Great Techs but a paid on the Business Side
March 11, 2022

Great Techs but a paid on the Business Side

jeff HAINSWORTH | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with AVI-SPL

AVI-SPL is an audio-visual firm specializing in the design, installation, and support of advanced AV systems. I have used them to design and install several conference rooms and collaboration areas in several different locations. Their technicians and designers are first-rate. Their business management people really stink though. When we started working with these folks, they were a local company and were great to do business with, but they got bought by AVI-SPL and the business relationship has been strained ever since. in 2020, due to COVID-19 business reductions, we were late making a big payment. They got every penny just had to pay it over time due to reduced business. Now, they have put us on Credit Card only payment terms. We can't even pay cash in advance with a check or EFT, they demand a credit card. No understanding of the unusual circumstances or the long history that we have with this company. It is like they don't even look at the history from before they bought the company and are treating us like someone they just started working with. if there were another local firm that had the right skills and was reasonably priced and not overbooked, I would not ever use AVI-SPL again. They are not a partner! Just in it for the money.
  • AV System design
  • Installation and Configuration
  • Business Relationship
  • Being a Partner not just a company that doesn't care
  • Looking at the long term historical relationship between the customer and them
  • Bringing over historical business relationship information when they buy companies
  • They have given us conferencing facilities that are intuitive to use
  • Improved adoption of video conferencing
Any time we have called for the support they have been quick to respond and highly skilled at resolving our issues. They have gone above and beyond, even loaning us equipment when we had to send something in to be repaired.
They were not involved in this with our company.

Do you think AVI-SPL delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with AVI-SPL's feature set?

Yes

Did AVI-SPL live up to sales and marketing promises?

No

Did implementation of AVI-SPL go as expected?

No

Would you buy AVI-SPL again?

Yes

They have a very talented team of technical professionals, but the corporate HQ accounting and business staff based out of Florida are a royal pain to deal with and heaven help you if you are ever late. Understanding and forgiveness are not concepts they know.