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07-17-2007, 06:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Tyneside, UK | | | Would you ever borrow money to buy a bass you really liked?
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Simple question. Would you ever borrow money to buy a bass you really liked?
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07-17-2007, 06:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Pasadena, CA | | | Imagine your randomly at a yard sale and there is a 1966 Jazz in MINT condition for 50$ from some old lady. You turn to your friend and say, A) Give me 50$ now. B) lets go get some lunch. |
07-17-2007, 06:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: under a palm tree sippin pepsi | | | gimme money, gimme money. RFN!
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07-17-2007, 06:57 PM
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07-17-2007, 07:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland | | | Depends how much money and how you borrow it. If it was borrowing a few hundred maybe a thousand from a friend or relative then sure, but from a company never!
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07-17-2007, 07:07 PM
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07-17-2007, 07:07 PM
| | Yoyo's Hurt When You Crank It Into Your Face | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cleveland Ohio | | yes have and would again.. 
its the American way
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07-17-2007, 07:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia | | | I'm considering it right now... even though I'll have the right money in a week or two and the bass isn't going anywhere.
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07-17-2007, 07:17 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Madison, NJ | | | Yes. I have and I will continue to do so.
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07-17-2007, 07:19 PM
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07-17-2007, 07:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland | | Quote:
Originally Posted by owensea777 Does a bear sh*t in the woods? | Generally not.
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07-17-2007, 07:26 PM
| | Believe in absurdities and you commit atrocities | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH | | | I borrow money from Visa and Mastercard all the time to buy basses!!
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07-17-2007, 07:28 PM
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Originally Posted by TheButler Generally not. | Where does a bear sh*t, then? |
07-17-2007, 08:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario Canada | | | Sure I would. If I know I can pay it back relatively quickly. |
07-18-2007, 01:02 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Glendale & La Jolla, CA | | | I have, but from a bank fund set up for my own future use... and it will be paid back 100%.
So, as long as I know I can afford it, sure.
And only from my own reserve stashes. |
07-18-2007, 01:35 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Israel | | | Heh, I have enough money saved up to buy a nice bass (for your standards), and I can't buy it 'cuz I'll most probably need the money afterwards for other stuff, so if I buy a bass now, I"ll need to borrow money later. A sucky feeling, especially because I play one of the shittiest basses existing.
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07-18-2007, 01:59 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Hannover, Germany | |  What are you thinking of buying, Fassa?
From a purely financial viewpoint, borrowing money to buy a used/vintage bass could be a really smart move. A lot of basses appreciate at a higher rate than the rate of inflation and are actually great investments (you get to play them, any "wear" that you add to them is just considered "character building" and then you get to sell them for a big fat profit and go out buy another one  )!
If, however, you're thinking of getting into c/c debt, or some HP deal, just to buy a new bass that will be worth exactly 50% of what you paid for it the second you get it home, I'd advise against it. That's how some young people get into serious money problems, IMO.
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07-18-2007, 02:00 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Hannover, Germany | | Quote:
Originally Posted by CrazyArcher Heh, I have enough money saved up to buy a nice bass (for your standards), and I can't buy it 'cuz I'll most probably need the money afterwards for other stuff, so if I buy a bass now, I"ll need to borrow money later. A sucky feeling, especially because I play one of the shittiest basses existing. |  No pics, no "shittiest bass existing" .....
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07-18-2007, 03:53 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Marathon Man | | | It depends, a little bit from a family member that I could play back in a very space of time, yes. But I would never borrow to buy a new bass, only something that I could sell on for a profit. When I buy a new bass, I make sure I can comfortably afford it-no eating 9p noodels from Asda til my paycheque comes in!
You'd be better of saving up for it. The bass that you have now might be a battered no namer, but it's better than debt. |
07-18-2007, 03:58 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: London UK | | | Yes, I would borrow money to purchase a bass, but I would NEVER purchase a bass I couldn't afford.
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