Don't buy from j***line string's

hallmark · #1 07-18-2010, 10:20 PM

This guy is unbelievable! I didn't know he was a guitar/ multiple instrument seller in melbourne when I purchased the monumental LEMON!!!! for $1890 known as the sandner SB-2. This guy know's **** about what he's doing and won't refund my money! He want's me to pay the $200 or so to send this back to get "repaired". I'm F**king pissed off on a major level. This bass is Cheap and nasty. Plastic part's,cheap painted ebony with a free bump in the neck $1200 worth,mega cheap bridge, Thin bass bar will will break soon. All up I can do is pass on 1 very important lesson I've quickly learn't as this is my first DB but I've been playing electric for a long time. BUY FROM A CERTIFIED LUTHER!!!! SPEND THE EXTRA $500 OR SO ON A DESCENT BASS THAT HAS A FIRST AND SECOND SET UP FREE OR RISK FALLING INTO MY POSITION! I should have listened the first time but I was cocky.

hallmark · #2 07-18-2010, 10:22 PM

sorry about the grammer but I'm literally shaking with anger as I write this!

Jason Sypher · #3 07-18-2010, 10:51 PM

It's horrible that these kinds of things happen to people even though there is so much said about not buying a bass online from a dealer you don't know. I'm sorry. You might try to get it fixed locally and sell it cheap to recoup some of your investment back.

vin*tone · #4 07-19-2010, 06:43 AM

You might be able to get your money back - or at least get the fb replaced if it's not real ebony. If the boards "ebonized" then you didn't get what you paid for.

Greg Clinkingbeard · #5 07-19-2010, 07:17 AM

Sadner, Cremona, whatever:
what are your thoughts on a Cremona SB-2

It is sad that these things even exist. I'm very sorry to see anybody stuck with this s**t. Please, don't stop being a beacon to steer noobs away from these things.

Feral Feline · #6 07-19-2010, 09:25 AM

Geeze, not the kind of Hallmark Moment you'd want to have.

Well, somebody had to say it.

Rocky · #7 07-19-2010, 11:03 AM

sorry to read this man! I hope you can get your money back. I recall hearing somewhere that if you give enough negative internet feed back, and negative twitter feedback allot of companies will bend over backwards to help you so that they do not get a bad rep. i don't know if this helps, but it can't hurt. Good luck.

bass12 · #8 07-19-2010, 11:11 AM

You might have a case for small claims court (if the seller did, indeed, misrepresent the product he sold you). Also, was it made clear to you at the time of purchase that the sale was final (I'm not a lawyer but it would seem to me that such a detail might be of some relevance)?

hallmark · #9 07-19-2010, 05:49 PM

Thank's bass people! I have reported this guy to the fair trade commission and I am getting my solicitor on to him (that's right!). I will get my money back plus any extra fee's incurred. P.S, If you take hallmark and reverse it you might get something resembling my name. Maybe.

Bass · #10 07-19-2010, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by hallmark

...P.S, If you take hallmark and reverse it you might get something resembling my name...

Kram Lah? That's a funny name, even for a person who got ripped off on a CCB.

forester · #11 07-19-2010, 10:08 PM

perhaps a little arbitration is in order...you, and if need be a (close friend) could provide said dealer a guided tour through Whuptown. the worse that could happen is 3-5 and that would give you plenty of time to work on your chops.

datshitaintright

sirero · #12 07-19-2010, 10:13 PM

But where do you hide a Double Bass in an 8'X10' box?