SimivalleyCarStereo — Local services in Simi Valley

Stay away from this place unless you like having people quote you prices off the top of your head to see if you will pay the price. I have been here twice over the last 5 years. One time I did business with them and this last time I walked out. The first time around I remember thinking the price was a little high and there was no written estimate until after the install. I wanted the stereo installed so I had it done but I remember walking away feeling like I paid too much.

This last time, I purchased a stereo through Best Buy for my mother-in-law and would usually have Best Buy install it but they were not available. So I called this guy on a whim thinking maybe he had cleaned up his act. I read a few other reviews and some were neutral and some were awful but I figured I would give it a shot. And true to form...they were still the same place as last time.

When you first walk in, the start a receipt but they don't list anything down for what they will do. They say that they have to look at it first to see what is there. Then they want you to sign this blank receipt. Then they take your stereo out and then they come back with a price. They say they have to look and see what is there first. And then...this is the best part...they come back with a price. So he says to me, "$200.00". And I said to him that it was way to high because I know the installation at Best Buy is only something like $125.00. So I said to him why it was so much and he said, "Well you have to get the harnessing kit and the wiring kit." Well I can tell you that the harnessing kit and the wiring kit should only be about $30.00 so I asked him how much it was and he tried to tell me it's pretty pricey. So I told him no thanks and then he says, "Well you have an amplifier too." Which I replied, "OK...and how does it make the installation another $170?" So I told him to button it up and that I didn't want to do it and he then said, "I will do it for $150.00." So now we are playing let's make a deal. I really don't want a car sales man selling me my stereo installation. So I told him no and told him Best Buy could do it for $125.00 and I would just wait. So then he offered to do it for $130.00 but by this point I had had it with him and no longer felt like I could trust them. So I walked away.

Bottom line...I will never go back to this guy again. Be careful people and don't get scammed by this guy. Also read other reviews here. He likes to sneak in additional prices from what I am seeing. There are other reviews on Yelp that echo the same experience. Hope this helped...

I should have read these reviews and avoided this place. I wanted to upgrade the entertainment system in my trailer and install an exterior camera so we could see who is knocking without opening the door. I told Don my needs and concerns, one of which is that I would not be able to determine if his work was successful until I did a shake out run and that might take a few months after installing due to the pandemic. "No problem mister Brian if you aren't happy or something doesn't work bring it back, we will fix." He said this to my wife separately as well. After the shake out, I needed them to move the amp from my cargo space and mount it to the wall in same space and then put the subwoofer from one side of the cargo space to the other. There was plenty of slack in the wiring to do this so the job literally took an hour at most. Then they needed to move the camera they installed in a position that was essentially useless for our clearly explained purposes. First, I called Don to tell him we needed him to move some things around. He instructed me to get the trailer to him right away so I did. I regret this decision. Once I unhooked in his parking lot, he launched into I needed to pay something for these requests. I took the position this was a guarantee he made to fix at no cost when he took my 3000 dollars for the install. I refused to sign his invoice and told him to make it better before we talked again. He wanted 300 dollars more when he called me that afternoon to come get my rig. He would've called the cops I think if I had left without paying him. I paid him, took my rig home and started discovering how bad they butchered the repair. The subwoofer was mounted next to my inverter exhaust. The amp is leaning against the wall with 2 screws partially installed. The molding they used to hide the old camera feed was not reinstalled with about 20 loose screws and most of the waterproofing gone. The new camera feed wasn't hidden, is an eyesore and will need to be repaired again. I had to repair the padding they removed to install the camera. It was just hanging there. So I'm out 3300 with more...

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