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Well I certainly wasn't wanting to do Arthur Daley buy them and "flip" em type deals I simply wanted a bass of that type, that was within my limited budget, the suggestion of that ad was a good one and thanks for making it 👍 ...I'd much rather keep the bass and If the Bass Direct guy would bounce me £50 back that'd be absolutely fine and fair play, they've said they wrongly described it, their fault etc so I think the above would be reasonable. At last message however they don't seem to be interested in a fair compromise.

That looks a v.nice deal, unfortunately a bit above the contents of my wallet at the mo I presume you have to be on facebok to see and reply to these, I don't do fb but as mentioned a few pages ago might be worth starting one just for that purpose ! Is the marketplace open to all or is it very specific groups only tge ads go out to, ie basses by certain makes etc ? Excuse my ignorance but fb is something I've always avoided !

As you say they've fulfilled their "obligations" but not addressed the "goodwill" or good customer relations element which I'd have thought would be important, obviously not. Maybe they're "big" enough not to be bothered, a bit like ebay !

Ok fair play, it just sounded like you had the strong impression it was ! No worries.. 👍

Have you seen that it's "on commission" on their listing then ? Interested as i may have missed this..

Yes i do take your point of course, tho I have no idea if it's a commission sale or it's their own stock, you'd think if it were on commission they'd have added something like "sorry as it's a commission sale we can't do anything". That would've clarified the situation but wasn't mentioned. I will hopefully get another email from them tomorrow anyway

Yes I'm not struck on the "tread plate" pickguards either...That one appears to be "collection only" from the midlands so isn't really do able for me ! Tbh if they were dead common on evilbay I'd tell them to go poke this one and they could have it back... But if they're not that easy to acquire I'd be better to hang on to it and live with/sort out, the neck finish issues. Also on the keeping it side, I like the all black finish too, I'm not overly keen on the other colours they seem to come in !

Don't suppose you've got a link ?

Well found sir!.. Unfortunately that was the name that was signed at the bottom of the email I got so doesn't look like "going over his head" will be of any use

Does anyone know the name of the owner or actual manager of Bass Direct?..it might be better to contact them direct if possible on this one..

The Kneck.. Didn't they thing "My Tharona"... ?

I shall await their reply to my last email, they would've gone home by now and I won't get anything til tomorrow for sure !

Not a very prolific participant then !

Shame the prices aren't likewise...

If they're near you then it's not too tragic, and makes sense..if I was local and popped in, I'd have had a look at it in person and likely been able to strike a deal with a few quid off, bearing in mind the few issues with it. Dealing face to face is always best !

No idea if this was a commission sale or their bought in stock.. Either way they've admitted being misleading, that should come out of their pocket tbh

Indeed !.. In fact I've just pinged them another mail saying I'm not happy at all...oh and btw we've been discussing this on BC for the last hour and the comments are not overly favourable to your firm !

Very true, as I mentioned I would be having a go at polishing the back of the neck as first port of call, the side dot markers would be easy enough to smooth down and polish flat too, so not insurmountable, of course one can get necks re finished properly too, at a price !

Yes you're right there, but I have to decide throw it back or accept it as is ! I'll ping an email back and say I'm very much not happy, and BTW were discussing you on BC right now, and not very favourably !

Never mind Prof, I greatly appreciate your friendly support 👍 end of the day, I've got the bass i wanted, I've not exactly been massively ripped off.. I just ended up dealing with Rsoles

I wasn't overly keen on the red finish with that one either.. Knowing me it would've ended up with a "blow over" of matt black or something.. Then of course I'd have been toying with putting a pre amp in, so would've been a bit of a project !

Indeed Prof, first and last time.. I wouldn't buy from them again either.

That one if you look closely actually does have some dings and is prob slightly more "worn" than my one, but like i said it was on my watch list !

I was watching that one, and prob would've bid on it, had this not turned up.. it's actually a passive elec one, again not my first choice but....

As Tegs says, technically they've offered a return for refund, so they're covered in that respect as regards sale of goods law. They reckon it was priced correctly for that instrument and only the 9/10 rating was a "mistake" as in the cut and paste above , they reckon a 9/10 one to be £800 ! Personally I think it's a $hitty way to proceed, they should certainly make some gesture of recompense, but clearly have no intention of doing so, it's a case of send it back ( which i don't want to do now) or "put up with it"