Message from @PCENGINEDUO
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I'm not buying used off of Amazon ever again.
But lots of creeps are in the music merchant game
Fucking bought secondhand headphones 3 times.
Broken all three times.
Lowlife types who misrepresent shit and try to pull fast ones
Notorious for it
Used car sales tier
I've gotten that shit with headphones.
>"Works just like new."
Yeah for like 3 minutes and then the right headphone mysteriously cuts out.
Headphones are one of the few things I do not buy secondhand
Brick and mortar music stores are for long ponytail technical YouTuber jack offs now
Rofl
It sucks
Hella accurate
kek
Even the small ones
Brick and mortar music stores are one of the frew things I feel actually need to exist though.
So much shit I'd like to get my hands on before buying.
if i see one more teenage engineering product i am going to be mildly annoyed
I try to be friendly and a good customer with local music store staff so anytime cool shit comes in I get non employee 'first crack at it'
only alexander gets me
its weird too because instruments are something a brick and mortar should have a comp advantage with
Staff always gets first dibs unless it's big ticket
Goopy tinny sizzly
its like a car, you get a feeling for it
Yes
The *feel* component is legit
tfw
@B|ack|ce they sell stuff for astronomical prices and are almost more difficult to work with than guitar center guys
You're far less likely to get buyer's remorse if you can try before you buy
i guess its a real situtation of advatnages v disadvantages, and it doesnt need to be that way
One of hte best things you can do beyond that is to put it on layaway
the guitar stores just suck at adapting their model
They've taken on the whole "we are *so* much better than everyone because we didn't sell out man...so now I'm gonna fuck you over hard"
If you're still excited and anticipating getting it, while being able to go visit and play, with ability to back out
When you finally bring it home that shit real satisfying
Even if you do get screwed at least you can return the thing the day you buy it.
like anything, most things with a large LOW TIER ENTRYIST TURNOVER and high skill curve, when you become proficient you also generally become a dick
If you order online you gotta fucking package it up