GFS 335 Kit.

[Magicbisket]

My life is sorrow.... I went to order the kit today, and their credit card thing must be down. It wouldn't let me order it... Why don't they want my money?

 

[JCizzle]

I haven't went to be yet so it still feels like Wednesday.

D.T. Latty

Good, I'm not the only one with that problem. I'm awake at night and sleep during the day so I'm always a day off on the whole today and tomorrow thing.

No, you're not the only one. I only sleep 2-3 hours at a time, and only a couple times per 24hr period. I have little sense of night/day/date. Been that way since forever.

That explains why you're always on here.

 

[Magicbisket]

It's not an impatient thing, just curious if you guys know why the credit card thing wouldn't be working? Tried two different cards so it isn't the card. Is it just to late/early and they turn that stuff off at night, or no clue?

 

[JCizzle]

Sounds like a site glitch to me. Maybe their system is down?

 

[TonyFlyingSquirrel]

It's the internet.  The internet does that from time to time.

Just be patient, they'll be open at 8:30am PST, you can also call them to place your order if the site isn't successfully processing your info.

I know that I've transposed numbers on my CC before and that has tripped things up, dislexia has its moments.

Incidentally, I went to another site, logged in with the same information I've had for a few years now, took 4 attempts to actually log in.

The internet is constantly cycling, sometimes bits & bytes lose a "1" or a "zero" here or there and things get out of whack for a brief moment or a while.

 

[Cagey]

It's not the Internet. PEBKAC. If the 'net was that flaky, it would have fallen out of use many years ago. As it is, it's reliable enough for banks, insurance companies, terrorists, commercial commerce, porn and the gummint. Tough to get more demanding of trustworthiness than that.

 

[TonyFlyingSquirrel]

I stand corrected with my humble apologies.

 

[ezas]

There is no phone number for GFS it's email only. (The contact emails are here: http://www.guitarfetish.com/Contact-Us_ep_5.html )

I don't think I've ever used a CC with GFS. I typically choose Paypal on any site where it's an option.

 

[bagman67]

It may be that the item is out of stock so they've disabled the "buy" button.  Take a look at other catalog items on the site and see if you can start a purchase transaction on them.

 

[ezas]

I'm not the OP but I just checked and it lets you start the checkout transaction and the item shows it's in stock.

 

[bagman67]

Ah, well.  I was just speculating from my ill-informed corner of Teh Interwebz.

 

[Magicbisket]

The issue only occurred after attempting the final buy with all information input. However, my father reminded me of what may be the issue. I believe the billing address of the card is different than the shipping address which I did not change therefore It shouldn't be working. I'm going to attempt to ordering again at this moment.

And no, you are not OP. I am OPmandius, king of kings.

You are Kevin James, King of Queens.

Your son is Will Smith, Prince of Bel Air.

And I am running on 3 hours of sleep and just finished cleaning out the garage.

 

[Magicbisket]

Apparently that wasn't the problem. Still can't order. Really starting to piss me off considering they have no way to order by phone.

 

[ezas]

That would be frustrating . . . and the difference in address could very well be the issue. I'd send them an email with what you want to order and info on how to get in contact with you.

 

[Magicbisket]

Sent an email to them yesterday, gotta wait till Monday to get a reply though... I'm really not a happy camper about this. My order was already postponed  a week due to others, now I have to wait even longer...

I don't mean to be so bitter, but the idea that I have to go through all this trouble just to give them my money is frustrating.

I might try the other card again today, I only re-tried the one yesterday.

Well that you for keeping me company through my frustration.

-D.T. Latty

 

[JCizzle]

Unless, of course, it's user error...  :laughing7: :sad: :tard: jk jk

 

[Magicbisket]

I've considered it but it's been tried from multiple computers, using multiple cards, with multiple inputs of addresses due to i'm not sure whether billing name should have the name on the card or of the resident of the billing address. I've tired it on multiple days, using multiple browsers, and repeated most of these attempts multiple times. All to no avail.

I really just wish they had a number I could call. Perhaps not even for orders but just for customer assistance.

Let's try to distract from this fiasco and talk about the brighter parts of this project.

Accents: Considering It already comes with cream binding, I'm going to replace the switch head and pickup rings with cream ones. I'm not sure where to get a cream ES-335 pick guard so I may make one out of a blank.

Hardware: It comes with chrome hardware and I plan to keep it that way. Will be replacing the black speed knobs but not sure with what. Opinions?

Finish: I'm thinking i'd be pretty sweet to do a transparent turquoise over the whole body. Opinions?

Pickups: Perhaps Retrotron Liverpools, perhaps Dream 180's, nothing decided. Ideas?

Thank you as always.

-D.T. Latty

 

[Magicbisket]

Oh joyous day! I tried one final time using a different card and it finally went through!

I ordered the kit, a switch, pickup rings, and caps.

I'm going to order the rest of the electronics from GuitarPartsResource.

Let the waiting begin......

 

[JCizzle]

You're almost set!

 

[ezas]

They usually get stuff out pretty quick. When you get it check it over really good. They have been known to make mistakes . . .