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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
The fact that your your job has dragged on this long sets off alarm bells, I am unclear what quality of communication you've received from the tech but it is definitely time to pull the plug.
The recommendations of a more legalistic bent above seem wise and likely to ensure a swift resolution. Good luck getting your amp back and sorted.
As a repairer if you can't get the parts you have to ring the customer and write it off, not leave it on the shelf
Nowadays with phones it's expected to be repaired the same day ....iPad \ laptops 2 or 3 days tops .... don't think your guy would last long in my game
Your tech sounds ... a bit dodgy.
the issue proceedings at court. No further warning
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Repairs to an amp should typically take a week or so, perhaps 2-3 weeks if the guy has a lot of work on or this is a particularly rare amp and he's identified there is a special component that has to be bought. When taking an amp into repair I would expect the tech to tell me what the problem is (he might be able to there and then but normally I'd expect to know within a few days or a week at most), how much it's going to cost and how long it will take to fix. Unless its something that can be identified & agreed there & then, I'll agree with him that they need to contact me within a set mutually reasonable time scale (2-3 days typically) so we can agree everything and I can give instructions to go ahead with the repair or collect the amp & pay for the guys time for looking at it if I don't want to proceed.
If I haven't heard back within the agreed time I'd chase them. If I'd still not heard I'd chase them again and give it another couple of days. If they still failed to get back to me I'd retrieve the amp and tell them their customer service isn't satisfactory and I'd call someone else. Throughout I'd send e-mails to keep an audit trail record, including my intention to collect the amp if they don't get back to me.
If I got the quote and gave the OK to proceed, and was told the amp will be ready next week or in 2 weeks, I'd expect the amp to be ready by then. if it isn't I'd chase, speak to the guy and find out what the problem is (might be a parts problem or a personal/domestic/health issue ...so of course I'd be mindful of the human equation here). If its just that the guy isn't pulling his finger out I'd tell him that I'd give him a further week and get his agreement that the amp would be ready then. I'd also tell him that if it wasn't I may need to take the amp back and find another tech as I need it for gigging. I'd follow up with a friendly e-mail to confirm our discussion.
If the amp still wasn't fixed and unless there's a darned good reason, I'd collect the amp and take it to someone else.
In any relationship, personal or business, good, clear communication and treating each other fairly is key. But it's my amp and my responsibility to control/manage the situation. If I don't, then I leave myself open to being used and abused and with no amp.
If you haven't controlled the situation and have allowed someone to sit on your amp not for 13 days, not for 13 weeks, but for 13 MONTHS then it's your fault for not managing the situation. As things stand, you should go and collect your amp and, unless its fixed when you do, I'd suggest you don't get pushed into paying a penny because the guy hasn't acted reasonably.
Sorry @FreddieVanHalen I'm not trying to be a 'bad/smart-ass guy' here...but this is just common sense and frankly I'm at a loss as to why not only have you allowed this situation to drag on for 13 months but I'm completely bemused by the fact you've posted here to ask if this is reasonable and then be annoyed at me for not feeling sorry for you and my suggesting this is your responsibility?! - c'mon mate, common sense must tell you this is a ridiculous situation over a nonsense time frame!
I don't fully agree with you about this being all my responsibility - I have engaged what I thought was a professional and well respected company/repairer and they've totally fucked me about despite promises of action.
I cut them slack because I trusted them.
I haven't gone to collect the amp because I posted it to the repairer and I was hoping to have to avoid having to take a day off work, rent a car and go and collect it.
I see where you're coming from in that I've allowed this to go on for too long, but I am not the one that has treated a customer like utter shit and totally let them down.
So, I quite understand the 13 months when you are trusting the guy. Best just to track him down, tell him you want it back without the repair work and you'll be over to pick it up tomorrow.