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

It's nothing but fucking neckbeards and hilarious prices @Soridu Snaikku

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

Wait two weeks for the manufacturer to get it.

And then they MIGHT think about giving you a refund.