Ripoff Report: www.stethoscopes.com

Thanks for the heads-up on this! I'm sorry OP that you've had such a terrible experience.

I'll "third that" for steeles.com. I got a Master Cardiology for less than $150, came fast and in perfect order.

I have been having trouble with this man and it is 2009, and I thought it was odd that he never send much paperwork verifying my order, now I have to contact Visa, unfortunately: it seems like he has such a nice web-page but does seem intent on selling those Magna Fortis stethoscopes...and never returns my emails.. I hate to think the worst, I just wish it would end up in the mail!!

So I fell into the trap as well. I purchased a Master Cardio Black with my name, RN... been a nurse for about a year, and I got a job in the critical care unit close to home. Anyway... I wanted a good scope.

Transactions went fine, but I never got a shipping number or anything. I called and actually spoke to someone, that said it should ship out a week from yesterday. Low and behold, its a month and a half later, still no scope, and SUPRISE, no answer on the phone. It still says 9 am pacific time to 9 pm pacific time... blah blah blah.. please call during our regular hours.

Well, I spoke with my bank, filed a fraud report, and hooray they gave me my hard earned dead presidents back. Just FYI in case anymore of you out there are having trouble.

This guy is a scum bag. BBB rates his business as an F. He has 32 or so complaints filed against him . And according to some other people around the web, he has pulled this crap in other states as well. Don't buy from this turd... he is a worthless.

Moved to the Nursing Stethoscope forum.

Sorry you've had such a tough time with them. I ordered the same model as you (and got it engraved) from them and received it within 3 days .

I'm sorry you had such a bad experience buying online. I am an RN and also an internet marketer. I would like to clear up some misconceptions about shopping online. I have a website on which I sell stethoscopes and related medical equipment. I sell Littmann but am not an authorized Littmann distributor. That does not mean that my stethoscopes are counterfeit or used. It only means that Littmann is not bringing on any more authorized distributors because they have enough. I get my stethoscopes from a distributor.

To answer your problem, however, I would like to point out a statement copied and pasted from the 3M website:

"Please Note:
The U.S. distributors listed above sell 3M™ Littmann® Stethoscope products and parts to customers in the U.S. only. They may or may not have all items, models, colors, sizes, lengths, parts, and/or accessories in stock at the time of your order. Prices may vary."

I can ship MDF or Welch Allyn to Canada but not Littmann, as designated by 3M itself.

I hope you get your money returned by your credit card company soon. And if you want to order a stethoscope online, feel free to visit the 3M website Where to Buy http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3.../where-to-buy/

Near the bottom of the page there is a listing of 3 distributors who you can purchase a Littmann from in Canada.

Good Luck to you.

wow this is an old post! where do people find these?

Problem?

Sometimes I like to go back into the archives and read old threads. Some of them are fascinating and most of them still apply to today's situations. Then there are those that are clearly dated and they are fun to read to see how things have changed.