A wholeheartedly disappointing service I’ll admit I could have been a better customer in this situation but I’m just so disgusted by the lack of manners / professionalism from Sean at Sweetwater. Tried ordering something while in the US. They sent an unclear email asking me to agree to their terms like 5 paragraphs into the email. I didn’t see it and they didn’t follow up so I checked in 2 weeks later to be told they hadn’t accepted the order as I hadn’t responded. I then responded and they took another week to charge my card which didn’t go through. By then I had to leave the US and they then cancelled the order as I took 11 days to respond to their declined payment email. All of this was fine but the email I got in response was the rudest I’ve experienced dealing with a service / sales agent. How do you expect to be a sales agent when you talk to customers this way. As someone who works in service I know how important it is to be understanding of the customer and the agent both but in this case I’m just so put off by this. I would feel ashamed to send a customer a response like this.

SweetWater Always goes the extra mile… SweetWater Always goes the extra mile to make sure you get what you want and need real quick so as you can use it. I am 65 yrs old and will not go anywhere else but SweetWater for advice and gear. Staff will go go overboard for you! Just call and anyone who answers is the right one to talk to!

Great customer service reps I had a bit of a mishap with an order that got hit with a ~30% customs fee importing a set of speakers from sweetwater Into Canada. I ended up having to refuse the packaged due to the exceedingly high duty. At first I had though this was a total loss, but after reaching out to sweetwater i have nothing but good things to say about their customer service team. If you live in Canada, inquire about customs fees prior to ordering but rest assured their customer service is top notch.

Amazing customer service!! May of 2022 I bought a 14 channel powered mixer from Sweetwater. It was a great purchase and it has worked perfectly for me to mic my drum kit. However, earlier this month the left output just suddenly stopped working. I inspected cables but couldn't find the problem. So, I called my sales engineer (Ian Lemberg) to see what could be done. He hooked me up with an equipment technician who guided me in troubleshooting the problem. In the end, he said it was in the mixer and said since it was still under warranty they were going to FedEx a replacement right away. And...not to worry about sending the broke one back. In just a few days the new one arrived and I was back up and running!! Wow!! I just can't believe the level of customer service from Sweetwater. A special thumbs up goes to my sales engineer (Ian Lemberg) and the equipment technicians. All my music equipment needs will first go to Sweetwater!! Also, Sweetwater will assign a sales engineer to you on your first purchase. This sales engineer will follow up with you on your purchase and all other future purchases. These sales reps are very helpful! They will call and talk to you about the equipment you bought, help with questions you may have about other equipment needs and will get to know you personally and don't hesitate to to discuss anything about your musical journey or anything else. It's a completely unexpected feature from this company!!

I have never left a bad review for a… I have never left a bad review for a company, I understand things happen…but after this experience I feel the need to warn other customers. Sweetwater does not allow reviews on for certain sites a reason. Super friendly customer service, until there is an issue. Ordered a very high end saxophone on a Monday afternoon and explained it was needed urgently for a recording on Friday, and was promised it would ship right away and be delivered by Wed, received receipt thought I was good to go. I was then notified there was an issue with credit card number which I remedied at 9 am on Tuesday and was assured that it would still ship out that day for delivery on Wed and was promised I would receive a shipping confirmation soon. I didn’t receive notification, so I called again Wed morning and spoke to a manager and was told again there was an issue with credit card in their system (even though I could see and verify on my end that the payment was accepted and charged to my cc). At this point I should have cancelled the transaction and gone somewhere else, but I was promised it would be shipped priority and get to me by Thursday morning. All day Wed I looked for shipping confirmation and called back at 4:30 and spoke to Chandler (a client issue specialist) who was polite, yet not helpful and very condescending. I explained the urgency and asked if I could speak to her manager and she said “no, they left for the day”. I asked if she could contact shipping and see what the delay was and she told me “no, it would disrupt them and further delay the process and that it was a high end product, they don’t just throw it in a box and ship it”. I told her I didn’t trust that it would be shipped and she said to let her know if I wanted to cancel order. I asked why I haven’t received a notice that a shipping label was created yet, she couldn’t say why, stating her involvement in this only started at noon today so it wasn’t her issue - she was not helpful at all and in my opinion made this situation worse. As of now, fedex label was created at 7:47 pm on Wed night and still hasn’t been picked up by fed ex. I am beyond frustrated with this company and wish I would have never trusted them to handle such an important and expensive purchase.