Buyer's Remorse - For Fun

[scottycameron]

I only have buyers remorse when I have to go through the hassle of selling a bass.

If only they were as easy to sell as they are to buy...

 

[JRA]

Which buyer's remorse is worse for you -- the one you shouldn't have purchased, or the one you let slip away?

i voted, "the expensive bass(es) i didn't need."

i went through a two-decade experience thinking the best instrument i could ever own would have to be "custom-built". they were great. but for me, looking back, they were too expensive for what they were. my parts axes are imminently better, for a lot less money, not as heavy, more fun, yada yada....

but i don't feel bad about the "custom" thing, so i wouldn't actually call it "remorse." i learned. i acquired a scant few tech skills, but a lot more knowledge about what i really need to play my best (a few simple things). it is what it is.

 

[pbass2]

Which buyer's remorse is worse for you -- the one you shouldn't have purchased, or the one you let slip away?

B. Just sitting here now looking for a used one of a bass I shoulda kept, and seeing how the prices are through the roof.

 

[nonohmic]

$999 AVRI 58 P Bass I put back on the hanger at GC to go home and 'think about'

 

[doughybuns87]

I keep buying Stingrays. I'm not a Stingray guy. Why am I this way?

 

[rickwebb]

The bass i bought used but had to dump too much money into to get it workable...

 

[lug]

had a shot at a Birdsong lefty Fusion with a great Buy-It_now price. I didn't know that if you put in an offer, the Buy-It-Now goes away. Bass ended up going for about 50% more than that price and I was outbid at the last second. If I had known, I would have just bought it at the asking price up front.

 

[Gervais Cote]

An expensive bass that’s dead, lacks of personality and remains quiet even when pushed hard disappoints me A LOT ! That happened to me a few times.

Now I buy with my ears rather than my wallet and I get more satisfaction.

 

[JazznFunk]

I have seller's remorse more than I have buyer's remorse. I over-think and over-consider most any bass purchase, so regretting an expensive bass purchase isn't something I'd generally set myself up for. I have definitely had basses that I really hyped myself up to enjoy which never worked.... but I was able to resell them for cost, or a minor loss. That was the best possible outcome in those instances.

 

[MochaFiend]

How about the one I bought, kept, played the snot out of, but eventually moved on from? But, I like it and don't want to get rid of it. That's not really buyer's remorse, though, is it.

I think that's Packrat Remorse. Apparently it's contagious.

 

[Fuzzbass]

I have my share of unneeded basses, expensive and otherwise. As an old phart I have a bigger budget than before, so no problem there!

Biggest remorse for me is a disappointing bass. It's happened a couple/few times because I tend to custom order to my specs rather than settle for what's hanging on the wall of a brick'n'mortar, or even the catalog of an online store with a return policy. Can't try before buying with a custom order, obviously.

 

[ahbradot]

I bought a few basses on Reverb and was very lucky with the results. Couldn't be any happier.
I bought dozens of guitars from Guitar Center and Sam Ash and loved all of them except, twice I had bought a bass guitar from Guitar Center and I did not like them at all due to quality control and I had returned them.
Other than that, 30 years ago I had to sell my 1978 Rickenbacker 4001.
I also had to let go my of a flamed maple guild pilot bass and Alembic persuader bass.
I needed the money.
All of them I had bought brand new back then.
It was not a good day for me.

 

[Pdaddy1978]

Buying a bass that looks so cool and sounds great in the hands of someone else..
Only to find out it dosen't play or sound right in my hands.
( Looking at you Longhorn..)

 

[Lefty Joe]

Way more opportunity for remorse in buying guitars or synthesizers. The one I just bought is only my fourth current bass, and exactly suits the purpose for which I bought it (as do the others). Of course, I tell myself - just one or two more, and I'll be set ...

 

[5StringBlues]

Dude done stole my carrots.

 

[DaveDeVille]

"The used bass I saw on TB / Reverb and was gone when I decided to buy it."

.. this ... damn it , this !!

 

[T McClure]

"The bass that didn't live up to my expectations"

Specifically, the custom built bass you build out every detail of, pay for, and wait many months to arrive... only for it to show up and be a bass you'd have picked up in a store, played for under a minute, and put back on the wall.

 

[T McClure]

How about "bass I bought thinking I needed it but in the end I didn't" option.

I'm getting there with my hollow body. It's great. It does everything you'd want one to do, yet I'm never reaching for it.

 

[MrAB4003]

Which buyer's remorse is worse for you -- the one you shouldn't have purchased, or the one you let slip away?

Buyer's remorse is the feeling of regret after buying something. I regret buying basses that don't live up to my standards or expectations. It makes me feel like I shouldn't have bought it.

Examples of these basses for me are:
1. My old Epiphone EB-3. I sold it at a loss almost a decade ago. I should have never acquired it. It's the worst bass I have ever owned (so far).
2. My old Ibanez SR 405. This bass was not the right one for me, especially because it was a 5 string. It was my second ever bass and I traded it for the EB-3 mentioned above.
3. My old 1972 Fender Jazz Bass. It was a CBS Era Fender that was refinished in a sloppy clear coat that I had no idea about until I got it appraised one day. 3 years ago, I traded it for my current 2022 Rickenbacker 4003, which has a limited edition finish and much better tones!

I can't say that it's the basses I've never had or the ones that got away because I never bought those basses in the first place. That's not what buyer's remorse is.

 

[DuluthDank]

"The bass that didn't live up to my expectations"

Specifically, the custom built bass you build out every detail of, pay for, and wait many months to arrive... only for it to show up and be a bass you'd have picked up in a store, played for under a minute, and put back on the wall.

This is always how I imagined my custom bass experience going. Also, I see myself changing my mind on what my "perfect" bass is three times before my custom order is finished.