Uncle's Stereo

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Uncle's Stereo
THE GUYS AT UNCLE STEREO ARE THE BEST...GREG BARBARINO ,IS ONE OF THE MOST TALENTED CLIENT SERVICES MANGER IN THE TRI-STATE AREA. UNCLE STEREO,HAS BEEN MY PRIMARY SOUCE FOR CONSUMER ELECTRONICS FOR OVER A DECADE BECAUSE OF THEIR VERY COMPETITIVE PRICING,EXCEPTIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE,DEDICATED MANAGEMENT TEAM AND PHILOSOPHIES.RIVECK,JIMMY,ANGELA, GREG,MIKE,AND ANDY WILL ALWAYS LEAVE WITH THE FEELING 'YOU HAVE AN UNCLE IN THE BUSINESS'...IF YOU ARE ON HOLD ASK MIKE ABOUT HIS VERY INTERESTING 15 YEAR EXPERIENCE IN WRITING HIS COMPELLING AUTOBIOGRAPHY. YOU CANT GO WRONG WITH UNCLE STEREO!!! PHILIP STONE 01/06/99

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I have been a customer of Uncle's Stereo for the past 3 months now. Every time I have gone to the store, my merchandise has been there and there has never been a problem. I have spent $950 at Uncle's Stereo and I do not regret it one bit. If I would have gone to any of the other retail stores in Manhattan, I would have spent close to $1250 on my Yamaha products. Jimmy and Gregg are very helpful and they know my by my name. Not like other stores where all they want you to do is to apply for their charge card.

This weekend I plan to purchase the Panasonic A110 DVD player from Uncle's. I plan to speak with Jimmy today so the player will be waiting for me Saturday when I arrive.

As for the recent posts regarding Andrew Kent, I find them hard to beleive, but everyone has an opinion and their own experiences. The last time I was in the store, Andy explained to me that I could not buy my mom "only" a DVD player, that she would have to have a HT system in order to get the full effect of the 5.1. I did not find Andrew Kent to be nasty towards me, instead he was helpful. I would have spent money on a product that my mom would not have been able to use.

I have recommended alot of people of the net to try Uncle's Stereo. This store is a gold mine compared to the other retail stores in NYC. On my earlier post that was deleted, I gave Uncle's Stereo a 10.

You can email me with any questions regarding Uncle's Stereo, Jimmy or Gregg.

anjanettea@aol.com (home)
or
sturnipseed@gcigroup.com (work)


Sandi

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Uncle's Stereo
I bought a Denon AVR2700 from Uncle's back in fall '98. Their price ($567) was competitive to web prices ($600-650), and clearly beat an authorized dealer like the Wiz ($799). Of course, it's a grey market good, but that's not necessarily a bad thing if you live in NYC like I do. Their store is a dive, but it clearly keeps overhead low. Sometimes their customer service lacks on the phone (e.g. do your research before you call them), although they will make every effort to give you the best price possible. Hey, they don't always have the lowest price (I recently bought a Panasonic A110 DVD from B&H Photo for $299 'cause Uncle's could only go to $329), but they are knowledgeable. I've had good luck dealing with Greg, whose card lists as a store manager.

The nine (and not ten) is for a sometimes bad phone experience, but otherwise good overall experience.

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Uncle's Stereo
I purchased a Sony STR-DA50ES last month (12/98) Service was great. Price was the best I had found anywhere. They through in an optical cable free. The unit arived on time. I drop a couple grand a year on electronic toys and until I find better they have my business. I highly recomend Uncle's Stero.

If you have questions I can be reached at shorb@usa.net

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On 23 Dec, 1998, I purchased a Panasonic DVD A-110 player from you. After receiving the player and hooking it up, the player exceeded my expectations in performance to my surprise. I made a couple phone calls to you guys for technical support. (Thank You Jimmy,Mario and Andy!) I did have a problem with some horizontal red lines on the unit's display and called Panasonic. They told me that those lines should not be there. So, I called you guys today (7 Jan 99) again and spoke to Mario and Jimmy....again. Jimmy said there would be no problem....UPS will pick up my player in 3 to 5 days and Uncle's will ship out a new A-110. After living out here in Wyoming for the last 3 years, I am sick of hearing how rude people from the east coast are (I myself am a Mass native). You guys have been very helpful in my purchase and I think you have a first class team on your hands. Thanks,
Michael Vieira

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Uncle's Stereo
Poor warranty service. Not factory authorized

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Just purchased a Yamaha RX-V995 from Jimmy at Uncle's. Called back on 2 seperate days to make sure I wasn't getting different prices. Same prices quoted both times. Jimmy took the time to answer all questions that I had and offered some advice on possible problems that I could run into with my component set-up. He gave me tracking# next day and package arrived double boxed in great shape a day earlier than expected. After a couple of days, I spoke to Jimmy about possibly upgrading. He was very helpful and offered to do anything necessary to make my purchase a pleasant experience. I have decided that this receiver will do all that I need for it to, therefore I will be keeping, but not because I had too. As far as the warranty, after this experience I have NO reason to believe that they will not do what they say in regards to backing it with their own warranty. Besides, I saved enough from not buying locally to get it fixed once or twice. Any questions, contact me

Michael Harris spanky1@usit.net

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I worked with Andrew Kent and was very pleased with the service I received. He's not a high pressure guy, fields questions, and will take time to make you comfortable with the purchase. He seems like a legit guy that tells it like it is and will stand behind his sale if there are any problems. Delivery was on time. I got a Yamaha RX-V995 for $799 delivered and couldn't be more pleased.

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Uncle's Stereo
I recently bought a Sony STRDA30ES and a pair of KEF Q15 speakers. The prices were the best I could find anywhere. The merchandise arrived in about 7 days very well packed and worked flawlessly for a month. One of the Q15s decided to give up the ghost. I contacted Unclestereo and was treated extremely courteously. They issued a UPS call tag, the speakers were picked up at my house in 5 days at their expense. I received a new pair of speakers within two weeks. This company is professional and dedicated to taking care of their customers. I rate them a 10.

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I purchased DVDP. The price was quite good and I received the product within 5 business days from my ordering date and it was safely double boxed. The reason I'm giving 8 point is because the prices which the store quoted were different when I called twice. The first person ( I didn't ask the name ) I called quoted the price as 600, while the second person I called 2 days later quoted the price as 630. I couldn't argue the previous quotation because I didn't know the name of the previous person. However, the price of 630 was also a quite good and competitive price ( 70 less than local retailer and considering the tax, 100 less). I'm satisfied. If I need to purchase something, I will use Uncle's Stereo.

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Uncle's Stereo
A bunch of sleeze bags especially jimmy & vivek do yourself a favor dont waste your money + time talking to these people

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Uncle's Stereo
Great place to shop,very good prices an excellent service, will shop again.
ask for jimmy , he is very good.

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Uncle's Stereo
I bought a Denon 5600 from Jimmy and he was very cool. Not only did he give me the best price for this receiver, but he gave me a free cable for my dvd player with the deal I am thinking about getting some new speakers from him in a few weeks. Uncles is a great place to mail order and I will be back.

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Uncle's Stereo
Purchased 3 Home Theatre items, separately. Fast, pleasant, NO problems

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I bought my Klipsch Speakers (8.5 & C5) from Uncle's and once again I am pleased with the service I received tonight. Thanks to Jimmy, Gregg and Carlos, my Klipsch 8.5 & C5 sound great in my apartment. I have a few more items to go to complete my very first home theater system and you can bet your bottom dollar that I will return to Uncle's next month to purchase those items.

With Uncle's, you will be in and out the store with your merchandise in no time.

Way to go Jimmy, Gregg and Carlos.

Sandi

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Uncle's Stereo
The person who posted a few up from here against Carlos is no other than Andrew Kent. He was kicked of here before for plaving reviews about himself and now he is back. I have all of his IP addresses written down and can furnish them upon request.
He is a very sleezy salesman that works for Uncle Stereo. Fortunately he is one rotten apple in a red delicious bushel. Avoid Andy Kent like you would avoid having sex with a hooker. He is equally as sleezy and unmoral.

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The person who posted a bad review about Carlos is no other than Andrew Kent. I have his ip addresses stored in a file from the last time he did mulitple postings about himself.
Uncles is generally a good store but as with everything, there is always a bad apple. Andrew Kents is the brown rotten apple with a decayed worm in the middle.
Avoid this retro 70's freak !!

Carlos is a nice guy, as are the others that I met when I bought my speakers there.

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Worked with Jimmy who was very helpful and courteous. One of his guys made a mistake and forgot to ship my speakers on time so he knocked off a few bucks and apologized. Not all mail order will do this. Overall I received a great deal with straight answers( again not typical of mail order). Otherwise if they had shipped everything on time I would have given them an outstanding 10.

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Uncle's Stereo
It is not like me to gush about anything, let alone gush about paying someone what I consider a great deal of money in exchange for electronics. Granted, I consider audio to be one of my favorite avocations, but I do like my money. Parting with it is always difficult, and is never done without a great deal of careful planning, thought and consideration. Having said that, I recently purchased a rather pricey Yamaha amplifier from Uncle's for about $500 less than I could have picked it up for anywhere around the area that I live, that being Cincinnati. Anytime someone can save me $500, they will have my undying loyalty and first consideration for any additional purchases. The guys at Uncle's who I talked to- Jimmy, Vivek, and Greg- were all very courteous, very patient and extremely professional, and were very helpful in all aspects of my purchase. The given score of 8 is misleading, because it should be an 8.999- I took away a little more than a point because of a mix-up that may or may not have been their fault that resulted in my initially getting sent the black version instead of the gold version. However, it's only a point- they redeemed themselves with their obvious concern and prompt action. They quite appropriately paid for the shipping costs back to New York, and inside of three business days I had my amplifier, which I am deleriously happy with. Bottom line: their prices are fantastic, they handle their screwups with class and dignity and I'm planning on buying from them in the near future- next month, to be exact.

Overall Rating: 8
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I bought Klipsch speakers from these guys. To test these guys I bought only the KSF 10.5 first and they arrived in 4 days time, in excellent condition as they were double boxed. Next day I ordered Klipsch C5 and S5 from them (dealt with Andy both times), was told it'll take week to get them. After 8 days I called them was told to call back next day. Called next day was told to call after 2 hours. But after half hour Jimmy from Customer services called me back and told me that they are waiting for speakers to come from Klipsch!!! I am not sure when they will get 'em and ship them to me (But my card was charged the same day). At the time of ordering I WAS NOT TOLD ABOUT THE WAIT. So I am very upset.

Overall Rating: 7
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