I’ve always had great experiences with Marion Music. I’ve used them for audio/video rental and they’ve always been responsive, high-quality, and a good value. I’ve rented wireless microphones, speakers, sound boards / mixing boards, and everything else needed for an event with audio. They show up on time, the equipment works great, and they have always been responsive to all my needs. Highly recommended!
Fantastic staff.
I would not recommend this place to anyone for any reason. Tried to rip me off. Rental equipment is old and dirty. Go somewhere else.
4. Sound Exchange Music
Address: 2906 NE 14th St, Ocala, FL 34470 , Ocala , Florida , United States
Bought some drum heads here, the guys were very friendly and helpful in finding the drum heads I needed. They even offered to put them on my snare for me if I brought my drum back. I did just that and they did very good job putting the heads on.
Staff is always friendly and offers good advice
Customer service was slow. No refunds, merchandise exchsnge only.
always helpful!
Always my go to location for rental equipment
Their rental side needs a lot of work. Lots of problems: #1 Nearly 3 HOURS LATE to deliver tables and chairs for an event is unacceptable. I had to call the office repeatedly because I was not receiving any updates. The office told me they couldn’t reach their drivers that had the items loaded on their trailer (who were apparently in Belleview). It took my 4th phone call to check on the late delivery before I ever even received an apology. The delivery guys that showed up were rude and when I mentioned how late they were, their response was “we didn’t know we had a schedule to deliver these” which is ridiculous. I told them their office told me they couldn’t reach them and they said ‘they hadn’t received one phone call from them’. #2 They need help with their customer service – every time I called they were short and acted like I was bothering them – even my first time to ask questions. #3 Their new online system still has a lot of issues. I had to call the office to pay and to later make changes, because it wouldn’t let me log in (without getting error messages). And after all the issues, and the survey I submitted, I never once heard from a manager or owner to apologize.
Owner is not a man of his word.. and tries to rip you off ..I prefer Guitar Center.
Rating is based on one bad experience in this establishment. I arrived and was looking at starter bass yet they offered. I did not like the Amp that came with the set. I asked the gentleman that was helping if I could upgrade to a bigger bass and pay the difference, he explained he had to ask his manager. Another gentlemen came out who was nicely dressed and said he was the manager and he would allow me to exchange the bass for a upcharge. When I was ready to checkout another guy comes over rude and says he isn’t gonna allow it. When I explained the manager said he would do it. This gentleman very rudely said he doesn’t sign the paychecks I do. Now I have always lived by a couple major rules on being your only as good as your word. This establishment did not live by there word.
5. Guitar Center
Address: 3920 SW 42nd St Space B-2, Ocala, FL 34474 , Ocala , Florida , United States
I have lessons there, they are great! The staff is very helpful and knowledgeable.
Bought my 6 year old her first guitar and I know nothing about guitars. Went three times with three different staff members and great experience each time. Very patient on my rookie questions and my Daughter got the perfect guitar and is now taking lessons. She loves it
Best prices, good stock
Pros: Visited this location twice and have had a great experience in the store with the employees who clearly LOVE music and helping. Fantastic energy
Cons: Talked to the manager Brian Cobbs on the phone and in the store and he is obviously the corporate sell out. All he cares about is trying to push product and get money, did not care about my issue, that i was unsatisfied with the guitar i purchaed from guitar center, talked over me several times and continued to imply i was clueless about guitars and basic physics since i was having a string issue. Tried to sell me some lies saying my guitar needs special 10 gauge string for the high e and have me pay $80 for a complete guitar “set up” when I explained my issue clearly several times and it was just a string issue. Was fixed by an employee in 5 minutes and i was back to enjoying guitar. If that is corporate training it is predatory and noticed Guitar Center.
Mansplaning with a scam pitch attached.
Nice place a little over priced. One of the employees seems put off that I was asking him questions. Went looking for guitar strings and a different employee was there and he went out of his way for me to ask me what exactly I wanted.
My 1st time there. They were extremely helpful & repaired my guitar.
I wonder why it takes thirty minutes to checkout when all you’re trying to buy are picks.
Little to no service at all. Go elsewhere.
I went today to inquire about my EVH amp that i purchased having a Tube problem i believe. I have spend thousands of dollars at guitar center
Over the years. I have never been treated with such disrespect all I wanted was a referral to a proper technician a little help here $3200 head.
The man will not pull out a box Tubes from the counter laughs and says Im going on break.. I’m done.. The next time I need a hand I just call Sweetwater instead!!
6. Sears Music Center
Address: 3100 SW College Rd #300, Ocala, FL 34474 , Ocala , Florida , United States
Not impressed – I called for tires and the guy laughed when I told him my budget – I had a Mazda 3i and I said I wanted tires that handled the wet roads well and I said my budget was 400.00 , he told me he could not come anywhere near my budget and suggested I buy 2 now and when I could afford 2 more to bring it back , WHAT ?!?! – I was so puzzled as their online sight had numerous tires under 100.00 each , so I called around and in 2 minutes talking with Mike at Tire Kingdom I had 4 new tires and it came in under budget and they were great tires
7. Nick NiFty Music Productions LLC
Address: 43 SW 21st Ave, Ocala, FL 34475 , Ocala , Florida , United States
The staff were so kind and fair when my wife brought in some jewelry to sell. They took time to answer questions and make us feel very comfortable with the transaction. Great doing business with Walt’s! Highly recommend a visit to the shop.
Great customer service & high end selection!
Rachael was amazing helped me get exactly what I needed done done. Would recommend these guys 100%
Took a ring in this week guy offered me 500 went to one more place got 1500 in two minutes
They’ve always been reasonable when I needed a loan or to sell something.
Extremely professional staff. Left feeling like I had been treated fairly in our transaction.
Crooks.
Horrible experience
Thank goodness I’ve never had to pawn anything but due to the pandemic of the covit19 and being out of work for a couple of months I had gone there with a couple of items nothing expensive or extravagant as Dolius of a bracelet and to stilling rings with diamonds all I was asking for was $30 to put food on the table for a couple of days until I received a check that our boss was going to advance us due to the fact that we have been out of work at Walt’s pawn shop they told me the items were not worth $6 which I know I paid more than $300 for all 3 items but all I was asking for was 20th $25 to get by the next couple of days and being a community business they turned me down and said the value was not even worth $6 but that’s not the point the point is being a community business you supposed to help your community and they fail to do so I went to value pawn and gun and they gave me $80 no questions asked…that’s what a company should do to serve their community. Under the circumstances we are all suffering from.
9. Vintage Guitar Specialist
Address: 85 SW 52nd Ave, Ocala, FL 34474 , Ocala , Florida , United States
Excellent customer service. Very knowledgeable about vintage guitars. I will definitely do business with them again.
The best to do business with.
I owned the one 1961Gibson SG Standered a very unique sound in Gibson Guitar,s same America made pre CBS Statocasters are also the sound all of it s own very unique sound
10. lil dre studios
Address: 1026 NW 8th Ave, Ocala, FL 34475 , Ocala , Florida , United States
Awesome selection of new and used records, with tons and tons of 50 cent CDs out front when I visited. Other items as well, like clothing and cassettes. Everything was well organized and labeled. A great spot for collectors in the Ocala area!
Great selections. Good prices Definitely be back.
Comfy place, super helpful staff.
Old school record store with both new & used records. They may still have cassettes & CDs. They have big selections on vinyl genres like heavy metal & hip hop. Brick and mortar place to browse wax. Parking may be limited.
Good Metal vinyl section. Nothing as far as CDs. Found a couple. Very small place
Nice local record store. Decent selection of new and used. All good quality
Requiring mask & gloves to enter, completely ridiculous. Won’t be back.
Drove along distance to visit. I was only person in the store on a saturday. Many 45 records with no prices, was told prices based on discogs. Overpriced in my mind. Staff member not friendly or helpful
Never open
12. Broke ‘n Records Music & More
Address: 2750 E Silver Springs Blvd Unit 205, Ocala, FL 34470 , Ocala , Florida , United States
They have a little of everything to look at went in and found what we wanted right away with great customer service
3rd best record store on Earth behind only Amsterdam and Detroit Rock City. Owner is totally friendly and helpful. Selection is ridiculously awesome. Prices are even better. Easily the best record store in Ocala.
Great selection
13. Best Buy
Address: 2499 SW 27th Ave, Ocala, FL 34471 , Ocala , Florida , United States
Answering hookups inspected hookups before leaving out of box
Awesome, get what you need from people that know the most about it. Aways get geek squad protection on your electronics a year or so down the road you’ll wish you did.
Excellent wireless support great customer service support
Always a great place to purchase electronics and accessories. Good variety of brand and prices ate always very good. Great informative employees.
I have found that once I am able to get an associate to help that they are very helpful. My problem is the time before last I went in for an item and there were none on the shelf so I went online and checked their inventory which said they had 3 in stock. The next day I called them to verify that they actually had some on the shelf, what a nightmare that was, I was put on hold for over 20 minutes and then had to call back three times for the person to rudely tell me that yeah they had two available. I did not mean to make his life rough but its a 40 minute trip to get to this store and I did not wish to make it if the item wasn’t really there. It has happened before where it shows online they have a certain amount of items but then you get there and they don’t.
Great
Went to best buy to buy a gopro I was willing to spend up to $1,400 buying a drone and all the extras that came with it, I was standing in front of the gopro products for a least 20 minutes and I’m pretty wasn’t sure that the camaras saw me there I even looked up looking to see if anyone notice me but nothing so I went and asked for someone to help and the girl called on mic so I went back and stood there for another 30 minutes I asked to speek ti a manager and the manager could not give a good explanation as to why no one came to help me so I left the store and never going back .
Came to town hoping to finally go in to a Best Buy. Nope. Still not open even though everyone else is. Losing my business until you open again.
We have been Total Tech members for years. As you know it is now My Best Buy Total Tech. You no longer get free installation – I can understand that. BUT – you now also have to pay to install and then another fee to uninstall. For example, I want to put a new TV mount on – from a fixed to a full motion. Cost of Mount is $149, but then they will charge you $150 to uninstall the old mount, and $250 to install the new mount for a total of $400 for labor, and $149 for the mount. This goes for every thing – change you TV – $150 to uninstall and $250 to install. Get all the details first – I think the My Best Buy Total Tech works well if you are going to buy your cell phones from them, but question anything else.
As soon as I walked in, I was greeted nicely. They quoted me fair price on the item I brought in. They checked everything out to make sure I wasn’t bringing in stolen goods which made me feel safe. They were really quick and also really professional. I suggest anyone pawning or selling to go to American pawn of Ocala.
Very friendly staff, helpful and, very pleasant to work with..
The staff at American Pawn are amazing! Excellent Customer Service! Mike has gone above and beyond. The jewler is amazing!! Thank you for all you have done we will continue to be loyal customers.
Not just a run of the mill pawn shop one of the best
Certain staff are always amazing ( most all employees are
Extremely friendly and professional. Money for loan wasn’t much though.
I went in there to get my wedding set sized down to my finger and the woman who done it, really messed up my ring bad. She was only supposed cut and connect them back but she got it way to hot i can see bubbles from the heat he used and melted them both together its a set not one ring my goodness. For $135 dont let her do ur rings please. The guys there were really nice though. Wishing I could post a picture or 2
tried selling my mixing board and piano best you can do is 65$ I’ll take my business elsewhere
I called to confirm this place offers loans on firearms. My firearm sells for 500$ all day on gunsamerica & gunbroker. I was trying to borrow 30% against that value. But, sight unseen, I was told over the phone they would not lend against my weapon because the caliber was unpopular. My weapon is in good to very good condition and it’s a Sig Saur which is listed on their website as a brand they deal in. I guess that’s a lie. I will never do business here after this. In any case, I found my way over to Jerry’s Gun & Pawn Shop on NW 8th St. Head over to Jerry’s. They treated me great and we’re happy to earn my business.
16. MME
Address: 2677 NW 10th St #3a, Ocala, FL 34475 , Ocala , Florida , United States
Stop wasting your time somewhere else go fw them and get it done right industry standard producing at the same price as what a guy w a laptop is gonna charge you to come to your house. vibe is right too, easy place to create in, not a lot of distraction like at some studios 10 stars !
This place is on point in every way..its managed professionally and efficiently and their artists are all up n coming superior talent
The best sound quality, set up and atmosphere, Red Room or NO room!!
Horrible
if you’re a singer go somewhere else.
Booked over us one time and had to cancel. The second time we
waited in the parking lot for them to show up for 45 minutes. Phone calls and texts went unanswered…..draw your own conclusions. Was really looking forward to this ….
17. Vinyl Explosion
Address: 3711 E Silver Springs Blvd, Ocala, FL 34470 , Ocala , Florida , United States
Enjoyed visiting today with so many choices. Records were in great condition with a great price too. Will go back soon. Recommended!!!
This place is awesome. Lots of good vinyl and people are nice and friendly and very informative. If you love old rock and roll or other genres of music this is the place to go. They are helpful and will check on or try to find what you may be looking for. Check them out at Ocala mall where the old k-mart used to be on Silver Springs Blvd. otherwise known as State Road 40.
Great place for vinyl.Let’s support our small local businesses.
Great customer service and huge selection. Personable and knowledgeable. Definitely going back!
Poor customer service, very disrespectful with customers, there are better vinyl records stores in Ocala.
18. Forte Piano Gallery & Restoration Center
Address: 4001 SE 45th Ct, Ocala, FL 34480 , Ocala , Florida , United States
I’ve bought some nice merchandise in this store and they’ve got a impressive funko pop display I hope to see them again .
Los empleados son divertidos y dispuestos a ayudarte siempre, buen servicio y es una tienda interesante
Excelente tienda de todo un poco
It was just okay
I love this F.Y.E! They have so many things that I want to purchase and such great deals! It would be great if they had more room on the floor though.
Large selection good clearance
we went in that store for the first time during the Christmas holiday my husband purchase some earphones and since December they have been constantly charging my husband card every month DO NOT USE YOUR CARD IN THIS STORE USE CASH IF YOU HAVE TO BUY BEWARE YOU HAVE BEEN WARN…..SMH
Obviously this is in the mall so everything is overpriced. For example DBZ dbd collection was like $275, but you can watch it on Hulu for $9 a month!
Some sale items but not discounted enough to want to buy. Even some sales were lame, like buy 3 hoodies for $50, get a 4th for 75% off. Nobody wants that. Do better.
