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Not to make anyone jealous but....

#21
Joe Nerve said:
That wasn't the "new" price. It was the blowout price.
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OK...I have no idea what your argument is. They were selling the instruments. They were new. As new as anything else hanging on the wall.

The price was not a discount or scratch and dent price. They were selling them...all bongo stock....new Bongos...for that price.

What is it that you think I am wrong about? I mean if you walked into a store and bought a brand new bass for $850 would you not say "I just bought a brand new bass for $850."
 
#22
Joe Nerve said:
No, they weren't. Not unless they were blowing them out and thats usually because they've been abused so much they esentially become "used" basses. People don't buy them in GCs because they ARE knocked to all hell and they can be bought online or just about anywhere else for the same price in better condition or without having to pay tax. People also often want specific colors and won't buy one off the wall if their heart is set on something different. Hence, GC has blowout sales on Bongos. Did I mention they never adjust their necks, change the strings and batteries, or do any kind of maintenance on the basses?

PS.. Why do you feel the need to say that to someone who just told you they paid $1014? Just curious?
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wrong. GC blows out things when they decide they no longer want to stock them anymore. Once they are taken off the reorder list, hey instantly become "bad inventory" and need to be sold to make room for something that will sell much better. And in my 2 years of managing a GC, i made sure to address every issue with setups and whatnot. we would make sure the neck was adjusted when we get it and the battery and strings were good. With over 1000 guitars and basses in the store, we would need a team of guys dedicated to testing and working on every one. As far as dents and dings, you can blame that on all the little f*ckheads who think it's ok to play and abuse anything they want because its not theirs.
*off soapbox*
 
#25
OK. Here we go. Couple of things to address. First... Johnny. I wasn't starting with you, I was starting with Phillip. :) He said Bongos were selling for $850 new and nobody would touch them. That wasn't the "new" price, it was the "blowout" price for whatever reason they were blowing them out. There's a difference. The way he stated it, it sounded as though Bongos used to retail for $850. They may have had an $850 pricetag from time to time at different stores, but $850 was NEVER the retail price for a Bongo. In any store. And while I may be wrong on this, I highly doubt that any guitar center sold ALL their Bongos at that price for any extended period of time. It was generally one here and there, or a holiday event. If they did please post a link to a thread that says so because I'm sure someone here would have posted about it.

And in response to jschall84... Kudos to you for treating your basses as you say you did. That has not been my experience in any of the GCs I've been to. A while back I picked up a "new" Warwick Streamer Masterman for $500 because the knobs needed to be tightened, it needed a battery, and the strings were totally dead. I made the adjustments and immediately resold it for $1000. The going price at the time was around $1400.
 
#26
well there is a reason i dont work there anymore. 60 hrs a week on shotty pay, and i still couldnt do it all. but, i dont want to turn this into a gc bash thread.
and i think the confusion is in the fact that you confused new and retail price. i dont really think there is any "new" price. if you buy it and it is new, that is the new price. retail price is what the manufacture thinks that the instrument is worth. you very seldom see anyone charging retail for anything. Also, when GC decides they arent going to carry something anymore, the blow it out at every store. I remember having a gray Bongo on the wall for 6 months at clearance price. It is a very niche bass. Stores like that dont want a niche bass. If it costs them $800, they could buy 8 squiers that they can sell this week alone.
 
#34
guitarcenter has done this with enrieball before. about 5 years ago i got an enrie ball guitar that was normally priced new on the wall for 650 but i got it for 375. they just try to get rid of them at the end of the year for some reason. maybe it is being discontinued as was the case with my guitar.
 
#35
I had to drop the action a considerable amount witch took a little bit now that she is keyed in she plays like butter...the neck is the perfect thickness IMO, light and pretty well balanced. I actually like playing a little better than the stingray, it makes the stingray seem clunky to me
 
#39
This thread has sort of turned into a serious buzzkill for the OP and that sucks. He is excited the way the rest of us get excited when we get a new bass. Maybe a short congrats is more appropriate than a dissertation about how much one might not dig this particular bass. I happen to love Bongos and if I had a grand I would buy one.
 

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