Guitar Center shipping to Ireland...

Keyzer · 24-01-2011 09:28AM #1

Any one see this yet?

Are they shipping from the US or do they have a European entity?

Any used them yet?

Alanstrainor · 24-01-2011 10:33AM

Coooool why do things like this happen when im broke???

artvandulet · 24-01-2011 12:15PM

Looks like its a very limited selection however. I don't think they are selling any Fender products for instance.

Alanstrainor · 24-01-2011 04:09PM

After looking at the site, it seems completely pants. No fenders! Terrible selection. Let's hope it gets better, it's a waste of time otherwise

Rented Mule · 24-01-2011 04:17PM

Doesn't Guitar Center use www.MusiciansFriend.com as their online vendor ?

68 lost souls · 24-01-2011 08:40PM

They wont be able to sell more products because the distrubution agreements that exist. Guitar Center US Im sure would not be allowed sell most products i.e. Yamaha and Fender outside of the US as they do not have the EU distribution rights.

Ravelleman · 24-01-2011 08:55PM

Yes, this is true. As Dublin Guitar pointed out in his post on the long thread about Irish shops, most companies have extremely selective supply lines, especially in Europe. The selection Guitar Centre can offer is terrible. Music 123 used to do this with a good selection until they went under and were absorbed by musiciansfriend.

If you want to buy something from the US, you'd be just as well to buy it on ebay as the amount of actual second hand items being 'auctioned' on ebay is very small these days. It's mainly just used by smaller non-national stores, which have good reputations locally or state-wide to sell new items with buy it now prices. I don't see too much difference between that and getting whatever you want online from Guitar Centre.

Ravelleman · 24-01-2011 08:59PM

But that being said, many of these ebay stores aren't allowed to sell 'Fender family' products (including Gretsch and Charvel) new outside the US. A lot of them just arbitrarily label stock as used to get passed the clause in their contract with Fender.

One of the more prominent examples of selective supply lines in Ernie Ball Musicman, who absolutely won't allow dealers to sell new to outside the US. Check it out on ebay, it never happens!

Guitar Center shipping to Ireland...

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