So a bout a month ago I managed to find a seller on Amazon selling single TIJF strings. So I ordered one, waited, and today received...a tanning mitt. I'm chatting with Amazon now, but it definitely feels like I've been scammed. Just don't want anyone else to fall into the same trap.
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Warning: do not order single Thomastik-Infeld strings from Amazon Global Store UK on Amazon
- Thread starter Kyle_S
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Terrible intonation on my fretless and muffled tone.
Terrible intonation on my fretless and muffled tone.
Update: Amazon's going to refund me and I don't have to send the stupid $7 tanning mitt back to the freaking UK. The catch? Because I started a return I have to wait two weeks before they can process the refund and I have to be the one to contact them about it. All seems dumb as hell to me, but whatever. Lesson learned.
Sometimes faster to accept a credit to your AZ account than refund to your card.
Check the classifieds here for used sets and singles from time to time.
Check the classifieds here for used sets and singles from time to time.
Man that is odd, i do not even know what a tanning mit is 
lol. I have been ordering strings from musicians$friend on ebay. They refund your money on bad string sets (which are common now, more and more) and you don't even have to send them back either.
Amazon sucks when they give you a credit. I got one for that Joyo instrument mixer and could not transfer it to my bank. I was not real happy, but whatever.
lol. I have been ordering strings from musicians$friend on ebay. They refund your money on bad string sets (which are common now, more and more) and you don't even have to send them back either.Amazon sucks when they give you a credit. I got one for that Joyo instrument mixer and could not transfer it to my bank. I was not real happy, but whatever.
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The mitt will be an improvement IMO. Those are the only strings Ive ever removed immediately. Every string sounded like it came from a different manufacturer. Don’t understand the love for the things.
I keep a set on an ebony boarded old Japanese fretless where they positively merge with the wood. Other basses, couldn't take them off fast enough.
buldog5151bass
Kibble, milkbones, and P Basses. And redheads.
I don't buy strings from any place except a known and respected music dealer, for just just this kind of reason.
IME if I need 1 string I need 4 (or 5).
That oven mitt will keep you from getting burned.
That oven mitt will keep you from getting burned.
I have a whole set of tanning mitts available. Guaranteed to be brand new, too.Check the classifieds here for used sets and singles from time to time.
FWIW, I've successfully ordered TI strings (full sets) from Amazon Global Store UK, and I've successfully ordered TI singles from Amazon (but not AGS-UK, as I recall). But yeah, getting a tanning mitt instead would be kind of discouraging. If they were going to give you something in the glove family, you'd hope they would at least make it music-related, like music practice gloves or something.
What’s lost here is the thought that someone somewhere is going to have a helluva time putting on tanning lotion with flatwounds.
Ended up getting a replacement A string from JustStrings. Couldn't find them on there when I did a search, but I e-mailed Craig from Connolly Music asking if he knew anywhere to order singles, and he sent me a link to JustStrings, and I guess they do sell them. So I'll soon have a complete set of TI's.
JazznFunk
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Rule of thumb: on Amazon, if it doesn't say SOLD BY and SHIPS FROM Amazon, I proceed with caution. If it's Sold By: XXXX but 'Fulfilled by Amazon', your odds improve greatly. The main thing is having recourse when/if there is a problem. If Amazon is responsible from warehouse to your house, your odds of getting it made right are easier.
Amazon is the wild west haha you never what you'll get or whether it's legit or not
I've had the good fortune of receiving sets of discounted JF344s when I was shopping for accordion accessories on Amazon. So I figured "what the hell" and started playing base.
We accidentally received, a 50 pound bag of raw squirrel/bird peanuts from Amazon a few months ago. Amazon did not even mess up our order, because we did not even have an order. Just a big bag of nuts, they told us to keep!
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It's pretty easy to return/refund/dispute an Amazon order. Obviously yours was screwed up. Just go through the regular channels with satisfactory explanation and documentation instead of bitching about it on a forum, and you should be made whole. Stuff happens.
I use TIF Plectrum Strings on my Maton (acoustic skinny string) and they sound fantastic. I've not tried the Amazon tanning mit, though, I'd love to hear how it sounds.......
