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[quote name='Machines' post='1198118' date='Apr 13 2011, 01:11 PM']Interesting. Geester's thread appears to be a pre-emptive defense.[/quote] Yes, just as he said send them back for a refund............

Gentlement, I just wanted a straight deal, it did'nt happen, I asked for my money back, he agreed to refund pending return of the goods, I wanted a reversal of the deal, i.e. I sent him money he sent me Amps, reversed it's simple, he sends me money I send him Amps. They are packaged ready to go have been since before I went on Holiday. I appreciate all the comments and I did wonder about the wisdom of posting, but I feel justified in attempting to illustrate how a deal can go wrong (in my experience). I think posting it in feedback would have been a second option, I posted here as this is where it happened. Just as a matter of interest anything I have bought has been posted to my place of work as I travel. My last two new bass purchases (Status, August 2010 & Overwater October 2010) were deliverd to my place of work. It is an unfortunate state of affairs and one that should have been resolved by Mike re-banking my money and me sending back the goods. But it was'nt.

Guys, I did exhaust all communication avenues and had the 'phone put down on me this morning, believe me all avenues have been tried, as I said no malice intended. I have had four positive, friendly deals on BassChat, buying and selling. I believe the integrity of this forum and the spirit in which it thrives, openess, should be maintained. Hence my post.

Once again this is my experience, I have back up mails and PM's as does Mike, the PM route has been exhausted as has e-mail on the 23rd March and this morning telecommunications as well. I just told it how it was no malice intended towards the vendor. Mike is more than welcome to reply in the public domain and it is the forums right to delate this thread.

Hello everyone, as you can see from the title of this thread “Caveat Emptor”, the sad tale that unfolds in this thread is a warning to those of us who are so consumed with GAS that due diligence slips thro the net. I do not wish to tarnish the good faith that exists across the Forum but I feel my own recent experience warrants a telling. I had been looking at Class D Heads for some time. I particularly researched SWR Headlite to the extent that I knew there are 8 model numbers corresponding to voltage requirements for various parts of the world including the USA 120Volts 60Hz requirement. I was more than happy to discover on Basschat 17th March both a Headlite and an Amplite punted out by Geester (AKA Mike Greenwood). I PM’d and entered into a dialogue with Mike via PM and later e-mail and asked the question in a jocular way “They are UK Models and don’t require that ransformer (my Typo it should have read Transformer) Malarkey, but you get the point. I received no reply to this question not even a query on my Typo. This is where my due diligence let me down, I thought that if they did need a transformer Mike would have told me, I would then have thought twice and more than likely not gone ahead with a cash+trade deal that gave Mike his price. I transferred the money over a weekend and Mike sent the goods on the understanding (I was overseas at the time) that when I arrived home the trade would be couriered off, Mike was happy to proceed on this basis. I received the Amplite and Headlite, they looked in as new condition, great but without mains leads. I looked that the stencil on the top of the Headlite it read 120Volt 60Hz it was US Issue, the Amplite was UK issue. The mute button on the Amplite appeared not to engage not insurmountable but avoidable. I put the Trade on hold mailed Mike with my dissatisfaction and received an assurance that the 120V/60Hz SWR stencilled on the Headlite case made no difference to the operating voltage and that it would work on 240Volts. I understand some class D amps have a ‘Switching Circuit’ and can accommodate varying voltage but preferred to go with SWR on this as it is clearly stated in the operating Manual (inside the Box) to only connect the correct Voltage to the unit. Mike assured me that Guitar Guitar in Birmingham demo’d the goods and they worked OK in the shop and that he had tried them in rehearsal and no problems. Mike also suggested that I call the SWR helpline in the US to satisfy my query….. I declined and asked for the deal to be unravelled now, as I was going on Holiday and I could arrange for the Goods to be returned as soon as the Money was refunded back into my account reversing the deal or we could leave the deal as it was, no Washburn Trade and I would buy a step down Transformer. Mike said return the goods for a refund, I thought for at least a nano second and then asked for the deal to be reversed, money refunded and then goods returned in that order. I went on Holiday 25th March for 18 days returning 11th April and still I have no refund………………I was was told in no uncertain terms this morning at 09;30 that as far as Mike was concerned I could keep the goods. Despite being told 23rd March @16:12 that best all round to return the goods for a refund. I stress that this is my experience and that Basschat is a source of knowledge, amusement (in some cases) and an excellent forum for all things Bass, at least for me, having successfully purchased two items and sold two Basses within the last 4 months, seamlessly. There is a lot of trust on this forum and I think in this case trust and good faith have been betrayed. Brian

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Headless is in the middle, but you knew that.