New bass orders, was this ethical?

So, this matters little to me now, because it's an old story.
Back in the day, long before internet, I went to a local music store and grabbed a whole heap of catalogues, with the intent to order a new bass.
I poured over them all, looking at Spector, Carvin, Musicman, Warwick and Fender etc. It was to be my first "nice" bass, since I had some coin burning in my pocket.

Without going into too much detail, I chose the instrument I wanted and ordered it. The rest of that part of the story is laborious, so I will get to my point.
A few months after placing my order, I found out that the bass I had ordered was now going to be manufactured with a whole heap of new options - different colours, pup configs, neck options etc.

I'm quite sure the retailer knew these new options were on the way. Was it slightly unethical of him to not let me know that waiting a few months would let me choose a whole array of differing options to the ones on offer?

 

All fair replies.

1) yes, I got the instrument I wanted - the caveat is that I probably would have spent more money on the bass, had I known of the upcoming options.

2) no, I didn't want to slow down their cash flow. However, I haven't spent any further money with that company since. Not entirely due to the above issue, but it has contributed.

3) I'm well aware that no business needs to be my friend, however the guy at the store was always my "go-to" guy back then. I just felt he didn't appreciate the investment I had already made to his company over many, many years.

It's no biggie, just a question...

 

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This.
I had spent, no word of a lie, tens of thousands of dollars on equipment from this guy. He had never led me wrong.
When I said I'm "quite sure", I probably should have said "I know", because it was only a few weeks after my order that he emailed me with the new options available to his store. It was a bulk email.

I rang him and asked why he didn't let me know these were coming out, and he ummed and erred and made reference to the fact that he wasn't sure if they were available in lefty. Nonsense.

 

Yes, all true...but...

He KNEW I was going to make an order for a $3k bass guitar. He knew it. I had told him such.
I had ordered from other guys before, but he was my go to. He knew quite implicitly that I was going to drop $3k in his store.

To be honest, I might have still chosen the bass I ended up with. Don't know, and neither did he. But giving me a bit of insider info, after all we had traded together would have as you say kept me as a customer for life.

And I would love to post pics, but this site doesn't work with pics on iPad, even from Photonucket for some reason. Give me a sec and I'll try again!
Peace.

 

http://s1340.photobucket.com/user/Cronker/media/image.jpg.html?sort=3&o=4

Does this work?
The instrument in question is the SR5.

 

Um...read my post.
I had spent tens of thousands of dollars with him.
I bought an Ashdown amp @ $2k, sight unseen on his recommendation. He only bought it in because he knew he could sell it to me, but he was keen to try it too. Had I hated it, it would have been hung on him. And he knew that.
We had a relationship - and my money was always on the line.

 

http://s1340.photobucket.com/user/Cronker/media/image.jpg.html?sort=3&o=4

SR5, on the right.

 

I absolutely get that, and that is why I asked your thoughts and agree with most of them.

It's all good. I love my Ray, so no harm done.
My question related to why my go to guy didn't tell me that MM were about to release double bucker versions. I would have paid more for it, or maybe not, but at least I would have known.
And it wasn't a "next year" proposition, it was about two months.