Thunderbird Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 I always used to post but after some tool courier smashed a bass that was sent in a hardcase and cardboard box I'm wary now as that cost me a lot of money to sort out and the insurance wasn't worth the paper it was written on so lesson learnt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 most courier insurance excludes musical instruments, I wonder why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 Just now, PaulWarning said: most courier insurance excludes musical instruments, I wonder why? I know which is all the more ironic that I used a specialist instrument courier oh well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 17 minutes ago, PaulWarning said: most courier insurance excludes musical instruments, I wonder why? Yet they’ll still take your money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 Just now, ambient said: Yet they’ll still take your money. yes, it's pointless paying out for extra insurance until you've read the small print Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlfer Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 Cost of insured courier on bass sized stuff has pretty much doubled in the last 18 months. It (to me) has become a prohibitive amount to ask a buyer for. I'm also usually prepared to meet half way though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oopsdabassist Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 And always up for a long chat as well eh Karl? Almost all my buying and selling has been done face to face. A trip out and putting a face to a weird internet name is more than half the fun for me, plus you 100% know the item is delivered safely! OFC I live near the middle so this method works, and i appreciate not everyone is as lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hutton Posted January 12, 2018 Author Share Posted January 12, 2018 10 minutes ago, Oopsdabassist said: And always up for a long chat as well eh Karl? Almost all my buying and selling has been done face to face. A trip out and putting a face to a weird internet name is more than half the fun for me, plus you 100% know the item is delivered safely! OFC I live near the middle so this method works, and i appreciate not everyone is as lucky. Is this the middle of England or the U.K.? Also, Karl would you come halfway to meet me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oopsdabassist Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 North Bucks, so I guess I was meaning England mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjones Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 I had a guy travel from Yorkshire, to my home in Edinburgh, to pick up a bass. He was very keen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlfer Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 21 minutes ago, Hutton said: Is this the middle of England or the U.K.? Also, Karl would you come halfway to meet me? Been to Gretna, Ecclefechan, Edingburgh on bass road trips Hutton, so it's not out of the question Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hutton Posted January 12, 2018 Author Share Posted January 12, 2018 Many thanks for this Karl. I would certainly travel to Edinburgh. I’ll view your ads with increased interest. You always have great basses for sale. You’re a top man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Bay Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 Slightly off topic and a bit of a curve ball, but I wonder if it would be worth someone with speaking to courier companies and see if any deals can be done regarding insurance. I am thinking form the classic car and bike world where things that aren’t possible suddenly become possible if the company thinks a decent number of people will use them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlfer Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 25 minutes ago, Hutton said: Many thanks for this Karl. I would certainly travel to Edinburgh. I’ll view your ads with increased interest. You always have great basses for sale. You’re a top man. Careful mind, that mcnach geezer roams those parts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 1 hour ago, T-Bay said: Slightly off topic and a bit of a curve ball, but I wonder if it would be worth someone with speaking to courier companies and see if any deals can be done regarding insurance. I am thinking form the classic car and bike world where things that aren’t possible suddenly become possible if the company thinks a decent number of people will use them. Maybe a company that specialises in the shipment of musical instruments and other goods that require handling with real care is out there somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Bay Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 9 hours ago, dood said: Maybe a company that specialises in the shipment of musical instruments and other goods that require handling with real care is out there somewhere. Would be nice to think there was someone who could do it for sensible money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJpullchord Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 You can send a pallet for £45. Surely there’s space on one to wrap something up safely? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 18 minutes ago, DJpullchord said: You can send a pallet for £45. Surely there’s space on one to wrap something up safely? I had 500 copies of the Terrortones vinyl LP delivered on a pallet which somewhere along the route from the pressing plant in France had been smashed to pieces, damaging some of the records and a lot of the sleeves. Nothing is safe from careless delivery companies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nilebodgers Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 1 hour ago, T-Bay said: Would be nice to think there was someone who could do it for sensible money. There's plenty of same-day courier companies that will transport things as carefully as you like. The cost depends on how you define sensible - wouldn't make sense for a £500 instrument, but it definitely would for a £5000 one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodiakblair Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Just had a bass delivered from Germany.Royal Mail weren't involved in any part of it's journey so from collection to me receiving it took 42 hours I've shipped plenty of basses and never had a problem,furthest went to Ghana. Done a few collection only,1 was an 800 mile round trip for a double bass. The DB was £200 so even with fuel a bargain. Last collection was a 600 mile round trip. It ended with a crazy old guy ploughing into the side of me on the A1. Totalled the car and I had 16 weeks off work with a broken knee cap. Since I'm self-employed that cost me a forune. Safe to say I'm done with "collection only" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertbass Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Living in Hastings, nearly everywhere is a long way to collect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Maybe we're all spoilt with the Internet nowadays if there's folks complaining about seeing a bass for sale 500 miles away and the seller not wanting to post it. Perhaps go back to pre internet days bass hunting techniques, when all this gear was still for sale around the country but you just didn't see the adverts, so you didn't want it. You had to scan local papers or the stock a local shop carried, if you were lucky enough to have an instrument shop that carried basses local. Down here in Cornwall there was/still is very little. Personally I prefer it the way it is now. Even if 50% of sellers didn't want to post I've still got the opportunity to purchase a vast amount of instruments from around the country/world that just wasn't readily available 20 years ago. Nobody used to post basses because nobody outside of say a 30 mile radius would see the advert. We all coped back then and I think things are slightly better now 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftybassman392 Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 @Maude Indeed. People complaining that they can't spend large wads of money on gear they can probably marginally afford because they'd have to both travel and meet a stranger in order to collect it does start to sound like a textbook case of a first world problem doesn't it? Don't get me wrong: I can and sometimes do travel large distances to meet/deliver stuff (as anyone reading my feedback can easily verify); and I do take the point that geographical remoteness is an issue for some people. All the same... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dare Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 14 hours ago, DJpullchord said: You can send a pallet for £45. Surely there’s space on one to wrap something up safely? I don't think a bass would fit on a pallet, even diagonally, due to its length. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dare Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Seems comments on this issue are split between those who buy the occasional instrument, who don't mind travelling, and those who buy a lot/deal, who do mind. If you want to deal/buy and sell for a profit, that's your business, but you can't really complain if people won't help you by shipping stuff to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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