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Amp issue?

#21
BrotherMister said:
It must be the whole trying to be a decent human thing getting the best of me.
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There is nothing indecent about an all sales are final policy. You have no way of knowing what happened to that amp after it left your house.

I agree with the people saying don't go there along. There are too many loons out there to take a chance. Hopefully we don't read about this on the front page of your local newspaper!
 
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i've done a lot of deals on craigslist and i tell everyone, "if your wife is upset you bought it, don't call me. if something is physically wrong with it, let me know and let's fix it."

i have had one guy ask for his money back because he didn't care for the sound of a pedal. i chose not to refund that, but gave him some suggestions on settings. lol.

point being, if you want a warranty, go to GC. if you buy from an individual, you are taking a chance. it's good that you're being a stand up dude by hearing him out, but you owe him nothing unless you lied or misrepresented it somehow. (which i am not suggesting you did) please keep us updated!
 
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Might be the Wife. Might just as well be that he tried it with his guitard and drummer and found out it does not sit well in the mix.
This can have numerous reasons. I regularly plug into my amp when i get to rehearsal and wonder what weird kind of tone i dialed in, when i fire it up and play solo. But when the guitars are on and we're playing as a band, the sound is just like i want it.
You can check out an amp all you like, but if you're an average musician, you will find out how it sits in the mix when you put it in there.
 
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Basically it looks like him saying the amp isn't loud enough and sounds crap in his room when cranked to 11, he is trying to see because of household shaking in my house when we cranked it to 11 it hid the tone.... Good luck cranking 300watts of bass up full in anyones house and not getting it to shake in a house. I'm not sure why anyone would gig let alone rehearse at that levels but I can't see what I have done wrong, I told him the wattage and all the details. They were on the ad, he came and checked it out and was happy to take it so really this is now no longer my problem. I have offered to go and hear it in the room and suggest settings on the amp to use if he is having trouble understanding the tone controls but yeah literally everybody I have told about has laughed and told me it is no longer my problem anymore and the majority of folk on here are saying similar. It seems my answer has been shown to me.
 
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Jim Carr said:
I would take it back (accept it as a return). Inspect it when it is returned. If he broke it, charge him $150 for a repair and call it a day. I suspect that he just isn't happy with it, and the marital strife is only background to that. More likely his guitarists are complaining that he can finally be heard! :D
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It's the wifey, almost without question. If he damaged it, then for me, the sale would be final. You should be able to judge, right? I would charge him a "restocking fee," though. Definitely. $20 minimum, depends on what the price was. Again, you decide. My real position would be/is "all sales final," but what I'd weight this against is the likelihood for possible vandalism. Or something else. He knows where you live.
 
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#29
chadds said:
If he damaged the speakers then you get screwed. Offer to go to his house and hear it. Then he can show you the problem. You are already doing more than necessary. If he declines then you decline to take it back. If he gets ugly tell him your sound man is an off duty State officer and wants to finish this conversation. :) Or your brothers or your hockey team are looking for someone to do, I mean something to do over the holidays. :) JK

All sales are final is a good answer.
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What I like about this is that then you'll know where he lives in case it's simply buyer's remorse & you choose to not take it back.
 
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BrotherMister said:
I'm trying to be reasonable, I have purchased secondhand gear before and if anything were wrong with it then obviously I would hope the seller would still engage me. I have offered to go and hear it but so far nothing received on that offer and I think if a problem has risen I'm entitled to go see it myself before I accept any sort of exchange. Plus I'm able to clarify any damage that may be done since we it left me. The way I see it is that he came over, tested it out and it met all requirements that he purchased it so the problem has arisen after the point of purchase. Pretty much everyone I have spoken to has laughed at this but something still tells me I need to be involved with it. It must be the whole trying to be a decent human thing getting the best of me.
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If no further reply from him, then done/done.
 
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mattbass6945 said:
i've done a lot of deals on craigslist and i tell everyone, "if your wife is upset you bought it, don't call me. if something is physically wrong with it, let me know and let's fix it."

i have had one guy ask for his money back because he didn't care for the sound of a pedal. i chose not to refund that, but gave him some suggestions on settings. lol.

point being, if you want a warranty, go to GC. if you buy from an individual, you are taking a chance. it's good that you're being a stand up dude by hearing him out, but you owe him nothing unless you lied or misrepresented it somehow. (which i am not suggesting you did) please keep us updated!
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Gotta (must) include this in my CL spiel. Thanks ;).
 
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#33
I went along to room and checked out the amp. As soon as I walked into the room I spotted the problem but just to double check we went over the amp in every possible way for him to admit that their wasn't a problem with the amp at all. The issue? His bass was an active bass and he was using it in the passive output so when the volume is cranked full it distorted ever so slightly, when I used my bass in it there wasn't a problem at all. This is what happens when you don't bring your bass when buying a new amp!
 
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I went out and seen it, we eliminated every possible problem with the amp and it left only basses and playing styles. He arrived at the conclusion first and was happy to say there wasn't a problem with the amp. It only really clips when pushed to 11 and the 2X10 cab seems to the be the one that was doing it, we tried it passive and it was fine. Again, if you are buying an amp bring your bass.
 

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