OK, so lets start this with: I may be a little twisted but... I see a 140+ post thread and I think whats all this about? Snake Oil Strings, what? where? If everyone is talking about them and now you cant get them, then I probably need them or have to have them... OK, where. So I dig up a bunch of old articles by Dean about strings (Interesting but I would not say they are a must read), none the less, I end up with an email. I send Dean an email, get a quick reply and I am thinking whats all the fuss. He sends me a new website he has up and tells me he has full stock and raring to go. I am just a fool with some money so ding, ding goes my paypal account. A couple of weeks later, I am thinking well that was fun but where are my strings... send a note to Dean and he sends a quick reply that he sent them out when I placed the order. Now I am starting to remember why I think all the HFCers are smarter than me, other than because they are. All right well whatever, I guess I am going to have to beg Poe to tell me who his connection is??? A few days later and the strings do show up with an older post mark so they had been in the mail for a while. At this point the strings are not on a guitar so I dont know how great they are but I least I have them, now I just cant remember why I had to have them in the first place. Anyhow, long story, just to say I got some and if people want I can post the new website or send it or not. The service was ok, I got what I paid for, the strings are shiny, probably look better on a guitar than in a bag... oh well that will have to wait for another long winded burp (hopefully with an amazing rave about the best strings ever) Not great, Not bad - neutral