thedontcarebear Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 A couple of days ago I decided to order a Little Mark II, I chose Absolute Music as they had 2 in stock, and with a google checkout discount I could get it for £419 delivered, so I placed the order, first of all my bank stopped the payment as they thought it was fraud, which is no-ones fault, spoke to them, retried payment and it went though, yesterday Absolute Music sent it to me! Get home today as it arrived while I was at work, and oooh a Markbass Box with LMII on the side (I bet you can see where this is going), get all excited, open it up, and what do I have, a Little Mark 250! Haha, one that says LMII on the back, and has a serial number which matches the box that says LMII, so I guess markbass are at fault, anyway, phoned Absolute, the web order dude spoke to the guitar dude, who said no such model exists, there is no 250! I tell him that the bloke doesn't know what he's talking about, and that's the end of the story really, should get it picked up tomorrow, and then get a refund (which will take ages as usual I bet), they don't have a LMII in stock, so no amp for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 I wouldn't be laughing personally, but happy that you can! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedontcarebear Posted December 6, 2007 Author Share Posted December 6, 2007 Yeah, but come on, imagine saying an amp didn't exist that was sitting in front of the person on the phone and is on the markbass website (and catalogues I presume?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Horse Murphy Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 I've dealt with Terry at AMS before and he's always been pretty good (and knowledgable). I bought a Hartke from them ages ago and it was dead in the box. They exchanged it immediately. I reckon you'll get a refund pretty quickly. I got my LMK head from GAK and it arrived 2 days later. Might be worth a punt (the prices were pretty good too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedontcarebear Posted December 6, 2007 Author Share Posted December 6, 2007 The web bloke (that I spoke to) seemed nice enough, and I am sure they are good usually, they didn't annoy me like the basscentre have before for example, I'd try them again in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 [quote name='thedontcarebear' post='100358' date='Dec 6 2007, 05:00 PM']Yeah, but come on, imagine saying an amp didn't exist that was sitting in front of the person on the phone and is on the markbass website (and catalogues I presume?)[/quote] Lol yeah I suppose that part is quite funny but I would advise them to change the second part of their name to something more fitting - 'Absolute *******' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Horse Murphy Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 They do sell Markbass Rack ears though (I've found them difficult to find elsewhere). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodster Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Just had my first dealings with Absolute Music too. I ordered a Tascam MPBT1 bass trainer but received a Sure wireless system which was a customer return and should've gone to Sure for repair!! No problems with getting it sorted but doesn't fill me with confidence for shopping in the future...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedontcarebear Posted December 7, 2007 Author Share Posted December 7, 2007 Well, you can see how they could get those 2 items mixed up! Hahah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 [quote name='Old Horse Murphy' post='100359' date='Dec 6 2007, 05:00 PM']I got my LMK head from GAK and it arrived 2 days later. Might be worth a punt (the prices were pretty good too)[/quote] Seasonal warning! I bought a pedal (Digitech Jamman) online from GAK last week and it still hasn't arrived. They keep shifting the dispatch date forward. I guess Christmas might be to blame but if they simply don't have it in stock I'd hope they'd just tell me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 (edited) lol. but i can better it. I went into a local music shop and asked if they had any rack mount bass heads in (they sometimes squirrel away secondhand stuff in their storeroom) i was told that no one makes rackmount bass heads. then he realised ampeg do so said they were the only company that did. i walked out wondering why he had a job and i at the time didnt. this is the same shop that showing them the fender microtilt on my squier strat's neckplate had never seen this before and had no idea what it was for........... ugghhh hope you get your amp soon though! Edited December 15, 2007 by LukeFRC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianwild16 Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 I've just bought an ampeg head and cabinet in a package deal and the order went through real smooth with no probs...a guy called Robin was handling my order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedontcarebear Posted December 17, 2007 Author Share Posted December 17, 2007 I got the refund for this last week at some point, I gave up and got a superfly from someone on here, which does the job, and is surprisingly much louder via one output (so 250 watts) then my old Warwick Profect 3.2 300 watt I had a while ago, obviously quieter then my old Little Mark and SWR750x though! It shall do for now, thinking about going abroad to work for a year, so purchases are stopping! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr.funk Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 I bought a ex demo M Audio FW410 from Absolute which was missing the power supply, 4-6 pin adaptor, Ableton Live Lite and firewire leads (not the fault of Absolute, they get them boxed from M Audio). Absolute were really helpful and put me in touch with ableton to get a download link and serial number for Live Lite and sent me the power supply and a 4-6 pin lead pretty quickly. Shame to hear about your problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_bass5 Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 (edited) Ok, as we are talking cock up'ss here is an old story of mine. I ordered a headless bass from MusicYo a few years ago. It didnt arrive on time so i emailed them a few times that day and they insisted it had been delivered and signed for. They emailed me a scan of the signature and not only wasnt it my name it was signed for in Manchester, im in London (and that was the delivery address). I was fuming so they said they would refund me the cost of postage and get it picked up the next day and sent to me. nothing arrived the next day so i got on to them and this time they said they would refund me the whole cost of the bass and send another one out. Now thats was fantastic news. i got a bass for nothing and only had to wait three extra days. It gets better though as two weeks latter the original one turned up. so two free Steinberger 5 strings. sorry to hear about all your problems though. Edited December 22, 2007 by dave_bass5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-soar Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 [quote name='dave_bass5' post='108246' date='Dec 22 2007, 05:38 PM']Ok, as we are talking cock up'ss here is an old story of mine. I ordered a headless bass from MusicYo a few years ago. It didnt arrive on time so i emailed them a few times that day and they insisted it had been delivered and signed for. They emailed me a scan of the signature and not only wasnt it my name it was signed for in Manchester, im in London (and that was the delivery address). I was fuming so they said they would refund me the cost of postage and get it picked up the next day and sent to me. nothing arrived the next day so i got on to them and this time they said they would refund me the whole cost of the bass and send another one out. Now thats was fantastic news. i got a bass for nothing and only had to wait three extra days. It gets better though as two weeks latter the original one turned up. so two free Steinberger 5 strings. sorry to hear about all your problems though.[/quote]Did you return extra monies/bass? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_bass5 Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 [quote name='steve-soar' post='108364' date='Dec 22 2007, 11:19 PM']Did you return extra monies/bass?[/quote] Yeah, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJW Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 but did you [i]really?[/i] Hehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_bass5 Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 [quote name='NJW' post='108727' date='Dec 23 2007, 10:23 PM']but did you [i]really?[/i] Hehe[/quote] Im sure i did but it was a few years ago, i could be wrong ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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