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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.

All the basses I sent to you had crack under each fret... they all got through.

It's one half of a pair of northerners carrying a ladder.

Fixed.

I see myself as a jerk with a bass.

My God, someone just say it!

How many basses have I won???? All of them? All the basses??

Most things are these days...

Surely Musicmwahster?

Because Letts was kicked out of the UK for being a gigantic Jabroni?

It was me!!! I BUILT IT! And I'd do it again to! Dang those meddling kids for ruining my plan...

If it was one or maybe two small issues, then sending it back (at the luthier's expense) might be fair, but this looks like it was built by someone that either just didnt care or didn't have the skills to pull off the build to a consumer level standard. Which would make me (personally) loose faith in the maker and want a refund. I'll bet good money if the OP gets it back, it will still have issues. Though I hope for their sake it comes back immaculate and that they are absolutely chuffed with it.

I'd just get a refund. Work like that isn't what I'd want in a custom bass, and a luthier that sends you a bass like that isn't one I'd trust/want to refinish it. Best advice is get your money back and go elsewhere. I'll be honest and say I dont understand the reluctance to name the builder unless you're happy for others to be provided with shoddy work jist like you have? All you're doing is protecting someone that's not bothered to provide you with a decent quality of work and sounds like they've tried to shine you on too... Reputations are earned either way, you're allowing others to get burned by protecting this builders reputation despite their work standards and service and allowing others to perhaps assume its someone who it isn't and inadvertently tarnish someone else's reputation. Dem's my two cents, not that they were asked for!

We're a bass community, anyone is free to discuss any topic that they wish. If you don't want to read a thread because it doesn't interest you, then you don't need to. Anyway, @Hellzero - I never liked you anyway and you've only ever sold me terrible basses at terrible prices, so good riddance! 😆 When you're ready, sell me the Lefay so I can crudely weld some ladder rungs to that steel fretboard and turn it into a proper bass! First Brexit stopped us trading basses, and now youve given up bass! What will be reversed first... Brexit or you quitting bass? 🤔

You do find some gems occasionally in Pawn shops... I've bought many a guitar from Cash Converters over the years, the 3 quite unbelievable ones that spring to mind are: ● The original Warwick Vampyre bass, serial number 1001, which in Warwick terms IS no.1. This was confirmed by Hans P Wilfer. ● A Gibson Les Paul signed by 35 artists including Aerosmith, Guns n Roses, Alice Cooper, Meat Loaf, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath etc. ● An LA Custom Shop Ibanez Iceman owned and stage played for years by Sam Totman of Dragonforce. None of the above Cash Converters really knew what they had... Makes you wonder how/why some people give up these gems.

You cant opt out of it if you're sending something of a certain size and weight, as of a week or two ago DHL is a compulsory shipping method, it cant be removed. Had a long call with eBay yesterday who eventually confirmed this.

So, apparently as of some time in August, eBay are now FORCING a seller to offer DHL shipping as a mandatory option for items over a certain size/weight, which will effectively mean ALL guitars/basses. The big problem with this is that when someone buys your guitar/bass, it defaults to DHL, which then when you go to try and arrange postage you, as the seller, are only given a time slot of between 0800 and 1800 Mon-Fri... ridiculous! Who can regularly devote a full day to sitting on their behind waiting for someone to maybe collect their parcel?? I've used eBay for 19 years, I've sold hundreds of guitars/basses and have always been able to trot down to the post office in my own reasonable time and send the item when I'm able either before work, after work, on a lunch break etc, this new dictator-ish rule of eBay means I simply cannot use the platform anymore for selling guitars/basses as I can't afford to stay home for a full day to facilitate collection. 19 years of regular use, and because someone in the lofty ranks of eBay has organised themselves a tasty backhander from DHL it means us, the plebs, can effectively no longer sell certain items without taking a days Annual Leave. Fug you eBay, and fug your fugging board or directors that thought this was a remotely reasonable option! Those of a certain lofty disposition can rarely see through the clouds to understand the impact of actions taken without due consideration to those on the ground floor. First world problem, absolutely, but still... frustrating!!