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    Business ProfileforGearClubDirect, Inc.

    Online Retailer

    Current Alerts For This Business

    Pattern of Complaint:

    BBB files indicate that this business has a pattern of complaints concerning:

    • Failure to receive purchased product 
    • Refund issues 

    On 5/17/2021 and 5/25/2021BBB submitted a written request to the company encouraging them to address the pattern of complaints. As of 6/2/2021, BBB has had no response.  

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    On 11/21/2024 BBB contacted gearclubdirect.com regarding their 2. Comparative Price, Value and Savings Claim and requested they modify their advertisement to meet BBB Code of Advertising

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    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    1/5stars

    Average of 2 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    2 complaints closed in last 3 years

    0 complaints closed in last 12 months

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    Reasons for BBB Rating

    Overview

    GearClubDirect is an audio-visual equipment dealer specializing in DJ equipment, production and studio equipment, concert and special effects equipment, sound systems, headphones, and other music equipment and gear. They have an online store, showroom, and demo room. The warehouse has over 25,000 square feet of space and is open to the public. Brands include AKG, American DJ, Beats By Dre. Dre, Crown, DB Technologies, Elation Lighting, Electro Voice, Gator, Global Truss, JBL, Korg, Moog, Nord, Novation, Pioneer, Rane, RCF, Soundcraft, X-Laser, and Zoom. Products include DJ equipment, lighting, speakers and subwoofers, production software, amplifiers, beat machines, studio monitors, headphones, amplifiers and accessories, guitars, bass guitars, keyboards, ukuleles, MIDI controllers, microphones, cases, racks, cables, and complete packages for installation and production


    Business Details

    Location of This Business
    5070 N Kimberly Ave, Chicago, IL 60630-1713
    BBB File Opened:
    9/13/2013
    Years in Business:
    13
    Business Started:
    7/7/2011
    Business Started Locally:
    7/7/2011
    Business Incorporated:
    7/7/2011
    Type of Entity:
    Corporation
    Alternate Business Name
    • GearClubDirect DJ, Inc.
    Business Management
    • Mr. Meir Lavi, General Manager
    • Mr. Sharone Lavi, Co-Owner
    Contact Information

    Principal

    • Mr. Meir Lavi, General Manager

    Customer Contact

    • Mr. Meir Lavi, General Manager
    Additional Contact Information

    Fax Numbers

    • (773) 930-3916
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    Phone Numbers

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    Customer Complaints

    2 Customer Complaints

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    Customer Reviews

    2 Customer Reviews

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    Most Recent Customer Review

    Clarence P

    1 star

    11/26/2023

    I had a terrible experience with renting DJ equipment from Gear Club Direct and would not recommend them to anyone. The equipment was inexcusably late, the company was unprepared to fulfill the order on-time despite repeated confirmation, and the customer service was neglectful to say the least. Heres my encounter:I booked equipment for my wedding and the plans were made for Gear Club Direct to deliver the equipment at 9 a.m. so things could be set up before the party started at 4pm and before the chaos of having all of my dearest friends and family arrive. By 10:30 a.m. the equipment was nowhere to be found, and we called repeatedly, with very limited response. Itll be there in 30 minutes ***** said. After an hour I called again; Any moment now, he responded. 11:00 . . . Noon . . . 1:00 pm; By 1:30 I thought for sure Id been scammed, esp. as ***** said that I needed to enter in more credit card info at the most recent call that went through. My first and second cards were maxed out by the order and I had to ask a family member at the last moment for a third credit card for things to go through, but with people starting to show up, and no sign of equipment, and eventually no response to calls, I thought that Id been completely 100% scammed. By 2:30, I had my wedding suit on and was using my right arm to walk my 90-year-old grandmother to her seat and my left arm to hold the cellphone while I tried to cancel all of the $5000 credit transactions to GCD. My heart was pounding; the equipment was easily the most expensive part of the wedding. Our calls were actually being screened: it wasnt until we asked friends to call GCD from their phones that we got a response. I had no other option but to go with it.The equipment finally arrived at 3 p.m.; family rushed to set it all up. This could have been avoided by communicating credit requirements and that GCD would be unable to deliver the equipment.

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