pete.young Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 There's a used one on t'bay, in better condition than Anderton's new one 🙂 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ibanez-SDGR-SRH500-semi-acoustic-bass-with-gigbag/203021482545?hash=item2f4505fa31:g:4u8AAOSw2eNe5nMQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drax Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 (edited) If you feel you could tolerate that level of ‘relicing’ I’d put it back to Andertons for a second opinion on Monday. Don’t feel they’re chancing it. It’s weekend staff, and they’ll also likely have folk on furlough / WFH. Could be someone junior has made the call and erred on side of caution. When someone experienced sees that specific damage they’ll give a sizeable discount, knowing how they’d have to price in store. Edited June 20, 2020 by Drax 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 That's a mess. £100 off or GTFO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles'tone Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 Get a new undamaged one. No regrets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrig Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 22 hours ago, Frank Blank said: Exactly what I’m doing. Anyone asked for an ex display discount before? How much are we talking? I purchased an brand new American Precision from PMT a couple of year's ago, it arrived in perfect condition but I noticed that the case candy (Fender tags etc) was missing, I called them and they refunded £50 to my bank account without any hassle. 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 I wouldn't unless its cheaper. they are not uncommon items and you can get a good one for less. TBH, I probably wouldn't go for that for quite a bit of a discount. I would go for bax, i have had no problems with them. Or PMT. I am not a fan of GAK but I have not actually had any trouble with them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 How did I miss this, I was looking at those only last week, did you buy it Frank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted June 21, 2020 Author Share Posted June 21, 2020 Just now, Reggaebass said: How did I miss this, I was looking at those only last week, did you buy it Frank I didn’t. After being offered a ridiculously low discount and a free lead I just opted for a refund. PMT have one at their warehouse that’s still in it’s unopened box , I’ll probably buy that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 6 minutes ago, Frank Blank said: I didn’t. After being offered a ridiculously low discount and a free lead I just opted for a refund. PMT have one at their warehouse that’s still in it’s unopened box , I’ll probably buy that. Nice one, I look forward to hearing your opinion 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 Really surprised and disappointed in Andertons. First it seems they tried to sell it you without offering pictures or any discount. You then got offered just over 5% off for a bass in a worse condition than most looked after used basses?? And on top of that they are in excess of 10% to buy in the first place, compared to elsewhere? Also note it’s still listed as 1 in stock on the website, full price and not B stock. They’re just hoping someone will not ask for a discount or refund, once they have your money. Sharp practice, not good at all 😕 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fil1ip Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 4 hours ago, Kev said: Really surprised and disappointed in Andertons. First it seems they tried to sell it you without offering pictures or any discount. You then got offered just over 5% off for a bass in a worse condition than most looked after used basses?? And on top of that they are in excess of 10% to buy in the first place, compared to elsewhere? Also note it’s still listed as 1 in stock on the website, full price and not B stock. They’re just hoping someone will not ask for a discount or refund, once they have your money. Sharp practice, not good at all 😕 The exact same thing happened to me but no discount offered I believed they just wanted me to accept it. It looked like it had been gigged heavily. I would not buy a guitar/bass from Andertons. If funnily enough I won an acoustic nylon string off Andertons and it came double boxed and it was packed so much better and it was worth about 5% of what I paid for the guitar that arrived damaged (which only came single boxed) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldon Tyrell Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 7 hours ago, Kev said: Also note it’s still listed as 1 in stock on the website, full price and not B stock. They’re just hoping someone will not ask for a discount or refund, once they have your money. Sharp practice, not good at all 😕 Something similar happened to me recently. Ordered a P bass from a retailer. When it arrived, I noticed that it clearly had a shielding issue and I sent it back with tracked delivery. On the day the retailer received it, it appeared back in stock. Well, they either immediately fixed the issue or they just relisted it. I guess it was the latter. Not cool 😠 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted June 22, 2020 Author Share Posted June 22, 2020 7 hours ago, Kev said: Also note it’s still listed as 1 in stock on the website, full price and not B stock. They’re just hoping someone will not ask for a discount or refund, once they have your money. Sharp practice, not good at all 😕 I noticed it back up, I think you are right, they are just waiting for a mug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krysbass Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 I’m astonished that the store allowed the bass to get into that condition in the first place. Hopefully they don’t just allow customers to take display basses off the wall and try out unsupervised? And if they do supervise; surely they should be ensuring that nothing a customer is doing (or wearing) can damage an instrument’s finish? I have a gigged bass now 35 years old that is in far better order!😲 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machines Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 I got £30 quid (10%) of my RedSub Coliseum 6 from Gear4Music as it had a headstock ding. I pointed out this was the same bass used in their YouTube demo, and the ding was visible in the website photos if you zoomed in really close. I was happy with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 Gear4Music game me £150 off a £800 bass for undisclosed damage and wear on arrival, which I thought was fair. Seems pockets are getting tighter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 On 21/06/2020 at 12:19, thebrig said: I purchased an brand new American Precision from PMT a couple of year's ago, it arrived in perfect condition but I noticed that the case candy (Fender tags etc) was missing, I called them and they refunded £50 to my bank account without any hassle. 🙂 I ordered a brand new Fender American Professional Jazz bass last year from PMT. When I got it I could see it had clearly been the display demo model so after a quick email they ordered a brand new one from Fender for me and took the other one back 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted June 22, 2020 Author Share Posted June 22, 2020 I have just purchased another Ibanez SRH500 but this time from PMT. It was showing as in stock in their warehouse so I called and was assured this item had been stored in the warehouse unopened in its box since delivery. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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