project_c Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 (edited) Anyone have any experience with Strings Home? Never heard of them before but they have some of the lowest prices on their site at the moment, I just ordered a load of XL Tapewounds, hopefully they'll be ok. (no affiliation whatsoever) Edited October 3, 2016 by project_c Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 They sound like great chaps, having spoken at length with the owner. The prices are very good indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickD Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Never heard of them before now, but at those prices I think I'll give them a try! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molan Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Looks like good prices in certain strings but not on others I checked my favourite sets and they were 25% more expensive than UK local pricing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
project_c Posted August 24, 2016 Author Share Posted August 24, 2016 Well, turns out they only had 1 pack of my strings in stock, so they've offered to refund the whole thing, or send one pack now and the rest in a month's time (I ordered 4). I'm giving them the benefit of doubt and going with the second option, fingers crossed I'm not going to get shafted. (I paid with Paypal so I should be ok in case any shafting occurs). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiceSociety Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 [quote name='project_c' timestamp='1472055652' post='3118079'] Well, turns out they only had 1 pack of my strings in stock, so they've offered to refund the whole thing, or send one pack now and the rest in a month's time (I ordered 4). I'm giving them the benefit of doubt and going with the second option, fingers crossed I'm not going to get shafted. (I paid with Paypal so I should be ok in case any shafting occurs). [/quote] Hmmm. Same thing happened to me; I ordered a 2 sets at the weekend, then had an email saying they were out of stock and offering either a refund or to post them on Friday. Not the best start... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 (edited) That's [url="http://www.stringshome.net"]http://www.stringshome.net[/url] (for the non-Google users out there) Edited August 24, 2016 by ahpook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
project_c Posted August 24, 2016 Author Share Posted August 24, 2016 [quote name='DiceSociety' timestamp='1472058275' post='3118115'] Hmmm. Same thing happened to me; I ordered a 2 sets at the weekend, then had an email saying they were out of stock and offering either a refund or to post them on Friday. Not the best start... [/quote] Perhaps it's because they're a new company, they may not have too much in stock yet. Let us know how you get on with your order, hopefully it'll be ok. It's a little bit dishonest to not mark items as 'out of stock' on their site, and take orders on stuff that they don't have but let's see how it goes, maybe it's just early days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinnDave Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Good prices but I had several spare sets in hand when I checked upstairs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
project_c Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 Just a note to say I've received my first set, and it seems fine. The packaging is a little bit knackered but I put that down to these being the last set they had, other than that the strings are as expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiceSociety Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 [quote name='project_c' timestamp='1472065786' post='3118208'] Perhaps it's because they're a new company, they may not have too much in stock yet. Let us know how you get on with your order, hopefully it'll be ok. It's a little bit dishonest to not mark items as 'out of stock' on their site, and take orders on stuff that they don't have but let's see how it goes, maybe it's just early days. [/quote] Mine have just been delivered. All looks ok, but haven't had time to put the on my bass yet. So they took just over two weeks, which is fine if you're not in a hurry for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
project_c Posted October 3, 2016 Author Share Posted October 3, 2016 word of warning to any others ordering from this company - I have not received the rest of my order and they are not responding to my emails, so I'm beginning to wonder if this is a scam. If I have no response from them by tomorrow I'm filing a paypal claim, in the meantime beware! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 Tried their Facebook and Twitter accounts? Seems a bit odd (if it were a scam) to partially fulfil the order...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
project_c Posted October 3, 2016 Author Share Posted October 3, 2016 [quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1475510168' post='3146499'] Tried their Facebook and Twitter accounts? Seems a bit odd (if it were a scam) to partially fulfil the order...? [/quote] Yes it is a bit odd, looking into it. I might edit the thread title in the meantime, don't want to bad mouth them unnecessarily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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