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Could do, but I think it’d be a bit dangly and still less than aesthetically pleasing.

Yep, that would be the plan. I just don’t know whether the pouch was too big for the bug.

I have been successfully using the Boss WL20 wireless plugs for years. They're great. I have recently acquired a sexy new Jazz-style bass with the jack on the front. This means the Boss plug now sticks out perpendicular to the body. My other basses have side mount jacks. It functions perfectly well, but aesthetically it offends me. Has anyone come across a wireless transmitter pouch that will hold one of the smaller wireless transmitters like the Boss? For example, I don't know whether the Levys one will fit or whether the 'bug' will just fall out the bottom.

That sucks, sorry to hear that. I don’t think Parcelforce offer any enhanced compensation for musical instruments unfortunately, despite taking the money for it.

Ahem. *Coughs in Yamaha*

Yes, but that isn't your statutory rights. Their warranty is in addition to your statutory rights, not instead of (unless you aren't a consumer). S9 of the Consumer Rights Act 2015 requires good to be of satisfactory quality. If goods are not in compliance with s9 because they are faulty, then s19(3) of the CRA2015 says you have the short-term right to reject, the right to require repair or replacement, or the right to a price reduction. The short-term right to reject has passed (more than 30 days). S23 provides that the consumer may elect for either repair or replacement (not both). So you could have required Andertons to replace it, irrespective of what their warranty terms and condtions say. Andertons must also bear the costs of repair or replacement (s23(2)(b)) of any non-conforming goods. Any repair must be carried out within a reasonable time and without inconvenience to the consumer (s23(2)(a)). I mean, it does sound like you're sorted, but Andertons are doing everything to pass the cost on to the manufacturer in the first instance, rather than bearing the risk themselves, which is what they should be doing.

Not really - whilst you might be out of the time for the short-term right to reject (30 days), you still have the right to repair or replacement and if you elect replacement, that needs to be done in a reasonable time. Andertons can't just say to you "we're sending it away for repair" and that's it. That said, sounds like a reasonably positive outcome - depends to the extent to which you want to get heavy with them.

I love your post, thanks for posting Ben. I did just want to draw a distinction in relation to your last sentence, however (and I suspect that distinction could be part of the reason this keeps coming up and is such a contentious issue). At least round here, there are some pubs that call bands, saying they're putting on a 'charity' gig; but very often, the identity of the charity isn't entirely clear, what happens to the proceeds isn't clear, and realistically the only person benefitting from others' charity is the landlord. It's incredibly unscrupulous but happens quite often. My view is that if the organiser can't immediately say a) who the charity is and b) if not the entirety of money made, what proportion of the money is going to charity, then it's probably one of those. I/we turn those down flat. Conversely, as you say, if it's all above board, and you want to support the charity, you do so by playing. Or not if you don't.