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Buying Guitars from net

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  • #2
    Doctor J
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,848 ✭✭✭✭Doctor J


    Bought a drum stool from Music Store last week, easy peasy, delivered swiftly, no fuss. Never ordered from Thomann but there is occasionally some credit card shenanigans with them (ask Feylya).

    As for the guitar... spending around €400 personally I'd track down something second hand if I could, maybe get an Epi custom or summat. Still, it's a decent enough guitar for the money, I suppose.


  • #3
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,361 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    Bloody Thomann Baxtards, with their credit card shenanigans.

    I'm about to order an Ibanez SZ520 from guitarbargains.com. I'm really not too sure about them so it's gonna be a gamble but the credit card should protect me. It's costing me €450 shipped...

    And because the good Doctor hasn't posted this:

    www.chrisguitars.com


  • #4
    Doctor J
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,848 ✭✭✭✭Doctor J


    Chris is the man, but for spending €400 I just don't think you get full value for money, cos shipping will be at least $100 of your budget and then tax and import duty too. If you up the bar by about €100 then yes, talk to Chris. :)


  • #5
    Tzetze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,143 ✭✭✭Tzetze


    I bought this bass from musicstore, ehmm, must be 2 years now. No fuss, no mess, just mmMMMMmmmmhhhhh.

    Some guys at talkbass advised against buying this bass, but I'm very much more than happy with it.


  • #6
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,361 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    Well, isn't $400 around about €400 when everything has been included?


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  • #7
    Doctor J
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,848 ✭✭✭✭Doctor J


    Sort of, it leaves slightly over $300 for the guitar. If you can spend $400 on the guitar, then you're really getting a good deal.


  • #8
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,361 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    $500 = €383

    Take $400 of that for a guitar, $100 for shipping and import should be about €50?


  • #9
    Doctor J
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,848 ✭✭✭✭Doctor J


    It doesn't quite work out as well as that in the real world (exchange fees, etc)

    The shipping alone is over $100 for a solidbody electric. Duty and tax for a guitar of that value will be about €60 :)


  • #10
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,361 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    Ah jaysus, it's close enough <_<

    €450 would get ya something nice.


  • #11
    Doctor J
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,848 ✭✭✭✭Doctor J


    €50 is a lot of wedge if you don't have any ;)


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  • #12
    brianGal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18 ✭brianGal


    so am i right (or just lost) in saying this....

    388e for guitar (including import)
    28e delivery charge
    60e import
    total 450e (ish)

    any idea the price of this in dublin for e.g.

    I might of been a niave in beliving them when
    they suggest the retail price is 590+ ??

    Wheres a gd place to pick up second hand gear so?


  • #13
    david
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,684 ✭✭✭david


    Buy and sell and the "FS music gear" forum here


  • #14
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,361 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    brianGal wrote:
    so am i right (or just lost) in saying this....

    388e for guitar (including import)
    28e delivery charge
    60e import
    total 450e (ish)

    any idea the price of this in dublin for e.g.

    I might of been a niave in beliving them when
    they suggest the retail price is 590+ ??

    Wheres a gd place to pick up second hand gear so?

    If you're talking about the Les Paul you linked to, it's €399 for the guitar and €23 shipping. You don't pay import on it. So it's €422 all told.


  • #15
    Karl Hungus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    Doctor J wrote:
    It doesn't quite work out as well as that in the real world (exchange fees, etc)

    The shipping alone is over $100 for a solidbody electric. Duty and tax for a guitar of that value will be about €60 :)

    Well the shipping on the BC Rich I'm getting from Chris works out at $75 for express delivery, so I think you're overestimating things there, Doc.


  • #16
    Con9903
    Closed Accounts Posts: 361 ✭✭Con9903


    I bought my fender from this shop www.fendershop.com . Its an EU country so there aren't any crazy taxes. postage was 50 euro. Delivered very quickly.

    edit: just noticed you were looking at an epiphone, never mind


  • #17
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,361 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    Con9903, did you have any trouble ordering from them? I'm looking to order from the same company but I can't find anything about them.


  • #18
    Con9903
    Closed Accounts Posts: 361 ✭✭Con9903


    feylya wrote:
    Con9903, did you have any trouble ordering from them? I'm looking to order from the same company but I can't find anything about them.

    Nah it was easy, there a belgian based company, my guitar was japanese, They imported it from japan and sent it to me. The guitar arrived in the post, well packaged. You can also track your order and the staff are helpful.


  • #19
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,361 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    Excellent. The prices are ridiculous so I was wondering was it a scam. Now, where's the credit card?


  • #20
    Eoin Madsen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,117 ✭✭✭Eoin Madsen


    Karl Hungus wrote:
    Well the shipping on the BC Rich I'm getting from Chris works out at $75 for express delivery, so I think you're overestimating things there, Doc.

    Over-estimating is a good idea.


  • #21
    Doctor J
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,848 ✭✭✭✭Doctor J


    Karl Hungus wrote:
    Well the shipping on the BC Rich I'm getting from Chris works out at $75 for express delivery, so I think you're overestimating things there, Doc.

    The BC Rich is a shell (ie no hardware and no case, just the wood) therefore it's lighter, much lighter, and postage prices are calculated by weight. Therefore, I stick by what I say :)


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