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[quote name='SpondonBassed' timestamp='1487772768' post='3242674'] In hindsight of this post, do you think you'd have felt better if you'd arranged for the parents to pay on collection? Just curious. [/quote] Only because I've had to take the hit on PayPal fees! I gave them the option of either.

In fact, it's expressly stated in the Paypal User Agreement: [quote] [b]13.4 Conditions for reimbursement[/b] You may be reimbursed under PayPal Buyer Protection for a problem with a purchase only if all of the following requirements are met:[list=1] [*][b]Your purchase is an eligible purchase.[/b] Purchases of most goods and services are eligible (including travel tickets, intangible items such as rights of access to digital content and other licences), [b]except for the following transactions[/b]: [my emphasis [/list] <snip> 15. purchases of items which you collect in person, or arrange to be collected on your behalf (including at a retail point of sale) and which you claim to be Not Received.[/quote] More details here: [url="https://www.paypal.com/uk/webapps/mpp/ua/useragreement-full#13"]https://www.paypal.c...reement-full#13[/url]

[quote name='spyder' timestamp='1487758436' post='3242435'] [b]Even with photo evidence of the pickup you are opening yourself up for the scam. [/b] [b]He can still put a claim against you.... Paypal will ask for the tracking and you can't provided it. They will refund the buyer.[/b] [b]Please be aware of this.[/b] [/quote] Well, he can't claim item not received with reference to tracking info when it was marked as "collection only". PayPal can be a pain, but they do have genuine people there with whom you can speak - and when you do they're generally very helpful.

I've just sold a bass which was collection only. The guy is getting his parents to collect it from me. He paid by PayPal. I'm not letting it go until I've seen and photographed their ID and taken a picture of them with the bass out of its case. Call me paranoid but that seems to me to be the best precautions against a chargeback i can take.

Get thee hence to Kings Heath Cash Converters - that's where most of the stuff nicked in the area turns up!

Will do.

[quote name='Old Horse Murphy' timestamp='1486047397' post='3228786'] Such a tart [/quote] <mock outrage> Pots and kettles spring to mind!! 😉 </mock outrage>

Um... 😶 I got rid of the bass.... oops. I still have the pickguard though if anyone wants it?

Great, thanks everyone.

I recently had a Glockenklang 2-band pre-amp installed in my Warwick Streamer STD bass. The after the first time I used it, went back to it and the battery was flat. "Silly me," I thought, "I've left the lead plugged in". Replaced the battery, but it did it again. "I'm such an idiot," I thought, "I've left it plugged in again." Replaced the battery, and this time double-checked every time to make sure that the lead was not plugged in. Unfortunately I still have a flat battery Took it back to the shop that fitted the pre-amp for me - we both assumed the tech had just soldered to the wrong tag making the circuit permanently energised, but upon inspection that turns out not to be the case. It appears the pre-amp is drawing power irrespective of whether or not a lead is plugged in. It has an 'active/passive' switch which is a push/pull on the blend knob - unfortunately passive is pulled out, so when it goes in a case the knob is pushed back in. It's not clear whether this switches the circuit off or just bypasses it in any event. For the time being I have simply disconnected the battery but it's not ideal. All the controls work and the bass sounds fine, which suggests there isn't a short somewhere. The tech is stumped. Does anyone have any ideas? I will contact Glockenklang directly but as it was bought second-hand I'm not hoping for much.

Er, okay: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cursed-Precision-Bass-Cobalt-Blue-/191981365301?hash=item2cb2fb2835:g:ckUAAOSwmfhX6qI5

[quote name='LewisK1975' timestamp='1475162421' post='3143626'] Or, the only 10 people left in the pub are all filling the doorway, love that one. Having to say, excuse me / watch your backs please, every time you go back and fore. [/quote] As I'm usually carrying the drums, I tend to find after the first time the hardware coffin rolls over their toes or clatters into their shins they tend to move pretty sharpish!

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1475147876' post='3143411'] Yes..before setting off. [/quote] Did this time... guess what? Not in. I shall be going elsewhere...

[quote name='gareth' timestamp='1475072536' post='3142813'] I would phoned on the day they said it would be in to ensure it was infact in [/quote] Why didn't you tell me this earlier?

Recently went into one of the larger national purveyors of music ephemera, and spotted something I quite like the look of. Went back a week later and it'd gone, so I went to the front desk and asked if they'd be getting another one in. "Don't know sir, but we can definitely get one from another store if you're interested?" says them. "Ooh, yes please, if it's not too much trouble" says I. "No trouble at all, sir" says them. I wuz pretty impressed by this point. "It'll be in tomorrow, sir". "Really?" ask I. "Oh yes, definitely in tomorrow, absolutely. " I explained I'd be looking to do a trade - no problem, just bring everything in tomorrow. Can you guess what's coming? So, today I duly carry my gear in on the train, and at lunchtime schlep it halfway across town. Wander in, explain what I'm there for to different clueless stoner employee (chap I spoke to wasn't there today). Guess what? It's not there. No apology, no explanation, no assurances they'll have it in definitely by 'X' date - and apparently it's my fault for not checking with them it was In stock before I came over. It's really made me question whether I want to do business with them at all, particularly when the thing is £50 more in store than it can be had for online. Now, it's not a massive ticket item, but it's a few £hundred. Quite vexed by that treatment.

Vegetable oil is very good and non-aggressive - I just use olive oil or sunflower. Make sure to degrease it afterward though!