Corbin Saddles - My Bad Experience

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Corbin Saddles - My Bad Experience John Hamilton 05-28-2008
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Posted by John Hamilton on May 28, 2008, 6:39 pm
I purchased the ZX-14 peg lowering kit from Corbin. It was fairly
pricey, and was supposed to work with all years and be powder coated.

To my dismay, I found the finish of the parts to be so thin the steel
was exposed during careful installation. And the right side wouldn't
mount because the brake master cylinder contacts the exhaust pipe
(exhaust system listed as "tested and compatible" basically) so you
can't bolt the bracket to the bike.

I sent email to tech support explaining this, no reply. I sent email
to sales, no reply. I sent email to the factory, no reply.

Today, I called and got sales (after waiting 20 minutes on hold for
tech support and being shunted to voicemail) and was told Corbin QUOTE
"has no return policy". In other words, I have to keep trying to
contact tech support (which never answers the phone) and whatever they
tell me I have to live with.

I believe that in California where Corbin is headquartered, such
policies are a violation of business laws. I know for a fact they are
in the State I live in.

To say a defective product cannot be returned is unethical at best.

I won't tell you to or not to do business with Corbin, only what has
factually happened to me just this week.

I will never buy from Corbin again.

John
ZX-14 from Hell
DOD 327

Posted by David T. Ashley on May 28, 2008, 8:51 pm
>I purchased the ZX-14 peg lowering kit from Corbin. It was fairly
> pricey, and was supposed to work with all years and be powder coated.
>
> To my dismay, I found the finish of the parts to be so thin the steel
> was exposed during careful installation. And the right side wouldn't
> mount because the brake master cylinder contacts the exhaust pipe
> (exhaust system listed as "tested and compatible" basically) so you
> can't bolt the bracket to the bike.
>
> I sent email to tech support explaining this, no reply. I sent email
> to sales, no reply. I sent email to the factory, no reply.
>
> Today, I called and got sales (after waiting 20 minutes on hold for
> tech support and being shunted to voicemail) and was told Corbin QUOTE
> "has no return policy". In other words, I have to keep trying to
> contact tech support (which never answers the phone) and whatever they
> tell me I have to live with.
>
> I believe that in California where Corbin is headquartered, such
> policies are a violation of business laws. I know for a fact they are
> in the State I live in.
>
> To say a defective product cannot be returned is unethical at best.
>
> I won't tell you to or not to do business with Corbin, only what has
> factually happened to me just this week.
>
> I will never buy from Corbin again.

If you purchased via credit card, you may be able to have the charge
reversed. I think the clauses are "more than 50 miles from home", "tried in
good faith ..." and "within 60 days" (or perhaps 30).

Dave.


Posted by Kenneth P. Turvey on May 28, 2008, 9:47 pm
On Wed, 28 May 2008 18:39:40 -0400, John Hamilton wrote:

> I will never buy from Corbin again.

That's awful. And the company has a good reputation from what I've
heard.


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Posted by P. Roehling on May 29, 2008, 1:37 am


>> I will never buy from Corbin again.
>
> That's awful. And the company has a good reputation from what I've
> heard.

They have a good reputation for building quality products. They have a
*terrible* reputation for the way they deal with their customers.

That said, when the latch on my Corbin Gunfighter''s hatch went belly-up
after only a year, I called them and was told "We got a batch of defective
latches. Give us your name and address and we'll send you a new one."

They did. Quickly. And absolutely free.

It's now been eight years, and the replacement latch is still working just
fine.



Posted by Turby on May 29, 2008, 3:38 am
On Wed, 28 May 2008 22:37:41 -0700, "P. Roehling"

>
>
>>> I will never buy from Corbin again.
>>
>> That's awful. And the company has a good reputation from what I've
>> heard.
>
>They have a good reputation for building quality products. They have a
>*terrible* reputation for the way they deal with their customers.

Ayup. There are many stories of horrible customer relations.

I bought a saddle from them. I went to the factory. They were great -
letting me take test ride after test ride to make sure the foam was
cut right. The saddle turned out great. But they'd neglected to
replace the bungee hooks that were on the original ST1100 saddle. I
had to argue for 10 minutes with Mike Corbin himself to get them to
put the hooks on. I was on a tour, and all my gear was sitting in
their parking lot, and he was trying to figure out a way to tie my
bags on without the hooks. After all that, the saddle was the best
I've ever seen.

The only way I'd buy anything from them is to go to the factory and
make sure they gave me exactly what I wanted.

--
Turby the Turbosurfer

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