Is it worth how much you're saving to risk getting a fake mic?

I've used them before. Fine, website is a little amateurish, but everything was delivered as promised.

Their website is so dodgy!
But from what I have heard they are a legit business tho.
The owner is probably too cheap to pay for a proper website, I've seen some good deals on the site but the way the site looks and operates has just put me off.

I needed a carol dual wireless mic which www.skysun.co.za supplied and delivered the next day after I paid the deposit, by airmail because it was small.

I Paid over 3 months and still got a discount off retail.

Bid or buy finance "pay later " provider charge 19% interest so I figured I'd rather buy from a smaller business with basic website and save 24%!

Skysun don't charge interest so I saved the 19% but still got 5% off. their cash price was even better but I couldn't afford and really needed the mic so...

I found skysun terms very generous.

thanks for helping me keep keep singing skysun ? xx

Its my understanding the guy who operates it is a music teacher and musician, this is a side business, it is legit with a couple of bargins

site is down for maintenance so maybe a moot query

well, seems like maxmusic, muz and skysun have merged somehow...
which might explain why maxmusic hasnt gotten back to me with queries i had.

so i dont think its a "small" business any longer...
Either way, skysun is barely usable, the owner really needs to sort that out.

hello
I am the owner of skysun.co.za (my name is mike irwin ) but we are definitely not affiliated to maxmusic.co.za . I felt I had to make that clear as soon as possible. Given the previous post.

What I will say here now is just temporary in response to the other queries, as I feel I need to ask guitar forum what they prefer, for obvious reasons.

But also before saying anything I really have to say this forum is impressive for our little south africa. I'm actually a classical and jazz ( and other strange styles?) flute player who plays bare bones keyboard and piano too. though I wrote many books for beginners when i taught..and its got me thinking Id love to start one for us neglected flute players. I'm planning to play my flute much more and have another flute site which i didn't come back here to plug - but time i added a forum onto it. ( just mentioned this as I am musician and certainly respect and always try and help other musicians as much as possible ).

Hey Mike, wouldn't it be easier than to merge skysun into the current muz.co.za template, that's a pretty user friendly eCommerce outlay?

studmissile wrote: Hey Mike, wouldn't it be easier than to merge skysun into the current muz.co.za template, that's a pretty user friendly eCommerce outlay?

thanks for suggestion. I agree it is . Ive wished I could just do that many times.

the problem is more that google lists products by the formats of the URLs. muz is zencart and skysun is oscmax so Would have to get some serious rewrite rules done.

But also skysun was started even before muz and many of the categories are listed high (for instance saxophones..)_ which saves enormous advertising costs on google.

maybe I'm just petrified of change but many are where google is concerned. iI took skysun a long time to get those rankings..

in any event for layout what skysun has planned is having a simple top menu BRASS WINDS GUITAR SOUND etc. very simple then leading to simple sub links ..that should be very soon.

problem right now is weve have had to move server -- mission ,--but soon be fixed.

thanks for your posts though really appreciate ?

mind sending me an IM so I remember who you were btw? ?

Please note: any queries to Mike should please be done via PM as he may not respond on thread due to forum advertising rules.

@ Mike - I've edited your first message above, but will leave the second intact so you don't have to type it all up again in a PM. If in doubt as to the rules or what you may or may not post, feel free to PM me directly.

JimmyCraig wrote: I've been looking around for months to find the cheapest prices for a microphone that I want to get, and skysun seemed to be the cheapest...but their website doesn't exactly inspire confidence. Has anyone ever dealt with them or can tell me anything about them?

Thanks
Craig

I have had dealings with skysun for at least 2 years. Their service levels have always been excellent, and their follow up is very good.

Someone on this forum suggested that the goods might be fake. How can the goods be fake? The guarantees are all covered by the relevant importing agents, the guarantee forms are posted by the customer to the respective importing agents. (Seriously, where would retailer find an importer of fake musical goods??? Also there is a consumer act in place to protect both the supplier and the consumers.

I have also previously had dealings with MaxMusic which was owned by Mr Leon Ras of Raslo Music in Witbank - Raslo Witbank owes me money and are no longer trading, so it's pretty safe to say that MaxMusic is in trouble.

You might not like the layout of a website, but it's not O.K. for people on this forum to suggest that skysun might have questionable ethics, without having an accurate example of unfair sales practice.

Other than having done business with skysun, I have absolutely no link to skysun or its employees.

Peace ?

Skysun should just clean up the layout, it's so jumbled all over the place, that is a hallmark of a spam/scam site, although sky sun is neither!

I was in retail before and this is why I left it. I hope this man also leaves it eventually for his sake one day because this is the kind of thing businesses have to deal with on a daily basis and will never end.

Some of my employees went home nauseous from the abuse they suffered many days they told me .It broke my heart and I left it eventually as I said ..

I know these words will fall on deaf ears but Ill say them anyway , even if its just to make skysun feel less victimised.

If you dont want to buy from a shop, just dont buy.

If you want to buy, but have reservations then ask the business, and if still not satisfied, then just dont buy.!!

But to make public to hundreds of people your decision and publically humiliate a person casting doubt on his reputation, just because you dont want to buy?

You see movie stars,sports stars, public figures being attacked by anonymous people on forums a mere whim,,, every day

sad to see it here as well.

teemot wrote: Someone on this forum suggested that the goods might be fake. How can the goods be fake? The guarantees are all covered by the relevant importing agents, the guarantee forms are posted by the customer to the respective importing agents. (Seriously, where would retailer find an importer of fake musical goods??? Also there is a consumer act in place to protect both the supplier and the consumers.

Actually, there have been online stores selling fakes recently - Chinese web sites selling fake "Gibsons", "Fenders" and "Sure" mics for too-good-to-be-true prices. Online classifieds like Gumtree and Junkmail have also had many individuals reselling these fakes as originals and feigning ignorance. So much so that we have a long running Fraud Warning thread for those sites.

There was even an individual who registered a .co.za domain and set up an online store, listing items at very good prices. Closer inspection revealed the guy involved was New Zealand based, was running exactly the same shop/stock listings under a dozen different country's domain extensions and that he had a history of non-delivery and numerous fraud cases against him in NZ and OZ.

In the latter case, someone asked here about the store and was steered safely away to another, reputable local online dealer. Had they bought from this online store, the CPA or SAPS would not have been able to protect the buyer or get the money back.

So yeah... given the above cases it's perfectly understandable that someone will ask if an unknown online dealer is legit or not. And also perfectly understandable if many simply prefer not to take a risk and assume that a dodgy looking site equates to a dodgy business. I myself first ran across Skysun.co.za 5 or 6 years ago and even then, the site looked outdated and bad - and it influenced my decision not to buy from them.

musicsoul wrote: If you dont want to buy from a shop, just dont buy.

If you want to buy, but have reservations then ask the business, and if still not satisfied, then just dont buy.!!

But to make public to hundreds of people your decision and publically humiliate a person casting doubt on his reputation, just because you dont want to buy?

See dodgy practices enumerated above. Online buyers can and do talk between themselves and share y'know... and everyone is entitled to an opinion.

Mike Irwin/Skysun did the right thing by stepping up and saying Skysun was his. That, coupled with satisfied buyers who are forum members of long-standing also chiming in gives the OP enough information to answer their original question and decide whether they wanted to buy from the store or not.

Actually, your first post rant from behind an anonymous server has probably done more damage to Skysun than the few negative posts from established forum members above.

So grateful for this forum- been looking at skysun and been having the same misgivings. But besides the hard to navigate site the fact that the owner is very evasive of giving his contact details ( even email enquiries!) is a real turn off. If the site can't be improved( at least there is a search function if u know what you're looking for) then at least mike you can make a email enquiry possible without having to commit to order something. And in Google searches muz..co.za always seems to come up 1st so don.t know why owner thinks skysun has higher ratings?

studmissile wrote: I've used them before. Fine, website is a little amateurish, but everything was delivered as promised.

Like I said. Also check out Kalahari, they have a musical section now...

I have dealt with Skysun and their service is excellent! Their business and dealings are reputable and sterling after sales as well.

I will support them any time when the need arises again :yup: :yup: :yup: