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NOBD: Am I being too picky?
- Thread starter thorstiborsti
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Pretty much the same here although I've gambled more than once and so far I've been lucky and not been burned too badly. Definitely no deliberate omission by the seller, mostly just a little more dog eared than the pics showed, or minor things that could well have been missed by a seller not familiar with their item.
I roll the dice on those deals knowing I'm setting myself up to possibly pay a stupid tax, so it's usually on items where the price offers enough wiggle room to take the sting out of all but the most egregious deception.
I think you ought to take that tuner off, put a wash cloth over the ear, stick it in a vise and straighten it out then reinstall it
Got a pair of pliers and 20 seconds?
I'm going to add my own personal anecdote that is only vaguely relevant, the tuner on my Fender has been bent for 20 years, it still works great.
Yep, THIS. Go slow. Or make up a story about a gig in a very rowdy bar where the tuner deflected a bullet aimed at your heart and you just can't bring yourself to bend it back.
Once a speaker cab fell on my bass onstage and bent the A tuner. I bent it back. Still works 35 years later. If the chrome had chipped, I'd charge extra for the patina.
Did he mention every -single- possible thing wrong with the bass otherwise? Maybe if you look closely enough you'll find a ding that didn't come from the factory before you sold it before too? Did he catalog them all for the ad? Did you compare them with your old photos for accuracy? A true scientist would use those to track instruments in the wild...
Bent tuners show up easily in photos. You can see them if you're looking closely. It's frustrating to miss something when you're in a hurry and excited, but a picture is worth a thousand words, right?
What you SHOULD be focusing on is that you got back a bass you sold but apparently liked well enough to snap-second-purchase it when it came back up for sale. What are the odds??
Good rescore.
Also pushing for page 8
Suck it up buttercup. AS IS!
Chase a used tuner down on EBay or have it reverse plated/plating removed and thin plate and polish to match.
Please educate me on how detailed the ad YOU would write when selling?
AS-IS!!!!
How about:
Sandberg Forty-Eight, hardcore aged. G-String tuner is bent. Besides that everything looks and works like it should.
Is that so hard? I sucked it up on page 2 but we are trying to get to 7 pages on this thread.
It is an aged tuner from Sandberg not one that looks brand new.
Thinking fast, Louis shoved the Chrysler into Drive and shot onto the shoulder. As soon as his tail was straight, Louis jammed the gear selector into Reverse and put his foot to the firewall, the front drive wheels throwing debris onto the bottom of the front bumper. Henry, seeing how Louis was soon doing nearly 45 mph in Reverse in the 10′ space between the jammed right lane and the guardrail, was having trouble catching his breath. Louis, seemingly unfazed, kept pouring the coals to the Chrysler, its 3.8 liter V6 near wide-open throttle, the cars immediately to their left a blur of colors and a cacophony of honking horns.
Henry had been right; the traffic queue was rapidly growing and had grown to a length of nearly three miles. Once just past the tail, Louis slammed on the brakes and turned the steering wheel hard to the right. After the front end of the Chrysler had arced around nearly one-half circle and was pointing toward the median, Louis slammed the Imperial into Drive. With no discernible loss of momentum, Louis dove into the median of the interstate, aiming toward the westbound lanes.
As Louis traversed the median, he could see a ratty Ford Mustang off in the distance doing a hasty dive into the median from the left lane, a rooster tail of brown, water deprived grass coming from its spinning rear wheels.
I voted non-issue. Come on seven pages!
Henry had been right; the traffic queue was rapidly growing and had grown to a length of nearly three miles. Once just past the tail, Louis slammed on the brakes and turned the steering wheel hard to the right. After the front end of the Chrysler had arced around nearly one-half circle and was pointing toward the median, Louis slammed the Imperial into Drive. With no discernible loss of momentum, Louis dove into the median of the interstate, aiming toward the westbound lanes.
As Louis traversed the median, he could see a ratty Ford Mustang off in the distance doing a hasty dive into the median from the left lane, a rooster tail of brown, water deprived grass coming from its spinning rear wheels.
I voted non-issue. Come on seven pages!
buldog5151bass
Kibble, milkbones, and P Basses. And redheads.
You bought it as is, and could have asked for pictures. Unless it is something obviously hidden by the seller, you bought what you bought.
The only person that will notice this is you. So, it won't bother any audience or friends, the question is will it bother you to the point of replacing it?
