Chill Mike D

Has it occurred to anyone that it is possible that the person who made the post actually might not be the same person that works at the store? What if somebody made that post for character assassination purposes? Again, there's no information about this entire thing outside of what was posted, and a post on the internet alone is not justification for calling someone's employer.

And if you think this is bull{censored} or overreacting; I have one question for you. If this was true, would you go out of your way to do business with these people? I mean if they are lying about items they are supposed to be buying, would you trust what they are selling or anything that came out of their mouths? If I knew it was true, then no, I'd likely not do business with them. But if I heard about it from some random post on the internet, that wouldn't sway me either way, because that just does not equate to truth to me. This is a textbook definition of internet hearsay. Maybe it happened as told, maybe it didn't. I don't know, and I'll never know. But what I do know is that the more outrageous a claim or story is, the more I'm going to expect proof before I believe it. Listening to internet recommendations about pickups or amps is one thing, but this is something else. Anyway, to sum up my position: it's irresponsible to contact someone's employer and accuse the employee of something unless you actually do have rock solid evidence that is literally in your hands. Not a post on an internet message board.

How would you know if they're serious or not? What if I post "I just robbed a bank"? How do you know, and that's the important word, know what really happened? If anything?

You know what; you'd almost have a point if it was a private conversation amongst friends, but once they posted where they worked on the internet and the details of the story the employer has every right to know what's going on with his company's name on the internet. And to be perfectly frank, these types of people are going to end up finding a way to get fired some other way. This just saves everyone some time and hopefully saves the owner's reputation. They deserve to be fired for about 4 different instances of stupid. Here's the thing though: no one here has any real facts about what happened. If it happened at all. All there was was a post on the internet. It could be 100% real, and it could be 100% bull{censored}, or anywhere in between. Regardless, there's no way for anyone here to know, so there's certainly no good reason to get involved with the whole thing and contact the guy's employer. That is as clear a case as possible of sticking your nose in where it doesn't belong.

I'll say this: the ethics of the original transaction notwithstanding, anybody that called or contacted the guy's employer about this is a bigger douchebag by several orders of magnitude. None of this is the business of anyone here. You don't mess with someone's employment.

Hey now. I put strips of tape on my lap steel with notes written on them to let me know which fret is which.

My first guitar was a Yamaha acoustic that I still have and love. My first electric was a black Gibson Invader that I should not have sold. I got it in junior high and sold it in high school. The problem was that I didn't own an amp and had to use my brothers'.

Yeah, I have no complaints at all about it. My brother just brought it back from Iraq and it's in surprisingly good shape.

Huh. I have an FG410A from 1989 and can't find anything about the model on the internet. It's not a version with electronics.