Waddo Soqable
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7 minutes ago, peteb said:
How about a 1989 Ernie Ball Musicman Stingray 2eq for £850 on Facebook Marketplace?
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 !
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7 minutes ago, ProfJames said:
They have done the minimum according to the sale of goods act. If they think that is reasonable then that is their prerogative, not really the actions I would expect from a transaction of a company that I want to deal with. Not personal, offered the minimum and all from their lack of detail.............
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 !
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1 minute ago, peteb said:
I have never seen any of their listings stating whether it is a commission sale or not.
Ok fair play, it just sounded like you had the strong impression it was ! No worries.. 👍
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Just now, peteb said:
The bass doesn't actually belong to them, so how can they offer a discount without the permission of the owner?
Have you seen that it's "on commission" on their listing then ? Interested as i may have missed this..
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Just now, peteb said:
Exactly.
Basically they have offered to collect and refund, as well as apologising for the mistake in rating the bass as being in 9/10 condition. I don't see what else they can do seeing as they don't actually own the bass and can't go against the owner's instructions.
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
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8 minutes ago, tegs07 said:
This one is very tidy:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/402919180648D
I would replace the pick guard though.
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 !
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5 minutes ago, BreadBin said:
Very poor service, I don't know where they've seen SUBs selling for £800 as even really good ones don't fetch that. The most recent completed one on ebay went for £460 and was in comparable condition if not slightly better.
Don't suppose you've got a link ?
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17 minutes ago, ProfJames said:
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
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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..
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1 hour ago, neepheid said:
Also, can someone please explain to me where the misspelling of neck as 'kneck' came from? I get that heel and heal get mixed up as homophones but kneck? That isn't even a word!
The Kneck.. Didn't they thing "My Tharona"... ?
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1 minute ago, PaulThePlug said:
I'd be starting with a return at full refund...
See if they would like to get the issues addressed...
Or them to start the ball rolling re-assessing the value.
I'd be getting em to arrange to collect it... otherwise they are less likely to be forthcoming..
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 !
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8 minutes ago, jrixn1 said:
Not a very prolific participant then !
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2 minutes ago, TheGreek said:
Isn't this true of all Rick's?? 😉😉
Shame the prices aren't likewise...
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4 minutes ago, Machines said:
They've had more than this thread about similar issues and I know they moderately often rush ads online and reuse previous descriptions without proper edits.
The owner knows how he's doing business and I've definitely had disagreements with him over things in the past, but I'll keep going there as overall, they have the best stuff out there. And it's just down the road 🤣
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 !
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5 minutes ago, Machines said:
Don't forget BassDirect sell many instruments as commission sales. As such they don't set the price (the owner does) and they'd have to seek their permission for any discounts.
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
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6 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:
Yeah, that’s a good idea mentioning BC, ultimately it’s what you’re happy with , as tegs says, the neck is an easy fix , but they should compensate you something for being misleading
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 !
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1 minute ago, tegs07 said:
The neck is definitely fixable- one good thing about the budget black finish is that the repairs won’t show once retouched.
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 !
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2 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:
That’s a shame Waddo, especially when you trust them and your looking forward to getting it, it’s definitely not acceptable, I would want a considerable discount or they can come and get it
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 !
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2 minutes ago, ProfJames said:
This has left a bad taste in my mouth. Disappointed for you. In so many ways. Bad news travels quick. It is actually making me angry............
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
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4 minutes ago, tegs07 said:
Yep - I was looking for one of these for a while and as they mid 80’s and “cheap” they have frequently been gigged.
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 !
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6 minutes ago, ProfJames said:
Their reputation has diminshed for me. That is a mercenaty way out to offer a full rend - it is correct, and they are right...but. This forum is importnat to all retailers..........I am sorely disappointed as the cost of returns, packaging, damage to reputation, bad press must be worth something!!! Short term gain and a long term pain. What do they base their 9/10 rating against? This has upset me as this is not a personal service, their offer purely covers them and has no respect for the individual. I will not buy from them again................the business of any business is to get customers and to keep them............shame on BD
Indeed Prof, first and last time.. I wouldn't buy from them again either.
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Just now, ProfJames said:
Now that LOOKS 9/10! Well done @tegs07
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 !
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3 minutes ago, tegs07 said:
They are pretty rare but do crop up - one on flea bay at the mo:
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....
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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"
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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 now good time to be buying 'quality' musical instruments
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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.