neepheid Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 The OP got the money, you can all stand down now 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunion Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 You should go and buy something off him now and tell him as your dongle isn’t working either you’ll pay him in 3 weeks… 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkyDude Posted July 12, 2022 Author Share Posted July 12, 2022 12 hours ago, mybass said: Terrible shop, they used to use super glue to repair acoustic guitars! I checked and he still have an online shop running, not selling but teaching now! 🙄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkyDude Posted July 12, 2022 Author Share Posted July 12, 2022 (edited) 16 hours ago, mybass said: Visit the shop again, face to face can work. I did actually go to the workshop but he has one of those CCTV doorbell which can answer calls remotely. He told me he wasn't in the workshop and asked me to return next week! I am sure he was inside but I ain't going to sit outside all day as it's just going to get me more annoyed. But thanks to you guys, it all worked out now. 😊 Edited July 12, 2022 by FunkyDude 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lownote Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 (edited) I just sold two saxes on commission through Stoke based Sax Shack. Couldn't have been more professional. Thanks to whoever on here tipped me off about them. FYI I went over to look at OP's problem shop, Bexley Brass. My computer's AV app promptly had a fit and removed me, telling me I'd narrowly avoided a nasty something or other. I am now left wondering whether my AV is just usually efficient at detecting virii, or can actually detect a dodgy trader. Edited July 12, 2022 by lownote 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 On 24/06/2022 at 09:16, Happy Jack said: I'll name no names, but my bad experiences (a decade ago, remember) involved some shops that normally get a free pass on Basschat. Likewise. Probably the same shop. Everybody's fave Bass shop on here tried to stiff me while my £1500 bass was on commission sale. The thing disapeared, and to this day it has never reappeared. Of course the owner knew what happened. I just got told a huge pack of lies, and where the story changed in the middle of the debacle. More lies. After 3 months of back and forth BS, i did the threat. I was paid within a few days. I've never known such an outright lying scumbag. I wouldn't buy an E string off them, and havent bought a single item off them since Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkyDude Posted July 14, 2022 Author Share Posted July 14, 2022 11 hours ago, fleabag said: Likewise. Probably the same shop. Everybody's fave Bass shop on here tried to stiff me while my £1500 bass was on commission sale. The thing disapeared, and to this day it has never reappeared. Of course the owner knew what happened. I just got told a huge pack of lies, and where the story changed in the middle of the debacle. More lies. After 3 months of back and forth BS, i did the threat. I was paid within a few days. I've never known such an outright lying scumbag. I wouldn't buy an E string off them, and havent bought a single item off them since Hmm.....terrible ppl preying on us sweet loving bassists. I could probably guess the name of the shop as there aren't that many around. The owner is a well known bell end and very rude at the shop especially if you are not buying. Glad that you, finally, get your money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binky_bass Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 11 hours ago, fleabag said: Everybody's fave Bass shop... Certainly not mine... the man is a tool. Lies, misinformation, zero replies to issues. I think there's a good few people that feel the same. If you buy something and there's no issues, then you're OK, if there's even the mildest of issues then prepare for a battle. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiram.k.hackenbacker Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 44 minutes ago, binky_bass said: Certainly not mine... the man is a tool. Lies, misinformation, zero replies to issues. I think there's a good few people that feel the same. If you buy something and there's no issues, then you're OK, if there's even the mildest of issues then prepare for a battle. Mmm. This is a worry for me over a forthcoming build/purchase. I've certainly spent my fair share of cash there over the years, but thinking about it, I've never been faced with any issues with anything I've bought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ed_S Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 1 hour ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said: Mmm. This is a worry for me over a forthcoming build/purchase. I've certainly spent my fair share of cash there over the years, but thinking about it, I've never been faced with any issues with anything I've bought. If it's the shop I think it is, I've had a few issues over the years, be that couriers causing damage and requiring a replacement to be sent, or just returning something for being kinda disappointing or not quite as described, and everything has always been sorted to my satisfaction thus far - occasionally with a free strap or strings to say sorry. I don't see any reason that they'd class me as a special customer worthy of VIP treatment either. Absolutely not questioning the validity or challenging the veracity of anyone else's experiences - just commenting on my own. I did have a problem with a shop when I tried to sell my violin. They actually sold it to me as a handmade German violin, but when I stopped playing and took it back for them to sell it on commission they described it as a cheap Chinese kit violin which wasn't really their thing. When presented with the original invoice they changed their mind and agreed to sell it, but then after a significant amount of time with no news we chased them up and were told that they couldn't find it - we must have collected it back from them at some point. They eventually located it - filthy, stuffed under a bench in the workshop, case seemingly never opened since the day it was taken in, and after a less than cordial conversation they brushed some of the detritus off the case, pushed it back across the counter and suggested that we never darken their door again. Oddly enough, I hadn't planned to. I don't believe they're trading any longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewebow Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 On 13/07/2022 at 19:24, fleabag said: Likewise. Probably the same shop. Everybody's fave Bass shop on here tried to stiff me while my £1500 bass was on commission sale. The thing disapeared, and to this day it has never reappeared. Of course the owner knew what happened. I just got told a huge pack of lies, and where the story changed in the middle of the debacle. More lies. After 3 months of back and forth BS, i did the threat. I was paid within a few days. I've never known such an outright lying scumbag. I wouldn't buy an E string off them, and havent bought a single item off them since Can I get a clue as to the shop or DM me? I have some shocking experiences in a couple of shops in the last year.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msb Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 Scumbags , do everything they can to rip you off , and then say it’s your fault. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkyDude Posted August 29, 2022 Author Share Posted August 29, 2022 8 hours ago, msb said: Scumbags , do everything they can to rip you off , and then say it’s your fault. They are more or less all the same now. Don't you just miss that honest culture we used to have?! ☹️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binky_bass Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Ho..nes....ty? Never heard of it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldon Tyrell Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 On 29/08/2022 at 08:38, binky_bass said: Ho..nes....ty? Never heard of it. Maybe this one? 😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralf1e Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 On 13/07/2022 at 19:24, fleabag said: Likewise. Probably the same shop. Everybody's fave Bass shop on here tried to stiff me while my £1500 bass was on commission sale. The thing disapeared, and to this day it has never reappeared. Of course the owner knew what happened. I just got told a huge pack of lies, and where the story changed in the middle of the debacle. More lies. After 3 months of back and forth BS, i did the threat. I was paid within a few days. I've never known such an outright lying scumbag. I wouldn't buy an E string off them, and havent bought a single item off them since What was your bass? Chances are one of us might have bought it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 I'll PM you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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