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I recently canceled an order through GC's website. It took three emails to convince them I really wanted it canceled, and a fourth to get a refund.

Then I get an email back offering me a special discount on the item I was trying to buy. Roughly $20 off of a $300 order. I clicked on it to view the details and found one thing had changed - instead of free shipping ($300 + $0 = $300), the shipping was $20 ($280 + $20 = $300).


What kind of ig'nant buttheads do they think their customers are?


Had to share!
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I am so over them, its not funny.  The local staff is fresh out of zombieland.  Online... even the MF site... not too friendly.
 
Yeah, guitar center is incredibly horrible, HORRIBLE! I got a 1994 metallic red PRS mccarty (used) from a guitar center 2 hours away from where we live, I saw it online in the used section of Guitar Center's website, so I called and asked the manager to e-mail me a bunch of pictures of the guitar, and SPECIFICALLY asked for any details regarding damages, blemishes, etc. (they were asking $1450 for the mccarty) he told me there was a few scratches and that was it, and that he would e-mail me some pictures so I could see it better before I drove all the way out there. Anyhoo, they sent me some really crappy, blurry photos, so I called back and complained, and the manager apologized and sent some more, and it looked okay, I asked if that was the best price they could do, and they said they'd give it to me for $1300. So the wife and I drove up there, and when they pulled the guitar out, it had a HUGE gash and dent on the bottom (all the way down to the wood, and it had a chunk taken out!) by the strap-button, which they "neglected" to show! Anyway, to make a long story short, I threatened them that I was going to walk out the door and there would be hell to pay if they didn't give me the guitar for a cool $1000, and they did! (haha, probably because I threatened to slap a lawsuit on them and have their jobs! haha! I had proof from the managers in e-mail that nothing was wrong with the guitar)

ANYWAY, all that to say, Guitar Center you suck!!

The strap-button was slammed INTO the body of the guitar, must've fallen off the wall or something. Anyhoo, it's fixed, I just need to get rid of the EMG's in it....
 
yeah, like a small mom-and-pop kinda store, I'd love to have one of those, I'd just play guitar all day though! ha!
 
That's where i go! There's a nice store in Indianapolis that's run buy a really nice guy in the Broadripple neighborhood. I only use GC as a last resort
I think I've got my neck down pretty well, but I'll probably take it to him for a more professional setup.
 
NonsenseTele said:
Max said:
I'm thinking running a small music store would be cool to do.
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Not really, musicians usually are a pain in the butt!
But hey, I dream to be a luthier! :laughing7:
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The only mom-and-pop shop near me seemingly makes its own hours daily, which is part of why I can't use them. I never know, if I drive out of my way to get there, if its going to be closed at 3PM on a weekday or not.
 
Max said:
I'm thinking running a small music store would be cool to do.
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Yeah it'd be cool until they opened a guitar center next door and offered lower prices to push you out of business.
 
knucklehead G said:
NonsenseTele said:
Max said:
I'm thinking running a small music store would be cool to do.
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Not really, musicians usually are a pain in the butt!
But hey, I dream to be a luthier! :laughing7:
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The only mom-and-pop shop near me seemingly makes its own hours daily, which is part of why I can't use them. I never know, if I drive out of my way to get there, if its going to be closed at 3PM on a weekday or not.
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Why not take down their phone number and call in when you want to drive down there to see if they will be open? :icon_scratch:
 
line6man said:
knucklehead G said:
NonsenseTele said:
Max said:
I'm thinking running a small music store would be cool to do.
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Not really, musicians usually are a pain in the butt!
But hey, I dream to be a luthier! :laughing7:
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The only mom-and-pop shop near me seemingly makes its own hours daily, which is part of why I can't use them. I never know, if I drive out of my way to get there, if its going to be closed at 3PM on a weekday or not.
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Why not take down their phone number and call in when you want to drive down there to see if they will be open? :icon_scratch:
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I really should, they've got nearly the full line of Mesa/Boogie bass amps in stock.. not much else as far as amps go, but who needs anything else? I can't afford them but I did touch one once and it felt really good.
 
Having my own shop has always been one of my long term goals, if i had the resources i would be on top of that, there's nothing of the sort except for the pawn shops around here, and a pawn shop just doesn't suffice for most musicians needs
I can't believe anyone around here hasn't done so already. but ugh, so is the state of my town, this place thrives on music, yet no one seems to realize that.  :doh:
 
Maltozombie said:
Having my own shop has always been one of my long term goals, if i had the resources i would be on top of that, there's nothing of the sort except for the pawn shops around here, and a pawn shop just doesn't suffice for most musicians needs
I can't believe anyone around here hasn't done so already. but ugh, so is the state of my town, this place thrives on music, yet no one seems to realize that.   :doh:
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Maybe they're all scared their shops will burn down. This is you, right?
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i've called musician's friend with questions. for the most part they're pretty helpful. never made a big order through them though, i usually go to sweetwater online for that. sweetwater's selection isn't huge, but they've got most of what i'm looking for.
 
metalman22105 said:
probably because I threatened to slap a lawsuit on them
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Not quite.  More like they only had $600 into it, and were very happy to take your cool $1000 on it.

Try trading or selling at GC....  

Against my advice, a co-worker went in to trade his pretty nice 57 reissue Strat (sunburst).  They offered him $275 for it.  The thing was spotless.  I wanted it, would gladly have paid the going ebay price for one. - gotta be around what $750 or more?  No, he took the $275 for it.  I drove up there the next weekend - tag was $1000.  The greedy sales-zombie offered it to me for $800 plus $75 for the used case.

GC is a very good example of the "stealer-dealer" concept.
 
I hate Guitar Center.  I wish I had my own guitar store chain just so our slogan could be "We don't hire morons," because you know EVERY guitarist would know exactly what we were referring to. 
 
A similar thing happened to me when I bought my Gibson Les Paul Std. in 2004.
It costed $4675, but since I had recently bought my Diezel Herbert, and Bogner Cabinett and some other stuff for the cute price of about $7000, the seller told me that I could get a discount on $1000 for the guitar...
Two weeks later, the store I bought it from lowered the price on all Gibson guitars with.... guess what.... $1000!!!!!!!
 
The Norwegian Guy said:
A similar thing happened to me when I bought my Gibson Les Paul Std. in 2004.
It costed $4675, but since I had recently bought my Diezel Herbert, and Bogner Cabinett and some other stuff for the cute price of about $7000, the seller told me that I could get a discount on $1000 for the guitar...
Two weeks later, the store I bought it from lowered the price on all Gibson guitars with.... guess what.... $1000!!!!!!!
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Is that Norway money or USD?
 
knucklehead G said:
The Norwegian Guy said:
A similar thing happened to me when I bought my Gibson Les Paul Std. in 2004.
It costed $4675, but since I had recently bought my Diezel Herbert, and Bogner Cabinett and some other stuff for the cute price of about $7000, the seller told me that I could get a discount on $1000 for the guitar...
Two weeks later, the store I bought it from lowered the price on all Gibson guitars with.... guess what.... $1000!!!!!!!
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Is that Norway money or USD?
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That's USD
 
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