If this is not the case, then I'd love to hear why you think it exists. I'd also like to hear why you actually care so much if someone returns an instrument, which is completely allowed by the policy the store/retailer, put into place themselves.
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How many Basses do you Return per Year?
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If this is not the case, then I'd love to hear why you think it exists. I'd also like to hear why you actually care so much if someone returns an instrument, which is completely allowed by the policy the store/retailer, put into place themselves.
I really, really like these threads. The comments give me a list of people that I might want to avoid selling to.
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I understand your view point...I have a very different viewpoint on this.
I could understand building a little more into the price to compensate for the BUT that is a though things to do.
I will also say there are many things you are “allowed to do”, but on occasion sometimes those things that you are so called “allowed to do” are not the coolest things to do in the world.
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You'll get on a 'list' if you keep returning stuff just to try it. Clothes are different than instruments. It costs much more to ship and instrument than it does clothes. Also - Brick and mortar stores buy instruments up front then sell them. You're eating into their bottom line if you are 'renting' instruments.
If you are unable to figure these things out on your own, then any explanation I give will never satisfy you. So, I will not bother.
How many Basses do you Return per Year?
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I've got it figured it perfect. I simply follow the policies that are allowed by the retailers I purchase from. If I'm allowed to return an instrument I don't like, I return it if I'm not happy with it. Easy Peasy.
I spend weeks researching what I want. I’ve only returned instruments that are defective. If I buy something that would end up on the buyers remorse category,knowing full well what I was getting when I bought it,I feel that would be on me, and these days my instruments price tags are in the thousands of dollars. I can only speak for myself so to the OP you gotta do what you gotta do, but I would think twice about making it a habit.
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I research as thoroughly as I can, and for the few online axe purchases I've made, the piece I received is what I expected, so I've yet to return any; and again, I have bought online three times in three years. I've been around a long time, can read a spec sheet, and usually have a pretty good idea what's coming to me
I NEVER buy from an individual I don't know. I rarely buy from some 'Bud's Bass Sales' that is only a guy with an EBay or Reverb account, only real brick and mortar stores: They have solid return and billing policies and a rep to maintain. I feel this saves me a lot of possible aggravation, and so far, it's worked well. A business that has all of its' skin in the game usually has to do the right thing.
I'm all in with Tony P: I'm no fan of yo-yo-ing instruments for some small dislike that has nothing to do with whether it was a solid, honest transaction or not. These costs will be factored back into prices down the line, and for me personally, I just couldn't do it.
I NEVER buy from an individual I don't know. I rarely buy from some 'Bud's Bass Sales' that is only a guy with an EBay or Reverb account, only real brick and mortar stores: They have solid return and billing policies and a rep to maintain. I feel this saves me a lot of possible aggravation, and so far, it's worked well. A business that has all of its' skin in the game usually has to do the right thing.
I'm all in with Tony P: I'm no fan of yo-yo-ing instruments for some small dislike that has nothing to do with whether it was a solid, honest transaction or not. These costs will be factored back into prices down the line, and for me personally, I just couldn't do it.
Everyone who thinks casual returns for non-defective items doesn't end up raising the cost of everything from the retailers is pretty clueless about how business works. They don't just absorb the costs, they pass them on. They have to because they got themselves cornered by their policies catering to the entitled masses.
I never return a bass I simply don't like. Thinking back, I've only returned maybe one or two due to undisclosed defects, ones that I can't repair, or easily repair myself.
If I don't "like" a bass or it doesn't work out for me, I just sell or trade it with another bassist, never return to seller or store. That was my choice to buy it.
If I don't "like" a bass or it doesn't work out for me, I just sell or trade it with another bassist, never return to seller or store. That was my choice to buy it.
I would return a guitar if I found it to be defective in some way, or damaged, but not because I had buyers remorse, I would feel like a butthead doing that.
This.
I bought an Ernie Ball Sterling 5HS a few years back. Beautiful bass. I hated it instantly. I sold it less than a month later.
Wasn't the sellers fault or that there was anything wrong with the bass, I just didn't get along with sound and couldn't get it to mellow out a little. It's really strange to me too because I had played a Sterling 4H that I absolutely loved.
Ive never returned a bass I bought. I do have mixed feelings about it though. On one hand, I dont agree with people buying on whims, changing their mind, then sending it back willy nilly (not saying OP is doing that). On the other hand, the business shouldnt allow returns unless there is a defect and because thats not what happens, how can you fault the buyer? If I bought a bass that cost alot and I didnt like it, I would send it back if the business allowed it.
I can relate to the OP in that I had bought a bass a few months ago from a store that was under lockdown protocols so the only way to purchase was online with no way to try the bass. The bass I bought was 1 of only like 100 produced and probably 1 of the only 2 or 3 that made it to Canada so I wanted to check it out before it was made unavailable. I had checked with the store regarding their return policy and they said returns would be fine as long as it is in new condition with all of the original materials. Upon receiving the bass, I tried it for a couple of hours and came to the realization that it was not for me and I drove it back to the store in exactly the same condition as it was sold to me. I wouldn't normally return a bass like that as I tend to do a lot of research but in some rare cases, there are no other options for trying the bass and no online sound samples to compare to.
