PaulWarning

there's a lot of things to consider, whether you're at risk, whether anybody you're in contact is at risk and what the infection rate is like in your area, as well as what sort of job your band mates do, so we all have to make our own assessment as to what we feel comfortable with

£400??????? no bids I wonder why?

from what I remember people were buying them because they were good for the price, (everybody likes a bargain) but I suspect they were soon discarded one way or another because they still weren't as good as slightly more expensive budget basses

the Peel session recordings are excellent, I usually prefer them to the 'proper' recordings, they're a bit rawer with a more prominent bass

I think what makes a big difference (for me anyway) is when you're practising you're in a room with a limited number of people who you know have no symptoms, whereas in any public place who knows who you're interacting with edit, but at the end of the day it's what your own attitude to risk is

In the end I sent it by parcelforce (as cheap as anyone) via Parcels2Go because it agave the option to drop it off at the local Post Office, an option which wasn't offered by P4G, you had to take it to one of their main depots. Didn't bother with insurance apart from 74p to guarantee delivery in 3 days, (parcelforce 48), figuring that would at least guarantee it against get lost Thankfully it arrived safe and sound in 2 days to a delighted buyer

depends of attitude to risk, our rehearsal room is big enough to easily stay 2 metres apart, and it's people I know, I take the view that the risk is minimal, a lot safer than shopping in Tesco

chatting the the landlord of my local yesterday, (it shows Sky sports) I said "opening up on July 4th then? he said "might wait till the 6th, Derby and Forest are playing on the 4th, not fair on the staff having to manage people while they're watching that"

no gigs anytime soon, no surprises there. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8454781/Coronavirus-revolution-Governments-issued-post-lockdown-rules.html

where is it and what does it do?

Introductory stage at Skegness Butlins, big crowd, the band were well up for it, good sound, some of it got filmed really well, and we won the day against two better known bands

we've got one this Wednesday, big room, well away from each other, I suppose it's not strictly following the current guidelines, but a damned sight safer than public transport or going shopping and we're all allowed to got to work, just because we enjoy it doesn't make it not work, we get paid for gigs

you may be on to something, I recently had to change my paypal account to business to receive payments from bandcamp

no, never any option to give feedback, tbh it makes sense when a business has thousands of positive feedbacks, it's becomes more about the product than the businesses operating procedures

no, this is stuff I'be just bought, but it is all from businesses as opposed to private sellers

bit of a topic hi jack, have ebay abandoned the feedback system on purchases? on my recent purchases there's no option to give feedback, just 'write a review'

makes Dee Dee's bass look like a steal 😂

😲 some people really do have too much spare cash

new basses do come in just the cardboard box, but are they insured? Also I would imagine that the courier would look far more kindly on a claim from a major retailer who gives them loads of business than little old me

that's part of the problem, I think they insist on a hard case, but it's not worth getting one for a sub £200 bass

cheers guys, I'll check out UPS

as the title, is it worth paying out when sending a bass with a courier, don't they all exclude musical instrument from insurance? BTW the bass is under £200

I answered no, but I do use a bit of overdrive all the time, which, I believe, acts as a sort of compressor

although not would you'd call prolific, I've had very little trouble on ebay, mostly just a bit of hassle, only once did I feel I'd been cheated out of money, that was when I offered a part refund because the buyer said goods were not as described, and that was to save the bother of paying return postage, find out the buyer had done the damage and then having to resell, should have known he had very low feedback, lesson learned

fair enough, you've gone into it with your eyes open and are prepared to put up with the hassle and slight uncertainty of getting your money back