hi folk,

Did anyone buy some tonewoods or soundboards from "www.best-eurospruce.com" recently ?

I ordered some woods to them, and I sent money through PayPal.

After I paid, I haven't received thier reply at all.

What do you think ?


Ken

I can't imagine that there would be a problem with them. Maybe not prompt in the answering department, but generally, I believe, thought to be reliable. Martin was, or is, a member here, I believe.

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I have had nothing but good luck with Martin and Best-Eurospruce. If I'm not mistaken there was (is?) a large trade show in the EU right now. I know that they would be there so orders would not ship. It's unusual that you at least didn't get an email though. I may have a different email for Martin if you'd like it PM me. I haven't bought anything from them for a year or so but I wouldn't worry too much.

Best of luck, keep us posted.

Jay

Martin's family had ongoing health problems when I was dealing with him, which can delay responses, but he was reliable.

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Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.

Thank for all.

I have decided to wait more for your ideas, opinion.
Before a week, Martin and I were sending and receiving many e-mails each other.
But after payment, he didn't reply to me, no correspondence made me uneasy.


I wait more that he write to me again at all.

Ken

Don't buy anything from this man. I bought minor things as a couple of tops with no problems. But when I did a big order (more than 1000€) he stopped answering mails or Phone calls. I waited and waited, wrote mails periodically and got no answers. I contacted some fellow makers here in Spain who appeared at Martin's web as customers. They had never bought from him. I even thought he was dead. But it seams he's alive and doing things.

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A few years ago he was doing good business and created a good reputation. I worked with him too and was OK for a while but then went erratic. We have an unfinished business and I went at great lengths trying to contact him in 2009 and early 2010, with no luck. A premier German luthier told me to stop wasting my time. Carlos' story above dates from june 2010 (back then he contacted me as well trying to figure out Martin)

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that´s too bad, i was just about to make an order with him for some swiss / german spruce.... maybe i shouldn´t.


Miguel.

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May be you can ask Martin to read this thread. He may have something to tell about all our comments.

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Wow this is an unfortunate turn. I got some real nice wood from him in the past with no problem. Over $1000 Euros too. I'll shoot him an email and see what happens.

that would be nice. all my dealings through e-mail (just info requests) with him went smoothly.


thanks,
Miguel.

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sorry for picking this up, but did you get any reply from Martin?

thanks,
Miguel.

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And yet ANOTHER episode of "As The Luthiersforum Turns".
Enjoy the show!

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Hi Miguel

I had a contact from Martin.

He was out of home for his family's problem.
So he didn't reply to me.
After return to his home, he sent my products to the luthier
I selected, and told me a tracking number.
The luthier got my packet today.
I am waiting luthier's first impression for woods.

Best,

Ken

Wishes for Martin and his family. I've ordered from him once and the service is more than satisfying.

cool! thanks, guys!

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I have to say that I tried to contact Martin again, after this thread came out. Again no answer from him. I can't understand he is answering you and ignoring me. Obviously he read this and is trying to seem reliable. I can't believe this.

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What makes that so obvious? He hasn't logged on here since 2008, unless he changed his username.

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