ted s said:
Glenn, did you say 5 bones for the pair ? I just the same at a local store for 350-400 each, you stole that puppy !
Yes, Ted, it was around 550 total (I had to pay tax, I live in MO.)
Musician's Friend;
Here's my story, sad but true.............:rotflmao:
The sale lasted 3 or 4 weeks. I tried to order online, then I tried calling in the order and was "guaranteed" the amp would be here in 3 to 5 days. 7 days later I get home, no amp. I call- it hasn't left the warehouse yet! A "glitch", I'm told. I talked to 3 different people trying to get this amp, they all assured me it was "on it's way", a week passed and the order wasn't even processed yet!!:flamemad:
I canceled the order, told them to take me off their mailing list, and hung up.
I'd never had a problem with Musician's Friend before, but I know others had.
Here's the kicker--- MF is closing ALL their warehouses 'cept one... or so they told me. Guess which one stays open... KANSAS CITY!!!... because it's centrally located. Not that far from me, so I went and got one, and spent a couple hours just walking around G.A.S. ing........
I arose early on a crisp Sat. morn and drove the two hours to K.C.
There were people waiting when the doors opened, and large carts were being loaded hurriedly with various merchandise, not the least of which were the very amps I desired. Luckily my cat-like reflexes netted me the last one.
When I told the salesman who waited on me (Bob), how bad MF had screwed up the order online and over the phone, he got this " I know, dude" look on his face and said "Yeah, there's a lot of changes going on right now."
Then I told him I'd canceled and decided to drive down and pick it up myself.
He said, " You did the right thing. If it's within driving distance, that's a good deal for you, other than the trouble you went through. But you did the best thing."
Bob made nearly zero commission on this deal, so my "doing the right thing" wasn't about money, it was about getting the product I wanted w/o waiting a month and going through the hassle of phone calls, tracking #'s, and talking to people with little or no experience. " Uh, OK, sure, I can check on that. Hang on..." 5 mins. on hold... " Uh, can you hold, I'm gonna check w/ my supervisor and see if we can find out what went wrong".... 5 min. later.... " Hey, are you still there?"......:spank: :deadhorse:
Driving to the place and playing new Gibsons, Fenders, Epis, Deans, ESPs, Washburns,:drool: and plugging into various amps and browsing the showroom was a treat compared to the phone hassles, even if it was a 2 hr. drive.
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