Philosofy
508 posts
Jan 17, 2014
9:38 AM
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I haven't been there in awhile, but I tried going there last night, and it wasn't there. Today, it comes up with a completely different website, and if you click on the 'about us' tab, it has verbiage for harp depot. Did Coast2Coast go out of business, and harp depot just picked up the web address?
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MP
3058 posts
Jan 17, 2014
10:10 AM
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Probably. I bought two Deluxes drom Coast2Coast years ago before I discovered RockinRonsmusic4less.
I'll bet some companies just can't compete w/ guys like Ron around.
EDIT:
In any case. I really liked Coast2Coast and as Winslow
points out below, I don't think Harp Depot shares the same great reputation that Coast2Coast had.
C2C used to let you rate their products and write reviews. I wrote a couple. One on the Hohner MBD and another on the Hohner Crossover. I thought it was pretty honest salesmanship to let customers slam your product if they didn't like it. I didn't slam anything. Just pointed out that early MBDs were not fully sealed as advertised.
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Last Edited by MP on Jan 20, 2014 10:41 AM
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KeithE
225 posts
Jan 17, 2014
10:27 AM
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Here's a thread about this on slidemeister:
slidemeister thread
If I do a "whois coast2coastmusic.com" I get back Andrew Belcher as the registrant, and if you google his name...
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HawkeyeKane
2273 posts
Jan 17, 2014
10:31 AM
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Huh....wonder who Ron Holmes is gonna use as his HC distributor now.
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WinslowYerxa
487 posts
Jan 17, 2014
11:44 AM
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Harp Depot bought out Coast2Coast sometime last year. Coast2Coast had a great reputation (well deserved in my experience) but John Watts finally decided to throw in the towel and sold out to Doc Belcher, who has bought up several nameplates from other online retailers exiting the business. Unfortunately, Harp Depot does not enjoy the same reputation that the original Coast2coast did.
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Winslow
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Gnarly
875 posts
Jan 17, 2014
2:49 PM
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Ron ron get a ron
I get a ron
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HarveyHarp
564 posts
Jan 17, 2014
3:39 PM
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Gnarly, me thinks that you have been on the west coast too long. Next you are going to tell us that you have a Woody.
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Gnarly
876 posts
Jan 17, 2014
4:26 PM
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LOL
New Orleans on a Saturday night, my friend.
Last Edited by Gnarly on Jan 17, 2014 4:27 PM
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Slimharp
122 posts
Jan 17, 2014
8:46 PM
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I used Coast to Coast for many years. I know John had knee surgeries about 2 years ago. He was in the store less and less. He is a good guy. I finally switched to Rockin Rons. Very fair prices Great service, good stock and Fast delivery.
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Todd Parrott
1178 posts
Jan 17, 2014
9:12 PM
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The old site was still up just a few days ago. Too bad. John really was a nice guy.
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12gagedan
297 posts
Jan 18, 2014
9:20 PM
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I enjoyed C2C. I will remember it fondly along with Kevin's Harps and the FR Farrell Co.
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Thievin' Heathen
286 posts
Jan 19, 2014
10:11 AM
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I discovered C2C late. I believe they had the last of the $15 MS reed plates and their Huang pricing was so reasonable I could buy them for the neighborhood kids. Sorry to see them go.
I can't think of a better guy than Rockin' Ron to fill the void. Good prices, 1st class customer service and speedy, speedy shipping.
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Todd Parrott
1180 posts
Jan 19, 2014
7:01 PM
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MP, I think you got my comment confused with Winslow's. No worries though.
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MP
3061 posts
Jan 20, 2014
10:40 AM
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Yep Todd, I meant Winslow. OOPS!!
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1847
1467 posts
Jan 21, 2014
1:25 PM
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they had the best website
they had all the notes charted out for all twelve keys
came in quite handy.... now i have to do the math lol
they sold a chromatic to a friend of mine
at dealer cost..... who does that??
it was then given to me for my birthday.
they will be missed for sure.
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i get a lot of request when i play my harmonica
"but i play it anyway"
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barbequebob
2450 posts
Jan 22, 2014
12:50 PM
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I remember Kevin's Harps (which later became Harp House) and F&R Farrell quite well and Farrell for decades back when it had been a snail mail only service were the hands down best place for getting chromatics and a number of different tools for them and for a time, they were the only place you could get replacement reed plates for Hohner chromatics at a discount and their service was awesome, but you'd get into long, but informative conversations with the late Dick Farrell for literally hours.
As long as the Harp Depot people own anything, you can kiss them good night.
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Barbeque Bob Maglinte
Boston, MA
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