"This stumbled-upon seller was a great find--mostly because they had the lowest possible price anywhere in the whole market (with free shipping and full manufacturer warranty).

However... they're listed as a seller that "Ships items quickly" on eBay, and that wasn't true in my case; unlike the previous poster, my item was shipped a good five days after order/payment. This may seem insignificant in normal situations, but it was very worrisome for three-ish reasons:

1) at the time, I was going to be out of town by the estimated delivery date,

2) the item value was *not* cheap and very much needed in a time-sensitive way, and

3) FedEx was the chosen carrier.

I've had massive problems before with FedEx folk being ubertarded, so I did what I could to curtail errors and prep for an interception. Calling ahead, I found out a signature was mandatory, therefore, I asked the rep to hold the package at the local facility the day it arrived so that it could be shipped when I was ready to receive it. Specific dates and times were given, and details were triple-confirmed; I was assured that they'd make the first delivery to my place the day *after* I returned. (NOTE: If this package failed three times in delivery, it would be returned, and thus cost me even more money and time for another shipping attempt from the seller--if that was even possible.)

While out of town, I monitored everything via the provided tracking number, and all seemed to be going swimmingly (online) by the time the package reached the local facility. A last obsessive check before my return trip revealed that there were no further tracking updates, so one would think it logical to conclude that the package was sitting there, safe... unmoved.

But no.

When I got home, I saw THREE missed attempt stickers from FedEx posted on my door. The last sticker was left *thirty minutes* before I had arrived. WTF.

It took a good (outraged) twenty minutes of maneuvering with the FedEx rep to get it delivered one final time the NEXT DAY, but it should never have come to that in the first place.

Again, this may all seem trivial--or not even the fault of the seller... but the length of time it took FedEx to knock on my door with the package in hand (sans delay) was the SAME amount of time it took for AudioSavings to get around to shipping my purchase.

These days, I make it a point to not hold such sellers to their advertised "word" unless they have a well-known track record, i.e., when everyone and their mother praises their purported greatness. I'd never heard of the company before until I saw their eBay listings and then checked around, which told me very little, almost next to nothing. So based on their name, site, wares, and their not quite 100% feedback rating, they seemed to be solid discount resellers that you want to hit up only if you want to save on a huge chunk of change. This is not to say that the quality of the item I bought was crap--it's actually pure awesome for b-stock, but it never occurred to me that a "savings" for audio gear was the *absolute most* that I could expect from a seller called AudioSavings.

Go figure.

Recommended only if money saved means more than time lost."

"I've ordered from Audiosavings on multiple occasions and they've always been great on prices and shipping. They usually ship in around 24hrs after you order and i've gotten all of my stuff within 4 days except for once but that was because of FedEx (apparently they couldn't find my house...) I would recommend them to anyone looking for a great price on car audio gear of any kind."