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Two 'Best Purchases' for me, nothing particularly bad this year... First is a Warwick Streamer LX that I got from eBay for an absolute steal. Needed new tuners (which I got from here!) and new strings, which I had, other than that its in exceptional condition and sounds brutal with that awesome Warwick growl. The second, was a Tamburo Opera Stave 7 piece kit with a full suite of Meinl Custom Classic Dark cymbals. This is an astonishing kit... FAR better than I deserve, but I love it.

I'm willing to bet he'll be let off with nothing more than a slap on the wrist... probably in the form of a warning and a £50 victims surcharge fee. This country is a joke for bringing anyone to any form of real justice.

Free delivery too if you order 198 of them! Genuinely slightly tempted to do that and spend the next 500 years shifting them at £5.99 a piece via eBay... A top bulk buy if someone wanted to take their full inventory.

£350 for a Cort A6 is a bit of a steal anyway!

Oh I do... but, only with those sellers/members that I know to be relatively trustworthy! I've met a good number of the BC higher operators in person and never really had any issues, I once had a problem with a Mesa I bought from a well known member, and they were absolutely superb in terms of communication and eventual resolution. If buying from a newbie, then yes, I'd expect no more or less security than on eBay etc. but veterans of the site are, for the most part (except me, I'm a terrible human and those that have met me will confirm!) are, by in large, to be trusted more so than those you have no bearing on.

This topic has been raised numerous times with the same opinions offered. If someone is happy to sell an item to someone for price A and the buyer then does a little tinkering, freshens it up, plays it for a while, then sells it on for price B (higher) I really don't see the problem. The problem would be if the buyer misled the seller by saying something like "Please can you sell it a little cheaper as I only have X much cash and this is an item I have always wanted" and then they flip it for a profit straight away. I have bought literally thousands of guitars and basses over the years, my 'buying rule of thumb' is to never buy something for a price where I'll likely loose money if I sell it. This has given me a fantastic opportunity to play with more basses/guitars/amps than I EVER would have had I paid absolute top dollar all the time. It's also meant many many people have made a sale at a price they were happy with. Being honest, on balance I've probably made a little money on most basses etc. I've ended up moving on down the line, but they have typically left me in better condition than they arrived. I've also sold basses to known BassChatters at X price to the see it listed for a much higher price a week later. So be it, I sold the bass so I then don't have a stake in what that buyer does with it after that - I've got my cash. While direct profiteering might not be in the spirit of BassChat, I don't have an objection to it so long as the seller wasn't misled by the buyer. We dont complain at Bass Direct and Bass Bros making their back end, nor about literally any shop we buy anything from. Just my two cents!

I'm travelling from Essex to Manchester on Monday. I can't make any major detour as I'll be very tight for time, but if this seller can drop the bass off at either the Ford Dunton Technical Centre before 10am Monday (when I'm leaving) or his address is very close to the north side of the M25, I might be able to help...

I know the difference between Magistrates and Crown Court. My question was how does that comment confirm that it was in the Magistrates Court and has now been kicked upstairs to the Crown Court?

How does that translate to it being kicked up to the Crown Court? Genuine question.

The last few bands I've seen were Haken, Vola, Caligula's Horse and Symphony X. Granted not household names, but each came with a ticket price of between £25 and £40 and where at venues that hold around 2.5k people. 20 years ago I'd be going to see Alkaline Trio, The Offspring, Funeral For A Friend etc. Similar prices and venue size. I suppose some bands we saw 20 odd years ago have gotten 'bigger' and now command higher price tags. Also, to save money me and my mate usual go old skool and get the train up and have a few train beers on the way up to save dosh, then to the closest Spoons for a cheap eat and a few more cheap drinks - then to the venue. I NEVER buy a drink at the venue... ever. So, some 'lesser know' bands that still fill 2.5k venues are priced fairly, and the atmosphere is awesome AND you get to actually see the band and sometimes have a chat with them. Far better than being in the nose-bleed seats of an arena with zero atmosphere.

Bully for you. For those that don't work from home, the process doesn't work. There needs to be the option to either choose to have it collected from home for those in your camp, and for those that don't have the luxury of being at home every day there needs to be am ability for someone to drop a parcel off at the post office as it suits them.

With their 'simple delivery' it means when sending something over a certain size you HAVE to use DHL which only allows for collection from your home and only gives you a collection times of between 0700 and 1800 which means taking a day off which is not practical.

eBay is killing itself with these absolutely hidden fees while advertising 'free to sell' and simultaneously compelling people to use their 'simple delivery' system that forces people to wait in between 0700 and 1800 for collection which never happens... I've used eBay for 20 years and after their 'changes' this year I just cannot use them anymore, its prohibitively constrained as to how you can sell and it just doesnt suit me as a seller anymore. Foolish people in their lofty towers high above the 'shop floor' making arbitrary decision to put a few quid in their specific pockets that undermine the whole company... seems to be commonplace these days across the board.