Members thriftyshirt Posted March 7, 2007 Members Share Posted March 7, 2007 The last pedal I bought took about 5 weeks to get here due to an address mistake, I just got a pair of shoes on monday that took 14 days from the shipping date to arrive, and I just got bought a guitar last tuesday that the guy was supposed to ship on thursday, he just called me and told me he "forgot to ship it" and its going out today. I look like this right now: . I'm tired of waiting for {censored}, and have begun to believe that its better to walk into a store with money in your hand and walk out with what you came to get. I'm just screwed because stores near here suck, and the used gear market is as dry and {censored}ty as an 85 year old anus. . Double . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lostandfoundpdx Posted March 7, 2007 Members Share Posted March 7, 2007 how do i become a member of teh orange conglomerate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tribute2Johnny Posted March 7, 2007 Members Share Posted March 7, 2007 unfortunatly that's the only way I can get gear or even know about most of the outside consumer world. I live in a town of 4000 and my hometown is 400. Rural America can be a hard place to live when your purchasing options don't suit your needs or funds. Especially Maine. There are very few and far in between second hand stores (with jacked prices) or even guitar shops. Hundred of Miles away just to check them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dinosaur jm Posted March 7, 2007 Members Share Posted March 7, 2007 i never bought anything guitarey online, just some shirts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thriftyshirt Posted March 7, 2007 Author Members Share Posted March 7, 2007 how do i become a member of teh orange conglomerate?There was a thread in "Duh Amp Forem" where a bunch of dudes from the Orange forum posted and came up with it. Basically it consists of owning a piece of orange kit, and putting "Teh Orange Conglomerate" in your sig. I'm sure you could put it there without owning anything if you wanted to, the same way you could own Orange stuff without putting that in your sig. Meh. I'm still Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thriftyshirt Posted March 7, 2007 Author Members Share Posted March 7, 2007 unfortunatly that's the only way I can get gear or even know about most of the outside consumer world. I live in a town of 4000 and my hometown is 400. Rural America can be a hard place to live when your purchasing options don't suit your needs or funds. Especially Maine. There are very few and far in between second hand stores (with jacked prices) or even guitar shops. Hundred of Miles away just to check them out. I would understand if that was where I live, but I'm in a major metropolitan area. With tons of music stores (and very little good in any of them), tons of used stores (with retarded prices), and millions of pawn shops (with nothing but trash in them). You'd think I'd be able to find anything besides Squier Strats at all the music stores and Cabana shirts at all the clothing stores, but nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wilbo26 Posted March 7, 2007 Members Share Posted March 7, 2007 I guess I've just been lucky because the worst issue I've had with buying stuff online was a large Ebay dealer taking 2 weeks to get a DC Brick to me. All of my other dealings have been pretty smooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jb1911 Posted March 7, 2007 Members Share Posted March 7, 2007 Crawl back in your cave, troglodyte. The internet is here and it's not going away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thriftyshirt Posted March 7, 2007 Author Members Share Posted March 7, 2007 Crawl back in your cave, troglodyte. The internet is here and it's not going away. This most recent bout of frustration is the result of many, many retarded dealings in about 10 years worth of buying and selling with people online. I once sold an Alesis Studio24 mixer to a guy in Cali and made the mistake of "garunteeing him that it worked". When it got there he said there was a little crackle when turning the trim knob on channel 4, so he wanted a full refund, and wanted to ship the damn thing all the way back to me. I tried to suggest having it cleaned, and even offered to toss him $30 bucks back to have it done, but he pointed at my "garuntee" that it worked, and in his opinion it didn't work. When I got it back, there was no crackle or any problems with channel 4, or any channel for that matter. After that ordeal, I gave up buying and selling {censored} online for about a year. I think I'm heading there agian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wilbo26 Posted March 7, 2007 Members Share Posted March 7, 2007 This most recent bout of frustration is the result of many, many retarded dealings in about 10 years worth of buying and selling with people online. I once sold an Alesis Studio24 mixer to a guy in Cali and made the mistake of "garunteeing him that it worked". When it got there he said there was a little crackle when turning the trim knob on channel 4, so he wanted a full refund, and wanted to ship the damn thing all the way back to me. I tried to suggest having it cleaned, and even offered to toss him $30 bucks back to have it done, but he pointed at my "garuntee" that it worked, and in his opinion it didn't work. When I got it back, there was no crackle or any problems with channel 4, or any channel for that matter. After that ordeal, I gave up buying and selling {censored} online for about a year. I think I'm heading there agian. Some people are {censored}ing anal. Always sell {censored} "As Is" even if you mention that you can guarantee it works, just to cover yourself in cases like that where some anal bastard nitpicks the "crackle" on a knob or something. I almost always sell stuff locally though, even if it doesn't get me as much money, because its less of a hassle and I like getting paid cash for stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thriftyshirt Posted March 7, 2007 Author Members Share Posted March 7, 2007 Some people are {censored}ing anal. Always sell {censored} "As Is" even if you mention that you can guarantee it works, just to cover yourself in cases like that where some anal bastard nitpicks the "crackle" on a knob or something. I almost always sell stuff locally though, even if it doesn't get me as much money, because its less of a hassle and I like getting paid cash for stuff. I'm always scared that I'll meet some guy who's using cheaply priced guitar gear to lure young, virile, long haired rockers like myself into his weird torture lair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mike.sartori Posted March 7, 2007 Members Share Posted March 7, 2007 unfortunatly that's the only way I can get gear or even know about most of the outside consumer world. I live in a town of 4000 and my hometown is 400. Rural America can be a hard place to live when your purchasing options don't suit your needs or funds. Especially Maine. There are very few and far in between second hand stores (with jacked prices) or even guitar shops. Hundred of Miles away just to check them out. Just save up your gear money and make a trip to boston. There are plenty of nices stores in the area, so yeah you have to make a trip, but you could make it a GAS vacation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wilbo26 Posted March 7, 2007 Members Share Posted March 7, 2007 I'm always scared that I'll meet some guy who's using cheaply priced guitar gear to lure young, virile, long haired rockers like myself into his weird torture lair. That's why you just meet them someplace public. Minimum chance of being robbed/kidnapped/molested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrweems Posted March 7, 2007 Members Share Posted March 7, 2007 The last pedal I bought took about 5 weeks to get here due to an address mistake, I just got a pair of shoes on monday that took 14 days from the shipping date to arrive, and I just got bought a guitar last tuesday that the guy was supposed to ship on thursday, he just called me and told me he "forgot to ship it" and its going out today. I look like this right now: . I'm tired of waiting for {censored}, and have begun to believe that its better to walk into a store with money in your hand and walk out with what you came to get. I'm just screwed because stores near here suck, and the used gear market is as dry and {censored}ty as an 85 year old anus. . Double . i live in a fairly populated city.. Nice shops. Yet they are all name brand trendy {censored} that i refuse to wear.Gear.> WOw, first off i only have 2 options of used gear at shops, which is usually over priced. And then anything else is what you see in MF.. So yea it sucks here as well. I feel your pain.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thriftyshirt Posted March 7, 2007 Author Members Share Posted March 7, 2007 That's why you just meet them someplace public. Minimum chance of being robbed/kidnapped/molested. I've done this before, only to get left sitting in a Dunkin' Donuts parking lot for an hour and a half with no one showing up. One time it was a hotel lobby, 6 drinks and two hours later, nobody showed up again.I'm beginning to sound really contrarian. I'm just in a crap mood today, and this guitar thing really, really pissed me off. Now its not going to be here until the 12th. :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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