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We won £2.80 too!

Don't forget where you came from now you're a high-roller.

£5.50 for me. 1st downpayment on the Ferrari..

Welcome to Basschat, newbie!

Jeez, I've just looked.....13 years for me 😂

you must be really sad to spend 10 years on here (checks time on basschat, 10 years as well 😆)

Some for today and some for tomorrow - best advice I was ever given about money.

Sweet! And what are you going to be doing in your new job?

Best of luck Mick!

I've heard of longer commutes but I sympathise anyway.  Before you realise, it'll become routine.

You wouldn't want it ... there's no antique heavyweight Trace Elliot units at all.

I'm being buried with mine

My Fender Strat is genuine Corona!

Oooh that's rather nice. 

EDIT - Apologies, no need for me to comment on the price. I'll be in the corner reserved for self-flagellation 😞

My old Alembic Spoiler (sold to @arker) has been in Brussels customs since 9th February .... sorry to report for all

Parcel sent on 23rd Feb still stuck in Coventry - "prepared for export" - (according to the Tracking info). Email sent to the courier for an update.

Frustrating...

Don't think it sold though ... so not sure where £800 comes from?

I think I tried it in the shop over a year ago ... its passive too as I recall...so the circuit has likely been removed...

Seller appears to be a shop - has a number of other high priced pieces of equipment.

German? If so he’s a proper chancer! 

Denial?

Honesty ?

Middle-age?

or even a 33-03

The 55-01 is a great bass, sure you'll have plenty of fun with it!

...when it eventually arrives...blooody couriers

This should be a thread

The black bass porn thread?

here already, started 2010 I believe, needs re-activating 👍

Very sorry Mick 😞

So sorry to hear this. Take care and stay safe.

I fear many, many of us are going to have been touched by this dreadful thing by the time it's over (if it ever is...).

Heartfelt condolences on your loss Mick.

Time flies when you're having fun

Eight years! It seems much longer...

@fleabag I joined bassworld too, so about the same.  

I'm up the road from you. Well 12 miles anyway. I've had 2 calls from a so called Environment or Energy company trying to pass themselves off as a "national" organisation. "Hello, I'm "#aZVD" , your energy advisor." When I brusquely said "What's that about then",  he rang off. Pass the word on.    

I had a great call from O2 trying to re-new my contract. Hard sell fell flat when the guy said - 'you live in Rathfriland, ah, you must know George there, he knows half the town'. I said 'I guess I'm in the other half' and you could hear the air go out of his balloon.

Reminds me of the time many years ago now that I kept getting sales calls to my desk 'phone trying to sell me windows. Eventually I gave in and went with their pitch. I can only imagine the looks of glee the sales person must have had before the penny dropped when I told him that the place I spend my time in requires about 40 windows. Per floor.. and there were ten floors....

I must have quoted the Aviva advert ten times in our conversation and called myself the CEO of said company and..still.. nothing... 

Not just Germany, also Belgium and the Netherlands...

Hope that you and yours are all OK...

I've been waking up after less sleep of late; I think it's probably down to inaction during lockdown.

Hope the new pills work!

Hi Mick, just seen this post. Sorry to hear of your troubles - I reckon the general state of the world at this time is getting everyone down to varying degrees. Hope the meds work, but take some small comfort in knowing you're not entirely alone - as Captain Tom says "Tomorrow will be a better day."

It seems to be quite an inexact science, always an element of 'suck it and see' involved. I have noticed improvements in a change of meds, but never felt fully sorted. In fact I need to call the Dr. today- I had to stop therapy because my home situation was so bad for a couple of years that they couldn't tell what was what. The dust hadn't settled on that mess before the world got so weird no-one can tell what's what! Still, one must to do whatever one can.

Count me in if there is one, Mick. 👍

I know that @Hamster hasn't been well so we'd be dependant on his health. I'm sure that we'd all hope for a thorough recovery for him...

Absolutely!

Trying to update my sig, but cant find my feedback, as the search function doesn't work, and I don't fancy scrolling through hundreds of pages to try and find it, can the search function be set up to search for names under the different pages, like it used to? (It used to give option of searching on the subject you were on, or on the wider forum)

Thanks in advance.

It still does but a status probably isn't the best place to discuss

consider it our pleasure

We're just waiting till we're sure you've got lots of space

I've had a load of stuff arrive in good time.

Except for some pickup screws from Black Dog, which were purchased on 12th April and still just show a tracking number but nothing else.

Hi Guys,

I sent a bass 10 days ago using Eurosender pickup and delivery.

They ( DPD) picked up the next day at 2pm in Suffolk and it was delivered 10am in Ascot. Not far I know but still quick and all in one piece. Used BASSCHAT10 discount code at checkout. 

£24.46 which included insurance up to €1000 . Same price up to 10kg ( 9kg my box ) and up to 170cm long box.

I’ve been ripped off by UPS recently £55 within UK insured and £66 to Germany. So it’s Eurosender from now on for me , if they keep this up.

Cheers, Quent

You have to remember that Royal Mail handle much more than just parcels. To some extent they are hampered as there workers must self isolate if they show any symptoms, The so called "self employed" delivery drivers  working for many of the couriers, almost have to work whether they are ill or not.

Congrats. I'm just eyeing up a couple at the moment 😆

You do such great work. Have you considered opening your place to the public? I'm sure folk would pay to see these rehomed Trace Elliots in their natural environment, lovingly saved and cared for. Maybe a series on TV like Monkey World did. I bet Chris Serle would jump at that.

Great idea Stew...one slight flaw...visitors would expect to see them "in the wild"...my neighbours might not be so accommodating when they hear TE being pumped out at maximum volume...

Maybe if I win tonight's Euro lottery £169m I'll get myself a little place in the country where nobody lives close enough to complain...

With an SD J- pickup and an Aria active pre, that's not a bad buy!