It's interesting how some common names show up.
What I also find interesting is how some of the good companies of the 70s and 80s, are now some of the worse to deal with. It almost seems like the larger they are, the worse their service.
In the case of my problem with Tascam/Teac, I left telephone messages to the service manager, no calls returned. Wrote to him, and the company manager at Montebello, no reply. Letter to President of Tascam in Japan, and they didn't even dignify a reply. Even a certified letter to them this past month, no reply.
I can remember in the 70s, they were tops in making sure the product was serviced right, and even called several weeks after it was returned to check to make sure everything was good. Now, I feel completely screwed over by them.
One has to wonder what happened? What changed? Why did they go to the dark side? As a friend of mine would say, "They have no soul, no honor, and I wish them them best with their father down below." heh