Recent content by m_u

Thanks, Gazman I'm from Moscow so my native is Russian

Happy ending - Got a refund from the seller (Although it was quite hard and he was very rude and tried to make me responsible for those issues as well as trying to make pay for every day return dispute stays opened :) ) Total cost for the bass without shipping come down to 620 USD which is very...

So I visited a luthier. This ripples are grain sinkage - nothing serious. His suggestion is leave it as is. Also a question - are MM Singrays build from two pieces of swamp ash? The luthier told me that that line on the back where ripples stops is definitely the other piece of the body

No. Just a small one on the other side but they are less noticeable and almost unfeelable.

The service used to ship it uses ground rail and sea only. Because it was shippet from Sydney to Melbourne with a "road express" I am almost 100% confident that it was shipped by truck.

I bought it from a local private buyer. Also as MusicMan support told me - "It was originally shipped to CMC Music" and CMC Music is a dealer of MusicMan in Australia, I believe that this particular instrument was shipped to Australia retailer from factory directly and never left Australia after

Good thank you :)))

Ebay giver one 3 working days from the delivery to claim an "item damage". Bass was delivered on Wednesday so I had do it today. Dishonesty really pisses me off that's why I moved from my country of origin mostly.

Agree that it is really weird because I've never seen those kind of damage before, and my friend too. The case has no visual damages as well as the packing carton. I agree that maybe the seller is not fair and was trying to spend time on conversation with me via pm on ebay to stop me from loging...

Thanks. I’ve already lodged “Item Damaged” on an eBay. Any ideas on the refund price I should ask for ?

Sorry. typo :))))

Got a reply from a luthier- it is kind of hard for me to see from your photos , but what i am guessing is that it is only paint shrinkage from the grain in the timber , i wouldn't recommend fixing it as its not effecting the playability of the instrument. Will try another one

Ok. I think I've found a luthier near my place. I'll try to reach him and ask for a repair cost. After that i'll ask the seller to cover those expenses.

No visible damage to the package. The package was shipped as fragile via courier service. I think I can claim all the price as item arrived damage. If I do it via ebay - I have to send the bass back and receive a refund from the seller (this is how ebay works I think). Or I can ask the seller to...

Not yet. I moved to Australia 1 year ago so I know almost nobody :) Now I'm trying to find out what is the best option for this particular instrument - return it or keep.