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Just ripped off GC like I was Bain Capital or something

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Is it like this one? if so you did good if not I don't think it was a record deal congrats either way.



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mindwell said:
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Checked in late on Sunday afternoon at my local GC. Can you say, "no, actually, that's not a BXP?"


2000 USA Peavey Millennium 5, Peacock Blue w/pao ferro board, for $199.99. $214.29 out the door.

:D

No case, and it's lived a reasonably full life. I'll post pics once it clears the used gear ten-day police hold.
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I wouldn't say you ripped them off but you did get a stupid good deal . They should have known what they had . You got it for $300-400 less than the best deals I've seen and they are really great basses .

Congrats
 
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IntrepidCellist said:
Just means that whoever sold it to them was super-extra-ultra-ripped off.
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Some truth to that, athough it's also true that whoever sold it failed, for whatever reason, to insist on getting its full value. It's not like GC bought it low but sold high, thus "ripping off" the seller; I suppose if anyone 'ripped' him or her off, it was me. Though had I seen this in the local CL for $200, I'd have called on it in a second. But for whatever reason, the seller chose not to list it there.
 
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If you ripped them off like Bain Capital you would have liquidated the company, put thousands of employees out of work, and millions of dollars in the shareholders pockets. You just got a good deal on a bass. GLWTB!
 
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mindwell said:
:hiding:

Checked in late on Sunday afternoon at my local GC. Can you say, "no, actually, that's not a BXP?"


2000 USA Peavey Millennium 5, Peacock Blue w/pao ferro board, for $199.99. $214.29 out the door.

:D

No case, and it's lived a reasonably full life. I'll post pics once it clears the used gear ten-day police hold.
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Nice score! I've gotten my fair share of mis-labelled Mills at GC and Music Go Round, so I can appreciate this! Be sure to post pics here and in the Mill club when you get it. :)
 
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If there is one thing that GC is, they are "The House" - they don't lose money on any deal. Now, it is possible that they can make a mistake - they are big enough and employ enough unhappy / disengaged folks that things can slip through the system... but not often.

I've gotten a few good deals on used gear at GC over the years - NEVER a good deal on new kit, never (I prefer used anyway) - but I've never seen them let something out the door without making their $$. Nothing wrong with that - this is the USA, after all.
 
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SanDiegoHarry said:
If there is one thing that GC is, they are "The House" - they don't lose money on any deal. Now, it is possible that they can make a mistake - they are big enough and employ enough unhappy / disengaged folks that things can slip through the system... but not often.

I've gotten a few good deals on used gear at GC over the years - NEVER a good deal on new kit, never (I prefer used anyway) - but I've never seen them let something out the door without making their $$. Nothing wrong with that - this is the USA, after all.
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If they sold the bass for $200, they likely paid the guy $120 for the bass. Yes, they absolutely made money, but the bass is worth way more than $200, so it's definitely a score for the OP.
 

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