Members Zappa74 Posted August 25, 2011 Members Share Posted August 25, 2011 Found a Rat on there for cheap. Bought it right away. After 3 days of no shipment notification, I emailed customer service. Got an email response in about 6 hours saying "hey, the store you bought that pedal from is having issues with their computer system. I went ahead and notified them of your purchase and it's on it's way... here's the tracking number". 5 days later I had the pedal. Had to pay tax (sucks) but no shipping. Not a bad transaction, but not perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lucid origami Posted August 25, 2011 Members Share Posted August 25, 2011 I've used it a bunch, haven't had any problems and know not to talk about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Last Nerve Posted August 25, 2011 Members Share Posted August 25, 2011 I've bought some great things at amazing prices on the used GC section.OG Aquapuss.Klon.PRS Navarro. Tons of stuff. I love used GC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rezrover Posted August 25, 2011 Members Share Posted August 25, 2011 If the item in question has been at that particular GC and hasn't sold after 90 day(I think), they'll ship it to any of the other GC's for free just get their money back. You just have to talk to your local GC's manger about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jhamnett Posted August 25, 2011 Members Share Posted August 25, 2011 Got my Tweaker head from them. $250 with no tax or shipping (thank you DE) plus used my GC card to get 12 months no interest financing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yarbicus Posted August 25, 2011 Members Share Posted August 25, 2011 Wow, what a surprise: your experience will depend heavily upon which GC you deal with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members myTakamine Posted August 25, 2011 Members Share Posted August 25, 2011 Wow, what a surprise: your experience will depend heavily upon which GC you deal with. Yep. I've had pretty good luck the few stores I've called. Shipping is usually negotiable, I ask about and say (truthfully) that "last time a pedal shipped for $x", and they agree. Only not-good experience I had, someone had already bought the pedal, but the guy on the phone didn't notice. Waited for a week for it show up and had to call back to get the bad news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jhamnett Posted August 25, 2011 Members Share Posted August 25, 2011 Wow, what a surprise: your experience will depend heavily upon which GC you deal with. Yep, prices and customer service vary greatly depending on the GC you're dealing with. Also, if you get anything shipped to a local GC they don't charge shipping. So I suggest that if you have the option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Taylor. Posted August 25, 2011 Members Share Posted August 25, 2011 Bought my Super Swede from a place in Maryland. They charged me tax+shipping but I still saved $220~ off the new price. Only had one complaint: I ordered over Thanksgiving weekend (Black Friday and all) and they were supposed to call me to give me tracking info but didn't. I told myself I'd give them till Monday before I called to ask but on Monday it arrived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members onyxrhino Posted August 25, 2011 Members Share Posted August 25, 2011 I've bought from them regularly. You always have to figure you'll pay about $10-$15 more than the listed price on any pedal, because of shipping and sales tax, but it still can make for good deals. I haven't had too many problems. I did buy one item and they never actually sent it. But they never actually charged my credit card either. That was weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members monsterbot Posted August 25, 2011 Members Share Posted August 25, 2011 I've bought from them regularly. You always have to figure you'll pay about $10-$15 more than the listed price on any pedal, because of shipping and sales tax, but it still can make for good deals. I haven't had too many problems. I did buy one item and they never actually sent it. But they never actually charged my credit card either. That was weird. I got the courtesy call on mine, but I imagine in both our cases it was easier to sell the pedal to some lucky joe who happened to want it than to pack it up and ship it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MoreGuitars Posted August 25, 2011 Members Share Posted August 25, 2011 I've bought many things used online from them with great results. But keep that to yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members delayed delay Posted August 26, 2011 Members Share Posted August 26, 2011 Ok.... I just had the most EPIC steal from GC... And if any of you know anything about Gabriel amps, you're going to hate me. Gabriel Voxer V18 head, with footswith, perfect functionality (the rep sounded quite knowledgeable)... $800. This thing sells for well over $2K new and is truthfully one of my dream amps; sounds absolutely incredible. I win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members onyxrhino Posted August 26, 2011 Members Share Posted August 26, 2011 I got the courtesy call on mine, but I imagine in both our cases it was easier to sell the pedal to some lucky joe who happened to want it than to pack it up and ship it. Nah, with mine it was really weird. I called them up and talked to a guy who was kind of chatty (apparently his sister lives in my town), but he seemed to know what he was doing. He added up the price with shipping and sales tax, took my card number, said they would ship it out the next day, all that. So I expected I would get it in a few days...but I didn't. I saw it was still listed on the GC website, but I figured they probably didn't update those things regularly. Waited another week...still no pedal, still listed on the website. Finally, after it had been two weeks (still no pedal, still for sale on the site), I started to think something had gotten messed up, so I checked my credit card statement and found I was never charged for the pedal. At that time, I figured "well screw it" as I was in the middle of buying a rather expensive pedal from someone online and I could use the money better toward that. Still, it was really odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GreaserMatt Posted August 26, 2011 Members Share Posted August 26, 2011 I've seen some sweet deals on there lately that went quick; a wine red gibson les paul deluxe for $1200 & a white gibson les paul junior for $500... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members houseofglass21 Posted August 26, 2011 Members Share Posted August 26, 2011 you don't need to call on everything, certain used items you can buy directly through the website if you can figure it out, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MesaMonster Posted August 26, 2011 Members Share Posted August 26, 2011 I bought my Mesa Boogie Road King I used from GC. I talked to a person at GC to make sure I was getting the right amp and how it was going to be shipped. It arrived in a Peavy box which was ok since it was well packed. I plugged in the amp and it was a mess from the beginning. I talked to GC and they said that I could bring it back to my local GC and be fully refunded. That was good. I purchased my Road King II. I got them to send it free shipping because of the hassle from the first purchase. I have been happy with the amp since then. I just recently purchased an Egnater Rebel 30 combo. I was able to get them to take 50 bucks off and get free shipping. The amp had been on the website for a while so figured that wanted to get rid of it. They were more then happy to knock some money off. So far, I have been very happy with buying used from GC. The nice thing about buying from GC is you get all the usual return policies that you would get from buying newer gear. You will always have good and bad from where ever you buy equipment. Always do your research and find out which stores have the best reputation. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members onyxrhino Posted August 26, 2011 Members Share Posted August 26, 2011 I've seen some sweet deals on there lately that went quick; a wine red gibson les paul deluxe for $1200 & a white gibson les paul junior for $500... yeah, the really amazing deals seem to go very quick. I saw a Boss PN-2 for like $39.99, but it was gone by the time I called. Likewise for the DM-2 that was $49.99. Of course, they can also be funny when it comes to boutique pedals and pricing them. There's a copilot fx gyroscope on there right now, priced at $20 more than it sells for new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lolque? Posted August 26, 2011 Members Share Posted August 26, 2011 There ARE some great deals on there - bought both of my PP2+'s for under $100 each - all cables and basically brand new. However, there's always sales tax and they'll tack on as much as $15 for shipping sometimes... one GC in particular wanted to charge my about $15 shipping for a used DE7. ... I passed. Oh, and NEVER try and e-mail them. Always call. They won't respond to your e-mails at all. I agree with all of this. They do not answer emails. I did manage to get an rv-3 for $108 shipped though, which was pretty sweet. I've seen Russian big muffs as low as $40. There are definitely deals to be had, just gotta sit on them. I just hate that they're horrible at listing things! My rv-3 was listed under keyboards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yarbicus Posted August 26, 2011 Members Share Posted August 26, 2011 Miracle of miracles! The Avondale AZ store just replied to an email I sent about a used guitar. Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Red81 Posted August 26, 2011 Members Share Posted August 26, 2011 i haven't bought online, but luckily i live in chicago. i think there's 6 gc's within an hour's drive for me, so every couple weeks i see what they have and sprint over there and try it out. last time i got a boss xt-2 for $40 bucks. the pedal's absolutely useless to me, but it goes for 90 plus everywhere i've seen it, so i bought it anyways. tomorrow i'm gonna go look at some flangers that seem to be running for half price or less, so maybe that'll be a score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sommy Posted August 26, 2011 Members Share Posted August 26, 2011 I got the courtesy call on mine, but I imagine in both our cases it was easier to sell the pedal to some lucky joe who happened to want it than to pack it up and ship it. Not true. Once the sales associate rings up the deal, he is credited with the sale and his work is done. The operations/warehouse crew takes over everything after the sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hiwatt Bob Posted August 27, 2011 Members Share Posted August 27, 2011 I threw down about some big greenbacks on my '62 JM and '66 Jag from the GC Vintage. Very smooth transaction. Would do again in a heartbeat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members plaidbeer Posted August 28, 2011 Members Share Posted August 28, 2011 I buy used stuff from GC quite a bit. Their shipping prices aren't bad at all. Much less than MusicGoRound or Daddy's Junky Music. Most pedals ship for $5-$7. Something that's annoying is that they always confirm your e-mail address and state that someone will e-mail you the day it ships out with tracking info and that's never the case. I've always had to call on the next business day to get that info. Their shipping labels don't seem to allow for apartment numbers, either, which means I get to chase the UPS guy when he's in the complex. One thing I don't get is why items vary in price (sometimes drastically) from location to location. I know part of it would depend on what they paid for it, but I've seen pretty big differences even in lower-end pieces of gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Moustache_Bash Posted September 8, 2011 Members Share Posted September 8, 2011 Soooooooo, I know I basically already said eff guitar center in this thread but there's an acoustic on their used site that I want. Have any of you ever bought an instrument used from them through the internetz? I don't want to buy it, and find out that the saddle is filed too low or the neck is warped or etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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