Bass Direct

[ped]

Bought a strap from them on Sunday evening and it came today, very good

[binky_bass]

1 minute ago, ped said:

Bought a strap from them on Sunday evening and it came today, very good

You mean a starp?

[ped]

Just now, binky_bass said:

You mean a starp?

I did double check tbh!!

[BassTractor]

2 minutes ago, ped said:

I did double check tbh!!

Hahaha, so recognisable!
Prod to be on your site, and BTW, in Norway, to this day we have "brodder": spiky things mounted onto shoes and used when walking on ice.

[mrtcat]

There is a fair chance that someone at BD may have a slightly deeper issue with spelling than just being a little careless.  Maybe mocking it on here is a little unnecessary if we don't know the full story.

[hiram.k.hackenbacker]

21 minutes ago, mrtcat said:

There is a fair chance that someone at BD may have a slightly deeper issue with spelling than just being a little careless.  Maybe mocking it on here is a little unnecessary if we don't know the full story.

Oh FFS. Have you spent any time in the shop with the likely author?

[binky_bass]

23 minutes ago, mrtcat said:

There is a fair chance that someone at BD may have a slightly deeper issue with spelling than just being a little careless.  Maybe mocking it on here is a little unnecessary if we don't know the full story.

There is a myriad of evidence (that I have very much personally experienced multiple times) that suggests otherwise. Chill.

[Eric.C.Lapton]

20 minutes ago, mrtcat said:

There is a fair chance that someone at BD may have a slightly deeper issue with spelling than just being a little careless.  Maybe mocking it on here is a little unnecessary if we don't know the full story.

Doesn’t matter the reason, any professional company worth their salt will get things proofread. Even more so if your aware of a problem that could affect the outcome of the post.
A web presence is the face of your company for many customers nowadays.

It’s a shoddy post no matter how you look at it. 
Should it make a difference, that’s not the point, it does make a big difference to many people. 
It smacks of an unprofessional, uncaring attitude.

[mrtcat]

7 minutes ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said:

Oh FFS. Have you spent any time in the shop with the likely author?

Yes plenty.

[hiram.k.hackenbacker]

2 minutes ago, mrtcat said:

Yes plenty.

Most of it has now been amended. More likely not reading back before posting.

[binky_bass]

4 minutes ago, Eric.C.Lapton said:

Smacks of an unprofessional, uncaring attitude.

The most accurate description of Bass Direct I've ever heard! 🤣 

[petecarlton]

16 hours ago, thodrik said:

I am regularly guilty of the odd typo, but someone at Bass Direct has really had a bad day here. Definitely gave me a laugh and to be honest it won’t stop me from buying from the shop again.

 

Work in progress!

[thodrik]

17 minutes ago, petecarlton said:

Work in progress!

To be fair I am guilty of that on many occasions. I wasn’t meaning to ridicule so much that it is good to know that it isn’t just me who does that. 
 

 

[Rich]

16 hours ago, binky_bass said:

You mean a starp?

Or a prats?

[Rich]

17 hours ago, mrtcat said:

There is a fair chance that someone at BD may have a slightly deeper issue with spelling than just being a little careless.  Maybe mocking it on here is a little unnecessary if we don't know the full story.

To me (and I'm far from an expert) it strikes me not as difficulty with the language so much as simply a bit hurried. It's perfectly readable, just slihgtly wobbbly. There's actually something quite endearing about it in a Grauniad kind of way.

[yorks5stringer]

The new website is scheduled for 2023.....

[hiram.k.hackenbacker]

24 minutes ago, yorks5stringer said:

The new website is scheduled for 2023.....2032

Fixed 😂

[LukeFRC]

45 minutes ago, yorks5stringer said:

Three new Warwick scheduled for 2023.....

I think ive fixed what they were trying to say

[ped]

5 hours ago, Rich said:

To me (and I'm far from an expert) it strikes me not as difficulty with the language so much as simply a bit hurried. It's perfectly readable, just slihgtly wobbbly. There's actually something quite endearing about it in a Grauniad kind of way.

Exactly. We’ve all typed out a message on a mobile and realised it’s full of mistakes later. Not a big deal!

 

Here’s my new strap, anyway!

 

 

[bartelby]

1 minute ago, ped said:

Exactly. 

 

 

Is that Moog cushion full length?

 

[Rich]

2 hours ago, ped said:

Exactly. We’ve all typed out a message on a mobile and realised it’s full of mistakes later. Not a big deal!

 

Here’s my new strap, anyway!

 

 

That's a lovely new tarps.

[ambient]

On 21/12/2022 at 19:59, Eric.C.Lapton said:

Doesn’t matter the reason, any professional company worth their salt will get things proofread. Even more so if your aware of a problem that could affect the outcome of the post.
A web presence is the face of your company for many customers nowadays.

It’s a shoddy post no matter how you look at it. 
Should it make a difference, that’s not the point, it does make a big difference to many people. 
It smacks of an unprofessional, uncaring attitude.

My spelling is atroshus. For that reason I use Grammarly to spell check.

[Chris2112]

On 21/12/2022 at 19:29, mrtcat said:

There is a fair chance that someone at BD may have a slightly deeper issue with spelling than just being a little careless.  Maybe mocking it on here is a little unnecessary if we don't know the full story.

 

In which case, get a spell checker or get someone to proofread it. I'll admit that my typing on a phone keyboard with autocorrect is worse than ever but I'm not trying to prevent a professional business. 

 

However I'll cut Bass Direct some slack. I've heard of people turning up wanting to buy a P bass and Mark has tried to steer them towards something better, so he earns a pass for that in my books.

[ambient]

3 hours ago, yorks5stringer said:

The new website is scheduled for 2023.....

Is this like the Tory government’s 2023? In which case we can expect it sometime in the latter half of 2072.

[mcnach]

39 minutes ago, ambient said:

Is this like the Tory government’s 2023? In which case we can expect it sometime in the latter half of 2072.

 

morning or afternoon?