stingrayPete1977

It's funny that we've got a thread about someone not buying an item unless the seller takes responsibility for the item door to door yet we've got a million threads ranting about poor courier service, items lost, broken, stolen, late, compulsory insurance that doesn't cover musical instruments.........

That's a shame mate but at least you've pinned it down early rather than trying to lock it away and waiting for it to explode later! Best wishes.

Once bitten.......

Isn't that how life works? As long as no one is being forced to arrange a courier a take all the risk then that's how it is, if you've any concerns jump in the car, bus, taxi, aeroplane or whatever and go and collect it. If it's an item available elsewhere including postage then just buy that one even if it costs more.

I've sold things on that basis, how I see it is this, the options are A-collect or meet up. Or B-buyer takes the risk. As long as the seller isn't ONLY offering shipping at buyers risk then it depends how much you want it. Almost every time I list an item as strictly collection /meet up only I get lots of offers of purchase based on them taking care of the shipping and sometimes actually sending the packaging materials too. If no one wants to buy it then so be it, I'll hang on to it.

No no no, the real question is "how much rosin do you use?"

My band has gone from full on dinosaurs and reluctant to even try in ears to making noises about molded customs and going wireless all within a year!

The last time I was on the Thekla I was so drunk I slept in a toilet cubicle! Ah happy days.

He does knock a decent bass together doesn't he old Bernie?!

Two years later and this is still nonsense, lol

I ended up the only original member of a blues band I only joined as a stand in favour for, very weird.

I don't even remember starting this thread!

I wonder if the ones from a new Classic Ray will fit? Bass direct can probably get you some if so.

There's a joke about fingering technique to be made but I shan't.

If you're a band member then all ideas from other members are suggestions to be taken on board or ignored as seen fit, if the person asking is paying you directly then that's different.

Come on where is it?!?!

Same here, I find my plain double bass easier!

Surely 'not hearing the fiddle' should be added to the positive reasons to use IEMs?

I started with an amp and cab, then left the cab at home, then tried a Behringer bddi mainly for the xlr output to the desk previously on the Genz heads, then decided I preferred the sound when it wasn't switched on so I've got a phantom powered di box, a lead and my bass! Digital desk allows me to send the bass signal to two channels, one mixed for FOH, the other for the in ear mixes only. EBS_freak sorted it all out, I wouldn't have a Scooby!

I have nothing other than the active preamp in my basses between me and the mixer, I love it!

KZ ZS10 and a Behringer P2 belt pack, it's the default bass chat setup.

As much as I'd have shoved the extra few hundred up where the sun don't shine at the same time where do you draw the line? This happens in the classic car world too where people ask for first refusal, the new owner is honoring their part of the deal by offering it back but what if "the market has moved on" as you say, A Lotus Cortina ten years ago was £10-20k, now they are £50k+, should the buyer offer it back at 20k, not offer at all even though they promised or offer it back but at market value?

Until the cash-bass exchange is done I don't pin my hopes on anything be I the seller or buyer. Don't count your chickens as they say. I get that it's annoying and I'm the same as you Dave, I bought an electric van earlier this year which got me in a panic about the range soon after leaving the deposit, it was the first thing in my life I'd cancelled the order on, normally I'd have sucked it up but I felt even if I lost the deposit my mental health was more important. I sold a few basses this year and one guy was practically as good as a done deal, someone else offered me the cash and I took it as the first buyer went a little quiet on me, many people would have waited a little longer for his reply and I did feel a bit bad, but, four months later he still hasn't replied!

I was trying to be generous, the A is optional then ha!