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Daddy's Junky Music closing all stores

#41
doomplow said:
I NEED HELP!

I bought a GK 800RB from Daddy's in Springfield, MA a couple weeks ago. I brought it home and the 300W output didn't work. I brought it back in the following week for repair. They sent it out and then I found out this morning that they've gone bankrupt. I've tried calling the store itself along with every department at corporate, but no one is answering the phones. I need my head and I don't know how to get it back. Does anyone have any suggestions? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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feel for ya.

Maybe call GK service direct? Can you prove it's yours (serial #, reciept, repair tag)? Sounds like you need to get the location of your amp first and foremost, then if you can show it's yours, you should be able to work things out.

Good luck!
 
#42
Daddy's was successful because their focus was always used gear. But they just could not adjust to the fact that they had to compete with on line sellers. Rather than changing their model and working on a smaller mark up and turning inventory. They pushed into new gear, they were able to pick up a bunch of lines after EU Wurlitzer went out.

It really is a shame, There is definitely a market there. And people are definitely willing to pay more for a used piece that they can try out, and return if necessary rather than buying site unseen and shipping.
 
#43
dalkowski said:
feel for ya.

Maybe call GK service direct? Can you prove it's yours (serial #, reciept, repair tag)? Sounds like you need to get the location of your amp first and foremost, then if you can show it's yours, you should be able to work things out.

Good luck!
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Tried calling the repair center directly but there's no answer at all. I don't know what to do.
 
#44
doomplow said:
Tried calling the repair center directly but there's no answer at all. I don't know what to do.
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I'm confused -- Daddy's repair center or GK? If they sent the amp to GK, you can probably track it down.

If not, I imagine that in a few days, Daddy's legal representation will somehow communicate how they're dealing with layaways, deposits and items in for repair.

Anyone here can correct me if I'm wrong.
 
#45
I purchased a lot of gear in the 90's from them, making the treck to NE from NJ many times. My Steinberger Q4 I purchased from them over the internet. They were a pleasure to work with.

I am sad to see one of the few true sellers of used gear gone.

I can't blame the owner for customer service in some stores. Truth is, most of the current generation doesn't understand customer service at all. (Sorry, may be a sweeping generalization, but in my experience its true. Just ask the girl at the grocery checkout who answered her cell phone while checking out my order.)

RIP Daddy's.

Now, if we could only get the people in MA to get their heads out of their.....
 
#46
dalkowski said:
I'm confused -- Daddy's repair center or GK? If they sent the amp to GK, you can probably track it down.

If not, I imagine that in a few days, Daddy's legal representation will somehow communicate how they're dealing with layaways, deposits and items in for repair.

Anyone here can correct me if I'm wrong.
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Anything in repair will obviously be returned, and refunds made if possible. However, you might have to wait a week or two before you can get access to your merch if it was still in the store, as there will be times set up and advertised for customers to come claim their goods. Make sure you have your paperwork or it will be much longer.

I would call GK and ask them directly how they will handle anything coming through from Daddy's. They should be able to tell you and if they have it they might now work with you directly.

I would check the phones and internet every day for Daddy's until you hear something. If you don't hear, then contact your local prosecutor's office to find out what actions they might be able to take, and at last then file a small claims suit in your local court.

The owner of Daddy's seems upstanding, and he will make sure you get what you are owed, especially if you own it already.
 
#50
Found out today. I was at another store in Manchester and the manager asked if I'd heard about Daddy's closing. I thought he was joking, especially since it's his competitor, but he was serious. Apparently they are now bank-owned. It would be lovely, in the short term, if musicians got some deals out of the closing, but it will probably just end up as inventory sold over the internet or via GC.

I remember being a teenager in the 80s, Daddy's was just the store you went to for anything musical. It's weird to think of it not being around.
 
#53
doomplow said:
I NEED HELP!

I bought a GK 800RB from Daddy's in Springfield, MA a couple weeks ago. I brought it home and the 300W output didn't work. I brought it back in the following week for repair. They sent it out and then I found out this morning that they've gone bankrupt. I've tried calling the store itself along with every department at corporate, but no one is answering the phones. I need my head and I don't know how to get it back. Does anyone have any suggestions? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Best thing you could do is dispute the initial charge with your credit card. If purchased by cash, it's gonna be a process till you see your money again.

Feel bad for all employees and anyone who had deposits or things on layaway.

I was employee once for a chain that went bankrupt and it does surely suck!!

Best of Luck!!!
 
#56
Several good guys in various stores that I got acquainted with over the years. Feel bad for all of them.

John in Manch., Dan and Bill in Shrews., and all the others - we will miss you guys and you took good care of your customers.

Just looking across the room at a couple of good deals I got from Daddy's. What a drag.

At this point, I really don't feel like chasing after the inventory if they end up having a sell-off. Right now, just feeling the loss of the places I used to like to go and the people I used to like to see.
 
#57
SurferJoe46 said:
I read the article and in it was quoted some verses from "And The Wind Cries Mary". How appropriate in a Maudlin way of course.

This is just the evolving of the business model - currently segueing to internet sales away from the physical stores which are reluctant to change their operation to accommodate new ideas, although it's not entirely their fault.

Weep not for Daddy's if you ever bought off the internet. Ones who play a bass at a store and then go out and buy what they want from an on-line warehouses and importers are killing the businesses.

Again - this is evolution and obviously Daddy's couldn't-wouldn't change with the times.

If one disagrees with that assessment, just read all the comments on that same (posted) link from people who live near New Hampshire and visited and bought their gear from Daddy's, to get their take on the matter. They are closer and have a better feel for what happened.

But yeah - there'll be a lot more of this in the very near future I believe.

For those who don't know Hendrix's: 'And The Wind Cries Mary':::
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I couldn't agree more! It's a shame that small stores end up going out of business when business models change but it's a part of life. I'll be there were people saying what a shame it was that the local horse and buggy shop was going out of business when the automobile came around, but that's the way it goes. It sounds like Daddy's didn't diversify their sales approach.
 
#59
Bought my 1st amp at the Salem NH store around 1978. Peavey TKO 40. And my 1st effect, a Small Stone. That store was wonderful. I was in the Boston store last week and the Salem store the week before. Something did not feel right. Something was depressed about both places. The Salem store was a wasteland without much stock or customers. As fake Sarah Palan said (when on SNL) about global warming: "It's just a natural part of the End Times."
 

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