Complaint Review: Bargain Hall

BargainHall.com is the web site of a Chinese front company that pretends to be selling Epiphone guitars, and they try to appear as though they are a USA-based company. What they are actually selling are very poorly constructed counterfeits. They use photos gleaned from the internet to make it appear that what they are selling are the real thing, but all their guitars are just junk copies. I made the mistake of purchasing one of their guitars. It arrived at my doorstep with Chinese mailing stamps all over it, and upon opening it, it was quickly apparent that the guitar was a cheesy fake. Bad paint job, cheesy hardware, poor construction, and counterfeit "Grover" tuners. It was so bad as to give copies a bad name. When I e-mailed the company to complain, they assured me that if I "returned" it I would receive a refund. They lied. I sent the guitar to the address they provided, and of course never heard from Bargain Hall again. I contacted PayPal to file a dispute, and of course PayPal washed their hands of it immediately, leaving me holding the bag. Don't ever expect any help from PayPal on an international scam. So I was left with no refund and no guitar. Bargain Hall is simply another dishonest bunch of unscrupulous Chinese rip-off artists capitalizing on the popularity of the Epiphone brand name. The PayPal account for Bargain Hall belongs to one Guoqiang Chen, who apparently makes his money by lying and stealing from anyone he can. Avoid Bargain Hall unless you too want to end up burned by a dishonest Chinese shark.