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EasyAV Pro - Fromerly Easy Access Distribution, Gone?
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Post 1 made on Saturday June 23, 2018 at 18:40
Rob Grabon
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Any New England Dealers know what happened to them?

Just got voice mails the last couple days, today the website is blank.
http://www.easyav.pro/
Technology is cheap, Time is expensive.
Post 2 made on Saturday June 23, 2018 at 20:38
lippavisual
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Just noticed this yesterday myself. They are about 10-15 minutes from my office, I may swing by to see.
Post 3 made on Sunday June 24, 2018 at 00:46
goldenzrule
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I haven't ordered from them in a few years. Really after my rep left they never assigned me a new one. Interested to see what's up
Post 4 made on Tuesday June 26, 2018 at 23:39
sceneselect
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Great story and a slow motion train wreck... Wondering if Julie will cover it since CEPro would cover their show every year.
Post 5 made on Thursday June 28, 2018 at 07:52
socooy
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I know Pro Audio took over their lines. Not sure of the whole story.
Jason Potter went to MRI
Post 6 made on Thursday June 28, 2018 at 12:47
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New ownership was an absolute disaster. Wouldn't be surprising at all. There are like 5 distributors in a 5 mile radius or something like that basically selling the same stuff, so not a lot of room to be terrible at it.
Post 7 made on Thursday June 28, 2018 at 13:44
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I find it weird that they would just shut down and not notify anyone.  I called their number and it went into their VM system in which you can select an extension.  Is it possible whoever is in charge of the website didn't pay attention to the domain renewal?
Post 8 made on Sunday July 1, 2018 at 23:57
sceneselect
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No, totally closed their doors.

A bunch of people lost money on orders taken.
Post 9 made on Monday July 2, 2018 at 18:55
goldenzrule
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On July 1, 2018 at 23:57, sceneselect said...
No, totally closed their doors.

A bunch of people lost money on orders taken.

Glad I didn't use them much.  Really haven't ordered anything from them in several years actually.
Post 10 made on Monday July 2, 2018 at 22:44
sceneselect
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I switched to MRI primarily about a year ago. Once the sale happened stock was no longer available and nobody would have reasonable answers as to when common Luxul items would be in stock.

Shame really.
Post 11 made on Monday July 9, 2018 at 11:36
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My experience was very similar. "Next week, next week, next week" until they finally said they never placed the orders with the manufacturers we placed with them and couldn't get the gear anymore "re-evaluating product lines."

I will say they did make it right financially, but very hard to manage projects that way, so we stopped buying anything that wasn't in stock to pick up that day. I tried to explain it wasn't about refunds and free stuff; rather honesty up front and dependability. I got a lecture in return and then our "account terminated" after telling them we couldn't continue to do business with them that way.

A shame is right. I don't know which was the chicken and which was the egg, i.e. if the distribution agreements didn't go with the sale or new ownership caused their own problems, but they killed a good business that was around for many years very quickly. Being up front and honest goes a long way, especially in tight-knit cottage industries like this.


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