Luthier Alert!

[Eric Rene Roy]

Ken suggested I post this here with the intentions of making sure no others are robbed by this man. I hope the internet search engines capture this so that anyone contemplating dealing with this company are aware of the risks.

Some 12-18 months ago we were contacted by a Marius Ciprian of S.C. Global. He told us about some great spruce for double bass tops and with some great prices, and he sent a sample that we liked, so we then placed an order. I (Upton Bass Stringed Instrument Co.) wired $14,400 to his company, S.C. Global, in advance (typical business to pay in full before recieving product on the mfg side of things). Still to this day no wood, no refund, just lies.

We have been in contact with Mr. Ciprian and he insists his company has been sold to a French company called Romwald Invest of France, owned by Eric Pertuschi.

Marius Ciprian is also known as Neita Ciprian and refers to himself as both/all in his business dealings.

Various names Mr. Ciprian uses for his business:

SC Segoviason SRL tonewood
SC Global SRL
SC Romwald Invest SRL
SC Segoya STL

Websites I can find:

http://www.tonewood.ro/
http://www.romwald-invest.ro/


They (Mr. Ciprian and Mr. Pertuschi) say we will get our money back. I am not holding my breath.

I hope other folks don't get ripped off. This is my intentions in this post...the economic times are to tough for us to be dealing with predatory thieves!