[ttol]

Has anyone been in contact with Rockhopper/Stephen lately?

I ordered a B22 from him last year, it was supposed to be ready in February but after I emailed him back then, he said he had to rebuild something and that it would be delayed. I emailed him in May again and after couple tries he replied that the amp would be done by the end of the month. That's the last I have heard from him.

Edit: Thanks everyone, this is now resolved & we're done here.

 

[scootermafia]

Wow, that sounds so unlike Stephen. He's a busy man with a job and a family, but that is ridiculous. See if you can get paypal to intervene, or you could always figure out his home phone number. That does look suspiciously like yours. Why does crap like this happen?

 

[Covenant]

I hope he comes up with a resolution for this. His website hasn't had any updates in a year or so as well, which also makes me worry.

 

[scootermafia]

What the shat, he unfriended me on Facebook. Looks like he's gone into hiding.

 

[ttol]

He updated the prebuilds page more recently (June 14th 2009), Rockhopper Audio

Looks like he's about to become a daddy.. http://www.rockhopperdad.com/

 

[scootermafia]

Plus, he pulled his website! Next stop, Me-hi-co!

Edit: his site's back?? Disappeared for a few minutes, it did.

 

[Bojamijams]

What is this, a recurring scam by amp builders to start a business and then rip off people and go into hiding?

 

[wavoman]

If you check on AMB Laboratories DIY Audio Site, you will find that there is another approved builder besides Rockhopper -- only one other -- and that is Ying at YBMAudio.

YBMaudio

I have had problems with all kinds of builders, but never Ying. He is 100% the best. Always in full communication, makes all his dates as promised, always answers email and phone.

Highest quality and full of clever ideas. He built for me a fully balanced Beta 22 which is superb, and other stuff.

I have no connection with him -- just pulled his name off the amb site.

Lucky I did! If you want someone to build you a Beta 22, look no further!

 

[scootermafia]

That's all well and good, but the OP is out $1500+ so we need to help him get the money back. People think they can take $1500 from someone then pretend like it never happened, and sadly they often get away with it due to the weak laws.

 

[wavoman]

We could ask amb to take rockhopper off the amb web site. And to phone him. Someone here must know amb personally.

 

[scootermafia]

Yeah, amb will find this thread, he always does...I was thinking just that. At least he's blatantly flown the coop (deleting online profiles and his site) vs. Mikhail which is hidden in plain view (still operating his site and will still gladly sell you an "amp")

 

[n_maher]

Quote:

Originally Posted by scootermafia /img/forum/go_quote.gif Well, his name is Stephen Katsaounis and he lives in Greensboro, NC and works as an Applications Analyst at UNC Greensboro. Go find his number then yell at him in Scandinavian tongues. I can't find his number yet, at least not without paying money. The hell if we're going to have another Singlepower here.

I'd hardly think it's time to invoke the SP name here. Is he way behind, yes, is he remiss in not responding to emails, absolutely, but last I checked every amp that he's ever built is pretty much still up and running. I will try and contact him and see what's going on but I hold no power over him to get him to do anything, I just happen to know him. I will also talk with Ti (amb) about removing Rockhopper from his website (not just the beta22 portion).

For now I'm going to suggest that if anyone has or had business with Stephen/Rockhopper has something to say about it that they use his feedback thread. Please don't turn this thread into something that needs to be locked.

 

[ttol]

Thanks everyone..

Paypal automatically closed the case since it's been more than 45 days... doh. I'll be calling them again to see if there's anything else they can do.

In the mean while, I sent another email this time through Rockhopper Dad Blog - Rockhopper Dad Blog contact form since he seems to have been rather active there.

Rockhopper Dad (RockhopperDad) on Twitter

Looks like he's about to become a daddy any day now so I guess I give him some more time before escalating this further.

 

[ttol]

His site is still up for me at least.

 

[n_maher]

Both sites are up and running for me. As I said, I'll reach out to him and post anything relevant. Until then I don't think there's much to be done unfortunately. Also, the posting of personal information (address, phone number) will not be permitted. The information is out there, people are free to find it on their own but please don't post it. I've also contacted amb so he doesn't need a flood of emails/PM's about this either.