Would you do it for 60-bucks?

[BOOG]

Scenario: You have a nice bass coming from across the country. It’ll take a week to get to you. But for $60 more, you could have it tomorrow. To you, is it worth the extra $$ to have it the next day?

This scenario played out for me yesterday. The seller and I worked out a deal where I provided the UPS label thru my company. I could print a Ground label, but for $30 more I could do 2-day. Or for $60 more, I could have it the next day. I chose next day so I’d have all weekend to play with my new bass (and the bass wouldn’t sit in a cold tractor trailer all weekend).

Would you do that?

Depends on the needs of the situation. In business, it’s best to separate emotion from decision. In this case, the emotion is excitement.
Also, I disregard the point of items sitting in shipping containers for any further extended period as, everything we have, sits for extended periods in extreme hot/cold shipping containers.

 

[basslayer]

I deal with shipping on a daily basis. The only thing guaranteed about “expedited” is the speed at which the money leaves your wallet

Couldn't agree more. My two day shipping items (which was free) still haven't arrived from two weeks ago. I feel into that trap when I was in school buying textbooks and waiting a month for my rush shipping.

 

[Aloe]

I recently ordered a set of Hipshot tuners and it would be a long oversea delivery. on the checkout page I opted to pay extra for a 2-day shipment, not a week long.

and guess what? Hipshot posted the package after whole six days of, uhm, packing it, idk. but then it was indeed delivered within two days to an US address. now a couple of weeks for overseas and I'll get it.

 

[tpaul]

It won't hurt it to "sit in a cold trailer over the weekend". These things mostly come from China and sit in containers on the high sea for weeks at a time. If it's US made, it's been shipped from a factory to a store in an unconditioned trailer, and there's every chance it's either sat in there in the Mojave Desert in August or Minnesota in January. None of it will hurt an electric bass.

Actually longer shipping times are better. The alternating hot and cold temperatures help to align the wood molecules, thus improving tone and sustain. It's like a sauna followed by an ice bath for your bass.

 

[bass12]

I would do it, not because I'm impatient but because the less time the bass is in the hands of the shipping company the better. Also, in these temperatures, the less time my bass is sitting in a potentially unheated/unhumidified storage unit the better.

 

[perfektspace6]

For an expensive bass I would. Less time in shipping mean less time something can happen to it.

 

[tb-player]

Actually longer shipping times are better. The alternating hot and cold temperatures help to align the wood molecules, thus improving tone and sustain. It's like a sauna followed by an ice bath for your bass.

I'd like to see some science on this.

 

[Knavery]

If it was an absolute guarantee, I'd do it. But no one can guarantee that even if you pay for it, which is a bit ridiculous. If you don't have disposable income though, than I could see just waiting. I personally waste money on all kinds of frivolous stuff, so it's a no brainer for me.

 

[tpaul]

I'd like to see some science on this.

So would I

 

[bass12]

Depends on the needs of the situation. In business, it’s best to separate emotion from decision. In this case, the emotion is excitement.
Also, I disregard the point of items sitting in shipping containers for any further extended period as, everything we have, sits for extended periods in extreme hot/cold shipping containers.

That might explain the state of so many of the Fenders I've come across in shops. Regardless, if I have the option of having my bass NOT sit in a container I'll take that option.

 

[Bikeguy57]

What's the over and under on when this goes back up for sale?

 

[tb-player]

What's the over and under on when this goes back up for sale?

Yeah, I deserve that.

 

[5StringBlues]

 

[lowfreqgeek]

Nah, I'd typically just wait except in very specific circumstances, like a high-value recording session happening in 2 days. Except, I wouldn't be *planning* to use a bass I didn't have, know, and trust for a high-value session, so that scenario is not very likely. But never say never.

Otherwise, nah.

 

[Lava]

If it makes you feel better and you can afford it, sure, why not.

 

[GretschWretch]

I was gonna break open a cold Stella to celebrate getting it so quickly.

Why would you want to rip apart a vintage catalog store acoustic guitar just to get a bass a day early?

 

[tb-player]

If it makes you feel better and you can afford it, sure, why not.

That philosophy has served me well for years. Then again... it's gotten me into trouble too.

 

[BOOG]

What's the over and under on when this goes back up for sale?

Weeks or days?
Days? 28.5
Weeks? 4.143
I’ll put 50 on the under.

 

[J Posega]

Given the crappy worthy across the US, everything I've bought in the last couple weeks, even from Amazon, has been delayed. The shipping companies are already given us the bare minimum for way too much money; paying for next day delivery only guarantees frustration.

 

[Willie5String]

Scenario: You have a nice bass coming from across the country. It’ll take a week to get to you. But for $60 more, you could have it tomorrow. To you, is it worth the extra $$ to have it the next day?

This scenario played out for me yesterday. The seller and I worked out a deal where I provided the UPS label thru my company. I could print a Ground label, but for $30 more I could do 2-day. Or for $60 more, I could have it the next day. I chose next day so I’d have all weekend to play with my new bass (and the bass wouldn’t sit in a cold tractor trailer all weekend).

Would you do that?

Probably not, cash in hand is worth more than that time to me. Same deal when standing at the airport, for $75, I can be home X earlier, what is C? For me it needs to be about 6 hours.

 

[tb-player]

Given the crappy worthy across the US, everything I've bought in the last couple weeks, even from Amazon, has been delayed. The shipping companies are already given us the bare minimum for way too much money; paying for next day delivery only guarantees frustration.

Yeah, I had a USPS Priority shipment of a book I needed in a timely manner. Came from Texas & got routed to Las Vegas because of the East Coast snow storms a couple of weeks ago. 2-3 days turned into over a week. Not the worst shipping time, but a lot more expensive than media mail.