warwickhunt

[quote name='niceguyhomer' post='78492' date='Oct 23 2007, 07:22 PM']Ha, Matt knows me don't ya Sorry warwickhunt, I don't do Warwicks but thanks anyway.[/quote]

That's OK I rarely offer them

'91 Warwick Streamer Stage I?

Cheers guys I'm going to try any/all of these suggestions tonight/tomorrow.

TBH if they want the whole look-a-like/note perfect with appropriate instrument I'll be out like a proverbial scalded cat! I like the Who and the Who material but first and foremost I want to enjoy it, worrying about minutia of detail will not appeal to me.

Give you all an update as soon as.

Oh that is mean

Problem is that knowing my luck he'd get a refund off PayPal!


[quote name='andy67' post='77872' date='Oct 22 2007, 08:58 PM']warwick, heres a novel idea....does your paypal account still exist and work? if so offer to sell the barsteward your existing stock at clearance prices then once paid send him a whole load a sh*te! (not actual smelly stuff) just your worst examples....tell him you've decided to give up trading these things for good!![/quote]

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<tumbleweed rolls by as a gate creaks on its rusted hinges>

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[quote name='sshorepunk' post='77063' date='Oct 20 2007, 06:18 PM']Hi

I'm sure poeple have been taking advantage of the weak $$ and importing basses from the US, been a while since I've done it, but have done it several times in the past, but what sort of shipping charges are you seeing?

BTW, so not to go over old ground, I am well aware of import duty, VAT etc, been stung many times!

Tony[/quote]

I've not actually bought anything from the States in a long time but I did inquire about a few basses in the last month and I've had quotes of $90 - $350. All quotes were for basses valued at $1000 - £2000 (funnily the $350 quote was for the lowest priced bass). Didn't go into great detail about who the couriers were as I didn't go ahead with any deal. I wouldn't pin any high hopes on getting a general price as it just appears to depend on the individual seller.

The latest from eBay.

They want me (nay demand) that I pay my outstanding balance, fine!

First I need to view my account so that I can see who didn't pay for goods that they have levied commission on and I need to see that the balance has been credited for the sales that they ended prematurely when they suspended me... can't appear to do that. I've sent them some polite emails clarifying that I can't possibly be expected to pay fees that I didn't acrue and they can't expect me to pay an invoice that I can't verify. We'll see what happens.

Oh and are you aware that you can't simply close an account (suspended or not). As I'm suspended I have to wait 12 mths before they will review this and then allow me to submit documentation to prove who I am THEN I can submit a closure notice which takes 6 mths to clear. The 6 mths notice is relevant and pertinent to ANYONE who wants to close an account. So they have my bank and credit card details for the next 12 mths minimum, bordering on unlawful I would say but the faceless tw*ts can get away with it as I voluntarily signed their T&C.

[quote name='neilb' post='77002' date='Oct 20 2007, 03:22 PM']Accept a butt kick for not knowing any Who songs. How about I do the audition, impress the arses off them and you do the gig?

I know a site with all the who songs on, most are accurate!! Its split into sections for Guitar and Bass. Handy!!
[url="http://www.thewho.net/whotabs/azindex.htm"]Who Songs[/url]
PS PM received!!

Best of luck Warwick mate, Im only a bit jealous. I will teach you The Real Me if ya fancy a trip to Essex!![/quote]

And before you ask I won't be buying a 'W' Buzzard (or any other for that matter) neither will the stuff be played an a Fender!

As of this week I find myself bandless (last week I was in 3, one of them for 14 years) but as luck would have it I've been asked if I want to audition for a Who tribute band next week and potentially gig the week after.

I'm not worried about the audition scenario but I do find myself in a position where I'm going to need to cheat!

I'll not have access to my bass between Sunday and Tuesday and my audition is Wednesday... AND (don't shoot me for this) I've never in my life tried to play a Who song, so obviously I have no Who material in the house.

I'll obviously try and buy a best of CD today/tomorrow (I don't do shareware/downloads) and give that some intense listening but I'm going to have to resort to downloading the chords as a form of cheatsheet. Can anyone recommend a good site for the chords (ie written above/below the lyrics) not tab. I've spent an hour trawling a variety of sh*te sites trying to find one website that has a good selection of their material in one place and I'm done in. I've accessed most of the popular stuff from youtube but knowing the basic chord structures will give me a good headstart.

I'm expecting at least one major butt-kicking (neilb ) for not knowing any Who stuff but can anyone help?

Cheers

[quote name='Old Horse Murphy' post='76564' date='Oct 19 2007, 03:27 PM']Have you got anymore of the Nautiluseseses?[/quote]


PM re address!

Everyone's covered most of the important stuff and I haven't looked at the 101 thingy but I would add that you shouldn't blow on your recently soldered work to cool it down quicker. An old electronics engineer that I worked with when I was still in my teens nearly nearly floored me for cooling something down that way (them were the days when you could beat your employees or children... sigh, Happy Days). He never did explain why but I didn't do it again!

[quote name='beerdragon' post='76716' date='Oct 19 2007, 08:17 PM']Ive just bought a nut off a guy on ebay after i committed to buy i noticed he had a load of Roadie renches for sale. i hope its not the same guy that complained about you warwickhunt, [/quote]

I doubt it but if you do a search for Leatherman products you'll find that funnily enough the guy that I'm 99.9% certain is at the root of it, is the only one still trading, though there were about 5 of us a year or so ago... strange that all of the others are now listed as 'no longer registered users'! I have no way of contacting the others to find out what happened to them but we all got suspended (except this one guy) in the same day/week. Hey, I've been known to get it wrong occasionally but draw your own conclusions.

[quote name='Old Horse Murphy' post='76574' date='Oct 19 2007, 03:41 PM']Not sure what the plural would be...I only want one anyway!!

Happy to hang on until you get them in again[/quote]

No problem, I'll PM you as soon as I pick them up.

PST in the pic is gone but I have others that are identical.

[quote name='colda' post='76567' date='Oct 19 2007, 03:34 PM']bagsy the PST![/quote]

Just send me a PM if you're wanting it but I do have a couple anyway.

[quote name='Old Horse Murphy' post='76564' date='Oct 19 2007, 03:27 PM']Have you got anymore of the Nautiluseseses?[/quote]

I've literally just sold that one to SB but I am getting some more at the back end of next week. If you don't mind waiting a few days I can reserve one for you. Just let me know but it's no sweat if you don't want one as I'd already committed to buy another couple before I was trounced off eBay! Would the plural be Nautili?

Cheers

john

[quote name='stewblack' post='76462' date='Oct 19 2007, 12:25 PM']My SAK was a fairly basic model - which is all I needed but my God I'm taken with that Gerber Nautilus - send me one of those and I'll love you for ever. Paypal? Cheque? Shall we pm from now on?[/quote]

PMd

re. your title...

After watching 'Californication', so am I

I'm looking into Amazon later today, what did I say about one door closes!

I've got a variety of stuff for sale that I'll list in my signature.

Cheers

John

[quote name='BassBunny' post='76252' date='Oct 18 2007, 11:47 PM']John, Really sorry to hear what e-Bay have done, but not surprised in the slightest. I started a post about an MM Sub I didn't get, where the seller is still trading despite the obvious fraud. e-Bay did exactly nothing even when presented with so much evidence a trained monkey could have figured it out. (Now I know at this stage there will be a temptation to post replies relating to trained monkeys.)
If you are up for some revenge, count me in if you need help. I got some really useful assistance from a couple of BC members in exposing the seller I was dealing with.
Happy to return the favour.[/quote]

I followed your predicament with interest but like Chris I had a feeling it was going only one way as eBay really just like to take as much as possible whilst policing the important easy stuff. I'll bear in mind the offer of assistance

Cheers to the rest of you (again).

re. Amazon - unfortunately 99% of what I sell is used and I'd imagine Amazon is all new stuff.

reporting the other guy would appear to be the easy and straight forward option. However, though I am 99.99% certain it has to be as a result of him (things just fit), I'd be the worst kind of lowlife if I were wrong!

[quote name='bassaussie' post='76169' date='Oct 18 2007, 08:30 PM']Sorry to hear about this. I can't believe how seriously Ebay has gone down the tubes since I first started using it. I do wish you the best of luck in catching up with the tossers who've done this to you, although I guess that isn't going to help you sell the gear.[/quote]

Thanks for the sentiment. TBH I'm a firm believer (thinking of starting my own Earl Hickey religion) in kismet and I'm sure that what goes around...

I have to admit that I've got a bloody draw full of the stuff and I hate going around to family and friends and asking them to list the stuff so that will be an absolute last resort. We'll see what happens, one door closes and all that... Chr*st, don't I like my metaphors!

[quote name='stewblack' post='76142' date='Oct 18 2007, 07:31 PM']Well I need to replace my SAK as I've lost mine and am lost without it. Do you have any of the leather holsters for them? I lost that too!! God I'm crap. If it helps you to sell me one why not pee em me I'll send you my email and we can do business.[/quote]

I'd better square this with a mod before I go any further. I know that I got the nod when we were a former incarnation but I don't want to pee people off. I do want to make it clear that it isn't my intention of opening up some kind of trader deal going on here. I'm prepared to offer BCers this stuff at a lower price than you'd reasonably expect to get it on eBay. I put in reasonably, as you obviously get the odd bargain that no-one spotted and I don't want people to extract the urine as I have no intention of ripping anyone off.

[quote name='The_D' post='76115' date='Oct 18 2007, 06:15 PM']What a nob! Just because you were selling cheaper than he was.

What kind of revenge did you have in mind?[/quote]

First off cheers guys, I wasn't sure if I wouldn't just get a 'serves you right'!

Secondly I wish I could figure out how to do that multiple quote thingy

The_D - My revenge will be served cold and will be well considered. Doing to him what he's done to me seems fair BUT... I do have a pang of conscience that is saying that makes me as bad as him! We'll see.

CrazyKiwi - This eBay we are talking about. No, is the short and only answer. I appealed when my first suspension was metered out and unfortunately Chris is right, eBay absolutely brick it when someone cries 'counterfeit'. I even sent them a letter/package with a sample of what I sold and photographs of the supposed offending articles that they singled out as counterfeit. Nada, nothing, sweet FA.

Beedster - You often see eBay for what it is and have a balanced view of it (re. your observations in other eBay related threads) and you've cut straight to the point. eBay can't risk any whiff of counterfeit, even at the risk of losing a Powerseller with thousands of £ worth of sales and 100% feedback. I did forward (and send printed copies) of the correspondence from the other ebay user demonstrating that it was petty rivalry... to no avail. I received the standard 'we can not enter into any blah bloody blah'.

grosa - It's the fact that scumbags don't care and get away with it that really bugs me. I used to care about what people got and how quickly they received it, I treat people as I would want to be treat. Damn, it irritates me to think of the amount of thieves there are out there and they get away with it time and again. [b]Sigh[/b], on the other matter. I'm sure I have one of those cards (used) in the drawer and they are fine but to be honest you'd be just as well off with a little Victorinox Swiss Army Knife (SAK). They have most of the same features (with a couple extra) and they fit in your pocket better! I even have one or two little SAKs with pens and LED lights. If you want one give me a shout (card or SAK).

Unbelievable when you consider the amount of scumbags that get away with scamming and scr*wing people over but I've been booted!

The tale.

I have been selling Leatherman Gerber and Victorinox tools for about 4/5 years now (several BW/BT/BCers have bought from me)and I had a 100%rating and 2000+ sales. Too cut a long story short I got an email from another eBayer basically saying that I should stop listing my items as auctions and but them up for BIN at the same price as him as he was losing money. He said I should tow the line as eBay had a funny way of closing down unauthorised sellers!!! I had no idea what he was on about but basically ignored him! Lo and behold a couple of weeks later I got a suspension from eBay for selling unauthorised goods. I contacted them and said it was a load of b*ll*cks (nicer language) and that my goods were genuine, branded used goods. After the suspension ended I went back to selling as before, another email from another eBay member saying was I going to up my prices? I ignored it and then BANG account suspended for selling counterfeit goods... total cr*p as every item I ever sold was genuine!

You can't argue with faceless tw*ts unfortunately so I thought stuff it I'll open another account, not hard to do really! Sold stuff for a few weeks 100% etc then don't you just know it the competitor who I suspected was at the root of my initial problem bought something from me (at more than he was selling them), odd I thought. NO, you guessed it, new account suspended for 12 months and a stern warning that I'd better not open another!

OK I broke their rules opening a second account, guilty. However, at no point did I EVER rob or scam anyone and nothing that I sold was counterfeit or stolen etc. I will extract my revenge on the individual that I think is at the root of this and though I know several like minded soles out there may offer assistance, I intend doing this myself 'just in case' I am wrong about the miscreant.

So... anyone want to by a Leatherman, Gerber or Victorinox or know where I can now clear what I have available?

[quote name='LukeFRC' post='75849' date='Oct 17 2007, 11:56 PM']umm your first post doesnt scan that well.[/quote]

Agreed... had it been £350 for the TD650 I think an orderly queue would have formed at his front door so most will have realised that the price is £720 hence the tumbleweed is rolling down the street

[quote name='6stringbassist' post='75829' date='Oct 17 2007, 11:18 PM']I'm currently using an Epifani UL502 head.

I'd like to get a valve preamp to somehow incorporate into my rig, it'll hopefully give me loads more tonal options, not that I'm lacking in that department, but I do like that valve sound.

The question is, what's the best way of connecting them together, I've read somewhere about putting the valve pre into the effects loop of the Epi, but how does that work ?.

And where do I plug my bass into, the Epi or the valve pre.[/quote]

In answer to your question about connection, there are a variety of ways.

1 - Using the the valve preamp as your pre you could either plug into the pre then into the front of your amp this can have various problems but for some amps it works OK.
2 - Use the valve pre into your effects return and you basically use the pre for your tone manipulation and the power section of your Epi provides the power.
3 - Plug into the front end of your Epi and have the valve pre in the effects send and return.

There is always a bit of trial and error with any of these and some may well not work as well as others (my TF won't even work with a stomp box effects pedal into the front end of the amp, they HAVE to go in the effects loop). TBH two of those suggestions mean that the Epi basically becomes a poweramp which is a waste. You should be able to get the option of combining the Epi and valve preamp and being able to use the tone controls from both BUT I've never tried it with an Epi so can't say for a fact that is the case. At worst/best you'd get a kind of channel switching amp so that you can use either/or but that is dependent upon whether you can switch the effects loop in and out, again I don't know the amp so can't comment.

Not much use I'm afraid but if you can borrow a pre you'd be able to try this out.