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05-14-2009, 04:54 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Houghton, MI | | | Rent-to-own Programs
Are there any out there that would ship a bass that isn't renting out really cheap Chinese plywood basses? I really want to get an upright, but I wouldn't have the cash to drop on the spot. While I can just save it, it's hard for me to have the will power not to spend it!
Upton Bass was really promising until I saw that it's not a rent-to-own program. I live in a town with nothing for at least 5 hours drive, and even then, there's barely anything. In a year, year-and-a-half my wife and I may relocate to Ann Arbor.
Am I just chasing vapors here? Does such a program exist?
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05-14-2009, 06:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Gaithersburg, Maryland | | | Empty,
Most rent-to-own programs are operated by guitar shops/music stores, where you aren't going to find a great selection. Sad but true, your best option is to save up and shop carefully. You might get lucky and find a servicable used bass bass for less, but generally for a decent player and a good set up (vital) figure on spending 1300-1500.
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05-14-2009, 07:39 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Seattle, WA | | | Well, first of all, I believe that you can negotiate anything.
Second, it depends on what your expectations are. Locally here in Seattle Hammond-Ashley rents, usually student instuments, like Englehardts, which don't happen to be Chinese and are fine for learning on or even working with depending on the context. They apply up to a year's worth of rental to the purchase of ANY bass, not just the one you had on the rental, which I think is a very good program.
Work at it and you may find something.
p.s. - my 9 mo old would like to addghgh h7ggvvfwehifgegvgpqg g |
05-14-2009, 07:59 PM
|  | Oracle, Ancient Order of Rass Hattur | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Connecticut | | Quote:
Originally Posted by TroyK  Well, first of all, I believe that you can negotiate anything. | I like this! 
I also liked what your 9 mo had to say!
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05-14-2009, 11:03 PM
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Originally Posted by TroyK p.s. - my 9 mo old would like to addghgh h7ggvvfwehifgegvgpqg g | All right - young Del's first Talkbass post!  |
05-14-2009, 11:07 PM
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Originally Posted by TroyK p.s. - my 9 mo old would like to addghgh h7ggvvfwehifgegvgpqg g | Ha!
Tell him pgkfiehwnbcnbic984 pw 
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05-14-2009, 11:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Seattle, WA | | | It wasn't his first ATTEMPT to post. I usually type with one finger while holding both of his hands with the other. This time, I decided to let him have his say. |
05-15-2009, 12:04 AM
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Originally Posted by TroyK
p.s. - my 9 mo old would like to addghgh h7ggvvfwehifgegvgpqg g
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Originally Posted by Paul Warburton Ha!
Tell him pgkfiehwnbcnbic984 pw | You guys are getting saliva all over. 
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05-15-2009, 12:53 AM
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Owner/The Bass Spa, String Repairman/L & M Vancouver | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Crescent Beach, BC | | That's funny - this is what my boys are up to lately. One wrote and arranged the song, the other shot and edited the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo-vLIB7Uho |
05-15-2009, 06:48 AM
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Luthier, Dallas Strings | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Dallas, Texas | | | I don't know who else might be doing this, but we don't do rent-to-own. I tell my customers that I don't want them to own the laminated instrument they're renting. We offer rental credit towards purchase of a better instrument later. Sometimes we have sales for rental customers and offer 150% of their rental credit taken right off the top of their purchase. I think at most reputable shops you'll find that if you are a loyal rental customer, they will work with you in finding your bass.. |
05-15-2009, 07:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Jake deVilliers All right - young Del's first Talkbass post! | The thing is that Del's post makes more sense than many we've all seen here. Edit: I just pasted Del's post into the Google Toddler Translator. It came back as "Evahs on a carved bass." So, it seems he has preferences already!
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05-15-2009, 07:52 AM
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Originally Posted by drurb The thing is that Del's post makes more sense than many we've all seen here. | Yeah, I'm thinking about becoming a Supporting Member again, and asking Del if I can use his sentence as a quote by my Avatar.
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05-15-2009, 08:34 AM
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Del? I was thinking it sounded a lot like Ken.  |  | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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